Milford chronicle., 1920-05-21
GLENDALE


The first quarterly conference of tn
Ellendale n. T. Circuit will be held a
the church on Friday, May 2S, at p. m
We hope that all the churches OF tn
charge will be represented, because ther,
viii be important business to transact
Mrs. Nalklenburg. a national speaker
OF prominence Of the W. G. T. u. viii
lecture at the Glendale NJ. +. Church OF
Wednesday. May 26 at p. m. A press
ing and urgent invitation is extended C
all who are interested and want 10 heal
of the good work. Be sure to hear this
woman.
Arthur Reynolds has been in towr
again for a few days.
Miss Grace Baker has been spending
a few days at Lone Point and Balti-
more.
Mr. and Mrs Burton walman and fam
lily accompanied by Miss Elsie c. Smith
our primary teacher, visited relatives
in Greenwood and Bridgeville last sun
day. They report unique visit.
Mrs. Norman Prettyman and son. John
Alfred, have been in Washington, d. G.
for several days on a visit.
Miss Mia Macklin has spent a few
days with Mrs. Veata Mills of Cedar
Elmer Warren and son spent the week
end with relatives in town.
Mrs. Lena Walker is recuperating very
fast at this writing.
Much gloom was spread over the
town when We learned Of the death Of
our esteemed friend, Mr.; Aberdee. For
patriotic and loyal citizen of Glendale
1t has already been said of him that he
was an American beyond all, and the au-
tnor reels that the greatest eulogy e.
him IS that loyalty and patriotism per-
yaded his very thoughts and actions
Was he Stingy? No. il was he who gavn
literally towards winning the war. How?
BY buying bonds, stamps, and giving his
personal talents for same. Did he sun
port better educational Institutions? Yes.
He always said that universal education
was necessary and vital for the welfare
OF the nation and freely rf
the promotion of all societies Was he
reverent to GOd2 He believed i'm God
and supported His Church as he thought
Desl Inc town VIII miss Mr.. Aherdee
very much, but will long revere his name,
and when We are called to answer the
roll before the Judgment Bar of God we
nope to say how do you do Bro. Aber-
dee As the remains were laid to rest in
a Philadelphia cemetery, We hope to see
Mrs. Aberdee again with US, partcipat-
ing in our activities Any way she has
our best wishes and prayers for a future
as happy as possible
On Saturday last our boys played the
Cedar Grove baseball team on the localt
diamond As our boys We're inerperienc-
ed, we Of course, expected a defeat, but
are glad TO say that irrespective of this
the score was only to in favor Of
Cedar Grove. For five innings our boys
had to in their favor, but when the
visiting team exchanged pitchers We be-
gan to lose and finally lost the game, I
The boys VIII organize the Glendale base
ball club at the schOOlhouse on Wednes- I
day evening, May 49, and then we Will I
be prepared TO play visiting teams. Har- I
rington has already requested a game /
with the Glendale boys on the oath inst I
at Ellendale and on the lst proXimO ~ /
Harrington, so we trust the boys will 4
practice enough to make splendid records /
for Glendale. Help and encourage our /
boys for better and cleaner sports.
Many of our Tall Cedars went to WIZ I
mingtOn on the special train from NIP 4
ford on Tuesday last TO visit the Brandy /
wine forest. Surely this recreation is
splendid for our men, affording them op-
portunity to exchange thoughts on var
iOus topics.
The school authorities are planning for
the grammar grade commencement eX-
ercises which will be held at the Elem
dale NJ. E. Church on the 9Th proxlme,
as the Sth proXimo contiicted much with
features of interest in other towns, we /
changed the date until the foregoing.
stated time. Next week the program
will be stated in full, but suffice to say
now that elaborate preparations are be-
ing made for pleasant affair
In the opening exercises at the public
school, a committee Of two are appointed
for each morning to prepare special fea-
lures for instruction and entertainment.
We trust our tOwnspeople will avan
themselves of this opportunity to hear
our young folks acquit themselves.
Ill fares the land, to Fastening ills a
prey,
Where wealth accumulates. and men de-
These lines of the English poet. Oliver
Goldsmith, being uttered in very MEM
)rable words almost two thousand
years after the decline of the yeomanry
II Rome, regarding similar phenomena in I
lis own country, apply to America today. ]
Why? Just as the dispossessed yeomanry Z
# Rome from whom formerly had come {
statesmen, and dictatOrs, q
moved into Gaul and Spain and into the a
titles of Italy, because Of unfair econ i
mic conditions; so are our farmers leav- C
ng their farms and seeking temporary e
inancial gains in various cities of tn e
United States today, thereby leaving g
he land that is profitable vacant. Now
ur eX-farmers may be willing and eager e
o work. but there will soon be no place
or them in the industrial system. What s
appened in Rome? Did she establish d
precedent for her pOSterity? Just what C
predict will happen in America unless
change comes. The Romans after e.
eaving farms, spent the small sums they n
eceived for their lands, and then their
ons sank into a degraded city rabbll p
rhich became the ally and finally the Il
laster of cunning politicians, who anus "
d it with festivals and gladiatoriali
ames or shows, and who were finally TO oi
upport it, at state expense, with trRe K
ain, robbing the poor classes. Today We
ear much talk of the reds" the Bolf d
1eviks the hyphenated Americans. Why? Il
ecause the economic changes cause
len 10 become incapable, efteminate ana tC
ungry. Old ideas of loyalty obedience, p'
egards for law, seH-restrain grow rare. al
hOuld this be? Nothing under heaven 1.
Mould cause men to act in this unpa| te
,iotic way, because two wrongs never m
AXE a right, but at the same time ais W
he farmers live the simple life, the gov
-nment should see to it that economic ii
,nditions are made much better. Can
ley be made better? We hear politi- ii
ans saw they can, a fed statesmen, too, in
ld many promises have been make for
le betterment of all concerned, but ir-
,spective of these hattering promises, ~
dividuals must concert actions in var
us ways, government officials must act
behalf of all classes, reaching a happy a
edium-a mutual plane-,then induce he
ents will be afforded the farmers to ~
AZ On Il c farms and the na.ion ana all AT
dividuals will have sound equlllbrlums.
KEEN OBSERVERS i
The Ladies Aid Society Of Ellendalh ed
iii meet a. The ssS::.c g Mrs wafer rrt
Thursday evening, May 2Ith at
O'Clock , - ac
ain last week and purchased by l. 1. Su
lker, consideration $1,000. Mr.. Baker ne
tends to have the plant thoroughly
and put in good working con- tie
erSau.ed and ut in gllj working co - Ge
lions, after =, ch it lara ~
please the public. Due and timeF da
tice will be given through these col
ans Of its starting. -