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/ 12 18 College Street NEWBERRY, S. C. O. F. ARMFIELD Editor and Publisher Published Every Friday. Entered as second-lass mat ter December 6, 1937, at the postoffice at Newberry, South Carolina, under the Act of Con gress of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In S. C., $1.50 per year in advance; outside S. C., $2.00 per year in advance. CLASSIFIED RATES: Two cents per word, minimum of 35c; three insertions for price of 2. Long term rates on request. SPECTATOR “These people get something for their tax money”, said Mr. Sherril, a businessman, to me on a visit to Charleston. This gen tleman had heard of Charleston, but he had never been within 60 miles of Charleston. He is a re tail merchant and looks at a town through the eye of retail trade. He first was surprised at the extent of Charleston’s busi ness section, beginning at North Charleston, and again near the limits, somewhere about the Magnolia Crossing. We drove through King street. Meeting street, Broad street, East Bay, Market street, Ashley avenue. We came out over the Ashley River and to Summer ville by the old road, along which Charleston began its ca reer of colorful history. As one to whom the pluff-mud is a sweet savor, and who re joices even in the smell of fish and oyster shells, I pointed out some of the distinctions of Char leston, not only St. Michaels and Fort Sumter, the enormous resi dences—and all that—but on Meeting Street I showed him where Dr. Ball turns out his blistering “copy”. Far away my friend saw a building and ex claimed “So that’s where they publish the News & Courier.” Nay, nay; not so much dynamite could be kept in so small an ar senal; so I had to point out the real power house down town. Without recalling all the nooks and comers, see what Charleston offers her taxpayers: the Mall, a double park and playground, Wragg Square, City Hall Park, Colonial Lake, Cannon Park and the Museum, a play ground near Colonial Lake, Hampton Park, a splendid place, worthy of any city in the world, with a play ground adjoining; the Battery, a park, a walk and a drive unsur passed anywhere in the world; a zoo. I have not mentioned The Citadel because both the old and the present sites of The Citadel came from the State. ^1 did not mention The College of Charles ton, the City Orphanage, the Alms House, and Colored play grounds. Yes sir; “these people get something for their tax money”, as my friend said. The State Supreme Court has declared against the constitution ality of an Act of the General Assembly because it makes legis lators from Greenville members of an Administrative Board Good for the court. I have not read the decision, which was expressed in a lucid opinion by Mr. Justice Stukes, but I hope the court will not fail to point out that Acts which vest public authority in private organiza tions are not according to good law. For example, the law is sup posed tq hold the scales in bal ance for everybodyT But the law must act on citizens, citi zens as citizens, not citizens as Baptist or Elks, or Odd Fellows or C.I.O. members. In every town some of the finest men are members of such —and such clubs; that doesn’t make it proper to put a public park under the control of the Bjg Boys of Baal, or the Daughters of the Pie-Crust. It is a misplac ed sympathy that vests special privileges in any group. It is bad law, too. It is not proper to em power the Baptists of Podunk to control the parks or to determine whether a County Fair shall be held. Undoubtedly our Baptist or Methodist or other brethren could handle such things well, but no special group should be given special privileges. Editor Buchanan of The Co lumbia Record forsakes his lim pid literary style and writes with muddy ink, in discussing Spec tator’s remarks about Divorce. Spectator did not “try to infer” anything; he spoke of the plain language of the Bible and show ed that we had just as much spir itual ground for abolishing the Ten Commandments as we have for legalizing divorce. The Bible is so clear that the language shouts at you. In no place, and in no words or implications, did Spectator suggest that the en actment of a divorce law neces sarily repealed the Ten Com mandments. Spectator was clear enough, for here is what he said: “Can we repeal that Command ment at the polls?” Quoting Je sus on divorce. Then Spectator asked “Can we amend or repeal the Commandments, as we re peal or amend the Constitution?” Our brother Buchanan miscon ceives the import of the lan guage, and then wanders off into a second error, to wit, that our law and religion are not related. Theoretically and narrowly our law is not a part of our reli gion, but the general law does rest on the Ten Commandments. Our Federal Supreme Court has cited our concern with religion by harking back to the Commis sion of Ferdinand and Isabella to Columbus and to the charters to the colonies, as well as the Declaration of Independence and the State Constitutions. “In all”, says the Court, “there is to be found a profound reverence for religion and an assumption that its influence in all human affairs is essential to the well-be ing of the United States”. The Congress of the United States once requested the Presi dent to appoint a day for humi liation and prayer by the people of the United States ... to im plore the compassion and forgiv- ness of the Almighty; ... to im plore Him as the Supreme Ruler of the Universe, not to destroy us as a people.” The President, responding to that resolution, proclaimed a day as one “so solemnly, so ear nestly and so reverently recom mended”. I need hardly remind so well- informed a man as Mr. Buchanan that the President and the Gov ernor urges us to observe a day of Thanksgiving, and to go to church, etc. Nor need I suggest that the Constitution of South Carolina says: “We, etc. . . . grateful to God for our liberties, do establish and ordain this Con stitution for the preservation and perpetuation of the same.” The separation of Church and State, in no sense separates the people from the Bible, which seems to be the thought of Mr. Buchanan. The Constitution of South Carolina prohibits any law “respecting a n establishment of religion”, meaning, of course, that there shall be no State Church, no Church supported by taxation. So acute a student as the Edi tor of The Record will not fail to remember that the law of South Carolina is the Common Law, unless superseded by Statute), the Constitution, treaties, Sta tutes, of the United States; the Constitution of South Carolina, and the Statutes of State. As a part of the basic law, the Mosiac Code—the Commandments of Si nai—are a part of the public law of South Carolina, and are in terwoven with the general law. The proposal of divorce re solves itself into this: Shall we repudiate the clear teaching of Jesus by law? All of us know cases which have appealed to us deeply; most of us know of difficulties, hard ships, cruelties, which make liv ing together impossible. Spectator cites The Book and rests the case there, if citizen ship in South Carolina and citi zenship in the Kingdom are sep arate and distinct loyalties, where will the Citizens of South Carolina be when as citizens of the Kingdom they agonize with the Devil? As to Communism: A great newspaper syndicate says: “The Red 5th. Column has infiltrated our Labor Unions, our Colleges, even the upper levels of Our Government in Washington, to a degree that would shock and alarm the average American”. What shall we do about it? The Chamber of Commerce of the United States is not sup ported by any law of the United States. It has thousands of members, men of every State, every city of the Nation. The National Association of manu facturers is not supported or fav ored or coddled by the United States. It has a membership throughout the entire country. The Association of Insurance Agents, the New York State Chamber of Commerce, the thousand - and - one other trade groups—all are voluntary, all are self-supporting, all fight their own fight. All those concerns are composed of citizens of the United States; the Chambers of Commerce of Charleston, Colum bia, Greenville, Spartanburg, Rock Hill, Greenwood, Chester, Newberry, Anderson, Orange burg, Sumter, Lancaster—and all others—they are composed of voluntary members, men who pay for themselves. Why should we permit a check-off in any man’s pay, un less the man privately, separate ly and freely requests an assign ment of his pay? Even then it is not favored by the Courts and will be closely scrutinized. We know well that no man wants his pay check tampered with. Even if he consents to it, it goes against the grain and may be due to an idea that he must stand by the others—must do it, you know, or they won’t like it. Let the Unions build their strength by service to their mem bers, not by special privileges which make a worker a servant of the Union, instead of the Un ion being his servtnt. Eleven states are* opposed to the Closed-Shop — North Caro lina, Tennessee, North Dakota, New Mexico, Georgia, Virginia, Arizona. South Dakota, Nebras ka, Arkansas, Florida, (and Ne vada). That is good company, South Carolinians. When old Virginia acts, she is usually right. Just as a man shows his quality by his associates, so does a State do well to march in company with Virginia and North Carolina. Utah, Minnesota, Indiana, and Deleware are studying Labor Bills. South Carolina should act. It is timely to repeat that I do not advocate any law which would deny to any man his rights as a citizen. Time after time I have insisted that a man has a right to strike, but he cer tainly has a right to work, if he can get a job. All our citizens are equal be fore the law, however rich or poor, high or low. That is the theory; let us make it a fact. Neither organized groups of business, nor organized groups of workers should enjoy special pri vileges. Every right of the indi vidual should be respected by the law and enforced by The law. But no special favors. The Closed-Shop is a special privilege to one group and it is a special injustice to another group. Special privilege and special injustice offend our sense of right; and are repugnant to sound Americanism. Let’s stand up for the freedom we inherited. “Spectator.” • for creams, light batters, drinks • dura-plastic head, rubber cord • quick and easy to operate • precision, built-in AC motor • no-spill full quart capacity • strong, light and mobile • only two pieces to clean • V4 the cost of most mixers Wertz Music & Appl. 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Altogether 2,710,980 individuals have received Rod Crass Homo Nursing cortificatos. ARE YOU A VETERAN WITH A PROBLEM? You can get help with anything from stubborn personal troubles to your \ benefit claims 1 y Tho Rod Owes helped more than 1,100,000 veterans kpt year, through home service workers in chapters. Don’t you see? How easily it may be YOU who will need the RED CROSS. See how much—how very much—it means to your country, to your commun ity, to you yourself, to have this great organization ready and able to ans wer the next cry for help? These are just a few of the many things that the RED CROSS will do for people all over the country in 1947. An d WHO makes it possible? Why the people of the city and county who worked so hard, as well as the dollars you gave to help NEWBERRY COUNTY go way over its quota. May we congratulate everyone who made this Red Cross drive so successfuL You did a splended Job. THE KENDALL CO. OAKLAND PLANT MOLLOHON PLANT