Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-11
FOR STATE PROGRESS
New Organization Under Way In South
Carolina
WOULD WORK FOR COMMON UPLlF1

or the SSate ! MINK thdt SiSiii<ak'ot
is in shaky Condition, and unIes:
Something is Done in an Edueationa
Way, it Cannot Survive.
For the, purpose Of. working for the
"eccncrDic, industrial, social and mora
advancement" of the state, the South
Carolina Advancement Association was
organized in Columbia on Thursday OF
last week by representative men from
? every, section of South Carolina, who
have, the. welfare Of the common
wealth aud its people at. heart, ,
= The underlying ideal of the new as
sociation, according to the speeches
made, by, many of the. men present
is unselfish service in behalf Of the
state. The organization will be non
political in its. scope and will not be
for the furtherance OF the individual
interests of any of it's members, ac-
cording to those behind, the movement.
=. CIV. Coker, of Hartsyille, was. elect
ed chairman of the association, with
Josiah Morse, Of Columbia, professor
OF psychology at the University of
South. Carolina, as vice. president;
Frank 2. Broyles, Of Columbia. assist
ant secretary Of the state board of
charities and corrections. secretary,
and Joseph Norwood a finaneier, Of
Columbia, as treasurer. These with
g. Croft Williams, Of Columbia; NJ.
q. Dantzier, of. orangeburg; ]. Mon
roe johnson, OF Marion; Thomas r.
Waring, of Charleston, and L. D.
Jennings, of Sumter, will constitute
the executive committee. -s 60. q,
.-.. To. Establish Headquarters. 90.
The association, proposes to, establish
headquarters at Columbia in charge
OF a director, who is to be broad
5auged, man able TO. co;relate informa,
,tion about the state, individually and
compared with other states, and to
bring ideas for the advancement Of
South Carolina to the attention OF, the
\ organization for its consideration. This
director will have an ample 1 office
,fprce, and will be empowered to use
various mediums OF publicity in the
isirtherance of the work Of the. as
sociation. The promoters of the, as
sociation estimate that it will take
approximately !, $4,000 yearly to con-
duct the headquarters. The executive
Committee Is instructed to arrange the
details of the organization. -.
:, The idea of. the association, accord
ing to G. Croft williams, secretary. Of
the state board of charities and cor
recticns, had it's GENESIS in several
group meetings of prominent South
Carolinians who discussed several
problems which were pressing for
consideration. The, formation of an
association, composed . Of the best
minds of, the state to work upselfshly
with no thought Of, gain for, the state,
was then suggested and seyenty-fve
or more, Of the leading men OF the
State were invited to Columbia to-
day for that purpose. ., -....
= DR.. Josiah Morse, Of. the University
OF South Carolina, took a, rather pes
simistfc view or world conditions de-
failing various noXious and falla-
cious doctrines which were being ad-
yanced as papaceas for social unrest
among which are the fulminations of
the Bolshevists, Industrial Workers of
the World, etc. "The hope Of adjust
ment," he asserted, "is in unselfish
service to mankind. the brain children
OF the practical ideanst'"
-. "Praetiesl tdeaiists."
Among these practical idealists." /"
pr. Morse named Woodrow Wilson,
Herbert Hoover, Brand Whitelock,
Henry Dawson and Ex-Governor Rich
ard l, Manning. "If there are enough
such men In America or in the coun-
tries OF Europe" he claimed, the
world is safe; IL not. the world is lost
and we will go, back, to ), the Middle
Ages" He .contended that there was
no assurance from the Supreme Being
that. civilization will not disintegrate
aud society drift into chaos.
;. pr, Morse said that the purpose of
the, Organization was to bring intelli-
gent and consecrated thought into con-
.. tao, with the people of the state, and
to work for it's betterment. The !asso-
citation would in no way, he stated,
supplant or interfere with the work Of
other organizations or agencies, but
would cooperate with them. in, any
movement for the. betterment of the
state, He was Of the opinion that the
association, would do much to bring
more amicable relations between the
employer and the laborer, and could
stem any tide which set toward radi-
calism in South Carolina.
Governor Cooper said tEat he was
in hearty sympathy with the movement
and believed that it could do much
good in the state. He said that
many people thought that many va
rious things took primary precedence
in the needs OF the state, but, in his
opinion the great fundamental need
. 'is for a larger number of citizens to
interest themselves in disinterested
service for the state" If this is done,
he contended, the other problems