The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, December 22, 1949, Image 11
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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.
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the way it quickly allays the cough
or you are to have your money back.
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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
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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.
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Christ's Birthplace
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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-
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