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THE SYLVA HERALD Published By THE HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY Svlva, North Carolina The County Seat of Jackson County J. A. GRAY and j' M. BIRD Publishers MRS. CAROL THOMPSON News Editor MRS. JOHN H. WILSON Office Manager PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY Entered at the post of ace at Svlva. N. C., as Second Class Mail Matter, as provided under the Act of March 3, 1879, November 20, 1914. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year, In Jackson County SI.50 Six Months, In Jackson County SO One Year, Outside Jackson County 2.00 Six Months, Outside Jackson County 1.25 All Subscriptions Payable In Advance **"^1 Puts- ?,*' I" North Carolina PfiESS ASSOCIATION^ WEEKLY MEDITATION "I call to remembrance my song in the night." Psalm 77: 6. A story Is told of a little oird that never sang the melody that his master wished him to sing while his cage was full of light. A snatch of this, a bar of .fiat, he would learn, but never an entire song until his cage was covered and all the light of the day was shut out. Are there among us some wno never learn to sing until the darkening shadows fall? It was in the night that the song of the angels was heard. It was at midnight that the cry came, "Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him." We wonder if a soul can really know the love oi God in 'ts i*itisfyin& completeness until the clouds of life are lowered? God in all His love comforts in the darkest hours of life when faith of the soul seeks Him. DEATH ON THE HIGHWAYS The rapidly increasing death toll of the nation's highways has become so alarming that President Truman himself has taken special notice of it, and has issued a warning to motorists, urging them to practice safety at all times when driving on the highways. Western North Carolina is having its share of fatal high way accidents, not just one being killed now and then, but four or more at a time. Inexperienced drivers and those under the influence of alcohol are responsible for most of these accidents. Many cars have been in service for a long time and have become unsafe, adding some to the total. But the human driver of the ma chine is usually responsible for the wrecks. CONGRATULATIONS, NEIGHBOR! The Herald extends congratulations to the publishers of The Waynesville Moun taineer in the forward step they are about to take in changing from one issue to two issues a week. The Messrs. Curtis Russ and Marion Bridges, publishers, have announced the new schedule to start May 21. *Fhese progressive pub lishers have developed The Mountaineer into one of the best edited and printed county papers in North Carolina. Several years ago they began a program of steady improvement of their publishing' plant and the quality of their newspaper, and contemplated this change several years ago. However, with paper rationing, ma terial and equipment shortages, they postponed the change until at this time. The citizens of Haywood can take just pride in their home paper, of which they show their appreciation by their loyal support through its advertising columns. They are also to be congratulated in hav ing a newspaper published by men of the high type of the Messrs. Russ and Bridges. LITTLE NEW FARM MACHINERY | North Carolina farmers wanted to go out and grow another bumper crop in 1946, but they will be unable to do so, through no fault of their own. The rea son is that they do not have the neces sary machinery with which to produce these crops. Years ago when there was ^less demand for food than there is now, the farmer and his family (they were larger and more of them stayed at home then) could produce sufficient food on :?urhirh tn live with the simple tools of a few plows, hoes, mattocks, etc. Now the picture is different. Farmers must farm on a much larger scale in order to any thing like meet the demand. Farm labor is scarce, one man now must do the work several used to do. Due to strikes in the steel mills, coal mines and farm machinery manufactur ing plants, the state's 300,000 farmers have little machinery to do with. Two of the biggest disappointments farmers have faced this spring are the - general failure of the returning veterans to come back to the homes they left, thus alleviating the farm labor troubles, and the unavailability of farm machinery. However, the dependable old farmer is holding up his end of production better than any other class of worker on earth today. OIL FROM MUD A few years from now atomic-age Techniques may make possible the con version of sea-bottom mud into petro leum. This startling statement came from the American Chemical Society. It just goes to show how foolish it is to make grave predictions about American oil resources. Much of the oil that is be ing used today could not have been drawn from the earth a generation ago, when a petroleum famine was predicted m 25 years. But the scientists and the petroleum industry have always suc ceeded in pushing the prognosticators out on a limb and sawing it off with tech nology. Eventually the prophets of ex haustion may give up. Scientists are developing the theory that crude oil is formed by the radioactive transformation of organic substances, j They are duplicating in the laboratory the radioactive process that may explain how nature, over a period of ten million years, accomplishes the conversion of protoplasm, proteins, fats, and other ma terials, into oil. The moral seems to be to make the fullest use of the resources available to us today, and tomorrow will take care of itself?if we let the scientists and in dustry alone. CRISIS AND THF. FARMER Whenever the people on this earth face a crisis their thinking gets back to ] fundamentals. Then they worry about I the basic necessities of life, about shelter, about getting enough to eat and drink. And at that time the eyes of the world all turn toward the farmer. It was that way during the last war and the one before. It was the same way. during the restless peace that came between. Today, once again, the farpier has become a very important man. Now,1 with the nations of this earth faced with hunger and even slow starvation, the farmer is being looked to as a saviour of; humanity and its civilization. Even in our own land of plenty there is a tightening of belts, a growing con- j cern over future food supplies as this nation undertakes to feed undernour-, ished Europe and Asia. The farmer, who, unlike other peoplej has never lost his touch with earthy; tilings, is the man of the moment. It is j in his hands that destiny has placed the key to the kind of world that we and our children shall share tomorrow. The world waits anxiously as the farmer goes about planting his varied! crops. The world watches trustfully as; this same farmer harvests his annual! crop of peeled top quality pulpwood1, which will be converted into paper and paperboard to move his foodstuffs to the iar corners of this land and to remote -places all over the earth as well. The entire world awaits the farmer, j He is at one and the same time, ruler' and1 servant to the people of this earth. PUBLIC PAYS THE STRIKE BILL The chief, and inevitable, result of i prolonged strikes in this postwar time! is the crippling of production. The war in Europe has been over for a year, but millions of American consumers are still waiting for goods and materials which orderly reconversion should have brought them months ago. The losses to all types of business are enormous. Other losses which affect a very large section of the public are the reduction or omission of dividends by key indus tries. Thousands of individuals, and some institutions, are dependent upon the re turn from their investments or those made for them by trustees. Disorderly labor relations can affect the economic life of a nation for years. Washington cannot act too quickly in curbing such irresponsible power.?Christian Science Monitor. Help the 4-H Club boys and girls, by subscribing to The Sylva Herald, to earn money with which to help build their Jackson county cabin at1 the State Test Farm. They will appreciate your co opprat.ion.. ,, irr ) _ Sylva Schools Hold Joint Memorial Day Program A joint assembly of the Sylva 1 High and Elementary schools was held in the elementary auditorium ; Monday afternoon, commemorat- , mg Southern .Memorial Day, with j a program on Sidney Lanier, noted j Sjuthern poet. The program was j sponsored by the B. H. Cathey j chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy. The invocation was given by W. V. Cope, followed by a group of southern songs by the school. A life sketch of Lanier was presented | by Mrs. J. F. Freeze. Miss Alice ! Weaver sang two solos, "The Star," j by Rogers, and "The Ballad of! the Trees ^nd the Master" by La nier. She was accompanied by Mrs. G??ver Wilkes. Mrs. Mark Osborne, Jr., gave two readings from Lanier's poems, "The Marshes of Glynn" and "The Song of the Chattahoochee. Mrs. Dan Tompkins concluded the pro gram with a tribute to Lanier and told of his place in the New York University Hall of Fame. St. John's High School Represented At Meetings WAYNESVILLE, May 15.?St. John's High school will be repre sented at two state youth meetings in May and June. The North Carolina Catholic Boy Scouts' Roundup at Belmont, May 17 to 19, will be attended by Belmont Barnett, Herman Sieber and Dries Vandenberg. The Grail School for Young Women in Southern Pines, June 21 to 26, will be attended by Frances Frazier, Grace Furtado, Nancy Furtado, Dolores Gass. Dorothy Martel, Lorraine Martel and Anne Mormino. t. ttend District Conference Last Thursday At Murphy Delegates from Jackson county who attended the District confer ence of the Methodist church which met in Murphy last Thurs day included Rev. and Mrs. W. Q. Grigg, Mrs. E. L. McKee Mrs. Harry Hastings, A. C. Reynolds, of Sylva, and Keith Hinds, Tyson Cathey and Rev. R. T. Houts, of Cullowhee. The conference went on record for directing the amount raised in this district toward the building of a dormitory for men at Brevard college. Annie Cowan Circle Has Meeting The Annie Cowan circle of the Roman's Society of Christian Service met Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. H. Gibson, with Mrs. J. P. Stovall as joint hostess. The meeting was opened with prayer by Rev. W. Q. Grigg. The chairman, Mrs. Dan Moore, was in the chair during the busi ness session. Mrs. Dan Tompkins led the devotional and had the program for the meeting. During the social hour the host esses served a salad course. Cullowhee Club To Be Hostess To Federation The Cullowhee Woman's Club will be hostess on Tuesday night, May 21, to the Federated clubs of the county. This is the third in a scries of joint meetings held by the clubs. An OPA police force of 800 men is now investigating the activities of the nation's 26,000 known meat slaughterers. * Drive out to our place for one of our Delicious Sandwiches We feature regular meals and home baked pies. cons SERVICE MAPLE SPRINGS Tourist Court Cafe Under Management of PAUL WOMACK Attention! Citizens of Jackson County ^ The Solicitor's office is largely re sponsible for the enforcement of the crim inal laws of the state and county in the courts. VOTE FOR ?. Roy Francis in THE MAY 25th PRIMARY For Solicitor Roy FRMGif ? ? He is an able lawyer, with 18 years experience in the practice of his profession. Seven years of this time he was assistant District Attorney of the United States Court of the Western District of North Carolina. He is a veteran of World War I and has spent considerable time in the interest of disabled veterans and their families. A VOTE FOR FRANCIS IS A VOTE FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT SPONSORED BY JACKSON COUNTY FRIENDS OF W. ROY FRANCIS Paid Political Advertisement Prated Seedlings from Fire Seedlings and junior forests are just as important to us as the "tall timber." Actually, they are busy factories produc ing wood . . . providing thousands of jobs . . . making myriads of things we need, from houses to note-paper. Forest operators can grow trees only with your help. Protect growing trees from fire! HENESSEE & WELCH Manufacturers of Quality Lumber
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