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/ v The Chronicle Strives To Be A Clean News paper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable Clinton If You Don’t Read The Chronicle You Don’t Get the News Volume LIU Clinton, S. C, Thursday, December 4, 1952 ▲ Regular Chronide Feature Number 49 BUSINESSMEN KEEPING EYES ON WEATHER IN THIS COUNTRY Central West Bemoans Drought; Florida Is i Getting Cgoler. By ROGER W. BABSON Babson Park, Mass., Dec. 1.— During my recent trip through the Central West I heard much com plaint due to the drought. Some sections fo Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas have not had a drop of bene ficial rain for six months. Effects of Drought Good pasture and good crops need sunshine and rain, as well as good soil and cultivation.. Espec ially, without sufficient" rain, the crops fail. This, in turn, means loss feed for the cattle, SPS^ ■ *i caught off New England. What Are The Ficas Without doubt the temperature of certain portions of the ocean has increased. This, however, does not ustify the common belief that this change to warmer weather will be permanent. It is true that the mean temperature of the Unit ed States and Canada 'and adjoin ing waters has increased 3 * de grees during the past 100 years. But this is nothing for us now to get excited about. This 3 degrees is not the cause of fish going north, nor a cause for you to change your business. _jrhe changes in temperature from year to year which you, the cattle and the fish recognize are due to the changing winds. What causes these changes in the direc- hogs and o t h e r tj on 0 f prevailing winds is debat- livestock, forcing a bi e> it may be sunspots, but I believe Gravity is the basic cause of the warm winds blowing over the Northern Hemisphere. The fact that more cold winds are, <et the same time, blowing over the Southern Hemisphere shouDd inter est every farmer in the study of Gravity. In the meantime, don’t believe that we will not have more early frosts. Jesus As A Weather Prophet When discusing the winds with a famous weather prophet, he re ferred me to Jesus’ comments on the winds of 2,000 years ago. In the Eighth Verse of the Third Chapter of St. John we find Jesus saying: “The wind bloweth where it will and thou hearest its sound, but dost thou know from where it comes"—or a better translation is them to market at lower prices. Fur- thermoire, tShe longer a drought lasts, the more se rious the results. Hence, everyone ft*fer W. BabtM i s asking: “How long will the drought last?” Sta tistics indicate that no one can an swer with certainty. Some droughts last only six months; oth ers have lasted three years. Due to the many recent fat years which the Central West has enjoy ed, it is logical that a drought is now due and that it may last long er than we all hope. Certainly, our new President cannot make clouds; even scientists cannot HELPING THE ALCOHOUC (Prepared by the staff of Fair- view, Inc., Ridgeway, S. C., a Chris tian center dedicated to the reha bilitation of alcoholics.) The first article on helping the alcoholic dealt with attitudes, which are very important. It is also important to know many oth er things. The alcoholic who is suffering from acute alcoholism needs a phy sician, and possibly hospitalization. There are nursing homes special izing in “sobering up” the alcohol ic, and as with all institutions, some are good, some are bad, and some are in between. The family of an alcoholic should investigate such places and select a good one, having competent attending phy sician and a well-trained nursing staff. When taking the alcoholic to a nursing home or to the hospital it is very important that a full his tory be given. The amount of al cohol consumed, any drugs the pa- John Marks Shows has been signed for the 1953 fair, tentatively sched uled for the first week in October. tient has received, are matters of vital importance and if they are known and can be passed ory they should be. f Food is an important factor in the recovery of an alcoholic. Many alcoholics suffer from malnutrition because they have drunk much and eaten little over a period of days or even weeks. Normal sleep and rest should be attained as rapidly as possible. Be cause the alcoholic Is afraid, he will think he has to “taper off” or have drugs in order to rest. He will beg and make any promise, if by so doing he can obtain just “one drink” or one pill. During sobering up, the orders of a compe tent physician should be followed. There is a difference of opinion re garding tapering off and sudden withdrawal. The hospitals of Eu rope and England practice sudden withdrawal without harmful ef fects. Our practice has followed this precedent, with no harmful effects. The patient gets the shakes, but he gets over the shakes. If he does not have the stamina to endure the shakes, he will not, in all probability, have the stamina to stay sober even after he gets that way. Our philosophy here at Fairview has been simply that we cannot get alcohol out of a patient as long as he keeps into himself. putting it • Manual occupation is desirable. The alcoholic who keeps busy is less likely to slip than the one who is idle. During the first weeks of rehabilitation, the alcoholic may not feel like working steady—but he should be kept busy at light tasks for as long each day, up to six hours or even eight hours, as he is able to do so. The way in which a patient does his job, the sense of responsibioty shown, or the lack of it, the pride of work manship or lack of it, are signs so large that among those versed in the ways of alcoholics he who runs may read. Working with growing things is especially desirable if it can be arranged. - The alcoholic who wants to re main sober should change his com panions. It is begging for trouble for the alcoholic to go back to beer joints or to continue to run around with drinking friends. The alcoholic who wants to re main sober should go to church. He should affiliate with the church of his choice, and become a faith ful member. Emotional immatur ity and subsequent fears are ob stacles tihe alcoholic must over come. There is for him no scur- ity other than that found in a close and personal relationship with God. He has to learn to say in<all sincerity and truth, “Though 'He slay me, yet will I trust Him.” In this warm communion with God the alcoholic finds the love and security which cast out his fears leave him at peace within himself. It then becomes possible for him to remain sober. (Have you an alcoholic problem or a question on alcoholism? Your inquiry will be treated in strict confidence and receive prompt at tention. Write Director, Fairview', Inc., Ridgeway, S. C.) This feature made possible by I this newspaper. Goodyear Tire* and Tubes BATTERIES AND ACCESSORIES McMillan Service Station Sinclair Product* PImnm N*. 2 when there are no make rain clouds. Changing Climate and Temperature Businessmen are not only watching the rainfall (or lack of it), but also temperature. Whether traveling in the United States ° r surely is the ^clvice America needs Canada, people tel! me that both the winters and summers are get ting warmer. This is true with the exception of Florida, which is hav ing cooler winters and more rain. Believing the above is a perma nent change, some investment counselors are advising their cli ents to sell out their fuel oil busi- % nesses, woolen factories and even certain stores—but to re-invest in air conditioning, synthetic fibers and soft drink stocks! While in Gloucester, Mass., last summer, I found the fishermen much disturbed because the fisn had gone farther north and forced the vessels to go much farther to fish. This, they claim, is one rea son for the higher price of fish. In some places—off the coast of Cali fornia—the fish have left altogeth er and scores of great canning plants are idle. Also, fish which heretofore were found only southern waters are now “why it comes.’ Jesus discouraged His followers from depending upon the weather or other material things, urging them to “be bom again”—this time to be bom of the Spirit.” This today. Only by a spiritual rebirth can we forge ahead—as did the founders of our nation—irrespec tive of weather, stock markets, businesses or even foreign nations. County Fair Officers Named LAURENS, Dec. 1—Maxcy Crews, Laurens music store owner, has been named president of the Laurens County Fair Association for the com ing year. He succeeds Wesley Taylor. 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