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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-03-21
STATE OF MAINE.

EANCOCh SS.
At probate court held at Ellis
worth, in and for said County of
Hancock, the sixth day of
March, in the year of our Lord one
thousand nine hundred and twenty
three.
A certain instrument purporting to
be a copy Of the last will and testa-
ment of Emile Antoinette Gambler.
York and State of New York, deceased,
state of New York, duly authenticated,
having been presented to the Judge of
probate for our said county of Han
cock for the purpose of being allowed,
filed and recorded in the probate court
of our said county of Hancock, and for
letters testamentary to issue to Emile
Cavalier and Louise M. Gambler. No
bond being required by the terms of
said will.
Ordered, That notice thereof be
given to all persons interested there.
in, by publishing a copy of this order
three weeks successfully in the Ellis
worth American newspaper printed
at Ellsworth in said County of Han
cock, prior to the third day of April,
A. d. 1928, that they may
appear at probate court then to be
held at Ellsworth, in and for said
County of Hancock, at ten o'clock in
the forenoon, and show cause, If any
they have, against the same.
BERTRAND F.. CLARK.
Judge of Probate.
Attest; RoBBRT P. KING,
Re gister.
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Not All Americsnisn1s.

Guess" as used by the Yankee, is
always chosen by the English as a
typical Americanism, when, in fact, it
vas used by Shakespeare and Chau-
ger. "Allow" was formerly used in
England in the same sense as in
America. Special AmericanlSlns are
"sun-up," shutdown completed"
las ever" "haying,"' right off" or
fright away" "shindig," a dance or
party, usually noisy, rough one ;
"shindy," a fight or row; bark up
the wrong tree" little end of the
horn" "het up" "kibosh."
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HANCOCK S. May 5th. A. D. 1922.

HANCOCK IS. May 5th. A. d. 1922.
At 10 hour and So minutes in the
forenoon. BY virtue of this writ, l
have attached all the real estate of the
within named defendant heirs of Salem
Town, Jr, and all the right title and
interest which the said defendant
heirs of Salem Town, Jr., have in or to
any real estate in said County of Han
cock, and particularly and especially
the following real estate situated in
the town of Southwest Harbor in said
County of Hancock: One-half of the
mineral interest on a mountain known
as the F. & S. H. Rodick mountain lot
bounded north by Town line, e. by
shore and land of Fernald's, S. by
Fernald and Carroll Co. land, w. by
land of the Wild Gardens of Acadia,
so acres, to the value of one hundred
dollars.
OTIS H. INGALLS,
Deputy Sheriff.
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Seawall.

Mrs. Julia Stanley has been quite
i'll of bronchitis. Her daughter,
Mrs. Ida Mitchell of Bernard, is with
her.
Mrs. Sadie LaCount is in very
poor health.
L. E. Newman lost one of his
horses last week.
March 10. r. e. D.
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STATE OF MAINE.
Supreme Judicial Court

Supreme Judicial Court.
October Term, A. d. 1922.
Upon the within writ, Ordered: That
the plaintiff give notice to the defend
ant to appear before the justice of our
supreme judicial court, to be holden at
Ellsworth. within and for the county
of Hancock, on the fourth Tuesday of
April, A. D. 1928, by publishing an at
tested copy of said writ and this order
thereon, three weeks successfully in
the Ellsworth American, a newspaper
printed in Ellsworth in our county of
Hancock, the last publication to be
Tuesday of April next, that he may
there and then in our said court appear
and answer to said suit.
IT. F. MAHONEY,
Clerk of the Sup. Jud. Court.
true copy of the writ, officers re-
turn and order of court thereon,
Attest: II. F. MAHONEY,
Clerk
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Cheerful Wish.

'J've often wondered why they shave
a mans head before they put him in
the electric chair" said the pessimist,
gloomily.
"Oh, | hope you'll find out some
day" said the listener, politely.
The pessimist was satisfied.
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NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE.

Whereas George Jordan of Otis,
Hancock county, State of Maine, by his
mortgage deed, dated January 2, 1896:
recorded in Hancock county registry of
deeds, book 297, page II, conveyed to
Fred L. Mason, who afterwards as
signed said mortgage to Whitcomb,
Haynes & Company, as recorded in said
registry, in book 342, page 446, and
Whitcomb, Haynes & Company, there
afterwards by their assignment con-
Veyed to me, the undersigned. the fol-
Otis aforesaid: A certain lot or parcel
of land situated in said. Otis to wit:
The easterly part of lot No. Sc on the
plan of said Otis made by John Peters,
containing sixty acres, and divided
from the western part of said lot oc-
cupied by Benz, Davis, by line run
ming north and south, the same having
been heretofore conveyed to Alfred M.
Blaisdell and mortgaged to secure the
purchase money which not being paid
said Blaisdell reconVeyed to said pro-
prietors. Meaning and intending here
by to convey the same lot described in
deed to me from the proprietorS of said
Otis, said deed being recorded in Han
cock registry of deeds, in vol. 81, page
1876. with the buildings thereon Also
"a certain lot or parcel of land with the
buildings thereon situated in said Otis
and described as follows. to wit; Be
ing the westerly part of lot No. SO
known as the Aaron Salisbury lot, ex-
cepting forty acres decided by Eliza
SALISBURY TO Margaret ana Mary b.
Salisbury. containing sixty acres, more
or less, Meaning and intending hereby
to convey the same premises decided to
me by Samuel E. Jordan by deed re-
corded in said Hancock registry of
deeds in vol. 159, page 1922; and where
as the conditions of said mortgage
have been broken and unperformed,
now, therefore, by reason of the breach
of the conditions thereof. ] claim a
foreclosure of said mortgage and give
this notice for that purpose.
GEORGE L. JORDAN.
BY VIM. E. Whiting,
his attorney duly authorized.
Dated, Ellsworth, Me-, March 3, 1928.
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A Cool Customer.

Stranger-Miss Phayre. allow me-
this is Mr. Bangs.
Miss Phayre-But don't know you,
sir.
Stranger-Not yet, but l have asked
Mr.. Bangs to introduce me.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-03-21

Can't look we'll, eat well, or feel wei!
with impure blood. Keep the blood
pure with Burdock Blood Bitters. Eat
simply, take exercise, keep clean, AMI
good health is pretty sure to follow.
s1.25 a bottle.-Advt.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS
ALICE n. SCOTT

Speciality made of
TYPEwRITING. ACCOUNTING AND
GENERAL CLERICAL WORK
Agent Union Safe Deposit & Trust Co.,
of Portland. for furnishing Probate
and Surety Bonds. Agent Oliver Type
writer. Typewriter supplies.
No. /. School ST., Ellsworth, Me.
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ASSETS DECEMBER 81, 1922
Stocks and bonds. $352924.7
Cash in Office and bank, 69227.77
Agents balances, 90S53
Bills receivable, 211200
Interest and rents, 469632
All other assets, 75S9.26
Gross assets $43745S62
Deduct items not admitted 1858
Admitted assets, $4364S20 90
LIABILITIES DECEMBER 81, 1922.
Net unpaid losses, $ 65327O0
Unearned premiums, 16787491
All other liabilities 2302S96
Cash capital, 100000
Surplus over all liabilities, S025122
plus. $4364S2 90
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Statement of
EQUITABLE FIRE Il MARINE IN
STRANGE COMPANY.

FrOVIuFNcf, TX. 7.
ASSETS DECEMBER 81, 1922.
Mortgages loans, S $4,000 90
Stocks and bonds 1881 $1,000
Cash in Office and bank, 55,663.27
Agents balances. 50,l8O.52
Interest and rents, 45,435.56
Cross assets, $3,S36,540.35
Deduct items not admitted, 24219
Admitted assets, S3,S36,29S.16
IJARJTJTTES DECEMBER 81, 1922.
Net unpaid losses, 252,9Sb.2b
Unearned premiums, S4S,690. y
All other liabilities, 33,3S2.29
cash canital, 1000, 900. 90
Snrnlus over all liabilities 1701,239.30
pius. $3,s36.2ss16
]. A. THOMPSON, Agent.
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r. E. D..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-01
YOUNG GIRL ATTACKED
 BY NEGRO BOY FRIDAY
Authcrr.es lso Hunt For Man
 Who Assaa ted White Lad

Attack "A hy - young negro boy, a 6-year-old Nti@ girl is in a critical condition at her home, under the care of physician, while police and detectives are securing the city for her ,assailant. A fair description of the Negro was given the officers by the child.
 The act is said to have been com mitted at 1:15 o'clock Friday after noon in rear of the Towles Dry Cleaning company. 409 Eighteenth street, north, where the boy was em- ployed.
 McDuff Cain. Swear old son of Mir. and Mrs. J. B. Cain, S94 Woodland avenue, south, Friday was reported 10 be in an improved condition fol- lowing an attack by demented negro man Wednesday afternoon. Weak from the loss of blood. the la1 made his way to his home Thursday morning. to be rushed to a hospital.
 Detectives Elledge, Williamson. Jones, McCombs. Moser and Pevele- were assigned to investigate Fridays case by Chief of Police Fred McDufs. According to a statement by Chief McDuff. the boys mother came to headduartcrs and told him that she would have the boy at police head quarters just as soon as she could find him
 Detectives Brannon and Brown. wEn were detailed to the assault os ycung Cain. stated Friday afternoon that there was some conflicting de- s sriptions of negro who cut the boy.
 sSx deputy sheriffs have been plaNed on the case by Chief Deputy Sher If Henry S. Hill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-01

gated the cotton growing in Mir. Georges field. He found huge mother cotton plant, also grafted to the roots of mulberry tree, with a height of six feet and a diameter of like dimensions and large lateral branches.
 This plant has undoubtedly Egyp- tian characteristics. with deeply in- dentcd leaves and long pointed bolls The progeny from this plant will again be crossed with other desirable ccttcn varieties which will combine the hisn- yielding powers of the par ent Egyptian plant and the large
 lls of several other crosses now growing on the George place.
 The value of the new variety of cotton will depend entirely upon it's performance under actual farming conditions. This has not been possi- ble because until this year there has not been enough seed to plant lalge acreage. Next season how ever, there will be enough seed from this years crop to plant several hun dred acres, MT. George is certain.
 Counts made in the Lamarque field showed field plants grown in ordi- nary cotton rows with 72 almost ma have done this in spite of rainy. adverse and backward season, which has caused much shedding.
 Examination of the staple from the three parent plants last season a length of one and a half inches, with fine silky texture and good drag. A large open boil was almost as biz as a mans fist. All were larger than ordinary cotton bolls. This years of more than an inch and a quarter in diameter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-01
WHEN HE FAILS TO
 KEEP APPOINTMENT

From the many letters I receive
 from young girls it seems to be quite the thing for some young men to make appointments to call or to take them to a show or dance and never show us. The girls always try to excuse the men and ask how they may invite them ot their homes again without seeming to run after them"
 But when a young man breaks an appointment and does not write nor phone or in any way to explain mat ters it is always best for the young girl to give him up. She may write and induce him to call or to make an- ] other date and he may manage to keep a second or third evening with her, but sooner or later he is going
 to fail her. Every right thinking, serious minded young man feels that his social engagements should be kept. He will take as much trouble
 to let a young woman know that something stands in his way of keep ing this engagement as he would to notify his boss or business supc-
 rior that he cannot keep a business appointment.
 There is a certain type of young man who will make a date with girl break it and forget to explain. He may be invited to a place of amusement, or may meet another girl who takes his fancy. or have some other cause for gratifying his own desires for pleasure.
 The girl, on the other hand. may have given up an engagement for him. She sits and waits until 9 or later and then realizes that he is not coming. If she is forgiving and cares very much for him she is tempted to write to him. And if she does and invites him for another evening
 she is makiSs a serious mistake. The only thing for the girl to do who is treated this way is to com pletely eliminate the young man from her thoughts. If he is worth whiie and cares for her he will explain matters to her, and if he lets the
 matter slide along 9nd thinks he may call when he pleases and break enga gements when he pleases, he is not worth wasting time over.
 There are many times when man i, is absolutely unable to keep an 9p pointment with young man. Busi- i ness is often the chief cause. but there is the telephone. the special de- | livery and the telegram. If that fails he can always write letter the next | day and explain. Every sensible girl i will understand and quite willingly | make another engagement but only l forgive the young man who persists i in breaking engagements and never apologies CT gives a satisfactory
 reason why he kept her playing | Home. Sweet Home" on the piano
 when he had asked to take her to
 | show or to dance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-01

Mir. Georges idea is to produce tree cotton which will reproduce it. self each year by growing a new crown, although the upper portion of the stalk or trunk may die down during cold weather. There are such America, and one variety in Cuba which possess a fairly long staple.
 Just what part the grating of cot ton to mulberry roots is playing in the development of MT. Georges new varieties Is not determined so far. It undoubtedly has made for large size of bolls, vigor of plants, prolific fruiting and enormous size of leaves. Some of the leaves from his cotton IS inches. Some have five lobes and others three. Some are deeply cleft aud others are rounded.
 Ninety five per cent of Georges 8 cotton plants at Lamarque are quite uniform and have high yielding pow CTS. In some the dominant traits of not less than three or four varieties are present.
 remarkable thing about Georges new cotton is that the plants are heavily fruited from the bottom up, the bolls literally resting on the ground with the middle branches all most touching the ground also The fruiting Is very uniform.
 MT. George has been offered S100 for a boil and has refused Sl a seed He obtained 10000 seeds from last years experiments Seed breeders from various parts of the United tralia and Great Britain have writ ten to him to obtain seed of his new variety. He thinks it adapted espe- cially to the gulf coast region.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-01
LEAVES FOR ASHEVILLE
B. O. Shiflett To Represent Alabama
 Pharmacists At National Meet

Representing the Alabama Phar- maceutical association, B. o. Shiflett, Birmingham druggist and proprietor of B. o. Shifietts School of Phar- macy, will leave Saturday morning for Asheville. N. C., where he wi attend the annual convention of the American Pharmaceutical association during next week. MT. Shiflett will motor to the Carolina resort, accom- panied by Carl Whorton of Gadsden. J. w, Milner of Florence is the third member of the Alabama delegation w. E. Bingham of Tuscaloosa and l.. C. Lewis of Tuskegee will also attend the session from Alabama
 Among many important matters to be considered at the convention. 1t was announced, will be the report on the revision or the U. s. Pharmaco poeia and National Formulary, which are the government standards for the use, sale and handling of drugs m any way. Reorganization of the house of delegates from each sta;e will also be brought before the phar- macists
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-01
By VICTOR II. SCHOFFELMAYER
 Staff CorrespOndePt of Dallas News

GALVESTON, Tex. August 31-Suc- cessful3y grating cotton plants to the roots of a mulberry tree and blending in the offpsring certain de- sirable characteristics of Egyptian, sea island and other long staple American varieties, P. Dan George, q Roumanian- Hungarian plant breed CT, who settled at Lamarque. Calves ton county, 16 years ago, has devel- oped new and remarkable variety of cotton which is attracting the at tention of cotton men and breeders
 One grafted plant this season has by actual count 917 bolls and hun dreds of squares, while the parent plant last season had 542 bolls. which opened July 2S, some with seven locks and none with less than five and six. The plant was eight feet tall and six feet in diameter
 From three grafted cotton plants last season MT. George gathered 59 pounds of seed cotton, or at the rate of five bales an acre. From this seed this years plantings have produced goo outstanding plants on his one acre field at Lamarque, to which Mir. George gives his entire personal attention, and a further planting of 10 acres near Hitchcock, which was financed by Maco Stewart, Galveston financier, who backed Mir. George in his operations.
 In company with pr. W. D. Hun ter of the United States department of agriculture, the writer investi-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-01
DAMS ARE DISCUSSED
American Business Club Members Hear and See Explanation of
 Power Work

Robert Williamson of the executive department of the Alabama Power company was the principal speaker before the weekly luncheon of the American Business club at the Tut diler hotel Friday afternoon.
 Using a moving picture machine, several hundred feet of film was run off showing the power and trans mission lines of the company. also many views of the dams. which have been completed and those under con structic n.
 Mir. Williamson said When the rivers of Alabama were found to be peculiarly adapted to hydro electric power the Alabama Power company began surveys and Lound that each had it's features which were 10 be conside-ed for power uses. Some of the rivers could be used at all times of the year while other were storage rivers and their power could only be utilized once annually.
 Dr. T. A. Snow won the attendance prize donated by Hunter Wallace.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-01
BUSINESS GIRLS TALK
By RuTR LEIGH

"I'd like to take up costume de- signing at night. because l have always liked that sort of work, but I am afraid I may not be success ful after all my study"
 q know l could make good in the job above me. but I am afraid to talk to the manager about it for fear that 1 may fail"
 ''So often. when I interview a prospective employer about job, 1 know I could fill it, but I get nerv- ous, for fear 1 will not make a good impression"
 Fear fear, fear, Dominating these three letters which came to me in one mail. What is this fear complex. girls? Why be afraid?
 A wealthy business man once told me that he thought fear held back more people from success than any thing he knows-and certainly. I am inclined to agree with him. Peo- pie seem to be afraid-afraid chiefly of the unknown, afraid of what may happen.
 Now l know 1t is easy to advise people not to be afraid. but it is far more difficult to get them to accep, the advice l urge you therefore to overcome fear by facing frankly and honestly the thing that is worrying you. Ask yourself, with utmost can dor, what it is that you are afraid of HSli AdNC that ldCt OI or per son in the cold light of reason. Ask yourself: why am l afraid of it?
 l believe that most people are afraid of the unknown. They have in front of them actually, certainty. something more or less tangible. The unknown is vague, shadowy, uncer- tain-you're never sure how or what it will turn. And usually, you are afraid of the risk.
 The only way to overcome fear is to face it bravely. The most success ful people in business, the most con fident ones, are those who are not afraid of things. They are not afraid to think and to be honest with them selves. And most people are.
 l do not refer to bravery such as is seen in battle. but rather to a mental bravery, confident knowl- edge that you are master of your fate and captain of your soul" If you will only learn to overcome your timidity, to take a step not reckless ly, but bravely and confidently, you will not be so dominated by fear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-01
GLOBE SHIMMIES SAYS
It's Like JelIy-Like Substance, De-
 clares Scientist

LONDON. August Sl.-(By Asso- ciated Pres%)-This old globe of ours is not rC tating as rigid body in the heavens. but 1t is behaving as if it were jelly-like substance, and some parts of its surface are moving rela- lively to other parts. This startling suggestion is put forward by Prof. w. deSitter of the University of Ley cen. in Nature. According to the professor. it would follow that the distance between various points on it's surface is shifting slightly. Wire less time signals exchanged between various observatories have shown discrepancies, reaching on occasions several tenths of second.
 Similar fluctuations in recent years have been observed on the surface of the moon; in fact, something queer is happening in the solar system. be- cause even the sun seems to have been infected by the new astronomi- cal complaint.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-01
AN AMBITIOUS CHINESE
Canton Youth Is Working His Way
 Through St. Louis High school

ST LOUIS. Mo, August 31.-ln a St. Louis chop suey restaurant 2 youthful Chinese waiter chats With patrons whils serving them in fluent English pronounced with a decided ly southern accent. He is Arthur Hall. 16 years old. native of Canton, China, and the only Chinese pupil en- rolled in the St. Louis high schools He has been supporting and educat- in Ghimself since he was "fo'tecn." The accent is due to six years of residence in a small town in Arkan- sas prior to that time.
 Arthur is already quite a linguist He speaks five language English, French. Spanish. German and Chin csc. He has the southern drawl only in the one.
 The lad is in third year at Cen tral High school. His black eyes shine with boyish pride as he tells omly on being questioned, however, that he was a member of his class basket ball team last year and helped to win the school championship ir this sport. He also participates in track sports.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-01
CLOSES FOR VACATION
Merchant Let's All His Employees Have
 Rest Period At Same Time

MANCHE ESTER, N. H., August 31.- When the keys were turned in the big four-story furniture store of the G. E. Keith company in Manchester the other night they closed the establish ment to all except policemen for two weeks. for MT Keith. head of the firm, and his 20 employees are on a fortnight's vacation.
 Asked why he adopted this method of giving his workers a vacation, MT. keits said:
 Heretofore. all the years I have been in business we have fussed around arguing vacation periods for office help and the sales force. There has been rush to the hour each indi- viduai went on vacation. and he or she has returned ct find work piled up, which has almost spoiled the va cation idea.
 Then. too, it has never been the custom of this or other companies to allow the truck drivers and other la borers a vacation. Every man and woman will get full pay while we are closed"
 When asked If his company ex- pected to lose some business while closed. MT. Keith replied:
 Naturally, but. after all, there is more in life than just dollar grabbing, and I have no doubt that the Keith company will do enough business