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4 Pace Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, September 30, 1954 Dr. Herbert Spa ugh : , Everyday Counselor Alcoholism Today By Maxie C. Collins. Dirador. Fairriaw Alcoholic Rehabilita tion Center, Ridgeway. S. C. When I was a small boy my father urgently recommended that 1 memorize well known verses from the Bible. He even offered me a financial reward if I did so. 1 wasn’t very enthusiastic about the plan at the time and didn’t do much of it. I have many times re gretted the fact that I didn’t Then, I didn't think my father had too much judgment. When I go into the teens I was convinced that he was* utterly old-fashioned and out of date. By the time I reached thirty, 1 reversed my opinion and by the time I was forty I was convinced that my father was a man Of vary sound judment and char acter, and I only hope that I might do as well as he During my thirty years of ministry and counsel ing with people in trouble I have increasingly come to appreciate the value of memorized Bible promis es which can be of tremendous value in times of discouragement and need. I’ve actually seen men and women given the will to live in times of ill- Dt. Spaugh ness, by holding on to the promises in the Bible. This was written on September 2nd. It is my custom each morn ing and evening to read a few Bible verses from the devotional book which I use each day, “Daily Light on the Daily Path.’’ It contains a page of scripture verses for each morning and each evening during the year. I recommend it to all of you. This morning I read the fol lowing: “Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and He shall strength en thine heart. - . “Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neith er is weary? “He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. “Fear thou not, for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee: yea, I will help thee: yea, I will uphold thee with thy right-hand of My righteousness. “Thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall. “The trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patiehce have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, w anting nothing. •■Cast not away therefore, your confidence, which hath great rec- ompence of reward. For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.” Aren’t these promises wonderfully fine? Don’t they give you a lift? No matter what your age may be, commence now to store up promises from the Bible in your mind. They will be of tremendous value to you later, and it may be sooner than you expect. SAVE ON BIRDSEY BARGAINS SALE! Corn Meal • 0 All from NEW Crop Corn . 97< 5 lbs. Birdsey's Plain Mtm 10lbs.49* 25lbs*1.20 50Ibs*2.30 29* Self- 5 lbs. Birdsey's Rising 10 lbs. 53* 25 lbs. *1.30 All Stone Ground the Old-Fashioned Way lor the Rosiest Cooking and the Best Tasting Corn Broad You Ivor A to. BIRDSEY’S Flour and Food S* V. P. ADAIR, Manager Your Dollar Buys More at Your BIRDSEY Store Q. I am a Christian minister, and believe that I Om interested in the welfare <k all God’s peo ple. I have tried to help alco holics, but most confess that fail ure has been more common than success. For some time now a few in our community have been advocating the organization of an Alcoholics Anonymous Group. This bothers me because I can not go along with step three, in which the alcoholic is encourag ed to surrender to G$)d as he un derstands him. On the o,ther hand, I want to be fair. Since there is no AA group and I don’t know where to turn I am writing to you to ask your you opinion. L. F. B. A. Thank you for writing so moved when I find a minister frankly. I am always deeply who is trying to do something about alcoholics, and may God bless you for your interest. My advice would be to help organize an AA group if you can. After all, 95 per cent of those members of AA known to me personally accept God as He is revealed through Jesus Christ, even as you and I. On the other hand, inasmuch as no two minds in the whole world are exactly alike, isn’t it true no man can accept God or surrender to God, except as he himself understands God? The relationship between an in dividual and God is vey real and very personal. It is an individ ual thing, and just as the many friends who know each of us see in us something a little different from all other friends, so it is with our understanding of God. The big thing is that all men come to have a personal expe rience of God. Our task is to present Christ and Him Cruci fied. The decision, however, must always rest with the indi vidual. J. Does alcohol cause cirrhos is of the liver? A. D J. A. The exact cause of cirrhosis, insofar as I know.', is not yet known. One theory is that cer tain conditions produce fatty tis sue in the liver. Our bodies are supposed to have couhter-agents which slow down the production of fatty tissue. If these counter- agents are weak the fatty issue gets out of hand so to speak. This is a layman’s explanation, and I suggest that you discuss it with your physician who can explain it far better. I can say with reas onable certainty alcohol does not cause cirrhosis. There is reason to believe that it does not help either, and may be harmful. Q. My husband is now drink ing every night. For several years after we were married he would take an occasional social drink, but after about a year ago business reverses and trouble with a partner caused him to become very nervous. He be gan drinking every night, saying that he needed it to relax. Now he takes a drink in the morning before going to work. I am wor ried for fear he has become an alcoholic. Please write me what you think and what you would suggest. Mrs. K. O. A. You have cause to be wor ried. The pattern of drinking you describe is a common one. The social drinker, in times of stress, turns to alcohol for relief. His dependence on alcohol grows, until in time it becomes the panacea for all ills. The fact your husband takes a drink in the morning now indicates very strongly the probability that he has btcome an alcoholic. I sug 0! You e * # afford a nm wm WITHOUT COSTLY, DIRT COLLECTING PIPES AND REGISTERS BURRISS-HARRISON CO. 20^N. Broad Street “Your Friendly Furniture Store” — — gest that you talk with him hon estly and quite frankly, trying to get him to face the fact that he has become too dependent on alcohol. If he will come to Fair- view we will try to help him. He will feel that he cannot spare the time from his business now, but unless he makes an effort now it will become increasingly harder for him to make an effort. Early diagnosis and treatment is as im portant in alcoholism as in can cer or Tuberculosis, with far greater chances of recovery than in later years. Among ciunon contributors to Fairview are: Bank of Clinton, D. B. Smith, Baldwin Apliance Co., Baldwin Motor Co., Mc Gee’s Drug Store, M. S- Bailey & Son, Bankers. Better Social Security By JAMES C. KINARD “One of the greatest con cerns of our Government must be to insure a hopeful future for helpless people.’’ It is not difficult to agree with this statement of a public-spirit ed citizen who devotes much time and energy to promoting the welfare of those who cannot take care of themselves. The amended Social Security Act, which President Eisenhower has now signed into law, offers a widely expanded program for old-age and survivors’ insurance. Beginning January 1, 1955, ten million additional persons will become eligible to participate in the program. Benefits are mate rially increased for present and future wokers and for their sur vivors and dependents. Sharing in this insurance plan often gives the employer a deep er personal interest in the em ployee. By the same token the worker develops a keener sense of self-respect because he is con tributing directly to the security of his own future. The progress of the program should result eventually in a tre mendous reduction of subsidies now being expended under pub lic welfare. There should be a constantly decreasing number of those who wen they reach re tirement age or must quit work ing because of physical disabil ity have to look to public funds for support. “Social Securitys” is happily named. By eliminating the fear of an uncertain future it strengthens the security of hu man society Apartments In State Among Foreclosures Seven large Federal Houising Administration (FHA) insured apartment developments in South Carolina, with mortgages totaling $2,433,748.41, are in foreclosure proceedings or have been fore closed .according to a release from Attorney Herbert Brownell, Jr., office. The apartments, most of them of the “elevator type,’’ were listed in a nationwide summary prepar ed by the civil division of Mr. Brownell’s office, with mortgages insured by F. H. A. totaling $32,089,475. The government has had to step in with foreclosure proceed ings when the owners of the apartments failed to meet mort gage payments from rental re venue. If necessary to recover the government money, a court order is sought for sale of the develop ment to satisfy the outstanding mortgage. The South Carolina develop ments, with the amount of the F. H. A. insured mortgage and the stage of foreclosure ,as listed by the attorney general, are as follows: Orangeburg Apartments, Inc., Orangeburg, $419,976.26. in fore closure. Rock Hill, Apartments, Inc., Rock Hill $419,568.97. in fore closure. Murrah Apartments, Union, $2i&8,175.37. in foreclosure. Charlie Williams Gardens, Inc., Greenwood, $196,848.36. prepilu minary phase. Sumter Apartments, Sumter, $412,940.94. in foreclosure. Joseph R. Williams, Inc., New berry, $194,206.96. preliminary phase. Brookside Apartments, Inc., An derson, $562,032.55 preliminary phase. 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