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THE NEWBERRY SUN
FRIDAY. DECEMBER 6. 1946
Published Every Friday in the Year
Entered as second-class matter
December 6, 1937, at the postoffice
at Newberry, South Carolina, under
the Act of Congress of March 3,
1879.
The SPECTATOR
The Atlantic Coasi Line Rail Road had decided that it would not
stop its Champion trains even at North Charleston. It was so anxious
to rush the trains to Florida that it thought it could not afford to
lose fifteen minutes for Charleston. The Charleston people talked
of retaliating by routing their freight by other lines. I’m glad they
did not take the Rail Road's decision with meek submission. For
tunately the Coast Line has rescinded the order.
Why should the Rail Road hold Charleston in such light regard?
Is not Charleston a place of importance in itself? It is; it is a Com
munity of great interest to tourists; it is a town of about a huundrcd
thousand people, in and near the city.
Charleston has been treated badly by Rail Roads and Steamship
lines for many years. What is the trouble? Why should Savannah
and Norfolk th.ive while Charleston languishes? Something is
wrong. Rail Roads need patronage, so do Steamships. It is fool
ish to think that either the Rail Foads or steamers deliberately wish
to throttle Charleston; they merely take Charleston for granted;
Charleston is "in the bag,” just as the South is. Charleston men
should look into the trouble and band themselves together to correct
it, whatever it is.
The Governor blazes a trail in the Lpes case in having a public
hearing on a petition for clemency based on newly discovered evi
dence. No one wishes to deny justice to young Mr. Epes, but is the
governor the one to determine the value of newly-discovered evi
dence? Look at the case as a matter of law: Young Epes was found
guilty of doing away with his wife. What new evidence have we?
That she died from the effects of a drug which she had taken to in.
duce sleep? Well what sort of drug had Epes taken? If Mrs.
Epes died from the effects of a drug, innocently taken or innocent
ly administered, why did her husband bundle her up, carry b«r down
the steps and out to a car? And why did he then carry her—dead
or dying—to a fox hole some miles away and bury her? Why, af
ter all that, did Epes take part in a pretended search for his wife?
What I’ve mentioned is the evidence submitted to the jury.
It has been said that there was a physician living across the cor
ridor from the Epes husband and wife.
Consider this: A young couple. The wife takes a sleeping tab
let’’ and takes too strong a dose. What would any normal man do?
Call for help, of course. Use the telephone, run out to the neighbors,
rush off in his car for help, after doing what he could to save her.
Would he wrap up his wife, rush down the steps to his car, dash out
to the neighborhood of Fort Jackson and dump her into a hole like
a dead dog? Would he then take part in a pretended search for
weeks?
No one saw Epes kill his wife; no one saw Epes bury his wife; but
his own testimony was as strong and conclusive as circumstantial
evidence can be. His own words, his own acts, condemned him.
And so the Court found, the judge concurring with the jury. And the
Supreme court concurs, denying a re-trial.
Just what evidence can soften the effect of Epes' conduct one
might like to know. The poor young wife is dead; she was dumped
in a hole by Epes, so what is there to be said in mitigation since
Epes himself is alive?
If anything has been discovered about the drug, it must be said
that the young woman is still dead. But if anything has been ' dis
covered”. why should it not be presented to the Court? As long
as a man breathes the Supreme Court can act in the interest of jus
tice. The Court cannot pardon this man, but I know of no law which
denies to the Supreme Court the prerogative to assume jurisdiction
if trustworthy evidence is offered in order to prevent a gross mis
carriage of justice. What can a Governor do? Shall he weigh the
potency of a drug and consider it in the light of Epes’ admitted
conduct and then commute the sentence? Of course he may do this,
constitutionally, but is he setting himself up as a judge to estimate
the poisonous possibilities of a sleep-inducing drug?
Would not the Governor be on firmer ground if he stood aside
and let the attorneys proceed through the courts? And the act of
the Governor in reviewing the private discussions of judges is dan
gerous in the ’extreme. The Governor has dismissed the petition,
fortunately, after a melodramatic hearing.
The United Press (in The Columbia Record) tells us that the
Baptists of North Carolina are opposed to racial separation in the
churches and that they also recommend the passage by Congress
of an F. E. P. C. law—the law that would require employment of
Whites and Colored in the same places—all places of whatever kind
operating under the Wage-Hour Act. Well, does that mean that
the White Baptists of North Carolina wish to join the Colored Bap
tist Churshes?
If I know the Colored people of the South, they wish to maintain
their own churches. They do not invite White members.
Why is it that some people—otherwise sensible—become so
mushy sometimes? I am entirely sure that the White people of
North Carolina don’t endorse that resolution. I think I can just as
surely say that the Colored people of North Carolina don't endorse
it.
Our brethren who claim to speak for the Nazarene should think
more of what Jesus did not say and did not do.
The races of men may live in friendly relation—that is the teach
ing of Jesus. He rebuked narrow prejudice when He told His story
of the Good Samaritain, but He pointed to the heart; He did not
even suggest commingling in the House of Prayer. Rather, He told
the woman that God was not confined to a building or tc a moun
tain. The externals He wisely disregarded. What the White and
Colored people need is the spirit of Jesus; neither one wishes to
give up his own church; neither should sacrifice his racial integrity;
neitehr should invade the citadel of the other. What some well-
meaning, but misconceiving people do not remember is that the
Southern Negro does not want the White people in his clubs,
churches or Societies. Why must some earnest spirits go so far
afield in their zeal for good works?
A day later it was explained that the resolution was introduced
and passed without discussion, when the Convention was ready to
adjourn. It is said that the resolution was intended to “point to
ward a social goal which all evangelical denominations are approach
ing.” The brother who made that statement should choose his
words with more care; he was talking about religious” affiliation in
the resolution—which he virtually now repudiates—and now he talks
of “social goals’’. The first lesson in the use of words is to use them
in their common acceptation in general statements. I quote further:
"To say that we are throwing our doors open to a polyglot member,
drip would be a misrepresentation”. Well, the discretion of our
brethren leaves much to be desired. They rush into a subject and
now explain it all away. How much better to stop so much talk, so
much "resoluting", and cultivate the Christian virtues quietly!!
John L. Lewis seems to be a National problem. Is Lewis entirely
at fault, or have we allowed a condition to develop which serves the
ambitious purpose of John Lewis and almost strangles our people
and our industries? Are we meeting the condition intelligently?
No, we are rushing about in confusion of thought and in feebleness
of method. A striking fact is that the miners are not happy over the
strike. Why, then, do they strike? Because they are loyal to their
union. Why is this the concern of the Government? That carries
us back to certain facts. The Government, in order to win the sup
port of Labor, built up the power of Labor leaders. How? Well,
when Labor demands that only members of a Union shall be allow
ed on a job, or to work in a factory, that is called the "Closed
Shop”. It leaves out in the cold those American citizens who want
to work and don’t want to join a Union. The Government has m-
couraged this by every means possible. Then we have the "check
off”, by which the employer deducts the Union dues and pays the
money to the Labor leaders. That is powerful support for Labor
leaders. Then the Government, through its laws, regulations, atti
tudes, and practices has virtually required a man to remain in the
Union. All this has built up enormously the political power of La
bor politicians who have worked hand in glove with political leaders.
In other words, the Labor leader is the ally of the government—for
a price. That price is a constant increase of pay, with less work, and
a denial of the same rights to other Americans who are not in the
Union.
Most of us agree that the working man should have his rights
scrupulously respected; and in dealing with an enterprise of great
magntiude the worker organizes for his rights. There is no sound
reason, howeVer, why any man should be required to join a Union.
If an American citizen has any rights at all, he should be allowed to
choose for himself whether to join a Union or not to join. We do
not require men to join any Church; and we certainly could net de
fend a rule to employ only Baptists in a given job.
Why shouldn’t a factory have Union and non-Union workers?
The “closed shop’’ is un-American, unfair and mischievous. Why,
now, should the employer deduct Union dues? Is it not a slur on
the member? We do not deduct church expenses, or teachers’ dues.
There is much less reason to deduct Union dues from the pay en
velope than to deduct the coal bill. What I am emphasizing is that
a man in his own right, in his own proper dignity as a man, should
be at liberty to work where his ability enables him to serve, and
without anybody’s permission except that of the man who operates
the business. If one hundred per cent of the employees of a plant
are Union members, of their own free choice, well and good; but if
ten percent or twenty per cent wish to remain outside the Union, the
Government should protect these men in the full enjoyment of their
rights as citizens. The Government has no moral right to sponsor
Unions or to discriminate against any man or woman who wishes to
work. I say with conviction that the spirit and the letter of the Con
stitution absolutely forbid most of the Labor measures adopted by
our Government.
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Asks Cooperation
In Securing Jobs
An appeal for “full-scale com
munity cooperation” with efforts to
effect orderly reemployment in
Newberry came today from Mana
ger Addison Bostain of the Newber
ry office of the South Carolina
State Employment service. Mr. Bos
tain said that there is a serious need
of more jobs for available workers
here.
“The South Carolina State Em
ployment service office must have
the full support of the community
if it is to discharge its responsibili
ties to veterans and displaced war
workers now applying at our of
fice,” he said. “The only jobs that
the South Carolina State Employ
ment service can offer applicants
are the jobs which employers have
listed with us. Unless all employ
ers keep the local office advised of
the openings they have currently
and in prospect, the veteran cannot
obtain the maximum job opportuni
ty which Congress has said should
be given the men and women who
have served their country in the
armed forces. Employers should
list with the SCSES the best oppor
tunities they have as well as the
general run of job openings. This
will have a two-fold effect. It will
help the employer because the best
equipped applicants will ask- for re
ferrals to his firm and this will give
the firm a wider choice. It will help
the applicants because it will give
them a chance at the best jobs open
in the community.”
Mrs. O. 0. Copeland spent
Thanksgiving Day in Clinton with
her brother and sister-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Irby Hipp.
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We also serve sandwiches of all kinds, and MILK,
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