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attainments so intense as to enable
him to look down from Olympian
heights upon the rest of mankind.
It is thought here that it would
have been something of a pity to
have permitted without a protest
such a man, graciously accepting
as merely his due the almost
unanimous chorus of journalistic
and individual eulogv to become
chief justice of the Tjnited States.
In the second place, the supreme
court of the United States occupies
so high a position in the respect of
the American people that except in
the larger political crises of their
history its conduct is held not to
be debatable. When its decisions
are challenged, as they were chal
lenged in the senate last week, it
may be taken for granted that
there is an accumulated discontent
of a far-reaching nature. This in
terfence is made all the more im
pressive by the fact that no ques
tion has been raised touching Mr.
Hughes’ personal integrity or his
competence. The debate originated
in a protest against the policy at
the root of recent decisions of the
majority of the court and in tne
belief that Mr. Hughes as chief
justice would lend his great au
thority to the continuation of those
policies.
The debate brought out unmis
takable evidence of a growing con
viction that the court in recent
years has pursued a line of policy
out of harmony with the needs and
the interests and the ideals of a
very powerful part of the American
people. There would seem to be
little difficulty in determining what
. is the line of policy in the decisions
of the court which has provoked
this protest, which is undoubtedly
directed against the fact that dur
ing the last decade the federal
courts have to a greater or less
degree undermined the power of
the States and municipalities to
regulate natural monopolies and in
effect have taken the regulatory
power into their own* hands. It is
this conviction which found its ex
pression in the protest against Mr.
Hughes.
However, apparently no one at
tempts to justify the intemporate
attack upon the supreme court by
Senator Dill, Democrat, and Sena
tor Brookhart, so-called republican,
because it is not radical enough to
suit them. They speak of popular
upheavals and constitutional amend
ments taking away the power of
the court to annul unconstitutional
acts of Congress. It is considered
fortunate that Senator Dill does
not speak for the Democratic party
nor Senator Brookhart for the Re
publican party in this assault upon
the judiciary.
In our Supreme Court rests the
security of the American people
against unconstitutional legislation.
If this Republic is to endure, the
authority of that court to apply the
test of the Constitution and not be
taken away. That authority is the
cornerstone of the Constitution it
self. It was put in place by a peo
ple who were determined not to
become the victims of legislative
ois executive usurpation. No one
objects to reasonable progressivism,
nor possibly to temperate radical
ism, but when the senate is in
fested with extremists who would
not hestitate to tear down the con
stitutional immunities of the people
the power of the supreme court tc
hold Congress within the confines
of the Constitution is more im
portant than ever before.
Senator Dill’s proposal to “re
form” the court, both by intimi
dating the present justices and by
preventing the confirmation of any
nominee who is not a radical, will
find little support in either of the
two great parties. To the honor
of the senate be it said that both
political parties represented in it
are resisting the temptation to play
politcs at the expense of the in
tegrity of the supreme court. When
a great Democrat, a former Con
federate officer, was nominated
chief justice he received the ap
proval of Republican Senators, and
when Charles Evans Hughes was
nominated he was confirmed with
the help of Democratic votes.
The true spokesman of the Dem
ocrats in the senate during the re
cent debate over Chief Justic Hugh
es was Senator Harrison, of Mis
sissippi. It is thought here that Sen
ator Dill is as far from expressing
true Democratic sentiment toward
the supreme court as Senator Brook
hart is from expressing Republican
sentiment. Both of them would
seem to be out of atep with their
parties and with the American peo
ple.
With the tariff bill tight and fast
in a senate jam, with house lead
ers in revolt against legislative de
lays, wth business suffering through
out all sections of the country and
with the Democrats charging the
party in power with lack of lead
ership, Washington is wondering
what President Hoover will do. It
is agreed that in these circum
stances the natural thing is for
Kim to go straight to the country
in a ringing speech, describing con
ditions in Washngton and puttng
the responsibility for much of the
business uncertainty upon the
shoulders of Congress. That is the
way other Presidents have done
when they found themselves power
less to influence Congrss by any
other means.
All phases of the present appar
ent aimlessness of Congress, of the
reaction upon business, of the mis
fortune that would ensue if the ap
propriations bills are delayed, and
particularly of Senate “recalcitra
ry” were discussed at a White
House breakfast without developing
st\y plan of leadership. And, so
fir as President Hoover is concern
ed, it doesn’t look as though there
would be any real leadership.
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on Porch
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♦** By RING LARDNER
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To the Editor:
1 hope you boy and girl readers
won’t be bored on acct. of me writing
the events on Long’s Island every little
wile but really things do happen here
that I don’t believe they happen no
wheres else. Like for iust. the other
evening I was setting at home working
like a dog though l uever yet seen a
dog that done any real work, but any
ways a prominent citizen who his
name 1 won’t mention, but he was a
delegate at large to a convention of
paper hangers and he called up and
says 1 am coming over to see you and
bring 2 friends. So I says please don’t
come right now as I am working and
besides which I ain’t neither dressed
or shaved. But he soys we will be
rigiit over, so wbat was they left to do
only for me for to get dressed as soon
as possible and did not have time to
shave.
Well they come over and I met them
on the porch and served them a couple
of ice cold drinks of one kind another
and one of his friends was a gal aud
the other was a man and he intro
duced me to the gal but did not say
nothing about the man. So we set
down a wile and to make conversa
tion I says well if I had of knew that
I was going to have company t would
of shaven myself,
Where as the stranger to who I had
not been introduced says wait a min
ute and leapt up and went out to the
prominent citizen’s car and brought
in bis satchel which contained a full
barber’s kit and be come in and
stropped bis razor and asked me where
I kept the hot water and I says we
live in a kind of out of the way place
and don’t have uo hot w'ater so lie
says all right 1 will shave you with
ice water. So be shaved me there on
the porch and the passers by w’as cer
tainly astounded and said what a
swell guy that mu?t be to have a bar
ber come and shave him on his own
porch. Afterwards it developed that
this party to who I bad not been intro
duced was the prominent citizen’s per
sonal barber and tlie reason lie bad
not introduced me to him was be
cause tie did not know’ his name.
Well either that night or the nexi
night they was some company come in
and one of them was Jules Schwob
who is Florence Moore’s* husband and
somebody suggested a game of bridge
aud as bad luck would have it I got
Mr. Schwob for a partner and the
dealer dealt and passed and It was my
bid and I bidiled 2 spades and the
lady on my left passed and my part
ner doubled.
As far as I was concerned that was
a brand new convention aud for a
minute I was mystified. But the
others did not seem to think nothing
much about it so I redoubled and they
left me in and 1 made 2 spades which
was doubled and redoubled by my
partner and 1 so we made a whole lot
more than if we had just played It
plain 2. spades. ' You learn every day.
Weil the bridge game finely broke
up in a terrible row and vve decided
to play charades at .vhom I am a mas
ter. The idear was to give the names
of prominent people in Great Neck of
who they are a great many and 1 won’t
tell what other charades people give
because they were not so good bui
will give you one of my own.
I says this is the name of a prom
inent actress who has been both on
the stage and on the screan and al
ways wears pretty clothes. Her name
is’ in 5 syllables. The first syllable is
the 12th letter in the alphabet and is
a consonant. The second syllable was
to visualize. The third syllable was
the past tense of the preposition for
The fourth syllable was a German and
the fifth syllable was his boy.
After several hours they alt give up
The answer was Elsie Ferguson. Vir
tually everybody laughed except Frank
Craven.
Well one day we went over to the
finals of a gals’ tennis matches which
they held them at Forest Hills and if
you can find any forest or any bills
you are a better man than I am Emile
Coue but any ways that is what they
call it and the finals was between a
very young gal from El Paso and an
other not so young gal from Nat obey
and the El Paso gal kiud of romped
in so I made the remark that youth
will be served and her whom I laugh
Ingly call my wife said yes hut It is
even worse when she is doing the
serving herself. Girls will be girls.
That is about all the news that has
happened on Long’s. Island since 1
seen you last and I hope you ain’t
bored with it but if so will give you
the promise that you won’t hear noth
ing more about it for a wk. at the
outside.
(© by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
Youth
Youths are not necessarily happy;
youth is. It means freedom, strength
courage, curiosity, adventure, growth
plasticity, movement, action; disdain
of danger and death and Indifference
to seif; passiou to discover life ano
create it anew. Youth faces the fu
ture, champs at the bit, dares greatly
counts no cost. Without conviction
It will explore; without wisdom, it
will experiment; without knowledge,
it will learn; without adventure, it
will venture.
Youth is as remote from Infancy as
from senility. It created human eul
ture and alone can snve the human
race. Human immortality flowers with
youth; enduring happiness abides in
eternal youth. To be happy is to be
young.—George A. Dorsey, in Cosmo
poiitan. '- ' • 0- '
THE CHATHAM RECORD. PITTSBORO. H, C.
SALE OF VALUABLE FARM
PROPERTY
Under and by virtue of the au
thority conferred upon us in a
deed of trust executed to Brant
Alston and wife Lula Alston on
the 20th day of July, 1925, and
recorded in book AC, page 15, we
will on
SATURDAY, 22nd DAY
OF MARCH, 1930
12 o’clock noon
at the courthouse door in Pitts
boro, N. C., Chatham County, sell
at public auction for cash to the
highest bidder the. following land,
to-wit:
All that certain piece, parcel or
tract of land containg 88 *4 acres
more or less, situate, lying and be
ign just off the Siler City- Pitts
boro Highway about three miles
from Pittsboro, the same being
bounded on the North by the lands
of Harlow Taylor heirs; on the
East by the lands of Aruth Alston;
on the South by the lands of Mar
tha McClenahan and on the West
by the lands of Joe Alston, and
being the same land conveyed to
Brant Alston by the executors of
W. L. London by deed dated Jan
uary 15th, 1917, and recorded in
Book F. J., page 277 in the office
of the Register of Chatham Coun
ty, North Carolina.
This sale is made by reason of
the failure of Brant Alston and
wife Lula Alston to pay off and dis
charge the indebtedness secured by
said deed of trust.
A deposit of 10 per cent will he
required from the purchaser at the
sale.
This the 13th day of February,
1930.
THE FIRST NATIONAL
BANK OF DURAHAM,
INC., TRUSTEE, Former
ly FIRST NATIONAL
TRUST COMPANY,
DURHAM, N. C.
feb2o 27 mch 6 13
raper Wiieels f-'.ot in U&e
It is about 00 years since com
pressed paper wheels were used for
railroad cars; they were discontinued
with the advent of improved steel and
iron wheels and heavier equipment.
SPRING
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Here is a bargain event without parallel in the history of this com-
munity! This great spring clearance sale brings to bargain seekers
a once -i n - a ~K* etime opportunity to secure famous used cars “with
f an OK that counts” at savings that will he long remembered.
Due to the tremendous popularity of the New Chevrolet Six, we ,
have an unusually large stock of fine used cars. To clear our stock
\ quickly, we offer these splendid cars at low sale prices that are
nothing less than sensational.
j,-. Buy a car during this sale at many dollars below its normal
price! Look to the red “OK that counts” tag as proof of its qual»
\ ity and dependability. This tag signifies that the car has been
| |v : V thoroughly reconditioned. Be sure to attend this sale early. j
Wide Choice of Vow and Six Cylinder Car*
1927 CHEVROLET TRUCK
32 x 6 inch tires on rear; runs
good. A bargain for
$175.00
1926 CHEVROLET TOURING
Car, a Bargain at
$150.00
THE ECONOMY MOTOR COMPANY
SILER CITY, N. C.
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BUY “OK” USED CARS FROM A CHEVROLET DEALER
BRIDGE PARTY
On Friday night, February 21,
Mrs. J. W. Hunt entertained at
nine tables of bridge. Decorations;
and refreshments were suggestive j
of George Washington’s birthday. i
The high score prize was won by
Mrs. Hamilton Woltz, and Mrs. R.
H. Dixon, a recent bride, was pre
sented with a hand-painted china
cake-stand.
Mrs. Hiint was assisted in serving
!by Mesdames R. A. Glenn, W. F.
Bland, E. A. Fcirrell and H. D.
Gunter.
Out of town guesst were Mes
dames W. B. Wright, Harry G.
, Hunt, Hamilton Woltz and Graham
Connell, all of Raleigh, and Miss
Chapin of Manson, Mass.
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Water Power
The greatest water power on earth
is women’s tears. —Atlanta Coustitu
tlon.
Adults, Too, Prefer
"No Dosing” for Colds
Millions Adopt External Remedy
Made Famous As Treatment
For Children’s Colds
. A generation ago, when Vickis
Vapoßub was originated, the idea
of treating colds without “dosing”
was almost unheard of. Today, the
whole trend of medical practice is
away from needless “dosing.”
Mothers of young children espe
cially have been quick to appreciate
this better, external method of treat
ing colds, because there's nothing to
swallow and, of course, nothing to
upset the little ones' delicate stom
achs. Year by year more and more
adults, too, have found Vicks equally
good for their own colds.
Just rubbed on,Vicks acts through
the skin like a poultice or plaster;
and, at the same time, it releases
medicated vapors which are inhaled
direct to the inflamed air-passages.
Ever-increasing demand for this
better method of treating colds i 3
shown in the familiar Vick slogan.
Made famous when Vicks reached
“17 Million Jars Used Yearly”—
later raised to “21 Million”—thero
are now “Over 26 Million Jars Used
Yearly.”
1928 Plymouth Sedan
with 1930 license, good
tires, good paint, first-class
mechanical condition. A
bargain. Price
$300.00
Pilot Theatre
PITTSBORO, N. C.
Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 26-27
“WORDS AND MUSIC”
_ an All-Singing and Dancing Picture, featuring
LOIS MORAN and DAVID PERCY
Pathe Spotlights. Fox Sound News
Friday and Saturday, Feb. 28-March 1
TOM TYLER
IN
“THE MAN FROM NEVADA”
Another Chapter of the “Vanishing Millions.”
Pathe Fable, as toneage romance
Talking Comedy, “Fancy That.” And St. Louis Blues.
Monday and Tuesday, March 3-4
WILLIAM BOYD
IN
“OFFICER O’BRYAN”
A Pathe All-Talking Picture
Also a Talking Comedy and Sound News
Wednesday and Thursday, March 5-6
“PLEASURE CRAZED”
WITH
Marguerite Churchill, Kenneth McKenna,
and Dor thy Burgess
Also a Fox Talking Comedy and Sound News
Shows Daily: 7:00 and 8:30; Saturdays 3:30 to 10:00
Admission, Whites 15c and 40c; Colored 10c and 30c
ALWAYS A GOOD SHOW
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY i>7
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1926 ESSEX COACH
Run only 13,000 miles, good
tires, and new license. Price
$200.00
1926 FORD TOURING CAR
New Paint
$90.00