THE SYLVAHERALD
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BIBLE THOUGHT
"God ... in Christ, reconciling the world unto
Himself, hath committed unto us the word of re
conciliation." 11 Cor. 5:19.
Jackson County Fair
. Nothing is more conductive'to success
and progress of any business or enter
prise than the cooperation of individuals
or groups of individuals. Success in a
worthwhile enterprise never bring about
an injury or injustice to anyone. We are
speakin'g of the County Fair that has
been announced to be held some time next
fall. Without the cooperation of all farm
organizations of the men and women, and
boys and girls of the county, the business
firms throughout the town and county,
the civic clubs and the adults of the town
and county, the fair will be a hard pull.
However, with the cooperation of all
these groups, a County Fair will be the
-result.
A County Fair has many attributes:
it is a means of friendly, competitive con
trast of what individuals and groups of
individuals are accomplishing and of their
abilities; it is a stimilus for bigger and bet
ter activities; it' develops individuality.
In many ways it benefits financially.
"You_need a vacation" is the advice
frequently given by physicians and
friends to individuals who have by daily
work and worry lowered their resistance.
Those who heed such advice come back
to their duties with renewed vigor and
ideas. A County Fair has the same effect
on all its citizens. ? Let's have a Fair !
Let us never forget that the cultivation of the
earth is the most important labor of man. ..When
tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, there
fore, are the founders of civilization.?Daniel, Web
ster.
WHO'S NEXT?
The action of United States Steel in
turning down a requested wage boost to
its employees, but at the same time an
nouncing a $25,000,000 cut in prices, in
spires four immediate observations:
1. The steel corporation has learned a
lesson in public relations from the very
sour reaction to its price rise of a couple
of months ago.
2. The-new price cut, at the very least,
is a welcome and commendable gesture
toward "Breaking the inflationary spiral
which has shown signs of zooming again.
3. The United Steelworkers and their
president, Philip Murray, are likewise to
be commended for the prompt announce
ment that, although denied increased pay,
they will abide by their contract and do
not propose to strike. The workers are
disappointed, of course. They cannot hope
to realize any measurable direct compen
sation from slightly cheaper^ steel in re
turn for what they are not to get in pay. .
They can gain greatly, however, if this
revives the trend started by General Elec
tric and now joined by Westinghouse.
4. Since the corporation denied the
wage boost on the undisputed grounds
that rising wages account for one side of
the inflationary spiral, the public is like
ly to ask whether the price cut is enough
to share this saving in labor costs with'
the general economy. Also, in view of
Mr. Murray's point that United States
Steel's net profits last year were $153,
000,000, whether the company is doing
all it could do.
These are valid questions. But we
would not wish them to detract from our
recognition of the broad significance of
the example United States Steel, has set
in checking the wage-rise element in in
flation, not by a bare refusal but by do
ing something on the price side of the
spiral, too
Who's next? ?Science Monitor
INSIDE WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON ? President Truman
and Democratic National Chairman How-i
ard McGrath have just received a con-!
fidential and pessimistic report from New
York state Democratic leaders. This re
port indicates that the southern rise
against Mr. Truman's anti-Jim Crow pro-j
gram has developed a counterpart in the.
Empire State. !
The New York revolt is due to the ad-!
ministration's about face on the Palestine!
partition program. At least five power-!
iul Jewish leaders, or leaders closely af
filiated with the Jewish vote, have stated
they do not see how they can support
the president for nomination in view of
the Holy Land switch.
Both the president and McGrath have
been informed by their highest political
aides that the popular upswing which was
beginning to develop in the wake of the
president's message to Congress has been
blocked by the Palestine matter.
T.-H. LAW HITS SNAG?The Taft-i
Hartley law's safeguards against indus
try-wide production - crippling strikes'
hasn't been working very well in the'
coal walkout. One of the important phas-1
es of the act provides that either party'
desiring to modify or terminate a con-1
tract must notify the government 60 days'
in advance. j
During this period, the Federal Media-;
tion Service?also created by the law?
gets an opportunity to attempt settlement!
of the dispute. However, John L. Lewis
did not modify or terminate his cgntractJ
Lewis only notified his miners that the!
coal operators were violating the agree
ment. The strike began in short order. I
Federal Mediation Chief Cyrus Ching|
didn't have a chance to get into action|
before the miners were idle. By then hisi
efforts were futile.
The same thing is true of the presi
dent's board of inquiry. The law contem-j
plates appointment of such a board prior!
to a walkout and postponement of the
strike until it reports. The coal board',
was not set up until the mines had been1
down nine days. I
FPC MUDDLE?Burton N. Behling,|
whose appointment as a member of the1
Federal Power Commission was suddenly
withdrawn by the White House, is won
dering what happened. No one has in-1
formed him. _
Behling was in the very act of reaching.
for his hat, ready to go before the Senate j
. committee which was prepared to ex
amine his qualifications for the EPC postT
Then his office phone rang and his sec
retary informed him the White House
was calling. . #
The man on the other end of the phone
was Donald Dawson, administrative as
sistant to the president. Dawson's mes
sage was brief. He said Mr. Truman had
changed his mind and no longer wanted
Behling for the job. There was no furth
er explanation.
However, observers believe Mr. Tru
man, eager to rebuild his sagging political
fences, was anxious to offer the post to
former Senator Jim Mead of New York,
and thus, as a matter of expediency, made
Behling the goat.
However, Mead rejected the appoint
ment, informing the president he did not
feel he had the experience the EPC posi
tion required. Behling has the necessary
experience, but he could hardly be re
nominated, so he is out of luck on a good
job his associates say he could have
handled ably.
STATE DEPARTMENT RED TAPE?
Rep. Karl Stefan (R), Nebraska, is con
vinced that there is no red tape like the
red tape used by the State department.
The Nebraskan related that an investiga
tor for a House appropriations subcom
mittee was assigned the task of examin
ing State department administration.
As part of his job, he followed a simple,
routine piece of correspondence through
the department. For two and a half days
he trailed the letter through a maze of
divisions, branches and offices. '
The letter went through 35 different
steps, including sending it to a separat-i
ing room merely to be folded. The letter
went twice through each of three depart-j
ment buildings and the investigator esti
mated that it would take about 30 days to |
process the letter.
Eastern college is teaching girls how to
shop. But our bachelor friend is looking
for one who has been taught not to.?
Dallas Morning News.
The Everyday Counsellor
By REV. HERBERT 8PAUQH, 0. O.
"New powerful poison found.
One-quarter pound in water sup
ply of city of 100,000 would kill
all." This newspaper headline
tells us that this new poison is the
most lethal simple compound
known to science.
Truly we have opened "Pan
dora's Box." To refresh your
memory concerning "Pandora's
Box," I give you the story briefly.
According to Greek Mythology,
Pandora was the first woman. After
Prometheus stole
lire from heaven
and bestowed it
upon mortals,
Zeus determined
to counteract this
blessing, so he
ordered a woman
to be fashioned
out of the earth,
upon whom the gods would bestow
various gilts. Epimetheus, the
brothei- of Prometheus, married
Pandora. Zeus gave her a wedding
gift, the so-called 'Pandora's Box,"
containing an assortment of evils
and blessings. Epimetheus told
her not to open the box until given
permission to do so by Mercury.
In the absence of her husband,
however, Pandora could not resist
Qualla H. D. Club
Holds Meeting
The Qualla Home Demonstration
club met on Tuesday, April 20, at
2 p. m. at the home of Mrs. Golman
Kinsland with Mrs. Ben Seals as
joint hostess. The roll call show
ed twenty-one members prsent.
Plans were made for two articles
from the club to be placed on dis
play in Massie's Furniture Store
window during the week of May
2-8, which is National Home Dem
onstration week.
Mrs. Emerson *Cathey and Mrs.
Golman Kinsland were elected
game - leaders and Mrs. Bessie
Reagan was chosen as song leader
!<>r tiie club. Mrs. Kinsland and
Mrs. Thiid Beck- were chosen to
represent the club at a meeting to
be held in Sylva to make plans
for the curb market.
Tiie meeting was turned over to
Miss Johnston, who gave a very
interesting discussion on ways of
bedding and storage of sweet po
tatoes. She then gave each mem
ber a leaflet of recipes using the
sweet potatoes and demonstrated
one of them, Surprise Croquettes.
During the social hour the host
esses served pineapple cheese salad,
Rita crackers, angel food cake, iced
tea and croquettes which Miss
Johnston had made.
The next meeting will be heldt
with Mrs. Eula Beck May 18. j
QUALLA PRE-SCHOOL CLINIC
HELD
The pre-school clinic for the.
Qualla elementary school was held
in the school building on Thurs
day, April 22, at 10:00 a. m. Mrs.
Alma McCracken, District Health
nurse, was in charge of the clinic,
and was assisted by Mrs. Roberta
Sauter and Mrs. Juanita Phillips.
Twenty children who are to enter
school next fall were given im
munizations against whooping
cough, diptheria and small-pox, if
they had not previously had these
immunizations.
After the physical check-up
each child was given a cone of ice
cream and a balloon by the grade
mothers for the first grade.
Hospital News
Little Miss Barbara Sue Con
ner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Oscar Conner of Whittier, has en- j
ter.ed the hospital for treatment.]
Mrs. Dora Lee Cowan of Web-j
ster is in for treatment.
I Little Miss Patsy Watson of Bry
i son City, the daughter -of Mrs.!
i Jack Watson, is recovering from an !
j appendectomy.
Mr. John Frizell of Webster isj
receiving treatment and improving.,
M iss* Virginia Adams of Cullo
whee is recovering after an ap
pendectomy.
Mr. Nathan Ward of Whittier is
in for treatment, . j
Little Miss Carol Beacham,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. R.
Beacham, of Sylva is recovering
after an appendectomy.
Mrs. Nettie Dockery of Speed
well is in for treatment.
Dr. Daisy McGuire of Sylva is
in for treatment.
Mr. Raymon McClure of Sylva
is in for treatment.
Mr. Joe Middleton of Tuckasei
gee is in for observation.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Buchanan of Greens Creek a
daughter on April 26.
Gracie Bryson (col.) of Sylva is
receiving treatment and improv
ing.
the desire to take a look into this
mysterious box. She unbound the
cords and lifted the lid. Imme-.
diately, the evils, which have
plagued mankind since that day,
escaped before Pandora could re
place the lid. Hope, however,
wfcich lay at the bottom of the
box, she managed to keep, Pan
dora having shut down the lid be
fore Hope escaped.
Sometimes it looks as if our
?
scientists have taken the lid off of
"Pandora's Box" and thrown it
away. This past war has brought
us tremendous discoveries in the
field of science, releasing agencies
which seem destined to destroy us
?atomic bombs, new poisons, new
explosives. They are really not
new, but are newly discovered.
Perhaps if St. Paul had been al
lowed to edit this story of "Pan
dora's Box?" he would have left
in the box Faith and Love" in addi
tion to Hope. He reminds us that
these three offer an antidote for
ft
all of the evils of the world: "And
now abideth faith, hope, and love,
these three; but the greatest of'
these is love."
Truly we are going to need these
three virtues in greatest abundance]'
to act as antidotes for our tiew dis-!
coveries, and enable us to use them
for the blessing of mankind in
stead of our self-destruction.
If we have faith, hope, love to
wards our Lord and towards our
fellow man, we can view the new
TIMBER TALKS
By W. C. HENNESSEE
TIMBER IS A CROP
Why is timber a crop? When a
woodland owner conducts cutting
and other timber operations in
ways that encourages one genera
tion of trees to succeed another,
the result is a series of timber
crops. Like other plants, trees
live through cycles from seed and
seedlings to maturity. Unless trees
are harvested they eventually die.
If properly cared for they will
respond witji increased growth and
increased value.
* * *
Farm woodlots have been the
means of lifting many a farm mort
gage.
* * *
Keep your woodlot protected
from fire.
* * *
Let's Keep Jackson County Green
age with happy anticipation in- Affe books give them. Man's great
stead of fearful speculation. Science spiritual First Aid Book, the Bible,
can help us instead of destroy us. gives us the antidote lor this new
Poisons have their antidotes. First deadly poison?Faith, Hope, Love.
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Treat the entire family to our
luscious, appetizing food tonight
and be fresh for the square dance
at the Community House ? it'll
be an especial treat for Mother.
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CANDIED YAMS
FRESH STRING BEANS
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