Milford chronicle., 1920-11-05
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tended coored children to be sent to the white
schools in Delaware if the Republicans the cleo
tons this week. told deliberate lies. They attempted
mslead those who not informed of the laws of Del
aware. and opposition those who attempt
ing to bring only the best opportunity for public school
education for all the people This lie has been used for
many years, but it remained for young who know
better, and who made the statements with malice and
aforethought, this old but revamped public
places and wherever audience could be had which
would stand for the statement The repetition of the story
carried into the homes a boy revealed to the
writer Wednesday last, by asking when the coored
children would be brought into the white schools of Mil
ford 1t is surprising that much ignorance exist
among the grown people of any community it is
surprising that the moral standard of any
higher than to permit statements without fact
sembance of basis for truth, to be repeated in their
presence. Men and may have education far
book learning goesand at the time be ignorant of
those things which touch honor patriotism and better cit
izenship The laws of Delaware provided for separate
schools for white and black people.
1S.SS.HARDINe-cooL
1T is TIME for the people of Milford consider their
own form of town government from business stand
point It is time for reconstruction in the business
agement of Milford We running in a circle without
accomplishing anything permanen-but worst of ALL not
reducing floating Indebtedness getting actual value
for the money expended There is graft-but lack
of business management This is not due to any ndvid
ual set of individuals. but from lack of responsible
Il
the old quotation-"what is eyerybodys business is
nobodys business" If it meets with approval of the cit
of Milford the suggestion is hereby Ofered-tha
of the leading taxpayers meet at the Ar
mory in Milford. at stated time, to which due notice
be given in ample form. for the purpose of discuss
ing what shall done After that meeting. let
meeting be called and Community Committee be named
to ideas investigate the forms of Commission
form Government well the Manager form of Gov
ernment towns the Milford. That committee
to report back to Town Meeting the result of their in
vesgaons and then steps be TAKEN If it is desired to
have system of town government for Milford to
have law drawn to submitted the next session of
the legislature for a charter. Something must be
done We just authorized the spending of twenty
thousand reconstruct the light and water sta
tion-and there already than half of the orgi
nal bonds to build the light and water plant outstanding
The new expenditure about wipes out the sinking fund,
which was created pay the bonds at maturity. Then.
again-we have a twenty thousand dollar Sewer Bonded
Indebtedness for which dollar has been paid
or for which any sinking fund has been created to meet
the bonds when they due All this in addition to
floating Indebtedness That policy is neither good bus
mess or common sense What will do about this? Will
we continue as in the past? How long get by with
this condition Of Interest rates will be higher
when these bonds come due. Why not pay them on?