Milford chronicle., 1926-01-15
Glendale


gether in wedlock, soon tire OF the
position and seek to have the mar
riage tie dissolved by process OF law.
The courts of the country are kept
busy grinding out divorces by the
hundreds. To it's shame the Dla-
mond State seems to be keeping pace
with the others, in this unsavory
work. There must be something
radically wrong with the laws which
permits the dissolution the mar
riages of today at will. Unless some
remedy is found to retard the grant
ing of divorces promiscuOusly 1t Will
require another Gretna Green, equal
to Elkton to join men and women
together as fast as the courts OF the
several states can separate them.
Much of the dissatisfaction with the
married life is brought about by
BOYS and girls in their teens enter
ing into the bonds of matrimony
without proper thought beforehand.
They have no conception of what IS
required of them, as love of a true
nature never entered into the con-
tract. At the first sign of disagree
courts to have the bonds which BIND
them severed. The other day in Cam
den, N. J., Vice Chancellor Learning
in addressing a young couple VINO
were applying for divorce, said to !
the 16-year-old girl, as she handed
her marriage certificate for lnspec-
ton: 81 see on your marriage GER
tificate a vase of flowers. Instead of
flowers there should be skull and
crossbones. 1t is amazing how much
unhappiness is born in Elkton. Some
day the clergy of Elkton will get
their due share" The couple in
question had lived together only
three weeks. There should be
enough good honest men left in the
State of Maryland, who will go to
Annapolis and see that the ObnoXi-
GUS law, which permits these things
to be done, should be abrogated, and
those renegade ministers who en-
gage in the consumatiOn of these un- !
happy marriages be driven from the !
town of Elkton in disgrace. What |
has become of the influence of the |
homes? Has the love and power |
welded by the mothers of old, who |
instructed their daughters in the |
ways of the world, been lost in the |
mothers of today. "GOd forbid" Is !
society as now constituted respon-
sible in any way for the unrest ex- /
listing today? Is the petting parties,
the ball room where the Charleston
and similar dances are allowed, got
ANYTHING to do with it? Is the gath
erings of the elite where smoking,
drinking and swearing are allowed,
among the women, contributing
their share in the downfall Of the
young? Does the extremes in dress
(until they have almost become in
decent which the women wear to-
day in any measure help to subdue
that sweet modesty, which existed
among the young lassies of years
ago? If these advance ideas which
are now prevailing and the cause'of
so much dissatisfaction in the world .
today, let us Danish some or all OF
them, and get back to the safe 6
ground occupied by our mothers and
fathers of the long ago. We are told
that to bring these inOvations into
the life of our people it cost the ,
lives of one hundred thousand of I
our young men, who died on the bat :
tie fields of Europe. We are further
told all these things are legacies
left to us by the late Worlds War. !
If this is true what a fearful price \
we have paid and are still paying to
make the world safe for demo- 7
cracy." :
At the session of the NJ. E. Sunday q
school held Sunday, January 10th,
the following officers were elected to
serve for the year 1926: Superin- 7
tendent, D. M. Donovan; assistant,
]. A. Ellegood; secretary, Miss May I
Thayer; assistants, Miss Mildred !,
and Miss Bessie. War Y
ren; treasurer, Miss Bessie Warren;
Miss Mildred Filings "
worth; assistants, Miss Mildred War "
rem and Miss Bessie Warren; Ii
brarians, H. w. Jester, Jr., Arthur II
Williams and John T. Prettyman;
superintendent and n
E. F. Whitney; assistant, a
]. A. Ellegood; chorister, E. F. n
Whitney; assistant, Mrs. H. w. Jes- 4
ter; superintendent of primary de- "
partment, Mrs. Bernice Warrington; 4
assistant, Miss Rachel Coverdale.
Mr.. Donovan has been superintend- ~
ent of the Ellendale M. E. Sunday n
school for the past two years. Under n n
his care the school has greatly in .,
creased in numbers. We congratu- a.
late Mr.. Donovan on the efficient a,
work which he has done. The peo- n
pie of Ellendale are proud of both II
heir Sunday school and its super ii
ntendent. IL
The revival meetings which are "
leing held in Union M. E. Church,
Rev. Conrad Hamer, pastor, are in
,reasing in interest. Several conver-
ions last week. The pastor needs
lelp. The membership is small. -,
christians of all denominations ~
hould go to his aid. Nothing but Ot
trong revival will save the old
hurch for MethOdism. an
H. w. Jester has wrecked what &c
Tas known as the Red Hall on Main Nj
treet. He proposes to use the lum- he
er in building two bungalows for
enting purposes. This will help to as
elieve the scarcity of houses now tn
xisting. We
Eggs seem to have taken a drop
l price lately. This will greatly di- gu
finish the revenue which the far da
lers have been receiving from this er
PURGE. Poultry is high, this will en-
BILE the poultryman to get clear Of ~,
is surplus stock at good prices. oT 81;
At the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Oil w w
er Lynch a dinner was given on W.
unday in honor of the birthday of