Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-03-09
NUMBER 10.

That the world is today in the throes
Of q religious revolution, is the con-
tention of w. W. Stickney, ex-Govern-
or of Vermont. Mankind is passing
through a period Of spiritual upheave!,
witch Is the natural aftermath OF the
great war" said Mr.. Stickney. "The
time b dPe for great religious cam
Dsi1."
Massachusetts, State Letter Carriers
wf1l hold their 18th annual convention
st Springfield, May 80. Delegates
from the seventy-seven branches, rep
resenting 27OO members, will attend,
and those in charge are planning
drive to make the convention the big
gest ever.
William A. English and John Fl
OBrien, Boston wool merchants, con-
victed in 1919 OF having made fraud
ulent income tax returns have beeH
released by the parole board OF the
department OF justice. The certificate
Of release was forwarded to the prison
authorities at Greenfield, Mass. from
Washington.
The construction OF about $50 miles
OF State highway in Maine Is the pro-
gram contemplated this year, accord
ing to the annual report OF the State
Highway Commission. Surveys for
this work have been completed and
steps taken to have all the projects
approved by the Federal government
for Federal aid.
Gen. John H. Sherburne, chairman OF
the Massachusetts, commission on the
necessaries of life, advocated before
the legislative committee on state ad-
ministration acceptance OF the com
missions report that it be terminated
March / instead of Aug. l. The lat
ter date is set by the statute by which
the board was created.
William B. Stillwell, one Of the nine
cousins who will receive 100000, as
his share of the estate Of William P.
Cowan OF Indiana, formerly president
of the Standard Oil Company, lives at
227 Atwater road, Springfield, Mass.
Mrs. Stillwell said that her husband Is
q very active man and will not retire
because Of his large Inheritance.
Augustus L. Thorndike, Massachu-
sets bank commissioner at a meeting
of the directors OF the Canton Trust
Company and the Stoughton Trust
Company, said that in savings banks
and savings departments Of the trust
companies there had been deposited
more than $120,000,000 in 1918, the
largest increase in savings the State
has ever known.
Around the world at the age OF ten.
That Is what Philip Bruce OF No. 24s
Crafts street, Newtonville, Mass, is
going to do with his father and
mother and will visit China, Japan.
Greece and India. They expect to be
away for q year and half. Mr..
Bruce is a professor Of mathematics at
Boston University.
The Milford, Attleboro G. Woon-
socket Street Railway Company is
sued orders for all its cars to cease
operations and return to the car barns.
and at the same time laid on all plat
form men for an indefinite period.
This order came after a battle of
about three weeks. following series OF
snow storms, to keep the roads vari-
Gus branches open for tramc az
large outlay Of money.
Delegates to the annual meeting OF
the New England .ailk Producers As
ISOLATION, Boston, appointed commit
tee Of five to consider the subject OF
surplus milk supply, the committee to
report within 20 days. The delega-
ton also sent a message to the New
England senators and Representatives
in Washington, urgig them to use all
their influence against decreasing the
appropriation for crop reporting SER
vice.
Speaking at the convention banquet
of the New England Milk Producers
Association at the American HouSe
Boston, Pres. Frank s. Adams OF the
association said that in 1915 the farm
er was producing milk at six mills
loss on the quart. He declared that
there is a Limit to the price the con-
sumer will pay. He declared the
best way to increase consumption ls
to give the consumer milk that Is
good article Of food.
In full recognition OF the fact that
the place to learn to farm Is on the
farm. the Massachusetts, Agricultural
College is looking for summer JOBS Tor
one hundred Of its two-year course
students and is receiving applications
from farmers who are trying to Sc
cure help. The students, all Of whom
know something about farming and are
interested in farming, will hire out for
six months, beginning March 19. Will
be paid the market rates for thear
labors.
The R. l., Republican state central
committee has decided to hold the
Republican state convention in Music
Hall, New Haven. on March % and
"a. The convention will choose dele
gates to attend the Republican ma
tional convention in Chicago. Town
caucuses to select the delegates TO
the state convention will be held
March II and the senatorial district
conventions on March Is.
Only the farming interests OF the
state were represented by those who
spoke before the Massachusetts, legis-
lative committee on legal affairs IN
opposition to proposed legisiation for
daylight saving" Representative OF
commercial and manufacturing inter
ests. of workers in stores, factories
and other industrial est hlislments,
political leaders from the ctties and
others advocated the measure and
some Of them called the farmers "stub-
born" and "old-fashioned.'
Stories OF profteering In rents were
told at q hearing given by the hass.
legislature committee on the judiciary
which had under consideration sew
eral bills designed to curb selfish
landlords. Most Of the bills before
the committee would prohibit rent
raising during the winter months.
The bills were favored by officers
of several organizations and oy mem
bers Of the Legislature. Only -
person spoke against them.
4 Object Achieved.
! One object aimed at In chsaoAg
:,yles Is to make the old photogE1oAs
Iook vidiculous.-Toledo Biada