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* 1 I Page Two THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, May 27,1964 PERSONAL MENTION Mrs R. D. Lewis, of Spartan- bugr, is spending a few days with her sister, Mrs. E. B. Sloan. Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Plaxico, Jr., and daughter, Patti, Mr. and Mrs. Milford Smith, M$. and Mrs. Wil liam S. Hatton and daughter, Car ol, left yesterday to spend the re remainder of the week at Cres cent Beach. Miss Barbara Burts, student at Montreat College, N. C.,.has re turned home to spend the sum mer with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Burts. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Campbell and daughters, formerly of Greenville, are now occupying one of the Hays' apartments of Woodrow street. Mr. Campbell is agent for the Railway Express company. Adjutant General James C. Do zier, of Columbia, was a supper guest Friday evening of Mr. and Mrs. B. F Wingard. Friends of Mrs. T. L. W. Bailey will be interested to know she is convalescing at the -General hos pital in Greenville where she un derwent an operation last week. Miss Marie Fraser who was for merly employed in Norfolk, Va., has arrived home for a visit with her parents, the Rev. Dr. and Mrs. T. Layton Fraser until her mar riage on June 5. Mrs. E. L. Holland is spending a few days with relatives in Greenville. Dr. and Mrs. L. R. Lynn, of Tal lahassee, Fla., were visitors here during the week, returning to their cottage in Montreal, N. C., where ♦ney are spending the summer. Friends of Mrs. Robert W. White will be glad to know she is con valescing at her home ip the Tribble Apts, on Musgrove street following an operation illness and stay in a Spartanburg hospital. Graduating Exercises At ' Academy St. School Commencement exercises for the seventh grade were held- on Tuesday evening at Academy Street school. The following program was giv en: Invocation—Prayer for Youth. Salutatory—Tony Hooper. Song—-"I Believe.” Poem—Jimmy Carroll. Song—‘Kentucky Babe.” Presentation of Awards — Mr. Templeton. Song—"The Holy City.” Pageant—"Pattern for an Ideal Life.” Valedictory — Lorraine Patter son. ! Alma Mater. Benediction — “May the Good Lord Bless amI Keep You"—fciixth grade. t , Later the seventh grade class, their parents and teachers were entertained by the Woman’s club with a social hour in the school dining room. P.C. Commencement Speakers \ V % DR. F. PENDLETON GAINES DR. NORMAN G. DUNNING To Receive Honorary Degrees THE BREAD BOX It is rather difficult to re move rust from the inside of a , bread box, and if this happens, I it is advisable to paint it. Two coats of flat white paint should be uspd with one coat of enamel. IF YOU DONT READ THE CHRONICLE YOU DONT GET THE NEWS it's EASY to open a Checking Account at BAILEY’S Paying every bill by check Prevents your paying double. So be correct— And pay by check, And save both time and trouble. t% INTEREST PAID ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SEMI-ANNUALLY CLOSED MONDAY, MAY 31 MEMORIAL DAY M. S. B1ILEV t MVJU. ESTABLISHED oimd (fcmAm mowm. 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Bynum Betts Luke 12:15—“A man’s life con sisted not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. ’ What is the standard of mea surement for a man's life? What is the thing, or what are the things by which a man’s life can be measured? What is the thing, or what are the things by which the worth and value of a man’s life can be determined? Our text and its context answers these ques tions. You remember how it came to be spoken. The Master was talk ing with a crowd of people One CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $600 000 00 MIMBIR - FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION ment of life that you might not miss your way out yonder in the coming years Notice then in the second place, the real measure of a man’s life If, as our text says, “a man’s lite eonsisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth,” what is the real measure of a man’s life? First, a man’s life is not meas ured by the things which he has, but by the way he uses what he has Christ gives us this truth when he spoke the parable immediate ly following our text: ‘The to Him, “Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the in heritance with me.” But Christ replied. “Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you? fr Then he turned to those standing near and said to them “Take heed, and beware of coverousness.” Evidently the man was covetous. There must have been something about him that made the Master sense his covetousness. He . must have been a man who believed that the main thing to be sought after in life, was the possession of things, so the Lord said “Take heed, and beware of covetousness; for a man’s 'life eonsisteth not in which he possesseth.” Then our Lord went on and gave the par able of the rich fool to illustrate this truth. So we have as our theme as- based upon the text this: The Measure of a Man’s Life. Notice in the first place then that the measur eof a man's life is not in “The abundance of things, which he possessetn." This, though, is often the world’s way of measuring a man. The world sees the number of acres that a man owns, the man sion in which he lives, the big car that he drives, hear of his stocks and bonds and money in. the bank, and it says that he s a suc cess; that he has gone some where in life. Sometime back a high school student said to an older and wiser friend this: “Whatever else I do, I’m going to make money. It’s possessing money, and lots of it, that gives a man security and power in this world.” But his older and wis er friend replied, “Some ; day, my boy, you’re going to m£st a man who cares nothing about money, but who does possess much else that enriches hjs life. Then, if money is all that you have, you will know how poor you are. But you see the young high school student had gotten the idea that the measure of man’s life lies in what he owns, j or possesses, of things. That is the world’s idea. ‘Too often", it has been remarked, ‘‘the ques tion that determines a person’s standing in the community is. What is he worth?’* But that is not the Lord’s way of measuring a mam He doesn’t look upon what a man owns to get the measure of the man. He has a much surer, a much truer, way of measuring a man’s worth; and this evening we want to pass on to you some things by which the Lord measures a man as giv- e njn the parable of the rich fool. As you young people look out upon life, as you are just on the threshold of entering the world where you hope ell qf your high dreams and high ambitions will be realized, you need to know the Divine standard measure- Dk In h it Over! TOUR STATE AND MINE T HE JOHN DE LA HOWE school, near McCormick, is the oldest manual training foundation in America. The ackool was established under the will of Dr. John de la Howe, a French immigrant, who settled first in Charleston in 1760, later removing to Abbeville district. Hia eatate was left to the Agricultural Society of South Carolina, in trust, for the purpose of establishing on the plantation where he resided M an agricultural or farm school, and, out of the yearly income, to lodge, feed, clothe, and educate 12 poor boys and 12 poor girls of Abbeville county.” In 1918 the state took over the institu tion and extended its privileges to all parts of the state. From ita humble beginning the * school has growp until today it has 260 children, and the physi cal plant is valued at weU over a million dollars. Dr. E. F. Gettys has been identified with the school for 25 years and has bean its superintendent since 193L PRESIDE CAPITAL UFE INSURANCE COMPANY , Tir-gii* ~ ,SL& \ very deep; fr, indeed it is clear that there are few things of greater importance.’’ Why mon ey is one of the great and neces sary things of life. It is what the world has needed in its reha bilitation since the second world war and it looks like our great nation has become the world’s banker, for we have sent money to nations around the world to help them. But the greatest thing about money is not the possession trf it, not the abundance of the pos session of it, but the use of it. That is the acid test of charac ter and one of the great ways of measuring the worth of a man. You have a clear insight into the character of any man from the| way you see he uses and spends | his money. You have heard the old proverb: ‘‘What we earn goes into our pockets but what we spend goes into our character.” Give me a hundred thousand dollars and send me to Europe and tell me to buy what I want: Then look in my luggage when I get home or look at what I have shipped home, and you will learn the kind of a man I am: you wll know where I live intellectually, where I live artistically, who I am morally and spiritually. You will know most everything about me when you see how I have spent the one hundred thousand dollars. * ^ So it is this: one of the great ways of measuring a man’s life is the way he spends his money. That ihay not be the world’s way of measuring a man but it is the Divine way. The man of our parable used it for himself with no thought of any soul but his own, and God said to him, “Thou fool.” Again a man’s life is not meas ured by the things which he has, but by the quality of his ideals, the person he aspires to be, the things he aspires to dp. _ The man of our parable can be measured that way. I imag ine his business ideals, from the comment of the Lord upon his life, were these: I am going to make all the money that I can, in every way that I can and keep it for myself as long as I can. But God said unto him, ‘Thou fool” How small and contempt ible were his ideals, and like wise his life. How his life grov eled in the dirt and bog and mire because of hjs ideals. He might have soared away to the skies and lived in mountain country, but his ideals kept him earthbound and living in a dark valley. Now ideals have always been a true index to the life and work of any rmux If we know the heights of character for whch a man is striving, the ideals he is seeking and that are motivating him, we know the man. If we know the things he aspires to do, the method and course of action he is taking m reaching it, we know the man. Surely one real way and true way of measuring' a man is in what he honestly and heartily aspires* to do, n6t In what he is always able to accom plish. ‘‘Better have a heart to do good,” someone says, “and lack ability to do it, than to have the ability an dlack the heart." The ideal s the thing, for ideals make and mold life. Ideals have always been a de termining and molding force in the life of every man and in the life of every nation. Behind Dante and his Divine Comedy was an ideal, behind Raphael and his painting was an ideal, bulling Michael Angelo and his sculpturing was an ideal, behind Charles Dickens and his great novels was an ideal, behind Rob ert Browning and his great poet ry was an ideal, behind David Lv mgs tone, weeping his heart out by the side of his dying wife in the midst of his mission ary work in Africa was an ideal, behind Hudson Taylor in his founding of the great China Is land Mission was an ideal, be hind Dwght L. Moody and his great evangelistic work was an ideal, behind John L. Wanna- maker and his great store was an ideal, behind Woodrow Wilson, dominating his great career, was an ideal Ideals master and mold and make life. The trouble today between Moscow and Washington, be tween Moscow and Paris, be tween Moscow and London, be tween Moscow and Seoul, is just the clash of differing deals: Gov ernmental ideals, political deals, social ideals, business ideals and religious ideals. And, young people, you want to be sure that your lives are motivated by the highest ideals in the years ahead, for this is one great way that the Lord will measure your lives, and at long last, it will be one great way the world will measure your life for the world has always to ac cept the standard of Divine measurement if life is to be real ly happy and peaceful and use ful. We paraphrase the thought given a money age: Better* al ways to have high ideals and lack ability to reach it, than to have the ability and lack the ideal for Lord will judge yuo and measure you not by what you have 'accomplished, but by the ideal® that have motivated your everyday living. He measured the man of our parable that way (continued on page 6) U 1 D. C. Chapter Tof Broadcast — The Stephen D. Lee chapter of the United Daughters of the Con federacy will be heard Tuesday morning, June 1, at 10:30, over WLBG in the series of “What the Ladies of Clinton Are Doing." Mrs. J. Hamp Stone, Mrs. D. A. Yar borough and Mrs. H. M. -Young, Sr. will be the speakers, they wiH tell something of the work of the local organization and the South Carolina Division. SPECIAL MEETING CAMPBELL LODGE NO. 44, A. F. M. Campbell lodge No. 44, A. F. M. will confer the Master Mason de gree on a dass of five candidates on Saturday evening, May 29, at 8 o’clock. —A degree team from Arcadia lodge No. 94, A. F. M., in-Co lumbia will confer this degree in full regalia. 1 . All members and visiting broth ers are invited to attend, states V. P. Adair, secretary of the local lodge. Haviland China a j killing GRADUATION \] GIFT Let us help you find the graduation gift you are looking for. What better way to remember this impor tant event in your graduate’s life, than a gift which will be her lifetime treasure. This is the perfect time to start her on her Haviland pattern. For over a Century, Haviland China has been one of the most valued of all graduation gifts. And HAviland China is not expensive. France ^ nwwnota wqia* far am 112 yaon MAMUKA J.C. THOMAS j fjewele* Tfs Time That Cennto" . . CLINTON AND JOANNA *> Hew Liberal Credit Terms Now in Effect at brought forth plentifully; and he thought wthin himself, saying, what shall I do, because 1 have no room where to bestow fruits? And he said, this will I do: I will pull down my bams .and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto him, Thou fool, this nght thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast pro vided”; .and then Christ made this application: “So is he that layeth up treasure for himself.” The Lord measured that man’s worth, not by what he had, but by the way he used what he had. The rich man used it for him self and God said unto him, “Thou fool.” He was not called a fool because he had money, but because of the way he used his money. Abraham was one of the richest men of his day and time but he was also one of the greatest followers of the Lord that the world has ever known. His money didn’t hurt him. No, as someone points out, “The phi losophy which affects to teach us contempt of .money does not run H*n It h—Thg fimst f Cv. Ft. fttfriygroftr With Fill Width frHW 0k Tht Morkrt Todoyi for 0^269' 40-Lb. Capacity Full-Width Frozen Food Compartment 24 MONTHS TO PAY THE BALANCE fat Ok li| Tralt-la AlltwaKi Btfm Ym B*y. a FREE APPRAISAL tow $2.50 AS A WOK * lowest Price Anywhere With All Theie features I,'A* 309 95 Tir**t0N. 11 Cu. Ft. REFRIGERATOR Full-Width Frozen Food Com* partment has 55 Lb. 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