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1 Pace Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, P«ce»bCT 16,1H4 Our Wish ... We know lots of local families who will have their merriest Christmas ever . , . because they've mo\ed into their own homes, thanks to our sensible home-financing plan. We'd like to do the same for you! When you're ready to buy or build, see us about the financing. Our plan brings you to debt-free home-ownership ederal Savings AND LOAN ASSOCIATION A Clinton Institution Serving Clinton People Since 1909 Telephone No. < Improved Plant We have just added late model machinery and equipment to our plant and are prepared to serve our customers more promptly and efficiently. We are now able to clean twice as many clothes as previously. ONE DAY SERVICE IF NECESSARY and REQUESTED We Make a Specialty Of ALTERING - TAILORING Cleaning and Blocking Hats JACK HOLLAND HAS JOINED OUR PLANT AS CITY ROUTE MAN MRS. C. A. NORRIS, SR., IN CHARGE OF ALTERATIONS CASH and CARRY SUITS and DRESSES 60c “WE GUARANTEE OUR WORK” Clinton Cleaners 110 E- Carolina Ave. Phone 948 Enjoy the modem, the Light refreshment The Light Refreshment No Finer at Any Price! PEPSI-COLA BOTTLING CO. GREENVILLE, S. C. FARMS... AND FOLKS By J. M. ELEAZER Clemson College Information Specialist The Price Squeeie For the past few years the price squeeze has been hurting agriculture. From early in 1952 to early in 1954. farm assets fell in this coun try 7 per cent and farm debts rose about the same amount In come down and debts up hurts two ways. That gets you “gwine end cornin’", as the old saying goes. And on top of that, large parts of the country have been afflict ed by crippling droughts, includ ing us here. Yet what the fanner has to buy is still relatively high. It takes a lot of planning and fig uring on the farmer’s part now. He can’t change his operations for every whim that blows. But he can make use of his present predicament and the outlook and make adjustments here and there that will likely help. Men from Clemson have spent some days at a general farm outlook meeting m Washington. Facts gotten there will be given at outlook meetings that are planned in the counties in January. Loaded Guns The hunting season is on. And, as usual, hunting accidents have started, too. Many of these trag edies are caused by the gun that wasn’t thought loaded. Other forms of carelessness account for many, too. Drinking, for instance, an abomination anywhere! But surely on a hunt. Now, while we are well and have no jagged holes torn in our bodies, is the time to take stock, resolve to be doubly careful, and avoid bitter heart-aches and re grets that come from avoidable and unnecessary hunting acci dents. The great out-of-doors and hunting have too many joys to be marred by such tragedies. A gun alone isn't dangerous. It is the human element that makes killers out of them. You and me. Can You Beat This? A friend told me of this actual happening. Four young ladies by the i names Crow, Parrott, Dove, and Buzzard were spending the night together. A young man by the name of Stork came to see them. They started not to let him in. Irrigated Cotton In the irrigation experiment at Clemson the past season, irrigat ed cotton made a bit over a bale and a half per acre. The unirn- gated part made a half bale ger acre. This full bale increase from irrigation is the widest differ ence we have gotten here at Clemson. For the years that this experiment has run, the increase has averaged s imething over a half bale per acre increase. But, of course, some of those years were not specially dry. The Georgia experiment sta tion has gotten similar results on cotton. Two years ago it was very dry over there where their ex periment was located. They made a half bale per acre without ir rigation and just shy of two balas per acre where they irrigated it properly. Irrigation costs something, yes. But it costs a lot more not to ir rigate when drought strikes. It is something we pay for, and pay for more dearly if we don’t have it. Drought losses in 1954 would have put irrigation on many a farm in this area and had money left. County agents tell me that ir rigation interest is intense. Look to your water source, folks. That is all-important before you take another step. It takes a lot of water to irrigate. Without it you are sunk, and pumps and equip ment are of no value. Boys Are That Wayi As stated here for the past few weeks, many memories go back to our train. It rode that natural ridge or divide between the riv ers Broad and Saluda. And all the 72 miles from Laurens to Co lumbia it hardly needed a trestle except at each end. At most places it is right on the divide. Water falling north of it goes in- CUT TIMBER to the Broad and south of it in to the Saluda River. That made for easy building and maintenance. Although dur ing wet times the track got aw ful soggy, for they didn’t have ballast then. And many a time I’ve seen the mud and water spatter from under the ties as the train went along. Often the engine was so muddy it needed fenders. Billy Graham, the engineer, and Mr. John McCain, the con ductor, were legendary charac ters in our life. Billy was a friendly fat man who waved at everyone, and we all thought he could make that whistle moan as no other. Mr. John was a handsome fel low with black mustache. And he was absolute master of that train. No one questioned his complete authority. And he car ried a shiny pistol in a holster under his arm. He was a Chesterfield around ladies and children, and no one feared leaving their loved ones in charge. Occasionally on Sat urday nights coming out from Columbia in the winter, a drunk would be on the train. His pa tience was short with them. Once I saw one that kept com ing from the smoker back into the other section of the coach where ladies and children were. And the fellow was loud and mouthy. Mr. John put him out of there twice. The third time, he waved his lantern out and stopped the train. He took that drunk by the nap of the neck, gave him the bum’s rush to the back door. Turned him to the side, and gave him one resound ing kick in the seat of the pants as he was leaving for 9 lunge into the briers there by the side of the track. Law suit? We never heard of such a thing for that. Rather a medal would have have been pinned on Mr. John’s blue coat. Alcoholism Todav By Maxi* C. Collins. Director, Fair view Alcoholic Rehabilita tion Center, Ridgeway, S. C. Faster, Easier READ THE CHRONICLE ADS FIRST HOMEUTE On« Man Chain Saw Punt duongh aa 18* pin# in 16 —cooda, aa M* oak in 28 aacoada. And bdafs down ertaa 48* or mora la diameter. Handles pesfectlj on ereiy type of cat Atk os for free dimonstratfoa IStlAiOMT MAOf AND SOW SAMI Laurens Saw Co. (Near Palpwood Yard) ROUTE t—LAURENS Phones 21S7 or *17* Q. My husband and I are both alcoholics. When one starts, the other starts soon afterwards. Should we separate? Would we have a better chance apart than together? A. Sorry. Please consult witn your pastor, and if he wishes, he may bring you both for a consul tation here. Q My husband is an alcoholic, I believe. He used to be kind and considerate, but yesterday he came home and accused me of all manner of vile things, and then beat me terribly in front of the children. What can I do? A. "Insane” jealousy and sus picion are by-products of alco holism. The alcoholic usually turns on those who love him best. Please consult with your own pastor, and he can advise you as to the proper steps to take. Each case is so different that we do not try to give personal proble. 1 advice through thsee columns, when it is the type problem you have. Q. In our town we have what AA members call a “Blue Room” at the jail. It is not in a cell, an i has a regular bed and everything. Alcoholics are placed there and members of AA visit them, I un derstand. Isn’t this “coddling” the alcoholic too much? Don’t you think that if they are made to suffer they will learn their lesson and stop? A. You raise an age-old, con- tioversial question. The object of society for thousands of years has been to “make the punish ment fit the crime” as Gilbert & Sullivan put it in the Mikado. Pain for pain, death for death, suffering for suffering, has been tried for thousands of years with out any appreciable lessening of crime as a result. Nineteen hun dred and fifty-four years ago, more or less, the Son of God said, “Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy.” After 28 years working with alcoholics I have never seen even ONE who stopped drinking because of pun ishment.' I have seen many stop because of love and kindness. So I am happy to hear of the steps your town has taken. It is re markable in this age to hear of such down to earth Christian ac tion. You should be proud to live in such a town. Reading over the above, it appears that some may misinterpret the statement about crime so to get the record clear, we do not think of Alcohol ics as criminals. A criminal is one who deliberately acts anti social. Criminals may become aL coholics, too, but the alcoholic is not a criminal. He does not drink because he wants to, but because h cannot help himself. He is a sick person and nMds help. Among Clinton contributors to Fairview are: Bank of Clinton, D. B. 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