Milford chronicle., 1917-09-14
MILTON NEWS.

The summer is past, vacations are
over, aud those who have been ENJOYING
rambles through the wood, or, meander-
ing by the sea shore, have presumably,
settled down to their vocations in indus
try. The summer has been a hot one:
the tan on the visages Of returning wan
derers show this. But, while their coun-
tenances are sunburnt, their steps are
elastic, showing improvement in their
general make up The outings of the
summer have been beneficial to many,
who have hailed them with delight, and
relinquished them with sorrow, to wait
another long twelve months before simi-
lar scenes can be enacted again. Such
is life; to-day we are here, tomorrow,
we may be somewhere else, and so on to
the end of the calander.
Arthur Jefferson has been elected Su-
pervisor of the Milton Water Works Sys- |
TEN in all its detail; at a salary of 80 |
one third per cent. on the rental receipts. |
A boy belonging to the foreign help
working in the canneries, was knocked /
down and thrown under an automobile
on Tuesday, The car passed over him
skinning his knees. That's all.
Frank B. Carey went to the Jefferson
Medical Hospital on Thursday for treat
ment for disease that has baffied the
skill of three local physicians.
People who have been shipping fruit
by express complain that a part of it
does not arrive at its destination. and
he baskets that do arrive are, many of !
hem, only about half filled, the fruit
being taken outin transit. Consequently,
many, have been shipped by parcel post
IS that insures safe delivery
If the grass was as plentiful around :
Sabyloiia in the days of Nebechadnezzor
s it is around Milton at the present
ime, the old sinner must have had good
razing. For in front OF unoccnpied =
uildings, on what is known as vacant
Dts, and by way sides the grass is rank, :
nd plenty of it; and few persons make G
ny effort to cut it down
As the camp meetings are over, the =
amp meeting committee of Lavinia a
lould put the benches and seats away, "
has been done after former camps. a
every person that passes the camp n
round takes board away, there will be
1ards for seats another year. Let the
mp meeting committee do its duty, for
e members of this committee retain "
eir official cognomen until their sue IN
ssors are elected. in
Another mad dog scare" was on last A
eek, and has not, fully, abated vet. ca
Vo CANNES, supposed to have rabies. cl
ere shot in the north part of the town m
e bailiff investigated, Town Council ru
ct, aud did nothing. And the dogs in
e going over town unmuzzled. tn
Joseph Morris has returned to town. ri
ter lengthy visit to his daughter, at
near Pittsburg.
Aaron and William Hankin and fami-
s, attended the funeral of their broth
at Baltimore on Tuesday.
Paul Bryan is attending Goldey's Com
ercial College at Wilmington at
few of our citizens attended the Will We
ngton Fair last week fol
Insurance Commissioner, T. R. Will
4 was at the Milton banks last week. i'm
Sallie Mildred, the 10 year old daugh-
of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Smith, of ar,
ime Hook, developed appendicitis and ha
S taken to the Salisbury Hospital on inl
the 5th. An operation was tin
rformed from which she never recov-
ID. The remains were sent after and ent
)ught TO the home of her parents. bv 81
IN Wilson, on Thursday night. Fun
i services were held at her late home soJ
Sunday afternoon by the Rev. Hun ~,
ford, and sepulture made in Odd he, So,
lows Cemetery at Milton, by S. ]. IN
lson & Son.
Eugene Theardon and Miss Leona oel
ton, of Philadelphia. are visiting Mr.. az az
| Mrs John F. Milby, of near town. IN
,aptain George A. Goodwin arrived in II !.
" York from St. Nazarre, France. on
1t. 1st., and is now visiting his fam beg
IN Milton. ord
he Misses Mabel and Marion Dicker- 24t
], of Ellendale, are visiting Miss J
nch Conner. too
.lfred Lekites engaged at Wilmington yea
home for few days with his family. We
ome one hitched a horse in front of ard
!. Wilson & Sons store on Sunday S
ning-not an unusual occurrence and
the horse by stamping injured the tor,
walk ana curDlng so bad, as to nee you
tate repairing the next morning. bor