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Spectator Suggests Charleston
Be Made a State Port
It has been suggested that the
State take over the waterfront at
Charleston and make a State Port. It
is common knowledge that our chief
port has been losing in the competi
tion with other ports. We know that
Charleston is the best natural har
bor South of Norfolk, without any
possible rival for its great expanse
of deep water forming a protected
haven for sihdps, except in the case of
Port Royal whose magnificent bay is
a gift from nature which we men dis-
regaid. No other harbor on the At-
limtic South of Norfolk or on the
Gulf can approach Charleston and
Port Royal. But there is a difference
between harbors and ports. A har
bor is what nature gives us and a
port is what we make of it. Appar
ently we haven’t kept up with the
times in making our port a factor in
the world’s commerce. Our Govern
ment knows about Charleston as may
be understood by the President’s us
ing it for cruisers on which he has
made trips to the Caribbean. The
various transports using Charleston
further attest its harbor availability.
But we have not the most moden fac
ilities for loading and unloading ships.
A shipping man told me that car
goes of manganese for Charleston
would be shipped to Mobile for
trans-shipmant to Charleston by rail.
He told me that this would be due to
the greater facility at Mobile for ex
peditious handling. But isn’t it ridi
culous to haul stuff to Mobile for
Charleston? And then to use rail
road service in this time of car
scarcity when the whole matter should
be consummated in one water ship
ment?
Charleston has not the millions nec
essary to modernize her facilities.
But it may be that Senator Maybank
could get the Government to lend
the money. We might adopt the
same plan that was resorted to in
the case of the San tee-Cooper; the
State might create a Port of Charles
ton Authority and the Government
might deal with it as it has dealt
with the Santee-Cooper.
Is this mere idle dreaming? Well,
a few years ago Mobile, Alabama,
now a great port, though without
natural • water advantages of Char
leston, was just about dead in ths
race for ocean freight. New Orleans
overshadowed Mobile then as Norfolk
overtops Charleston today. But some
one had a vision; Mobile was made a
State Pont and
ties necessary to handle freight
quickly, cheaply and efficiently. To
day Mobile is a greater port than
New Orleans, and is growing.
New Orleans and Mobile do not en
joy the natural advantages of Char
leston, nor Charleston’s proximity to
Dr. Derrick Has Devoted a Lifetime
Of Service to Newberry College
The-opening of Newberry college'
for its eighty-fifth session last month
marked not only the important fact
that the institution has so long been
serving the youth of this state and
the nation, with more than two thous
and graduates scattered all over the
country, but that one if its profes
sors, Dr. Sidney J. Derrick, has been
identified with the college for over
half of its existence, to be exact, 49
years.
Doctor De.riek, who is a graduate
of Newberry and now professor of
goes through the usual form and is
signed by the Governor as an Act of
the General Assembly. Of course
the members from other counties
neither know nor care anything about
it. They don’t know about it; they
don't vote for it; they let it slide
through. And do you know when
most of this solemn farce is carried
on? Well, you recall that the mem
bers of the General Assembly go
home on Thursday, because only “lo
cal and uncontested matters” will be
considreed on Fridays. Considered history was for 12 years president of
by whom? Time after time there . his alma mater. He is recognized as
are not a dozen legislators present. I one of the brainiest men in the state
am not making any point against | ar d is known for his common sense
county government by Legislative an '^ wise council. His position in edu-
Delegation. I know that it is wrong; J cational circles in the South is one
I know only that it is flagrantly un- | of eminence and he has long been
constitutional; but the people having ranked among our leading educators.
• - ... - ... . : jj e j s oldest instructor in the
Lutheran institution and he has
watched its steady growth from a
student body of 50 to the present en
rolment of over 400.
Doctor Derrick’s career began
with the college in 1896 when he be
came head if the preparatory depart
ment. He had been a brilliant stu
dent in college, winning the Senior
Essay medal, graduating with second
acquiesced in it, I accept it, at reast
so far as this today is concerned.
But no one can deny that our prac
tice proves that the two, three, five
or ten members of a delegation are
capable of transacting all local mat
ters without the help of the other
members. That proves that several
men can do all that may be necessary.
Wbv, then, don’t we allow the Coun
ty Board of Commissioners, or the
Board of Directors, to legislate for , honor and a number of other academ-
tbe county? The Constitution ivill | ic distinctions.
allow them to impose the taxes now, i He has served at Newberry as assis-
if the General Assembly, or local de- tant professor of history, professor
. . • •.. v - a «. -J — — ~ svn vi n Vi d
legation, will agree. Instead of all
the secrecy, far away in Columbia
why not attend to these local matters
of history and economics, dean, and
from 1918 to 1960 as president. He
resigned in 1930 dhe to ill health. He
at home? And if a little group of , again became professor of history and
citizens can become an incorporated since 1939 has been dean of the fac-
town, with privilege of passing local ulty also.
ordinances and collecting local taxes,
why should not a County do those
things ?
Many recall that Lieutenant Gov
ernor Harley, a s President of the Sen
ate, once announced that he would not
approve any bob-tailed bills. It would
not surprise me if Governor Harley
should refuse to approve bob-tailed
bills.
Do you know what a bod-tailed bill
is?
Let us see briefly how a is
made. Suppose a member of the
House wishes the State to have a law
taxing unmarried men. As such a
plan is written and introduced in the
House it is called a bill. The bill is
so prepared that any member can
readily know its general purpose by
its title. For example, at the top of
given all" the’Wilf- 1 ^ a sort of introduction will
to handle Unmarried Men”. Then follows the
whole matter in detail. But anyone
upon reading the title will quickly
decide whether he is interested in
such a matter as taxing unmarried
men. The Constitution wish the
During all these years Doctor Der
rick has been active in community
church a nd state affairs. He has been
a member of the Newberry county
board of education, the state board of
education, a member of the publica
tion board of the Southern Lutheran
church of America, delegate to sev
eral state Democratic conventions, a
delegate of the United Lutheran
church; colonization commission and
during the last World war was chair
man of the Newberry county exemp
tion board.
He is a past president of the New
berry Rotary club. Since 1899 he has
been a member of the council of the
Lutheran church of the Redeemer of
Newberry, serving a number of terms
Dr. Robert W. Houseal and Dr. H. B.
Senn, Newberry physicians: Dr. A. J.
Bedenbaugh, Columbia dentist; Dr. W.
L. Kibler, dentist in Charlotte; Dr.
Edward C. Hdpp, Charlotte physician;
Drs. J. L. Crooks and B. C. Bishop,
physician® in Greenville; W. Frank
Hipp of Greenville, president of the
Liberty Life Insurance company;
Floyd Bradley and John M. Kinard,
Jr., Newberry bankers; J. W. Ear-
hardt, Jr., Newberry publisher; Her
man Langford, Newberry furniture
dealer; A. J. Bowers, Jr., and Ralph
B. Baker, Newberry, insurance and
finance; the late John K. Aull of Co
lumbia; W. A. Hast, businessman of
Cameron; W. A. Renken, alderman in
Charleston; James H. Hope, state
superintendent of education; W. E.
Monts, superintendent of the Clinton
public schools; R. O. Derrick, super
intendent of the Edgefield schools;
Clemson M. Wilson, director of the
state unemployment commission; Mrs.
J. H. Summer, director of NVA for a
number of counties; C. M. Sdngley,
Prosperity businessman; Dr. H. S.
Petrea of Rock Hill, Lutheran minis
ter; the Rev. Thomas F. Suber, sup
erintendent of the South Carolina
Lutheran Synod; Dr. C. J. Shealy,
Lutheran minister in Spartanburg and
a former president of the South Caro
lina Synod; Dr. A. L. Gunter, promi-
the great markets. Much less so in P eo .P le oi \ the to have an oppor
., . tt i , , .i . tumty to know what is going on; but
the case of Houston, but they nave i .. . „ . ,
. v -i 4- arrwwvi a 11-xr Xtr 1 c« li <-vr. riW n Igxrvti o I a b/\Y*e! Trt
built great ports by installing the fa
cilities for handling cargoes compe
titively.
As I’ve said before from this sta
tion, the city of Charleston is a muni
cipal center, but the Port of Charles
ton is the gateway for freight for all
as chairman and in 1934 was elected 1 , nen t minister in the Methodist church;
unanimously a life member of the I R 0 y T. Summer, Newberry business-
council. He is a charter member of man a nd Dr. Gilbert P. Voight, pro-
the Newberry County club, director of fe Ssor j n Wittenberg college,
the Newberry county hospital, direc- nortor 1>errick ment ioned also sev-
tor of the Newberry cotton null, a era , of his former studentg whose
member of the executive committee of; records in colleffe were so outrtand-
the South Carolina Federation of j as to m ^ rit mention .
Temperance and Law Enforcement Among . th( ^ he named Dr James c
and also of the executive commfttee Kinardi w>10 is ^ president of
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it specially wishes the legislators to
be fully aware of what is before
them. I
So the Constitution requires that
every Act or resolution shall relate
to but one subject and that shall be
of Interracial Affairs.
Doctor Derrick has been active not
only in his own church but also in
the other churches of Newberry, fre
quently filling in for pastors at spe
cial services. He has always been
ready to give of his time and talents
to all worthwhile activities.
This beloved professor points with
pride to the hosts of students who
the State, as well as for much of the
expressed in the title. Let us keep , . ... ^
that in mind; ONE SUBJECT and, d ™ J ls ,on S with the
that one subject must be in the title. have under his tutelage
S the StuSon prides that are now filling prominent places
bridge leading into Columbia is not S *V» 11 || h ^ V€ force , of t . law
merely a local bridge but a statewide''f 411 11 j*all been read three
crossing. The State Highway from I 1 ™”* an<1 . on three several or senar-
Manwing to Sumter is not merely a! ate ea f h , OUS %
little local road from Manning an d a >?n«i by the Speaker of the House
Alcolu to Sumter, but it is the great and the President of the Senate It
highway from Charleston to Sumter, I™*' <> f course ' j* s, ^ ed b J the
from Myrtle Beach and Georgetown |^/rn- or^passed hisjeto.
to Columbia and to Greenville: it Is
the road from Kingstree to Spartan
burg and Anderson: so like manner
the Port of Charleston is part of the
highway fom any point in South Car
olina to coatwise or foreign' ports.
I am a ware that our State has not
the money to provide the necessary
equipment, but the ten or fifteen mil
lions needed would be a small defense
undertaking, yet its influence would
be really a part of a more efficient
nation.
And what about our County Gov
ernment? It is quite popular to ad
vocate reform of County Government.
Some counties may need reforming,
but measured by the heavy cost of
administration everywhere I wonder
whether the Counties are structur
ally weak, incompetent managed or
just extravagant? I sk this be
cause I should like to read a propos
ed plan of County Government which
would correct whatever is wrong. I
know, of course, of certain duplica
tion which exists, since both the
State and the counties maintain
roads, with a lot of machinery and
men in each County. I know that the
State and the coumies supervise the
schools; the State and the Counties
have police functions, with constables
and inspectors; that the State and
the Counties collect taxes; but those
who speak most frequently about re
forming county Government usually
say nothing about the farce of local
legislation as handled by the Legis
lature. For all practical purposes we
might as well amend the Constitu
tion with a provision to read like
this: All matters affecting one coun
ty only shall be the exclusive juris
diction of the Senator and Represen
tatives from that County; and they
shall meet at least one day in Jan
uary, February and March in the
Court House of said county and enact
such laws and impose such taxes as
may seem to them requisite for the
County.” That is what is being done
now. Whatever a delegation agrees
upon is accepted by all the others and
If we apply the Constitution our
bill to tax unmarried men would be
introduced and read by title the first
day, then in full one day; then on
another different day it might be
read bv the title; that is to say:
HOUSE BILL, NO. 99 TO LEVY A
TAX ON ALL UNMARRIED MEN.
In naming at random a few of that
large number he mentioned: Butler
B. Hare, congressman from the Third
district; the late Judge Carroll J.
Ramage; M. E. Abrams, senator from
Newberry county; Julian A. Price,
one of Newberry’s state representa
tives; Alan Johnstone, attorney for
the Public Works administration in
Washington; F. W. Capplemann and
Kenneth R. Krep®, attorneys in Co
lumbia, also Gary Paschal, at attor
ney and a member of the Columbi a
city council; B. V. Chapman of New
berry, attorney and now city record
er; J. Lawson Goggans and Grady
The members of the House heard £°** an *’ attome y? j" P 81133 - Texas ;
it the first day, but afterwards some | Dr - °- B ’ Ma y er ’ Columbia physic,an;
one adds to it several clauses re
quiring all school teachers to teach
at least five hours a day. Don’t you
see how bob-tailing takes the mem
bers by surprise and deceives the
whole State? Obviously it is en
tirely repugnant to the Constitution
and our courts should say so, if such
a case comes before them. Nothing is
so much needed in our State as a read
iness to challenge irregularities and
to bring them before the courts,
backed by an aroused and vocal pub
lic opinion.
Newberry college.
In 1898, Doctor Derrick married
Miss Mary Hiller of Lexington.
In speaking of the services of
Doctor Derrick, President Kinard
said: “Much of what Newberry col
lege is tod'ay we owe to Doctor Der
rick. Hundreds of young men and
wiomen. his former students, know
him affectionately as ‘Coo-Coo’. They
admire him and they love him. It
would be impossible to estimate with
any degree of accuracy the tremen
dous influence he has exerted in help
ing to mould aright the characters of
those fortunate enough to sit in his
classroom. Doctor Derrick .was
president of Newberry during very
trying vears. But he built wisely
and well.”
Mr. and Mrs. S. G. McCullough,
Mrs. Lucy Brigman, H. H. Hendrix
and Mrs. Cora Lee Boozer and two
children visited relatives in Spartan
burg Sunday.
Mrs. Forster Smith has accepted a
position with the Mill Supply Co in
Charleston as bookkeeper.
NEWBERRY COUPLE
CELEBRATES 50TH
ANNIVERSARY
Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Matthews ob
served their 50th wedding anniversary
Monday, September 29 at their home
near the city. Mr®. Matthews is the
former Miss Clara B. Crotwell, daugh
ter of the late James Alfred and Sal-
lie Cannon Crotwell of Newberry.
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew® are the
•parents of four children, Alfred C.
Matthews of Columbia, Mrs. Margue
rite Crymes, a member of the Eas
ley school faculty, William E. Matt
hews of Spartanburg and S. C. Matt
hews of Los Angeles, Calif.
Mr. Matthews is five years older
than Mrs. Matthews and will cele
brate his 73rd birthday November
23 with Mrs. Matthews celebrating
her 73rd birthday on November 28.
The attendants in the wedding of
this couple who are still living are:
Frank L. Bynum of Newberry,
groomsman; Mrs. W. B. Blanchard,
sister of Mr. Matthews of Batesburg;
Mrs. George Y. Hunter of Prosperity
and Mrs. W. J. Moore of Greenwood,
who were bridesmaids.
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