Milford chronicle., 1919-02-21
MILTON NEWS.


fOrbodings. yet there is such an attribute
as caution and a genius that grasps at
I conclusions before their consummatiOn.
The Chautauqua. or Lyceum Festival,
was held in the school at Milton on the
! afternoons and evenings of three days
/ of last week. The sessions We're largely
attended: indeed, the room was packed
at each gathering. We Do not know how
many the school hall viii seat, but il is
arranged to seat e-thrd more than il
should seat The chairs in each row join
each other, which is all right, but the
space between the rows is all wrong.
There is not enough room for a person to
get in and out when everything is calm
and people are sane, but suppose fire
should break out at some time when this
room is crowded. say Ike it has been in
the past week during the Lyceum Fes-
tival One-third Of the audience OF men,
women and all Of the children would be
burned or trampled TO death during the
catastrophe. There is but one egress,
except the door back Of the stage. and
this leads into the same corridor and
down the same stairway as does the door
from the hall We believe the precautions
against fire are as good as can be here,
but accidents happen elsewhere and it is
only when one of these horrors occur that
we give the subject any thought Why
not have fire escapes TO the building. Our
school board is supposed to be made up OF
| intelligent. progressive men, and il is |
surely singular that a means OF escape |
from school hall, in case Of fire, has not |
| been suggested to their minds long ago |
But they are younger than the writer /
and most likely do not appreciate any /
danger from any cause 1t is always thus |
with youth. II sees no danger. But /
maturer years studies the subject and Of
| ten arrives al different conclusions
Young heads are giddy and young
hearts are warm,
And make mistakes for mankind TO
reform
The Chautauqua Lyceum Course that
| has been performing in Milton for the
| past week has met with better success
| than heretofore. The performances have
| all been good and well attended: as a mat
| ter in order, the company has left Milton |
with a plethOric poclletboOk and the guar
antors are even this year. As the COM
pdny gets the money received at the |
door, ii must be doubly well off this year.
Heretofore The company has charged
S275 for its performances in Milton. This
sum had 10 be guaranteed TO them, beside
the money received al the door. Hence
the company is on the sure side and the
guarantors depend on the sale Of season
tickets, good during the course for their
money. For the next season the company
has advanced its price TO $500 and other q
emoluments that may accrue, and it will
find enough wise men in Milton to guar
antee it, With as good performances as a
the company gave last week. we see no
need of guarantOrs fQr its success. a
John Dorman of lsbury, Md. has Ii
bought the Douglas White Shirt and il
Overall factory, located on North Union tC
street, with all of its paraphernalia, and d
a lot Of T. H. Douglas and another of Or. -
w. II. Douglas, both adjoining the fac et
ory. 1t is understood that the new owner
t. The Milton Shirt and overall Factory
vas once a paying institution and gave fir
employment to many women and girls sh
'he girls We're attractive. as Milton girls OF
lways are, and as natural result got iir
married and this reduced the factory help IN
nd the business declined and finally bu
eased altogether We hope a change of We
wnership may revive the business and tn
he new owner may be successful in his nli
iltOn venture. DO
Joseph Walls has secured the services of eN
eorge Leonard as salesman in his meat s.i
larket. wee Jesse Wilson, who recently au
led. an
Mrs. J. II. Preutyman has returned from
lengthy visit to Atlantic City. much i'm no
roved in health, for which purpose the
isit was made. Su
W. II. Mears and wife attended the fu- an
eral of Mr. Mears' mother on Saturday, IS
'ho died at Camden, ~ j.. on Wedues- Sh'
ay. During his absence a tonsorial artist th'
ON Centervlle, Md, attended TO Mr.. aW
Iears' business. Tor
Alfred H. Mcgee Of Harbeson butchered ]
pig last week that weighed GA pounds. ifo
ONE pig
Miss Winifred Weigle of Clayton, Del,
as a week-e guest of Miss Ethel Hohl
nd Miss Jessie Norris at the Jester
ouse. I'm
The fourth installment of the Milton bal
yceum Course was given a school han ad,
q Saturday evening The fifth and last mo
the season will take place on March fbe
H. =
Lincoln Day was observed by the post ile,
lice and banks being closed all other n,
Isiness places Were open. ris
st. Valentines Day passed off without no,
ly animosity being engendered that we \
now Of. The old custom of venting ones no,
lleen by sending caricatures on Nalen- ba,
mes Day has passed away. People are {
,coming more civilized. more Christian ftir
ed. ana better altogether "Old things Tor
'e passed away and behold. all things \
e becoming new" nor
Revival services commenced at both sns
the Methodist churches on Sunday 4
'ening. The fourth quarterly conference SON
the NJ +. Church viii be held on next to
lnday evening, Immediately following y
service at which district superintendent dai
organ VIII preacn' This action has been del
ken to catch the official members at
urch but we suspect they will try in
me way to evade being there.
Mrs Nancy Woodward of Wilmington.
iss Elma Eaton, Miss Florence Hugg, Of n
.lton and Mrs. Leroy Lynch Of Milton ited
ere entertained by J. b. Welch and fam N
on Wednesday and Thursday her
Word has been received that Raymond N
lHadway, son of Rev. w. J. DuHadway, Mis-
former minister at Milton, died at Al and
querue, n. NJ, on Tuesday of last S
eek of influenza rnat,,,,cta md ,,,,-,i,, ser,
lis Many Milton people Will remember NEE
iymond DuHadway and
David Argoe of Broad5iln died on We'd Gar
sday, aged u years. Funeral services NJ
IRE held on Friday afternoon at Zion topi
f. Church and intermem made in odd
iows cemetery, Milton, by a Lewes
dertaker.
Lizzie Warren wife of William Warren,
Milford, died at the home of her X
yther, Mrs. David Clifford, on Thursday tere
ening Of Brights disease. aged 3S years vii
neral services were held at the NJ E. the
in ord