THE SYLVA HERALD
Published By
THE HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY
Sylva, North Carolina
The County 8eat of Jackaon County
J. A. GRAY and J. M. BIRD Publishers
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Entered at the post office at Sylva, 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 - $2.00
Bix Months, In Jackson County 1.25
One Year, Outside Jackson County 2.50
Six Months, Outside Jackson County 1.50
All Subscriptions Payable In Advance
MORE FEED?OR LESS MEATS
Facing a Serious feed shortage this
winter the North Carolina Agricultural
Extension Department of the State Col
lege, Raleigh, has issued a number of
bulletins dealing with possible ways and
means for local farmers to overcome the
threatened shortage. Three of these bul
letins are especially attractive; printed in
red and black with illustrations, they
present the message forcefully and brief
ly. Each bulletin is headed "Mope Feed
?or Less Pork?" It's Up To You! The
same headings are used for the beef and
poultry. .
The bulletins urge the farmers to pro
duce all the grain and green feed needed
for home use if at all possible. All non
laying hens should be culled and sold or
used on the farm to save feed grain. Use
care in providing feeders from which
feed will not be wasted.
See your county agent for these bul
letins and for any other help he may be
able to give you in your effort to help
grow more feed.
FIND A RUT AND STAY IN IT
You seldom hear of anyone advising
others to stay in a rut. But in this case
it may be the wise thing to do, as Jack
son county citizens are likely to find out
along next winter when our county roads
become deep in mud and ruts. We may
find ourselves in the position a traveler
was once when he was driving on a mud
dy road and stopped to ask a man if the
road would take him to a certain place.
The man's answer was that it would, but
that he had better find the best rut and
get in it for he would have to stay in the
rut until he reached his journey's end.
According to the State Highway Com
mission there will be little if any work
done on Jackson county roads this fall
and winter, or until after the next Gov
ernor is elected and takes office and we
get a new Highway Commission since the
present Commission has very politely
told Jackson county that it will get no
road work while they are in office.
Why the Commission has taken this at
titude toward Jackson county we do not
know. We do know that the county of
ficials have urged them at various times
to do something about our road situation
only to be abruptly turned down each
time.
The Soco Gap road was built against
the wishes of every citizen of the county.
The commission charges these hundreds
of thousands of dollars against future
road work in this county. This is a most
unfair course to have taken. The com
mission turns our pleas aside by saying
there is no fund for road work in Jack
son, when only a few months ago high
way funds were, or should have been,
allocated for this year's work. Surely,
these funds have not been spent already.
Superintendent Frank M. Crawford
expects certain schools of the county to
be closed at times during the winter be
cause buses will be unable to travel after
winter weather begins.
Jackson county people would like to
have Mr. Goode and his associates make
a public statement on why they are not
wining to give Jackson county its share
of th? ro^a money now available.
REFORESTATION may bring cooler
weather, according to a writer. The shel
terbelt, in other words, may prevent the
swelterbelt.
Grandpappy Jenkins says he tried to
fall asleep despite the heat by counting
sheep. However, it was so hot there
weren't any sheep to count. They were
all in the barn getting their wool shorn.
INSIDE WASHINGTON
Special to Central Press
WASHINGTON ? Despite the curt
Russian rejection of Anglo-American ef-*
forts to save the life of Bulgarian political
leader Nikola Petkov, there still remains!
a good chance that future events wiH1
bring about a mitigation of his death sen
tence.
Petkov, leader of the Bulgarian agrarian
party, which recently was outlawed for
its opposition to the Communist-inspired
majority group in the parliament, has a
several months stay of execution while
his appeal is being considered under Bul
garian law.
The General Assembly of the United
Nations meets next month, in ample time
to bring pressure to bear against Bul
garia to keep her from carrying out the
death sentence against Petkov.
In the meantime, it can be expected
that the United States and Britain will
maintain unremitting pressure on the
Bulgarian government because of its ac
tion.
Russia was able to block direct Anglo-'
American action in the case only because1
of the requirement of unanimity of the I
three great powers in dealing with the
situation in Bulgaria through the Allied
Control Commission.
Certainly, pending clarification of the
Petkov incident, the Bulgarian govern
ment faces continuing economic sanctions
by the two western powers. In the event
of Petkov's eventual execution, long
time reprisals can be expected in the
economic and diplomatic fieldst
HANNEGAN'S DECISION ? Al
though the resignation of Democratic Na
tional Chairman Robert Hannegan seem
ed pretty well set, there's a faint chance'
that Hannegan will refuse to obey the^
advice of his physicians and quit. i
Highly-placed Democratic sources say
that Hannegan "is just bull-headed
enough" to stay on as chairman if he gets
"his Irish up.!' Also, they claim that the
chances are even greater that Hannegan
will remain as postmaster general. ~
However, the .party spokesman said
that there's no doubt that President Tru
man could persuade Hannegan to quit
where even physicians fail.
If Hannegan resigns, Secretary of Agri
culture Clinton Anderson is a good bet
to succeed him, but there are other pos
sibilities. One is former Rep. Joseph
Casey (D), Mass., how in Washington,
another is Rhode Island's Senator J. How
ard McGrath, a political-wise young leg
islator.
There are those who are stringing along
with the idea that young Gael Sullivan,
who has been running the party as Dem
ocratic executive director in Hannegan's
absence, might be elevated to the chair
manship.
Most .sources doubt the selection of
Sullivan, but some party men say the
Democrats "could do worse" despite Sul
livan's "spanking" by the White House
after his ill-timed appeal for GOP sup
port of the Greek aid program.
GENERAL LEE'S DEFENDER ? A
new twist in the charges against Lt. Gen.
John C. H. Lee, commander of the Medi
terranean theater, has brought an uproar
from the leading service publication,
Armed Force.
The magazine lashed out strongly at
the statement by a colonel under Lee's
command that charges leveled against
the general might have'been "Commun
ist inspired."
Lee has been charged with imposing
undue hardships on GIs while he himself
lived in luxury. The Army is investigat
ing the charges.
The publication bitterly criticized the
colonel, who is unnamed, and said that he
is "doing far more to 'knock down' the
Army" than the charges against Lee.
Armed Force declared that individuals
such as the colonel, are "a blistering in
dictment" of commanding officers and
"gratuitously divert the attention of the
public from the work of Communists."
That Senate war contracts probe
couldn't have been such a hot show. It
dian t px uuuce a single hit tune.
"Swelterbelt," puffs Zadok Dumkopf,
mopping furiously, "you mean melt-er
belt, don't you?"
"Pakistan," says a noted linguist, "has
no meaning." It certainly does?to a
native of same.
THE FIGHTING IRISH"
^fo9v ?: * *
The Everyday Counsellor
By REV. HERBERT 8PAUGH, D. D.
Here's another good book for (
newlyweds?"This Love of Ours
by Leslie R. Smith (Abingdon
Cokesbury $1). While written pri
marily for those about to be mar
ried and newlyweds, it could prof
itably bfe read by every married
couple. It takes its place with the
growing literature of small, com- ?
pact readable and understandable,
handbooks on marriage.
Such books are appearing none
too soon, as the American home
is facing the greatest test of its ex
istence. With one marriage in every
three now ending in the divorce
<*ourt, it is evident that there is
something seriously wrong with
our understanding of marriage.
Much of this domestic unrest
comes from sheer ignorance of the
meaning of marriage. A young
man and a young woman after a
j more or less brief period of court
i ship, secure a license and are mar
ried. Very few oi them receive
any premarriage instruction. They
expect two lives which have grown
to maturity in entirely different
surroundings to suddenly adjust
themselves to one another so that
they may "live happily ever after."
They try to rear a home without
I any drawings and blueprints. No
wonder so many ot them are fall
ing apart. We don't ouild houses
that way.
"This Love of Ours" offers a
readable and understandable blue
print of marriage. The 24 short
chapters, each reinforced and col
ored with well-chosen poetry and
quotations, offers helpful reading,
factually presented with such good
taste that it could scarcely be criti
cized even by the most sensitive.
i
These chapter headings indicate
the content and movement through
out the book:
"Revel In Your Happiness
Expect Your Love to Grow?Ex
press Your Gratitude?Continue
Courting ? Balance Your Lives
With Humor?Accept Your In
Laws?Master Money ? Practice
Moderation?Sanctify Sex?Play
Together?Take Vacations From
Program Announced
For Webster Home v. A
Coming Service
The Home Coming service to be
held in Webster Baptist church
Sunday, September 28, honoring
the faithful work of Rev. W. N.
? Cook, who is soon to retire from
active ministry, will start at 10
o'clock a. m. with the regular Sun
day school service. Worship serv
ice will be held at the 11 o clock
hour. The program outline for
the day is as follows:
10:00 a. m. Sunday School.
11:00 a. m. Worship service which
will be opened with the singing of
the Doxology: following by the In
vocation; Hymn No. 4; Scripture,
Hymn No. 120; Offering; Special
I music, "The Holy City, by J. B.
! Coates, accompanied by Miss "Mil
j dred Cowan; Communion service;
i Hymn No. 239; adjourn. *
' 12:30 p. m. lunch, picnic style,
| wtih the members bringing bas
kets.
1:45 p. m. devotional.
2:00 p. m. song service by Dr.
H. P. Smith's choir of ?ullowhee.
2:30 p. m. message by Re,y. T. F.
Deitz. Music, and adjourn.
A hearty welcome will be await
ing all who can attend this service.
Each Other?Stifle Quarrels?De
stroy Weeds With Willows?Do
Your Part?Share All Things?Be
Considerate ? Respect Privacy ?
Trust Each Other?Recognize th
Divine?Seek God Together?Wor
ship in Your Home?Make Home
a Haven?Welcome Junior?Grow
Old Gracefully."
| This little book will make an
ideal but inexpensive wedding gift
from some member of the family
circle or close friend. I'm glad to
give it hearty recommendation to
the readers of THE EVERYDAY
COUNSELOR column.
The publication date of "This
Love of Ours" was August 25. It
I can be secured or ordered through
J your local bookstore.
I A list of other recommended
i books on marriage, the Christian
home, sex-instruction for children
and teaching the Christian religion
in the home can be secured by
1 writing THE EVERYDAY COUN
SELOR in care of this newspaper,
enclosing a long self-addnessed
1 stamped envelope. The "Home
1 Series" of THE EVERYDAY
? COUNSELOR reprints can be had
I also, by enclosing 10c to cover
j handling costs.
Serves In Pacific Area
FCR SAFETY
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ALLISON MOTOR CO.
SYLVA, N. C.
and Mrs. Grady Ward of Cullo
whee, is now serving in the Pacific
as radio operator with a V. L. R.
Photo unit of the 5th Recoa
naisance group.
He entered service in March,
1946; had his basic training at San
Antonio, Texas. After finishing
this phase of his training in July,
1946, he was sent overseas. He
has served with the 13th air force
at Clark Field on Luzon.
LOOKING BACKWARD
From the Piles of The Rurallte
of 15 yeara ago
*
I Carrying out a program of inter
l city exchange of speakers to foster
i good will between Western North
| Carolina communities, Dean W. E.
; Bird of WCTC, representing the
Sylva Rotary club, addressed the
Asheville Lion's Club at the
, S. 8c W. cafeteria Wednesday. This
plan has met the approval of the
entire section.
A 15-gallon still was captured
by Deputy Sheriff C. C. Mason and
Homer Turpin of the Jackson
County Sheriff's department, last
Tuesday near the Sapphire coun
try. Two men got away and have
not been captured.
Miss Martha Lou Hunter left
I Monday for Tuscon, Ariz., to work
. toward her Bachelor's degree and
to take pre-medical traising at
I the University of Arizona. Miss
I Katherine Cox, bacteriologist at
I the University of Arizona sani
I torium and Miss Hannah Cox, stu
! dent at the University, who have
been visiting their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. T. A. Cox, accompanied
! Miss Hunter to Arizona.
I Miss Lela Allen left this morn
ing for Rome, Ga., here she will
attend Martha Berry College.
C AMPELL'S
Ice Cream
All popular flavors
In Ritz Theatre Building
All Types SHOPWORK
WINDOW and DOOR FRAMES
made to specifications
Call for cost estimate
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PHONE 38 SYLVA, N.
It's great to ride in
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: t s particularly when you ride at
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Even the spacious trunk
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that you can't gat a
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Leveling a HH1?threading
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Settle back, settle
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wlW ted you there's no
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That's because of Unit
Ive to Chevrolet and
ized Knee-Aetlon
higher-priced cars.
Yes, indeed, you'll enjoy every
thing, including economy, when
you set forth in one of these
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1947. It offers you BIG-CAR QUALITY AT
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?Chevrolet also provides
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steel construction ? the
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tive-Action Hydraulic
Brakes.
Be sure your car is ready for winter! During September
and October Chevrolet dealers are making a special
point of fall service to demonstrate the excellence of
our service facilities and quality workmanship. So
bring your car in soon and let us get it ready for the
bad weather days ahead.
CHEVROLET
KIRK-DAVIS CHEVROLET CO.. Inc.
Cullowhee Road
SYLVA, N. C.