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JANUARY 13. 1916.RY DECISION WAS AGAINST MR. FROSTid that Mr. Luce Did Not Owe Him ny thing on Note — Numerous Transactions Involved.ie jury which heard the civil case toswell L. Frost of West Brattle.against Hugh Luce of Marlboro,I before Judge Frank E. Barber in municipal court yesterday, nfter hours' deliberations late iii the af-»on returned a verdict for the deant.ie case had several peculiar fea s. It hinged about a note for $75 n in 1910. This was signed by W 'Villev. now dead, and by Roswell Aost and was given to Mr. Luce aid, in payment of money owed him Mr. Willey.ie note was discounted at the Pro-National bank by Mr. Luce and •as shown by the bank's memoran-on the back that it was paid four ths later, which was two months re it became due. On the back of note was a memoranda by Mr. st, showing that he gave credit $12, for three days' plowing done Mr. Luce. According to this mom-lda the plowing was done in .Tulv. 2, but Mr. Luce presented in evi ce u diarv showing that the plow-was done in July. 1913,[r. Luce contended that the money i paid to him in the manner and at time it was paid because he needed Jo make a payment on a farm and t Mr. Willey owed him about $l'»u the time. Mr. Willey did not have money. Mr. Luce said, but prepared note and got Mr. Frost's signature. Jr. Frost contended that as he re in bored the transaction it was mon-loaned by him to Mr. Luce and that had never been paid hack and for it reason he had given him credit the back of the note for $12 for •ee days' plowing. Me sued for the ■e of the note with interest for five irs. less the credit for the plowing e jury found that Mr. Luce did not e anything on the transaction.INTERESTTo Depositors in A1The Christmas SAT THE RATIBy theBRATTLEBOROWe direct your attention tHot Water Bo!Made of Canton flannel of superior signs. Made to slip over any bottle at 25c. See our South window.EW CAPITAL WILL OPEN OLD QUARRYWilfred FPharmacisterations of the Green Mountain Company to Be Largely Extended Near Rutland.RUTLAND, Jan. 13. — New capital, iicli will mean a great boom to the rcen Mountain Marble company an.l e extension of this concern through e acquisition of marble quarries in is section, are in sight, according to arble men who are on the inside of e affairs of the company and al ough the officials refuse to discoson to the horoc of George Schmitt on | Davis street, where William D. Noyes boarded, being moved to the Allard ! barn about 10 .lays ago. The police were unable to find Mr. Noyes. Grano Juror Charles E. Novae and Chief of Police B. S. Hyland have been work- i iug on the case.Mr. Noyes has displayed two re- j eeiptsr, one of $100 and another ot j $200, which are signed by Girdler Mlt;- i Call, nnd it is understood he claims he I bought the machine.There are still missing several parts . of the machine which are valued at j several hundred dollars, including the | magneto, carburetor, oil pump, propel ler house and electric distributer.Mr. McGrath is an aviator. While in Mississippi he fell about 200 feet without receiving any serious injury, but the engine was damaged in such a manner that he was able to identify it.The engine is seven cylinders and “0 horsepower.CHURCH NOTICESUnitarian church. Rev. E. Q. ft. Osgood pastor. Service Sunday morning nt 10.30. Subject of sermon. Laborers Together. Sunday school at 11.43. All e situation it is known that negotia- j^ welcome at both services.»ns are practically completed for the j First Church of Christ, Scientist. I'm-nosier of the old Bonrdnmn quarry ■ erson building, Elliot street. Sunday i Boardman hill from the hand.- of aerviees 10.43 a.m. ami 7.30 p.m. Wed liarles Boardman of California. Mien- nesday evening testimonial meeting at ill Odell and his son, George H. Odell, s o'clock. Reading room open daily, ie present owners, to P. K. Eaton of except Sundays and legal holidays, itchburg, Mass., president of the mar from 3 to 8 o'clock. All are welcome.Ie company.It was admitted lv W. F. See, manner of the Green Mountain company, int several denis of considerable mag-itnde are pending, but just what these re he refused to say. When asked bother or not the company was planing to buy the Boardman quarry he lid the only way he could answer the nest ion was by saying “yes and nlt;.The Boardman hill quarry is situated ii Boardman hill, about a mile south f the village of West Rutland, and it t located on the Southern Falls vein, he vein worked too successfully by the 'crmont Marble company. The quarry ?as opened about 40 years ago, work-d for a year or more and abandoned, k man by the name of Hyatt, who wa~ lso interested in the Manhattan works ii West Rutland, was instrumental in pcning the quarry. The marble from his hole is white with blue markingsAdvent Christian church. Rev. E. S. Hewitt pastor. Morning worship 11.43 Subject. Christ’s Message to the Church. Reception of members and holy communion. Sunday school 12 Junior Loyal Workers 4. Prayer and praise service 6. Evening sermon 7. Subject, Pleasure and Profit in Bible Study.ITniversalist church. Rev. I). E. Trout minister. Divine worship 10.30 a. m. with first sermon in series on Utiiver salism. Subject. The Universnlist Idea of the Fatherhood of God. Bible school at 11.45 a. m. Evening service of praise at 7 p. m. in charge of pastor. Topic, Martin Luther, with paper by Mis* Ruth Sargent. The regular meeting of the Mission circle will be held at Mrs Ann Benson's. Oak street, Thursday Jan. 2*', at 3.30 p. m. Chapter 3 of The King's Highway will be reviewed and discussed.AVIATOR RECOVERS MOTORlugine Valued at S4.500. Stolen in Woburn, Found in Rutland.RUTLAND, Jan. 15.—An aeroplane notor of the gnome type, valued at :4,5nii. was recovered by the police lore yesterday in the barn of H. O. Vllard on Temple street and wns later dentified by James 1*. McGrath of Brookline, Mass. as his engine .which vaa stolen from his sister’s barn in SVoburn, Mass, Dec. 23.The engine was shipped by express 'rom the north station in Boston to his city and later, the police say, tak-W ANTED IN MONTPELIER.Canales Arrested in Greenfield as Fugitive From Justice.i GREENFIELD. Mass.. Jan. 15.— .Joseph Canales, aged 21, a Spaniard., was arrested yesterday as a fugitive from justice by Police Officer Jus. J. Burns in response to a telephone message from Boston. The message was is sent by Sheriff Tracy of Montpelier, se | Vt., where Canales is wanted on r. br | charge of larceny. The young man V ki i mail hns been coming to Greenfield and ec he was arrested in the postpfHoe at |, noon. Tt
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