The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, October 14, 1954, Image 16
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Tlmraday, October 14,1954
FARMS...
AND FOLKS
By J. M. ELEAZER
Clem son College
Information ^Specialist
Feeding Molasses I ing the last spoken words of
Growing heifers and milking many famous folks. George
dairy cattle can use up to half of Washington said, “It is well,” as
their needs in black-strap molas- that great life went out. Lord
ses. This has been proven in
tests here in the college herd.
And they get along just as well
as when on the usual full grain
rations.
We, being fairly near the refin
ery at Savannah, can get this
molasses at reasonable price
compared with grains that it
partly replaces
The most practical way to feed
it, according to Professors La-
Master and King, is to just pour
it over the roughage there in the
trough or manger.
In view r of the critical feed
shortage at this time, doubtless
many livestock growers will be
interested in feeding some black
strap County agents have the
details and results from Clem-
son’s feeding tests with it.
Beef Cattle Sales
Last week the Angus breeders
had a cattle sale at Greenwood,
and on November 11 they are
holding one at Anderson.
Hereford breeders are hold
ing sales at Spartanburg on Oc
tober 15 and at Orangeburg on
the 28th. And the Catawba Val
ley Hereford sale is to be at Lan-
canser on November 19.
Now while the feed situation
sort of has cattle down a bit
might be a good time to get some (
good foundation stock. That is,
if you have the feed, or if you
have good early fall grazing com
ing along.
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I'd Bet On This
Last summer I saw fires raging
across thousands of grain fields
burning the straw and stubble
off They were getting the land
ready for soybeans.
It just might nearly never
rained after that.
I’ll bet many a man wished he
had baled up some of the straw.
For, you know, oats straw is not
bad feed at all, specially when
you have nothing else.
So, folks, remember that.
Droughts do come. And a scorch- ,
er, like the past summer, leaves
you with bare fields and H bare
barns, with winter coming. My,
the good that burned straw could ;
do now! Then, pour a little cheap
black-strap molasses over it and!
you have a fair feed to carry ’em
through on. Let’s not be caught
like this again. A good batch of
that straw baled and stored away
could be a cattleman s fort now.
And this condition will come i
again, at some time.
* * *
Peppers Were A Fizzle
Several thousand acres of -pi-
miento peppers were planted in
up-state counties this year. But
most of the plantings never had
a chance to make. Most of ’em
got practically no rain from the
time they were set until it was
too late.
This is a crop that seems pret
ty well suited to our up-country.
The past few years during which
we have been growing some, 1
these peppers have paid well j
where anything like normal rains
came ,
Here is another case where ir
rigation would have been a crop-
saver. Like the tobacco and po
tato growers, they could have
used it to get a stand And then
they could have used it to in
sure the harvest, if the showers
didn’t come.
I wonder if folks will quit with
peppers now. If so, by the same
token we might quit with about
everything else too. For nothing
made much during this disas
trous drought year.
* * *
Last Words
I saw an interesting book quot-
A. Trying to take up your
problems as you mentioned them
in your letter, I would say first
of all that if your son has gone
as far in alcoholism as appears
from your letter, secrecy is im
possible. Everyone in your com
munity above the age of three
probably knows about his drink
ing. For your own peace of
mind I advise that you face the
fact that alcoholism is a sickness
of mind, soul and body. An un
pleasant fact faced openly is
much easier to deal with, and
loses much of its power to harm
cr hurt.
Again, you must face the fact
that few if any alcoholics are
helped by being committed any
where. The nature of this af
fliction is such that the alcoholic
cannot be helped against his will-
Again, it is very hard to do,
but it is in the long run better
to let the alcoholic stand on his
own feet. If he writes ]bad
checks, let him settle his account
himself. If he is picked up for
drunken driving, let him, go to
jail. Tell him first of all, how
ever, that he must stand on his
own feet. Tell him you love him,
but ♦hat love has failed to bring
him to his senses. Therefore he
must take the consequences for
his own acts. The result of this
may be that he will immediately
go out, get drunk, and do worse
than ever before to test you out.
You will, then, be terribly tempt
ed to cover up for him again.
Don’t do it. He is your flesh and
blood, but he is also an individ
ual created in the image of God
who must find his own life in the
world and live it instead of run
ning away from it through alco
hol. Some will not learn except
the hard way, and some not even
then.
We cannot accept committed
patients. As to secrecy, we
never make public the names of
our patients, but we have learn
ed through sad experience that
those who are ashamed of havihg
come here never stay sober. The,
alcoholic and his family must
honestly face the fact of alcohol
ism and admit it publicly as well
as privately.
Q. Do you think that all the
alcoholic needs is will power?
My oldest son drinks and I keep
telling him that if he would only
use will power he could quit
He tells me that he has tried.
and cannot quit. I don't believe
him. If he really tried, couldnt
he quit? W. D. A.
A. No. Will power alone is
not the answer. Will power,
whether in an alcoholic or non
alcoholic, is never enough, for in
the history of man • will power
has lost nearly every battle with
imagination. Your son is prob
ably telling the truth. So try to
believe him. Nagging and doubt
will never help him find’ so
briety. Faith and love may suc
ceed where doubt and fear fail.
Alcoholism is too complex to be
explained so simply. Yes, we
will gladly talk with you and
your son if you come to Fair-
view.
Among Clinton contributors to
Fairview are: Bank of Clinton,
D. B. Smith, Baldwin Appliance'
Co., Baldwin Motor Co., Mc
Gee’s Drug Store, M S. Bailey
& Son, Bankers.
CREAMED CHEESE-HONEY
Soften a bit of creamed cheese
with honey, and then add chop
ped nuts or raisins to it This
keeps well on a hike or camp
outing and your sons and daugh
ters will love it.
Byron said, "I must sleep now.
And Stonewall Jackson’s last
words were, spoken on the bat
tlefield, “Let’s cross the river
now and rest under the shade of
the trees.”
Wonder what you or 1 will
say? That greatest of all adven
tures must not be so frightening
at all when we get near it. Rob
ert Ingersoll quoted his brother’s
last whisper to have been, “I am
better now.” Our faith, too, tells
us that.
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Boys Are Thai Way
As kids, my, how we would
hive treasured many of the
throw-aways of today!
A wide-mouthed gallon jar,
one you could get your hand into,
we could have kept our things
from the rats and flies in there.
And these sealed containers
like oil and anti-freeze come in,
boy, what we would have given
for a few of them! We would
have made boilers that would
have blown the whistles we
made from the canes that grew
down on the creek Yes, and in
cidentally, one would have likely
been stopped up too tight and
never bother their minds with
blown up, scalding us. But kids
such unpleasant subjects. We
did get a friction type molasses
bucket once. It was a rare treas
ure. We built at furnace around it
as a boiler and the steam blew
out whistles for hours on end,
sounding like an old-time peanut
parcher. The handle was lost
from that one is the only reason
we ever got it. For buckets were
scarce and money was too.
Strings, wire, rubber bands,
paper sacks, cardboard cartons,
and the like of today would have
each been a useful and treasured
item to us. And all sorts of
abandoned wheels of today
would have been prized indeed.
The only sort we had were saw
ed from the trunks of trees, and
they cracked when they dried.
And occasionally the country
store there got a cheese box with
solid top and bottom We watch-j
ed for those with the eye of an
eagle. And they were spoken for >
time they arrived Then when
the cheese was all gone, the
treasure was ours We nailed i
‘ grasshoppers” that worked back'
them to the end of sticks, making
and forth like the rockers of a
locomotive.
An old automobile tire was un- 1
known then. We would have
treasured one of them for sure.,
A i d an old inner tube would
have supplied the whole com-,
munity with slingshot rubbers.
r ;uty shells, crates, bottles, and,
jugs that we throw away now
would have all found a place
with us.
Change, change, the constancy
of it!
Alcoholism Today
By Maxie C. Collins, Director,
Fairview Alcoholic Rehabilita
tion Center, Ridgeway, S. C.
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Down Through
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The Best for Over
Fifty Team
CLINTON,
Q. I am writing to you in strict
confidence to ask your help. Mv
son is, I fear, ai alcoholic. He
gets drunk, writes bad checks
which I have always taken up,
and once was picked up for
drunken driving. My business
connections in the Community
would suffer if these things were
generally known, and yet I know
that something has to be done. I
wonder if he could be quietly
committed to Fairviev/ and kept
there withci** the public know
ing he is there. If you have a va
cancy and can take him let me
know at once. My telephone
number is and please re
verse the charge when you call.
(Anxious Father)
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