Milford chronicle., 1919-08-01
MILTON NEWS

powers LudL uts anu we uOu Dtlltf
that there are but few dissentin
3 voices to this decision The member
) of the NJ. p Church, who are sponsor
for the camps usually held at thi
place, met on Wednesday evening an
arrived at this conclusion. Cam
meetings in this locality have lon
since lost their spiritual signifcanc
and have been held of late years NOR
as a social gathering than for Othe
purposes, if we may except the finan
cial results. When churches were les
numerous and less widely separate,
the country people hailed with deligh
the approaching camp meeting season
and were in a hurry TO get their worl
done to take a week for its enjoyment
This is now in a measure, if not al
together, changed. Beach parties, ex
cursions to the seashOre, and 0thel
enjOyments have taken the place of {
camp in the woods, and though it may
not be as pleasant taken as a whole
it is preferred by many. The modern
facilities for travel has much to dc
with this change. The excursions on
the trains call many into close fellow
ship, and the automobile is also great
factor in shortening distance and in
bringing nearer those places that were
formerly considered a great distance
apart People will enjoy themselves
in some way. They must be relieved
from the tedium and ennui that their
commonplace life often engenders and
they will find the way to do it. I'm
doubtedly the camp meeting has had
its day and is passing as other ObsO-
lete things have passed, and are only
remembered as in the "old days. And
the people of Milton and others who
have had many good times on Lavinia
Camp grounds, will have to asOlace
themselves with the memory of what
they have enjoyed in "the days that
are gone, and look for other fields
of pleasure. where they may while
away the time they have often spent
at camp meetings.
However, the cOlored people will
hold a camp at Lavinia Wood, COM
mencing on Sunday, August II, and
continuing ten days. The cOlored peo-
pie can make a boarding tent pay.
They go on the cooperative plan, all
are interested and all share alike.
There has been so much written of
the damage done to fruit and crops
during the late spell of wet weather
that we refrain from writing but lit
tie about it. Some farmers, who per-
haps have lost nothing, attribute the
loss of others to the automobile. They
say the farmers had plenty of time
during the dry weather, before the wet
spell set in, to thresh their wheat or
stack it, but instead of doing
this they took the time to go excur-
3iOning and automobile riding and have
only themselves to blame for the pres
ent condition of their crops. This
may be, in a measure, true, depOnent .
sayeth not.
The Diamond State Roller Mill Co. .
lost two hogs last week. This loss
was not caused by cholera; one died
IS a result of getting hurt in the pen,
and the other from other causes.
Mrs. Laura Johnson has returned
rom several weeks visit in Philadel-
)hia.
W. H. Chandler commenced picking
packing and shipping peaches on We'd
lesday and up to and including Sat
lrday had shipped nine car loads of
80 crates each. The crop is very
arge and ripening fast. The recent
vet weather has not injured the crop
nd Mr.. Chandler attributes this to
lis care in keeping the trees sprayed
p to the time the wet weather be-
an. On Sunday pickers and packers .
-ere at work and trucks were carry
lg the fruit to the station and loading
on the cars. Last week was a busy
ne in and around Milton.
Beside the activity produced by the
lipping of fruit from the Chandler
Irm, the canneries have also been
lipping their packs of peas, and all
this has made the streets Of Mil
ms thoroughfares and the Milton i
alton a business mart. z
1t is expected the work of repairing z
e interior of the NJ P. Church will =
the present week. The Z
Ork is being prepared by a contractor =
the city and if there are no disap- 4
,intments in the arrival of materials. =
e work will commence as stated. z
lring the progress Of repairs and re- =
odeling the church services will be Z
Id in school hall. Sunday school at 4
o'clock a. m, and preaching at IL. =
William d. Lank has bought the z
larles Jones garage on North Union e
rect, with the good will, parapher- q
liza, etc, and will manage it here 4
ter. Z
George A. Bryan is having his home q
sidence on Federal street repapered 4
Joseph Walls is having the property 4
lately purchased from his brother 4
Stevensonville repaired and some q
ditiOns built thereto. N
Prof w. G. Fearing and wife cele g
ated the fifty-fifth anniversary of z
cir marriage on Tuesday. The groom z
hale and hearty, but the bride has Y
en- suffering of late with the infirm- Z
es of old age. Z
Givan left on Monday foS z
lmington where he will be engaged z
a time. q
frank Bryan spent Sunday at Lewes. z
is seldom Frank goes visiting on Z
nday, but when he does he gets all =
ere is out Of a visit. And as usual, z
Sunday he wandered around that q
cient town and had much te tell z
EN- he got back home. "
The NJ. E. Sunday school intend to q
mic at Oak Orchard tomorrow z
They will go the sew
teen miles in motor trucks and 1t "a,
hoped that they will have a good
lie.
Phillip H. Smith died near Redden -
Thursday Of cancer, aged 81 years.
neral services on Saturday after
On at Cokesbury by the Rev Mar
Ill and burial made in the nearby
netery by S. ]. Wilson & Son.
J. Adolphus Ewing died at Reho-
II on Thursday, July "a, aged 72
lrs. Funeral on Monday at the late
idence and interment made in the
wes cemetery by S. ]. Wilson & Son.
d. A. G.