Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-11-26


Down in North Carolina they are
throwing out the votes of the Chero-
kee Indians Might call it habit If
one were euphemistic.
Drop in silk stockings. Here's hop
ing there1l be drop in skirts to meet
'em.
Maine Gossip
&. :, 1sproach ~
Your erieying moonlight face. looks
e Through the forest of my fears.
Crowned with a spiny. bramble-crown,
Dewdropped with evening tears.
Why do you spell untrue. unkind,"
Reproachful eyes plaguing my sleep?
am not guilty in my mind
or aught would make you weep.
; Untrue? but how. what broken oath?
Unkind? know not even your
name.
Unkind. untrue. you charge me both.
The black trees shudder. dropping
snow, T
The stars tumble and spin.
SPEAK SPEAK or how may a child
His ancestral sin?
Robert Graves in The Atien@um.
Massachusetts, automobile drivers who
have waited for the ferry in the Ship
yard City will wish speedy success to
the movement toebridse the Kennebec
river at Bath.-Boston Transcript.
During the ten years prior to the
sale Of the Boston boats to the com.
bine in 1910. the line paid an average
dividend of per cent and charged off
the depreciation more than so per cent.
The company also built the steamer
Lincoln during this period and in one
year. 1885. the company paid no divi-
dend on account Of the Spanish-Ameri-
can war when the river was mined
| and there was little PASSENGER and
freight business. The lowest dividend
paid for the ten years was six per
cent and the highest. in 1900, was ten
per cent. This was during the time
that the line was under local manage
ment.-Bath Times. .'e
Wednesday, Nov. 10 was the seventy
first anniversary of the wreck of the
ship Hanover at the mouth of the
kennebec river when Capt. George
Rogers of Phippsburg was lost. in sight
OF his home. and with him every man
in his crew. The bodies of the men
rest in a little cemetery a short dis
lance below Parker Head village.
Lieutenant Albert Lincoln King, s
Walker street. Portland, overseas dur
ing the war. was awarded a distin-
guished service cross by the Navy De-
partment announcement being made
Thursday. The citation reads For
distinguished service in the line of his
profession as commanding officer of the
U. s. 8. C.-S9. engaged in the impor-
tant. exacting and hazardous duty of
patroling the waters OF the war zone
and operating against enemy submar-
ines Lieutenant King is a member of
the firm OF King & Dexter and this
reward Of faithful performance of duty
Is trophy that will be highly priced.
Timothy P. County. Of Biddeford, a
wireless operator during the World
War. was one Of the war heroes to re-
csivs medal Of honor from President
Wilson on Armistice Day. Accompany
ing the medal was the citation: For
heroic conduct and devotion to duty
while serving as wireless operator
on the s. S. Accoma. In a hurricane
at sea on Feb. 10. 1913 the rudder be.
came disabled. the ship preached and
filled rapidly. County remained at his
post until the last moment, transmit
ting and receiving messages. and his
services were in large measure re-
sponsible for saving the ships crew.
Signed. for the President. Josephus
Daniels, Secretary of the Navy"
1t became known Thursday in Sabat-
tus that there is no coal In Sabattus,.
and the urgent needs of the townspeo-
pie are being supplied from Lewiston.
AHC SiluoUOu Is especially acute an
winter weather made its advent Thurs
day with below freezing temperature
in the early morning hours. Coal that
is arriving. from lewiston is coming
at the rate of sci per ton. and In some
instances. an even higher price is charg-
ed.
A Lisbon Falls man last spring drove
his horse and jigger down to Bath and
during the summer left the horse
here at pasture in care Of man and
Sunday last. came down in his car to
take both home with him. relates the
Times. He decided that the best man
ner in which to accomplish his errand
was to convert the jigger into trail
Ter and haul the horse home In that
vehicle. The horse made a humorous
spectacle riding In the cart but all
went well until the visitor reached the
outskirts of the city with his caravan