Milford chronicle., 1905-07-28
MILTON NEWS.

capital of $40, 900, must be source of
some revenue to its ineorporators and
members. The officers of the company
are F. H. Douglass, president. Josiah
Culver, secretary; N. w White, Treas
urer. During the past fiscal year, end
ing June goth, this company has used
500, 600 yards of material; employed 7oI
hands, aud paid to them sl4 500; besides
paying for incidental expenses, S2.72o.
1t has made, sold and shipped to almost
every state in the Union, except the far
West Q 200 dozens Of shirts and overalls.
It has been instrumental n birding to-
gether in matrimonial bands three happy
pairs Of loving hearts, with the prospect
Of another pair sharing the same fate.
And this work has been done almost ex
clusively by females in the town of Mil |
ton. Reader, is this not good showing |
for a little town of 1900 inhabitants 2
Milton girls ladies, nearly all of them
dress as well as those Of any other town
on the peninsula. They are as well ed
ucated also. They can work in the fac
tory all of the week, go to church on
Sunday dressed in their best "fxin's -
and if the regular organist is not in her
place, almost any of these factory
girls" over twelve years of age, can take
her place. This cannot be said of the
girls" of every town. Many of them
support their parents, and their parents
homes Now this IS all due to "The
Douglass, White Co." the only business
enter prise in the town, except the can
Heries in their season. Let this factory u
collapse, or go down under any fortui- !,
tous circumstances, then this town would
be as dead-after the booming this fac 2
tory has given it-in business way, as u
were Pompeii and Herculaneum, after ol
She terrible eruption of Vesuvius in the p'
year '79 We close these lines by say "
ing, this factory has made Milton. 1t al
has made OF Millions girls" ladies' 60
socially and financially, and we may al 81
most adj, mentally. OF course we do 81
not ignore the schools. And we may
add that all the money this factory pays eA
ou., come from other places,a nearly ia
III of il $ spent in the town, thus in w. u,
,reasng its business and finat cial worth. al
Raymond Dodd, son Of Mr.. and Mrs an
William Dodd, died in Cave Neck on oi
Thursday morning of brain fever, aged Is
months and l5 days. Funeral services iol
we're held at the late home on Friday
fternoon by the Rev. G. J. Hooker and e'l
epulture made in Whites Chapel SO!
hurchyard, by s. y Wilson & Son, un-
and embalmers. am
The honesty of the Milton people is oy
ecOmiug proverbial. It is no uncOm- WI
lOn thing for merchant to go off ei,:
and leave his store open. We
assed by a store some mornings since, 9ioi
'hen a man standing on the inside be- ~.
ind the screen door hallOoed 'Say VIII
on krow wbore IN. rronris+,,r is y, roo
No; isn't he in ?'' "NO sir" 80, we'll y
lat don't matter; get what you want +
Id pay Mr.. when you see him "Ie
Ia's the way he does business" j" "Dog- L
'ned if do; I'll leave.' And he did are
ave. D.
5. w. Darby, of Frederick, was in town are
st week and bought of DR.. Wolfe thirty D'
press trees saitable for making spar ia
Iovs Tbev will he bonlsd to MiIton ing
ID William Workman will get them VI
to the proper form for use. CUES
The Juniors of the NJ. P. Church held nj
lawn fete on Thursday evening. A lev
and time was had, eating ice cream 0e
j confectionery beneath the soft light nay
Chinese lanterns, and listening to the MI
,ttv songs of the sweet ,.sinpers Of guest
ael."
| man S6 years of age, on the hot
esday Of last week, robbed his bees We
lie gang of carpenters we're at work any c
a house across the street. The bees
ne over to the men in force and be- We.
ne entaugled in their hair and cloth Chene
(. Just in the action the proprietor MN
the work came around when one snT ,,,,-1' =
gged him on the head, and he left in
lrry; while the men decided to quit,
did. Han
he shirt. factory closed on Wednes- faess
to mske repairs on machinery. The Price
ratives we're laid off for one day only, sists.
lrning to work on Thursday morn lax
amuel Conner,a professor in the Do
colored academy, islstaying for awhile n.
lis old home in Prime Hook Neck. y"
obert Morris, of Dover, is spending a 'l''9
days with his parents. $50 Iio'e
While repairing Chestnut street, near 80 -S0e :
depot, Town Council would do great an M. .
i to see that the sidewalk thereby is -
d up some way. This sidewalk lead ~, ~ -
to the station, is a particular mis- ~ =
=. It is used by many people, and -
e so on Sunday than at other times, ~ ~. II y
Iuse of excursions.
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