9/16, full issue: On the economy, the Charleston mayor’s race, more

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Charleston Currents #11.43 | Sept. 16, 2019

AMERICAN LANDMARK. As you drive along River Road on Johns Island, you might miss this American landmark if you’re not careful. The Progressive Club, now falling down after being damaged by Hurricane Hugo 30 years ago, is notable in its place in history for starting a means to break down barriers for African Americans in the segregated South, as described on a historic marker along the road:

(Side one) “The Progressive Club, built in 1962-65, was a store and community center for Johns Island and other Sea Islands until it was badly damaged by Hurricane Hugo in 1989. The club had been founded in 1948 by civil rights activist Esau Jenkins (1910-1972), who worked to improve educational, political and other opportunities for blacks on the island and in the lowcountry.”

(Side two) “Jenkins, Septima Clark (1898-1967) and Bernice Robinson (1914-1994) founded the first Citizenship School in 1957 to encourage literacy and voter registration. Its success led to many smaller schools across the south, called “the base on which the whole civil rights movement was based.” The Progressive Club was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.”

IN THIS EDITION

FOCUS, Knapp: Taking a look at job numbers for August

BRACK: Mayoral ad wars show two different kinds of candidates

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Charleston RiverDogs

GOOD NEWS: Hispanic Heritage Month lasts through Oct. 15

FEEDBACK: Another way to help

MYSTERY PHOTO: Old house with brown shutters

S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Battle of Ninety Six

CALENDAR: Fresh discussion on local health disparities is Sept. 17

FOCUS

Taking a look at job numbers for August

By Frank Knapp, special to Charleston Currents | Like the rest of the nation, South Carolina’s economy seems to be humming along.

Knapp

But there are warning signs and growing concern that we are heading to a recession.

The Labor Department released its monthly jobs report last week. It showed that 130,000 new jobs were created in August. However, around 25,000 were temporary census workers hired by the federal government. That puts the August total for new private-sector jobs at about 100,000.

For his part President Trump is furious at the “fake news” for pointing out that the Labor Department numbers were well below economist expectations.

Maybe August is just a “quirky month.” That is how Larry Kudlow, President Trump’s National Economic Council Director, described it.

So was August a good month for new jobs or not?

There is no question that the economy both in our state and across the country continues to add new jobs each month. It’s been doing that without a break since October of 2010 following the Great Recession.

There is also no question that the monthly new jobs rate nationally in 2019 (143,000) is considerably less than in 2018 (192,000) according to the Labor Department.

We also know that the manufacturing sector, while adding a few thousand jobs over the last couple of months, has shrunk the last two quarters meeting the criteria for being in a recession.

This would be consistent with the ADP August data which showed that very small businesses (less than 20 employees) nationally shed 1000 jobs in the goods-producing sector.

The good news, according to ADP, is that these very small businesses added 26,000 jobs overall in August, turning around three consecutive months of job losses totaling 105,000.

Does this mean that these very small businesses are healthy again and that all my hand-wringing over the May–June–July ADP jobs reports was not warranted?

I don’t believe so.

The evidence is clear that the economy is not what it has been and consumers are feeling it.

The University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment survey found a sharp decline in consumer confidence in August.

A Quinnipiac University poll taken at the end of August also found public sentiment shifting negatively on the economy. “For the first time since President Trump was elected, more voters say that the national economy is getting worse than getting better, with 37 percent saying it is getting worse, 31 percent saying it is getting better, and 30 percent saying it is staying the same.”

The significance of these two polls cannot be overstated. If consumer spending which makes up 70 percent of the economy starts to decline, small businesses will feel it first.

Americans might have jobs, but many also have financial problems.

Families today are deeper into debt because of student loans, medical bills, housing and transportation.

The average American family did not get the $4000 raise in income promised by the 2017 tax law. In fact, the American taxpayer paid $93 billion more in 2018 federal taxes than the year before.

Small business owners also did not benefit from the 2017 tax law. A national poll by Businesses for Responsible Tax Reform found that 72 percent of small business owners say that the 2017 tax law had either no positive effect on their business or a negative effect.

Small businesses have already been feeling the consumer angst about the economy and their finances. The resulting decline in consumer spending on Main Street is what the loss of jobs for three of the past four months by very small businesses reflects.

We will have to wait to see if the September jobs report for these very small businesses continues the good news of August.

Or we’ll find that Mr. Kudlow was correct. August was a “quirky month” and a slumping economy is in our future.

Frank Knapp is the co-chair of Businesses for Responsible Tax Reform and president/CEO of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce.

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COMMENTARY

BRACK: Mayoral ad wars show two different kinds of candidates

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | The ad wars in the Nov. 5 Charleston mayor’s race have started. So far, they offer vivid depictions of the differences of the two top candidates, incumbent John Tecklenburg and councilman Mike Seekings.

(Yes, there are four other candidates in the race but they won’t be much of a presence in other than obligatory references in news stories; they’re not really raising the money they need to spread their messages with impact on television.)

One of Tecklenburg’s opening ads is energetic and filled with information of how he’s working to improve Charleston. Another ad shows him, in shot after shot, engaging and interacting with dozens of people from all walks of life. Another 60-second ad blends accomplishments with energy and several images of supporters. Ad One | Ad Two.

While Seekings’ 30-second ad has upbeat music, it portrays outlines his accomplishments through the lens of the lone runner who invites people to run with him and to do more to tackle flooding, traffic and development. At the end of the ad, he runs alone towards a glowing sun. Watch the ad.

These ads couldn’t show more starkly different approaches to politics and, perhaps, governance. One is of the guy who actively works with people to try to make differences in their lives. The other shows a loner who promises change that seemingly he alone can make.

Tecklenburg has been trying to fix flooding during his first term as mayor. He’s started a dialogue with Dutch experts to figure out how their Lowcountry ingenuity can help our Lowcountry problems. He also has pushed for more restrictions on development, only to be thwarted by grumbling councilmen like Bill Moody and Keith Waring who seems to want to embarrass the mayor at every turn. Nerf councilmen like Gary White (who is running for mayor) and Harry Griffin (who didn’t have the courage to) concocted attacks and wasted tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars on a probe of spending by the mayor’s office, only to find virtually nothing to take home to celebrate.

We don’t remember Seekings, throughout most of his nine years on city council, being a major voice against overdevelopment or on fixing flooding. Now during the race for mayor, both issues apparently have Seekings’ attention in campaign messaging filled with somewhat haunting images.

So far, the mayor’s race seems to be a battle between the “we” — a candidate who reaches out to work with people — versus “I,” the candidate running alone to fix the system. You get to choose in seven weeks.

ON ANOTHER NOTE, we talked again last week’s issue to state Rep. Bill Herbkersman, R-Bluffton, about ferrying supplies to Treasure Cay in the Bahamas. He’s still at it — when the weather cooperates. You can read more here.

And if you’re still interested in donating money to provide aid to the devastated area, here are some ideas:

Herbkersman said the Knights of Columbus in Charleston, which filled a trailer full of supplies and took to Florida, is able to get things to those who need help through the Catholic church.
Local Rotary clubs are coordinating cash donations with Rotary clubs on the islands.
Water Mission, based in North Charleston, is sending water purification machines that can clean thousands of gallons of water daily. It’s matching donations dollar for dollar up to $1 million.
Charitable donations of money also is fueling disaster relief. Other organizations raising money to help victims include the American Red Cross, Salvation Army and Americares.

Andy Brack’s new book, “We Can Do Better, South Carolina,” is now available for $14.99 in paperback via Amazon.

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IN THE SPOTLIGHT

SPOTLIGHT: Charleston RiverDogs

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In 2019, the team finished in second place in its league with a 73-66 record. In 2018, the club celebrated its 25th season (that’s 175 years in “Dog” years!!) and, for the second season in a row, hosted more than 300,000 fans.

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Three short words sum up the everyday approach taken by the Charleston RiverDogs front office. The brainchild of club President Emeritus Mike Veeck, the nine-letter phrase “Fun Is Good” is meant to be a guideline and daily reminder of how employees should approach their jobs and in turn capture the imagination of the fans to turn them into repeat customers.

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GOOD NEWS

Hispanic Heritage Month lasts through Oct. 15

Staff reports | You can connect with and learn more about Hispanic culture during National Hispanic Heritage month, which lasts from Sept. 15 through Oct. 15. Several gatherings and fun events are planned for the Lowcountry.

“What began in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week under President Lyndon B. Johnson grew to National Hispanic Heritage Month since 1988,” Charleston School of Law professor Debra Gammons tells us. The significance of this month is tied to the independence anniversaries of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua on September 15; Mexico on September 16; and Chile on October 15. Dia de la Raza (Columbus Day) is on October 12.”

Here are two events where you can learn more about Hispanic culture and celebrate:

Hispanic Heritage Month Networking Summit: 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., Sept. 18, Buyer Auditorium, Mark Clark Hall, The Citadel, Charleston. The event is designed to give some of the organizations from the local community an opportunity to meet some cadets and area college students. While many of the organizations that will be represented are bilingual, the event itself will be in English and students from all colleges, majors and walks in life are welcome. Register here. http://bit.ly/HHMNetworkingSummit2010Reg

Latin American Festival: Oct. 13, Wannamaker County Park, North Charleston. The 28th annual festival will allow friends and family members to relish authentic Latin American music, art, food and children’s activities, all inspired by cultures from around the globe.

Non-stop music will include everything from the beats of merengue, to reggaeton, bachata and salsa. All ages are invited to salsa to Latin rhythms by six-piece band Furia Tropikal from 1 – 2 p.m. Dance along with the Charlotte-based 12-piece band Orquesta Mayor from 3:30 – 4:30 p.m., and end the day with the Dominican merengue phenomenon El Rey Tulile from 4:30 – 6 p.m.

The lively festival will also feature high-energy dance performances and demonstrations. Event admission to the Latin American Festival is $10. College students receive a discounted rate of $5 with a valid ID. Gold Pass holders and children ages 12 and under are free! No outside food, alcohol or coolers permitted. No dogs allowed. For more information, call (843) 795-4386 or visit CharlestonCountyParks.com.

Another way to help

To the editor:

Just FYI and reference: an international charity, Direct Relief, has a great rating and reputation for disaster aid and accepts designated monetary donations.

— Freida McDuffie, Charleston, S.C.

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MYSTERY

Old house with brown shutters

Here’s a two-story house with some history behind it, but where is it? (It’s somewhere in eastern South Carolina.) Bonus: Tell us something cool about the house. Send your guess to: editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and

the town in which you live.

Our previous Mystery Photo

Our Sept. 9 mystery, “We know where it is, but what is it?” was sent in by Katharine Beard of Camden, who wanted to know more about what the photo illustrated.

It was a tough one for our photo sleuths, but Chris Brooks of Mount Pleasant wrote that it “commemorates the Santee Indians who were widespread in this area and many were forced to relocate to Oklahoma.”

And, boy, did George Graf learn a lot about the sculpture through some of the best sleuthing we’ve heard of. He writes:

“The sculpture is iron and supposedly modeled after the chief of the Cassique. I tracked down the person who actually owns the sculpture and property on which it sits. His father and a few family members own the property of a couple hundred acres which they use for cookouts, retreats and for deer hunting. It has a pond and small building and protected by a metal gate and warning signs.. …

“The Charles Towne Landing park was also being redone and one day he and his dad saw the iron sculpture broken in many parts and tossed next to a dumpster with other park debris. They decided to save the pieces and took it home. Years later, a friend of his who owned a machine shop, let him use it to put the sculpture back together. He said it was a difficult task but worth it, and when finished he put the sculpture up on Tee Vee Road where it currently sits. … He said he traced the sculpture to this Cassique Chief. He thinks the sculpture may have originally been done by a famous Charleston sculptor who recently died.”

Graf also related that it took a big part of a day to track down all of this information, starting with looking for it on Google Maps. Originally, he thought the sculpture was in Orangeburg County, but later figured out it was in Calhoun County, where he was able to figure out the name of the owner through tax maps and phoned him for the story. “He said he is now thinking about doing a little more research on this and do a write up on his history of this reborn sculpture.”

Outstanding sleuthing, George! Thanks.

Send us a mystery: If you have a photo that you believe will stump readers, send it along (but make sure to tell us what it is because it may stump us too!) Send it along to editor@charlestoncurrents.com.

S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA

HISTORY: The Battle of Ninety Six

Star Fort, Ninety Six, SC

S.C. Encyclopedia | Situated in the South Carolina backcountry at the crossroads of important trade routes, Ninety Six was a newly-established courthouse town on the eve of the Revolutionary War. The question of independence deeply divided the inhabitants of the district. For many colonists, land grants and protection from Indian incursions created strong devotion toward Great Britain. Others thought that the crown had shirked promises of better government to backcountry settlers and favored independence. With mounting tensions and the absence of British authority, conflict began in the South Carolina backcountry as a civil war.

EXTRA: The name “Ninety Six” is cloaked in mystery. Read more.

On July 12, 1775, patriot forces seized nearby Fort Charlotte on the Savannah River. Returning to Ninety Six with captured ammunition, the triumphant party was met by a group of Loyalists who had been informed by a defector from the patriot ranks. The affair ended without bloodshed, and the gunpowder was returned to the fort. Fighting was narrowly averted again a few weeks later when Tory forces gathered and threatened. Whig political leader William Henry Drayton and Major Andrew Williamson countered with a show of force, and the standoff ended with both sides agreeing to a truce on September 16. Weeks later a force of eighteen hundred Loyalists attacked one-third that number of patriots under Williamson, who gathered Whig forces in a hastily erected stockade near Ninety Six on November 18, 1775. The two groups had been jockeying for control of a supply of gunpowder and lead sent to the Cherokees by the colonial government. After three days of fighting with few casualties, the two sides agreed to a brief truce. Although neither side admitted defeat, Loyalist forces failed to recover the ammunition and withdrew. A month later, a substantial patriot force mounted an expedition, the so-called “Snow Campaign,” to crush organized Loyalist opposition.

The following year saw an increase in attacks on settlements in Ninety Six District by hostile Cherokees. In late July 1776 Williamson, now a brigadier general, mounted a punitive expedition into the Cherokee Nation, which ended in October. The village of Ninety Six experienced a period of relative peace for the next few years. Although Loyalists remained in the region, the courthouse village retained Whig rule. Crown forces, however, shifted their strategic focus from the northern to the southern colonies with the capture of Savannah in December 1778. Charleston fell in May 1780. Lieutenant Colonel Nisbet Balfour was quickly dispatched up the Cherokee Path to deal with any patriot militia still under arms in the upcountry. Arriving at Ninety Six in late June, he found that rebel leaders had surrendered the fort and munitions to royal authority a few days earlier. By the end of the year, the British had strengthened the old fort’s defenses and established Ninety Six as a depot and meeting ground for Tories.

Losses at King’s Mountain, Cowpens, and other engagements set the British on less than sure footing in South Carolina by February 1781. After the Battle of Guilford Court House in North Carolina in mid-March, the British commander in the South, Lord Cornwallis, retired to the North Carolina coast with his battered army. Instead of pursuing, the American commander, Major General Nathanael Greene, set out to reduce the chain of posts in occupied South Carolina. Royal forces soon surrendered or abandoned many positions in the northern and central parts of the state, and Greene turned his attention to the western garrison at Ninety Six. American forces arrived in late May. With his chief engineer, Colonel Thad- deus Kosciuszko, Greene surveyed the fortifications and decided to lay siege to the Star Fort, then under the command of New York Loyalist Colonel John Harris Cruger.

For 28 days, the small American army steadily dug siege lines and defended them against frequent sallies by the fort’s defenders. Other means were tried as well. But on June 17 word of a British relief column reached the besieged village. Greene reluctantly ordered an assault the next day, and for nearly an hour his soldiers bravely tried to breach the fort’s defenses without success. When Cruger’s men counterattacked successfully, the American commander ordered a retreat. The American army withdrew from Ninety Six two days before British reinforcements arrived. Afterward British commanders deemed the post untenable and abandoned their position within the week. The departing British Army demolished the fortifications and set fire to the few buildings still standing. The civil war would linger in the region for many months, but the withdrawal marked the end of a British presence at Ninety Six.

— Excerpted from an entry by Samuel K.Fore. This entry may not have been updated since 2006. To read more about this or 2,000 other entries about South Carolina, check out The South Carolina Encyclopedia, published in 2006 by USC Press. (Information used by permission.)

ON THE CALENDAR

CALENDAR: Fresh discussion on local health disparities is Sept. 17

Staff reports | The Living Your Truth series will examine health disparities from the perspectives of a female and a male, research doctor and a medical doctor, a millennial and a baby boomer at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 17 at Mount Zion AME Church in Charleston.

The discussion will include researcher Chanita Hughes-Halbert and Dr. Thaddeus Bell. Local reporter Adam Parker will moderate the conversation and invite questions from the audience. The two-hour program is sponsored by the Sophia Institute’s Social Justice, Racial Equity Collaborative, The event is free, thanks to community donations, but attendees are encouraged to secure a seat by registering in advance. More information on the initiative is here: Social Justice, Racial Equity Collaborative.

Also on the calendar:

Galivants Ferry Stump: 5 p.m., Sept. 16, Pee Dee Farms General Store, 125 West Highway 501, Galivants Ferry, S.C. Democratic presidential candidates will be vying for attention in a special edition of the nation’s oldest stump meeting in Horry County. Learn more here.

New citizens to be sworn in: 11 a.m. Sept. 19, Charles Pinckney National Historic Site, 1254 Long Point Road, Mount Pleasant. The site will host its 22nd Naturalization Ceremony as approximately 100 people from countries all over the world take the oath of citizenship during this ceremony. The event is free and open to the public.

At the Gaillard. Check out these awesome coming events at the Charleston Gaillard Center, 95 Calhoun St., Charleston:

Keb’ Mo’ Solo: 7:30 p.m., Sept. 19. American blues musician Keb’ Mo’, will show why he’s earned four Grammy Awards with a fresh performance in Charleston. Young multi-instrumentalist and blues tunesmith, Jontavious Willis is scheduled to open the show. Tickets are $25 to $69.

Theresa Caputo, Live: 7:30 p.m., Sept. 20. Therese Caputo, star of the hit TLC show, Long Island Medium, will share stories about her life and explain how her gift works. She will deliver healing messages to audience members and give people comfort knowing that their loved ones who passed are still with them, just in a different way. Tickets are $40 to $100.

Peppa Pig’s Adventure: 6 p.m., Sept. 24. Peppa Pig Live! is a new action-packed live show featuring your favorite characters as life-size puppets and costume characters. With lunch boxes packed and Daddy Pig driving the bus, Peppa and friends are excited about their outdoor adventure, full of singing, dancing, games and surprises! Tickets are $21 to $66.

The Most Reluctant Convert: 4 p.m., Oct. 6, Charleston Gaillard Center. Award-winning actor Max McLean will bring to life author C.S. Lewis in his own words in this “hugely moving” and “highly-entertaining” drama. To learn more and get tickets, visit CSLewisOnStage.com or phone 843.242.3099.

Tribute to Aretha Franklin: 5 p.m., Sept. 28, Citadel Square Baptist Church, 328 Meeting St., Charleston. The Charleston Gospel Choir will present an encore performance of its sold-out April event, Queen of Soul and Gospel: A Tribute to Aretha Franklin, under the musical direction of guest conductor Dr. Jason A. Dungee. Tickets are $25 for adults and $10 for students. More: www.charlestongospelchoir.org or (866) 811-4111

Footloose, the musical: Through Sept. 28, Dock Street Theatre, Charleston. Charleston Stage will present the 1980s movie-turned-rock-and-roll musical for the first time in a month of performances sponsored by the Henry and Sylvia Yaschik Foundation. Tickets are $29 to $71 for any of the 16 performances of the show. Buy tickets.

North Charleston art show: Through Sept. 30, North Charleston City Gallery, Charleston Area Convention Center, 5001 Coliseum Drive, North Charleston. The show will feature mixed media works by Vik Hart of Charleston, and abstract paintings by Pascale Bilgis of Lexington.

Blue Jamboree: Day-long event, Oct. 5, The Bend, Azalea Drive, North Charleston. More than 2,000 tickets have been sold for this all-day event that will feature a broad array of Democratic presidential candidates. Sponsors of the event include these presidential candidates: Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Tom Steyer, Cory Booker, Andrew Yang, Pete Buttigieg, Michael Bennet, Tulsi Gabbard and Julian Castro. Learn more and find out about tickets.

Black Ink: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Oct. 5, Memminger Auditorium, 56 Beaufain St., Charleston. Black Ink, Charleston’s African-American book festival, will feature world-renowned poet and educator Nikki Giovanni as keynote speaker at 2 p.m. It is an exciting program of Charleston Friends of the LIbrary and a part of the MOJA Arts Festival. Cost: More info.

Free Verse Festival: Oct. 13-20 in locations around Charleston with a special event Oct. 28. The third year of the Free Verse Festival, Charleston’s first poetry festival, seeks “to uplift the community by providing eclectic poetry events and workshops at multiple venues in downtown and West Ashley.” Learn more online.

AFFA Gala 2019: 6 p.m., Nov. 1, The Cedar Room, 701 East Bay St., Charleston. You can have one of the best nights of the year with this annual fund-raiser for AFFA that is replete with a cocktail hour, silent auction, dinner, live auction and entertainment by the Emerald Empire Band. Tickets: $180. Learn more now.

Early morning bird walks at Caw Caw: 8:30 a.m. every Wednesday and Saturday, Caw Caw Interpretive Center, Ravenel. You can learn about habitats and birds, butterflies and other organisms in this two-hour session. Registration is not required, but participants are to be 15 and up. $10 per person or free to Gold Pass holders. More: http://www.CharlestonCountyParks.com.

AREA MARKETS

TUESDAYS. The Mount Pleasant Farmers Market is every Tuesday from 3:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the market pavillion at Moultrie Middle School, 645 Coleman Blvd., Mount Pleasant. Free parking. Lots of activities. More info.

WEDNESDAYS. The West Ashley Farmers Market is every Wednesday from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. in Ackerman Park off Sycamore Avenue in West Ashley. The last week of the market will be the first week of October. More.

FRIDAYS/SATURDAYS: Night Market. Every Friday and Saturday from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. for the rest of the year, you can shop with 108 vendors, including artists and craftsmen, at the night market on Market Street between East Bay and Church streets. It’s more than four blocks of local shopping and fun. Free.

SATURDAYS: Johns Island Farmers Market operates each Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. year-round with more than 50 local farmers and vendors, food trucks, music and more. The market is located on the campus of Charleston Collegiate School, 2024 Academy Road, Johns Island

SATURDAYS: The Charleston Farmers Market is open 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Marion Square each Saturday through Nov. 30. More info.

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