Milford chronicle., 1901-03-22
MILTON NEWS.

a permanent organization by the election
of the following officers President, n.
w. White vice-president, Oscar Belts
secretary and treasurer, w, w. Conwell
executive committee, Capt c. H. At
kins, DIR. J. A. Hopkins,J Culver,T. w.
jefferson, aed T. Fl. Douglass. About
seventy persons were present, many of
whom became charter members. Speeches /
were made by several, and a general en- I
thusiasm prevailed by the prospect pre-
scented at this initiatory. The object of
the organization of this Board is to adver-
tise the adaptability of Milton and its en-
vironments to the location Of manufac- |
tories; its facilities for transportation; its |
natural advantages for obtaining crude
material for supplies, and its splendid re-
sources for the raising of truck and veg
etables of all kinds. As this is move IN
the right direction, it is hoped it may
prove successful to the business interests
of the town, no less than to the surround
leg country. Surely, town with all the
resources and advantages possessed by
ours, should not lie dormant, and it will
not if a proper spirit is manifested by
those who are in position to make the
Ching 60" It will be remembered by
many that years ago our chief industry
for labor; was in vessel building. This,
by the supersession of iron vessels, has
long since ceased to be an organ of labor
in Milton. There are few wooden YES
sells now being build d in this county
none in Milton. Basing this as a fact,
then. the people of Milton, in order to
their self-preservation, and the preserva-
ton of their business at home must
yea, are compelled to turn their attention
to something else. Our natural means
are as great as they were years agone for
the shipment of any product that may be
manufactured here, and our artificial IA
cilities even more so. Then why not this
establishment Of Board of Trade be
success? We think it will be no exag-
geration to say We have water power
enough around Milton, if properly util-
lied, to run all of the mills in Broadkiln
hundred. The. meeting will convene
again on next Wednesday evening for
i further business purposes.
A rousing reception was given to Rep
resentative E. Wise Warren, of this, the
Tenth Representative District, at the
Ponder House, on Tuesday evening of
last week. Speeches were made, toasts
were given, smoking was INDUCED in, re-
freshments were served, and a general
happy time was had by ALL
At the annual meeting of the Milton
M. E. Sunday School Missionary Society,
held on Sunday evening, Que hundred
and twenty seven dollars was contributed
as the result of the past years collections.
This is twenty-seven dollars in excess of
4 its annual apportionment This must be
gratifying to this Society.
Mr.. j. Coard Hazard, who has been
spending the winter with his daughter
and son-in-Iaw, DR.. T. W. Tomlinson, OIL
Wilmington, returned to his home on
Tuesday.
The Town Council met on Saturday
evening and elected the following town
officers Mayor, William H. WEIGH; towr
bai1iff, supervisor of the streets, and col
lector of taxes, Abel Pettyjohn; for lamp
lighteHs David Dickerson. Mr.. DECKER
son succeeds himself; and for his service,
will receive sixty cents per night, fo
every evening he shall be obliged t,
light the lamps. For his supervision o
the streets, the officer will receive 81. o,
!. per day for every day he shall work TO
This services as bailiff s.. so per week, 10
gether with a portion of certain fees de
rived from his bailiwick, and eight pc
cent tor the collection of taxes. MI
William Stevens, president of the Coun
Gil, was elected at the same time assesso
for the town.
From present indications, we are sorr,
: to say the prospect for building anothe
cannery to take the place of the recent,
/ burned one, has collapsed. A want o
unity on the part of the projectors is tn
probable cause. And now many are la
mentihg in the following strain and wei
f they may:
2 "'rs ever thus. since childhood's hour
I've seen my fOndest hopes decay;
There not flower that ! have priced
: But what was first to fade away"
I Rev. W. J. DuHadway, wife and daughtsi
Miss Eva, left to attend the NJ. E. Conferenc
on Tuesday. Said Conference convened a
i Wilmington on Wednesday. AS is the Gus
D tom with the Wilmington NJ. E. Church. i
p has liquldated all of its apportionments mad
:, By Conference.-The settled all of its other e1
penses, and Mr.. DuHadway leaves for Con
= ference with his salary paid in full
= There are now plenty of herring offered 70
. sale in town; and the first shad of the season
o was caught in the Broadkiln on Saturday.
Captain Charles Darby and whence Akin
= lately married and J. Ponder Darby an
d. wife, left town on Monday for their homes
t Mr.. and Mrs. W. j. Fearing returned iron
q Baltimore on Friday; whittier the latter ha
been to lay in stock of millilery goods 70
5 the coming Easter holidays.
;. Charles Marker and Dorman Porter hav
# gone to Old Point Comfort. Va, where the
nave secured positions in furniture stores
st. Patrick brought us fine day on Sur
5 day; and now the despicabe English sparro,
o is Decking at everything it can find, and th
sweet song of the robin is heard in the lane
9 An adjourned meeting of the Fourth Qual
terry Conference of the NJ. p. Church wa
. held on Tuesday evening.
! The Maryland Annual Conference of tn
f NJ. P. Church will convene at Easton, Md, o
April Srd
=. The gothic windows inter-laced with cath,
dral glass, for the NJ. p. Church, have arrived
It and the work OF renovating and reconstruc
l. ting this building, is expected to begin in
few days.
:, Ezekiel Cooper,of Dover, d. d. S. A., me
Il the members of conclave No. A. order {
q Heptasophs, on Monday evening. and made
public installation of officers. After the il
! stallation and speech making were over. tn
members with their wives and sweetheart
" retired to the Masonic Hall, where a banout
T. was held and refreshments ofan kinds we,
fl served and enjoyed by those present
Mr.. VIII Fields and wife returned tn phil,
delphla on Monday.
The following item was published son,eti,,,
ago, but it needs rehearsing:
@ The postofice officials at this place 81,
much worried over the putting of letters int
/ the boxes without stamps on them. Tn
- number of letters thus taken from the hoy,
K of a morning vary from twenty to eighty an
the worst feature of this DrOceedf,,,r 49,. =.