Milford chronicle., 1908-06-12
MILTON NEWS.

regardiBg The christian world tnst We canno
elucidate, neither can we understand them
Remember the sabbath Day 10 keep II holy
Is one OF the commandments. Now when OF
Sunday morning / see intelligent citizen
and protested christians lolling around IN,
house unshaven. AID unkept; dressed Ia thvi
dirty "every day" clothes, or meanderins
the streets with an old pipe in their mouth l
mentally, soliIiQuise. Does the command
ment mean thatg When / see the naptha
launches getting ready and SCANNING down
the BTCadkiin TO spend the Sabbath on the
river and on the beach, 1 mentally calculate
Does IL mean that?" When 1 see a person
strOlling out into the felds-dressed IN the
best he has,-and into the woods to hold sweet
converse with nature. and to mediate on the
goodness of God IN giving to his vision the
beauties he sees around him. and mind to
appreciate the lovely things OF this world,
ask myselfthe q question, Does II mean that?"
When / hear the church bells Ginning, and
see the worshipers moving along the street to
the Houses OF God to hear the minister ex-
pound the Gospel OF Eternal Life repeat the
interrogstory, " Does it mean that?" Is the
Covenant in Horab" as binding in the TWEEN
tieth century. as It was when Israel wandered
in the wilderness? II it is then God save US
all from Sabbath breaking and from pre-
sumptuous sin"
On Thursday evening the ith the Epworth |
League elected the following officers: Presi- |
dent, DR.. j. c. Wntbank; Vice President /
Miss Virginia Brockingtcn; Secretary, Miss
Lydia Black; Treasurer. Captain @. F. Magee.
District superintendent, the Rev. $. NJ.
Morgan, D.. D., was in attendance at the First
Quarterly Conference OF this Conference Year.
which was held at the N. f. Church on Friday
afternoon. Routine business was attended TO
and the pastors salary continued the same
viz slO25-9OO from Milton and sl2j from Zion.
Miss Estella B. Allen, Of Burks County, Pa
has sued the commissioners Of the Milton
Colored School for services she did not render
as teacher Of said school, There has been
trouble in this district during most Of the
school term between the teacher and the q
parents OF the pupils The teacher was asked e
10 resign sometime about Christmas She Il
not doing so; the commissioners discharged '
her, and subsequently,, reinstated her. Trou-
BILE again began and Prof Brooks was notified;
who, after an investigation OF the matter,
about two months before the closing Of the
school discharged Miss Allen and employed "
a male teacher In her place, and notified the ."
commissioners to see that the new teacher d
was properly installed in the school. This IL
was done Hence. the action Of Miss Allen in e
suing for salary for her unexp ired time. The IL
case viii come before justice at Georgetown
probably this week. To
William Mears. the barber, attended the
funeral OF his father who died in Camden n. eI
j., on Sunday the 3lst. Mr. Mears Sr., was 50 ia
years of age and was inferred at Camden, n. j. IN
on Wednesday. Mr.. Mears Jr returned NJ
home on Thursday. III
Electric lights were installed in the post y'
office last week
Firemen Hall and the Engine House have W
been repainted by W. Smith & Sons. q
The teachers for the Milton Public Schools III
have not been elected, as has been enormously Il
reported. An election for teachers will not
lake place until after the school meeting, h
which will be held on the last Saturday OF the o,
1sHsent month.
During the easterly winds OF last week the "
people OF the lower part Of the town were re- u
called with the fumes and smoke Of bitumia-
rus coal and can now appreciate what the
Of manufacturing cities enjoy c.
Well, the factories mean business. and let II
hem run to their utmost capacity
Mis-. MOlle Russell. of Scranton, Pa is the %
guest of Mrs. Elizabeth Chandler and her d
many other Milton friends.
Chndrens' Day services were held at Zion
md Whites Chapel NJ. f. Churcn on Sunday IL
and will be held at the Milton NJ. VI
u. p. Church on Sunday evening, the DIST.
Charles Hutson has bought OF the heirs OF al
he late James Ponder, two story dwelling al
louse situated a short distance from Federal d
treet.
The Wsgamou Brothers have built a porch st
m front of the annex 10 their property on uI
Mulberry street. near the lake. I'd
s. j. WilsOn has mad new pOrtieo put in eI
ront Of the Wilson homestead on Mill street. ID
A game OF base bail was played on Saturday
nernoon, between Milton and Georgetown. o'
icore, Il to > In favor Of the former.
Prof Mortimer Whitehead, late principal OF VI
he Milton Public schools, has returned to his
lone at Lincoln Vi
Fred johnson has removed from Phiiadel-
hIa to the farm OF RUFUS Ellingsworth, near +
own.
Congressman Burton was a Milton visitor IN
n Friday.
Rev. Martin Damer preached and admins ID
cred the Eucharist at st. Georges on Sunday
morning in consequence no service was held gu
[ the P. f. Church In town The Sacrament
the Lords supper was administered at the W
I. +. Church on sunday morning, and at the
1. P. Church on sunday evening. la
A new gutter was put in last week on Chest
Ut street, ana a survey has been made this an
leek OF the south Of Federal street, whereby
L
ne present street will be contracted, IN width Do
nd the sidewalks on the east side abnormally
idened. 'ol
Town Council has fixed the pump in front 4
T what was once. the lower hotel, and which N.
the general melee last November went dry
10; and put cup there for the benefit Of wa
lirsty ones.
Possible the town bailiff is doing his duty in Nj
general sense. but he is not keeping the !
osquitoes of the street corners and along >
lie sidewalks these evenings. See to 1t Mr. az
ailih, for there is visiting lady from dis ,hl
nee complaining Of these nasty things ~,
hich she was raised amongst.
DR.. James A. Hopkins is having a wind hor
Ill erected 10 his back yard on Federal street bal
I'm Barker IS manager OF the job.
An exhibition Of moving pictures" was
ven at School Hall, on Monday and Tuesday
ening, under the "auspices OF the NJ. P. r
urch. 4,