The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, December 16, 1954, Image 12
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Thursday, P«ce»bCT 16,1H4
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previously.
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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.
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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. Smith, Baldwin Appliance
Co., Baldwin Motor Co., Mc
Gee’s Drug Store, M. S. Bailey
& Son, Bankers.
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