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Thursday, October 7, 1954
THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
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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
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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
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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-
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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
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Laurens County and the Piedmont
Opening Monday, October 11th, at
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Everybody In the Clinton Area and Throughout Laurens County Is Cordially Invited To
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