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The Newberry Sun
Friday, September 12, 1947
Sun
12 18 College Street
NEWBERRY, S. C.
O. F. ARMFIELD
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SPECTATOR
The most progressive city in
South Carolina—name it. Is it
the Capital City, with its broad
streets and spacious grounds? Is
it Greenville, the great textile
center? Perhaps it is the City
of the Spartans. Is it Orange
burg on the Edisto, or Sumter
the Game Cock? What say you
of Anderson, the Electric City,
and Greenwood, the City of the
big business center? There is
danger in this inquiry, for
Florence, Darlington, Newberry,
Rock Hill and Lancaster might
demand attention.
What is meant by “progres
sive”; and what is a “city”? Is
a city merely a large number of
people? Then North Charleston
is a City. Is it progressive to
be alert to every commercial
possibility? Is a progressive
city one which keeps its public
services apace with the growth
in population and increasing in
dustrial operations?
One of my radio brethren ask
ed me to name the most pro
gressive city in South Carolina.
One man says that the most
progressive city in South Caro
lina is Charleston, the old City
by the sea. Charleston? I let
that simmer a while; could that
b e true? I asked for proof. I
shall quote somewhat freely, in
cluding a memorandum from the
Mayor of Charleston and a clear feet wide,
and detailed copy of the budget, ing Street there is the City Hall
Of course I should like to have
information from any of the
other cities.
What should a city provide
for its people? Streets, parks,
playgrounds, water, fire and
police protection. That is
good start. Says my friend:
“Charleston has paved the
streets throughout the City.
Even far from the centers, even
near the Ashley River, are many
paved streets. I asked Mayor
Wehman and was told that
Charleston has sixty six miles of
paved streets, six miles of
graded streets, and eighteen
miles of unimproved marsh
streets. Just off-hand it appears
that Charleston has ninety miles
of streets, sixty six being paved.
What about the fire protec
tion? An observing visitor from
Tennessee remarked to me. as
we drove through Charleston:
“It is wonderful that some of
these frame buildings a hun
dred years old have not become
fire-traps. The fire department
must be efficient.” Just then
we passed a charred building,
in a neighborhood of frame
buildings close together. No
other building was charred; the
fire department held that blaze
to the one building. We ob
served that Charleston has fire
fighting crews at strategic places
throughout the City. The City
spends $242,756.71 this year to
maintain its fire department.
And the police? Well that
isn’t a department that has the
glamor of the fire-fighters, but
public order is good in the old
city. Public order is good in all
our South Carolina towns, I
think. Charleston’s police bud
get is $356,105.12 for this year.
Parks and playgrounds seem
to be Charleston’s specialty.
Most people appear to think that
the old City is composed of St.
Michael’s Church, the Battery
and Fort Sumter—and no more.
But as to parks, my friend was
not fully informed. However,
he gave me enough to use as a
challenge to every other city in
the State. Said he: “beginning
near the Union Station is the
Mall. Op. one side of the street
is a park which is a large city
block; on the other side is
playground, with apparatus for
the “kiddies”. On Meeting
Street is Wragg Square—a big
park, about three hundred feet
in depth and about seventy five
Farther down Meet-
Park. At the end of Meeting
Street is the fine Battery Park,
with its broad Sea wall for those
who walk. There are numerous
parks and playgrounds. On Ash
ley Avenue is the Colonial Lake
and across the street a play
ground. Far up Ashley Avenue
is Hampton Park, a fine place
of possibly twenty acres. In'
front of this is a playground,
and connected with the park is
a zoo. The City spends nearly
$100,000 this year on the parks
and playgrounds, not including
special appropriations of nearly
$35,000. ,
On a visit to Charleston with
a merchant who was born in
North Carolina I was struck
with his remark: “Well these
people get something for their
tax money”. What else do they
do with their tax money? The
Charleston millage, by the way,
is sixty two, on an assessed val
uation of about nineteen million
dollars.
I asked the courteous, quiet
Mayor for more information. He
water heater for it.
The Mayor of Charleston, with
no suggestion of boosting, gives
me a little more light. This year
the City has made some special
contributions, such as $18,800.00
for a fence at the Municipal Ball
Park, $11,337.00 for a fence at
the Negro Ball Park, with an
additional $3,288 for grading the
Negro Ball Park. There is also
$942.90 for repairs to a Colored
playground.
In the present budget are these
items of interest: $150,000 for
airport building and $25,000 for
Capital outlay at the municipal
yacht basin.
For cleaning the streets and
care of waste $215,243.13, but
this does not include mainten
ance of sewers, drains, side
walks, paved streets, etc.
I am glad that my friend
made his boast that Charleston
is the most progressive City be
cause he has made me battle
against the lethargy of summer
while getting these facts. Mr.
Wehman, the Mayor, has given
was stated, however, this new
plan does not mean that only
high - school graduates will be
assigned to army schools. He
said that fifty percent of the
students at army schools will
be chosen from the enlisted
personnel of the army; thus
non-graduates may enlist in
the army and have a chance of
qualifying for a school through
courses taken through the
United States Armed Forces In
stitute and by practical exper
ience.
Sgt. Blankenship said tbit
interested young men should
contact the local recruiting sub
station at 1216 College street
for full information on the pro
gram.
modestly did no boasting or me cold figures, like the quiet
boosting, but sent me a copy of i businessman that he is. I have
the budget, a clear presentation. read the Charleston budget, and
of all that the City spends. So ‘ the Mayor’s memorandum with
I read that Charleston contrib- the greatest interest and much
utes to Orphan houses, an Art | appreciation.
Gallery, Alms Houses. Let’s see:, my friend’s
The Charleston Home $10,000;
Colored Old Folks Home $3,200;
City Orphan Home $8,500;
Charleston Orphan House $38,
Who challenges
statement that
Charleston is our most progres
sive City? Let him come with
the facts; I should like to hear
the good news, for certainly it
000; Day Nursery $850; Travel- must be good if it is better than
lers Aid $720; Jenkins Orphan- the facts I’ve just read.
age $1,000. That is a total of
$78,270.00 for these services. Is
there another town in the State
which supports such institu
tions?
There is more to be told, ac
cording to the budget. The
Mayor’s salary is $6,000, a sum
How many Americans know
of Simon Bolivar, or San Mar
tin, or Sucre? They are Conti
nental figures, men of heroic
mold, resplendent in the blaze
of freedom’s fires. These men
- - - fought all over South America,
fixed years ago. The Aldermen from the Argentine to Chile and
receive $1800. Not each one,
but that is the 1947 budget for
the Board of Aldermen—all of
them together, 18, la suma to
tal, as my Spanish friends say.
from there to Colombia and
Venezuela. In every condition
they led armies, across the back
bone of the Andes and through
the Western deserts—thousands
WANTED
Office Assistant and Receptionist
For Local Offices
Apply in writing at once, enclosing photograph
stating all qualifications tor office work. Apply to
Office Assistants, P. O. Box 263, Newberry, S. C.
Mr. Fanner
Gin your cotton with us. We have the
most modern up-to-date gin outfit that
money can buy anywhere.
If we did not know this to be true we
would never have installed it.
Highest prices paid for cotton and
seed.
We have hulls and meals on hand at
all times. Now is the time to see about
that good SCOCO fertilizer for fall
grain.
The best honest service guaranteed
to everybody at all times.
The Southern Cotton
Oil Company
The Charleston budget is very of miles of incredible hardships,
clear and in full detail. For ex- So little do we know of them
ample the item of pensions gives that I heard an American Am-
the names of the pensioners and bassador speak of San Martine
amount paid each of them. The as “San Martin”, speaking to a
item relating to parks shows a great crowd of South Americans
Superintendent, Assistant sup- And in Havana, Cuba, some
erintendent, a general foreman, I American teachers on a trip
three special policemen, a tree- read the inscription on a monu-
man, three skilled laborers, fif-' ment as Simon Bol-i-var, as it
teen day laborers, an animal
caretakers, & hedge-cutter. Bat
tery groundkeeper, Stadium
groundkeeper, and a truck driv
er. Further on I see items like
these: Seeds, plants, trees and
fertilizer, animal and bird feed
—all in full detail for the tax
payer, amounts being given in
every case.
Charleston maintains a Com
fort Station on Marion Square,
with an annual budget of nearly
$4300, including two caretakers
and a maid. The playground
budget is $28,759.48, including a
Superintendent of Recreation,
Assistant Superintendent, Super
visors of Playgrounds, Play
ground directors and Playground
leaders. White and Colored play
grounds and directors.
Nor is that all. The Charles
ton Museum is g&en $6000 a
year, a Citadel scholarship of
$1500 is maintained. The City
spends $1564.11 on Marion
Square. During recent months
the City has spent $34,000 for
re-roofing and repainting the
museum.
After delving through the ex
cellent printed budget I turned
to the Mayor’s memorandum.
There are two Alms Houses,
White and Colored, costing $13,-
200 a year. The City gives this
year $43,000 to the College of
Charleston and has agreed to
give $10,000 more this year, if
necessary. The County of
Charleston also contributes to
the College. This yeari the City
is giving $5000 to the Gibbes
Art Gallery, for repairs. The
City spends for repairs on the
Dock Street Theatre and last
year paid $1191.00 for a hot
might be in English, accenting
first and third syllables. I call
ed some Cuban children and
asked a little boy: “Joven, come
se elama este Caballero”?
(Young man, how do you call
this gentleman). With a spar
kle in his eye the little boy re
plied: “Simon Bolivar, Senor”.
There is much we might learn
about our neighbors to the
South and something we might
learn from them. I’m told that
President Wilson regarded the
laws of Uruguay as the best
jurisprudence in the world.
If we would lead the world we
must not merely jingle dollars;
we must understand the people
and treat them with a friendly
attitude, not a sort of condes
cending graciousness which is
galling to a sensitive spirit. We
like those who like us and are
just one of us. Money can’t buy
this fellowship or make it a
true comradeship.
DOVE SHOOTING SEASON
WILL OPEN SEPT. 16
The dove season will open in
all counties of the state, Tues
day, September 16th, and will
dose on October ninth, to open
again on December 22 and close
again on January 13.
The daily bag limit consists of
ten doves in possession. It is il
legal, of course, to take doves by
means of bait, regardless of the
distance between the bait. and
the hunter, and three is the
usual three shell limit to all re
peating guns not larger than 10
guage.
Newberry County Game War
den G. Herman Wise has issued
the following appeal to hunters
concerning the *hooting of doves:
“It has come to my attention
several times recently that some
hunters are shooting doves, and
especially shooting doves over
baited fields. I am sure that
these hunters have not thought
how unfair this is to those hunt
ers who wish to abide by our
game laws and will wait until
the season opens. Every boy
who has been reared on a farm
knows that little doves are still
in the nest, and the killing |of
the daddy and mama doves will
leave the baby doves to starve
to death. Our doves are getting
fewer and fewer, and unless we
practice some thought and fair
ness, in a few years, there will
be no doves, and our children
will be deprived of the fun that
we now enjoy. Fellers, let’s
wait until September 16 when
the season opens so that all of
us can start together.’^
SUMMER IN NEW YORK
TO BUY MERCHANDISE
Mr. Tom Summer left Sunday
for a week or ten days in New
York, where he will buy mer
chandise for the Susana Shop.
Here’s how big your enjoyment will be*
and here’s how small your cost I
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Be sure your car Is ready for - winter) During September and
October Chevrolet dealers are making a special point of fall
service to demonstrate the excellence of our service facilities
and quality workmanship. So bring your car in soon and let
us get it ready for the bad weather days ahead.
CHEVROLET
7 CHEVROLET /i
DAVIS MOTOR COMPANY
1517 Main St.
Newberry, S. C.
ARMY OFFERS TRAINING
TO HIGH SCHOOL GRADS
High school graduates may
select a specialized training
school prior to enlisting in the
regular army, and be assured of
attending that school, under
the provisions of a new direc
tive from the War Department,
according to M-Sgt. Claude
Blankenship of the local sub
station of the army recruiting
service.
This new directive places the
ground forces on an equal op
portunity basis' with the air
forces, which instituted a simi
lar system a few weeks ago. It
Two Things to Remember
FIRST: Fire never asks if property is in
sured or not. SECOND: Neither does fire
ask if the insurance is adequate to cover the
loss. In these days of greatly increased prop
erty values your fire insurance policy de
mands immediate attention, to be sure the
amount will cover the replacement cost. Ask
us for helpful, practical information on how
to bring your insurance up to date.
Newberry Insurance & Realty Co.
E. B. PURCELL, "Your Private Banker”.
Phone 197 Exchange Bank Building
Notice To Veterans
WHO HAVE
TERMINAL LEAVE BONDS
Terminal Leave Bonds May Be Cashed Now But—
We urge each and every veteran to hold these bonds unless the funds
are absolutely needed at this time. The bonds earn 2 T2 per cent in
terest and constitute a very fine cash reserve for a rainy day.
IF YOU MUST GASH YOUR BOND, THE FOLLOWING STEPS
ARE NECESSARY:
1. These bonds can ONLY be cashed in person by the owner whose
name appears on the bond.
2. They cannot be PLEDGED or borrowed on by anyone. Holders
other than the owners need not present them for payment.
3. These bonds MUST BE signed in the presence of an officer of the
bank. Do not sign your bond before it is presented to the bank for
payment. v
4* POSITIVE PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION mur.t be furnished at the
time of cashing. If you are not known to the bank, please bring some
one with you who is known to the bank or bring your original discharge
if your signature appears on it.
Do not mail bonds to the Treasury, War, or Navy Departments
or the Veterans Administration. They do not cash bonds.
Bonds do not have to be cashed now. They will draw interest
at 2 1-2 per cent until they mature ... a good investment. . .
hold and safeguard the bonds you own.
The S. C. National Bank