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Tuesday, December 8. 1936
King Edward's Difficulties
King Edward seems to l>e having quite a bit of
trouble in his kingdom?being divided l>etween hb
statesmanship and his love. I'erha|>s every person in
the British Kmpire is interested in the outcome, and
doubtless they have the right to say who they want
a" th*'1, "'lor '
Many of his subjects seem to think that his taste
is a little dull, since he noes so strong for divorcees,
when are there a multitude of unmarried girls in
waiting.
Leaves and Fertilizers
Southern Pines Pilot.
One of the most deplorable sights about the town
and country is the smoke rising from piles of burning
leaves. In the use of commercial fertilizers North
Carolina leads all other states The News Letter
from the University Press says North Carolina con
sumed slightly over a million tons last year, and no
other state a close competitor, and that North Caro
lina uses one-sixth of all the fertilizers used in the
United States, and has been doing so for over two
decad s. That is quite a record. If the farmer pay-,
around $30 a ton for fertilizer at that rate they rec
kon on about one-half of the gross income from the
State'- cotton irop of half a million bales to pay the
fertilizer bill. A lot of trouble with our impover
ished soil condition is thoughtlessness on the part of
Exhau-t ng the humus of the soil is one of North
Carolina's most costly mistakes. A ton of rotted
leaves has practically the same value as a ton of ma
nure. AYe burn one and buv Tfip other l eft to He
cay with a light covering of dirt, valuable material
is ready for the garden in the spring, as decomposition
of leaves is quickly accomplished. The News Letter
says: "In no state is there greater need for soil con
servation than North Carolina. If our soils could be
built up to compare moderately favorably with our
unexcelled climate, North Carolina would be an agri
cultural paradise."
To maintain plant life with any success there must
be a return to the soil of what the plant has removed
An cx|ieriment with the next downfall of leaves will
mean response in the spring.
An Intelligence Test for Democracy
Philadelphia Record
What is the Cnited States going to do about the
Supreme Court?
On November 3 the American people passed, mag
nificently, one great intelligence test, when they re
turned the Roosevelt Administration to power.
Today they face a new intelligence test?inmaking
the Roosevelt Administration's program effective in
the face of obstruction from the Supreme Court.
The overwhelming Democratic vote in the election
was a mandate to the President and Congress to curb
the |lower of the Supreme Court.
Over the years the court has taken unto itself pow
ers not specified in the Constitution, powers which
the Founding Fathers never intended the court to
Titrvei Cnfortunately, Those powers today are exer
cised to block progress and to confuse our efforts to
meet the changing problems of the times.
Hut the court also has been and may again be a
bulwark against local oppression and a shield for the
liill of Rights.
That brings the problem down to this:
What is the best way to preserve the court and at
the same time prevent it from usurping by negation
the legislative and executive functions of government'
This is the most important problem before our peo
ple today It isn't an academic problem. We had
to fight a Civil War in order to overturn a Supreme
< onri decision which was out of joint with the times,
with the Constitution, and with the will of a majority
of the American people.
So, we emphasize that this question today consti
tutes a test of democracy. It is a question to be de
bated in a sincere and rational way, with extreme
statements and hot-headedness avoided on both sides.
Let conservatives discuss the question without cry
ing that the Supreme Court is divinely infallible, and
that any person who wants to curb the power of the
court is a Bolshevik with designs on "the American
way of life." We had enough of that brand of de
bate during the last campaign.
Liberals, on the other hand, should be equally tem
perate, should recognize the value of the court in pro
tecting individual rights and civil liberties.
Probably the mildest proposal would require that
court decision holding acts of Congress unconstitu
tional lie by a vote of at least 6 to 3. On the other
hand, the most radical change advocated would have
Congress deny the Supreme Court any power to pass
-ott legislation. In between those two extiemes afe"
many other proposals, of varying merits.
For the good of us all, individually and as a nation,
we must rationalize and not emotionalize the solution
of the Supreme Court problem.
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piano immediately, will transfer it
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DR. SAUNDER'S OLD OFFICE
N. C.
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
Having qualified as administratrix
of the estate of C. C. Keys, deceased,
late of Martin County. North Car
olina, this is to notify all persons
having claims against the estate of
said deceased to exhibit them to the
undersigned at her home at R. F. D..
Jamesville, North Carolina, on or
before the 3rd day of November,
1937, or this notice will be pleaded
in bar of their recovery. Ail per
sons indebted to said estate will
please make immediate payment.
This the 3rd day of November,
1936
FLORENCE KEYS.
n3 6tw Executrix of C. C. Keys.
Hugh G. Horton, attorney.
NOTICE
Having this day qualified as exec
utor of the estate of the late William
E. Tive, deceased, under the last
will and testament of the said W. E.
Tice, notice is hereby given all per
sons holding claims against the es
tate of said deceased, late of Martin
County, North Carolina, to present
them for payment to the undersign
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tame. All persons indebted to said
estate are hereby requested to make
immediate payment of th esame.
This October 30, 1936.
n3 6tw NOAH T. TICE,
Executor of the Will of W. E. Tice.
NOTICE
North Carolina,
Martin County.
Under and by virtue of the power
>t sale contained in a certain deed
jf trust executed to the undersigned
trustee by W. H. Hopkins and wife,
Addle Hopkins, on the 30th day of
December, 1922, and of record in the
public registry of Martin County in
Book N-2, at pace 349, aaid dead of
trust having been given for the pur
tfdse of securing a certain note of
even date and tenor therewith, de
fault having boon made in the pay
ment of said note, and the stipula
tions contained in the said deed of
trust not having been complied
with, and at the request of the own
er of said note, the undersigned
trustee will, on Saturday, the 26th
day of December, 1936, at twelve o'
clock noon in front of the court
house door in the town of William
ston, offer for sale to the highest
bidder for cash the following de
scribed real estate, to wit:
Adjoining the lands of Elizabeth
T. Green, N. R. Griffin, J. W. Hop
kins. O. S. Green, containine 40
acres, more or less, and known as
the Griffin Place and being the same
land deeded to Elizabeth J. Green
by Elbert S. Peel, trustee, by deed
dated March 1st, 1822, and of rec
ord in the public registry of Martin
County In book K-2, at page 3.
This the 23rd day of November,
1836
ELBERT S. PEEL,
n24 4tw Trustee.
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