Milford chronicle., 1909-09-10
MILTON NEWS.

work Of destruction that has been done in our
pretty town; and yet we mad not one cent TO
lose in the great loss that has been the lot Of
many. our hearts are sadder stil over tine aft
hction that disease has brought upon our friends
and those whom we love. And yet, we wonld
not cast a damper on the hearts OF Others by any
pessimistic iornoadngs. For we believe that
"God reigus" and everything viii turn out right
in the end. A "seourge on Milton ior its sins
sit? We don't believe God scourges individuals
for the sins Of municipality. The "Man ofOz'
was wrong when he said: "shall we receive coed
from the hands OF the Lord and not evilf' We
don't believe that under the Christian dispense
tiOn God brings evil upon a man. We may say
en- PEASANT the Devil may. II we are not mis-
taken, in the colloquy, between God and the
Devil, regarding Job, God said unto the Devil ;
"He Is in your hands. DO what you will, but
spare his life" So Il is possible Milton may be
in the hands Of the Devir II III there is linn
itation to his power Thus far shalt thou go
and no farther" our life must be spared. II is
well for US to remind ourselves, there is no et-
feet without a cause we cannot reason prlor to
find the effect; but having the effect we must
reason a pOsteriOr to find the cause. Are we
doing thls3 II is said, two detectives were in
town last week. collecting material for the latter
reasoning. There are many rumOrs on the air
about this that, and the other but business men
appear to be yet, In fog regarding their future.
They are seldom consulted about town affairs.
Il is the irresponsible who do the blowing"
and who try to force the responsible into their
way Of doing business. Town Council met on
Saturday evening and reafirmed a previous res
olution: That no buildings for business purpOs
es shall be built IN the recent burnt district
cept Of brick, stone, OF concrete This is putting
it heavy upon people whose fortunes are al
ready decimated. $4,000 Is estimated to have
been destroyed by the recent fire. only approx
imstey $4,000 insurance was carried There
fore 67U,OOO has gone up in smoke, and down In
ashes. Brick or concrete buildings would look
nice; but It takes money 10 build them. And 10
build such as the astute Milton Town Council
would make these unfortunate losers in the late
catastrophe build, would require the genii OF
Aladdins lamp. Some Of these men are badly
crippled, financially; aud to Try TO compel them
to build beyond their means is 70 virtually com
pei them to abandon business in this locality.
Perhaps that is the object, as there are some
men OF finance in Milton who no doubt would
like to own the town. And they can do it with
the assistance of Town Council. The honorable
members Of this board have not one cent at
Elhkt anu NluuhuAJ Will AuA hhNtf 10 luGleANAc
looks IN bad taste to Try TO compel men to invest
their all in building, or drive them out OF bus. /
mess. The writer has nothing 10 gain, and like I
some OF the membets Of the Town Board, not a
d-d cent to lose by blowing" yet we say let .
justice and fairness, be done Though the /
heavens iall." And when any intelligent, sensi
bic man views the personnel OF the Milton Town /
Council and It's actions be would forfeit all right
did not do some strong talking
434 tickets were sold at the Milton Station on
" ednesday Of last week for the excursion to
IOchester The train was behind time from
Lewes to Nliltou and is said to have broken her
coupling twice before arriving here; and the
morning being foggy the regular train came near
running into her. When she arrived at Milton
she appeared to be crowded yet all of these pas
sengeB were crammed on should an accident
occur on an excursion Of this kind, there would
be an investigation" ordered. But why not
limit these trains, in numbers to their seating
before AN accident occurs7 and an iu-
yestigauOn needed.
William Maull has improvised a granary on
.he dock al the foot OF Federal street for
blacksmith shop, and is conducting the business
here.
n front OF his property on Mill street taken up
md relaid
Schooner Rambo arrived last week with a car
70 OF bituminOus coal for the canneues.
The property Of Nancy Indie deceased, that }
vas sold at public sale, sometime ago. and pur-
hased by enry Barker, of Mllsboro. was sub d
equentIy sold to William I. Parker Of New z
FORK, who has now sold It to Somerset Reed OF
lear town. Q
On Tuesday evening Of last week, the elite OF =
lilton were gathered together at watermelon Z
east given By John Ponder at his Woodland
arm near town. Il is useless TO individualize u
be attute readers know whom they are. u
superintendent Frsnk searVey of the firm OF a
alta & Terry who have the contract to stone !.
be jetty at the mouth Of the Broadkiln River
as arrived, with his wife, and are stopping in e'
Iilton. The naptha launch white Elephant
rived on sunday night to convey tn workmen u :,
nd supplies to and from work. y y
Major John U. Jones has purchased Of Len "a
hartman, the yacht "lrma", and will study nav u
alton. pi
Columbus W ech has been engaged as teacher IN
u the Cave Neck school. the coming term. ~
X. r. Porter U. s. immigration Inspector sta O'
Oned at st John New Brunswick s the guest Of
is daughter, Mrs. John U. Jones. 80
Mr. and Mrs. George Collins OF Philadelphia ~
I'd Mrs. Ella Carey, and children Of Camden,
j., are visiting their parents. Squire, and Mrs.
l.. collins. ue
On Tuesday evening the Slst the woods known
the Jackson property, and lately purchased "
: banker ". W. COnWell was discovered to be ~
fire. The fire occurred in that part Of the M
rods just across Lake Fanganzyki. from Milton
I'd near Point DesoatiOn. It being early IN oe
e evening posse Of men and boys went from vi
Wn and soon extinguished the flames. which
e thought to have originated from that Omni- "
esent companion Of many men,-a pipe The ne
image is uncomfortable. eI
on Wednesday morning the writer while pass w
g the colOred camp ground, discovered fire ~, ~.
and on fire. With little yelling we got a man ~
t., who hallOwed for others, who put It out ao
lere is not enough care taken with FIRE by on on
ese coored people; perhaps for this reason this iu
ay be the last camp meeting they viii hold on m au
is ground. VI
The Milton Public Schools will open on Mon ~
y the 10th. 70
The Board Of Education on Friday evening re he W
scted B. P. Morgan, janitor Of the school ~ ~