Milford chronicle., 1928-04-13

Dis of success.
DIS 3. The primary elections are a
lg important as the final election i
November, and frequently more i'm
er portant. The party that gets it
De vote out to the primaries, and tina
lie brings the full conscience and in
is telligence of its members to bea
t on the question of making nomina
ID tions, will probably select the bes
IS ticket, and that party should wiz
# the election.
d If people want small groups Of
It politicians and bosses and machines
: to run this country, the way to ac-
y cOmplish that end is to stay away
= from the primaries, here in Della
e ware and everywhere else.
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{ GRAB IT-HOLD 1T
A great many OF our readers know
: Dick, only that is not his real name
He is a bright-eyed youngster who
pays nara every day.
A few days ago we watched him
and his playmates having a game of
baseball. The score at the time we
stopped to look is an unimportant
detail. Dicks eyes were never off
the rapidly moving sphere. Sud-
denly hard and fast fly was bat
ted to his field. Out in this field
was a great puddle of muddy wa
ter, left by recent rain, and the
ball went straight for that puddle.
And Dick went straight for the
ball. Perhaps he saw the puddle
at least he knew it was there-but
his eyes were on the ball. AS the
ball shot for the ground Dick leap
ed into the air, caught the ball, and
splash! he went fiat in the dirty
hole. But the hand that had nailed
the fly never touched the ground.
He waded out, covered with mud
and soaked to the hide, two facts
of which he seemed unaware, be-
cause he had caught the fy-and
had held it.
Some boys would have started
for the ball and stopped at the edge
of the puddle. Some others would
have lost it when they fell. Dick :
held on.
That particular ball game soon :
will be a forgotten affair, or at the .
best only memory. But we can :
picture Dick when he gets into the J
real game of life, as being classed
among the star players. He will .
not look for the little unpleasant =
Kings but will hurl himself at the :,
'all and hold on for dear life. He .
nay fall in the mud-he may even h
lave to be fished OUTPUT when he :,
'omes to the top, in his hand you 5,
will see the ball.
One great affliction of so MANY ~
4 us is the tendency to first look 9,
or the puddle instead Of the ball. y.
md by the time we have figured
ut every little chance against a %
uceessful catch, the ball is gone. ~
When the ball of life is batted 20
ito your field, grab it, On
Don't tumble it-hold it. M
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1T WOULD BE comicaI, were il ~
ot somewhat pathetic, the way -
ewspaper offices are besieged ev- ~
y day by their friends, urging
EN- to roast" this and that: to ~
lee to it" that this and that is -.
ERECTED; to have this and that e. e.
me in the city or county; to start
is and that kind of movement to ~, ~
rreet evils in the state govern LIS -,
emit. These friends actually appear '0'
believe that it is the newspapers
siness to handle all these affairs
But self-respecting newspaper
ough ready and willing to carry .''A
reasonable responsibility must -
nlnd It's readers that they-the
ople-are the authority upon - 10,
ION rests the responsibility for it
present state Of affairs-Iocal. 40
tie and national. ie'
A self-respecting newspaper tries ""'
report the news Of what actually ,oi
opens, not what it might wish an
happened. The relation of a "0 -
prospecting newspaper to the .
leral public is not always under Dl0'
cd. 1t is the duty of a newspaper oHe
be in a position to support any l1a'
ID act and criticize any bad act 81
public policy. LUZ
arc Fovo-. 49, - - eAls' civil
Honesty is the only policy for y. W
ewspaper. tnat
directors don't like the way y, ss'n'
lgs are going, they should quail II "
as voters, and then raise cain
ut it. W
So% theil
BOUT the most expensive thing is a
earth is money. then