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CONSTITUTION WEEK Editor’s Note: Following is an ad dress delivered over radio station WCW in connection with the observance of Constitution Week. The address was made by William 8. Privott and is the final one of several published in The Herald by request. . We are so constantly. afflicted with “weeks” of different kinds, ranging from '“be kind to ani mals” week to “corn bread” week, that we usually pay litte attention to them. However, I feel that observance of “Consti- 1 tution” week merits our serious consideration and I commend the local DAR Chapter for its spon sorship and Radio Station WCDJ for its cooperation. Most of us have not read the U. S. Consti tution since our high school days and we are inclined to take for granted the many benefits and privileges which we enjoy solely because of the fact that they are guaranteed by the Constitution. Among these are the freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom of the press and the rights to assemble and bear arms. I would remind all that the Constitution is a document written by and for human be ings and is, therefore, subject to all the frailties and difference of opinion that the human mind cap devise. Even the Bible is subject to different interpreta tions and some of our fiercest battles have been fought because of this. If, then, the Holy Scrip ture, with its divine inspiration, be subject to challenge and de bate, how can anyone be sur-1 prised that differences of opin ioni arise as to the meaning of oun Constitution? I hasten to sayi that I do not agree with sorrje of the interpretations that been recently propounded,! especially with reference to the Fifth and Fourteenth Amend ments, but I do recognize the I need for a final and absolute authority who shall say what the law is. The remedy lies not in an attack upon the Constitution itself but changes must be ef fected by changes in the laws and by changes in the personnel of the individuals who pass up on their applicability to the Con stitution. History reveals a number of occasions when the people and the Congress and even the Presidents have op posed the interpretation placed upon some laws by the judicial branch of the government, but at no time do I recall that it was contended that authority was lacking to so interpret and en force the laws as written. Our proper remedy, if we do not like any law, is to change the law itself. Most of us recall the late unlamented and unpopular 18th Amendment known, face tiously, as the Prohibition Act. When it was found to be un popular and unenforceable, sole ly because of public opinion in the matter, the law was properly repealed by the 21st Amendment. 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CONGER I CONSIGNEE (Wffllk I Phone 2614 For Prompt Delivery, mmatino oil have had scholarly and appro- ’ priate discourses on the sth and , 14th Amendments, on the his- tory surd background of the Con stitution and I thought that the radio audience might be in terested in refreshing its mem- 1 ory as to just how a change or amendment to the Constitution is brought about. | Article 5 provides that: “The Congress, whenever two-thirds of both Houses shall deem it ne cessary, shall-, propose amend ments to this Constitution, or, on the application of the Leg islatures of two-thirds of the several states, shall call a con vention for proposing amend- 1 ments, which, in either case, 1 shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this Con- 1 stitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three-fourths of the several states or by conven-1 tions in three-fourths thereaf, as the one or the other mode of ra-; tification may be proposed by i the Congress; ...” What has been the history of uses or at-1 tempted uses of Articles 5 by. members of Congress? No few-| er than 4,020 proposals for' ( amendment of tne Constitution have been submitted between • 1789, the effective date of the 1 Constitution, until IWI . This is an average of twenty-six and one-half a year which, if main tained and more amendments are being proposed now than ever before—could bring the to- I tal to almost 4,500 by the end of the year. Scores of sensible and apparently useful amend ments' have died on first base. But not a few trivial and down right crackpot ideas have been | advanced since the' first Con ' gress organized itself 169 years ago in New York. I Representative Miller of Wis , consin in 1893 proposed that j “The Army and Navy, including i the Army and Navy schools of | organized murder (the academies | at West Point and Annapolis), are I hereby abolished.” Also, he sug ■ gested that “The House and Sen j ate shall vote by electricity.” , Three amendments have tried to SELL YOUR HOGS TO M. D. BAKER HOG BUYING STATION. Tyner, N. C. 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More colorful was the suggestion of Vinton of Ohio in ,1844: to let, each state elect its favorite son, then put into a foolproof box or | sphere as many balls as each 1 state has Representatives and i Senators, each ball to be stamp ed with the name of the state, shake well, draw out one ball, I and give the job of being Presi dent to the choice of the lucky state. i | The Vice Presidency has been the subject of many proposals, | ranging from the seven at tempts to abolish the office en j tirely to the five efforts to mul tiply the job and have a first, | second and third Vice President on the theory that “What is good 1 for General Motors is good for the United States.” | The Constitution makes no mention of God'. The omission was no oversight. The Revolu tion was fought not only against taxes and the Crown but against ! the old world tyranny of which clericalism and an established state church were a part. So sensitive were the founding fathers on this subject that the Very first clause of the First Ar ticle in the Bill of Rights—the first amending of the Constitu tion specified that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” The fear of church in terference in government was expressed in proposed amend ments to forbid ministers to hold federal office. Between 1889 and 19417 v some sixty-five amendments were proposed to bring some order out of the chaos and confusion of the marriage and divorce laws of the states. But aside i from the prohibition of poly ‘gamy as decreed by the Ed munds Act, the states have kept 'exclusive jurisdiction over mari j tal relations, and have shied away from yielding any of it to the federal government. . I | Whether a particular amend ment is worthy or not, adding it to the Constitution is difficult. This is shown by the score of j I twenty-two wins in nearly 4,500 | , tries. Among the reasonable j suggestions that have so farj ■ failed but are kept alive are equal rights, abolition of Con gressional immunity, national • representation for the District i' of and the problem of [ Presidential disability. It should ■j be a matter of pride, how ,l ever persistent, no silly propo , sal has ever won acceptance, ■ from . the proposal of “Marse” • Wilson of Mississippi to prohibit foreign-born citizens from be i coming Congressmen to the , choice of President by a kind of ■ bingo. 1 ————* Weekly Devotional j Column By JAMES MacKRNZIE f Jesus is coming to earth again! Glorious promise and blessed hope—Jesus is coming again! Coming in bodily form. Coming to save, and coming to judge. Je sus is coming again! Men may ask, “Where is the promise of His coming?” But Jesus is coming again! Preachers may fail to proclaim it, but Jesus is coming again! Infidels may twist and turn the precious pages of the Sacred Volume to change their meaning, but Jesus is com ing again! We may be so en grossed with the petty, mundane cares and affairs of this doomed world that we desire not His com ing—But Jesus is coming again! Jesus is coming again! Coming first of all to receive unto Him self His saints, who look for His coming. Coming then to judge I IF ITS NEW PLYMOUTH’S GOT IT! 1 NEW SPORT DECK standard on SPORT FURY models shown aboveavailable at slight extra cost in every Plymouth price range. ANNOUNCING THE ’59 PLYMOUTH ■ that brings you new beauty... new features... and new FURY models at a new low price! YOU ENJOY SWIVEL SEATS that make the '59 YOU AVOID GLARE as new Mirror- YOU GET INSTANT HEAT* at finger-tip touch with new Push- YOU DISCOVER GREAT NEW PERFORM- Plymouth the easiest car in the world to get in Matic rear-view mirror* elec- Button Heating and Ventilation Controls. No waiting for warmth ANCE with Plymouth's advanced de oroutof. Front seats swing with you. Standard tronically dims dazzle from the on those frosty mornings. 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For example, here is one j of many Bible descriptions of the i days that will precede His return: j “Thus know also, that in the last | days perilous times shall come, j For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, < proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection (per verted), truce-breakers, inconti nent, fierce, despisers of those I that are good, traitors, heady, | high-minded, lovers of pleasures I more than lovers of God: having , a form of godliness but denying the power thereof ...” (II Timo thy 3:1-5). Sounds like a con temporary history of our times, doesn’t it? Perhaps the most general char acteristic of the last days (which most Bible scholars believe are the days we are now living in) is that men will have the form of godliness, but deny the power thereof. That is, they will pay lip service to religion, and go through the outward motions of churchi anity, but will allow it to have | “Hey” j; | Get Your Rye Grass I I 10-LB. SPECIAL $1,99 f j 1 25-LB. SPECIAL $4*4.9 f j I 50-LB. SPECIAL sg*49 j I 100-LB. SPECIAL $16.95 fj I A SOWER TO LOAN OR WE WILL SOW THEM IF ??? % i NO WE ARE NOT COMING DOWN I IN PRICE SEEDS ARE SCARCE! | \ I Halsey Feed and Seed Store f| I BROAD STREET SOUTH OF THE BANK no influence whatever on their lives. This of course is the ulti , mate blasphemy, and we see much of it today. So much indeed, that 1 it is difficult to tell the church | member from the honest sinner I who makes no insincere pretense lat piety. In our day and time j leading church members curse j and drink, lie, steal, gamble, read ■ I the same dirty magazines and 1 modern novels as the unsaved, . and are to be seen, so I under- PEST FREE INSPECTION IPmONTHLY SERVICES W HOMES • STORES • INDUSTRIES I FOR A FEW CENTS A DAY 1 stand, at filthy movies. Nor do many feel shame at their betrayal! of the Precious Saviour, but will | defend their conduct and encour age others, especially children, to follow their path to hell. Surely j the day approaches quickly—our' Lord will not long delay His com- j ing. Are you ready? Were Jesus to' come today would you greet Him 1 Glenmore KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY • 86 PROOF GLENMORE DISTILLERIES CO. "WHERE PERFECTION OF PRODUCT IS TRADITION'' LOUISVIUHHTBCIT —EECTTOir fnrv PAGE FIVE with joy or with fear? D«*r: friend, even now as you read, these words you may avail your self of the mercy and love of God , by simply trusting His Son, Jesus, as your Saviour and Lord. We ' know not the day nor the hour when He shall come again in bod ily form, but where the heart is open to Him He enters in to save . and to bless. Let Jesus come in to your heart right now.
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