Milford chronicle., 1913-11-07
MILTON NEWS.

ln perfect accord with tradition, Town
Conncil. Of Milton, has made another
faBz pas; or, to be more precise, 1t
has come and gone and done It. 1t
came about in this manner In building
the block Of buildings near the bridge,
The work had advanced to stage where
ASCOT was needed, and Mr.. COnwell pro-
seeded 10 place one on of material said
10 be 'jnhamable, " also said to be con
trary 10 Town Ordnance, made and
Dr0videtl to prevent buildings Otthis char
oeter This led 10 a rush TO Georgetown
10 lee LAWYERS. who upon investigation
fonnd that the Town Ordinance prohibit
I'M, the building out of certain materials,
oonfbcted with the Town Charter, and
,Das therefore nil. We let the reader
imagine the balance, for it is too much to
eTplajn here Until the fault Is rene
died hy an act of the Legislature; or pos
.iblv the Town Council, those within the
FIRE zone" may build of any materials
they please; be it shavings saw-dust or
iron The present Council is not to be
planned for the situation; but their pre-
decessors passed the ordinance IN 1912
inst after the last FIRE and then Mayor
vas in Office who claimed to know It all
INT /, is now demonstrated that the lack
Of expenditure for legal formation OF a
law al ,uc legal lines was crime against
the safety of property in general ana the
business part OF Milton in particular.
We may conclude by stating that since
tie fires. the Town Councils OF Milton
have been composed of men unsurpassed
Tor downright stupidity in management
Of "A corporation S affairs.
Rsbury Breeding, who resides on lhe
Noble Farm, near Milton,w was SlflcNeh
with PARALYSIS two months ago, and tins
,y.et he was taken to Philadelphia tor
treatment
Repainting has added much to the APP
pesrance OF the Carey property on North
Union street The roolisa a brilliant RED
and there are other properties when
vould be greatly improved If they were
reDainted; not necessarily red, but any
harmonious color; but to paint property
and leave the roof without painting, Is
little Improvement from an artistic point
The wedding of Miss Edna Hastings,
of near Milton, and J. II. Ellingsw wsrth,
OF Georgetown took place recently, ana
Rev. Thomas Pardee, of Ellendale, ON
ciated ,,,.,,...
Two fg trees in the yard Of William
n MeaTs, of Milton, are loaded with
fruit which may ripen if the weather re-
mains favorable.
The colored folks of South Milton pro-
nose 10 hold festival on Thanksgiving
Dav. when a brass band will be one OF
the attractions.
After passing several weeks IN Iowa,
CoYnelius NAPLES and wife have returneu
to their home here.
Ioseph Wiltbank is i'll with typhoid
lever at his home on Federal street
Halloween was observed as usual Dy
the 'mummers, " who paraded the streets
in costumes both unique and grotesquei
ali were lively and jolly and the evening
was free from accident.
The firm of Carey & Darby are CLOSING
out their business and will retire at Inc
beginning of next year.
The sale of antique furniture ana aru
eles Of J. c. Hazard will be continued
next Saturday afternoon and evening"
one of the specialties will be carriage
and harness, (adver)
Heavy frosts and ice forming along the
edges Of the puddles have been the "ea
ther conditions this week.
w. G. Fearing is recovering his usual
Fx-Postmaster John Black and daugh-
ter are visiting in Philadelphia
In pursuance to a call from the mayor
Of Milton the people assembled in School
House Hall last Monday night ior the
purpose of discussing the Water WORKS
Problem - One man described the gatn-
erinq as an "all-fool's meeting whlle
another characterized it as farce
The central Office of the telephone IN
Milton is to be moved to the home OF
Mrs. Smith, on North Union street
Sallie Bailey, infant daughter OF John
Bailey and wife. died Wednesday, aged
z months and 2S days. Interment III
Presbyterian Cemetery
Purnel K. Johnson, one of Milton
highly respected citizens, died October
goth at his home on Federal street, after