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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-01-28
BELFAST
Newly Organized Round Table
Has Interesting Session.
New Pastor At Federated
Church

OAsAA$AA
The first meeting of the newly or
ganized Round Table of the North
Congregational parish was held IN
the church parlors Thursday after
noon with an attendance of So. not
withstanding the severely cold
weather. The parlors since the last
gathering held there had been COM
pletely renovated and with rugs, cur
tains, tea table and other articles
of furniture and presented cosy and
homelike appearance. The meeting
was called to order by the new pres
ident, Mrs. John r. Dunton. who call
ed for the reading of the minutes If
the organization a week ago. She
then outlined the object and aim of
the new club. the promotion of socia-
bility, church work, educational pur-
suits and helpfulness. She also spoke
briefly Of the original Round Table
and read from Tennysop's Idyls of
the King. the VOW of the knights of
the Round Table. Miss Anne NJ. Kilt
redge explained the department call
cd The Half Hour club, of which Miss
Margaret A. Dunton is chairman. and
in which many members of the
Round Table will enroll. This m
tails pledge to read one-half hour
or more each day on something of
educational worth. travel. history.
biography, standard poetry. philoso-
ply, science, etc. y forfeit Of five
cents is to be paid for each day miss
ed. All who wish to enroll will please
send their names to Miss Dunton be-
fore Thursday. Feb. End. Miss Grace
H. Hall and Miss Mabel Craig tn n
gave a very comprehensive account
of the missionary rally held in Port
land last week to which they were
sent as delegates. Following the pro-
gram tea was served. Mrs Clarence
Q. Poor. pouring and assisted by
members of the various committees.
The next meeting will be held in two
weeks, the program to be announced.
Miss Woodbridge, most entertain
ing speaker; who was recently in
Portland. will address the club in
February.
Rev. William F. Skerrye, pastor of
the First Parish Unitarian church of
Templeton, Mass, has accepted the
call extended to him two weeks ago
by the Federated church of Belfast,
the union of the North Congregation
al and Unitarian churches. He will
begin his pastorate here on March
>, preaching his first sermon as pas
tor on that day.
v nile there are at present no indiz
cations of an ice embargo on Penob-
scot Bay the winter is young nd
there Is still plenty of time for Bel
fast TO be cut off from all water con-
nections and the islands to be isolat-
ed as has been the case numbtr Of
years. Only once has the bay frozen
J earlier than February and that was
during the severe winter of 1918 when
ice' formed about the middle of Jam
uary and had become SO thick on the
18th that the Boston boat went from
Winterport to Camden, without At
tempting to make calls at Searsport
and Belfast and from that time on
Belfast Bay was one mass of ice al
though every possible attempt was
made to keen an open channel.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-01-28

Gasoline consumption is the best
index available for judging total tire
consumption and as gasoline con-
sumption In 1921 was greater than IN
1920. IL is safe to assume that the
Total consumption Of tires in 1921 was
at least as great, IL not greater, than
the consumption in 1920. says one OF
the leading tire manufacturers Of the
country.
But many OF the tires worn out in
1921 were made in the previous year
20 that production in 1921 was ma
terially curtailed.
Many plants which were producing
10 capacity during part OF 1871 were
shut down entirely in 1921.
The production in 1921, therefore,
has not been excessive and in fact
undoubtedly has been considerably
undeF actual consumption.
SO in entering 1922 the tire business
fnces entirely different conditions
than prevailed on January /, 1921.
Stocks have been reduced to low
levels both by manufacturers and
dealers.
Production of tires in 1922 must of
necessity approximate consumption.
And the consumption of tires in 1877
will surely be greater than in 1921.
Ii is estimated that the production
OF new cars and trucks in 1921 will
. reach the figure of 100000 cars. or
this number not over $4,000 cars will
have been exported. leaving l.650,000
cars and trucks to go into service in
this country.
At the beginning Of the year. we
had about 100000 cars registered.
Adding $50. 900 to this number would
make a total OF 10,s50,000 cars avail
able for use on January /. 1922.
But some OF the old cars wore out
in i92l-how many no one knows.
However experts estimate the aver
age life of a car to be about six
years. which would mean that the au-
tomohile mortality OF 1921 should APP
proximately equal the production for
domestic use in 1915.
This was about $4,000 cars. and
deducting this number from 1O.s50,000
gives us forecast of about 10.0OO,O00
cars as o. January 1922.
This is SOC, 900 more than were reg.
istcrcd year ago.
, Accurate registration figures will
not 10 available for some weeks. and
while the above estimate is but
guess. II seems perfectly reasonable
a. expect that there will he more cars
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-01-28

modern plant facilities managed by
ar organization of long experience
and ability which, devoted to quanti-
cheney and economical manufacture
and makes low prices possible.
To paraphrase a homely axiom,
the proof of the car is in the per-
Torrance Of it. Despite the fact that
$4,000 new Studebaker ears were
produced and sold in the calendar
years of 1920 and 1921 and were, to-
gether with 100000 cars previously
produced. in operation in users
hands throughout 1921, our sales Of
repair parts in 1921 were per cent.
less than they were in 1919. Auto
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-01-28
Repoir Costs 81. so in 2 IL Years

In and one-l.alf years repairs my Essex have
been IS cents for a fan belt and IS cents a
starter spring Original plugs and battery still in
Gasoline consumption 10 miles per gallon. The
machine 10 as quiet and powerful as when
JOHN MILLER,
"a Manchester Place, Buffalo, n Y.
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MONTVILLE
Hatch Buildings Burn

CENTER-The commodious farm
belonging to Jacob Hatch
were burned Thursday morning This
farm was sold to G!rs. Berta Edgar
Rich by Mrs. Cora r. Clement. and
to Mr.. Hatch by Mrs. Rich. 1t was
the home of the late Mayo f. Herr
man, and was one IF the best sites OF
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-01-28

mobile manufacturers cannot do both
d large car, business and a big re-
pair parts business at the same time.
The most healthy and enviable situa-
ton possible is that of an Increasing
car business coupled with declining
business in repair parts.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-01-28
100000 CARS "DIED" DURING
PAST YEAR IS THE ESTIMATE
But Production Has Gained and Registrations
for 1922 Will Probably Be 100000 More
Than for January l, 1921-Tire
CONSUMPTION Is Good Index

in use 1872 than IN the year just CLOS
ing.
That undoubtedly means a greater
consumption of tires: for while own
ers are more careful about the use Of
their tires and do not purchase so
recklessly as they did in 1919 and
part of 1920, still tires will wear out
Just as shoes and clothes do and it is
almost equally inconvenient to do
without them when they are needed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-01-28
carburetor will cause the, motor to
mistire badly.

In most every gas line there is a
dirt trap. either in the line itself or at
the base of the carburetor. You
should think to clean this occasional
~ before trouble is encountered.
The present day fuel contains more
or less waste matter and trouble with
the carburetor can be reduced by
cleaning this trap occasionally.
If gasoline runs out of the carbure-
tor after the engine stops it shows
that the air entering the carburetor
is not hot enough to vapOriZc the
present grade of fuel. The gasoline
accumulates and runs out rs the sue
ton stops Look over the hot air
, pipe around the exhaust manifold for
leaks or have such a pipe installed if
none is used.
1t requires more gasoline to drive
around in congested streets than to
run straight on open roads. Closing
the throttle during the greater part
of hill descent will not only be SAT-
err, but will save gasoline. Fuel
economy means a healthier engine.
It is essential to have the engine
thoroughly warmed up before start
ing to adjust the carburetor. Plenty
of time should be taken doing it so
that the engine is hot when the fin
ishing touches are given. An engine
adjusted while cold will not develop
full power. and an entirely different
adjustment will be necessary after it
heats up. resulting in an increase of
power and gasoline economy.
Only year when production of mo-
tor vehicles in this country dropped
was 1918.
Half of the motorcars IN Brazil
may be found in Rio de Janeiro and
Sac Paulo. y
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-01-28
Helpful Hints
For Motorists

When q car has been standing for
some time it is advisable to drain
float chamber of carburetor in order
to get rid of any sediment or water.
Dirt or a few drops of water in the
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81 guess I'll wait. "

81 guess I'll wait"
The banker drew off for a con-
ference with We'll. AS they talk
ed Mr.. Mcintyre bit off a sizable
chunk of cut plug and nonchalant-
ly resumed his wood chopping.
At last the banker again ap-
preached Mr.. Mcintyre.
"Well, you win," he said.
wen give you par value-one
dollar a share"
"Oh, you will, will you?" said
Mr.. Mcintyre. "Well, you won't.
want two dollars, you're so will
ing.
For Heavens sake, let's give
it to him before he goes up any
more," whispered We'll. eve can
get SIS share for it."
After some more deliberation
the stock was bought for two dol
lars a share. Mr.. Weed opened his
brief case and counted out eighty
thousand dollars-and stopped.
'Take this" he said to Mr.. Nc
Intyre, "as first payment. I'll
bring you the rest tomorrow"
Nothing doing" said Mr.. Nc
Intyre, with emphasis. "For all /
know, / can get three dollars
share for it tomorrow"
The professor looked desperate
ly at Banker Charles, who looked
desperately back again.
'I've just got that $4,000 COM
mission" he said.
. "See if you can't buy an OPP
tion," whispered the professor,
until tomorrow. I'll get Wander
lip on the wire and have him tele-
graph a draft"
The banker did some tall dicker-
ing with the tight Mr.. Mcintyre,
who was now fully determined to
get every nickel he could. At the
end of the conference an option
on the stock was purchased for
100000, the option to expire at
noon the following day. 1t was
a hard option, but Banker Charles
didn't mind. After all, it was
Weeds money that was being
risked.
They drove back to Kokomo
with the option like mad, and
Weed proceeded to do some long
distance phoning. He discovered
that Vanderlip was sailing on his
yacht and all the other influential
friends he dared to call on so deli
cate a matter were also out of
reach. He turned wildly to Bank
er Charles, who smiled a bland
smile and said he might, just
might, you understand, be able to
raise the needed $4,000, only
in that case he felt that his com
mission ought to be increased to,
say, fifty per cent. He thought he
had Mr.. Weed on the hip and was
making it good.
Mr.. Weed was frantic at the
thought of losing his original in
vestment, and he gave in. Banker
Charles drew the money in Ko-
komo, and they returned to Deer
Greek and bought the stock.
Banker Charles held the certificate.
When they drove back to Ko-
komo, Banker Charles inquired if
there had been any messages for
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CONTINUED from Preceding Page)

untary chuckle over a "smart" let
ter. She knew now, pretty well,
what he had read-and why, after
the reading, had looked little
sorry.
"Yes," she answered, her lips
very dry.
'I've learnt to expect nothing
in this life," said Mr.. James Ok
ford, "and l expected nothing
from you, nor that chap Becken-
ham. And here you both come
back to me shining monuments of
integrity! l feel like Columbus
discovering a new world"
"And so," she said, staring at
the carpet, "Im not to have the
clerkship"-thinking of that night
mare of a voyage, the agonizing
sleeplessness and starting fears.
He pursed his lips.
ooh! You're not suitable, you
know. Never thought you were
from the start"
"Abominable" sh, choked out.
"Now! now! now" replied Mr..
Oxford. 81 don't say I've got
nothing for you, because l have.
There's letter or two l ought to
open there. 'Scuse me. Don't go
for a minute. | can go on talking
at the same time. Do two things
at once whenever possible's a
golden rule in this world"
Mr.. James Oxford seated him
self at his desk, which brought his
back to the listener, tole at en-
velope flaps ard proceeded, in a
pleasant rumble, to air his views
on the sex.
"Women? They're not to be
depended on. No. They may
carry a thing through once-you
carried this throughput it's odds
against their doing it Gny more.
They're upheld by what | should
call a momentary hysteria rather
than a backing of real stability.
Still, as | say, you've got certain
amount of grit and go-I can see
that. Pm quick at seeing-and
I'll give you some work. A nice
little bit of bookkeeping, starting
you at e yhteen shillings a week,
with lunch and tea on the prem
ises-"
He was stopped suddenly by a
whirlwind behind. She "ew at
him and boxed his ears. She boxed
them left and right with either
hand, one-two, three-four, five
six, seven, eight, showing real
stability" of attack. When he had
recovered sufficiently from it to
look round, deaf, dazed and fur
ious, she was gone.
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The girl listened with attentive
eyes, playing with the mascot.
"Well, | see you see I'm going
to make you an offer. Come and
play leading lady"
"I've never been on the stage
in my life," she said simply.
"Be afraid?"
81 don't remember ever being
afraid of anything"
"Come on, then. I'll coach you.
You'll read up the parts with all
the go that's in you. And that's
not iRconsiderable, I'll lay. My
dear, you've got a face. That's
what goes down in these little
towns. And you've got more than
ordinary intelligence. And a good
voice. You'll have to come learn
ing few of the rudiments, how to
come on and go off, and use your
voice, and the things done. You
do your best for me. That's all |
ask"
Salary"
Thirty shillings a week. And
travelling expenses paid. It's bet
ter" he said cunningly, "than be-
in a clerk in a city office at
pound a week-or Lessor any
other sort of drudge. At least,
it's so to my mind"
"And to mine," she said COM
posedly. Looking at her, he saw
the scarlet that had crept into her
pale cheeks.
"Is it bargain?"
She was workless, and destitu-
tion stared her in the face, so:
Yes" she replied.
Whats your name, my dear?"
She understood the familiarity
as meaningless habit of his kind
and did not resent it.
Margaret Morton"
He rolled it round his tongue.
pretty name. l like ALTERATION.
Goes well on a bill. Well keep
it. Will you start tomorrow I?
We're collecting at Paddington
1890"
"I'll be there"
"Come back to Maxwell's with
me now," he said, getting up, "and
I'll give you the Script. May as
well begin to study right off. And
drop in after dinner tonight and
ask for me, and I'll give you a bit
Of coaching to start with. You'll
have a scramble to be ready with
Confidential Clara by tomorrow
night"
They went out into the Strand
together. An hour before she had
been as a derelict abandoned by
Fortune-now she felt she was be-
ing towed once more by a passing
pilot into a temporary port. She
received her Script" and going
back to her dark little bed sitting
room she commenced to study It.
That was about five o'clock. In
two hours she had most of the
part off by heart. Mr.. Alastair
Wigmore was to coach her in what
he had called "the rudiments"
afterward. She conned them over
and over-stupid, vulgar, stale,
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ment: then he looked away. But
in a few minutes he looked again,
and began to study her; the face
cut as clear as a cameo, looking
rather downcast, and thinner than
a girls face should be; the black
eyelashes that fringed remarkable
gray eyes, the nervous force of the
whole.
She was refreshing herself with
a single cup of tea and a bun,
which she consumed with an appe-
tite that suggested a capacity for
more, but she did not order more.
He saw that her fingers constantly
wandered to, and played with, a
tiny silver mascot in the shape of
a Teddy-bear that hung round her
neck, as if inviting luck. While
she sat pulling on the worn gloves
he said very quietly:
Miss, | ar not a conventional
man."
your conventionality, or other
wise, does not interest me-" she
replied.
Don't go for a moment, MISS"
he said, with a hasty, half-apolo-
getic, half-peremptory gesture to
detain her. 81 want you to be
good enough to listen for one
minute"
He spoke in a rather declama-
tory voice, rolling the RS slightly;
his whole pose, dress and manner
were of the obvious theatrical
type; his hair long on the nape of
his neck and thrown back in a
rolling wave from his forehead.
He was rather fat and a little
blotchy; his tie-pin was remark
ably bad taste.
81 like your face" he said. The
remark was given very critically
and impersonallv, and was scarce
ly to be classed as an ordinary i'm
pertinence. Leaning his elbows
on the table and joining his finger
tips together he added: But it's
a business liking. l don't even
want you to take it as a compli-
ment. It's purely business"
"Business?" she said quickly.
He nodded. "That touches you?
I'll go on. You've got the sort of
face that one doesn't see in one
woman out of a hundred. | don't
know - sensitiveness, passion -
should be temperament behind a
face like yours. Pure luck, me
walking in here and sitting down
just opposite it. Do you mind
telling me what your profession
is?"
Anything" she answered alert
ly.
He nodded again. "That means
nothing at present. You're out of
a job. Well, I've knocked about
a lot, and I've seen hundreds of
young women out of jobs. /
know. If you'd worn better hat
I shouldn't have risked speaking
to you-though I'm a Bohemian,
| am-don't care for nobody.
Ever hear of 'Wigmore's Wonder
full Week."
He fished in the pockets of
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the next customer, especially when
Mr.. Weed began to kick himself
for selling the stock at the ridicul-
ously low price of two dollars a
share.
"We could have had five dol
lars a share for it just as easily"
he cried.
When the two returned to the
hotel they found a message from
the major asking Banker Charles
to notify the judge to meet the
major in Cleveland, and promising
that both would return with the
fiscal agents in two days. time.
Mr.. Weed suggested that the bank
er might help him clean up the
Chicago stockholders while he
waited.
Poring over the list, they found
an address on Chicago's North
Side, and hurried out there in a
taxicab. The customer" was an
other member of the gang, who
had rented a room there, and who
was now exercising his roomer
prerogative of sitting on the front
porch in his shirt sleeves.
The professor asked him if he
was speaking to Mr.. Morton.
THAT'S me-" said the man.
alfred w. Morton, health, acci-
dent and fire insurance. Are you
interested in a policy?"
The professor hemmed and
hawed and started talking about
stocks.
Don't tell me anything about
Stocks" said Morton, Indignantly.
"T've got enough bad stock now.
I'd sell it all for a cent share.
I've learned my lesson good and
proper"
The professor pretended to de-
fend the stock selling business, and
got so excited that he said he
would just take that offer.
"You're stung" said Morton,
and five hundred shares of Decatur
Copper changed hands. AS they
left the house the banker laughed
heartily at the professors clever
ness in pretending to be a stock
salesman.
"Now, don't sell this for less
than SO. a SHARE" the professor
warned Banker Charles as they
went to the brokers'. "And try
to get five"
The banker got $3.50 this trip,
four dollars the next, and so on.
Two of the stockholders were
Helen Freeman and Ruth Doyle,
Wells regular "vamp" accom-
plices, whose professional artifices
were not needed to trim the sane
timonious banker. At the end of
the day he was $4,000 richer in
commissions, and ready for the
final trimming.
That evening he pored over the
stockholders names with We'll.
There wassa man named Abrams
who had 100000 shares, the larg-
est block of all. n they could
only get him! But the professor
shook his head dolefully and said
he had tried, only to find out that
Abrams was dead, and had left
neither hide nor hair of property.
He said his secretary, the illus
trious Jimmy Head" was trying
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to trace the stock at that very
minute.
Early the next morning Banker
Charles was aroused from his slum-
Der by a terrific banging on the
door. 1t was Mr.. Weed.
Hurry up and dress" he said.
"We've located Abrams stock His
partner, out in Deer Creek, In
diana, has it, and we'll have to
hustle if we're going to get it.
The brokers have the tip, too, and
we'll have to take the first train
out if we want to beat them
there"
"Deer Creek" echoed the bank
er. "Why, that's right near Ko-
komo. You take the train to Ko-
komo and go the rest of the way
by automobile.
He hurried into his clothes.
Suddenly a thought occurred to
him.
"What if Major Faversham tries
to get in touch with me?" he
asked.
The banker was willing to make
ten or fifteen thousand dollars,
provided he didn't risk that three
million and more.
Leave the address of your Ko-
komo office at the hotel" suggested
the professor. "They'll forward
it,"
On the train the professor told
Banker Charles all about his secre-<
tary's clever work in finding the
lost stock. He discovered he had
left it with his partner, a Scotch
man named Alexander Mcintyre,
who had then moved from town to
town until he had settled down on
a farm in Deer Creek. When they
reached Kokomo the bankers car,
for which they had wired ahead,
was waiting, and they raced to
Deer Creek in record time.
They found Mr.. Mcintyre chop
ping wood in the barn yard. He
was a rugged, rustic type, and as
tight as twenty Banker Charleses.
When he perceived their anxiety
about the stock he shut up like a
clam. In this big deal the pro-
fessor had delegated the delicate
work of bargaining to Banker
Charles, fearing that his participa-
tion would be too obvious. Bank
er Charles offered Mr.. Mcintyre
three cents a share. The farmer
laughed out loud.
"There's something vera pecu-
liar about this" he said with a
foxy look in his eye. Before he
died my partner told me this
stocked go to par or he'd make it
good. That's what / want for it,
par or better. | know that you
gentlemen didn't come out here
from Chicago in such hurry for
nothing. | know that you didn't
go to all the trouble of tracing
my stock for three cents a share.
And, besides, you amt the only
ones that wants it. There's brok-
er named Fredericks that coming
out here tomorrow. | guess I'll
wait"
In vain the banker fumed and
offered him three cents, four cents,
ten cents, fifty cents. All Mr.. Nc
Intyre would say was: