The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1916-08-17


5. e. Swift was at home over the week end
from Waterville, where he is doing large bus
mess as State agent for the Perfek Steering
Device for Ford cars Many are in use in this
city and it meets with ready sale wherever
it is introduced
Mrs. Samuel W. Johnson has sold her resi-
dence. No. % Court street, to M. R Knowlton
and plans to leave in few weeks for an indie.
finite visit with her nephew, W H MOODY in
Minneapolis MINI. Her nephew. p Roodv
and wife of Ripon. Wis. are visiting her for
the present. Mr. Body is connected with
Ripon College and is spending his vacation
east.
The public dance at Seaside Grange hall last
Thursday evening for the benefit of the Rel
fast base ball team was very pleasant social
affair and Melted about $25. McKeen's Or
chestra of three pieces-H. S. McKeen. violin.
Mr.. Forth, clarinet and Mrs. Bessie Keves
piano. gave their services and Fred G. Spinnev
was floor director. Ice cream and cake were
served at intermission.
AS the season advances the number attend.
ing the band concerts on the school common
increases. The program last Thursday evening
was good throughout, and the Irish song
Mother" by Charles F. Hammons. was called
for again and again. The cars and carriages
were packed SO closely on and near Court
| street that 1t was some time after the close of
! the program before the last party left.
Among the corporations whose charters will
be suspended for non-payment of the 1915 tax.
are the following: Belfast Public Building Go
W. H. Quimby, Belfast, treasurer; Burnham
Farmers Union; Frenchboro Land & Fisheries
| Co., Clarence E. McIntire, treasurer Waldo
County Electric Light & Power Co.. ]. W.
Hobbs, Brooks, treasurer; Waldo Penobscot
Light d Power Co., Terence B. Towle, Bangor,
treasurer.
Mrs. Charles H. Walden and her guests.
Mrs. H. c. Pitcher of Belfast, MIR. and Mrs.
Ralph L. Pitcher and daughter Adella of Carl.
bou, returned last Friday from visit to ROCKY
Point, Pitchers Pond Mrs. Francene A.
Richards, Miss Hattie P. White Mr. Thomas
W. Pitcher and Charles w Lancaster were
guests there Thursday at family party, The
Ralph S. Pitchers left in their car last Sunday
for Caribou.
The commission on inland fisheries and game
has received a letter from H. W. johnson of
I Worcester, Mass, who is searching for an
uncle who he has been told has private
trout pond in Maine. His name is Francis
Hapgood, he is between - and 80 years of
age and left Worcester 20 years ago, saying he
was going to Maine and has not since been
heard from by his relatives. If any readers of
The Journal knows of such man piease adj
wise US.
BELFAST OPERA House. See advt for the
very attractive weeks program. Saturday, at
the matinee and in the evening, will be pre-
sented the best pictures of the year, the seven
reel 100000 Triangle production. Peggy"
with Miss Billie Burke, who received $4,000
for acting in this picture. The management
kindly advises all who are able to attend the
matinee to do as seats at the evening show
will be scarce. A Keystone comedy will be
shown in connection with peggy" Remem-
Der, no advance in prices.
At meeting of the Democratic county COM
mittee in this city, Aug. Sth. a letter was read
from Eben F. Littleield. chairman of the In
dustria Accident Commission, rendering his
withdrawal candidate for county attorney
of Waldo county, he is unable to give the
time to the campaign that should be required
of candidate. The withdrawal was accepted
and it was voted that William F. Jude of Bel
fast be the nominee of the Democratic county
committee of Waldo county to fill the vacancy
Mr. Jude recently came to Belfast from Cas-
tine and opened an office for the practice of
law.
The SPELMAN SEMINARY The Won ans
Missionary Society of the Baptist church had
an interesting meeting in the church vestry,
Wednesday evening, Aug. 9th, when Miss Lucy
Hale Tapley. president of the Spelman Semi
nary of Atlanta, Ga, the guest Of honor
and spoke of the work of that institution
| The platform was prettily decorated with large
sprays of asparagus and pink dahlias. The
meeting was opened with singing by the audi
ence and prayer by the pastor, Rev. J. Wllbor
Richardson. Miss Maud E. Mathews. presi'
dent of the society, then introduced Miss Tap
lev who gave very entertaining account of
the origin, growth work, and present needs of
the Seminary. 1t was founded by Miss Pack
ard and Miss Giles. who as members of the
New England Baptist Missionary Society made
trip through the South that they might have
better understanding of their work. They
were SO much impressed by the need of a
school to teach and train the negro girls and
women for work that notwithstanding many
ANNOUNCEMENTS they started this school in
Atlanta in the basement of a negro church
with eighteen negro women as pupils. The
school has had remarkable growth. Miss Tap
lev told of the gifts and material assistance
received and of the new buildings erected, I'M
til now they have many fine brick buildings
that cover about twenty acres, and the lnstitu-
ton is the largest one of the kind in the south.
There are departments for all the grades, the
High school, normal and college work. and all
kinds of industrial work for girls is taught, in
GLIDING dressmaking. nursing, with hospital
training, printing and basketry. The school
was named in honor of the wife of John D.
Rockefeller. who has done great deal for 1t
At the close of Miss Tapley's address there
was vocal solo by Miss Edna Hopkins. and
social followed when fruit punch and waters
we served. Miss Tapley is sister OF Dr.
Eugene D. Tapley of Belfast and is visiting
relatives in West Brooksville.