GARDNER NOT TO BE
AMONG THOSE THERE
In Sympathy With Cotton
Growers, But Net With
Suggested Methods j
Raleigh, Nov. 23 ? Governor 0. Max
Gardner is in full sympathy with the
plight of the cotton farmers of the j
South, but is not in accord with the
methods to be sought to remedy this
condition at the conference of South
ern Governors to be held at Jackson, !
Miss., he made it plain in announcing
that he will not attend the conference,
but that the State will be represented
by Commissioner of Argiculture Wil
liam A. Graham. ,
Governor Gardner has previously
expressed his dislike of the plan to be
proposed ? that of seeking uniform
acreage reduction by legislation, and
has, in substance, said that it is not
his purpose to call a special session
of the N. C. General Assembly for
enacting acreage reduction legisla
tion. He believes such legislation
would not be effective, and, also, that
it will not be necessary for this State
to enact such laws.
Even without any restriction or
real force against it, Governor Gard
ner has expressed the belief that
North Carolina growers will greatly
reduce, still further, "their cotton, as
well as tobacco, acreage, next year,
due in part to the low prices these
products are bringing now. More
over, he pledged at the four Governor
conference in Charlotte, to throw the
power and the prestige of his office 1
into efforts to bring about voluntary '
reduction. This, he believes, will be j
more effective, and certainly less ob- 1
jectionable to the growers, than legal ?
prohibition, and the shift will be made ?
gradually to other crops, without pre- j
cipitating revolutionary changes in'
the agriculture system of the State, j
The Council of State, a majority of i
the legislators and a majority of the
people of the State, he believes, based
on petitions and messages to Tiim, are
not favorably inclined toward a spec- j
ial session of the Legislature at this
time for this purpose. He believes no
good purpose could be served by call- j
ing that body together, and that it is
better to let the situation work itself
out normally and naturally, rather
than attempt to "dope" it temporarily. |
Ma and Pa had an awful hard time 1
gettin' married. Ma wouldn't marry i
1'a when he was drunk and Pa would
n't marry Ma when he was sober.
Mahatma Gandhi is a prohibitionist
but according to his idea of clothes,
he's about "three sheets to the wind."
? Foreign Service, V. F. W.
Willie ? Ma, if the baby was to eat
tadpoles, would it give him a big bass
voice like a frog?
Mother ? Good gracious, No! They
would kill him.
Willie ? Well ? they didn't.
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Oakland News Items
" T. B. Reid, Rev. S. B. McCall and
I. S. Sanders were Asheville visitors
one day last week.
Mrs. T. B. Reid spent several days
last week with her son, E. A. Reid,
and family.
Fred Nicholson, of Rosman, visited
his uncle, W. W. Reid, Thursday of
l w?ek. i
W. E. McCall, of Kentucky, spent
Wednesday night with his brother.
IW. F? McCall.
Mrs. Mary Burgees and daughter,
Alberta, made a business trip to High
lands last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Norton vis
ited Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Reid Thurs
day afternoon. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nicholson nnd ;
Mrs. Dora Weeks and little son, Billie,
of Washington, D. C., are visiting j
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wade j
Nicholson.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. McCall have ?
returned home from Mills River, af- 1
ter an absence of several days spent
with the former's father, who died
p.nd was buried last Wednesday. Mr.
McCall had a number of friends who
read the Brevard News, that will be
sorry to learn of his death. He leaves I
six children, a number of grandchil- 1
dren and a host of friends Jto mourn
his loss.
Surviving children are: Mrs. N. E.
Posey, Mills River; W. F. McCall,
Oakland; W. E. MfcCall, Kentucky;
Miss Gertrude McCall, Atlanta, Ga.,
Mrs. Flanigan, Atlanta, Ga.; and
Mark McCall, Asheville.
T. B. Reid and S. B. McCaH were
dinner guests of Rev. J. R. Owen in |
Asheville, Friday.
Miss Myrtle MicCall spent Friday
night with Evon Saunders. i
Mr. and Mrs. Talvin Miller and 1
sons, Arnold and Ronald, spent Satur
day night with Mr. and Mrs. Welch
Heid.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Reid had as their
guests Saturday evening Rev. and
Mrs. S. B. McCall, Mr. and Mrs. Clar
ence Nicholson and Miss Evaund and
Lane Saunders.
Mrs. I. S. Sanders and little son,
Cecil, spent Friday night with Mrs.
W. F. McCall.
Rev. and Mrs. S. B. McCall had as j
their guests Sunday, Mr. and Mrs.
Garren, of Brevard, and Mr. and Mrs.
Leonard Thomas, of Lake Toxaway.
Mrs. Herbert Hall called on M,rs. I.
S. Sanders Saturday afternoon.
Her many friends will be^sorry to I
know Miss Lula Reid was orf the sick
list last week. We are glad to report '
she is out again.
J. C. McCall left Sunday afternoon |
?for near Highlands, where he has em- j
ployment. '
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He ? Do cows give milk in Scotland. I
| She ? No, you have to squeeze it
lout of them.
I
Teacher ? Johnny, make a sentence
i using the words defeat, defense and
detail.
Johnny ? De feet ob de cat went
over de fence before de tail.
A NOTARY PUBLIC IS
A PUBLIC OFFICIAL
. r ' "
And At Such Cannot Hold Any
Other State Office At Same
Time
Raleigh, Nov. 23 ? A notary public
is a public official and as such is
prohibited from holding another pub
lic office by the Constitution, the N.
C. Supreme Court held in an opinion
last week, by a three to two decision,
to which Justice Brogden wrote a
dissenting opinion, in which Chief
Justice Stacy concurred.
The case came from ' Hyde county,
in which one of the county commis
sioners was later appointed a notary
public. Since he elected to take the
second office, he thus vacates the first
office, the law provides. Justice Con
nor wrote the opinion, Justices Ad
ams and Clarkson joining with him.
The decision is important in that
it will probably result in checking up
public officials who may have been
holding two offices, regardless of how
unimportant one of them may be.
Justice Connor wrote that the prohi
bition against holding two public of
offices is "expressed in language clear
and unambiguous and must be enforc
ed notwithstanding the character and
relative importance of the two of
fices."
Justice Connor referred to the pre
vious case on this subject, State vs.
Knight, 169, N. C., 335, which em
braced the question of whether a wo
man, who then could not vote, could
be a notary public. The 1915 General
Assembly had passed a law permit
ting it, but the Supreme Court held
the Statute void, on the ground that
it was a public office, also in a three
to two decision.
"The practical situation," wrote
Justice Conner, "would not justify
this court, as now constituted, in ov
erruling the decisions made by our
predecessors which have been justly
regarded as the law of the State. It
cannot be said too often that it is the
function of a court to declare what
the law is, and not what its members
as individuals think it ought to be."
Justice Brogden wrote a vigorous
dissent, deriding the claim that a
notary public is a State official and
saying his only official duty is of a
judicial nature, that of taking the ack
nowledgment of a woman to a deed,
and he can certify or not certify, as
he may wish, this to the clerk of the |
court. Since the 1927 act permits the
Governor, who appoints him, to re
move him without hearing, he is cer
tainly not like other State officers,
he holds.
The decision will probably result
in investigations, and probably some
removals.
Geometry Prof ? Higgins, what is
your definition of a straight line?
Absent-Minded Higginfc? Nothing
but the truth, sir. ? Foreign Service,
V. F. W.
CONGRATULATIONS TO
Brevard and Transylvania County
The Transylvania Trust Co.
There are two things necessary to the business life of a
community today. The one is a good bank, and we wel
come the new bank to Brevard's financial and com
mercial life. The other essential is the Ford automobile,
both passenger car and commercial truck. So now, with
the bank open and Fords in stock and all over the high
ways, everywhere you go, giving concrete evidence of
th popularity of the Ford, you know where to do your
banking business, and when you want a car, of course
you will come to
Joines Motor Company
AND A CORDIAL WELCOME TO
Authorized Ford Dealers
BREVARD, N. C.
Congratulations To
BREVARD and TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
And A Cordial Welcome To
The Transylvania Trust Company
We join the community in giving- welcome to the New Bank, and
rejoice with all the citizens in the realization that the county is
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now facing the future with renewed hope and greater ambitions
than ever before. Let's all pull together until every home in the
county is properly and adequately furnished, ' and a HOOSIER
Kitchen Cabinet is in every woman's kitchen, and a MAJESTIC
Radio in every living room, and a ROMAN Range in every home.
HOUSTON FURNITURE COMPANY
Broad Street Brevard, N. C.