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% p»*« Poor THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Y?A Kuitm 3s Beth “ EY cunt Iron Nm ^ I (Jave My Li/e For Thee A frail young woman visits an art gallery Alcoholism Todav By Maxi* C. Collins. Director. Fairriow Alcoholic Rohabiliia- lion Conter, Ridgoway, S. C. Nearly a hundred years ago ... 1858 ... a frail young woman of 22 aat in an art gallery In Ger many. Too delicate to attend school regularly In her native England, Frances Ridley HavergaTs lather had sent her to visit friends In Dusseldort Exhausted from sightseeing, Miss Havergal sat, by chance, to rest In front of a painting of Christ on the cross. Over the wreath of thorns she noticed the wording: "This have I done for thee; What hast thou done for me?" Inspired by the painting, she wrote a few lines of poetry. That night at the home of her friends she threw the scrap of paper Into the fire. Then there took place one of those strange incidents that shape the destinies of men. A gust of air blew the paper out onto the hearth. '* I gsv« my lift for thee. My precious blood I shed, That thou migbt'it ransomed be, And quickened from the dead; I gave my life for thee, What bast tbou given for Me? ' My Father's bouse of light. My glory circled throne l left, for earthly night, V. For wanderings sad and lone", 1 left it all for thee, Has thou left aught for Me? In England she showed the lines to her father, the Rev. W. H. Havergal a hymn writer and composer In his own right He encouraged her to add more verses. Thus began one of the most brilliant careers In the writing of Christian songs since the days of Isaac Watts. Always frail In health. Frances Havergal died at the age of 43. When the physician told her the end was near she said, "Splendid! To be so near the gates of Heaven!" Her hymns are still in use around the world ... and foremost among them is the one that would have been destroyed In the fireplace but for • chance gust of air. 1 suffered much for thee. More than thy tongue can tell, Of bitterest agony; To rescue thee from bell;- Pve borne it all for thee, What has tbou borne for Me? And l have brought to thee, Down from My home above, Salvation full and free, My pardon and My love; I bring rich gifts to thee, What bast thou brought to Me? Him wz,'"'' er chapters. Clinton’s chapter’s team stood second place. The Laurens team was com posed of Leonard Bnewingtom, Melvin Hall, Lewis Abercrombie, Dennis Mathis and Randall Mont- joy. J. R. Blakely is advisor. Composing the Clinton team were Ted Davenport, John Frank lin, Oliver Haupfear, David Crom er and Hartwell Cromer. Other teams participating in the contest held at Ford High School were Ford, Gray Court- Owings, Hickory Tavern and Greenwood. What Santee-Cooper ; Needs Is Regulation mm. From the Book. "A HYMN IS BORN,” Copyright 1952 WILCOX-FOLLETT CO., Chicago, 111. Laurens High Wins Contest On Procedure The Laurens high school chap ter of the Future Farmers of America won the Greenwood- La urens Federation parliamen tary procedure contest in Lau rens Monday night over five oth- LEFT-OVER TURKEY Mix a can of condensed cream of mushroom soup with a third cup of milk and curry powder to taste. Serve over slices of left over turkey arranged on but-1 tered toast. « \ Savings Accounts 3%—DIVIDEND^ 3% We invite savings accounts from the people of Gin- ton and vicinity. You will like our friendly and efficient service, and you will receive your dividend promptly each January 1st and July 1st. Any amount—from $1 up—opens an account. Each account is insured up to $10,000 by the Fed eral Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation. Two people may have up to $30,000 fully insured. Accounts by mail promptly acknowledged. Chartered and Supervised by the United States Government LAURENS FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION Laurens’ Largest Savings Institution 104 W. Main Street Laurens, S- C. Telephone 22271 NATURAL AS THE GRASS THEY FEED ON CHILEAN NITRATE of SODA it Hn world’s only NATURAL NITRATE FERTILIZER j^T attral as. the grass iheae rattle are grazing, Chilean Nitrate it the only natural nitrate. Guaran teed 42 per cent plant food. * Richest of plant food*, Chil ean’s many extra values make it one of the most efficient and eco nomical nitrogen fertilizers. * Chilean’s nitrogen content is 100 per cent nitrate. Ideal for top dressing and side-dressing. Free flowing, spreads evenly and smoothly. ^ Chilean needs only moisture from the air to dissolve — no waiting for rain — fast, effec tive action. * Every ton of Chilean con tains sodium equivalent to 650 pounds of commercial limestone — an acid-destroy ing agent. The mpre Chilean you use, the greater its acid- destroying value. ★ Sodium supplements potash — when necessary, substitutes for it — reduces leaching losses of pot ash, calcium, magnesium—releases unavailable potash in the soil. ★ Sodium increases availability of phosphate in the soil and im proves efficiency of applied phos phate. ★ Chilean is rich in small quanti ties of minor elements necessary for healthy vigorous growth — it’s the only natural combination of 100 per cent nitrate nitrogen, so dium and minor elements. )N pte fc SATCHEL EMI* CHILIAN NITRATE 4^SOPA (By W. D. WORKMAN) Columbia—The South Carolina general assembly could save itself time, trouble and money—and at the same time afford greater serv ice to the people of the- atate-^-if it would simply call the Santee- Cooper project what it is, a public utility. A brief bit of legislation, defin ing the South Carolina Public Service Authority as a public utility and removing existing sec tions which state otherwise, would have the effect of bringing the authority within the regulatory jurisdiction of the state’s Public Service commission. This action, in itself, would go far toward cor recting the difficulties which now obviously beset Santee-Cooper. In his farewell message to the b [legislature, Gov. James F. Byrnes disclosed some of the financial problems facing the Santee-Coop er Authority and called for a leg- § islative inquiry into the situation. Since then, a fistful of resolutions proposing Santee-Cooper investi gations have been introduced in the general assembly. Two of them have called for inquiries by House committees. A third propos es that a joint committee of House and Senate members conduct the j investigation. And-a fourth, intro duced last Wednesday, proposes an investigatjfca by a five-member group embracing one senator, one representative and three ap- £ po in tees of the governor. This last resolution is perhaps the most realistic of ail, for it would allocate $25,000 for the in vestigation. Whether that entire amount would be needed cannot be determined short of the actual investigation itself, but any inves tigation worthy of the name must necessarily (be detailed, thorough, land consequently expensive. . [ Legislators themselves, regard - i less of ability or interest, will | hardly have the time and technical know-how needed for the job, and j those commodities must be in good supply when any group starts dig ging into the incredibly complex structure of Santee-Cooper. All of which leads back to the proposition that the authority should be under the jurisdiction of the Public Service commission. That commission exists as an agency of state government for the express purpose of regulating public utilities tu sec that the in terests of the public, the state, and the utilities themselves are ac corded fair and equitable treat ment. If power rates are to be changed by a public utility, then the Pub lic Service commission must be convinced of the necessity there for. If bonds are to be issued for expansion programs, or if the fi nancial structure of a utility is proposed to ibe altered, then the commission looks into all aspects of the situation. If bad manage ment practices come to light, then corrective measures are ordered by the commission. To accomplish this continuing surveillance of public utility com-' panies in the state, the Public Service commission maintains a technically competent and politic ally impersonal staff, capable of measuring utility practices on a basis of merit and public service. The records of all public utilities in the state are required to be filed with the commission, and are subject to constant scrutiny by specialists in fields of electri city, gas, transportation and oth ers. Had the Santee-Cooper been subjected to such regulation from its inception, it is unlikely that M would now find itself in its pres ent straits. However, the Santee- Cooper authority has existed as a free-wheeling empire unto it self, managed by a polirtioally-po- tent state senator and responsible only to the members of its own board. If an investigation now is in order, and every indication points to that conclusion, then the Pub- LETTER TO AN ALCOHOUC Dear Bill: You want to know when the magic will begin. Let’s get a few things straight right now. There is no magic remedy for alcohol ism. You have taken the neces sary first step when you admit ted you were an alcoholic. You took the second step when you agreed to stop drinking. You took the third step when you agreed to follow rigidly the advice of your family physician. This is the way it must be done. You must ta ke the road to sobriety as you took the road ta alcoholism. You become an alcoholic one drir;k at a time. You will over come alcoholism one step at a time. There is no way to, rush this and there is no magic. In all the world there is no pill, capsule, or magic that will “cure” the alcoholic. What you have is an incurable disease. Neither medical science, psychiatry, nor psychology knows any cure for alcoholism. It can be arrested and hundreds of thousands of cases cf arrested alcoholism prove that the outlook for a normal, happy life is ever bright for every al coholic who sincerely wants to stop drinking. But the road back is a rough one and must be taken one rough step at a time. The consolation lies in the fact that, however, rough the road back to sobriety, it is not as rough as the alcoholic road to destruction. Your first task is to recover your appetite ,and learn to sleep i normally without drugs. Your i physician has given you the vita- ^lic Service commission already is equipped to do the job, or at least so much of it as pertains to nor mal operations of public utilities. If additional auditing studies are need of Santee-Coopper’s involved finances, then that could (be hand led toy some of the independent firms in the state which have delved into Santee-Cooper financ es in preparation of annual audits. . In any event, the legislature 'must necessarily turn somewhere J for expert assistance in conducting an investigation. When it seeks that assistance, the legislators must beware any suggestion that the authority itself designate en gineers or other professional men for the job. Objectivity on the part of the investigators must be achieved, not only for the good of the state but in all fairness to the officials of Santee-Cooper. Too much is at stake for the legislature to be satisfied with a superficial examination of the en tire situation. State finances, state credit, power rates, rural electrifi cation, forestry and wildlife are all caught up in the vast project—to say nothing of the ostensible pur- poses for which the project was created, navigation. Now or later, Santee-Cooper should be brought under the juris diction of the Public Service com mission for the public’s peace of mind, if nothing else. Tliuraday, Feftnary 10,19$S Evenings: 8:15 p.m. $3.00 $2.60 $1.50 Matinee Saturday 2:30 $2.50 $2.00-$1.50 . Send ■ Mail Order* v ^ T ° ' ICE VOGUES Box 1410 Spartanburg Please Give Number Seals, Price and Pecfonnance. All Seats Reserved Enclose Self* Addreteed Stomped Envelope For Return of Tickets Sponsored By SPARTANBURG CIVITAN CLUB mins and help you need. He baa suggested that you keep at some task suited to your physical con dition. We agree wholeheartedly with this advice. The alcoholic who keeps busy has less time to pity himself and less timie to brood over past failures and the seemingly dark future. There is another reason into which we may go into fuller de tail later. You need physical exercise to bum up the adrenal secretions thrown, into your blood stream by fears. The sooner you relax and return \ to normal eat ing and sleeping the sooner we can go to the next steps. In the meantime, keep your mind on the step you are taking. You wanted to know yesterday if I would try to persuade Susan not to leave you Don’t you think that is premature. Think it over! Susan loves you. She has proved this by being a faithful wife through all your years of excess ive out of control drinking. Now it is time for you to give her something more tangible than promises. She has had a million promises, and everyone has been broken. Frankly, I think it is a mistake to ask her if she will for give you and stick by until you have shown this time you mean business. Try to put all this out off your mind for jpow and let yesterday aid tomorrow take care of them- Your job today is to get back to selves Live one day at a time sleeping and eating normally. After that, in due time, we will take up all the things which both er you. Sincerely Maxie SAY "T Saw It In THE CHRONICLE VARIRMBD FLOOBS Varnished Noon should bo rubbed once a week with a wool en cloth dampened in a solution of 1 part linaMd oil and 1 part turpentine. This is also good for linoleum. Always bum the to avoid fire. Dr. Felder Smith Laurens, S. C. 7*4 j GREEN STAMPS an cheerfully give* with wary parebasa. Yea das’! law to aefc fer theu at Mila-HoiM becaate H h Ike eeartaam My of oar traiaad ekaefcars la toalkal yoa always gal tfca Doable Savings that Dfais- Heme waals yoa to haw. Rigid riles of ooartosy and cleaaHaess are observed at all Homs aid piay^a big pari of oar rapalalioa at a Safa Hass ta Shop. 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