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UNITED STATES SENATOR
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If any evidence was needed
that the Seventy-fifth Congress,
with its' top-heavy Democratic
majorities, would not be a. "rub
ber stamp" Congress, it has been
furnished in the controversy over
the President's plan for changing
the judiciary. This plan has be
come the dominant legislative is
sue and threatens to delay, if not
engulf, less important proposals
which in more normal times
would seem of such magnitude as
to demand early action. But pro
posed changes in the basic scheme
for our Government have always,
and should have, first attention.
It is interesting to note that the
heart of the controversy over the
Courts is not one of purpose, but
rather the best means of attain*
ing the objectives sought. There
are a comparative few who do not
concede that some changes in the
basic plan of our Government to
meet modern conditions are ne
cessary situations that have
arisen since the Constitution was
drafted. But how? That is the
most momentous question in the
national capital today.
The President's plan calls, of
course, for legislative authority
to name six new members of the
Supreme Court, increasing the
membership to fifteen, should
Clarence Macy
Well-known and experienced
barber, wishes to announce his
new location at
Davis Barber Shop
and invites his friends and new
customers to visit him
Greenwood Bldg.
East Main Street
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ELKIN LUMBER & MFG. CO.
"Everything to Build Anything"
Phone 68 Ellrin, N. C.
DO YOU PAY HAPHAZARDLY
OR BY
Check?
Once you've paid a bill, do you
have any definite proof that it
has been paid? Sometimes you
wait for a receipt and sometimes
you don't.
• - When you pay by check you
eliminate this haphazard and
often costly method of .paying
obligations. For your cancelled
check stands as a record that
cannot be disputed. Why not
open a checking account today?
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gram submitted to Congress.
Other proposal's were promptly
advanced and the situation that
has resulted brings up three ques
tions.
Does the President's plan offer
the soundest approach to submit
the question—a slow process—to
the people for final decision?
Would it be more feasible to en
act a legislative requirement that
all rulings by the Supreme Court
hold laws unconstitutional by a
two-thirds majority? Such a ma
jority is not? required in the Sen
ate on more momentous questions.
The President contends his plan
is the only sure means for prompt
and effective action, as the Con
gress considers the proposal from
every angle.
But, as I have said, even the
most severe critics of the Presi
dent's plan -realize the need for
somp changes in our basic scheme
of Government. Every statement
on the subject since our found
ing fathers is being scanned and
quoted. What John Marshall
said, what John Jay said, what
Justice Taney said, what Justire
Chase said, is being broadcast to.
the country by radio and carried
to the nation in the press.
Yet with it all there seems to
be a sincere desire on the part of
all members of Congress to pre
serve the progress we have made
in government, and at the same
time correct the conditions that
prevent further progress at a time
when we truly stand at the cross
roads In national and Interna
tional fears. How can we best do
this from the standpoint of the
present and the future? It may be
the President's plan or It may be
a compromise. The Constitution
was a compromise document and
the legislative course of our na
tion has been consistently marked
by compromise.
And whatever John Marshall
or John Jay said, some things are
self-evident. Neither of these il
lustrious statesmen of the past
ever rode in an automobile.
Neither of these great citizens
ever flew from coast to coast in
a day. Neither of these outstand
ing lawyers ever heard a radio.
And none of the food for these
great justices ever came from a
chain store. Obviously, they could
not correctly plan for these new
conditions. The President is sin
cere in his desire to meet these
conditions and those who ardent
ly support him believe that he
will be the first to concede the
merits of any plan for changes in
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logical than the plan he has ad
vanced.
URGE RETIREMENT
"BEESWAX" SOIL
State College Extension Serv
ice Advises Such Land be
Put in Pasturage
WILL CONTROL EROSION
Because of the difficulty of cul
tivation and high erodibility of
the types of soil known to North
Carolina farmers as "iron rock"
land, the Soil Conservation Ser
vice and State College Extension
Service are recommending that
these types of soil—the Iredell
series—be retired to pasture, ac
cording to R. C. Pleasants of the
Charlotte project.
These soils, also sometimes re
ferred to as "black jack," "bull
tallow," and "beeswax" land, vary
in the surface from light brown
in the sandy types to brown and
occasionally black in the clay
types.
The reason why sheet erosion
is so severe in these soils, Mr.
Pleasants points out, is easily
seen from the waxy, heavy clay
subsoil, which is so plastic and
tight that it is impossible for
water to penetrate through it ex
cept at a very low rate.
This means that when rains
come the surface soil is soon
saturated and the water begins
running off, carrying the topsoil
with it, Pleasants said.
Gullies are numerous on these
soils. When they occur on even
a light slope, ruinous erosions is
certain .to result if the land is
used for other than soil-building
crops.
By placing Iredell soils in pas
ture, erosion can easily be con
trolled by the various pasture
grasses, he said.
HONOR ROLL STH MONTH
MOUNTAIN PARK SCHOOL
First grade: Bobby Wellborn,
Ralph Williams, Billy Wood, Dor
othy Calloway, Elizabeth Cocker
ham, Odine Lewis, Prances Nix
on, Aurelia Nixon, Stuart Sim
mons, Martha Whitehead, Rich
ard Kennedy," Joe Golden, Billy
Stonestreet, Mary Calloway, Er
nest Martin.
Second grade: George Tolleson,
Betty Swift, Wallace Cockerham,
Lois Wolfe, Dot Harris, Hazel
Pardue, Helen Galyean, Freddie
Warfield, Jimmie Shores, Elisha i
Craig, Wanda Wellborn, Pennie j
Hanes, Howard Thompson, Doro- j
thy Thompson, Fred Harris, Mo- j
zell Simmons.
Third grade: Peggy Wolfe, Dor
othy Pardue, Homer Wallace,
Tommie Wood, Sadie Franklin,
Faye Calloway, Nancy Hahes,
Margaret Cockerham, P. D.
Wood, Mary Ruth Calloway, Clif
ton Nixon, Helen Snow, Herman
Walters, Bertie Hodges.
Fourth grade: Nell Burch, Ruth
Calloway. Avis Mays, Betsy Tolle
son, Anna Faye Williams, Corbet
Walters, Tiny Smith, Fred Bid
den, Pauline Stanley.
Fifth grade: Howard Wilmoth,
Hessie Luffman, Ola Pruitt, Ar
lene Williams, Juanita Lewis,
Pauline Craig, Bert Cockerham.
George Saylor, Harold Smith,
Harold Roberts.
Sixth grade: Clyde Walters,
Lloyd Smith. Buster Smith, Glenn
Wright, Cecil Welbom, Phillip,
Welborn, Marie Wilson.
Seventh grade: Ruth Smith,
Lewis Smith, Arlena Arnold, Ra- I
chel Brown, Marie Wood, Bertie
Linville, Austin Caudle, Judith
Norman, Dorothy Cockerham,
Mary Walters. ,
Eighth grade: Do vie Franklin,
Gertrude Guyer, Emma Jane Lin
ville, Lessie , Luffman, Wilma
Mounce, Pauline Cockerham,
Kent Haynes, Annie Laurie John
son, Ruth Nixon, Lois Southard.
Ninth grade: Ruth Lawrence,
Ruth- Thompson, Mabel Eldrldge,
Hazel Mounce, Fairy Dobbins,
Sylvia Norman, Pauline Moody,
Nancy Callaway, Elizabeth Ham
by, Oracle Sidden.
Tenth grade: Reba Callaway,
Cecil Richardson, Martin Calla
way.
Eleventh grade: Minnie Will
iams, Clyde Moore, Helen Snow,
Elsie Wall, Juanita Lowe.
I PLEASANT HILL |
Last Saturday night and Sun
day being our regular meeting
time, our pastor. Rev. Isom Ves
tal, delivered two wonderful mes
sages.
Misses Grace Barker and Ruby
Cockerham, of Ben ham, were the
week-end guests of Faye tjocker
ham,
/ Miss Mattie Pettyjohn of this
community, left last Wednesday
to join her brother in Flint,
Michigan, v
A large crowd gathered at the
church Sunday night %and the
"Haopy Day" quartette celebrat
ed its fir tit anniversary The his
tory of the qtiartet was read by
Miss Bernice Welborn. Several
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Bain or shine, the new braking system of the 1957 Ford V-8 holds the car
permanently on a 45% grade. This photograph, taken daring some of the
recent unusual weather, shows a dealer explaining one of the Important
features of the brake assembly, the cable and conduit control which, as
engineers point out, affords "the safety of steel from pedal to whetL*
Brake demonstration ramps similar to the above are used by Ford dealers
to graphically show the effectiveness and dependability of the new brak
ing system as well m the Tiiiow mechanical features af these self
energixlng brakes.
songs were sung by both the
"Happy Day" and "Sunshine"
quartettes. Also some Interesting
talks were made by Messrs. C. H.
Day, D. E. Broome, L. M. Hin
shaw, and our pastor. A bass
solo was sung by Mr. Branham
Day.
There will be an Easter Show
at Pleasant Hill schoolhouse next
Saturday night, March 27th.
Boxes, decorated in Easter colors
and full of delicious fruits and all
that goes to make a good Easter
meal, will be sold at auction. A
Mr. Brady, of near Fall Creek, is
expected to serve as auctioneer.
The girl who is voted the prettiest
Elkin Plumbing and
Heating Co.
The Symbol of Electric . XT « The Symbol of Electric
Perfection—Look for It! HilKin, IN. VJ. Perfection—Look for It!
Any Carpenter Can Make
OAn Ice Box!
•And a Pr
But How About the 'Works? 9
Only an Electrical Engineer
Can Make That-And That's
What You Pay For!
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weather becomes or for how long a O-E ■ g rea t er economy, extra VALUE for you!
unit NEVER becomes overheated cusing ■ >
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0 New, full-width
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Elkin Plumbing and Heating Company
Phone 254 Tl * ' . WSmt Elkin, N. C.
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girl present will have the honor
of cutting the Easter cake. The
Blue Ridge Mountaineers will pro
vide the music. The climax of
the show will be a cake walk. Ev
eryone is Invited to attend and
take a part.
The county superintendent of
schools in Wilkes county, Mr. C. B.
Eller, will be at Pleasant Hill
church Sunday morning, April 4,
to teach the Men's Bible class.
Everyone is invited.
Swearer
Ist Citizen—Did you swear to
your income tax papers?
2nd Citizen—l swore to them,
at them, through them, in them,
Jicrn bel nd thfini, &bout thcrn.
what you mean.
Efficiency "
One morning a young clerk re
ported to his chief that he had
lost the key of the safe contain
ng important books and docu
ments.
"But I gave you a duplicate
cey," said ,the chief. "You havent
lost that as well, I suppose?"
"Please sir, I thought I 'might
lose the duplicate, so I .put it in
the safe!"
PjT HOTICEI
On April Ist we will have a fresh carload
of mules and mares for sale or exchange
weighing' from 1,000 to 1,500 pounds, and
ranging in age from 3 to 8 years. Come
early and get your choice. Some extra nice
mares broke and ready to work.
W. M. Dickerson
HORSE AND MULE COMPANY
Elkin, N. C.
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Demand and Get Genuine
BAYER ASPIRIN