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Clinton, S. C, Thursday, February 24, 1955
Number 8
They looked libe rabble, yet
they were veteran soldiers and
they dispersed themselves in ac
ceptable military fashion.
It was not only the worst win
ter of the war. Weatherwise it. - . . , , ,
was the worst winter of the 18tn y et ^ een destroyed by alcohol,
much encouraged, because you
still own your home, though you
are behind on the payments; you
still have a car, though it is an
old model; Susan has not divorc
ed you yet; your brain has not
century. Melvin J. Weig, histo
rian of Morristown National His
In Jockey Hollow me men fell
ed trees, built more than 1,000 log
huts, dug in and suffered. Many
died. For days on end they had
no meat. Again, they had no
bread. Sometimes they had neith
er meat nor bread. The lack of
clothing was terrifying.
The general had set up his
headquarters in the home of Mrs.
Theodosia Ford. You can walk
through it today, a clean warm
house preserved by the National
Service as a part of Morristown
National Historic Park. But it’s
hard to visualize it as it was on
the general’s birthday 175 years
ago, crowded with aides, all suf
fering from colds. They dined
Joanna Car Death
Is 'Unavoidable^
William Flow, 16, died in an
unavoidable accident near Joanna
the night of Febraury 7, a coro
ner’s jury ruled.
Four teen-agers were injured
and young Flow was killed in the
I tor which you'eari truly be thank- automobile accident The teen-
- - agers automobile turned over
you have normal sight and good
hands with which to work. In fact
toric Park, has pieced together |‘* Wl1 * take s 100 * 1 - you will
from old reports a record of 28' see that t * iere are man y things
blizzards. . ,,
ful today; things you would not
want to lose. ,
Of course, you may feel that
I am saying, “Physician, heal thy
self.” Actually, that is exactly
whit I am saying. Not that I be
lieve any alcoholic can do it all
alone; positively not. But I am
saying that SOMETHING CAN
BE DONE ABOUT ALCOHOL
ISM, BUT THE DECISION
RESTS WITH THE ALCOHOL
IC. Nobody will ever make this
decision for you. You, yourself,
must decide that you have gone
as low as you are willing to go.
You alone must decide to start up
the long rough road to permanent
sobriety. Once you make this
I decision, God and man can help
twice, landed on its wheels,
throwing *>ut the occupants. An
automobile crossing the Bush
River bridge veered to avoid the
vehcile and to miss a girl sitting
on the- right side of the road and
ran over Flow.
Testimony at the inquest show
ed there were tire marks on the
bridge indicating the driver put
on brakes as soon as he saw the
situation.
Coroner Joe F. Smith conduct
ed the inquest in the Joanna club
house. Apporximately 100 per
sons were present.
CEREALS
As soon as the cereals are
brought from the grocery, empty
them into their containers. The
containers should be closely cov
ered to prevent insects from en
tering.
Washington Had Nothing To Celebrate
On His 48th Birthday 175 Years Ago
By CHARLES MERCER
Morristown, N. J., Feb. 19.—
The general was 48 years old. He
didn’t celebrate. There was noth
ing ti celebrate.
It was probably the unhappiest
birthday of his life—that 22nd of
February, 175 years ago. For it
fell in what an increasing number
of historians agree was the hard-
officers and gentlemen.
The alliance with the French
had cheered him because he i
1 knew he couldn’t win this war
i without French sea power. But
1 the alliance hadn’t come to any-
civilian, a successful farmer and, thin 8 y et in 1779 when he
businessman. Physically strong! ti re <f an< f discouraged, to Morris-
and reserved in manner. But not town ^s he rode down from the
iittle better than did the men. , , ......
It is told how the general’s , y° u alon * the way ’ and wlU help
hands always seemed tigthly y°“‘
clinched in those bitter days. His
one to make children whisper in
awe. Morally and intellectually
strong. Not an agghead, you un
derstand. Certainly no prude, for
he enjojfed dancing and cards and
a bottle of wine.
He certainly didn’t think at
Mudson Highlands that Decem
ber, leaning into a bitter Wind,
eyelids were drawn tight with
weariness as he sat at his desk,
writing, beseeching, ordering —
but always maintaining bis steel
control. He wrote,such lines as—
“We have had the virtue and
patience of the army put to the
severest trial ... I hardly thought
at one period that we should be
able to keep it together . . . We
est winter of his life. Yes, harder himself as a great general. In
than the winter of Valley Forge' fact, he was too inclined to ask
two years before.
In the winter of 1955 you drive
here in a heated auto by super
highways that flow like ribbons
across snow-powdered hills. Ov
erhead a silver airliner floats
through a blue sky. Television
antennas raise their webs above
warm houses. The children are
well fed and laughing. It’s a land
of comfort and plenty.
If it’s worth wondering at all
how it came to be this way, it’s
worth remembering that winter
of 1780 when George Washington
turned 48.
History had not yet crowned
him with the diadem of great
ness. Many already recognized
the greatness, in him—but many
did not. In the context of his time
he was rather like many a gen- 'Europe after that as an able gen
eral whom circumstances ‘or nec
essity has raised to command
from the days of our earliest In
dian wars to Korea.
A National Guard type of gen
the advice of subordinates. Like
the time in the summer of 18
after the British booted the
Americans out of New York and
the traitorous Charles Lee talked
him into splitting his forces and
the able Nathaniel Greene talked
him into trying to hold the Man-
tattan heights.
The British had chased him
clean across New Jersey and he’d
pulled back across the Delaware
and it looked as if the jig was
up. Then, 'acting on no one’s ad
vice but his own, he hit Trenton
and he hit Princeton in a series
of masterly tactical moves and
frightened the British back near,
ly to New York.
The historian Travelyan says
he was recognized throughout
his saddle creaking in the deep were bereft of every hope from
cold, no man could have felt less the commissaries. At one time
like the father of his country. the soldiers eat every kind of
Morristown lies-on a triangular horse food but hay . . .”
plateau with sharp declivities on. You drive out to Jocke Hollow
two sides and the bold ridge of | through the cheerful, well-fed
Thimble Mountain behind it. It' crowds of the modem Morristown
was an excellent military posi
tion. Defensively, its eastern ap
proaches were through rugged
passes in chains of hills, while
streets — many of them looking
forward to a day off next Tues
day. The hollow is deserted of
visitors in this cold weather. A 1
Htting bottom means some
thing different for each alcoholic.
I sincerely hope that you have hit
yours. If so, there is no way for
you to go now but up and out.
Let’s make the road up.
Sincerely,
Maxie
defiles to the west offered routes winter stillness lies on the land,
of withdrawal. Offensively, it I There is no sound but the mourn-
threatened the flank of any Brit- [ ful cries of crows.
eral. But the general himself did
not realize it. He was busy trying
to hold together a rabble in the
shape of an army and wheedling
Congress for supplies and cajol-
eral to begin with. Primarily a, ing
You wonder why the army
stayed and endured. And then
you realize it was the general
who kept them here. By the
strength of his character alone
he held the army together as a
force—a weak force that win
ter, but a force that would rise
and fight in another season.
Alcoholism Todov
By Maxie C. Collins, Director. J
Fairview Alcoholic Rehabilita
tion Center, Ridgeway. S. C.
best Nitrate of Soda mads!
ish movement either up the Hud
son or toward Philadelphia.
Three miles southwest of the
Village, which then contained
cbout 50 houses, was a wooded
rrea known as Jockey Hollow,
which offered wood and water
and windbreak. Into this area
streamed ragged columns of men.
They numbered about 10,000.
They were badly clothed. There
were many sick, coughing and
spiting in the snow. There were
many lousy, scratching them
selves. Nearly all were hungry.
And everybody was cold.
‘hecQntmentaUineof, To ^ Alcoholic;
79 and 80. This was the solid D ear gju
core of the revolutionary army, Toda said ..j feel t
formed into 10 infantry brigades than a d rm absolutel on the
and one brigade of artillery. bottom » j hope that y0 £ meant
every word of it.
You will hear a lot about “hit
ting bottom” in Alcoholics
Anonymous. Just what does it
mean? To understand this you
must realize that you are differ
ent from a tree or a rock or a
cabbage. You were created with
the power to choose
A rock dropped into a pond
will sink to the bottom. For the
rock, bottom is where the density
of the earth at the bottom of the
pond will sustain the weight of it
A ship sinks to the bottom of the
; sea, and the bottom is where the
floor of the sea sustains the
weight of the ship. But man is
different. There are no arbitrary
forces that fix a bottom for the
human soul. Man’s bottom is
where he decides it shall be.
The alcoholic never reaches his
bottom until he gets as low as he
is willing to go. With some this
is the first drunk. With others,
it is the first blackout. With oth
ers it is the loss of the first job
or the first jail or the first hos
pitalization. Others go on and lose
their jobs, homes, families, self-
respect, health and finally life it
self without ever hitting bottom
because they never get as low as
they are willing to go.
When you say that you are
now on the bottom I am very
FINAL SETTLEMENT
Take notice that on the 28th
day of February, 1955, we will
render a final account of our acts
and doings as Executors of the
estate of Guy L. Copeland in the
office of the Judge of Probate of
Laurens County, at 10 o’clock a.
m. and on the same day will ap
ply for a final discharge from our
trust as Executors.
Any person indebted to said
estate is notified and required to
make payment on or before that
date; and all persons having
claims against said estate will
present them on or before said
date, duly proven, or be forever
barred.
FRANK MILLER and
LOUDA MILI.BR,
Executors, Clinton, S. C.
Jan. 24, 1955 4c-w.Feb. 24
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