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UJames L. Chaffin waseMocksville, North North, wayengumlimi. Ushade nobaba wezingane ezine. Wazenza obhekene nokukhetha okuthile ngenkathi kubhalwa intando yakhe, ngo-1905: wazuza ipulazi kwindodana yakhe yesithathu uMarshall, wambeka nomphathi wentando. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, wahlakaza ezinye izingane zakhe uJohn, James no-Abner, eshiya umkakhe engenalo nelifa.
UJim Chaffin ushone ngoSepthemba 7, 1921 kulandela ukuwa kwehhashi. UMarshall Chaffin, ngemuva kokuthola ifa njengelifa, washona eminyakeni embalwa kamuva, washiya konke kumkakhe nendodana yakhe.
Umama kanye nabazalwane abasele abaziphikisanga izifiso zikaChaffin ngaleso sikhathi sezilandelanayo, ngakho-ke lolu daba lwaqhubeka luthuliswa cishe iminyaka emine, kuze kube sentwasahlobo ka-1925.
Indodana yesibili ka-Old Jim Chaffin, uJames Pinkney Chaffin, ibikhathazwa yimicimbi eyinqaba: uyise wabonakala kuye ngephupho, ezinyaweni zombhede, embheka njengoba ayenzile empilweni, kodwa ngendlela engeyona yemvelo futhi ethule.
Lokhu kwaqhubeka isikhashana kuze kuthi, ngoJuni, uChaffin osemdala wabonakala endodaneni yakhe egqoke ijazi lakhe elidala elimnyama. Egcina umphambili wengubo uvulekile futhi ubonakala kahle, wakhuluma nendodana yakhe okokuqala: "Uzothola intando yami ephaketheni le-overcoat yakho".
UJim Chaffin wanyamalala kwathi uJames wavuka enenkolelo yokuthi uyise wayezama ukumtshela ukuthi endaweni ethile kunesivumelwano sesibili esachitha esedlule.
UJames wavuka ekuseni kakhulu waya endlini kanina eyofuna ijazi elimnyama likayise. Ngeshwa, uNkk Chaffin wayinikele ngendodana yakhe endala, uJohn, owayethuthele kwelinye idolobha.
Engakhathali, uJames washayela amamayela angamashumi amabili ukuze ahlangane noJohn. Ngemuva kokubika lesi siqephu esingajwayelekile kumfowabo, uthole ijazi likayise ukuze amhlole. Bathole ukuthi, ngaphakathi, bekukhona ipokhethi eliyimfihlo ngaphambili futhi libekwe uphawu ngokucophelela. Bayivule ngokungakhiqi kahle i-lining futhi, ngaphakathi, bathola ishidi lephepha lisongwe futhi liboshwe ngentambo.
Ishidi lafunda inothi, ngombhalo ongashayi mkhuba kaJim Chaffin wakudala, emmema ukuba afunde isahluko 27 seGenesise ibhayibheli lakhe lakudala.
UJohn wayexakeke kakhulu emsebenzini futhi ehluleka ukuhamba nomfowabo. Ngakho-ke uJames wabuyela endlini kanina ngaphandle kwakhe. Endleleni ameme umngani wakhe osenesikhathi eside, uThomas Blackwelder, ukuthi amlandele ayohlola ukulandelana kwezenzakalo.
UNkk Chaffin, ekuqaleni, akazange akhumbule ukuthi wayeyibekephi ibhayibheli yomyeni wakhe. Ekugcineni, ngemuva kokusesha ngokucophelela, le ncwadi yatholakala esifubeni ibekwe ophahleni.
Ibhayibheli lalisesimweni esingesihle, kepha uThomas Blackwelder wakwazi ukuthola le ngxenye lapho yayikhona uGenesise futhi wayivula esahlukweni 27. Uthole ukuthi amakhasi amabili ebekade efakwe ukuze akhe iphakethe, futhi kuleso sikhwama bekukhona ucezu iphepha lifihlwe ngokucophelela. Embhalweni, uJim Chaffin ubhale okulandelayo:
Ngemuva kokufunda uGenesise isahluko 27, mina, uJames L. Chaffin, sihlose ukuveza izifiso zami zokugcina. Ngemuva kokunikeza umzimba wami umngcwabo ofanele, ngifuna ukuthi impahla yami encane ihlukaniswe ngokulinganayo phakathi kwezingane zami ezine uma ziphila ngokufa kwami; uma bengaphili, izingxenye zabo zizoya ezinganeni zabo. Lesi yisivumelwano sami. Fakaza isandla sami esisithelayo,
UJames L. Chaffin
Janawari 16, 1919.
Ngokomthetho wangalesosikhathi, itestamente bekufanele lithathwe njengelisebenza uma libhalwa ngumhloli, yize kungekho ofakazi.
UGenesise 27 ulandisa ngendaba yokuthi uJakobe, indodana encane kuninzalamizi wasebhayibhelini, u-Isaka, wasithola kanjani isibusiso sikayise futhi wasusa umkhuluwa wakhe u-Esawu. Ngokwentando ka-1905, uChaffin wayeshiye konke endodaneni yakhe yesithathu uMarshall. Kodwa-ke, ngo-1919 uChaffin wayeyifundile wayithatha wayibeka enhliziyweni yakhe le ndaba yasebhayibhelini.
UMarshall wayesweleke ngemuva kweminyaka emithathu futhi izifiso zokugcina zikaChaffin zatholakala ngemuva kwesikhathi. Ngakho-ke, laba bafowethu abathathu noNkk Chaffin, bafaka isimangalo kumfelokazi kaMarshall ukuze abuyiselwe ipulazi futhi abasabalalise izimpahla ngokulinganayo njengoba eyalelwe ubaba. Yebo, uNkk. Marshall Chaffin wakwenqaba lokho.
Usuku lokuqulwa kwecala lakhelwe ekuqaleni kukaDisemba 1925. Cishe sekusele isonto ngaphambi kokuqulwa kwecala, uJames Chaffin wavakashelwa futhi ngephupho nguyise. Kulokhu ikhehla lalibonakala ligcwele ukukhathazeka futhi libuze ukuthi uthukuthele "liphi isivumelwano sami sakudala"?
UJames wabika leli phupho kubameli bakhe, wathi ukukholelwa ukuthi lokho kuwuphawu oluhle ngomphumela wecala.
Ngosuku lokulalelwa kwecala, umfelokazi kaMarshall Chaffin wakwazi ukubuka le ntando ngo-1919, eqaphela ukubizelwa komkhwe wakhe. Ngenxa yalokho, wayala abameli bakhe ukuba bahoxise icala elibhekene naleli cala. Ekugcineni, lezi zinhlangothi zombili zakhuluma ukuthi sezifinyelele isisombululo esivumelanayo, ngesisekelo sezimo ezisungulwe eTestamenteni lesibili.
U-Old Jim Chaffin akaphindanga wabonakala endodaneni yakhe ephusheni futhi. Ngokusobala wayethole lokho ayekufuna: ukulungisa iphutha ngemuva kokufunda indaba yombhalo ongcwele.
Indaba kaJim Chaffin yaziwa kahle eNyakatho Carolina futhi ibhalwa kabanzi. Limelela enye yezindlela ezivelele kakhulu zokuba khona kokuphila kwangemva kokuphila nokufa.