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4 f Thursday, October 7, 1954 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Pag* Thm OA Hynm Js Born BONNER Amazing Qrace The captain of a slave ship reads a book Tlli . An "todJMMnerttad up «t Southampton. The captain staggered down the gangolank. paused and looked back at his ship. Then he disappeared up the ancient cobblestone street. u..* w u , . Newton was only 23 years old but he had been to sea ever since his pious ^herhad died when he was 7. He had sailed with his sea-captain father, had done a trick in the British Navy, deserted, been caught, put in irons and whipped in public. Defiant, he signed on the lowest of all craft ... a slave ship. He hardly knew how to read, but he knew the sea and it wasn’t long until be was walking the bridge as master of his own slaver with a whip in one hand and a gun in the other! John Newton wasn’t drunk that day in 1784 when he staggered down the plank. He was • • •If* physically, spiritually and morall)^ Most of all he was sick of the filthy slave busi ness. On a long voyage from Brazil he had read a book called “Imitation of Christ.” Then came Amazing grace how sweet the sound. That saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now om found. Was blind, but now I see. Twos grace that taught my heart to fear. And grace my fears relieved; How precious did that grace appear -• The hour I first believed. a storm ... a vicious storm that threatened for days to send him to the bottom. When the storm calmed he fell to thinking . . . thinking about Christ who Thomas Kempis had written about in his book. Not an Englishman in His Majesty’s Empire would have dreamed that Capt. John Newton would have quit the sea for the ministry. That is, not an Englishman except Capt. John Newton. But when he paused for a last look at his ship, that’s exactly what the hard-boiled skipper had in mind. After 18 years of self education, John Newton was ordained and given a little church at the town of Olney. But he never gave up his sea garb. In the sunset of life, as pastor of one of London’s greatest churches, he appeared in the pulpit dressed like a sailor—with a cane in one hand and a Bible in the other. But it was while serving his little church at Olney that he wrote. . Thro' many dangers, tolls and snares, I have already come; Tis grace hath bro't me safe thus far. And grace will lead me home. When we've been there ten thousand years. Bright shining as the sun. We've no less days to sing God's praise Than when we first begun. FARMS... AND FOLKS By J. M. ELEAZER Clemson College Information Specialist rrrrrr««»>rrrrrrrmiiijj Grain and Storage Grain for early grazing war best planted back in late August and September. Now is time to plant that part intended princi pally for harvesting. However, it can be grazed some in lata winter and early spring without hurt usually. With extremely short grazing and skimpy feed crops the past sirmmer, we are going tp ever more need the present grazing and grain crops. We can see now that winter winds will whis tle through many an empty bam while hungry cattle are lowing ha the Week outside. And unless there is some grazing across the fence, they will be hard to carry through. . Recent dry falls and rather cold winters have made old Abruzzi rye stand out. It grows quicker and faster than the other sorts, and seems to make more growth in weather too cold for the rest But be sure you get genuine Abruzzi. For there are other ryes not nearly as good (or winter grazing here. And talking about grain, we grow a lot of it now. And our yields are up a lot too from where they formerly were. We have livestock, poultry, turkeys, etc., that we market it through That calls for storage, safe stor age, so we can get loans on it, if needed. Or if we plan to sell it, Hie buyer doesn’t want a year’s supply at once. So it’s storage we need now. There is some good commer cial storage, like the million bushel elevators at Estill. And Now, We Ain't Braggin' 'Couse that Ain't Nice But We Do the Best Dry Cleaning At Any Price • SUNSHINE CLEANERS PHONE 436 Refresh No Finer at Any Price! ' In Big 12-ounce Bottle ■ 'it 1 .. •’ f ■ * . ■ . ; ,'V'' PEPSI-COLA BOTTLING CO. GREKNVILLK, 8. C. farmers at places, like Florence, have banded together and put in their own cooperative storage. Then many others have put in on-the-farm storage recently. There is some government loan help on that Ask your county agent about it May and June will be here before you know it. Too late to worry about safe storage then. Many farmers have paid for metal bins with profits from storing one or two crops of grain. for the night Late that after noon we got in some sort of scrap. I kicked a few' shins. They double-teamed and gave me a good beating. That made me madder and I still wanted to hurt them- Since I couldn’t kick their shins. I attempted to run away, knowing that would even tually worry them. I went and sat at tne wood- pile awhile, as dusk was falling. When they were not looking, I slipped down behind the wild plum bushes and k hid. As it got darker, I saw them looking for me. Then they called. There was no wrath in their voices then. Soon they were just about frantic. I let them soak for awhile. Then it was getting a bit too dark for my comfort, too. So I sneaked around to the front, went upstairs, and to bed. They heard me and were at ease again. Next morning the sky was bright, ^and the birds were sing ing. We were too. For, thanks be, kids can soon forget. And they didn’t even tell on me when our parents returned. Alcoholism Today By Maxi* C. Collins. Director. Fairvtow Alcoholic Rehabilita tion Center. Ridgeway. S. C. back and are living useful, sober lives. It has been years since a week passed without our hearing from one who once was on the bottom, and is now making the slow, long struggle back up to wards the top. In AA there are over a hundred thousand such, and in the churches there are perhaps twice that many who have found sobriety. This knowl edge keeps those of us who work with alcoholics going. There is hope for the alcoholic. Alcohol ism can be beaten. Thank God! Q. Will vitamin B cure alcohol ism? R. T. A. No. Alcoholism is incur able, but can be arrested. Vi tamins help restore the body toj normal, but have no curative powers insofar as alcoholism is concerned. Most rehabilitation centers use vitamins because cal health, and physical health is they are needed to restore physi- a first step to permanent so briety, without in any way guar anteeing sobriety, however. Among Clinton contributors to Fairvie ware: Bank of Clinton, D. B. Smith, Baldwin Appliance Co., Baldwin Motor Co., Mc Gee’s Drug Store, M. S. Bailey & Son, Bankers. A Texas Story I never go down in Texas but that I hear a few good ones. On my last tijp, they were talking about planting cotton. The coun ty agent said they had a few fel lows who always planted too early. (We have ’em here, too.) He said they had worked out a way to save those fellows some money. They just didn’t put any seed in the planter Hie first time they plant Maybe I told you about the northaxs woman on s train down there remarking about the buz zards we saw sailing over the dry lands out there. A Texas lady in the group said, “In Texas we call those sparrows.” And the' man in the drought area got uneasy about the qual ity of water in his well. He sent a sample of it off to be tested The report came back showing only 30 per cent moisture in it At one place they hadn’t had any appreciable rain in four years. Now when they speak of a three inch rain they mean the drops fell three inches apart. And so the Texas tales go, al ways refreshing. • • • Farm Complications Farming sure can’t be done with a forked stick any more. Modem machines and compli cated techniques enter at every turn now. Take peaches for instance. Once the seed was planted on * terrace. And usable peaches came there for many years. Bi sects, diseases, and commercial requirements eventually broke that up. New and better sons came, and chemicals protected them. Now comes hydra - cooling. Peaches are allowed to get tree ripe, chilled, and kept that way to distant markets. Irrigation, too, is entering the picture, to insure the size and quality that sells best V But both of these new things, hydra-cooling and irrigation, cost considerably. But they also pay, pay welL I know two rath er small fanners in Spartanburg who got together and provided both of these things at the coat of one. One put in the hydra-cool er and the other the irrigation equipment Then each used and fited from both. A good many expensive farm operations can be handled that way. Combining and haying, for instance. Neighborliness and the right attitudes are all that’s needed. • • • Q. I have heard that there is a new drug which will cure alco holics by taking away the crav ing. Do you use this at Fair- view? Can you tell me what it is? W. W. J. A. Our entire staff would like to know of such a drug. Un fortunately, we do not know, and if there were such a drug we undoubtedly would know. Tbere are a number of drugs used by doctors in helping an al coholic over the hangover stage But insofar as we know, alcohol ism is still an incurable condi tion. Q. What is the difference be tween a Rest Home and a Reha bilitation Center. S. J. C A. A Rest Home is usually a place where patients are taken while under the influence of al cohol. Through medical treat, men they endeavor to return the patient to sobriety. A rehabili tation center usually is a place where the patient nyist be sober to be admitted. The rehabilita tion center does not attempt to sober up, but to teach how to say sobei^ These are the major dif ferences, perhaps. Q. Are alcoholics insane? I suppose I am one and I do crazy things all the time. M. O. S. A. Some 10 per cent of alco holics have psychotic problems and another 20 per cent need psychiatric care. However, men tal illness is generally a separata probleh from alcoholism. The “crazy” things you do may be due to emotional tension, to the lowering of inhibitions by alco hol, to fear or resentment, or to any number of things. They do not necessarily mean that you are insane or mentally ilL To determine this you should con sult your physician. Q. I am sending a check to help with the rehabilitation pro gram. I am 84 years old and have employed many men In my time. I have seen men making ten or twelve thousand dollars a year get down to where they were begging dimes on the street for a beer. What I want to know is whether or not you honestly believe that an alcoholic can be helped. Your answer will not affect my giving, but I want to know. I do not know of a single man who ever got down to beg' ging dimes who ever made a come-back. Maybe you do, and if so, I want to know it. E. B. S. A. Thank you for the check and also the inquiry. I do know of many men and women who were down to the place where they had been cast out by their families, could not get a job, and had to beg for food as well as for alcohol, who have made a come- TO CLEAN DRESSER Do you want to keep dresser drawers so that they can be cleaned easily? Coat with thin solution of fresh, white shellac and allow to dry. Then apply a second coat Boys Axe Thai Way I was the youngest of iest then a three. broth- A sister was oldesi er, and me. They tell me I was never mean as a kid, but had one bad habit, that I got several whippings for. When we had our kid scraps, they being the older had the ad vantage. That would made me mad and I’d use the only weapon I know of. I’d kick them on their shins. Now, with the soft childhood shoes of today, that wouldn’t be so bad. But we wore little brqgans then, hard stiff shoas that made even a light kick rather nasty, spatially on the hiiubone. One our parents were away FINE FURNITURE r Down Through the Years T. E. Jones & Sons The Best for Over Fifty Yaws CLINTON, S.C Phis Thirteen Other Stores in Sooth Carolina Dr. Fred E. Holcombe OPTOMETRIST Ofiees at 260 Sooth Broad St. Phone 658 Office Hears fcSS la 8:18 Gray Funeral Home Clinton. S. C. I I \ KRAI. I)IRK( TORS ..and i;mm \ i mi:rs Phoiif'. 11 .ind 390 I \Mill I. \\t I R\ ic>: l r.l N>i| 1.1 CKAY and C PARKS M> MR. On. M«r>. ppfffpS •'S' v.* ' -*■ ' - v" w-, A '***#^$3 Fair Time is Here For Laurens County and the Piedmont Opening Monday, October 11th, at Spartanburg Another Great Piedmont Interstate Fair Everybody In the Clinton Area and Throughout Laurens County Is Cordially Invited To Attend and Enjoy This Exposition of the Most and the Finest In Agriculture, Purebred Livestock, Farm and Field, Arts and Crafts, 4-H, FFA, School, Household and Commu nity Production From the Palmetto and North States! Plan Now to Attend With Your Family! FEATURING: The Annual Show and Sale Of the South Carolina Hereford Breeders Association! Great Purebred Beef and Dairy Cattle- Swine and Poultry Exhibits! The Piedmont House of Flowers! Free Admission School Days! CAROLINA CAROUSEL! THE PIEDMONT PARADE OF MARCHING BANDS! Fireworks! Stock Car Races! Arts and Crafts! Numerous 4-H and FFA Contests! THE ANNUAL 4-H & FFA LIVESTOCK FITTING & SHOWING CONTEST! MIDWAY1NG THE GIGANTIC CEHJN AND WILSON RAILROAD SHOWS! GRANDSTANDING THE 1954 HIT PARADE REVUE EXTRAVAGANZA! Remember the Dates: October Uth, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th & 16th! A CORDIAL WELCOME TO EVERYBODY IN CLINTON AND LAURENS COUNTY You'll he glad you bought a Chevrolet! And here ere four geod reason* why! You save when you buy — Chevrolet'H the lowest-priced line of all—yet you save when j*>u trade. You’ll stay proud of Chevrolet’s lasting good looks. You’ll enjoy luxury-car features like Body by Fisher, a full-length box-girder frame and Unitized Knee-Action ride —exclusive to Chevrolet in its field. And right now you'll get the deal of the yedr on a new Chevrolet. Come in and let us prove it to you! YFAR AFTER YEAR. MORI PEOPIX BUT Chevrolet TUAN ANY OrUKHCA*’ - GILES CHEVROLET PHONE 36 WEST MAIN STREET CO. Inc CLINTON, S. C. NMnmmaM .A '