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THE NEWBERRY SUtf
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1949
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COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
BY SPECTATOR
South Carolina should have
Central Purchasing and a State
Police System and Reorganiza
tion of the School System. All
this has been discussed for
years on the streets, but not
very much in the Legislature.
Years ago the Farmers and
Taxpayers League urged the
adoption of at least two of
these suggestions, but found
strong apposition to both.
Let us not think that these
measures would transform the
State. Savings under a Cen
tral Purchasing arrangement
will depend in large degree on
the ability of the man or men
who do the buying: no system
operates at full efficiency mere
ly because of a mechanical or
ganization.
The efforts of the League
were so stoutly opposed be
cause one of the institutions al
ready had a very competent
buyer and his associates fear
ed that a Central Purchasing
agent would not do as well.
You may laugh at that, but
they were sincere. The obvious
remedy would have been to ap-
pbint that capable man as the
the Purchasing Agent of the
State, but politics is politics,
£nd that is something else.
There is the possibility of a
Central Purchasing agency be
coming too political to be real
ly efficient; however, I worked
out this scheme, since every
institution wants to handle its
business for itself: Add up all
the quantities of the same
thing, such as coal, staple gro
ceries, etc., and get a bid. Let
that bid fix the maximum
price. If any buyer pays more
sue him on his bond; but if
he can buy for less let him do
so. Sometimes special circum
stances might enable Clemson,
for example, to buy an article
for less. That would be a flex
ible plan, and it would leave
the actual buying to the various
Institutions, Departments, Com
missions and Boards. I am not
sure how the Purchasing Agent
would buy for the Santee-Coop-
er, but if Santee-Cooper were
excluded, others would ask to
be, too.
Central purchasing is worth
trying, though it is difficult to
become enthusiastic over saving
a few thousands, while we
spend millions helter-skelter.
There can be economy and
thrift under any system, or
lack of system, if the will and
the inteligence work together
to thaf end; but no mere form
of organization is needed half
so much as is the purpose to
use our revenues prudently.
Let’s develop the spirit of wise
husbandry, even in public
spending.
You may think I am a new
Rip Van Winkle, waking up
after a sleep of twenty years
It does seem so. I’ll admit; for
any man who will talk about
prudent spending of public
money in this year of 1949
must surely have been asleep
for sixteen years at least.
And now a word about a
State Police System: What
have we today? State Con
stables, Highway Patrolmen,
State Inspectors from the De
partment of Agriculture. Field
men of the State Tax Commis-
Here’s more than
WHITE MEAT AND
DRUMSTICKS
sion, Inspectors of the Public
Service Commission—and, per
haps, others employed by the
State. Then we have Sheriffs,
Deputy Sheriffs, Rural Police
men, Constables, Town Police
—in all a formidable array of
police power. Why not take
all these into a State System
with State Commissions, while
letting them continue their
present work? They would all
be subject to call just as the
National Guard, a State Mili
tia, is subject to a Federal call.
We have enough men in the
service; what we need is a uni
fying head and a workable plan
of cooperation, in time of need.
As a practical expedient, the
County and Town enforcement
officers would be paid by the
State only when operating out
side their regular territory.
This plan has one fatal de
fect: it is too simple; people
prefer more elaborate and cost
ly plans. What I fear is a
heavy addition to the public
payroll with no additional ben
efit to the public.
Speaking of simplicity: it
\yould be possible to have a
State ballot by simple means.
Ex-Spegker Sol Blatt is on the
Committee to prepare a bill, I
believe. Mr. Blatt is an able
man and of extensive experi
ence in the House of Represen
tatives. Mr. Blatt knows that
if a bill be submitted, a
lengthy bill, the majority will
never read it and they will
vote against it because they
fear to “tamper” with Election
Laws. If, however, a plan can
be presented that can be readi
ly understood, without study,
and which can be explained
clearly in five minutes some
hope of success may be enter
tained.
Mr. A. L. M. Wiggins, our
well known and esteemed
friend of South Carolina,
though h e really lives in Harts-
ville, spoke recently of the
great strides our State has
made in recent years. Mr. Wig
gins spoke not only as a busi
nessman but as a sympathetic
observer of all phases of im
provement in our life. The
figures cited by Mr. Wiggins
are impressive and we rejoice
in the trend toward a State of
diversified industry. We are
a growing and developing
State. We need more industry
and more industries, but we
are progressing.
Now this may shock you, but
the spirit of the General As
sembly is more favorable to in
dustrial growth. We have
learned that there is a bread-
and-butter factor which must
always be considered; and that
we must try to prepare the
way so that all South Carolin
ians of today and tomorrow
may find useful, gainful em
ployment.
Trends and conditions are fa
vorable to the South. South
Carolina is near the great con
suming centers; and we are be
coming great producers. Our
State is remarkably fortunate
in its location, and in the var
iety of its physical features,
but its people are its chief re
source—good stock, steady, loy
al, reliable, patriotic.
It is good news that all the
power enterprises operating
among us are spending mil
lions of dollars in praparation
for the day of great need
through constant expansion.
One electric company, operat
ing in Charleston and Colum
bia, is planning to spend nearly
forty million dollars within the
next five years. With all the
power in prospect, including,
of course, Santee-Cooper, South
Carolina should be ready to
supply all the power which
may be needed.
I look forward to the time
when every concern in the
State will work harmoniously
for a greater South Carolina.
Let’s be too big and too busy
for animosities and pettiness.
We are not petty people, so
let’s not act that way.
cars? They need clean, respec
table, convenient parking lots,
with comfort facilities and tel
ephones—all pay service, but
have it. Charleston has done
notably well in providing park
ing lots.
I recall a whole square for
parking, in Los Angeles. As
I recall, on an important street
of great office buildings, only
about two blocks from a vast
luxury hotel.
It may seem shocking but
thousands of people visit
Charleston and Columbia be
cause they are cities, trading,
shopping centers, not because
of any historical associations.
Ninety per cent of the visitors
to Columbia don’t know, and
don’t care, about the Seces
sion Convention; and many
Charlestonians of today don’t
know where the Convention
met in Charleston, after it left
Columbia.
People are looking for the
stores, the shops, especially the
ladies.
In my boyhood in Charles
ton—which was several years
ago—a week was set aside
every year and the people
came from Cheraw and all the
Pee Dee, as well as Orange
burg, Ber.ufort, Sumter, and
everywhere else—all coming by
train. Today it is an .easy ride
by bus or car from all those
communities, and scores of
others; and we can go and re
turn in a day and do this sev
eral days, if need be.
Speaking to the Merchants’
Association of Charleston a
few years ago, I told this story:
A businessman of Columbia, a
Charlestonian who had lived
in Columbia only twenty five
years and had not had time
to change, this Charlestonian,
resident and doing business in
Columbia, had a visitor from
the upper part of the State.
She went to Charleston for a
day. Upon her return our
friend filled his pipe and sat
back to hear her story, with all
the thrills and trills, tremulos
By Tad Kesting
Within the last half century,
hunting has become a mass pes-
time to a greater extent than
ever before in this country.
Likewise, sport fishing has in
creased by leaps and bounds.
Along with this increase, there
is much evidence to indicate a
decline in the average level
of sportsmanship.
This decline in standards of
conduct among sportsmen is a
serious matter writes Dr. Ira N.
Gabrielson in his forthcoming
book “Wildlife Management.”
Dr. Gabrielson is president of
the Wildlife Management In
stitute and formerly was head
of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.
He remarks that there are
many different opinions as to
what constitutes good sports
manship, but all definitions
should include some, in not
most, of the following:
Shoot only when the game is
clearly visible. Observance of
and exclamations. Well, said
he, “What did you think of the
Battery?” “The Battery? What
Battery?” “Oh, well, he said,
“How about Saint Michael’s
Church?” It is full of history,
you know, as well as religion.”
“I’m afraid I didn’t see Saint
Michael’s.” “My, My! You
didn’t see the Battery or Saint
Michael’s or Fort Sumter. Wo
man, what did you see? Why
in the world did you go to
Charleston? You didn’t see
Magnolia Cemetery!” The lady
felt that she had failed to jus
tify herself and the trip but
she blithely chirped: “I tell
you what I did see. I saw the
best ten-cent store I ever went
in.” So, don’t you see?
this rule would eliminate many
of the fatal hunting accidents
that occur each year.
Shoot only when game is
within range. Every man who
goes into the field with a gun
should know accurately its
range and pattern.
Shoot only at individual tar
gets. Don’t shoot blindly into
a flock of birds. If the majori
ty of gunners would follow
this practice, crippling losses
could be greatly reduced.
Take only what can be used.
Too many sportsmen like to
play Santa Claus by bringing
home game or fish to distribute
to their friends. Too often the
gifts promptly find their way
into the garbage can.
Don’t be a limit hound.
Give the game more than an
even break. Those who handi
cap themselves by self-imposed
rules have many thrilling mem
ories which are denied those
who measure success by the
number of kills.
Practice the golden rule to
ward your fellow sportsmen
and landowners. Land posted
against hunting and fishing is
the normal reaction to the ig
norance, boorishness and stu
pidity, not to mention crimi
nality of those who cut fences,
trample crops, shoot livestock,
and sprinkle farm families and
homes with shot in their self
ish anxiety to get the last pos
sible individual bird and ani
mal.
Sportsmen themselves have
.taken the lead in pushing legis
lation designed to conserve
wildlife. Unfortunately many
fish and game officials have
been too busy with fascinating
new problems to realize that
certain basic necessities such as
law enforcement have been ne
glected. Selling higher stan-
dars of sportsmenship to those
who buy licenses would bring
great returns in better-satisfied
hunters, and at the same time
lessen the difficulties of manag
ing wildlife resources.
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Speaking primarily to our
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come to and go from your
town every day, your own cit
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make a guess that ten times
as many people travel to and
from your town by bus as ride
on the trains; and that twenty
five times as many come and
go by their own cars and trucks
as make the trip by air. But
what do you see? The taking
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patronized train, will arouse
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the prospect of one more air
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but the great ruling powers
don’t know about the buses. Or
the buses have schedules that
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suming that he still has hair.
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