Oxford Democrat., 1921-07-26
NUMBER 30.

Charles n Jackson said 10 heve
been the largest man In the world,
resident Of Brockton, died tn the
Holy Ghost Hospital, Cambridge.
where he had been patient since
early in March. He was 81 years osA.
He weighed $50 pounds In 1916
The heavy rainfall last vssk has
seriously damaged the cranberry cop
In the Cape Cod district. Along the
Wewsantit River the DYKES and dams
were carried away in many places and
the water flowed over the bogs cover
ing the early fruit that bad se< On
the vines.
Charged With ktdnaopfns pretty -
year-oh Anna Graf from her bed
room In the home Of Henry Comes.
Taunton Mass, Frank Ventura was
held for the grand jury when he ap-
peared In district court BAH was set
at $500 on this charge, vh9o ca that
Of assault and battery On the girl
ball was fxed at 500.
Judge Anderson Of the Un1fed
States district court In imposing q
fine of SIS on Alacido Of 1918 Wash
ington street, Boston, stated that he
was mot impressed with the deatr.
ability Of illegal methods In entoro-
ing the law" when informed that pro-
hibttion agents had opened Corsos
bag to obtain evidence.
Arthur B. Haley Of Guilford, No,
who has been recorded at Phillips III
eter Academy, Exeter. N. H, for the
past two years, has been named a
alumni secretary at Wesleyan, TO SC
ceed Roy B. Chamberiin, who u TO
become pastor Of. the college church
at Hanover, N. H. Mr.. Haley u
Wesleyan man, in the class H 1871,
and captained the varsity baseball
team his senior year.
Rev. EAswoth w. Phillips, paaof
of the Memorial Church, Summer st.
Worcester, Mass, has made . ppeo
sttion to his parish to reduce his own
salary. He says the action on his part
follows from the fact that ne has
noted many Of the wortmen IN MS
parish have had to stand a reduction
in wages from 10 to Is percent and ne
felt that Il was only fair that he
should stand with them.
A 10 per cent reduction In ren< Do
cause of the continued business o.
preston has been announced oy the
Hardware City Loan Cooperation
About 130 families living IN houses
owned by the corporation Will save
an average of $4 q month as result
This is the third rent reduction o.
clared since Jan. / and brings ths
rental charges 30 per cent lower than
they were seven months ago.
George w. Weever. Augusta. Mo-
former landscape gardener, was lol
years old recently, but no special Oh
seryance OF the occasion was ATTEMPT
ed. He was born In the year mai
Maine was separated from Massocan-
setts. In early life he was carpen.
ter and helped build the old Howard
Atheneum in Boston and tho otd
bridge between Boston and Cam
bridge az we'll as Long Wharf
ceorge simons, nine years old. vsa
shot and killed in Southington. e.
while playing with Joseph KeziVlics'
.,so AGED 8, at the home Of the h4-
ters uncle, Anthony Bernfk. Accord
ing to the police thu Kezilivie. boy
said he shot his playmate with q n
caIibre rife. he was aiming at
dog house from a window. he ssad.
Int the gun fell from his hands a.
he fred and the bullet struck Ssnon-
Henry Long, third basenan Of tne
Waterbury, c.. Dastsrn League Csa0
eouarled the league record for con-
secutiye hitting in Bridgeport vhen
he made two hits, II being the 1a
straight game IN which be has han
one or moro hits. Paul Johnson eS~
of the Philadelphia Americans. psay-
Ing viii Worcester last season. esese-
lishcd a consecutive hitting rec1sa
for the Eastern League, when hs nh
safely IN q straight games-
following payment Of approxnnae-
~ s1s 600 900 embezzlement and burg
lsry claims Last year by 30 surety ana
burglary insurance companies. Wh
liam B. Joyce. president Of he Ma
tional Surety Company. made pasnc
what he believes to be the II pTan-
cinal causes Of the presant naooo-
vid, crime wave. Widespread dnre-
snect for law, which fs always IN m
eyitable consequence Of va1. is n1ss
ON President Joyce's list
But little rain in northern counties
~ Maine. New Hampshire and Yer
mont since early May. while the req
Of New England. though mpree
somewhat by juno drought received
r.,ns the end OF June, according 70
the crop report for July. prepared by
Y A Sanders Of the o. 8. Bureau o.
Market and Crop estimates. Hence
tho New England hay crop 10 one OF
the lixhtest on record. being ss per
cent Of normal against 81 per cent
last year and SO per cent the average
Dry regions have only half q CROP
With no large stock of old hay. Some
farmers are now buying market hay.
ond have sown more fodder crops.
United States hay. too. declined dur
ing June from S42 psr cent to 7S.1
ner cent Of normal; average S3.s
per cent Acreage. lel7 pes cent os
1920.
IN an effort 10 stimulate buildins
and est hack to normally h tAe buffd-
ing trades, Pittsaeld. Mass. contrao'
tors In tsh building trades voted
General reduction In wages. TO tain
effect Ang. 1. The reduction varies
from 2 IL to 80 cents sn hour. tn
biggest cut is In the wages OF orics'
layers and piasterers who have bces
getting S1.25 an hour. They are cut Il
| ss cents an hour. Plumbers. steam
ftters and sheet metal WORKERS arr
eut from 90 to IS cents. and earpen.
TEN and lathers from 81 IL to u