Milford chronicle., 1927-01-28
NillsborO

Liquor" is asked so frequently that
DR.. William r. Barton, the we'll
/ known biOgrapher of Lincoln, set
ties the matter by quoting from a
speech made by Lincoln ON Febru-
airy %, 1912. The following article
appears in an editorial of one of
the leading magazines for Febru-
ary:
"Of our political revolution of '76
we are all justly proud. 1t has Civ
en- us a degree Of political freedom
/ far exceeding that of any nation Of
/ the earth Turn now to the
! temperance revolution. In it we find
a stronger bondage broken, viler
/ slavery manumitted, a greater ty-
rant deposed; in it, more OF want
/ supplied, more disease healed, more
/ sorrow assuaged. By it, no or
phans starving, no widows weeping.
/ BY it, none wounded in feeling, none
( injured in interest; even the dram
/ maker and the dram seller will have
I glided into other occupations so
gradually as never 10 have felt the
change, and will stand ready to JON
all others in the universal song Of
/ gladness. And what Il noble ally
thus to the cause Of political free
dom! And with such an aid its
march cannot fail to be on and on
till every son of earth shall drink
in rich fruitiOn the sorrow Quench-
ing drafts of perfect liberty. Happy
day when-all appetites controlled,
all pOisons subdued, all matter sub
jected-mind, all-cOnquering mind
shall live and move, the monarch OF
the world. Glorious consummation!
Hail, fall of fury! Reign of reason
all hall
And when the victory shall be
completed-when there shall be nei-
ther a slave nor a drunkard on
earth-how proud The title Of that
land which may truly claim to be
the birth place and the cradle ol
both those revolutions that shall
have ended in that victory! How
nobly distinguished tnat people who
shall have nurtured to maturity
both the political and moral free
dom of their species!"
NIiers B. Belts who died at the
home of his son, Edward Belts, OF
| Greenwood, last Tuesday afternoon
was buried in st. Marks P. Z. cem-
! etery, here, on Friday afternoon
with funeral services in Grace M. E
Church, conducted by Rev. James
Gardner of Whitesville and Rev. j
A. Buckson.
Mr.. Belts was ninety years old and
spent the greater number of those
years in Millsboro. Following the
death of his wife a few years ago
Mr.. Belts sold his home here and
made Greenwood his home.
The teachers meeting in George
town on Friday was attended by al
the teachers and gave the children
holiday from school.
Mrs. Emma Corbin, only daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Collins, anC
sister of E. B. Collins, arrived home
last week after living two years il
the Philippine Islands.
Mrs. Corbin is the wife of a Ma
rine whose service in the Phil
ppines has extended over this per
iod of time but expects other loca
ton for the future. Mrs. CorbiI
made the twelve thousand mile tril
alone and came from San francisco
to New York by the way of thu
Panama Canal.
Mrs. Robert J. White entertained
at bridge last Thursday Afternoon
and her guests included Mrs. Mil
dred Dobson, Mrs. Rachel Cordrey
Mrs. Helen Williams, Mrs. Florenc
Mitchell, Mrs. Sara White, Mrs
Matte Shockley, Mrs. KATHERINE
Washburn, Mrs. Petit, Mrs. Cath
crime Ayres and Mrs. Maude Black
stone.
Rev. Ralph Jones, pastor of Sill
verbrook M. E. Church, Wilmington
but originally of Millsboro, sailet
from New York last Saturday for
tour of the Mediterranean and tn
Holy Land. Mr.. Jones expects to b.
gone two months and Rev. and Mrs
]. w. Hadson, Mr.. Jones' parents
are spending that time with Mrs
! Jones and children at the Silver
brook parsonage.
The little folks of the primar,
! department of Grace M. E. Sunda,
school were greatly pleased on Sun
: day morning when their superin
, tendent, Luster Long and Mrs. Lon
treated them to bags of candy an
oranges.
I Mrs. Clara Lynch is recoverin
, from a severe attack of grippe.
Miss Pauline Burton spent Sunda
with her sister, Mrs. Mary Mel
I vaine at Stockley.
r Mrs. Allie T. Atkins spent tn
weekend in Philadelphia with he
: husband, DR.. w. B. Atkins.
. Revivals closed on Sunday even
ing after very helpful services TO
: three weeks. Twelve souls foun
saving grace and were received int
the church at the morning service.
There will be service in 5
Marks Church, Millsboro, on Frl
day, January 28th, at 8 p. M, c
great interest to Episcopalians {
Sussex county. The Rev. James {
/ S. Huntington, Superior of the OF
: der of the Holy Cross, West Parl
N. Y, will preach at this service, 1
r preparation for the Bishops Cru
!. SADIE. The Rev. Huntington is one c
the leaders in the Episcopal Churc
D in this country and this is an eX
r ceptional opportunity for the peopl
Y of this vicinity to hear him.