Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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By GEORGE MacNABB CHIEF OF PUBLIC RELATIONS SOUTH CAROLINA RESEARCH, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMB4T BOARD mw?M •—sim-r '.I 1111 ' um* Wmmm I m ± ■y.y.y.-A- y.s/jrsyyyyy’Pffv*?.''.' Wk ' y *~*‘~**'*».. The South Caroliniana Library at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, is the oldest college Kbrcry to be in a separate building in America. SOUTH CAROLINIANA LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA More than a century ago. South Carolina College could boast of the first library building to be erected by an institution of nigher learning in the United States, That first library, perfectly preserved, stands today at the north end of the horse shoe entrance to the campus of the University of South Carolina in Columbia. About 1839, when a chemical ex plosion set off a fire endangering one of the South Carolina College buildings, an unusually fine collec tion of books was also endangered in the room above the laboratory. This collection included such a treasure as the original edition of “Birds of America” by John J. Audubon. This book had been un earthed when a scholarly group of legislators had authorized faculty members to search Europe for rare books for the school’s collection. In May, 1840, the South Caro- iiniana library (then known simply as South Carolina College Library) was completed. A year later, Har vard University built its library, and two years later, Yale erected a separate building to house the library. Although records have disap peared, it is believed that Robert Mills, famous Charleston-born ar chitect, designed the building. The interior is an exact replica in wood of thfe Congressional Library which preceded the present one, and which was much admired for its beauty. The building served as a reposi tory for the general book collection of the University for exactly one hundred years. Once in 1865 it was used as a meeting place for the state legislature. In May, 1940, when the McKissick Memorial Library was completed, the old library was given its present title and reorganized as the repository for the University’s special collec tion of books and manuscripts on the history and culture of the state. Today South Caroliniana Library contains approximately 2,000,000 manuscripts, 475,000 individual is sues of newspapers, and about 50,000 books, probably the most complete collection of South Caro liniana in the world. NEWBERRY GETS NEW LOAN FUND A new allotment of operating loan funds for Newberry County was received recently, according to M. P. McMeekin, supervisor of the Farmers Home Administra tion, Newberry. The funds are available for loans to eligible farmers to buy seed, feed, fertilizer, equipment, livestock, supplies, and other op erating necessities, McMeekin said. The loans are based upon sound farm and home plans worked out by families with the aid of the sup ervisor. Object is to enable borrowers to advance as rapidly as possible toward an economic set-up, debt- free and independent or with credit from private sources. Twenty-eight such loans have been made in Newberry county within the past twelve months, and a total of more than $14,- 000.00 has been collected on these and prior loan, McMeekin said. Besides operating loan funds, a limited amount of money also has been allotted for direct loans to qualified applicants to buy, de velop, or enlarge family-type farms. In addition, the agency will use its insured mortgage pro gram to guarantee repayment of loans made by banks, insurance companies, and other private lend ers to eligible families. An FHA County Committee com posed of three local farmers ap prove all loans. The Newberry County Committee is composed of Harold F. Long, Rt. 3, Newberry, Claude Satterwhite, Rt. 3, Newber ry; and J. Pinkney Hawkins, Rt. 1, Prosperity. The local office is located in the Agriculture Building, Rooms 112 and 113 and is open Mondays through Fridays from 8:00 until 5:00. Flowers and Gifts for All Occasions CARTER’S Day Phone 719 Night 6212 L TAKES MONEY To Send ’ Em There! College is a costly item these days. If you have a boy or girl in high school it is cer tainly not too early to be planning for those important four years of higher education! Start now to save regularly for your child's college years . . . lay aside enough each month so that you’ll HAVE enough . .. . and save EVERY month! ACCOUNTS INSURED UP TO $10,000 „ J. • % _ NEWBERRY J Federal Savings AND LOAN ASSOCIATION OF NEWBERRY BOYS ARE THAT WAY By J. M. ELEAZER Zeke and I were almost insepar able. He was my Colored play mate. He was awfully good to me, and I shared just about every thing I had with him. He had nothing to share but his kindly disposition, and he was generous with that. I .went barefooted for about 7 months of the year, Zeke practi cally the whole year through. Therefore his feet were tougher than mine in the spring. It was then that the wild dewberries rip ened. Although he was no bigger than I, he would carry me through the briers when we were making our rounds on the dewberries. And he would go into the hard places and get the finest berries, bring them out, and always share them with me. One summer Zeke got warts all over his hands and feet. His mother switched him for playing with frogs. For that was a firm belief among them, that only toads caused warts. That belief was well grounded in both of us, and we really hadn’t been playing with frogs, although we wanted to. But nevertheless he got his whipping, for they just knew he had, for what else could have caused those warts? His grandmother was the old “conjure woman” of the community. She “used for them,” and they soon went away. That consisted of making a cross on his foot with the back of a sooty frying pan and mumbling a few strange sounds. Guess the things would have soon gone away anyway. But when they did, we kids believed more than ever in the old conjure wo man. B C d j 2 3 4 YOU CANJI0W MAKE rfnu Sion uHik DURO decal Transfer Letters and Numbers Jot DOORS WINDOWS - TRUCKS etc •WILL STICK ON ANYTHING •LAST A LIFETIME •EASILY APPLIED •MADE IN 8 SIZES FROM V TO SH' VERY INEXPENSIVE The Sun Phone 1 know your State Though the state abounds in natural resources. South Caro lina’s greatest asset is its people. Proud of their heritage, thes< native-bom, industrious, skillful citizens are benefitting from th< state’s diversified economy am are certain of the bountiful fu ture in store for the state. Now, in this state of capab' and enlightened citizens, tl newly established United Stab Brewers Foundation Divisic Office will work constantly to e courage maintenance of whol some conditions wherever be< and ale are sold. As in othe states, the program will call fo> dose cooperation between law- enforcement officers and beer li •ensees throughout South Caro lina. Beer belongs ... enjoy it United States Brewers Foundatior South Carolina Div., Columbia, S.C Efov The b everage of moderation Carroll Glenn’s Mother Is Her Most Exacting Critic m To the necessary cornerstones of musical career-building: rare talent, musicianship, ambition, and perseverance, Carroll Glenn adds another — the sympathetic gui dance of a wise mother, who saw in her daughter the elements of greatness and carefully nurtured them. Acclaimed by critics and public for her musical perception and understanding, this top-rank ing woman violinist looks back to hern not-so-long-ago childhood, and acknowledges her good fortune in having so extraordinary a mother. Many a young artist has had to struggle, not only against the skeptical attitude of the critical world, but against opposition at home, but Carroll Glenn, who will appear here on November 5th re members how her mother, hersel| a violinist, was always there with the right word to dispel any dis couragement. Before she was four Miss Car- roll Glenn had her own violin, a “Stradivarius Model” purchased at Sears Roebuck, and when she displayed an amazing aptitude for making even its toy strings sing, the mother heard signs of a real talent. Before Carroll had enter ed elementary grade school, Mrs. Glenn graduated her to an eighth- size violin and gave her daily les sons. The little girl was soon playing for neighborhood festivit ies and by the time she was eleven had won every music contest in her part of the country. ♦ While she appreciated and fostered her daughter’s talent, Mrs. Glenn was equally anxious that she have the interests and amusements of an average young ster. As any mother of a musi cal child knows, it is no mean ac complishment to regulate work, play, and rest so that no undue strain affects the development of mind and body. To inject the spirit of fun into daily lessons and practice sessions, the mother in vented musical make Carroll’s sure instead of have become, with excellence ever, and Mrs. this day one most exacting games to try to early study a plea the chore it might No compromise was allowed, how- Glenn remains to of her daughter’s critics. When Carroll Glenn was seven, Mrs. Glenn took her for weekly lessons to the University of South Carolina, 65 miles from home, and four years later obtained her daughter’s admission to the fam ous Juilliard School of Muste. There Carroll was enrolled, the youngest pupil Juilliard had ever accepted, in the class of Edoured Dethier, Belgian violinist and teacher. . This was one of the goals of which the Glenns had dreamed, but it was also a new beginning, for they knew for the first tipie that Carroll’s gift was genuine. Carroll Glenn, today in demand on two continents, still turns to her mother for advice on every phase of her career,—and judging by results, it is very good ad vice.’ Adding Machine Paper Mimeograph Paper ’ THE SUN OFFICE iff Voters of South Carolina! Do NOT forget vote Stevenson 1? vote for Trumanism! Harry Truman Says: # He Is the key figure of the whole | campaign His dirty whistle stop junket PROVES that! FACT NO. 1 Truman engineered and voted for Stevenson’s f nomination. FACT NO. 2 i Stevenson has been endorsed by labor rack eteers, John L. Lewis, the discredited left- wing ADA, and the NAACP. Truman’s whole gang is supporting Stevenson. FACT NO. 3 Truman wants enforced FEPC. Stevenson agrees because Truman has won him over. He must do what Truman wants done. He is against the filibuster Truman is also against T It FACT NO. 4 Truman advocates outright repeal of Taft- Hartley law. Stevenson agrees: M l urge that the Taft-Hartley law be repealed.” AFL Convention, New York, Sept 22, 1952 * r ' . ' •’ t ' p, * v * . "The only difference between Harry Truman and Adlai Stevenson is their table manners.” Thos. P. Stoney, S. C. Democratic Convention, Aug. 6, 1952 Y 1 Gov. James F. Byrnes Says: "If you want more of the Truman administration, you should vote for Gov. Stevenson. If you have had enough, you should vote for General Eisenhower." • *. // YOU want to do away with fraud and corruption, waste and extravagance, VOTE FOR EISENHOWER SOUTH CAROLINIANS FOR EISENHOWER The South Carolina Democratic Party adopted this year a resolution permitting you to vote for the electors for the presidential candidate of your choice without in any way af fecting your standing in the South Carolina Democratic Party. Paid political ad by South Carolinians for Eisenhower. Douglas McKay, Ch., W. S. Reamer. Jr., V-Ch.; B. M. Edwards, Treat. - ^