The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-11
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Mr.. Broyles Thinks Council Should
Give It's SuDpOrt

UNe itS support.
will greatly appreciate the kind
ness IL you will allow me space in your
paper to protest against the action OF
city council in withdrawing its annual
appropriation to the library. 's -,
In the first place Anderson serious
ly needs to encourage every kind OF
intellectual or cultural influence. The
writer has travelled over the State OF
South Carolina thoroughly and he feels
quite sure that considering the reid.
tive size OF the city, Anderson Is the
most backward town I'm artistic mat
ters in the state. Lecturers of inter-
national reputation 'have spoken at the
college In the past two years to au.
diences which many cities much
smaller than Anderson would have
been ashamed Of 'cT''''iif 80 l'at
The Sew tinasa ,nat the Deopta of HE
city have had opportunities to see real
ly nrsts class dramatic offerings. q the,
seats have not been half taken. An
example of the utter lack of appreci-
alton shown for splendid acting and
play-writing was the small crowd that
attended tho performance, of "Bunty
Pulls the String" played here winter
before last. Another example was the
lack of attendance at the lecture Civ
en- at the college. about the same time.
by Dr.. Southwick, president of the
emerson school of Oratory, the lead
ing school of it's kind IN the United
States
The library offers the people Of the
city who care for higher things than
the dollar, an opportunity to crafty
their tastes. and instead of cutting. off
this valuable aid to them, every effort
should BE made By the city and the To-
cal papers toward influencing more
people to take an interest In intelect-
ual improvement. Our citizens spend
thousands OF dollars a year to send
their sons and daughters away to coll
lege. but instead of putting every aid
close at hand for these college bows
and girls to continue training their
brains, the city fathers take away from
thel the only chance most OF them
have OF getting reading matter,that is
suitable for them to- read iss5 s
Good books cost, too much to- tis
bought in any numbers by private eit-
liens. but every mani IN anderson cAIt
pay for at least one book through taaL,
alton, this book to be deposited In the
library where any and all may have
the benefit OF reading it.
But aside from the unjust tranf-
ment given the people OF the city who
care to read by practically ellssissiS, ellssissiS, ;fit,
library, the council refuses to max.
an appropriation which they are bound
in honor. 10 make. 49,
The original agreemen. was that, the
city to build the library, thereby
keeping his half of the mutual agree
ment to the letter. !, The city couu-
Gil can honorably do nothing less ~
The original agreement was that the
city was TO. appropriate ANNUALLY "a
tenth of the cost of the building for
the support of the libr,sEy.a There
should be a law in the state recurring
one council to carry out plcdges Of
former councils, II they canuot be
trusted to carry them out OF they own
accord The city fathers are setting
q Ssd example to the. cis.zens sn tNsus
casting aside their obligations when q
time OF temporary rain on. the treass1
ury. comes. must p " that read The
list or Aldermen votins to cancel the
with q great deal OF
surprise, There were one or two
members OF whom personaiiy expectl
ed utterly different Conduct. and III
this statement do not speak eione.
having talked the matter of the f0rise{{
cutting OF the appropriation over with
several prominent citizens or the city.
The people Of the town and especialIy
the many ladies who read the iibfar;S
books, are going to resent lisis mn
wise action OF the councii.
FRANK q. BRoYLEss.
Anderson, Sept. 10, 1914.
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