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i V \ i . Thursday. Aufuut 14, 19S8 THE CUNTON CHRONICLE Ps«s NIm FARMS... AND FOLKS By J. m. eleazer detnson College Information Specialist WORKING TOGETHER I’ve been around over this coun try a lot. I naturally gravitate to the Iscal agricultural workers. For it Is from them that I get the leads to the information I want. On these rounds I’ve seen varying degrees of cooperation among these workers. But nowhere have I seen ,the spirit of cooperation more clear ly evidenced than in many coun ties in South Carolina. Most of our fellows here work together, as a team, each in his field that comes so nearly overlapping at places as to cause misunderstandings and dis cord. if folks are not of good will and dedicated to their tasks. On occasinos I’ve gone to a coun ty for news and the agent was out of town or busy on something else. He had alerted the FHA or SCS man anl he took me around to see the things I sought. That has hap pened more than once in Chreokee and Dorchester. And at some other places, too. Epps and Bridge of Dorchester, spend at least a day a month together, keeping acquainted with the other’s aims. I was on an FHA tour of Union and Cherokee counties of late. On each farm we visited we saw the contributions of SCS men Bailes and Wolfe and County Agents Coch ran and Lee, respectively, in Addi tion of the great work the FHA man was doing in helping tenants become owners. This is good for all. But special ly for the folks we are trying to serve. For then they get the honest best from all. • * * GET WOOD SUPPLY Did you ever try to build a fire or keep one going with green pine? It just can’t be done. A few sor ry folks in our part of the country used to try. But the thrifty Dutch men there always cut their year’s wood supply along about lay-by time. For then farm work war slack, winter would be there before borers could get started in the tops that were left and damage standing trees, and there was still enough warm weather left to dry it out good and quick. Oil and electricity have replaced fire and stove wood at many a place. But those who still use wood are reminded winter is coming and it’s time to cut the wood supply. Green oak will burn a lot better IT YOU DON'T READ THE CHRONICLE YOU DON'T GET THE NEWS Phono 74 than green pine. But you can’t start a fire with it either, though it burns all right after you get a fire started with dry pine. In fact, I like a lot of green oak to keep things Yoing in the fireplace. It sings atid siz zles as it burns, and adds a coziness to the room that’s rare. But for real cool weather, we need some dry oak, too. *For our forester. Bill Barker, tells me it has more heat in it. * * * 1 \ WATER IN FLORENCE County Agent Livingston of Flo rence, tells me a bold water devel opment program has been projected there. The proposed site is just east of town in the Polk Swamp area. It appears they have a natural there for a large lake, seven miles long and as much as a mile wide, 1,400 acres of water. The idea is for it to supply unlim ited fresh water for the City of Flo rence and for industrial develop ment in the area. And it also has irrigation and recreatioal angles that glitter. Good, fresh, usable water in quantity is getting to be one of the most critical items in most parts of the world, not excepting the so- called “rainfall belt” in which we live. Our personal needs for water increase every year. And for in dustry and irrigation, which are just starting good here, they are stupendous. Areas that conserve and develop their water potentials are sure to shine in the future. For that’s one thing there is no substi tute for. The Almighty rtfade this earth that way. • • * BOYS ARE THAT WAY As kids in the Stone Hills of the Dutch Fork, we played “green” a lot. We didn’t have gadgets for games. But we made our fun as we went along. A universal game, among boys and girls, was called just “green.” Here’s the way it was played: First you and another one agreed vto play. You’d seal the agreement by joining the little fingers of your right hands and then pulling apart until the tie was broken. After that you were in on "green” until the agreement was called off by either one asking to again join little fin gers and break ’em apart. The whole point to the game was this—any time you touched the oth er person and said “green” he had to show something on his person that was green or, failing, give you something of value that he had with him. Now that sounds simple. But it wasn’t always. Boys are forgetful, you know, and they sometimes changed clothes in which they had carefuly kept bits of green leaves in the pockets. Maybe your oppon ent would catch you at such and all you had in your pocket was your treasured pocket knife. Well, it was his. If you saw him coming and could get a piece of something green, like a leaf or blade of grass, before he touched you, you were OK. DR. T. LAYTON FRASER . . . More About Greece The following is the third in a series of articles written for The Chronicle by Dr. T. Layton Fraser, of the Bible Department of Pres byterian College, who is on a tour of Europe and the Holy Land Beyond Corinth, a very interest ing place that we visited was Ask- lipian, which is said to be the place where the art of healing began. The sick were brought here to be given baths in water from mineral springs and nursed back to health. A long stadium was excavated that was built about 450 B.C. The five athletic events enjoyed in those early days were foot races, javelin-throwing, wrestling, jump ing and discus throwing. These were called the Pentathalon Dra matic productions are still given to capacity audiences of about 17,- '000 in the great amphitheater in this ancient setting, whose town has long since vanished. We met the leading actress while having lunch. From there we went to Mycene, the scene of the earliest civili zation of Greece, 1800 B.C., where Agamemnon was king These early settlers came from the island of Crete, where their civilization dated back to 3000-3800 B.C. Having gone to the scene of the beginning of Greecian culture (on the mainland ), we toured the city of Athens The most impressive sight in Athens is the Acropolis, which means the highest hill in the city. It truly towers above every thing else. Its walls were built about 600 B.C. The most imposing building upon the Acropolis is the Parthenon, the temple of Athene, the “goddess of Wisdom." She was the patron goddess of Athens "Parthenon” means the residence of the Virgin. It was composed largely of 47 mangificent columns supporting a roof of stone, and dec orated in both gables with mag nificent statuary It has suffered during many wars and earthquakes but the remains show it to be as claimed, one of the greatest pieces of architecture in the world. An ivory and gold statue of the goddess once stood inside but is no longer there. The Parthenon is lighted at night by floodlights and is a beautiful sight. At the foot of the Acropolis is the Theatre of Dionysus, which seats 17,000 It is an amphitheatre that was in ruins but has recently been restored. There we heard a magnificent concert by the nat ional Symphony Orchestra of Greece. All of it was excellent, but I believe the violin soloist, Hedi Gigler, was greater and beyond any I had ever heard. The com position in three movements, in which she was accompanied by the orchestra, was more than an hour long. Not only did she play all of that from memory, but also a x beautiful encore, without ac companiment. The audience of al most the capacity of 17,000 stood to applaud. With all the evident glory of ancient Greece, the spot that meant most to me was very close to the Acropolis. It was Mars Hill (the Areopagus where the Apostle Paul preached to Philosophers of Athens, Epicureans and Stoics, concerning the Unknown God. As we find in Acts 17:22-23, “Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars Hill, and said, "Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too super stitious. For as I passed by and be held your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, to the Unknown God. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.” The hill is climbed by means of ancient stone steps. These Icould climb only with reverence. Paul had a wonderful opportunity and took advantage of it. When he told them of the resurrection of Christ from the dead, some mocked, but others said, “We will hear thee again of this matter ” It is stated by the anthon that “certain men clave unto him, and believed: among which was Dionysus the Areaopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.” Some have gone so far as to say that Paul's sermon there was a failure To that I cannot subscribe There are a few observations that are important. One is that even though some did not believe, others became interested and “clave unto him and believed” also one of these was Dionysius, the Areopa- gite—one who must have been a member of the supreme court of Athens, which met on the Areopa gus to pass sentence Causing a man of such influence and impor tance to believe in Christ was something of no little importance Paul saw on all sides the worship of many gods and goddesses— Apollo. 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