Milford chronicle., 1919-04-04


new blood as well as the establishment o.
a new system that has brought about sucl
glorious results as Of late years. Two
decades ago il might have been consider
ed a helnous crime TO pay the pastor OF
church his salary before he went to
Conference; now it is thought a Christian
duty. Two decades ago the stewards OF
our churches were good medieval Chris
tians. welded to orthodoxy; but when it
came to raising the dollars they were not
IN IT, They could shout Glory Hallelu-
jahl as loud as their pastors but the pas
tors seemed . know more about the dol
lars than the laity appeared to know.
All this is now changed in church affairs.
On Monday morning Of each week, after
the ardous duties Of the Sabbath are
over(D, the pastor goes to one of the
banks and receives his salary paid in full
to the time. The stewards assume this
It appears to be but little trouble to col
lect money under the new system; under
the old regime the ministers, good old
honest fellows. were content if they got
enough to eat and a home to live in, and
If they got enough money. many times,
TO pay their travelling expenses to Con-
ference they were satisfied. If they had
got their salaries fully pai dbefore going
to Conference they would not have been
Likely 10 have returned as it would have
been an anomaly deviation from es-
tablished rule-and they would have
thought their congregation was getting
off. Truly "the world do move"
Joseph Walls has bought Of DR.. W. f.
Douglass the building lots on Behringer
Avenue, Milton Terrace.
Mrs. f. w. Tompkins. nee Miss Evelyn
Palmer. who has been in Milton with her
parents for some time. left on Friday to
join her husband who has lately been
| discharged from the army. They will
enter upon housekeeping and will reside
at so Ferry Street, New Haven. Conn.
| rye NAPLES is installing for George !
| Bt a. near town, a pneumatic water
sy which will be operated by a gas
oen~ lgine. The system will embrace |
several ranges Of pipe, all eminating from
one pump. Besides furnishing the dwell !
| ng, pipes win be run to the stables and |
all places where water is needed on the /
farm
From the way timber is being shipped I
from Milton the day may not be far dis
tant when it will be difficult TO get
enough lumber of the proper kind for a
house frame. Piling and railroad ties,
white oak butts and bean poles. and the
next thing, it will probably be pea sticks.
are being sent away. Anything from
which the owner can realize a dollar is
being sold and the country is being de-
nuded Of its most useful timber and in
time may become as the arid plains of
the far west.
Ira s. Walls has been granted letters
Of administration on the estate of Rhoda
f. Walls, who died recently. near Milton.
Thomas H. Douglass. cashier of the
Fidelity Trust and Savings Bank, has
been granted letters of administration on
the estate Of Clara Nears Johnson, late
Of Philadelphia.
Mrs. Lydia W. Jester has been been
granted letters of administration on the
estate of Oliver NAPLES, deceased.
On Saturday, in front of the Jester
House. Joseph L. Cahau. Esq, as trustee.
sold by order of the Orpnans' Court 81
acres Of land in BroadlSiln hundred, the
property Of the Sussex Trust Company. as
guardian for several parties The prop
erty was bought by William Warrington
for $1265. co.
The entertainment given at school hall
on Saturay evening by the 1st, End, Srd
and 4th grades Of the Milton public
schools, under the management Of the
Misses Hohl, Norris and jefferson, was
fairly patronized. About s23 was realized.
Captain Lucian Darby Of Philadelphia
was home with his family over Sunday
The Milton Red Cross shipped two large
boxes of old clothing on Saturday to the
destitute Of Belgium, by way Of head
quarters.
w. H. Chandler and family Of Scranton,
Pa, and mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Chand-
er, of Milton, returned from a trip to
florida on Thursday. Mr.. Chandler re-
urned to his home on Saturday
On Friday and Saturday March gave us
sample Of it's gentle zephyrss, It was
he most terrific we have had during the
asst winter or the present spring. The
pire Of the NJ. E. Church rocked and
embled but withstood the gale At times
he gusts Of wind were so frequent that
-=-ss .ssith difficulty that pedestrians
ept upon their feet. We came near be-
lg blown away oursef, and we thought
hat calamity it would have been-to
s-had we been blown and could not
ave been found. The temperature was
own to thirty degrees and it is thought
nat the peach crop is uninjured. The
'op on the Chandler farm has been very
OF late and Mr.. Lynch, the
anager, has no fears that the late storm
as injured it. It frozdehQwever. con-
ierably, on Saturday Iiday evf as there
as certainly no water intereuds and it
said that the prospecaces aiit at this
age can stand a temper, A 4 Of p de-
'ees before injury, it ISL II probable
at they are hurt. we fnie, and be-
we this surmise is correctIas it would
an unfortunate occurenet after such
splendid winter that the hopes OF a
Intiful peach crop shouli be blasted
the capers Of old March
Somewhat of a mix-up occurred at the
P. Church on Sunday r2orning on ac-
unit of the new time n sexton said
had no orders to set clock ahead
d he did not do it. TIA minister had
e new time and the ser fees were held
between the ON and the new
ne. The minister took his text at 70
lock, new time. On Sunday evening the
ltter Of time was adjudicated.
There was no preaching service at the
E. Church on Sunday morning on-ac-
unit Of the Rev. Givan being r., Id