Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-01-21

were in progress at the plants. with wa
ter power as the propelling force. At the
Somerset Shoe factory the employee
loafed but a half day as electricity is
the power used at that establishment.
The Maine Spinning Co. was not closed
at all having received permission from
the State administration to run with
water power until further notice. The
night before the drastic orders were
received in Skowhegan Supt. f. l..
Savage Of the Savage Mfg. Go. got into
communication with the State Fuel AL
ministration and after stating to the
board the conditions at his factory
which were, that providing he did shut
down his establishment and stopped
the making of stavinEs it would be
necessary for him to purchase coal,
was allowed to continue on until furth-
err notice. He runs his factory entirely
with water power. The SkowheSan
Novelty Works. also burn their own
fuel and operate 10y electricity so that
ii was not necessary for them to- be
closed up for any length Of time while
Lord & Caswell and Thompson & Fox
We're not Obliged to close up at all from
trio power
The only meeting for January of the
Clementine Weston W. c. r. L. will
occur on Tuesday afternoon in Library
parlors with Miss Louise II. Coburn
directing program upon Timely
TUpics.'
The regular meeting of Russell Relief
itai
Giand Army Han. \ feature of tie
meeting Was the installing Of sever al
officers t" their posts OF duty inciud-
ing the president. Mrs. Mary S. I.
Burns, press corr espOnuent, Mrs. Addie
Sawyer and assistant guard, Mrs. FL
len Allen. During the afternoon a read
Ing was given by Mrs Emma Bick
ford.
Tie boys of the Wantoknowit club
h<sd merry evening last Friday at the
FIRST Baptist chulcl parsonage when
they met there as the guests OF Dr.. O.
II. Tracy. Games We're enjoyed and an
interesting talk was listened to from,
Deacon Geo. n. Tomsnn Dr.. Tracy
also delivered a helpful address on the
advantage OF clean l.apitS to IA success
fui careei. West Tobey was elected
pl esiGent OF the club for the ensuing
year. Paul Steward. vice president, Ar
dele Cross, secretary and William
Cole, treasurer. \ treat OF pop corn
candy, peanuts was served
The four-horse team belonging to NJ
/. Pooier and driven by j. Ernest
Whitman, a former Good VIII boy. for
some time employed al the Bloomfield
fafhl, Is attracting considerable atten-
ZION. None of the animals are over
seven years old and none of them
weigh less than 1876 This team OF
Percherons. for they are of that breed
captured the first prize as farm team
at Wateryille last September, first and
second in single animal classes and
hrst III farm teams at Skowhegan All
" aterNille they We're shown agains.
teams that won first money at Lewis
ton and Bangor fairs.
Mrs. Lester Clark of the Middle road
WHO has been SO critically i'll, was re-
ported Saturday as improving and out
of danger.
The annual installation Of the officers
elect Of SkoWhegan grange will occur
on next Wednesday evening with Past
Master ". f. Whittier as installing Of
ficer.
Mrs. Elizabeth Powers Merrill, Mrs
E. f. Danforth and Miss Louise Fl. Co
burn, members of the Maine Writers
Research club, We're in Lewiston Sat
urday TO attend a meeting Of the clul
and a luncheon at the Dewitt house
woman inmate of the York county
Jail at Alfred. who has been serving
several months at that institution was
on Friday brought TO the Reformator
Tor women here to continue her sen.
tence. Supt. Gertrude Wight of the in
stitution left here Saturday morn ing
for a visit in Gardiner.
The annual meeting Of the Somerset
Law and Library Association will oc.
cur next Tuesday at the court house
OWING TO the death Of Hon. u. D.
Stewart of st. Adams. the office of
president is vacant. The custom OF
electing the eldest attorney in the
county 10 this Office will probably be
continued in the choice Of a new presi-
dent at this session.
Owing to the change on the trains
the closing of the mails at the post Of
flee is considerably altered The fol-
lowing hours have been arranged
Closing. 40 A. NJ. 1l.20. A. NJ, 1916 p.
NJ. week days and $50 A. NJ. Sundays.
The mails arrive at $40 4. NJ. 1855 a
NJ. and ) r. NJ. week DAYS and l1.05 4.
NJ. Sundays. The mail via trolley line
to Madison closes at 3.15 week days.
Owing TO the death and suhseaue!l:
funeral of Associate Jusice John L;
MadiGan. the funeral occurring Tues
day, there will be no. business trans.
acted al tine opening day Of the .su.
preme judicial court in Skowneyan
Sheriff Goodrich will open cour, at thu
usual hour and adjournment will i'm
medi;.tely follow. The grand jurors viii
not report until Wednesday morning
and the traverse jurors on Thursday
morning.
Justice Madigan was to have beer
the presiding justice during the Jan
nary term but on account Of his seri
Gus illness Associate Justice Warrey
G. Pnilhrook had previously been ap
pointed to 81. during The present tern
and Justice Phitbrook will accordingly
occupy the bench during the term.
TIE session il eXpe,te to be brief
as it is thought no criminal cases will
be heard, and because of this the tray
erse Jurors will not be needed until the
criminal cases ere in order for tria,