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Thursday, AngartH, 1955 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Page Eleeea By SPECTATOR... COMMENTS on MEN AND THINGS Mr. Sell, Mr. James C. _ Self, well known industrialist of Greenwood and New York, but 0 cherished by me as a friend of the years, has gone to the Great 4 Beyond. I regard Mr. Self as the great est man ever born in South Caro- « lina. This is no perfervid eulogy of the moment; I have said and « written that several years. The man in uniform, with golden epaulets, or astride a fine horse, with material aspect and glittering sword; he may catch the eye, as a glamorous figure, ttdting the imagination; or the orator, in impassioned speech^ dramatically gesticulating, as his deep voice s&unds the moving sentiment, he may appeal tre mendously; nor would 1 dispar age either the heroic figure or the political leader; both may have their day, and both may serve the state immeasurably. * Mr. Self came into this world in old Edgefield; son of a country physician and a Godly mother, both of whom Mr. Self commem orated in the chimes and church at the Mill, and the magnificent hsopital in the city of Green wood. Japes C. Self was a man of fruitful genius; he was capable , of infinite pains, unwearied as siduity, in carrying out the plans of his practical imagination. Someone else may give the data of that remarkable life, but I want to tell just what I know, and how I was so fortunate as to know Mr. Self. * In the early thirties The Farm ers’ and Taxpayers’ League was organized to restore a measure of fiscal sanity, at a time when thousands of our people were not able to pay their taxes; when • thousands were in arrears ten years; when, in some counties, men promised to thwart any ef fort to sell out a citizen for taxes. Mr. Self was a liberal contribu tor. No one knows how much, or how often, Mr. Self contrib uted to good causes; he was al ways responsive, when convinced of the merit of the appeal. But Mr. Self did not indulge in spo radic helpfulness; his mills, the beautiful villages, the laundry, the conditions of work—all told v, of the master mind, whose heart and head labored constantly for * 1 the highest promotion of all his many interests. Let me relate a few incidents, even disjointedly: A few years ago Mr. Self thought of building a textile plant in Chile. Because of my ten years in South America he asked me to explore the general field, including Mexico. I don’t know from what sources Mr. Self drew his information, but he always sought the truth and act ed when he had all the facts. Mr. Self abandoned the idea of a Latin American mill. Instead of that I urged him to consider Clarendon county, my home county. Mr. Self sent me a sheet from a study of our population and said “In a few years the sit uation there may be unfavor able.” That was in keeping with his thorough investigation; he was always master, because he always grasped all the factors and all the implications from them. A year or two ago I told Mr. Self of a proposed trip of mine to New York. Forthwith Mr. Self arranged for me to have lunch at the Manufacturer’s club (or was it the Manufacturer’s Trust Company). He notified the gentlemen in charge of his New York sales office to look out for me. To my fine friends, Mr. B. M. Edwards and Mr. Self I owe the invitations to lunch at sev eral New York Banks. Mr. Self had bought, modern ized and air conditioned a build ing on Worth Street for his sales operations. A young man show ed the building to me with much pride, and told me a story. One day Mr. Self visited the building, just before renovating it. As he talked to my young acquaint ance Mr. Self said: “Young man, where is North from here"? The young fellow said, “About here, sir.” To his surprise Mr. Self pulled out a small compass and said, “Not quite; North is there”, slightly deviating. The young fellow said to me: “I had lived here all my life and he came here and showed me up.” One day I called at The Han over Bank. One of the vice- presidents is a very able man from Greenville, South Carolina. He was expecting me because of a letter from Mr. Self. In a lit tle while four of us .including the president, were in conversa tion. We talked about Mr. Self all the time. The president said: “I called on Mr. Self a year or so Employment Service Gets Jobs For 77,055 Workers During Year Figures released today by the South Carolina Employment Se curity Commission showed that its State Employment Service Di vision located jobs for 77,055 un employed workers during the fis cal year ending June 30. Of these, 32,583 were women and 13,380 were veterans. The agency also found jobs for 2,794 handicapped applicants during the same period, of which 331 were women and 818 were veterans. These placements were nearly 6,000 over those of a year ago. Farm placements for the same period totaled 92,362 which was 1,100 less than last year. This total would have been much higher except for the disastrous freeze which destroyed the peach crop and severely damaged truck farming operations. Every con—- 1 '"v iie ;.,: c G 00t> '55 Death Toil Now 53 Above Lott Year The 1955 traffic death toll reached staggering heights as 19 persons were killed and 126 in jured in 449 traffic accidents from July 24 through July 30, ac cording to the State Highway Department’s weekly accident re port The report brings the state near the end of the most tragic month on our highways in sev eral years. During July South Carolina saw hope for a new safety record, such as the one set last year dwindle. Now the 1955 traffic death toll stands at 53 above the 1954 toll for the same period. Laurens, county had six fatali ties during the week, Abbeville and Aiken had two each. Ander son, Beaufort, Chester, Jasper, Marion, Marlboro, Oconee, Or angeburg, and Saluda counties had one each. Bring a Friend To Church With You i boi truly Mid Aot Mm Church b Mm Cradl* of Character. Wo hold on a Ana foundation only a* wo grow In ipiriteal on- richmant. 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Main Street Laurens, 3- C. Telephone 22271 W ago and he took me to see his mills in Greenwood and Ninety- Six. The secretary (Mr. Adams) was riding in the back, while Mr. Self did the driving. I noticed that the car'wobbled a bit and one time I thought it was going in the ditoh^ Mr. Self was feel ing for something in his pocket. At length he said: “Mr. Adams, what is’ that truck yonder doing here? According to the book it hasn’t any business here.” That was told to prove Mr. Selfs inti mate knowledge of every detail. So, far away from home, all the conversation was about Mr. Self. Mr. Self honored me with many invitations to spend the night in his hospitable home. My last overnight visit was just af ter the Harris Mill had been fin ished. We went there; in fact we tramped all over his mills. Then Mr. Self wanted to show the in terior of a new cottage. The young housewife admitted us and Mr. Self pointed out to me features of each room. In the kitchen his eagle eye detected something wrong (like a leak) in the ceiling. “Oh, Oh,” he said to the young lady, “What is that”? “You ought to know”, she said. “You are the plumber, aren’t you”? I thought I’d fall through the floor, but Mr. Self didn’t seem to notice it; so I whispered to the lady, “This is Mr. Self,” and then she nearly fainted. Since “genius is the infinite ca pacity for taking pains,” as Car lyle says, or tne unwearied study of detail, in grappling with big problems, I may tell of my ride with Mr. Self from his home to his office one morning. When we came in sight of the mill Mr. Selfs acute perception saw a practical detail at once. “Look,” he said. I looked, but didn’t know for a moment what he was looking at. “See that thin smoke; fine combustion.” I have been singularly fortun ate in splendid friendships; I have been inspired by able men of affairs in all walks of life; and I have felt tleeply the loss of many of those men, though I have been favored beyond my merits by new friendships. With in two or three years I have lost two friends whose gracious con sideration made me forever their debtor. One was William H. Reg- nery of Chicago who became my friend through the kindly offices of the late William A. Moorhead, himself a firm and fast friend. Mr. Regnery was so quiet and thoughtful one would not think he was the dynamic spirit of great accomplishment. But he was. I never knew any man for whom I had greater respect, ad miration and affection; how won derfully his life blessed thous ands of our people; and now passes James C. Self. Those two men were alike in this: they studied, they thought, and they acted, always constructively, al ways remembering the men and women who operated their mills. Someone has suggested that towering figures blaze the path of progress; an we lesser spirits merely walk the path laid out. William H. Regnery and James C. Self! Supernal figures, un forgettable men of rare quality. Dr. Frtd E. Holcombe OPTOMETRIST (Mem at iHjUkgte file ZVU SOIRB DTOteO OS. *mt» KM •- .f 4 KNOW HIM ? Juvenile delinquency was just a term until they sent the boy down the street to what they politely termed a “training school.” Then it became real, Decause this boy wasn’t just a statistic but a kid who had played with your kids. Why, only last Sunday you had gone fishing with his father. So now ... you wondered why. The boy came from a good home—or did he? There was money enough, luxury enough, but it’s true that his parents sometimes left him pretty much to his own devices. There were his mother’s clubs and his father’s business, and they led an active social life. You asked yourself why ... and in your heart you knew the answer. It lay in those gaps that had beenjeft in his upbring ing-great chinks, that should have been filled with faith, spiritual guidance, and solid enduring values. Thinking about it, you made up your mind to start taking your own kids to church on Sundays without fail—no matter how good the weather was for fishing. ^ n® CHURCH FOR ALL t all FOR THE CHTJRch <h. h i« a storehouse ol *>ronq Church net.her ‘ W " hoU, ° can survive There * r( . d * mocnjc T’ "<» av.luatton -ery Person .hTuld o^end^^ ^ and support the Church Th^w*™ 0 **. r * 9uJart * own sake (2) For hi* rh 1,1 ar * ; M For him 3 ake ol his community and*n^ MU ,3) For ,h * sake of the Church itself which ^ ** and material support Plan J * d * hu moraI af I y and r *ad your Bible da»ly 9 ° ' 0 ChurCh r *9 u ' Day Sunday Monday ... 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