Milford chronicle., 1907-02-22
GKEEN WOOD.

QUILL Lu4S , ping JOAA HANt~i
Isaacs is hauling logs to cut franz
ing for his new house and barn
which he is going to build neal
| Owens Station, as he sold his farm
to northern people.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ward zimmerman
spent Sunday with their parents
DR.. zimmerman.
Don t forget A. M. Jones house
for sale. A pply to A. M. Jones.
The ladies and friends of Oakley
Church are going to give an enter
tainment, Thursday evening, Feb.
2Sth. A most excellent program
is being arranged for the occasion
with acts, instrumental and vocal
music by some well-known people.
Admission being the small sum of
IS cts. Children, 10 cts. Come
one Come all, welcome
Our roller mill is still vacant
waiting for a good miller.
For the past week our saw mill
and planning factory has been idle
owing to the cold and snow, but it
has resumed work again.
With deep regret our town has
learned of the death of ManlOve
Hill, of Bridgeville, whom we saw
nearly every day in our little town
as he was the section boss of the
P. B. & w. r. R., for 40 years, he
always met all and everybody with
a glad shake of the hand and a
welcome smile We will sadly
miss him. Funeral services being
held on Monday last at o clock
p. M. Interment in Bridgeville
cemetery.
Clifton Coats, of near Stayton-
vile, is going to move to our town
soon.
On Friday evening Feb. 22nd, in
the M. P Church of this town, the
Rev. G. L. Hardesty, father of our
principal public school teacher will
give an address in honor of our four
graduates, Of our high school.
Earl D. Wiley, Frank Knowles,
Miss Elsie Wiley, Miss Mary
Kelley. They are among the
brightest scholars of our high
school. Admission 10 cts. Come
I am sure it will interest you.
Our public school was closed at
noon last Friday the four teachers,
Earnest Hardesty, Principal; Katie
Houseman, May Owens and LYDIA
Lynch all went to the Teachers
Local Institute, at Bridgeville.
The meeting being very interesting
Rev. w. w. Redmon. of near
Staytonville, has sold his farm and
is coming to our town to live in the
old homestead property of David
Porter, which is now owned by
Frank Porter. We all join in
hearty welcome of his coming.
The beautiful snow has disap-
peared with gladness to those who
have empty wood sheds and with
regret to those who had the sport
Of childhood and sleighing.
Several unwelcOme visitors were
in our town Saturday evening and
several shots were fired, but we are
not aware of anyone being shot.
Quite a number around here have
been suffering with colds and la
grippe.
Abe Richards one of our mer-
chants and hardware men is build
ing a fine hen house as he is going
to raise chickens in large quantities.
There was a most excellent ser
mon delivered last Sunday morning
at the M. E. Church, by the Rev.
L. w. Layfeld, the text being
America for Christ. " The love
of country is mate, we are all proud
of our town and state. Paul
was wont to boast that he was
an alien of Tarsus, and after
IWards boasted that he was a free
born Roman. IfPaul was justified
in his boasting, if the German is
proud of the tatherland much more
is the American. Our country is
great in its wealth which if conver-
ted into dollar greenbacks it would
extend one-million four-hundred
miles, thirty times the distance of
the moon. Great in its achiev-
ments, liberty and scientific laws,
because of the spirit of its institu
ton. All men are born free and
equal. The Pilgrim Fathers came
not to these shores to amass wealth
but to form a religious ASYLUM,
where they might worship God.
Thus they laid the cornerstone of
the open bible free to all the church
and school. The great country is
ours we the people made it (; this
fact makes us proud of America.
The dangers to our country are