Milford chronicle., 1916-06-02
D. A. c. AT FREDERICK.

Qelpnld NO-s we are III poSSSSSioA "
copy of the Milton Times, of date oi
the 20 inst. In it we notice an item with
the startling headline, School in Love
Suits in Milton ' The item states that
recently DR.. R. B. Hopkins stated before
a meeting of the Parent Teachers Asso-
cation, "the school is in love - but the
paper does not state that the Rev. Frank
Holland, at that time, asked DR.. Hop
kins to explain what he meant, and DR..
Hopkins replied "it is not always wise
to express what one thinks" However,
the Times" informs us the whole crop
of these loving teachers was reelected.
Private advices had already informed us
of that election. We imagine there is
some dissatisfaction in Milton over the
result, in fact, as we are informed, there
is a great deal. Now, if there be an evil
in this election. why not remove the
cause OF the evil2 Logically considered,
to remove the cause of the evil one must
begin at the foundation, or, at the point
where the tuberculosis sets in. An en-
gineer would not attempt to stop the
flow of the Amazon River by daming its
mouth, he would be likely to commence
on the plateau of Caxamarca neither
would one attempt to dam the Mississippi
at its deltas. but. would begin at Lake
Itasca, or, thereabouts; and so it is with
the schools, il there be an evil existing
in the present School Board, if for any
reason, there is partiality shown by the
Board for any teacher, regardless of fit
ness, moral, intellectual, or otherwise
the. school election is the remedy. But
how many will think of this when the
school election is held
We are yet in Frederica and we are
witnessing some soeiality existing be-
tween this town and Milton. On Sun
day Miss S Elizabeth Lank the post
mistress, and her father. Nathaniel Lank,
former ship builder, but now assistant |
postmaster, visited Mrs. Frances Hop |
kius and Or. R. B. Hopkins. relatives, |
and other friezds in Milton and James
Palmer, Of Milton. has been in Frederica
twice during the past week visiting his
father, Capt. William Palmer. who is
convalescing from a serious illness.
Col. John c. Darby and Captain Joseph
Whitaker the one a former military at
tache, the other a maritime gentleman,
both retired, have decided to have no
mosquitoes around Frederica the present
year. A discovery, purely, oftheir own,
will be used. It does not contain linseed
oil, ror petroleum. crude, or refined,
but peculiar oil of the mind, the nature
of which they will not reveal. The citi-
zens await expectantly the demonstration
of their theory.
We cannot help but notice aged people
who appear to be in a state of unrest,
almost all the time they are on the streets.
They will go from one place to another,
apparently seeking rest and finding
none" They NAV be compared to the :
swallows, that congregate on the spires :
of church steeples in the autumn season,
to their fight to southern
chimes. They know they seek another
"and the time of their departure :
is at hand and they are preparing to
depart hence, and meet the new order
of things.
There is a man in Frederica, polite,
and affable as a man can be, aud who 5
always appears to have the burden of the
whole town resting upon his shoulders. :
He is one of these individuals who is )
ever on the alert to stamp out vice in
any form. and yet, he never appears to
get anything done. There are others of $
this variety of being in other towns, who
attract attention, and who obtain equal
results with the man above mentioned. 5
We are led into writing this paragraph
from certain developments that have oc-
Cured which present prima facia evil 5
iences that this type of man is not of the
best, though he may not be of the worst. 3
A kind of betwixt and between IA
man who never does any HARM?
The people here are getting their next }
winter coal, by the Steamer Frederick,
which boat is also, bringing much fer
ilizer for the farmers hereabout.
We were asked, recently, what we )
hought will become of this country when
Theodore Roosevelt dies? Now, does "
lnyone think T. r. will ever die? May
lot the fate of Enoch, the patriarch, or, r
elijah, the prophet, be his. But, should
his be the case with T. r., he would be
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rave no more to do with the politics of
his sphere, and, what will we do?
Really, we give it up
1t used to be our opinion that all red
laired girls were telephone operators
Turing the last two weeks we have
hanged our minds; neither do we any
onger believe that all telephone opera
ors are red-headed girls. We have a
eason for this change of opinion but
on't ask us, why I'VE refuse to tell.
On Sunday morning the Rev. w. W.
sharp preached the baccalaureate sermon
o the graduates of the Frederica Public
to the Board of Education. the
Ilumni Association, and also, to a large
of admiring friends, of the
raduates from the unique text: What
} that in thine hand ?" found in the
econd clause of the second verse of the
ourth chapter of Exodus. The sermon
'as brilliant, the text as elucidated by the
well chosen, and the sermon