Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-12-21


day Wednesday OF the death in a Bath
hotel Of Edwin A. Shaw, who had
passed away very suddenly there. The
message was sent to Skowhegan in an
effort to learn something of the rela-
tIVes Of the dead man, inquiry being
made of the Edwin A. Marble estate
where Shaw was employed from 1872
10 1914. But little was known of the
man here however as he said but lit
tie OF his past history and came here
with apparently little means. He was
considered q good workman.
Omer French, who accidentally shot
himself Tuesday at the home Of his
aunt i'll North Arson and was brought
TO Somerset hospital for treatment.
was able to return % North Arson
Thursday forenoon. French. who is
about IS years old. was cleaning a re-
Volver when it was discharged and en-
tered the leg about one and one-half
inches above the knee joint. The bull
let was located about four inches
above the Joint.
Lauriston Jacobs. a student at Wes-
leyan University in Middletown, Conn,
arrived home Thursday forenoon for
the holiday recess
Miss Faith and Miss Freda Harris,
students at Mount IIolyoke College,
South Hadley. Mass, arrived home
Wednesday, evening for t,e holidays.
Dwight Niles Il Flagstaff, who has
been visiting Lis brother. Carroll
Niles. las gone u Jacksonville. Fla,
for an indefinite Sta,
Special services coi1memorating
christmas will be held Sunday even
ing at O'Clock at st NarH's Catholic
church
Mrs. &. Z. Lewis q Auburn is the
guest Of her sister Mrs. Herbert y.
Pratt. on the Canaan road
a meetin- Of tile directors If the
Somerset Farmers Cooperative Tele-
phone Go. was held in Skowhegan
Wednesday with the following direc-
tors from various parts Of the county
in attendance: J. W. Packard Show
hogan: II. r. Whinnle Bingham; Bert
Barron. Emhdcn: Harlan Ellis. North
Arson; Frank Witham Of Norridge-
wock and Manager ". c. Hobart the
director representing Cornville. The
annual meeting win be held Jan. : in
Norridgewock and the annual report
Of Manager Hobart gives the following
excellent showing: Falance due on the
stock ledger. S4747.S3: balance due gen
seral ledger. s2l5.So: estimates of poor
accounts to be collected are s496 SO ::
material and stock on hand, $50. and
cash on hand. S22S2.o1 This gives the
total resources of s6G7f.24 rot includ-
ing the valuation of the plant. etc, The
liabilities total $i250.%+
The final session ii .5koWleSan
Grange for the year VIII be ield Oh
next Wednesday night when al bust
ness for the year Will be completed. A
feature of the evening VIII be a dis
cussion free for all ~ - Better and
More Prosperous Grange Tor 1915
Mrs. Henrietta DarIorth Wood OF
NorridGewock. VINO has been a guest
at the home Of he. brother Judge
ianforth, departei Thursday. She
Las closed her home il NurTidse~ock.
Fred s. Bum II Of I4artEand. presi-
dent Of the East Somerset Agricultural
Society of that town. was in Skowhe-
gan Thursday on business. His society
VIII hold their annual fair the first OF
September and have already begun to
make plans for that purpose.
prieen A Abbey has been elected
court deputy in the Independent order
Of Forestels at the meeting held here
Tuesday evening. With other officers
as follows: Chief ranger, Mrs. Mary
E0derick. vice chief ranger. Raymond
Pierce; recording secretary. Charles
\. Eurnor: financial secretary. 4. \.
Bragg: treasurer Joseph Murray; ora
tor. Miss Alice Nashon: senior wood
ward. Mrs Eliza Tuntisn; Junior
woodward. Noah Demo: senior headle
Samuel Roderich; junior beadle, r. NJ
.Ames; trustees. Algier Davis and O.
4. Abbey: court physician Dr.. G. F
Richardson. These officers will not
be installed until Jan %.
Miss Lucy Taylor teacher in the
Bar Harbor hish school, Is visiting al
her home on Madison avenue.
Mrs Oscar Z. Wilder ard Mrs Clara
B. Moore were visitors in Wateryillc
Thursday.
f. f. Fairbrother who has COmpiet-
ed his duties at the woodworking plan;
Of Darcy brothers on the Island. has
accepted a position with Foster &; Big
Glow in Waterville to begin work Fri
day.
Judge c. O. Small Of the Somerset
probate court was in town Thursday
occupied as 4 referee in a case growing
out of the suicide by shooting last
September Of Irving Tracy nf Nor
ridgewock. H Z. Groves of Smithtield
administrator of the dead mans es-
tate. was represented in the procedure
by VIM. Folsom Merrill as his attor-
ney and Mrs. Ona Harrington, the
dead mans hOusekeeper. was repre-
scented by George n. Cover Action
was brought in an attempt 10 deter
mine what part Of tho property belong
TO the estate and what part t. AIRS
Harrington. Tracys wife. with whom
he did not live, was in court during
the progress of the case Letters were
read stating that Mrs Harrington
owned one of the cows on the place,
but that the rest were owned by her
self and Mr.. Tracy in company The
animals were taxed however, 70 Mr.
Tracy and the cream checks We're
made out in his name. Mrs. Harring-
ton claimed that the farm was her
own property but it seems they car
ried it on at the halves. She claimed
that she had given Tracy money to
pay different outstanding bills in part
but that she had never paid them di-
rectly herself.
a large number Of registrants are