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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
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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-
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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.
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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
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