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DEATHS. March 18th. at North-
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OUR PORTRAIT GALLERY. THE NEW TOWN COUNCILLOR. MR. CHAS. CHAPMAN. FOUR GENERATIONS OF MILKMEN.
Under the above headings the following interesting article appeared a day or two ago in our contemporary the Journal, the accession to its numbers of Mr. Charles Chapman, the Hastings Town Council has gained a man of much force of character, who will be an acquisition to tbat body. There are not many men in the borough at all like Cllr. Chapman, perhaps none.
As he occupies a distinctive position, and is so well-
He has a way of sticking to a point which sometimes does not always win for him the heartiest approval of those of his colleagues who differ from him, and his indomitable pertinacity occasionally inducts his Poor Law opponents till they hit out at him pretty hard.... But whatever the other gentlemen think of his speeches, they all agree that be means well, and that he is actuated by a sincere desire to do right.... He attends to his duties most faithfully, and his rugged, honest face is heartily welcomed by all the inmates of the House when he goes his round. He takes a special interest in the children, and has been an active mover in more than one of the outings which they have enjoyed..........he is a member of the ADELAIDE LODGE of the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows, in which organisation he has held just about every position one could hold — including those of Deputy-
He is 53 YEARS Of AGE, his father and grandfather both being milkmen, as also is his son. His education was rather neglected, for he had to begin work for part of the day when only eight or nine years old, and when only ten, was required every morning to get up at four and go from his home in North Street to the Harrow to fetch cream, and then return with it to Gensing Farm, where Pevensey-
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The profoundest sympathy will be felt for Mr Charles Chapman, not only by his supporters in the late election and by the many admirers of his sterling, blunt character amongst the townspeople generally, but by those who felt their duty to oppose him in the recent Municipa campaign. It was generally known that he took the opposition to his return to the Council very much to heart, and it was even said that in the event of his defeat he would disappear altogether.
When, therefore, he was not to be seen, and none in Hastings knew anything of his movements after Saturday morning, and as time went on, and he was sought for in vain, a very general apprehension as to his fate became acute …… the painful surprise, not to say the horror, of the Mayor, Mr. Alderman Tree, and Mr. Sutter, who were on periodical visit to certain of the town's lunatics at Camberwell Asylum, on their alighting from their train in London, to perceive Mr. Chapman, a shocking figure, staggering, all unkempt, ….. In answer to some sympathetic enquiries oi the Mayor, the poor man said that he was so thoroughly upset by his defeat that he left Hastings, not only not caring what might become of him but even with desperate thoughts as to the end . While in this distracted state he fell from a tram car, and was afterwards knocked down and robbed by some London desperadoes. Major Weston begged Mr. Chapman to return home, and asked him to meet him when the visitation was over. This the ex-
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Receiving Orders.—The following receiving orders have been officially announced :—Charles Chapman, residing and carrying on business at 23, St. Leonards-
In the Hastings and St Leonards Observer is an account of Charles Chapman being summoned in respect to polluted well at 23, North-
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