Milford chronicle., 1919-09-05

as is well known, finally became d
funct.
. Milford ladies see snakes" Wei
/, they are more fortunate, or unfortm
/ ate, than the Milton ladies. for sine
local option in Milton the "sustenance
, mas been so high that few Milto
ladies have been able to stock IN. RI
: the Milford ladies seeing snakes doe
: not argue prohibition a failure.
= Tomatoes have been selling at th
ralirOad station around 81 a baske
during the past week. Most that hay
; Deen bought have been shipped. Tn
; 'canneries are doing but little in TO
! matoes. The Draper cannery ha
. packed few, and others have packe,
none yet. Birdsong Bros. are cannin,
few beans, but they are scarce. witt
the prospect OF more further on. i
Irost should not arrive too early. TIL,
Anderson cannery has not opened.
Ihe colored camp meeting closed OF
sunday night and on Monday the tent
ers removed back to town. a sorr,
looking specimen of the genus homo
ana more particularly of the genus
hOmOers.
William Davidson and wife and Miss
Mamie Conner. after spending two
weeks with their Milton friends. re-
turned to Philadelphia on Monday
They were accompanied bv Miss En-
mis-, the automobilist.
Labor Day was not generally observ-
ed in Milton. The postoffice and banks
were closed as usual. That's all of
that.
At the service Of the NJ. P. congre-
CATION on Sunday morning, held in
school hail. l. Bidds Mills, Of the Anti
Saloon League, delivered an address
and took up collection. DR.. J. H.
Mills, father of the orator, was pres
ent and participated IN the exercises.
as did also the pastor, Rev. NJ. E. Hun
gerford.
Miss Ida Ponder, daughter of ex-
Governor Ponder and niece, Miss Sara
Ponder, have been Milton guests the
past week. When we asked Miss Pom
der where she made ner home. she
replied "Oh, we are gypsies now. We
have spent the summer at Atlantic City
and expect to spend the winter in
Florida, as we did last winter" Miss
Ponder has brother who is an ex-
tensive orange grower in Florida.
Frank Lank has been appointed by
Governor Townsend justice of the
peace and notary public for Milton. I.
vice Calvin Porter, deceased.
Work on the foundation for the new
garage on South Union street was
stopped on Wednesday by the break .
ing of some machinery connected with .
The pile driver The damage has been
repaired and work was resumed on
Tuesday.
Prof. NJ F. Thurston, the appointed
of the Milton public school,
las removed his family to Milton and
the Neal property on Mill
treet.
James Mason and family of Penns-
rove, n. j., have been Milton visitors
# late
Edward O'Brien and David Cham
ers Of Philadelphia were entertained
yer Sunday at a party at Broadkiln
leach, by J. T. Crouch and family.
Charles Crouch returned to Phila-
elphia on Tuesday after spending two
-eeks in Milton.
Rev. C. A. Behringer and family of !
rOsswick, ~ j., have been the guests
Milton friends.
William Fox, who has been ill for
everal weeks, still hovers between :
fe and death, with small hopes of j
scovery. $
The Milton public school opened on r
uesday with the following corps of f
achers: Principal, M. F. Thurston I
New York; vice principal Lucy :,
nc 70 ao1,ow.
Clapham, Baltimore; Mildred JEFF .
rson, Elsie King and Mrs. Goldie o
yens of Milton. Under the new code +,
is designed to have nine teach "
S in the Milton public school in lieu Il
five, as heretofore. Three of these y
achers have not yet been obtained. n
science, manual training and II
riculture are let to be supplied. h
lder the new regime the large and q,
mmOdious school building of Milton f,
insufficient to accommodate the nu- "A
erOus departments, and the lower p,
ON of the Masonic Temple has been r
cured to help out. This room will n,
partitiOned and supplied with wa in
: and all sanitary conveniences, a So
that should have been done before le
lool opened. ii,
Mrs. Joseph Watson will return ri
her home in Philadelphia today
er visiting her parents near Milton. or
D. A. C. ar
When in Milford, stop at Pettyjohn's NJ NJ
lntain. Cool, refreshing drinks and 80 -.
1plee ice cream served as it should ~
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