Milford chronicle., 1925-07-17

Love anu lie are Ou6 anu Tie oemSs
Life grows rich and precious as love
deepens and broadens. The empty
life is always self-centred. Remem-
Der, that selfshness is only form
Of moral suicide. No happiness
comes, only when we want to and
try to make others happy.
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AN INDICATION = AS TO the
length of misrepresentation to which
the space writers" in the daily
newspapers will go in reporting the
daily happenings in the smaller
towns was demonstrated last week
when reports of an Occurance in
Milford were sent to the Philadel-
phia and Wilmington papers. The
story was one on which a little i'm
agination properly enlarsed made a
ripping good headliner, and the writ
.ers did not hesitate to take advan-
tage of it. The article in question
dealt with the arrest and fining Of
Wilmington man, who when
brought before Justice of the Peace
uendrixson of Milford was fined
500 and costs for reckless driving.
The man rendered a $1,000 note from
which to take the fine, and Magls-
trate Hendrixson went to the MIL
ford Trust Company where the prop
er change was made and the VIII
mington man sent on his way re-
ioicing. That, in substance, was the
story as it appeared in last weeks
issue of the Milford Chronicle. The
story as printed in the Wilmington
newspapers, and later in the Phlla-
delphia papers, was such as to cast
a reflection upon not only Justice OIL
the Peace Hendrixson and his con-
stable; but upon the financial
standing of Milford. The writer for
these papers told how the constable
had been compelled to hunt from
Dlace to place N order to get the ST.
OOO bill changed, and how the towns
supply Of small change was depleted
as a result-and the city newspaper
editors fell for the story. TO a per-
son who doesn't :1now of the busl-
ness done in Milford, Of its manu-
featuring plants and its banking in
stitutions the impression is left that
the "village" is very hard up. 10
those who know of the towns bank
ing facilities with its banks, each OF
which has assets we'll over the mil
lion dollar mark, of it's manufactur-
ing plants known all over The world,
and it's large mercantile interests
lie story brands not the town, but
the newspaper using it as inaccur-
ate, careless of the trurhfulness OF
it's news columns and slipshod in its
methods Of receiving copy from its
local correspondents. The Occurance
should carry a lesson; but it won't
for the next unusual story will find
the same Misrepresentation at the
hand of the space writer"
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THE WRITER of an editorial in
the Every Evening Of July Sth, has
had experience of that which he
wrote. or it would never have had
the svmpathetic tenderness and evil
dent appreciation Of the lesson
learned from experience. The ear
nest. humanizing testimony Of one
who knows from the cup of expert
ence would be able to tell in such
striking language the great lesson
to be learned from similar expert
ences. In the past ten days the
beauty Of this editorial has been
brought home to the editorial family
of the Chronicle, and that others
may be brought to think along the
same lines, it is reprinted here with
endorsement of every word and SEN
tence:
There is a lesson in an illness that
is as strong as the most vigorous
pulpit sermon. Indeed, it is as strong
as the lesson that is to be found in
the flowers growth and beauty, or
in the higher persuasion that comes
from the indescribable colors Of a
sunset. The teaching Of something
nobler than the things Of the mater
ial world is to be found in the beau
tv of mind and heart that illness
sometimes brings out in the patient;
and again the lesson lies deep in the
hearts of those who hold for the pa
+ient a love and hope that are i'm
measurable by man-made standards.
Illness is a great leVeller, per-
hans: but it is far more. By striking
down and making weak the sick one
and creating anxiety and fears IN
+be hearts of the well ones, the
Great Spirit brings all into closer
touch with the ideals Of lofty living
Tnovitable regrets creep into the
thoughts of the well ones; old snao-
ows of remorse fall upon their
hearts: and, mingled with their