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• / t i V # / i ■ ,'»■ 7 ’ . - * IHE CHRONICIE Strives To Be A Cfedn Newspaper, Complete Newsy and Reliable Volume XLVII Clinton, S. C, Thursday, May 15,1947 If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News t Number 20 CLINTON Business, Professional Folks You Know JAMES FERDINAND JACOBS, O PROGRAM GIVEN FOR COLLEGE CLOSING Bright and McSween Commencement Speak ers On June 1 and 2. . The Reverend John Bright, jTh.M., Ph.D., professor of Hebrew and instructor in the Old Testament at Union Theological seminary, Rich mond, Va., will deliver the baccalau reate sermon to the graduating class at Presbyterian college at 11 a.m. Sunday, June 1, at the First Presby terian church. The commencement speaker for the ceremonies to be held Monday, Jnue 2, at 10 a.m., will be the Rev erend John McSween, D.D., pastor of the Fourth Presbyterian church of Greenvile. Four men are to receive honorary doctor of divinity degrees at the | ceremonies: Reverend LeRoy P. Bur ney, director of religious education for die Synod of South Carolina, a graduate of Davidson; Reverend Organization Set Up For New Hotel Here - Committee Begins Plans for Cpmmunity Canvass With R. L Plaxico as General Chairman; T. E. Ad dison, Sales Manager; C. C. Giles, Head of Site Committee, and C. W. Anderson Chairman of Executive Committee. Goal Set at $214,0QP. CAMPAIGN LEADER James Ferdinand Jacobs, II, owner ^ Estes ’ *>* 5tor f the of Jacobs List, r«e, of this city, is ’ Presbyterian church of Orangeburg, ’ a graduate of Presbyterian*, ReVer- one of the city’s well known young business men. He is a“ native Clin tonian and has spent his entire life here. He is a son of the late James Ferdinand Jacobs and Mary Elliott Duckett. Mr. Jacobs is a graduate of Pres- The officers and directors of the Clinton Chamber of Commerce and the Chamber’s hotel committee met at the public library building on Monday evening for the purpose of starting things moving, in connectipn! with the Clinton hotel project. A. L. Esplin, campaign organizer, representing the Hockenburg Sys tems, of Harrisburg, Pa., arrived in the city Sunday and was also present at the meeting. Thirteen officers and directors of the organization, and five hotel committeemen were pres ent. R. L. Plaxico, president of the Chamber of Commerce, presided. President Plaxico explained— purpose of the meeting. “We have end John E. Richards, pastor ot boon 'vorking on plans for a hotel the First Presbyterian church of Co- 'l r Clln, °" 'o r ,• lo " g, ’ > J lumbOs, Ga., and Doctor Bright. Doctor Bright is a graduate of Presbyterian college, Union Theolo gical seminary, and Johns Hopkins university, where he received his mnetals that must be adhered to, i to insure the success of the present ^ project: First, a hotel that will meet the needs of the community or, par ticularly, a hotel that will not exceed the needs of the community; second, a proper site or location; third, the proper design and type of building. “A hotel can lose money in its oper ation if there is some blunder in the architectural planning of the hotel,” 1 he said. The fourth fundamental is proper financing, and the fifth, com petent management and opeaation. The next step in the development of the organization is the enroll ment of an executive committee of 30 men and the date set for this job is May 29. The general sales or ganization, which calls for the en- rollmgflt of 72 men, should be com- PLANS GIVEN FOR . CLOSING PROGRAM AT CLINTON HIGH Baccalaureate Service May 25. Fifty-two Are Slated To Graduate. Even before World War II started, plete by June 12 . The date set for byterian college in the class of 1916. jp^ D. jj e bas been on sev eral arch- Following his graduation he became i expeditions to Palestine, a member of the firm of Jacobs & | and has had p astora t e s at Durham, Company and received his training j N c ^ Catonsvil i e> Md . In ^40 in advertising and the graphic arts; he wgs offered ^ chair o{ old Xest _ from his father, who was the semor I ame nt at Union, where he served member of that firm. until called into the armed forces, Following the death of his * at ber i as a c j ia pi a i n . Discharged in In 1931, Jacobp Liat, Inc., was formed by Mr. Jacobs for the purpose of continuing the business of soliciting advertising for the Southern reli gious weeklies. When the corporation was chartered there were 26 religious papers with a total of/400,000 circu lation served by this organization. Today the agency maintains sales men in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Ashe ville, N. C., apd represents 52 reU with a ciPfotatten N. C., apid gious ptffjBcvilons of 1,529,569. The firm also represents seven of the official Farm Bureau Federation papers whicn have a to tal of 340,000 circulatioff. In addition to. serving as president of Jacobs List, Inc., Mr. Jacobs ren ders a complete advertising agency service to several ^elected accounts. A few years ago the firm pur- . . . . chased a building on East Carolina^erehe earned the required schol- avenue where offices are now main- ? !tlc , and '* now J ust 8 ettin * tained. 1945, he has taken up again his work at Union. Doctor McSween, who is to make the commencement address, served as president of Presbyterian from 1928 itb 1935, and was president of Tusculum college, Greeneville, Tens., before going to his present pastorate at Greenvile. Among the candidates for degrees are John Watt, of Thomasville, Ga baa the uniquf distinction of receiving! his B. S. degree here, at Presbyterian while getting an M. D. from Johns Hopkins. A man who, when called to ser- )pce, lacked 1V& semester hours of graduating will get his degree after a six-year lapse, Ben F. Christian, of Tate, Ga. Christian went from here to officers candidate school, we had convinced ourselves of the need, but the war came along and plans were postponed. During the week of March 10 a Hockenburg System representative made an ex haustive survey of the community, which survey was submitted to the Chamber of Commerce on April 25 and accepted, and the Hockenburg people were authorized to send an organizer to set up and conduct a campaign.” Mr. Plaxico then introduced Mr. Esplin, who outlined his organiza tional plans and, as he said, “Be cause from now on we will be work ing against a date line in the pro cess of setting up the different branches of the organizaztion, we mutt be on our toes and take the job seriously.” ( He then reviewed the highlights of the recent survey and outlined his plana for Um campaign as follows: first, location of campaign head quarters; second, election of a gen eral chairman; third, the appoint- the “kick-off” dinner is June 16 and the victory closing report meeting June 24. R. L. Plaxico was unanimously BRIG. GEN. JOS. B. FRASER QEN. FRASER HEADS COILKE CAMPAI6H Accepts Chairmanship of Presbyterian College Endowment Drive. Brig. Gen. Joseph B. Fraser, prom inent business man of Hinesville, has accepted the general chairmanship elected general chairman for the 1 of the Presbyterian College Endow- campaign, and hope was expressed | ment Fund campaign, which will be that those present would back him j conducted among Presbyterians in to the limit in his effort to put the the Synods 1 of Georgia and South job over. | Carolina. Mr. Plaxico was authorized to ap-j Campaign headquarters will be at point a site and building plans com- j the college in this city, mittee and to select a general sales} General Fraser is a veteran of manager. He has announced these both World wars. In the late war he as follows: General sales manager, T. E. Addison; site committee, C. C. saw service, first in the Pacific thea ter where he commanded the 101st Giles, chairman, R. E. Wysor, Jr., and anti-aircraft group, which was origi- W. C. Baldwin. Mr. Giles was given authority to add two members to the committee. Mr. Esplin suggested that the gen erous offer of the Baldwin Motor company to turn over their show room for the campaign be and offices for the drive hartgliaRiF opened there. C. W. Anderson was appointed chairman of the executive commit ment of a general sales manager;]tee, and he stated yesterday that he fourth, a site an<f building plans 1 hopes the committee will be corn- committee. 1 J plete and the first meeting held early • Mr. Esplin emphasized five funda-jnext week. Mr. Jacobs is secretary of the Ser vice Laundry and Cleaners of this city, and is a director of the Calotabs company and the Dillard Jacobs Agency, both of Atlanta, Ga. He his degree. McCain MacMurray, of Swanna- noa, N. C., is another man on the list of candidates for a degree, and at the same time will receive his M.IX from Bowman Gray medical served the town of Clinton- as alder-1 “hool where he Jradueled second In his class, second to another P. C. man. Senior Class To Give man from ward three for twelve years, 1934-1946. His church affili ation is with the First Presbyterian church in which he holds the office Mr. Jacobs married Miss Amie Ploy Friday Night Copeland in 1916, daughter of Mrs. I ♦ George A. Copeland and the late Mr. I ‘^Colonial Capers,” the senior class Copeland, one of the community’s | play of Clinton high school, will be widely coinected and highly regard- j presented Friday night. May 16, at ed families. i 8 o’ckftk at Florida Street school au- Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs' have four ditorium. children, Mrs. Robert F. Black (Lou- j The musical, which is centered ise), Mrs. John Wm. King, Jr., (El-i around a colonial theme, will include liott), Mrs. William M. Shields dancing and singing. Anne Owens (Ame), and James Ferdinand Ja- and Sidney Maxwell will play the cobs, Jr., freshman at Presbyterian parts of the plantation owners. ACt- college, where he ranks high on the ing the part of their daughter will dean’s list. All members of their be Barrie Jean Wingard, and the family reside in this city. Mrs. W. E. Foils Passes At Home; Last Rites Here Today Mrs. Mildred H. Falls, 46, wife of W. E. Falls, Sr., died Tuesday after 7 noon at her home on East Carolina avenue following an extended ill ness. The funeral services will be held this afternoon .-(Thursday) at 3 o’clock from the home with Dr. C. Bynum Betts of the Associate Re formed Presbyterian church as the minister in charge. Interment will ■follow in Rosemont cemetery. Mrs. Falls was a native of this j te rn00 n at 2:50 section of the county where her en tire life was spent. She was a daughter of Mrs. Missouri Bramlett Holland of this city, and the late C. Q. Holland.*' Seaboard's Silver Comet Begins Run On May 18 The inaugural trip of the “Silver Comet,*” the Seaboard’s fast new streamliner, operating between New York and Birmingham, Ala., through Clinton, will be made southbound Sunday, May 18, the first northbound the 19. The announcement is made by Olin H. Sheely, local agent. The new train will operate daily as Nos. 33 and 34. It will arrive in Clinton northbound at 11:40 p.m., arriving in New York the next af- p. m. Southbound it will arrive here' at 3:44 a.m., ar- rving in Birmingham at 10:45 a.m. The train will stop here for the reception of passengers for Raleigh, .. _ „ , . . . . . N - c - and beyond, and upon its re- Mrs. Falls was loved and admired [ turn for p ass engers beyond Atlanta. naliy composed of fighting men from Georgia. After eighteen months’ ser vice in the Pacific, General Fraser was assigned to the European thea ter in command of the 23rd anti-air craft group attached to the XV corps. Since the close ol the war General ’raser has resumed (he active man agement of the Fraser Lumber com pany and Fraser Bros. Inc. He is president of both concerns. At pres ent he is also actively engaged in the reorganization of the 108th anti-air craft brigade oi the Georgia National Guard; president of the Coastal Em pire Council of Boy Scouts in Geor- i gia and South Carolina; president of the Synod’s Council of Presbyterian Men in Georgia. For some years General Fraser : has been a trustee of Presbyterian college, which is owned and control led by Presbyterians in South Caro lina and Georgia. It was organized In 1880 as Clinton college, the name being changed later to its present title. The institution has capital as sets exceeding $1,000,000, with a present enrollment of 450 students. The proposed campaign is for $350,000 additional endowment. Cam paign organizational work will be gin September 1 and the solicitation phase conducted simultaneous.y in all Presbyterian U. S. churches in the two synods during the two week period of October 12-26. Regnerys Move Into Handsome New Home ♦ Mr. and Mrs. Walter Regnery and children, who have been residing at Goldville the past six years, have moved into their handsome home in Newberry, situated on beautiful eight-acre lot heavily wooded with trees and flowers. Mr. Regnery is an executive of the Jo anna Cotton Mills, Goldville, of which his father, W. H. Regnery, of Chicago, is president. I by all who knew her for her many fine qualities, attractive personality, kindness and thoughtfulness of oth ers. She was devoted to her family and friends, and there are many who are saddened by her passing and who will join in extending sympathy to the bereaved family. Surviving are her mother, her hus- band^one $on, W. E. Falls, Jr., three daughters, Miss Annell Falls, Mrs. J. C. Rhodes and Mrs. Elizabeth Sell- College Announces Faculty Addition Francis P. Thompson, marine and for six The 1946-47 session of the Clinton city schools will come to a close on [Tuesday, May 27. ] The commencement program of the high school will be ushered in on the evening of the 16th with the presentation of the “Senior Follies.” On Friday eyening. May 23, “class night” exercises wil be presented at Florida Street school. The baccalaureate sermon will be preached on Sunday evening, May 23, at Broad Street Methodist church. I The speaker will be Rev. James C. Dickert, pastor of St. John’s Luth eran church. On Monday evening, the 26th, graduation exercises will be held in Florida Street school auditorium. The program will corsist of the pre sentation of medals and awards and, the delivery of diplomas. 1 Of the prospective graduhtesf 36 are girls and 16 boys. The list, witn their addresses, has been announced, by Supt. W. R. Anderson as follows: Girls Alberta Baldwin, Clinton. Elva Joan Davenport. Clinton. Margaret E. Evans, Clinton. Lessie Hedspeth, Clinton. Billie Dee Hooper,' Clinton. Nancy Chapman, Goldville. Peggy Copeland, Clinton. ~ Myrtis Barrett* Clinton. Polly Iqstl, Cross Hill. ' — Aileen Dees, Clinton. Mildred Elliott, Goldville. Dorothy Virginia Chandler, Gold ville. Bessie Barrett, Clinton. Angela Cassanova, Clinton. Vivian Clark, Clintofi. Mae Copeland, Renno. * Lillian Dixon, Renno. Evelyn Bigbee, Clinton. Betty Smith, Goldville. Dorothy Moore, Clinton. Barrie-Jean wingard. Obntpn Eugenia Neighbors, Clinton. Juanita Wicker, Goldville. Louise Tribble, Clinton. Ann Williams, Clinton. Elanda Wilkes, Clinton. Roberta Prince, South Clinton. Betty Sue Simpson, Clinton. Betty Meece, Clinton. Anne Owens, Clinton. Lessie Whiteford, Cross Hill. Edna Robinson, Clinton. Frances Whelchel, Clinton. Louise Moore, Clinton. Mary Frances Pinson, Clinton. June Owens, Clinton. Boys James M. Copeland, Renno. M. A. Bryaret, Jr., Goldville. Billy Davis, Cross Hill. William S. Hatton, Clinton. Ralph Childs, Clinton. Fred Thomas Coleman, Goldville Deri Jacks, Goldville. Robert Hellams, Clinton. Herbert Sidney Maxwell, Clinton, David Brainard Maxwell, Clinton Charls*Ray Meadors, Clinton. -Don Carlos Snelgrove, Clinton. Severn Somerville, Cross Hill. Mark Pitts, Clinton. Charles Pitts, Clinton. Edward Ray, Clinton. J. a former years football $706,665 Veterans. Loans In County- Guaranteed loans to veterans in Laurens county to date amount to $706,065.00, according to figures re leased bj E. B. Turner, manager of the Veterans Administration regional office, Columbia. One-half of the amount it guaranteed by the admin istration under the provisions of the ' servicemen’s readjustment ’ act of 1944. The total figure represents 191 loans made, 180 on real estate, and 11 on non-real estate. Guaranteed loans in the entire state now total 929,099,704.92. j part of her suitor, Don Snelgrove. Parts of the Negro cast will be taken by Lillian Dixon as Lizza, ; Daniel Max-well, as Uncle Remus, ' and Mary Franceg Pinson as a Ne gro mammy. The entire senior class is in the play, with several as Southern belles and gentlemen and the others “ N e -U r s;’four’brothers, J.‘ R.’. E.'lTcT A., new groes. A number of grammar school a-jstufrpM-Win tin* « n d dance, ^with twQ |isterS( Mrs c K Wil]is of . Henry Nev number. The play is under the direction of Miss Annette Moorhead, assisted by Miss Josephine Harris and Miss Ka trine Martin, class sponsers. Miss Mary Gaines will be accompanist. Admission charges will be 15c and 35c. - Agent Sheely states that reservations must be made in advance for coach coac ^ a ^ Laurens high school, has been added to the Presbyterian col lege faculty as assistant professor of REAS TrtE CHRONICLE ADVERTISEMENTS RKOUHIY EACH WEEK lag W*9 tmr ttMp to BE WISE — READ THf ADS erman of Farmville, Va.; an adopted son, Major Walter Carter of the U.. S. Army; her maternal grandmoth er, Mrs. Nancy J, Bramlett, and seven grandchildren. Joanna Junior High School To Close The 1946-47 session of Joanna junior high school at Goldville will close with appropriate exercises on | the evening of Thursday, May 22. j The program will be in two parts and I will begirf at 7:80 p.m. The music 'department will be presented in a | short program and certificates will be awarded to those who have com pleted all requirements for admis sion to senior high school. The address of the evening will be made by J. Leroy Burns, county su perintendent of edueation ol Laurens oeunty. and pullman seats. The new “Silver Comet,” will be powered by latest diesel-electric j economics ’ Dr - Marsha11 w Brown, locomotives. Coaches and sleeping! president of the colle se. announced cars are new and will have stainless y esterda y.- steel exteriors, modern reclining Mr Thom Pson received the BA seats with adjustable foot rests, flou- and MA de * rees in economics from rescent lighting, running ice water, the University of South Carolina and lounge rooms for men and women! is at P re3€nt engaged in graduate public address system, wide vision ■ wor i t toward the Ph.D. degree at windows and individual radios. Each' Duke university. He is a native of coach and pullman will carry an at. | Coronaca ’ and served in the marine tendant for the -personal service of j eorps intelligence and as a radar passengers, also registered nurses and passenger service agents. In short it will be the last word in rail transportation officials state, one of the finest trains in operation in tne South. — Yeoman Simpson Takes Cruiser Trip technician during the war. Mr. Thompsop will assume his du ties here with )he fall session in Sep tember, Dr. Brown said. NEW SUBSCRIBERS HONOR ROLL Yeoman Second Class Joe H. Simp son, Sr., of Whitmire, formerly of this city, left Saturday on the light cruiser USS Houston at the naval base at Charleston, for a two-week cruise in southern waters. This was Seaman Simpson first trip on a navy ship despite more than 28 years of active and reserve duty in the navy. Mr. Simpson is a prominent mer chant at Whitmire. His wife before marriage was Miss Fannie Bobo-, of this city. Their son, Joe H. Simpson, Jr., is an aXf veteran of World War II. The Chronicle wants to go into every home in this community. The cost is small, less than 4c a week. Subscriptions invited anywhere. Welcome and thanks to those on our Honor Roll this week: BILL SHEALY, Kinards. MRS. P. M. CLEMENT, JR., Charleston. MRS. JACK GRIFFIN, Ware Shoals. MRS. JAMBS BUTCHARD, Dayton, Ohio. JESSE HAWKINS, Goldville. MRS. HALLIE CAMPBELL, RFD No. S. Telephone Service Here To Be Improved In Next Few Months ♦— Extensive improvements are con- templated here in the near future by the Southern Bell Telephone com pany, according to information re ceived from District Manager G. L. McCullough, to R. L. Plaxico, presi dent of the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. McCullough states that the following switchboard equipment is scheduled for completion and instal lation at the local plant during Oc tober: Two switchboard positions with 200 new cables that will provide approximately 300 additional phones. This will furnish additional local phone service and it is expected that the work will be completed in Octo- iber or November of this year. Manager McCullough also advises that the company has requested eight additional toll circuits (long distance) as follows: CUnton-Union circuit. Clinton-Spartanburg. Clinton-Greenville. Clinton-Newberry. Clintqn-Whitmire (2). Clinton-Columbia. Clinton-Green wood. It is the hope of the company Man ager McCullough states, to have all of these circuits working before the end of the year. These enlargements he said, will adequately take care of Clinton’s needs from a telephone standpoint