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CONSTITUTION . , lis origin
The framers of the Constitution
included many of the ablest minds
in America. To read James Madi
son's day-£y-days journal of the
debates in the convention is to be
impressed by the breadth of
knowledge of world history and
the depth of insight into the
causes of the downfall of many
experiments in government which
were displayed by the delegates.
The government which #as set
up by the Constitution was a nov
el experiment. The best features
of other governmental systems
were adopted or adapted. No oth
er government then existing in
the world has remained unchang
ed in form or basic principle. Ours
is the only one which has sur
vived.
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COURT ita purpose
One feature of the American
constitution is unique. That is the
Supreme Court. No other nation
had ever set up such a tribunal.
Elsewhere the king or other exe
cutive was the final arbiter of
justice. The purpose of the Su
preme Court was to take the pow
er of dispensing justice out of the
hands of either the Legislative
or the Executive branch.
In the debates on how the jus
tices should be appointed, Dr.
Benjamin Franklin called atten
tion to the old Scottish system
of having judges nominated by
the lawyers. They would always
name the ablest lawyers he said,
because they would thus be retir
ed from competition and the oth
er lawyers could get their clients!
No specific authority to Inter
pret the Constitution was confer
red upon the Supreme Court. The
point was raised in the convention
but passed over as Elbridge Ger
ry of Massachusetts pointed out,
the Court's exposition of the laws
involved a power of deciding on
their constitutionality.
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LAWS highest
"This Constitution and the laws
which shall be made in pursuance
thereof . . . shall be the supreme
law of the land." So read Article
6 of the Constitution. That sets
up the Constitution itself as the
highest and superior law, in the
light of which all other or Inferior
laws must be viewed.
Whpn any court finds that any
law enacted by the legislative
body, Congress or a state legisla
ture, does not conform to the pro
visions of the Constitution, it is
not only the right but the duty
of the court to declare the infer
ior law invalid. I find many per
sons who do not understand that
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MSHBHPTATE COMPANY
ELKIN, N. C.
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ep resenting final payment
I \ on claims aiMßMhe Elktn National Bank are
S! now being deHvl&d. I
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■ IT IS IMPORTANT THEY ARE CALLED
rM FOR IMMEDIATELY!
John D. Biggs, Receiver I
||k Elkin National Bank.
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that UwSrtne headed
ißa«t and their covered wagon la rubber-tired. They're from California,
youths headed (or Washington to the American Youth Congress, to
i urge support on a Senate bill pro riding training and employment of
deserving youth. They are, left to right, George Kanffman, Cecil
McKJdy, Malby Roberta, Seima Marks. Nathan Bregmas and Dorothy
Powers
elementary principle of law and
justice but who think that some
how the Supreme Court has ar
rogated to itself powers which it
has no right to assume.
What makes the Constitution
the supreme law is the fact that
it is the only law which has been
adopted by the people as a whole.
The will of the people is supreme.
And the Constitution contains a
prescription of the means where
by the people can make their will
known and effective.
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OPINIONS of law
Another point on which I have
found many of my friends some
what at sea is how questions of
the constitutionality of a law get
before the Supreme Court. "Why
can't the Court just give an opin
ion to Congress before a law is
passed, as to whether it is con
stitutional or not?" they ask.
• The answer is that the Supreme
Court is a court and not a legis
lative body. It has no power ex
cept to pass on specific cases
brought before it in the regular
course of legal procedure. If no
body challenges the constitution
ality of a law, the Supreme Court
has nothing to say about it though
it may, in fact, be unconstitution
al. Its judgments are only on the
particular cases brought before it.
Then, however, the Court must
say whether the statute which is
challenged is a valid law or not.
If it conforms to the supreme law
it is good! if it does not so con
form it is no law at all and no
body is bound to obey it.
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JUDGES Marshall
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lished itself in 150 years as the,
balance-wheel of our system /fa
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THE ELXIN THfBTTNE. FXKIN. NORTH CAROLINA
Democrats. John Marshall deliv
ered 44 opinions on constitutional
questions, and not once did a sin
gle member of the court dissent
from his reasoning and conclu
sions.
JUNIORS TO GIVE
THREE-ACT PLAY
"Crashing Society" to be Pre
sented in School Audi
torium Friday P. M.
CAST OF CHARACTERS
"Crashing Society," a three-act
comedy, will be presented Friday
evening, March 5, in the Elkin
school auditorium at 7:45 o'clock
by the Junior class of Elkin high
school.
The play, directed by Miss Alice
Dixon, is to be hiliariously funny
and well worth seeing.
As an added attraction between
acts, Misses Ruth Buelin and Ed
na Billings will present a group
of songs, accompanied at the
piano by Miss Grace Lawrence.
Misses Beulin and Billings
ly were winners in a
teur contest and as a rfjuJt sang
over radio station BIG, in
Greensboro.
The character of the play are
as follows:
Adam /j unn i gan> the husband
subject—Billy Gambill;
Elsi£/" l } U nnigan, the wife and rul
®Vof the Dunnigan home—Alice
; Marguerite, their oldest
daughter—Helen Hayes; George,
their son—L. C. Couch, Jr.; Chris
tabel, their youngest daughter—
Edwina Lawrence; Scruples-Scru
ples, their butler—Joe Gwyn Biv
ins; Miss Gadgett, tutor—Mary
Sale; Mr. Van Witherspoon, lead
er in New York society—Dick
Graham; Mrs. Van Witherspoon,
his wife—Prances Martin; Cyril
Van Witherspoon, their son—
James Powers; Agatha Mulroon
ey, virtuoso—Selma Guyer; Lou
ise Miller, reporter—Mattie Os
borne.
Marshalls for the occasion,
elected from the Junior class, are
Edna Billings, chief; James Gray,
Woodrow Windsor, Louise Law
rence and Beatrice Newman.
NATIVE OF SURRY
DIES IN MONTANA
C. C. Dearmen, 63, a native of
the Thurmond community of
Surry county, but for the past 40
years associated with the Ana
conda Mining company of Ana
conda, Montana, died at his home
in Montana February 22. The re
mains were brought to North Car
olina for interment. The body ar
rived here Friday and the last
rites were held Saturday at the
family graveyard at the Dearman
home near Thurmond.
The deceased is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Albertina Kopeska
Dearman; two brothers, Charlie
Dearman, Round Mountain, and
J. Tom Dearman, of Atwater,
Minn., and two sisters, Mrs. John
Brewer, of Charlotte, and Mrs.
Alvin Woodruff, of Thurmond.
ARE BUILDING A NEW
SCHOOL FOR NEGROES
A new negro school building for
the Elkin district is to be erected
on the site of the old Elkin negro
school building, just east of the
Elkin Valley church in the near
future, the construction work
having already begun. The build
ing is to be of wood construction;
is to have three class rooms and
is to be a three teacher school
when completed. However, it is
not expected that the building
will be used before the opening
of the school term next fall. This
information was gained from
John W. Comer, county superin-
U udent of school*, Wednesday.
To Hold Singing at
North Eikin School
A singing school convention will
be held Sunday, March 7, begin
ning at 2 p. m., at North Elkin
school auditorium. These singings
are being held for the benefit cf
the different classes taught by
'Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Nance, of that
section, and it is especially urged
that every member of the classes
be present.
Mr. and Mrs. Nance will have
with them their special helpers
including Mr. Mrs. O. C.
Brown, and others. A feature of
the event will be the Mount Olive
singocs from King. Everyone is
invited to attend.
The Mongolian plains have 500
times fis many camels as the Sa
hara Desert.
For Rent: 4 room house 3 miles
east of Jonesville on old Boon
ville highway. See Wiley Reece,
Jonesville, N. C. lt-p.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
Having qualified as administra
tor c. t. a. of the estate of H. F.
Gray, deceased, late of Elkin,
Surry county, North Carolina, this
is to notify all persons holding
claims against said estate to pre
sent them to the undersigned
within one year from date hereof
or this notice will be pleaded in
bar of their recovery. All persons
indebted to said estate will please
make immediate settlement.
This the 3rd day of March,
1937.
W. M. GRAY,
Administrator c. t. a. of H. F.
3-25 Gray, deceaesd.
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Vol. 9, No. 4 / ELKIN, N. O. PUBLISHED MONTHLY
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