Milford chronicle., 1916-03-10
MILTON NEWS.
SPRING Snow Herring Biddies'
Lamb and peas Town Election,

Spring Snow. Herrngl Biddies,
Lamb and peas! Town Election
Yes we have had another town election.
sit was held ON saturday afternoon. and
resulted iu the election of Prof. William
j. Fearing for mayor, and II. C.Wagamon
3ud j. IS. Belts for Couucilmen. The lat
Ter was reelected. There We're ltl votes
polled. THE result of this election would
nave he9u different had the second ticket
-peeu put i'm effect at the commencement
Of the election. And herein lies the great
lault in uur town elections. The tickets
are not made out early enough for the
electors 90 discuss the respective merits
pf the C1udiGat tcs. The habit is 90 jump
the ticket on the eve OF The election. or
one of tbem at least AT this election
many persons had voted who did rot
know That there We're two candidates for
mayor tle writer among the number.
-Jr EopkiUS, the outgoing mayor had de-
slined to be candidate again, but. at the
EAST moment, his friends made out ticket
headed b} himself for mayor Dr. Hop
Nins on this ticket received &C votes, as
against - votes for the successful can
iidate, and would have been elected had
'-icket been introduced on time.
We believe in the eternal fitness Of
.hings in electing officers for a munich
sality, well as electing officers for a
STATE or national government Vote for
',he best man. For the man who is fit.
-lnd the man who will reflect credit on the
sewn; or don't vote at all.
The newly elected members met on
election evening and formulated an or
NNlGhllNA UN Ie-eleELiuE the Ola OIIlcHrS
5iE: Arthur Jefferson, Secretary; and J.
q. Belts, Treasurer. Council at this time
-also elected a board OF health. viz. Dr. r.
l. Hopkins; Captain c. f. Lacey and
captain J. q. COnwell
Herring have been selling at four cents
piece
We are not an apologist for law break
-rs. nor for any one who is trying to
svade the laws Of the town. either to save
"a few cents. or little labor. The above
mas reference TO those who set the snow
ordinance al defiance. During the last
snow there were many places on Federal
Street that We're not cleaned of, and
these in front Of properties owned by per-
sons amply able both physically and fl
7mncialiy, % do the work or have Il done.
Some Of these men talk about the town
sencouragingly, take some Of the water
fDOnds but when it comes TO doing any
thinE they don't get something for, they
are out, especially If it takes a little eX-
ertion 10 obey the law. Are they immune2
Let some one teach them that laws are
made TO be obeyed and not to be broken.
The anniversary Of the Missionary So
ciety Of the NJ Il. Church will be held on
next Sunday
Grant and George Collins. OF Phila-
edeiIihia, were visiting their parents last
Sunday; returning home on Monday.
Their mother. Mrs. Eli L. Collins, is quite
III at her home
Louis l.. Mustard. engaged at Whining
ron, came home on Saturday to recuper- |
ate his health
Mrs Maggie Morris and mother Mrs. j. I
H. DAVIDSON, are both reported to be i'm |
proving.
one OF the large plate glass windows |
in front OF the store house Of Black & |
Lingo IS cracked, horizontally. all the way 4
across IL. II is said that a lamp recently /
was lighted and put too near the glass:
the heat from the lamp cracked the glass
IN a small place near the SASH This /
crack has grown until now a brace is /
needed to keep the glass together
Elmer Dickerson, who went TO Phila-
ielphia recently for medical treatment.
was operated on at the Jefferson Hos
pital on the 18th Of February for intes-
final troubles He Is reported to be doing
we'll
w. T. Parker, Of New Yory, was a
Milton visitor last week.
Columbus WEIGH, Of Wilmington. is Wis
iting his father, J p. Welch.
Captain GMrge =. Mcgee made busi-
ness trip 10 Washington last week.
A Parent Teacher meeting was to have
been held in School Hall Saturday even
ing, but the stormy condition Of the
weather prevented the arrival Of DIR.
Wagner. and also the assembling OF the
leople