THE SYLVA HERALD
Published By
THE HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY
Sylva, North Carolina
The County Seat of Jackson County
J. A. GRAY and J. M. BIRD Publishers
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Act of March C, io?9, November 20, 1914.
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TRYING TO BEAT OFF AN ENEMY
The good people of Jackson county,
knowing the evil results and mounting
cost of strong drink, are waging a de
termined fight, against a legal enemy
(Be#r and Wine) in an effort to help put
down crime and lawlessness in our coun
ty. As the state law now stands there is
Httle that can be done locally, except to
Iqjack up Rep. Tompkins' "Beer and Wine"
bill for Jackson, hoping that it will pass.
There are two outstanding instances
tfyat happened in court here this week:
one was that of the court instructing the
Board of County Commissioners to is
sue a beer license for the sale of beer,
which was no more than Judge Bobbit
could do under the state law. The other
was the trial of Corsey Brown for the
murder of Eulas Hoxit, as a result of the
use of strong drink. There we had two
laws in operation. One saying, yes, you
can have all the strong drink you want
tfcus helping to put more tax money in the
state and county treasuries. The other,
sending a man to prison for using strong
drink which turned him into a deamon
with mUrder in his heart. This one mur
der trial cost Jackson county and the
State of North Carolina ten times as much
as the tax money from one beer outlet
will bring in. Then there is the tragedy
of two broken homes, one in the loss of
the husband and son through death, the
other with the husband and son branded
a? a criminal and carried away to prison,
living a wife and five small children to
grieve and suffer?mentally, physically,
and morally.
That is what we get when we sanction
strong drink. Of course some people are
going to drink, get drunk, murder, plun
der, steal, drive a car while drunk, and
break all state and moral laws despite
all curbs put on it. However, this is fur
ther evidence of the need for waging a
fight to keep the enemy off as much as
possible. Instead of letting the bars down,
as much as to say go to it and then we'll
get the pay for it, why not raise the bars
and make them have to jump that much
higher and harder in order to get it? We
wonder, too, if stained money is profit
able in the end anyway.
Congratulations To Prof. Madison
The Herald feels honored that it has
the opportunity to pay tribute to one of
Jackson county's citizens on his eightieth
birthday anniversary: a man whose in
fluence is felt throughout the county, and
indeed in many sections of our nation;
a man, too, whose very prescncc speaks
for the higher education oi our youth of
our land and nobier brotherhood of man.
So we congratulate Professor Robert Lee
Madison who celebrated his eightieth an
niversary on Monday, the seventeeth, and
extend best wishes, to him.
And with our congratulations to Pro
fessor Madison, we feel that Jackson
county, too, is to be congratulated in hav
ing so fine a gentleman as one of her
sons.
BEGINNING, CONTINUING
: "First in war, first in peace, and first
in the hearts of his countrymen'' after
mearly two xe^ttrries still rings true to
thousands' of school children and adults
as well, and we again pay tribute to one
of February's heroes?George Washing
ton, whose 215th birthday anniversary
will be celebrated Saturday, February 22.
A born leader, George Washington led
our country through its national infancy,
nurturing its governmental problems on
which our security and very existence de
pended. Just as surely today the outcome
of the United Nations will affect not only
our nation but the whole, world for all
time to come.
Let us as a people look to the sound
judgment of Washington,^and be-rrSpable
of his kind of reasoning to help guide us
out of all national and global difficulties.
Inside Washington
Special to Central Presa
WASHINGTON ? Those who have
analyzed President Truman's 37.5 billicfn
do^ar budget say that the national de
fense or veterans' aid items will have to
be cut it me Republicans are to make
their pr^Lm .ied savings of three or four
billions.
. The plain fact is that the second post
war budget consists mainly of five big
items?national defense, veterans' aid,!
interest on the debt, tax refunds and in
ternational commitments?and t h e r e
isn't much "water" in it.
"The remainder of the budget?8.3 bil
lions?is less than many of the pre-war J
New Deal budgets. To prune three or four
billion dollars from this would necessi
tate wholesale scrapping of public works
projects and abandoning a multitude of
other federal functions.
Tax refunds and interest to pay this
seven billion, 65. million dollars cannot
be cut because the government is obli
gated to pay this seven billion, 65 million
dollars. The three or four billion dollar
savings cannot be made in international
commitments because they total only
three billion, 510 million.
That leaves only national defense or
veterans' aid items subject to the pruning
knife.
Discount those rumors that Senator
Wallace H. White, Jr. (R) of Maine is
about to step down from the Senate ma
jor i^T^Kjership for which he battled so
tenaciously in GOP organization parleys.
It is true that the veteran Maine legis
lator does some grumbling over his lead
ership troubles?a very human trait.
What seem^ to be happening is that
every time White emits the slightest off
the-cuff complaint some colleagues in the
ambition-ridden Senate inflates it and
spreads the story that the majority leader
is going to quit.
One influential GOP Senator made the
"don't-quote-me" guess that the current
crop of rumors about White being dis
gruntled is being nurtured by those who
want to trip up Senator Robert Taft (R)
of Ohio in his 1948 presidential aspira
tions.
The rumors are filled with the angle
that White resents Taft's domination?
giving grounds for guessing that some
body is trying to get Taft involved in an
inner-leadership fight.
Insiders do not expect Secretary of
State George C. Marshall to make any
sweeping changes in his department.
Privately he has said that he plans to
move slowly and confesses unfamiliarity
with many phases of international de
velopments.
Marshall does not care much about go
ing to Moscow in March to discuss the
drafting of peace treaties for Germany
and Austria, but those close to him see
no way for him to avoid it.
The new secretary will need a thor
ough briefing before he makes the tri?
and will have to depend to a large extent
on the advice of experts who have at
tended the other Four Power peace talks.
Therefore there can be little change in
those dependabl but little mentioned ex
perts.
There is some talk that Marshall will
seek to take James F. Byrnes to Moscow
as an adviser but observers doubt this.
Look for Congress to open an all-out
probe of the sugar shortage. The investi
gation probably will be made by the
House agriculture committee investigat
ing food problems.
Republicans are determined to jump
Lito the middle of the sugar shortage
which they claim resulted from New Deal
bungling. Chief investigator will be R?p.
August Andresen (R) of Minnesota.
The Minnesotan believes?and says he
will prove?that per capita sugar con
sumption in the United States can be
boosted by 15 pounds this year. Industrial
sugar users, he says, could and should get
25 per cent more annually.
Other foodstuffs also will come under
Andresen's microscope. These include
fats and oils.
Staging a protest, residents of Stock
holm, Sweden, ttyrew their liquor ration
cards into the river. That's going on the
water wagon with a vengenance.
Appearing at a theater, Stalin, we read,
was "thunderously applauded." Natur
ally, since he's the whole show in Mos
cow.
The Everyday Counsellor
By REV. HERBERT SPAUGH, D. D.
"No precious gem has even been
polished without friction. Success
has never been attained without
reverses." This little motto on the
wall of the office of a business
friend captured my attention the
other day. It is a good one for all
of us to remember, especially when
we are in trouble.
The diamond, which we consid
er our most precious jewel, is a
very hard stone. Before it takes its
place in a ring or in expensive
jewelry, it has been ground and
polished many times by the lapi
dary.
There should be deep signif
icance in the fact that the diamond
is the accepted stone for the en
gagement ring. Its symbolism
should never be forgotten by men
and women who marry. It should
remind us that marriage only
grows into rich companionship and
happiness as a result of daily pol
ishing by the difficult ? circum
stances which always arise in mar
j riage. ?0
A happy marriage does not come
easily. It comes as a result of con
stant adjustment due to the pres
sure of change and accommoda
tion. No two people, reared in dif
ferent environments, can expect to
adjust themselves easily to one an
other. The rising divorce rate and
the increasing number of broken
homes is sad indication of the fact
that men and women do not un
derstand the true nature of mar
riage.
The nearest we come to perfec
tion in marriage is a perfect will
ingness to give and take. We must
learn to adjust ourselves to one
another, and above all to the will
and guidance of Almighty God.
No marriage can be truly suc
cessful unless it is God-centered,
because we live in a God-centered
universe. The God-centered home
is the only truly happy home. Self
ish desire has no place there, ex
cept as a polishing agent.
It is as a man's and woman's
desires are polished by the fric
tion of the one against the other,
and against the hard circumstances
of life, that the true beauty of a
happy marriage emerges. This pol
ishing produces adjustment and
cooperation which brings out the
true beauty of personality. Let
every wife, remember that, as she
looks at the engagement ring on
her finger, and let every husband
recall it as he gazes upon that
bol which he presented to^ the
woman of his choice.
Wildlife Harvest Ends
For North Carolinians
It's back to the rack for the guns
of North Carolina hunters.
The State's 1946-47 season of
the harvesting of game birds and
animals came to a close last Satur
day, February 15, with the end of
the legal period for taking opos
sum and raccoon with guns and
dogs. The State's trapping season
also wound up on that day.
Herald Want Ads Bring Results.
LOOKING BACKWARD
From the File* of The Rurallte
of 15 years ago
Jackson County Superior court
convened Monday morning with
Judge A. M. Stack presiding. Five
homicide cases are on the docket
for this term.
The Woman's Missionary Union
of the Baptist church is meeting
Monday, Thursday, and Friday af
ternoons of this week to study Dr.
J. B. Lawrence's book, "Missions
in the Bible/' Mrs. Fred Hooper is
teaching the class.
Fiank McCraekcn of Barberton,
Onio, is visiting relatives here,
having been called home, by the
death of his father, J. C. McCrack
eri, which occurred Thursday at
the home of his son, E. G. Mc
Cracken, in Dillsboro.
The Syiva elementary school
celebrated the Washington Bi
centennial anniversary with a
program given by the sixth grade.
Dressed in colonial costumes, the
children portrayed with song, story
and dramatization the great man's
life.
Rev. W. C. Reed will preach a
special sermon for the local fra
ternities next Sunday evening at
the Sylva Baptist church.
The Embroidery Club will meet
Wednesday afternoon with Mrs.
J. A. Parris, with Mrs. E. L. Wil
son as joint hostess.
Joe Winner and A. M. Simmons
have been in New York buying
spring merchandise for the Leader
Dept. store and for the Paris.
Coca-Cola Company
Plans No Price Increase
So far .there has been no increase
in the wholesale price of Coca
Cola to the dealers in Western
North Carolina, and none is con
templated, said Mr. R. L. Ellis,
president of the Coca-Cola Bottling
Company of Asheville, today, un
less the price of sugar is materially
increased.
This, Mr. Ellis pointed out,
should be of considerable interest
to all dealers in Western North
Carolina. By far the majority of
these dealers are now selling Coca
Cola to the consumer at the tra
ditional 5c price. The fact that they
can continue to do so should, he
said, be good news to them and
to the public.
Mr. Ellis commented upon the
world sugar shortage and ex
plained that Coca-Cola Bottlers
were entering upon their sixth year
of rationing, and are operating
dufing the first quarter of 1947 at
60 per cent of their 1941 sugar
purchases. He stated that the same
quality of the product, which had
remained unchanged y$ar after
year, would be maintained, even
though the shortage of ingredients
made it impossible to supply the
present demand.
In expressing hope for an early
improvement in this situation, he
vvent on to say: "Not until the day
Formed WCTC Professor
Now At Missouri State;
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The Sylva Herald
Sylva, North Carolina *
Gentlemen:
Through the kindness of tmr
good friends and former neighbors
and associates, Mr. and Mrs. John
S. Seymour of Cullowhee, my wift
and I were privileged to receive
I two recent copies of your paper,
The Sylva Herald. We read them
with eagerness and found many
items and personal notes which
? were of real interest to us. How
I
I ever, we regretted very much to
learn of the death of Prof E. H.
St ill well whom we knew so well
and truly appreciated because of
hTs-nobte-tifg'ttnd fine jLifiiew
he rendered in his chosen profes
sion.
It has been over eight years since
we left Western Carolina Teachers
College but we continually recall
our many good friends we left in
Cullowhee and Sylva. We are al
ways delighted to hear from them
directly or indirectly. We miss our
associations with them very much.
I became associated with the
state teachers college here at
Kirksville in the fall of 1938 as
Director of the Elementary Lab
oratory school. In 1945 I was made
head of the Division of Personnel
Service and Professor of Psycholo
gy which position I still hold. My
wife completed the .requirements
for her B. S. degree and she is
now employed as secretary in my
office and teaches part time in the
Division of Business Education.
We have found Kirksville to be
a very nice town and the people
have received us very kindly. We
feel that we have made * many
friends here. Kirksville has a pop
ulation of 10,000 and it is best
known as the "Home of Osteo
pathy." The Kirksville College of
Osteopathy and Surgery is located
here, and it is continually improv
ing its physical plant and raising
its standards professionally. The
teachers college likewise is grow
ing very steadily. We are begin
ning to ^offer graduate work for
the first time this next summer.
While we like this part of the
country in many respects, we'still
love the deep South and long for
the mountains and beautiful scene
ry of Western North Carolina. We
would like to keep in touch with
our friends in Jackson county and
to be aware of the changes that
are constantly taking place there.
I am enclosing a check for $2.50
to cover a year's subscription to
your fine paper. It shows to be a
most creditable publication.
Yours sincerely,
C. H. Allen
when any of us can go into a store
and buy all the sugar we want,
without stamps and at a reasonable
price, will we -be able to achieve
production equal to that which we
all enjoyed before the war. And I
sincerely hope that the time will
not be too far distant when all re
strictions will be removed."
A Statement by
your Coca-Cola Bottler:
Ctyitinuous Quality. Year after year the quality
of-Coca-Cola has remained unchanged.
c
Continuous Price. Today, though production
&
costs have increased, there has been no -
change in the wholesale price of Coca-Cola.
COCA-COLA
BOTTLING COMPANY
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Asheville, North Carolina