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i \ \ \ V, Thursday, December 22, 1949 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Pajre Three THE HEROES OF MY OWN THINKING By J. C. Penney, in Christian Herald It may be true and I think it is true that man as a fallen being, in clines to evil rathejf than to good. At any rate it is easier for him to yield to his passions than it is to' heed the voices of self-control. We see examples of human frailty alii about us, and within our own lives ■ that record is written. Society itself reflects the weaknesses, the mis- Farms & Folks By 1. M. ELEAZER, Clemson College Extension Infer* mation Specialist takes and the sins of its individual ' members. 1 But always there are exceptions 1 “ Inter f st in permanent pastures j to the 'rule. Always -there are men and seedin 8 winter gazing mixtures' and women who refuse to follow the line of least resistance, who rise, above environment, who conquer! temptations and who become moral and spiritual leaders of their fellow men. We are all indebted to them and every generation profits by their sacrifices. If I started to name those men and women who qualify for the applause of their fellow men I would run out of the space allotted to me here very quickly. They appear in every walk of life and in every area of human activity. They need no eb- logy from me; I with you an dothers are eternally in their debt. And yet I cannot close without naming a few- of those who have been the heroes of my own think ing: Galileo, Newton, Franklin, Lu ther, Calvin, Wesley, Robert Ralkes, and Robert Faust. And from these and many others I turn to the in comparable benefactor of the world logy from me; I with you and others who is none other than Jesus Christ. He alone is universal. As a human benefactor He alone has served equally, all races, all conditions and all generations since He was born in a manger in Bethlehem. He alone is both human and divirte, very God and very man, and He alone moves across both time and space to open the gate of eternal life and fulfillment to all who will fol low Him. RELIEF AT LAST ForYour COUGH £2? ip loosen and expel germ legm and aid nature to soothe and il raw, tender, inflamed bronchial mucous membranes. Tell your druggist to sell you a bottle of Oeomulsion with the understanding you must like the way it quickly allays the cough or you are to have your money back. CRECHMULSION for Coughs.Ckest Colds, Bronchitis EXPERT WATCH REPAIR WORK Shop In the Rear of L. B. Dillard's Store We Will Appreciate An Opportunity To Serve Ton A. F. ANDERSON Experienced Watchmaker GULF PRODUCTS Tires, Tubes, Batteries and Accessories AUTO HEATERS INSTALLED 0 Clinton Service Station E. Carolina Ave. Phone 96 DO YOU HAVE PROPER FIRE PROTECTION? la your coverage adequate? Should you snffer a disastrous Are wonld your insurance cover your loss? Think this over. See as fot all kinds of Insurance, Surety Bonds and Real Estate. We Invite yonr business. Clinton Realty & Insurance Co. B. Hubert Boy* Phone • reached landslide proportions this fall,” says County Agent Lloyd o: Edgefield. And he says that 43 of his 72 state 5-acre cotton contestants made a bale or more per acre. Now, on an average, that would not have re ceived notice. But on a year like 1949 has been, bale-to-the-acre cotton is a rare thing. Soon after this is published, win ter grazing tours will be in order. Many counties held them last win ter. And then and there is where many a farmer resolved to have some of it this winter. While much of the country is in the grip of winter, the land is froz en and under snow, and the cattle have to be fed by hand, our graze on rich green stuff under sunny skies. An advantage, if ever you say one. Poland Chinas 55 Years At the Orangeburg fair I ran up on that grand old gentleman of Cameron, Dr. S. J. Summers. He was watching the judging of Poland China hogs. His son was watching theirs in the ring. Long before I ever met him, I had known of him as a raiser of Poland Chinas. So I asked him just how long he has been raising ’em. He said since 1894! Now I wonder if that isn’t some sort of record? That’s since before I was born. And I’m getting bald- headed. Fifty-five years with the same hog, same sort, that is. How is that for constancy? If anyone can top that with any sort of livestock, let me know. Building Pastures Among many other things for September, County Agent Duxes re ported: , “Photographed the sites on which the 34 contest pastures will be plant ed. Many yill be planted on land heretofore considered worthless for agricultural purpofees.” Thus the Pee Dee Pasture Contest, got off to a fine start in all 15 coun ties in that district. Over 500 farm ers entered it. That was pastures on new land, you know. Pictures of before and after, like Dukes got, will grow in interest as the areas jm- prove under expert handling. Chester Guernseys Chester is really building with Guernseys. For a long time they have had i Guernseys. But in recent years they ^ave started doing more with them. Then they mainly raised just cows, producing little feed or milk. But now milk routes traverse the county, and feed production has become a major issue. Get a good thing in^farming, and then stick to it, usually pays off. And that is just what Chester has done with Guuernseys. Boys Are Thai Way On a sparsely settled road the oth er day I say three cute little urchins, with over-size. hand- me- down clothes on, leaving a filling station at a road crossing ahead. Evidently they were too timid to start ih eat ing their candy until they got start ed down the road. Then the older one peeped in the sack, fingered around a bit, and gave each one a piece. As I passed, they were so in tent on unwrapping their that they didn’t look up. If I had money, I think I would just go around giving candy to kids of that sort. For I can well remem ber when I was one like that. And I know what indescribable charm a piece of candy holds for a kid in the deep country that doesn’t see much of that sort of thing. That’s one reason I always liked to go to Grandmafs so. And she us ually had cookies too. In the semi darkness of her bedroom, she could go at any time and come out with a piece of candy for us grandchil- j dren. And the cookies too were per petual. Yes, candy and kids, they go to gether. _ The only thing that ever | bothered me about it was, they told us it would make your teeth rot out.. Think they did that to keep us from eating so much. But it just bothered me a bit mentally. Don’t think I ever slighted candy at all on that account. sible a 10-minute motor trip from Bethlehem to Jerusalem is now in f Israeli hands. The only road open to Bethlehem now is a tortuous, bumpy trail winding up and around the des olate Judean hills. Located less than three miles from the boundary of the new Israel, the inhabitants of Bethlehem—although they crowd every Sunday into the church marking the stable where €hrist was born—bear a de^p and bitter hatred against their new neighbors. A small shopkeeper who said he was a Christian told a reporter: “We will never rest until the Jews are driven out of our land.” He said he once owned a fine home,’ now in Jewish territory. Gamil Nasser, the acting mayor, said “Our people have lost hope. Ev erybody is poor. Only one person in 20 is working. We pray that the Lord may help us.” The economic crisis affecting this hallowed and ancient spot has been building up for a decade. The last world war cut deep into the pilgrim and tourist traffic, although western soldiers stationed in the area came in large groups, especially around Christmas time. After the war, the Arab-Jewish quarrel in Palestine came to a head. Although there was no actual fight ing in or around Bethlehem, visits by pilgrims became a precarious venture. As a direct result of the Palestine conflict, thousands of Arab refugees flocked to the area. There are now 55,000 such refugees in the village and the surrounding hills. The nor mal population is 12,000. The people of Bethlehem have two hopes. One is that Christians of the world, especially in America, will lend a helping hand. Nasser said food or money is needed. “But,” he added, “we prefer work to charity. If we could have jobs we would need no help.” The other hope is that the Holy Year proclaimed by Pope Pius XII starting Christmas day will bring large numbers of pilgrims to Bethle hem. Nasser said he hopes for 50,000 visitors between Christmas and Eas ter. Religious Readers say possibly half that number may come. P/fi' /I \\ W^| JLm. 9 Christ*?! as Greet! ng-s Dr. Fred E. Holcombe OPTOMETRIST Offices at 200 South Broad SL Office Hours 9:t« to 5:3# Phone 658 It is a sincere pleasure to remember our > friends at Christmas with a few words ot greetings ana good wishes. We are hoping your Christmas will he a happy, i xuccessful occasion, long to he remem bered C-W-S Guano Company Dr. Felder Smith Optometrist Laurens, S. C. 1M EAST MAIN STREET HOURS POE IT* EXAMINATIONS: t:## to Wedueoday* t:M to It:S# Phone 794 for Appointment V Ten Ml TME CHRONICLE You Don*! Get Christ's Birthplace Will Have A Warlike Christmas ! Bethlehem, Dec. 19.—There k s a sad Christmas shaping up for the little; village where Chriat was born. Bethlehem is jammed with Arab refugees of the Palestine war. Prac tically everybody is without work. The pilgrim traffic that once sup ported the bigger share of the popu lation has dwindled to almost noth ing. Contact with the outside world is confined almost entirely to the Red Cross trucks that cart in food sup plies for the refugees, a few govern ment and military men coming and going, and a tew churchman who now and then visit the ancient Church of the Nativity. The good road that once made poa- \ * \ r c O 0 r t^j loappuj I S C w p i s t m p s QeneJinderson “YOU CANT BEAT VALUE"