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The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upont
but only to hold a man's foot long enough to enable him
to put the other somewhat higher. ? T. H. HUXLEY.
Consider the postage stamp, my son. It secures
success through its ability to stick to one thing till it
?ets there.? JOSH BILLINGS.
Diligence is the mother of good luck. ? FRANKLIN.
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A Momentous Week
This week will probably go down in
history as one of momentous happenings and
the real turning point of the war with vic
tory over our enemies now assuried. The
liberation of Manila by General MacArthur
and his men, resulting in freeing thousands
of American prisoners, has brought joy and
gratification to every American and peace
loving person of the world. Russia's con
tinued drive on Berlin and the progress of
our doughboys in forcing their way through
the West Wall, coupled with continued
heavy pounding of Berlin and other German
centers by Allied air power, is bound to
weaken the enemy on the home front as
well as the bat^le-frqnt.
On tne political "front it is believed that
Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin af$' now
holding their much .talked of conference in
an effort to iron out some of the difficulties
bound to face the Allied Nations in making
the peace after victory. They are believed
to be discussing the creating of a grand
council to settle political and economic prob
lems and prevent disagreement among the
allies on European policy7
Congress is rangiing over the May
"work of fight bill" and there is no telling
what will happen before it gets through
both houses.
Our eptire North Carolina delegation
voted in favor of the proposed limited na
tional service act. Down at Raleigh some
members of the House are trying to drag
out the "Old Liquor Referendum Bill" which
would call for a state-wide test of the mat
ter of liquor. . The west would vote against
any kind of legalized liquor control.
All in all this is a critical week in world
history. . We will most likely have reason
to remember it in the years to come%
A War-time Message To
Pulpwood Producers
"Pulpwood today can help shorten the
war while tomorrow it can offer jobs to our
returning service men and revenue to our
farmers."
This statement is taken from "A War
Time Message" from Governor Colgate W.
Darden, Jr., to his constituents of Virginia,
tme of the Nation's most important pulp
wood-producing states. The Governor's
statement appeared in an advertisement
sponsored in Virginia newspapers by the
Newspaper Pulpwood Committee of the
American Newspaper Publishers Associa
tion.
Yet the message, while directed to the
people of Virginia, might well have been
spoken to the people of Maine, or Minnesota,
or Georgia, or in fact of any pulpwood-pro
ducing state. It's the same everywhere.
Pulpwood offers a war-time job with a
post-war future.
Every day farmers are discovering that
they have a cash crop in pulpwood and that
by cutting they can make their farm wood
" lands produce revenue regularly over a per
iod of years. Many of them are earning
-* enough extra income from pulpwood to pay
off mortgages, buy new farm lana, or to buy
more War Bonds.
War plant workers and honorably dis
charged service men, on returning home, are
finding that pulpwood offers an opportunity
for quick employment with the promise of
continuing after the war ends in Europe and
in the Pacific.
Cut pulpwood for war today and get
ready for the peace tomorrow.
INSIDE WASHINGTON
World War Now Brings Wilhelmina, George VI,
Twilight of the Kings Gustav Sole Survivors?
Special to Central Press
WASHINGTON? The handwriting is
on the wall so^far as most crowned heads of
Europe are concerned. You can mark it
down that most will not return to thrones.
The tip-off is in the diplomatically im
personal term "regency,"
Normally, a regent is appointed to serve
until an under-age monarch attains majority.
But in World War II the term achieves
a more powerful meaning? and no one
knows it better than George of Greece and
Peter of Yugoslavia.
Peter's throne has practically been pull
ed from under him by Marshal Tit^ and his
Soviet supporters. In Greece, the real pre
cendent for Europe is being set. A regency
has been set up, but fighting goes on. This
virtually eliminates King George despite
British backing.
In Norway, patriots who lived for years
under Nazi domination are ready to protest
the return of King Haakon, who in peace
time had an agreeably democratic monarchy.
Ravages of war have stirred grumblings even
there.
Pretenders to French* Spanish and^ Aus
train thrones can be written off as Europe
moves into a wave of radicalism and popular
political movements. In the Balkans, So
viet influence has been completely estab
lished, and Carol of Rumania may as well
stay in exile.
Belgian underground leaders are piqued
over retention of Premier Pierlot and King
Leopold's return is doubtful. Holland's
Queen Wilhelmina is popular and may come j
back.
The situation leaves Sweden and Eng
land just about the only sure-to-survive mon
archies in Europe.
THE MOVE BY SENATOR ALEXAN
DER WILEY (R.) of Wisconsin to have
President Roosevelt take with him to future
world conferences the chairman and rank
ing minority member of the Senate foreign
relations committee is doomed to failure.
Wiley is considering a resolution to im
plement his recommendation, but it appears
doomed in the committee itself. Practically
every Democrat would vote against it as
precedent-shattering and embarrassing to
the administration.
The Wiley proposal ? which some day
may bear fruit ? will, in the opinion of ob-|
servers, wait a long time before any report
?ppopVipc floor
- THE MEXICAN AMBASSADOR, Fran- 1
cisco Castillo Najera, dean of the Washing
ton diplomatic corps, went to London re
cently to help "liquidate" the League of Na
tions and its assets and came back with five
Paris hat boxes.
After the conference was over, Najera
-boarded a plane for Paris and reportedly
made a hasty tour of the Rue Royale's fash
ion shops. As he climbed back in the big
airliner, he carried five puff-ball-weight hat
boxes. Then he and his family left Wash
ington for Mexico City to attend the wed
ding of his son.
Observers guessed they may figure in
his effort to put Mexico City on the map as
a fashion center ? that the new Paris crea
tions worn by ladies of his family, may serve
as models to stir the interest of his country's
milliners.
THE STAND OF SECRETARY OF
STATE ED,WARD R. STETTINIUS, JR., in
opposition to the Palestine resolution is in
sharp contrast to that of his former chief,
Cordell Hull.
Hull told Rep. Sol Bloom (D.) of New
York, chairman of the House foreign affairs
committee, that he had no objection to the
resolution calling for unrestricted immigra
tion of . Jews to Palestine. War Secretary
Henry L. Stimson withdraw his objection
and the committee recommended House
passage.
Stettinius' objection, however, before
the Senate foreign relations committee, con
sidering the same resolution, blocked it, and
the right of way.
As a result, both resolutions died, to the
disappointment of millions of Jews and lib
erals who anticipated approval in both the
House and Senate because of backing it had
received from President Roosevelt and
members of both houses.
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News and Comment From Raleigh
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By
THOMPSON GREENWOOD
SUB -SUB ? With your 1945 session
of the Legislature now in full swing,
committees are swarming in and out
of Raleigh buildings like young school
boys playing hide-and-seek. Look
behind a patch of shrubbery or State
office door and you will find a coitk
mittee, or a sub-committee or a sub
Sub -camm|ttee ? that odcurred last
week? in solemn deliberation.
A DILLER? ? The legislative com
mitees used to meet at 10 o'clock, but
now they meet at 9:30 ? and 9:30 dur
ing these wartime, winter days_ is
early! Some of the legislators com
plained at first ? some of them still
come in late and sleepy-eyed, but
those from the rural areas (and most
of them are) apparently have no
trouble at all. In previous sessions of
the Legislature it was seldom that a
committee hearing get underway be
fore 10 or 10:30.
DIVORCE ? It is a safe bet that 60
per cent of the cases being brought up
in Superior Court these days are
concerned with divorces. Well, you
can bet your last dime that the bill
now being considered to lower the
separation time from two years to
one will be fought to the last ditch
by Josephus Daniels and 100 women.
Can you imagine anything worse
alter you than Josephus Daniels and
100 women? .
How is the divorce rate in your
county? Recent figures have it that
about one out of five marriages in
North Carolina end in divorce. In
the Nation it is slightly more than
two out of six.
HARD ? Wayland Spruill, Bertie
legislator and sometime candidate for
Commissioner of Agriculture, will
admit to no equals and only one su
perior, and that is W. Kerr Scott, who
beat him out for the State agricultural
leader fojar years ago. Well, the other
day practical Thomas O'Berry, Wayne
County senator, member of the Ad
i visory Budget Commission, advised
members of the Legislature inspect
ing Dix Hill not to be swayed by sen
timent and let it interfere with their
financial thoughts.
This burned Spruill up, and as only
'he can, he tore into O'Berry with old
Chowan-Cashie River venom. If the
Wayne gentleman had wanted to
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Do You Remember?
TEN YEARS AGO
Rev. W. N. Cook, secretary of the
Tuckaseegee Association and pastor
of the Baptist churches at Webster,
Tuckaseegee and Glenville, was elect
ed president of the Jackson Ministerial
Association at the initial meeting of
that organization Monday morning at
the Cullowhee Baptist church Rev.
R. M. Hardee, pastor of the Cullowhee
Methodist church, was elected secre
tory.
Sylva High girls defeated Sylva
All-Stars, 13-7 and Sylva boys down
ed the Canton "Y" quint 32-25 in a
double basketball attraction here
Tuesday nig^it
101 names of local people were on
the telegram sent from here to Pres
ident Roosevelt on his birthday. The
cost of this message will aid in the
fight against infantile paralysis.
Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Marsh, who have
lived here for several years, have
moved to Waynesville. Mr. Marsh is
still employed by the Sthte Highway
department. The Jackson County
Adult school teachers are sponsoring
an exhibit of ttfe work done by the
students enrolled in their classes, Jan.
31-Feb. 2. Mrs. Selma B. Middle
tin is chairman of the ERE work in
the county. She is a assisted by nine
qther teachers.
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
Rev. T. F. Deitz, alter serving as
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fight, Spruill was ready. But O'
Berry is more fiscal than flighty, so
the- duel didn't develop.
Spruill didn't like the hard view
point he thought Q'Berry took in re
gard to mentally sick folks at Dix
Hill. Spruill will be a leader in the
fight for an ambitious rural health
program, more hospitals, etc.
BOARD ? One hears a lot of talk in
Raleigh now about the personnel of
various boards. Bill Austin, of Ashe,
has been approached regarding his
going on the State Board of Agricul
ture; Reeves Noland, of Waynesville,
is wanted for the State Highway Com
mission. but will likely stay on the
Board of Agriculture; and it would
seem a safe bet that Carroll Wilson,
of Roanoke Rapids, will be replaced
cn the State Highway Commission,
and Hort Doughton, of Statesville, on
the Board of Conservation and Devel
opment.
RETURN ? How much are you get
ting from your investments? ? Well,
State employees don't make much,
but those who are stockholders in the
State Employees Credit Union ? larg
est in the State ? received a 3 per
cent dividend last week.
NOTES ? Reese Hart, Raleigh Times
sports editor, is planning to join the
Merchant Marine ? W. P. Hedrick, of
Taylorsville, former tobacco market
ing expert with the State and now a
captain with the army of occupation
in the Philippines, has applied for a
discharge ? Blackburn Johnson, form
er editor of Farmers Federation, in
Asheville, and former editor of Caro
lina Cooperator, is in France, a lieu
tenant with the Allied Military Gov
ernment ? If you have ever been to
an auction sale of dairy cattle in this
State, you have probably heard Jim
McCord as an auctioneer. Well, he is
now only the Governor of Tennessee
?Possessed of a good figger, baby
blue eyes, and a Colgate smile, Mrs.
Marie Page, of Kinston, is easily the
best looking of the committee secre
traies in the Legislature ? You should
$T;C some of the fiery letters Senator
J. W. Bailey has received from high
ranking State Democrats within the
past two weeks, about his opposition
to Wallace.
pastor of the Beta church for eleven
years, has resigned. This iskthe first
time in nearly forty that this preach
er has not carried a full supply of
pastoral work. He will do sctme
supply work and evangelistic work.
The Beta church is one of the oldest
in the cojunty.
Mr. H. A. Richbourg of West Ashe
ville has bought the Higdon Motor
Company and will take charge of the
(business next week.
! Mr. Carl Fisher, who has been with
i the Gulf Oil, has resigned to accept
a position with the Murray Radio Co.
The Parents-Teachers Association
observed Fathers* night last Friday
evening in the Chamber of Commerce
hall, with Prof. A. C. Reynolds as
speaker. Mr. Lewis Moore furnished
music for the occasion.
At the regular monthly meeting of
the Woman's Club, it was voted that
the club take over the library. It was
thru the efforts of Mr. C. C. Buchanan,
club president with the co-operation
of others that it was made possible for
Sylva to have a public library. Miss
Mabel Swain and Miss Marguerite
Stein have offered their services as
as assistant librarians.
Sylva High's basketball team was
in fine shape last week, winning two
games from the Cherokee Indian
cagers and two from the Whit tier
School.
Before buying farm lands, inex
perienced buyers should consult the
county agent or N. C. State College. |
An Open Letter To
The Adults Of Sylva
The following is the most pertinent
appeal that has come through this
office in a long time. What re
sponse are we going to make to it?
lo The Grown People Of Sylva:
We protest! We absolutely -pro
test! We young people are getting
tired of running around this town
with nothing to do. Will somebody
in this half awake town wake up?'
You sit around pitying us be
cause we have nothing to do, and
wondering why somebody doesn't do
something about it. Grown-ups, it's
up to you. We are ready and willing
to help. We would be only too glad
to help in any way that we can. You
have a club house here that is going
to waste. We would enjoy using it.
If you will cooperate, we promise that
running the streets at late hours and
"sitting around 'in cafes" will ab
solutely stop. This is the only thing
that we have for recreation. Estab
lish a place at the club house with
cool drinks and maybe a "Juke box".
We could take care of the expenses
We will do all of the cleaning and
anything that we can do. Maybe
somebody would be willing to chap
erone us; a different person two1
nights a week would not be hard on
anybody. If you, Mr. Mayor, (and
?^e are sure you will) would back us
;lip and seev us about it, we can
tslk it over with you. Grown-ups,
if you do not help us, you are failing
in your duties as parents. This is
your job as well as ours. Wake up
Sylva. You can prevent this.
The High School Kids of Sylva
THE BUSH MASTERS
Would you like to hear a story
Of an* army and its late?
I'll tell of a Jap army
When they met the One Five Eight
Nqw you see we're not Commandos
Nor some mighty Ranger's band,
But the darnedest fighting unit.
From the land of Uncle Sam.
Now our home is in the jungle
We stole our name from a jungle
snake,
We're the tireless Bushmasters
Of the fighting One Five Eight.
Men from the plains from Arizona
Born and raised 'neath western stars,. *
Trained in the worst of jungle
To protect- this land of ours.
Then came the fatal Sunday
Chilled the blood of every man,.
The attack upon Pearl Harbor
From the Island of Japan.
Came the call for well trained sol*
diers &
For this war of Hell and tiate,
So, 3,000 men were chosen
For the fighting One Five Eight.
There were Indians, there were Span*
ish,
From the East to the Gtolden Gate,
There were Yankees, there were Re
bels,
In the fighting One Five Eight.
No one knows when they are coming
No one knows from whence they
came,
But they all have heard the story
And the terror of our name.
Out of the silence of the jungle j
Some have heard our battle cry,
Few have lived to tell the story
"We shall win, or we shall die."
When this war is finally aver
And Japan has set her fate,
She'll beg the humble pardon
Of the fighting ONE JIVE EIGHT . . ?.
GRADY L. PAINTER ... and dedi
cated to his Infantry in the Pacific.
Dillsboro Home Destroyed
The John Mason home at Dillsboro
v/as destroyed by fire early Friday
night. Damage was estimated at
$1500.00. The Sylva Fire Dept. was
called to the fire but it had gain*
ed too much headway before the
truck could reach the scene.
Transferred From Coast.
Guard To Infantry
Lt-Sgt Thad B. Deitz has recently
been changed from the U. S. Coast
Guard where he has served for It
years, to the Infantry. He is now
stationed in Camp Howze, Texas,
where he has been sent for twelve
weeks' advance training;
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One- third of the "heifer calves now
saved and raised for replacement
purposes turn out to be unprofitable
ccws. A new method is being tested
lor judging the four-montiw>ld heifer
calf.
"I call upon the inillions of victery
gardeners who ha ve^ done so much to
swell the notion's food supply in thwr
war years to contihue their good
work," President Roosevelt says.
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