Milford chronicle., 1912-02-23
PAUL PRY OPPOSES
Dupont BOULEVARD.
Says That the Law concerning COndem-
nation is Unjust. Pastor Asked to
Return. Land Sold Cheap.


On Thursday of last week the young
ladies of this town were put to guessing
when Mrs. Pardee, wife of Rev. Pardee,
announced that a well known couple
would be married in the afternoon at
the parsonage. From the time of the
announcement until the ceremony came
off, the young ladies were going from
house to house trying to find out who
the couple to be married were. 1t is
likely that each pretty girl wished that
it was she who was going to be mar
ried. At the appointed time, Charles
Donovan, son of George R. Donovan,
and a Miss Penuel, both of Redden,
drove to the parsonage and received the
blessed ceremony and went away happy.
Last Thursday our school was the
scene of a very fine gathering, to listen
to an address by a talented and forceful
oration from a Smyrna lady on the i'm
portant subject of cigarette smoking
and the injuries sustained by the use Of
tobacco. The address would have been
appropriate to many of our older boys
who sit around the stores and smoke.
Much excitement was caused here last
Saturday when the team owned by Bob
Clendaniel, broke loose and ran away.
The trouble was caused by the breaking
of bit on one of the horses brides.
After having run wild for quite time,
the animals ran to their stables and
stopped. Strange to say, no damage
was done to either the horses, wagon or
harness.
Ernest Gunby and his mother have re-
turned after having spent the winter in
Baltimore.
Henry Laundry has again shown his
wisdom as a financier by purchasing of
Mrs. Fred Deputy her valuable farm
about two miles west of this town. The
farm contains about eighty acres, mostly
valuable timber land. The price paid
for it was $500.
Mrs RhOda Sutton and family have
returned to their little home near Flea
town, after having spent the winter in
her old home in Pennsylvania.
An unanimous call to Rev. Pardee to
return to this charge was given at the
Methodist Quarterly Conference last
Saturday. We congratulate the church
duLIOIlllSS VII LuGiI GOou Juu5ulCut III
again asking for the pastor. He has
endeared himself to the people of this
neighborhood, as has also his wife.
Our delegates to the Convention of
the Junior Mechanics at Wilmington are
enjoying themselves this week.
Richard Duffy, our jolly Fleatown far
mer, has gone to New York City on a
brief business trip this week.
We are glad to see our old friend Sam
uel Fisher around town again after
severe and sudden attack of his old trOu
BILE of heart disease. 1t is mighty lone
some around town without Sam, espec-
tally when politics are in order.
Niles Orgen has returned home after
having been in Pittsburg working at his |
trade since last September.
The condemnation commissioners are |
pricing the land along the proposed
DUPONT Boulevard in this vicinity. There !
seems to be a general dissatisfaction |
against the prices that are being allowed |
for the land. The farmer feels that no |
one but himself is capable of valuing |
his home lands, and we personally feel |
that we are living under a more desper-
ate and monarchal tyranny than any |
despotic kingdom. We learn that a |
special session OF the Legislature may
by called in order to make some changes
in the law as passed. We hope that this |
will not materialze. PAUL PRY.