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THE NEW i
Report of Newberry County
Office Building Commission
January 6th, 1940.
To the Honorable Marvia E. Abrams,
Senator, and Honorable.? Thomas H.
Pope, Jr., R. Aubrey Harley, Had J.
Kess Derrick, Representatives, of
Newberry Count;.
Dear Sirs:
At the instance of the Newberry
County Legislative Delegation, at
that time composed of Senator Mar
vin E. Abrams and Representatives
Thomas H. Pope, Jr.,' the late J.
Claud Senn and John J. Dominick,
the General Assembly of South Caro
lina, at the 1939 session, passed an
Act, approved by the Governor on
May 19th, 1938, entitled, “AN ACT
to Create a County Building Com
mission for Newberry County; to
Prescribe Its Duties and Powers and
to Provide Means for the Construc
tion of a County Office Building”.
Under the terms of that Act, the
Commission therein created was
composed of J. W. Hipp, J. K.
Derrick, Z. F. Wright, C: W. Bed-
enbaugh, J. C. Duncan, Eugene S.
Blease and Tabor L. Hill.
Pursuant to the terms of the Act
Eugene S. Blease was elected chair
man of the Commission and Tabor L.
Hill as secretary. Later, for good
reasons, it was thought well to have
a vice-chairman of the Commission,
and Z. F. Wright was elected to
that position.
The Act authorized, empowered and
directed the Newberry Office Build
ing Commission to employ an archi
tect to serve as an expert adviser to
the Commission, and to construct if
feasable, an addition to the rear of
the “present Court House Building”.
The Commission was directed to ex
pend for the building, including arch
itect’s fees, funds of the County of
Newberry not exceeding the sum of
S20,000.00. The County Treasurer
was authonzed and directed to place
an amount not exceeding $20,000 of
the funds of the county to the credit
of the Commission, and, if neces
sary for the purpose of securing
the' said funds, the County Treas
urer was directed to borrow upon
the credit of the County the sum
of not exceeding $20,000.00. The
County Treasurer was also authoriz
ed and empowered to make application
to the United States Government, or
any agency thereof, for a grant of
money or material to be used in con
junction with the funds provided for
by the County in the construction of
the addition to the Court House
Building. . . .
The mentioned Act also authonzed
and directed the Newberry office
Building Commission to make an
investigation of the feasibility of the
County constructing a combination
agricultural building and community
center building, and make a report
of its findings and recommendations
as to such feasibility, the cost of
such building, etc., to the Newberry
County Delegation prior to November
1st, 1938, and the Commission was
also directed to investigate the pos
sibility of obtaining Federal assis
tance in the contraction of such pro
posed building.
At the 1939 session of the General
Assembly, at the instance of the
Newberry County Legislative Dele
gation, then composed of you gentle
men, the Act, heretofoore mentioned
was amended 1 in some particulars, the
important one being to authorize, em
power and direct the Newberry Office
Building Commission to furnish and
equip the addition to the Court House
Building by the expenditure of any
funds provided to the Commission for
that purpose.
As required in the original act, the
Commission reported to the Legisla
tive delegation the result of its inves
tigation as to the feasibility of the
County’s constructing a combination
agricultural building and community
center building.
Although the Newberry Office
Building Commission was not requir
ed to make any report 'to the Legis
lative Delegation, or to any other au
thority, as to the performance of its
duties, with regard to the construc
tion of theaddition to the Court Holse
Building, the Commission has all the
time felt, and still feels, that such a
report should be made to you gentle
men, and that the records and papers
of the Commission should be filed in
in some proper public office for in
spection by anyone who may be in
terested in the work of the Commiss
ion, including especially the funds in
truded to its care and the manner of
their disbursement. We are, there
fore, submitting this report to you.
Soon after the Commission was or
ganized, the conclusion was reached
that a proper determination as to
the feasibility of the construction of
an addition at the rear of the Court
House Building could not be made
without advice and assistance of a
competent architecht, and, perhaps,
only after incurring some other ex
penses. Before proceeding, the Com
mission verbally reported to the Leg
islative Delegation these views and
the Delegation kindly authorized the
County Treasurer to set apart for the
use of the Commission the sum of
$500.00,
The Commission employed Mr. Hey
ward S. Singley, of Columbia, S. C.,
formerly of Prosperity, as its archi
tect, and contracted with Mr. Singley
to pay him a reasonable sum for his
services in assisting the Commission,
in the event the Commission reached
the conclusion that it was not feasible
to ered the addition at the rear of the
Court House, but if the Commission
reached the conclusion that it was
feasible to erect the addition, that
Mr. Singley should serve as the ar
chitect in the construction of the buil
ding, and would receive the custom
ary fees for such services, which fees
would include compensation for his
preliminary work and advice to the
Commission. Later, having reached
the concuLsion that the addition could
he erected asprov ided for in the
Ad of the legislature, it was not
necessary for the Commission to use
any part of the sum of $500.00 set
apart for its use by the Legislative
Delegation.
The County Treasurer, the late
Honorable J. C. Brooks, without the
necessity of -borrowing the monfcy,
was able to place to the credit of the
Commission for its use in the con
struction of the building the sum of
$20,000.00, as directed in the Act.
Application was made to the Fed
eral Emergency Administrr*ion of
Public Works for such sum as could
be granted by that authority for as
sistance in the erecting of the addi
tion to the building, and, on that ap
plication, there was furnished by that
Governmental agency the sum of
$16,650.00.
After careful study and investiga
tion, the architect submitted plans
and specifications for the addition,
which were approved by the Commis
sion and by the Federal Emergency
Administration of Public Works.
Public notice of the letting of the
contract was given, and requests
made for the submission of bids, and
eleven contractors submitted bids.
Te highest bid was one of $37,158.00.
The lowest was that of F. E. Moore
Lumber company, York, S. C., of
$33,350.00. That bid was accepted,
-and the construction work was per
formed by F. E. Moore Lumber com
pany.
Soon after the construction of the
addition had been commenced, the
Commission reached the conclusion
that for the purpose of having the old
building to comport the better with
the annex, that improvements should
be made in the courtroom of the old
buildirgr with especial reference to
the lighting and appearance of that
rooom. It also concluded a proper
vault door should be installed in the
office of the Probate Judge, where so
many valuable records are kept.
These improvements had not been
originally contemplated in the Act of
the Legislature, or in the plans and
specifications adopted by the Commis
sion'. Upon investigation, it was
found that the cost of the improve
ments so desired would amount to
the sum of $1,375.84. In the prelim
inary estimate, aproved by -the Fed
eral Emergency Administration of
Public Works, and according to the
allocations made by the Administra
tion, there had been originally set
apart for the fees of the attorney
for the Commission the sum of $800.
In order to assist the Commission in
getting ithe necessary funds, Mr.
Steve C. Griffith, the attorney for the
Commission, agreed to charge for his
services the sum of $300 only, there
by the Commission obtaining $500
with which -to aid in the additional
improvements. .These matters were
all submitted to your Delegation, and
with your approval, -the County
Treasurer was authorized to add to
the funds intrusted to the Commiss
ion for the building of the addition
and the improvements to the old
building of an additional sum of $350.
The plans and specifications for these
additional improvements were all sub
mitted to the Federal Emergency
Administration of Public Works, who
approved the same. The amount for
the additional work, agreed to be
paid to F. E. Moore Lumber company,
the contractor, was $1,375.84, and in
creased the amount to be paid that
company under their contract to the
total sum of $34,725.84.
The usual fees for the services of
architects, approved by the Federal
Emergency Administration of Public
Works, are six per cent, of the total
cost of construction. Mr. Singley,
the architect, under this custom,
would have been entitled to the sum
of $2,083.55. The Commission, how
ever, for the purpose of fixing as de
finitely as possible, as early as possi
ble, the cost of the entire project,
procured an agreement from Mr.
Singley that in no event would his
comissions on the construction ex
ceed the sum of $1,908.00. It will be
seen that thereby Mr. Singley reduced
the usual commissions of an archi
tect in the sum of $175.55.
As has already been njoted, the ori
ginal Act did not make any provision
for furnishing the annex. In the am
endatory 1 Act, provision for such fur
nishings was made, and tt the in
stance of the -Legislative Delegation,
the County Treasurer placed to the
credit of the Commission for that
purpose the sum of $2,000. Under
the rules of the PWA, provision had
to be made for the furnishing of the
building, or the grant asked from
the Government would have been
denied. Bids for the furnishings
were asked by letter of dealers in
furniture and office equipment in the
County of Newberry, and a public
notice asking for bids was published
in “The State” newspaper. The low
est bid was that of Lorick-Couch Of
fice Equipment Company, Columbia,
S. C., in the sum of $1,837.15, which
was accepted, and the furnishings
were properly installed. The archi
tect, Mr. Singley, went to consider
able trouble and some expense in as
sisting the Commission in procuring
the proper furniture and furnishings,
and for -those services Mr. Singley
was paid the sum of $56.10.
The furnishings for the room of
the Circuit Judge were given to
Newberry County in memory of the
late Sheriff, Mr. Cannon Gary Blease,
deceased, by his widow, Mrs. Minnie
A. Blease, and his daughter, Mrs.
Colie Blease Baker. These furnish
ings, costing several hundred dollars,
are both beautiful and serviceable
and this gift, which is much appre
ciated by the Commission, aided in
our being able to properly equip
the offices in the addition.
After the contractor, F. E. Moore
Lumber Company, had entirely com
pleted all the work under their con
tract, it was found that the two
rooms and hallway in the third story
of the old building could be made
useful for public purposes and the
storing of old records. The necessary
work we found could be done for
$297.02. Upon -the recommendation
of the Commission, the Legislative
Delegation authorized this work to be
done at the cost named. The work
was performed by Mr. E. H. Living
ston, a contractor of the City of New
berry. He was paid for the same
through the Board of County Com
missioners. These funds did not
come into the hands of the Commis
sion.
We attach to this report, properly
verified by the chairman and secre
tary of the Commission, a complete
statement showing all moneys in
trusted to the Commission and the
manner of their disbursement, which
financial statement has been properly
certified to by the County Treasurer
of Newberry County.
The Commission takes occasion to
suggest -that the interior of our old
Court House Building is greatly in
need of cleaning and painting; also,
that the outside walls of the build
ing should be cleaned, and that the
cornices of the building are greatly
in need of repair and painting. These
improvements should be made Pot
only for the purpose of adding to
the appearance of the structure, but
for its preservation. Especially should
the cornices be repaired and restored
to protect the roof and walls from
damage from rain.
The Commission is greatly in
debted to the members of the Legis
lative Delegation, both those of the
present Delegation and the members
of the former Delegation, for the
assistance rendered by each and
every one of them during the con
struction of the addition to the
Court House. We acknowledge our
appreciation, also, for the cordial as
sistance which has been given us by
our late lamented County Treasurer,
Mr. Brooks, and the Present Treas
urer, Mr. Ralph B. Black.
With this report, we are submitting
the minutes of the meetings of the
Commission, all correspondence, con
tracts, papers and records of the
Commission. We shall be glad to
have you gentlemen inspect these. We
ask that all of these be filed with
-the Clerk of Court -that they may be
preserved, and shall 'be open to pub
lic inspection. The original orders
of the Commission directing the
County Treasurer to pay out funds,
and the checks issued by the County
Treasurer on The South Carolina
National Bank, Newberry branch, in
payment of such orders, are in the
custody of the County Treasurer as
records of his office, and all of these
may be there inspected by you gen
tlemen, and the public as well.
We take the liberty of suggesting
to -the Legislative Delegation that,
since -the work of this Commission
has been of a public character, that
it may -be advisable to have this re
port published- in- the newspapers of
Newberry County. The Commission
has no funds for that purpose.
With -the submission of this report
and the filing of the mentioned re
cords, the duties of the Newberry
Office Building Commission have
been completely performed, so far as
we are advised.
Very Respectfully,
(Signed) Eugene S. Blease.
Chairman,
(Signed) Tabor L. Hill,
Secretary,
Newberry Office Building Commission
PERSONAL ITEMS
Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Devore, Mr.
and Mrs. E. V. Dawkins, and Mr.
and Mrs. C. P. Devore visited Mrs.
C. E. Devore’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Dowd Bedenbaugh in Kin&rds.
Mrs. F. K. Jones is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Ed Beck in Woodruff,
who is ill with influenza. Mrs. Beck
was formerly Miss Frances Jones of
this city.
Mrs. Mary Ella Lominick is now
connected with the Newberry beauty
shop in the Exchange building. Mrs.
Lominick has had seven years ex
perience in this business. She was
formerly with the City beauty shop.
Mr. Lawrence Adams of Columbia,
visited Misses Mattie and “Kat”
Adams Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Livingston
and Mr. and Mrs. Gibson of Spartan
burg, spent Sunday with Mr. Living
ston’s mother at 1136 Summer street
Mrs. D. A. Livingstone, spent a few
days the first of the week with her
daughter, Mrs. Clyde Taylor, in Flor
ence.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lominick of
Greer, spent the week-end with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Lomi
nick in the Mt Bethel Garmany sec
tion of the county.
Mr. and Mrs. Charley Ruff, and two
children “Dot" and William Charles,
spent Sunday in Columbia, visiting
Mr. Ruff’s brother and sister-in-law
Mr. and Mn. W. O. Ruff.
A. E. Copeland, brother of the late
E. B. Copeland, returned -to his home
in Detroit a few days ago after visit
ing relatives here and at Clinton
for several weeks.
Rev. George Meetze, pastor of Grace
Lutheran church of Prosperity, was
a visitor to the city Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Graham aiul
daughter, Virginia, spent Sunday in
Pomaria with Mr. Graham’s father,
F. A. Graham.
Mrs. I. M. Smith of Kinards was a
visitor in the city Tuesday.
Mrs. M. L. Milam of Columbia,
spent -the week-end at her home in
Newberry.
Mrs. James E. Wiseman and little
son, Jimmie, are spending this week
in Columbia with relatives.
Dr. and Mrs. S. J. Derrick, and Dr.
and Mrs. James C. Kinard, and
Chris Kaufman-n, also Newberry col
lege students from Lexington county
attended the bi-centennial celebration
held in Lexington Monday.
Roy Epting of Columbia spent the
weekend with his mother, Mrs. T. E
Epting, on Boundary street.
Mr. and Mrs. James Clary of
Allendale visited relatives over the
weekend. .
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hendrix, and
little son, Gene, attended the Bi-Cen
tennial and the Dedication celebration
in Lexington Monday.
Statement of Receipts and Disbursements by the
Newberry Office Building Commission
RECEIPTS
1938
Dec. 14. Deposited by Newberry County, for building
$20,000.00; for furniture, $2,000.00 . $22,000.00
1939
March 3 United States Government on grant ..' 9,250.00
May Deposited by Newberry County for alterations
and improvements in courtroom, etc 350.00
May 29 United States Government, on grant 3,700.00
Sept. 6 United States Government, bal. of grant 3,700.00
Total Amount Intrusted to Commission $39,000.00
DISBURSEMENTS
Addition to Newberry County Court House
1938 I
Dec. 21 Heyward S. Singley, architect $ 700.00
1939
March 13 Heyward S. Singley, architect 444.80
July 10 Heyward S. Singley, architect 572.40
Sept 6 Heyward S. Singley, architect 190.80
Total Paid Architect 1 $1,908.00
F. E. MOORE LUMBER, CO., CONTRACTOR
1939
Jan. 18 Contractor .' $4,655.65
Feh. 11 Contractor l>fi{>3-61
March 10 Contractor ' 2,226.48
April 6 Contractor ' 7,437.26
May 15 Contractor 1 7,710.15
June 8 Contractor ' 4,495.36
July 10 Contractor .' 3,075.75
Sept. 6 Contractor' - 3,472.58
Total Paid Contractor 34,725.84
Legal:
1939
Sept. 6 Steve C. Griffith, Attorney’s Fee ' $ 300.00
Sept. 6 Steve C. Griffith, reimbursement for long dis
tance telephone calls and telegrams to members
of Commission, architect, PWA Regional Office,
postage, stenographic services, etc., 50.00
Total Paid for Legal Services $....350.00
Furniture:
July 10 The State, publication of notice for bids ......$ 6.75
Aug. 10 Lorick-Couch Equipment Company 1,937.16
Aug. 10 Heyward S. Singley 56.10
Total for Furniture and Furnishings 2,000.00
Total Amount of Receipts $39,000.00
Disbursements brought forward ' $38,983.84
Preliminary:
1939
July 10 Blease and Griffith, reimbursement for amount
paid W. P. Blackwell, Secretary of State for
four certified copies of Act, necessary to be
furnished to the PWA ' $6.28
July 10 Blease and Griffith, reimbursement for amount
paid Burton Wells for minute book for the use
of -the Commission ' $2.00
July 10 Blease and Griffith, reimtv lement for amount
paid “The State Company” for advertising $7.88
Total Paid for PrelimSndry $16.16
Total Amount of Disbursements $39,000.00
We certify that the foregoing statement is correct.
EUGENE S. BLEASE, Chairman,
TABOR L. HILL, Secretary,
Newberry Office Building Commission.
RALPH B. BLACK,
County Treasurer for Newberry County.
January 6, 1940
FISH AND GAME ASSOCIATION
MEET AT HARTFORD SCHOOL
The local chapter of the Fish mid
Game Association held I its regular
monthly meotixsj? Monday.» January
15, at the Hartford school.
S. A. Williams, president of the
chapter, presided, and durmg the
business session a membership drive
was planned.
Among those from out of town at
tending were: albott Benmead, Chief
of the Angler Division of the U. S.
Bureau of Fisheries, Washington;
John D. Nock, Oheraw, president, and
O. G. Donny, Columbia, treasurer,
of the South Carolina Fish and Game
Association; John Booksihire, AJbbe-
Rev. and Mrs. E. O. Elmore, of
Goldvitle, attended open house at
the Presbyterian manse Monday
night. Rev. Elmore is the new pas
tor of the Presbyterian church in
Goldville.
Mrs. John Stewman, and Mrs. J.
F. Scurry, of Chappells, were shop
pers in Newberry Monday.
Miss Clara Bowers and Mrs. Ray
mond Fellers, were visitors in Green
ville Saturday.
1939 Ford Tudor DeLuxe. Heater and
Radio. 16,000 miles. White sidewall
tires $635.00
1989 Ford Tudor DeLuxe. Driven
17,000 miles. Clean ms can be $595.
1939 Chevrolet DeLuxe Towft Sedan.
Clean as a pin. 16,000 miles $685.
1938 Chevrolet DeLuxe Town Sedan.
Motor completely overhauled and
otherwise Okod in our shop $585.
1938 Buick Four door sport Sedan.
This is the small Buick and its a
peach for $795.00
1939 Chevrolet Master Town Sedan.
Radio, Heater and other acces
sories $465.
1938 Buick Four door (small Buick)
This car is upholstered in Genuine
Leather and car is perfect all
over ' $835.
1936 Chevrolet Town Sedan and it
can’t be duplicated for $385.
TWENTY CARS TO CHOOSE FROM
DAVIS MOTOR CO.
To Furniture Market
Mrs. Buzhardt of the Ben. T. Buz-
hardt Furniture Company will leave
January 22, for the Southern Furni
ture show and market at High Point,
N. Cm where she will buy for the lo
cal store. She will be glad to add
to her regular list of orders any
special items that the customers or
friends of this store may desire.
If there is ^lything you wish looked
after, please communicate with some
one at the store before that date.
Ben T. Buzhardt
Furniture Co.
‘Yours to Serve and Satisfy”
ur JUKI DRAWING
We the undersigned jury commis
sioners of Newberry County shall
January 25th, 1940, at 9 o’clock, A. **.
in the Clerk of Court’s office, openly
and publicly, draw thirty-six names
to serve as Petit Jurors, for the court
of common pleas, which will convene
in the Newberry County Court
House, on February 5th, 1940, at 10
o’clock A. M.
H. K. BOYD, Clerk of Court,
R. B. BLACK, Treasurer,
P. N. ABRAMS, Auditor.
January 15, 1940.
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Automobile
LOANS
$50 to $500
Let this Newberry own
ed and operated Com
pany finance your next
Car.
Request your dealer to let your
next car be financed here at home.
Standard rates, quick and friendly
aervice.
We win refinance your present
car, so as to make the payments
smaller.
We will also make direct loans on
your present car and let {you pay it
back in monthly installments.
Newberry Insurance &
Realty Company
E. B. PURCELL, President
Phone J97 Exchange Bldg.
NOTICE
We wish to rent a six-
room cottage at 1416 Glenn
street, City.
A. J. BOWERS, Jr.
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THE ADDITION TO OUR STAFF OF
Mrs. Mary Ella Lominick
Mrs. Lominick extends an invitation
to her many friends to call upon her at The
Newberry Beauty Shop in the Exchange
Building where she will be plersed to serve
them as formerly.
Newberry Beauty Shop
Miss Ruby Kinard, Owner
5th floor Exchange Bldg. Phone 476