Milford chronicle., 1932-12-23
Christmas-1932

ChriStmaS-1932
For God so loved the world tha
He gave His only begotten Son, thai
whosoever believeth in Him should
not perish, but have everlasting life
st. John 3:16.
This is the story, why God sem
His Son into the world. A world
stepped in sin; yet God loved the
world and would save it even at the
expense of the ignominous death
upon the cross of His precious Son
Jesus Christ.
GLORY to God in the Highest and
on Earth Peace, Good Will Toward
Men"
The Angel sent from Heaven by
God brought this message to the
shepherds as they watched fiocks by
night on the hills of Judea nearly
two thousand years ago. What did ii
mean? 1t certainly meant that peace
had been declared between God and
man, and through the death upon
the cross of the Master it gave to
those who would believe in Him, a
right to eternal life. So the Angel
brought news of this reconciliation.
We have a right to sing that old
fashioned hymn as Christ's birthday
approaches, thus: "Hark, the Herald
Angels sing, glory to the new born
King. Peace on earth, and mercy
mild, God and sinners reconciled."
Now, what is the duty of the peo-
pie at large, having received such &
e. oh chntn1d thnxr NOT n
preciate the fact by assembling
themselves together on Christmas
Day and with prayers and songs
(saint and sinner alike) thank the
great ruler of the universe for the
gift of His Son. All churches should
be open and invitations extended
from the pulpit that all who will
may come and worship the Christ
Who was born in Bethlehem many
years ago. VIII they do il? Wait
and see.
Holly Season Closed
The present week has about end
ed the holly season for the year
1882 The amount shipped. both hol-
ly branches and wreaths has been
heavier this year than last, bu! not
up to the amount shipped in former
years when many carloads of holly
branches and thousands of wreaths
were shipped 10 western points.
Pittsburgh and other towns of Penn
sylvania bought great many holly
branches and wreaths for the Hule-
tide season. New York used 10 be
a good market for the beautiful dec
orations made of holly. but owing To
the depression throwing thousands
out of employment, the trade has
been very limited for the last two
years. Up to five years ago Ellch-
dale alone shipped as high as ten
to fifteen carloads of holly branch
es and over Cne hundred thousand
wreaths in each season. Not over
one-eighth of either the branches or
v":eaths are hc're shipped from this
station at any time within The last
Two years.
Swamps have become depleted ot
holly trees, making it more difficult
TO find berries and leaves suitable
for branches or making w:ea.hs.
Forty years ago the swamp eX-
tending from Ellendale to Robbins
Station, distance of three miles,
was owned at that time by eX-Gov-
ernor Ponder and on this tract were
thousands Of fine holly trees, when
were considered of no value, ana
could be haG for the simple asking.
When Alex Pullen and Son of Mil
ford commenced the business OF
shipping holly land we believe they
were the first to engage in this bus
iness) people went into this partlc-
ular swamp and cut down the holly
trees that we're we'll berried AMI
trimmed them up in shOrt lengths
and packed them in cases for ship
ping purposes. The slaughter of the
holly trees was great and it is
great wonder that there is today IN
this swamp as many holly trees as
there are.
1t has teen said that if all The
holly trees had been left standing in
the Glendale or Ponder Swamp as
they were fifty years ago and trim
med in a systematic way, there
would have been enough b4rrie5 and
leaves to have lasted the people "L
Ellendale and vicinity for Ill time
to come. Other swamps have been
treated in the same manner as the
Swamp has been treated, !
but there is enough holly trees leit
if treated in the right manner to last
the people of Sussex county Tor
many years to come and would be
the means of bringing into the
homes of the poor in the State and
elsewhere many luXuries which
they would not be able
to get. This season for instance
many homes will be blessed by hav-
ing food, raiment and fuel, and those
little things which makes the small
tots hearts glad when Christmas
rolls around. |
These good things will be expert
enced by all who engage in making
wreaths. =
Pillaging the swamps seeking hol- !
ly berries and branches is still go
ing on but not so bad as it used to
be. The State wardens have been
The means of saving much holly
rom the hands of the despoilers
who have been purloining it without
asking permission of the owners. 8
Many men whose families are
making wreaths so into the swamp
md instead of trimming trees in the
light manner cut them down, which
ends their usefulness forever.
This is a crime when we consider
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