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fjTTiiVAKCE IN THK COONTT " SYLVA, NORTH OAROLTHA, lHtJKSDAY, FBBl to, 1937 ' $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE OUTSIDE THE COUNTY ,lV?lhl"-^=' '? r I0rth Carolina Legally \Set For First Time In Nearly Thirty Years ?u- i':1'1 io:. . , a"' * l'!,,;. ?'""?wy H i??t has f? Uu-a! stnt,lH (*??.?' r li-" \i>? ?????"?>' whW1' s J ? i,' I. A lii* li.:uor stores. ?--' -lh,rt lronl ?"P , * - f ""c l> " , \ilii.li the tax "riA^lK. ^. ami beei U u.-ishi aw left for where tl.ov mv now " NVvtb ( aroli >? >s longer i oni.'i?"y or actually. Ono "7rr;?(.t Ken.o.isirationa of ' ,h.? the l'"s',,u SOSS,OU 01 t; ,?ii a -'uJ.lv li;? seen w?* r l'ivit! who" control i .-?..iiflend in the Sen ?eht; L,, ..Uf ?' k,l,,W? 'lS.WC,1' I !,?.?> ?"?. thnt not a ?i?>gl* [rofil-l (>?' wn>'? b>' Li.li n i.k.n,. T;.e two uinend L nftwl tl til wen- voted down, L. I'oiisiil.rtil of the1 greatest L ,?.ri. ilu "in- to make t ho bill L, only ruti-r It had boon sub L'uii HiViviiilnm of the people |j?W' Si ale, artd the one offer ers. liio'i would have i,H u|i'oh..|icv'lieverrt!?es above L th. rtiVs and other places of L| I'IjumI ili.'ii' In the liquor l. Si" :i.-kt<1. when she sent the Idiuen? n;\ ihat when the Sena* [rot,.,! i( tiou u, ihe\ "don't holler 1*1 |i* inin nutters iliat the Assent 1'^ !oi i ii: id.'uitiii'i are prailti Ii>|i>ni ''i'. The liquor bill is |!r. Tlie re v *?...?? und approprin iHl.s mv in tie Senate. The irv ;if! has hern in'rodueed in IlK The .ri'' school books has ?'u- i!..i ,? and has gone to \>xr. Tin' Hid Aire Assistance i lie Senate and is in Iti*. Hut there ai-e other mat J ut an- - nil deman ling consider Lnrd w-iu'h w ill probably hold I im i!Mv iii l'i h-ip ii until some : ci.vi* tl.e ides oi' March. One is JiTitiT "i amendments to the ii >???,uriry Ac", passed by tbo i;l Si sioii, he tore Christinas, iii;tiwsti.::; fi-atire of the (Jcner l?i oi 1 Al7 Hie tact that ?iu day the Assembly will meet s V th.- r-i y ot Raleigh. Repregcn ?'Aliit'-, oi' lliowan, introduced a Vt;on -(i tlie effect that ono sea It k in the town ot Edenton. n>otiiti"!i i|iiickly passed both \ kit :t hionu'tii forMi a deal Jill's Am hi' the history of 'Kriiiliii.i. The ii*-o!ivtioi? ret'err t.Kdeiiiim ns "the llrst eapital of "''sroli ii; " [.ibiiy Ward, whose "Km Xiv hern, promptly offered tiii'luti -1 to <? haii^'o 'he reading w "t' tl.e lint capitals" and tho v > mi. p. Vectit, that the 'w- liii tli iienil Assembly ever imivc.i"' in I'a^'fi itank lOtuuy; 1 -t Ltd u way of moving itsell up ?>nd ilfiwir tlu? North Caro How ver, Kdenton is cou *?# he one ?? i the tirst capitals - Into. I It-r?* Tryon House was Hii'd her,, much of the history *M?te ami Nation was written. ?,an f'T tli. 1!K17 General Assoiu " hold r nu-'-t ii>;? in Edeniton, i.-' ?j' ^itli ?l:e idea of tho Governor r'U' Ninth f'nmliun, and the '"h'y v\i!l j.0 d?rt|i to that town 4" il:iv, just Jo mil attention to >iore i,i" historv tiinjt lies to Ualeigh. The Virginia s'Ulv I"s !>?'l u similar precedent "'"R'tiWilliaiiislmnj. J' J?i ^ nut i i'er est to tbe teach 1 ' i'1 St u to v.'tis introduced by ' tllt-itivi- SfiitelU, ot' Brunswick it,Of Haywood, on last 1It *?'J' w?nld sot up within tho 41 an '?r retirement, of teach '"'U- j'ii'?,i';oii in 5 hat work 1 H ?t itl'a i* similar to Hi 1 ' 1,1 the Social Security (| Ileol,l<' who work-for private ,2 "r v,'rl"'nitio?s- Five per 'i;!,, s|,l",y or every teacher1 ih. f'1''1'"ll" ^'.ivemant fund, 1 "Sviim 111'"1 UK paw* *M,'r:Slv '?>' "? Honeo, pro "xt book8 for all %l 11 ^ ,0 Wgh 4n'fp'e-n ?, t'"' Ia ?l1 ^",1001 lt,lrJ' readers wiU be '****i .r"?1 tentfti ba9is ""Ur'-?ia,i 'M o( The nation | ;sul,I>oi"' ol the Admin. ,:w i lU,t' Governor Hoey ''l?n ?|.^V ? W?,uro hi* cam (p, 4,1(1 ncommended It Nse T"n To P^t TODAY and TOMORROW CONSTITUTION . .) . its origin Tiro fraiuora ol' the Constitution in eluded many of tlit) ablest minds in America, i o read James Madison's | day-by-day journal of tlio debates in tlie convention is to be impressed by i be breadth of knowli-dge <>t' world history and the depth ol' insight into the enures of the downhill of many ex |M?riinoiita in government which wen displayed by the delegates. The government whicti was net up l?y the Constitution was a novel ex periment, The best features <?f other governmental systems were adopted i radapted. No other government then existing in the world has remained j unchanged in form or basic principle. ( Ours is the only one which has sili> ? vived. COUET^ its purpose! Ono feaiure of the American eon ? titution is unique. That is the .Su preme Court. No other nation had ?ver set up such a tribunal. Elsewhere the king or other executive was the final arbitor of justice. The purpose of the Supreme Court was to take the' power of dispensing justico out of the rands of either the Legislative or rhe Executive branch. In rhe debates on how the justices should be appointed Dr. Ilenjamiu Franklin called attention to the old Scottish system of having judges nom inated by the lawyers. They would always name the ablest lawyers lie said, because they would thus bo re t ied from competition and the other lawyers could get their clients! So specific authority to interpret the Constitution was conferred upou the Supreme Court. The point was raised u the eon vention biu passed over because, as Elbridge Oerry ot Massa chusetts pointed out, the Court's ex position of the laws involved a powei of deciding on their constitutionality. LAWS highest * 'This Constitution and the laws v hich shall bo made in plrsuanef thereof . . . shall be the supremo law oi the land." So reads Article (1 of the the Constitution. That sets up the Constitution itself as the highest .?rd superior law, in the light of which all other or inferior laws must be re wed. When any court tlnds that any law enacted by any legislative body, Con gress or a . tate legislature, docs not conform to J the provisions |ofl the [ Constitution, it is not only the right j hut the duty of the court to declare the inferior law invalid. I And many IKirsons who do not understand that j elementary principle of law and jm- ? tice, but who think that somehow the Supreme Court has arrogated to itself powers which it has no right to as sume. * What makes the Constitution the supremo law is the fact that it is the only law which has been adopted by the people < su whole. Tho will of the people is supreme. And the Constitu- J tion contains a prescription of the j means whereby the people can make i their will known and effective. OPINIONS ..... of law Another point on which 1 have found many of my friends somewhat at Boa is how questions of the con stitutionality of a law get before tho Supreme Court.'4 Why can't the Court just give nn opinion to Congress be fore a law if passed, as to whether it is constitutional or not?" they ask. The answer is that the Supreme Court is a court and not a legislative j body. it. haa no power except to pass I on specific eases brought before it in | the regular course of legal procedure. It nobody shallenges the constitution-, ality of a law the Supreme Court has nothing to say about it, though it may, in fact, bo unconstitutional. Its judg ments tore only on tho particular eases brought before it. I Then, however, ?the Court must say ^ whether the statute which is chal iengd is a valid 'law or not. If it c?n forms to tho supreme law it is good, if It does not. so conform It is no law it %ll lud *>twdy is bound to obey it. JUDGES V ..... Marshall The Supreme Court has established itself iu 150 veur* as the balance wheal of ouiUystcim f?f government because of the character of the men who have sat as juclgeB on its bench. It has rarely been the case, if ever, that a Supreme Coui't justice has let polities! or partisan consideration . Ttttw & Ptg^-,9)- ^ President Studies Flood Control Washington, February 24?Passngo ci the Supreme Court Retirement Bill will make only a slight change in the status of the Justices. Under the pre sent law any Justice of the Supreme Court may resign at 70 on a pension of full pay, .$20,000 a year; for life. Justice Holmes, who resigned at 88 Mid lived four years longer, is the inly one who has taken advantage of this law in recent years?and lie refus ed to take his pension. One reason why others have no: done so, is thai their work on tho Bench is so integral ?i port of their lives, ih.u they do not like !to give it up as long as they are still able to perform their judicial duties. Another, though |>vol?ably a less e?ir. pelling reason why Supreme f'oui'. justices retain their s^ita when I hey eould resign, is that their pensions 'vould he subject to income tn\, which their salaries are not. , Always t Member The retiiemerfi |tcrm:<s any Justice tt retire from active service on the Bench at or after 70, but he is still l member of the Court, as a retired officer of the Army, and could he called upon for special duty nl> any lime. His life tenure is not impaired hy the bill nor his salary reduced in e.nv way. The original purpose of the bill, which has been considered by previous Congresses, was 'lo extend to the Su pretue Court the sinne retirement priv ilege now enjdved by .pidgin in I he lower Federal Courts. The purpose back of the present revival ot' the phut, however, is :io mnkc it easier irore attraetive io soiiU' of the i-hler Justices 'to retire now and so create vacancies in the Court (which ;lie President eoald UU with younger men, .i v Flood?Dust?Reclamation Next (o (he Supreme Court issue, Washington'k interest is centering tijKin ilu. extensive project of flood enuLrol, desert reclamation and toil conservation, which are now taking concrete form, Tlio reclamation proj ect. interest in which has heen stim ulated by the recent recurrence of dust florins iu Oklahoma, outlines <a long1 rang? regional project taking in all or parts of ten states. The Federal (!ov? rninont, '.ho stafc I?< vernn cuts and loeal authorities it !-es?? ten states would coo|?eralf l? rail several milliou acres back iutt; pass and develop methods o I protecting settlers on the tillable lands of the region and providing f.nnncial assistance to such as might need it. Relief of snffers fr.vn - the Ohio Mississippi Hoods comes ahead of pro j.-fis for the prevention of future J >oods. Due to the faet tliat so much oi the $700,000,000 appropriated for the W I'A mid other relief agencies that will he needed lor in.mediate relief work i u 'those river valleys, Re lief Administrator Harry Hopkins has asked Congress for another $2011, COO.OOO, which he will doubtless get. "Disaster Corporation" Loans Congress also passed and the Presi dent has approved a VU creating the 4'Disaster Cor|>onltion," authorized to lend up to 20 million dollars to flood sufferers, who cannot obtain sufficient credit from ordinary channels for re luilding their homes, shops, farms and factories. The Reeonstruction Finance Corporation is to supply the capital. The Administration 's agricultural proposals, as now shaped up, include five urjor projects in the interest of i-jrricuUure. One is continuance of the soil conservation subsidy plan, esti mated 'to distribute an annual benefit of 600 million dollars with larger sub sidies in times of big crops. Plans are also about matured on new legislation for stronger voluntary j.nd compulsory production contro1 than was called for in the original ^AA. A third proposal is an enlarged crop insurance plan, to protect fanners against the hazards of weather and insects, with the cost, of insurance liome partly by general taxation. Fourth is an entirely new project for cash and credit advances to indi vidual tenant fan.-ers who want to work 'their way from tenancy to farm ownership. The fifth is a broad sys tem of price-fixing loans on major crops, coupled with government-fi nanced storage of surplus commodi ties. Those are the elements of the com pletely integrated agricultural pro gram * which wap "worked out hud unanimously approved at the confer ence of fifty farm leaders with the Secretary of Agriculture and other frdariaiptrtfkm and CoDgrneional Jim Griffin Gets 12 To 15 Years For Murder Of Elliott Jim 'Griffin, who with his son Jesse Griffin was tried in Superior Court, here last week, was found guilty oi Winder in the second degree, and sen tenced by Judge Donald F. Phillips, | to I ron: 12 to l? years ut. hard labor, j The son was found not guilty. The two i men were alleged tu have beaten to j death, Carl Elliott on the night of 'last July :i, at Whittier. All 1 three i men were resident^ of Whittier. The jury was composed of W. j Jackson, \V. II. MeCall, J. II. Cotter, j John Shepherd, Morgan Dillard, K. I). I Phillips, Hen Sloan, Carl Keever, T. L Kin*, ('has. >*orris, 1;. B. Alex ander, nn<l M, D. Bradley. QUALLA. (Ily Mrs. .1. K. Terrell; The text from which Rev. \Y. A.! Rollins, ot' WnyncsvilK', preached a splendid sermon, at. the Qualla Meth odist church, Buudny afternoon, wy* "I am coins that they ir.ight have life j'lul tliit they might have it more rhundantly." Among the visitors present were Mr. and .Mrs. Glenn Staleup'aml Mrs. Uohcrt Me'lnn, of Whittier; Mr. uud Mrs. L. A. jlipps and Mrs. Cagle and Miss Sal lie Cagle, of Olivet; and sev ?ral Indians, from Echota. The Qualla Home IHjnonstration Cub with Mrs. Mary Kjnslaud, Tuesday, in a very interestir.fi: session. The subjee's lor disenssum wen? sal ads and clothing. After the meeting delieloiis refreshments were served. Those present were All's. Mamle Bu# K vs ns. Demonstrator, Mrs. Prank Hughes, Mrs. Kunice Kinslaud, Mrs. TiOfv Shell on, Mrs. J. R Rntlfc, Mrs. Rufrve Battle, Mrs. .1, Ii, Hyatt and Mn, Hasting Springer. Mr. C. l'. Shelton and family went to Whittier, Sunday, to visit Mr. J. R Fojjers 'Hul Mrs. Have Varuer and children. Mr. Chas. Edwards of Whiteside Cove, Mr. T,. W. Bumgarner and fam ily of Sylva, and Air. and Mrs. IT. G. Martin visited Mr. and Mrs. Alton Fdwards Sunday. Mr. Frank Owen and family were ?vestfl at Mr. H. G. Ferguson's, Sun day. Charles Daniels Buried Wednesday C. II. Daniels, a former resident of this county, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Steve Wilbur, in Au gusta, Georgia, .Monday night, alter several years of ill health. Mr. Daniels, who was a native of Boston, Massachusetts, lived in this county for u number of yean#. Lit* uairied Miss Florence Euloe, in 1900. Mis. Daniels died about twenty years ago. Besides Mrs. Wilbur, Mr. Dan. icls is survived by another daughter, Mrs. Jack Anderson, of Spartanburg, S. C., and by a son, Charles Augustus Dnnitls, of Augusta. Funeral services, conducted by Rev. M. Q. Tuttle, pastor of the Methodist church here, and interment, were held at the Webster cemetery, yesterday afternoon, DUCKETT ACCEPTS POSITION AT PAPERBOARD PLANT HEBE The position of mechanical engineer left vacant by the death of George W. Crout, has been filled by the ac ceptance of the position by E.J. Duck ett, of Cullowhee. Mr. Duckett has had supervision of the hydro-electric eteam and water system plants, as well as the upkeep of the buildings and grounds of Western Carolina Teachers College, for several years. He has purchased a house from Dr. Grover Wilkes, in west Sylva, and is adding some improvements prepara ory to coming here to live, the first of March. lenders here this month. No Processing Tax The new farm program eliminates ono of the major grounds upon which AAA was invalidated by the Supreme Court, which held that Ihe processing <nx for'the benefit of farmers was an improper use of the government's tax irg power. The new plan would impose no special taxes, taking the nccessary funds from the general revenue in stead of putting the whole burden up on processors of agricultural com modities. (Please Ton To fig* 2) Mrs. Caleb Ridley Died In Atlanta * i Mrs. Lula Wilson Ridley widow oi Rsv. Caleb A. Ridley, died in Atlanta ;:9t Sunday, of double pneumonia, af roi an illness of a few days. Funeral rmd interment were in Atlanta, last Mondav. ? / Mrs. Rui W was a alive of Glen villc, leaving hi re al'ter hoi marriagc lo Dr. Ridley. Some years ago they built a home in Sylva and lived here for a short lime. Mrs. Ridley is stwvived by her mother, Airs. Mararot Wilson, ol Seneca, S. C., two daughters, Mrs. Annie Laurie Gi-einer, ol Chicago, ami Mnu Flora Johnson, of Atlanta, and a son, Leo Ridley, of New York. GRAND JURY REPORT FOR FEBRUARY T2RM OF COURT The Grand Jiuy, in its report to lie Court, here, last week, made leaoBMuomintions relative to eondi iona at the County Home, transporta tion of the school children of Ihe tounty, and reported on matters per taining to jtlier affairs of the county. Pelow, we give (he report in full: "To his Honor, V. Donald Phillips, Judge Presiding: The (Irand Jury at this Feb. Term l!\"7 of the Superior Court lor Jack son County respectfully submits th? iuilowing report: We recommend that the authorities C' purchase additional school busses, in order that, no bus will be overloaded. We (ind thnr all school busses are now jeiug overloaded. We recommend that ill new busses be of steel bodies. We have inspected the rural road conditions in the Counly and find ;Lem in fair condition considering the bad winter Weather. We recommend thai the supervisor of highways be furnished meii and equipment neces-,j sarv to gravel as manv of these roads] ? ~ ?' ? as )H)s.sil>l(> during tin summer and fall months. We have visited the prison camp and find !t in a sau.'.ar\ condition #fcroujf<fa?ut. Tl;e Aumatos well cared for ami furnished plenty of | clothing. We liiul the kitchen at the tai&p being kept in an excellent, clean fnd sanitary condition. The inmates | ?TO furnished with plenty of good,, wholesome food. We have inspected the County jail and find it in an excel] nt. clean and saitaiy condition. The inmates are fnrniflhed with plenty of ?ond, whole some food. We have ins] tort od tlio County Home and find it beii.g kept in a good, clean, condition, and plenty of l-.ood, wholesome food turnished t Ik inmates. Wo find tlio Jlonm(is n<?\\ being heated by heating stoves. We recommend that, n heating plant b< provided as soon as possible. We find T1'C Home in need of a new washing machine and recommend that one be purchased as soon as possible. We have inspected the Court Honse -,nd find it. being kept in a clean and sanitary condition. We have inspected the various of fices in the Cohrt House and, as fai as we are able to determine,find the records up to date and being kept in i.n efficient manner. It has come to the attention of the Grand Jury that some drivers of school busses have been driving too fast. We recommend that thp proper authorities investigate this and that any such drivers be dSlharged im mediately. Respectfully submitted, ?Toe W. Davis, Foreman." MRS. LOUVADA WILSON DIES FOLLOWING LONG ILLNESS Mrs. Louvada Wilson, 74, widow of the late Thomas A. Wilson, died Feb mary 14, at the home of her daughter Mia. T. J. Young, at Glenvillc. She was 'o^ed by all who knew her. She devoted most of her life to hf-lp ing othcra. Funeral services were held in thr Hamburg Baptist Church, with Rev. C. Conner, conducting the lites. Bur ;.<1 was in the cemetery at Glenvillc. Mrs. Wilson is survived by four daughters and two sons, who are, Mrs. T. J. Young, Mrs. Ellen Barnes both of Glenville, Mrs. W. Hooper of Pied mont, S. C., Mrs. Mary Power of In diana, J. E. Wilson of Brevard, N. C. and A. L. Wilson of San Francisco, California, thirty-four grandchildren, thirty-eight great grand children, and four greats great grand children. Bill To Control Madison Causes Heated Eebate (By Dan Tompkins) Raleigh, Fob. 24.?Madison county, as usual, has attracted a great deal oi" attention in the Genera' Assembly. Many people wonder what it i? all about. Folks down east are amazed at -Mich display of partisan ship as crops up every two years when the embattled politicians of .Madison bring their fight to Rakigh. In 1031, Napoleon Boneparte Mc Devitt now postmaster at Marshall, Mid a Democrat, was sciving his sec ond term in the General Assembly. He secured the passage ot' legislation setting up certain boards in the coun ty, and the chairmen of these boards constituted -mother board, which took over the functions of electing the county auditor, the Judge and solici tor of the Recorder's Court, and other matters that usually lie within the province of the county commis si oners. In 1933 Madison sent Herschal Sprinkle, Marshall Republican to the General Assembly. In 1935 he was re ,"turned. Both sessions he tried faith fully and hard to get the McDevitt acts repealed, but. with no success. The fight has been getting warmer jeach session. This year young Jimmy Bailey, law partner of Guy Roberts, and a Repub lican represents Madison. He and his delegation, consisting of some 150 Republicans appeared before the Com mittee of Education, Friday., and at tempted to get that committee to ap point ''any five Democrats except the on< s nominated in the Democratic Primary" as a board of education for ?he county. The attempt failed. On the Monday night previous, Bailey had introduced and attempted io secure 4 he passage under suspen sion of the rules, a resolution com mending the position taken by Sena tor J. W. Ba'ley, on President Roose velt's proposal on liberalizing the Su preme Court. Practically every Dem ocrat in the House, and all oi the 120 members except 8 are Democrats, took fhe Resolution as an attempt on tho part of the minority party, through the young Madisonian, .to put the House in the position of either taking a crack at the Senior Senator from North Carolina, or at the President. An?l iJiev diou't like it a bit. In fact they were mad, and ready to admin ister a sound spanking to the young ster from Madison. A few days later a bill was intro duced in t)he House, by Giles of Mc Dowell, McDowell of Polk, and Tatem of TyreII, to add four Democrats to the present board of Madison com missioners, and hereafter to elect the board of commissioners by districts instead of by the vote of the whole coiinijv*. That means, of course that I he Democrats would immediately lake over the affairs of Madison and i hat they would continue to control the Board of Commissioners after warns. The Madison delegation, wearing "Madison-Self Government" badges a rived in town. After their defeat before tlie Committee on Education, they moved over to Counties, Cities, and Towns, where another defeat a waited then:, for that committee \ o'. <1 10 report favorably the. bill to change Madison from Republican to Demo cratic.. The hearing was as hot a one is has been seen in Raleigh in many a day. The contentions are this: The Re publicans claim of the majority party ?he right: ot' local self-government. They insist upon the light to manage own affairs in their own way, and state that until such right is returned to them Madison will become stronger and stronger in the Republican faith. On the other hand, the Democrats state until the McDevitt legislation was enacted, the Republicans were in complete control, anH *hat a mess and a muddle of county affairs prompt cd the enactment of the 1 f)31 laws. They seated before the committee, Friday, thr.t the use of the court room in Marshall was denie.l the Democrats of the conVy, f'at t*>e T*e v'1: county commissioners have r>; : ' . co-operate wiih State ami Federal governmental agencies, and that as a consequence, the people of the county I.rae lost large sums of money that would have come +o them bv W FA and other government projects, and that the children are without ade quate facilities for schools, when they, could *have splendid school buildings,' i.t small cost to the county. Hence, they argue, it is necessary, for thf (Plea<?e Tern To Page 3) ' -
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