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 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 Six Months, In Jackson County 1.25 One YearK Putside^Jackson County 2.50 Six Months, Outside Jackson County 1.50 All Subscriptions Payable In Advance -TV 's ?Vn\ ?? /rei ss iAi \: INSIDE WASHINGTON WASHINGTON ? Air Force officials are afraid they are out on an expansion limb which may be cut off. The last Congress provided money for a 70-group Air Force, but only for an initial period. If the new Congress con vening in January fails to designate 70 groups and provide funds, USAF may be caught in the middle. In addition, USAF needs legislation to provide for half a dozen research and other installations to make the 70-group force an effective deterrent to war.. Getting the bills doesn't worry the Air Force command. Getting the money ap propriated to carry out their provisions does. KOCH CASE ? Senator Homer Fer guson's committee probably will never air the controversy over Ilse Koch's prison sentence. As the "Witch of Buch ?enwald" she was'given a life term. The Army later cut this to four years and this stirred up a furor. Incensed over elementary shown the woman, who was charged with many ?unspeakable sadistic crimes, the commit tee considered some action. Now, it is understood, the group is quietly trying to have her life sentence restored. Senate observers; in fact, say that the committee was reluctant to hold hearings because they might embarrass Gen. Lucius D. Clay, United States military governor in Germany. Meanwhile, Frau Koch is scheduled for retrial before a German penal court. ^BARGAINING BOGS DOWN?Court and NLRB decisions have vastly expand ed the old Wagner Act's requirement that employers bargain with unions about a*wages, hours, and working conditions." A host of important payroll matters, whirh?proi ri ausly were segarded as the exclusive prerogative of management, now must be discussed with labor?even though the boss doesn't have to make concessions on them. Most recent decision was the Supreme Court's ruling that employers must bar gain about merit pay boosts if the union requests it. In addition, an appeal is now pending before the high tribunal of a circuit court decision that pension and retirement funds are proper subjects for collective bargaining. DIPLOMATIC INFLATION ? Before the war, only the major powers had am ~ fr s~TRUE AIN'T IT? I ME CASPER TIN6LESERRYS ARE GOING 'ALL OUT' TO ENTERTAIN RICH uncle PHENIAS. TOBAY, THEY RE TAKING HIM TO pinner IM THE 610 TOWN ?" y/mmm, % vou'RE IN FOR kj A TREAT. here, uncle -"THIS PLACE IS supposed TO BE A PLENTY high CLASS JOINT? rrisburg Optimist Club on that day sent its members throughout .1 city with $1,000 worth of cer i ;cates for the best smilers. Na turally, you would expect a club vith the name "Optimist" to do -at. Th: word optimist means ne who looks for the best. The Harrisburg Smile Day stunt was to extend from 7 a. m., but long before the deadline, silver dollar certifi cates were ex hausted. There were more smil ers this year than last yciar when the Optimist Club tried the same stunt. "Last year we had to work 'ntil 10 p. m. to get rid of $750," ie Club President said. "It was almost unbelievable," declared a bus driver. I usually have a bus full of sour pusses in fhe morning, but today I saw noth ing but rows of teeth." All of this proves ihat it doesn't tnke too much effort to smile. Thousands of people in Harris- j burg smiled in the hope of re- j :eiving a dollar as a reward. ? But smiles produce far greater; dividends than a dollar. There's nothing like a smile ? to win your way with other peo- ( ale. You singly can't .pick a quarrel with a smiling man. Hev lisarms you at the outset. I re call two recent personal examples. I was in a traffic jam and almost bumped fenders with another driv. er. I nodded at him and smiled. He smiled back, waved his hand, nd went on. My wife, who was with me, asked, "Who was th t man who spoke to you and smil ed?" I replied that I didn't know him, had never seen him belore. The other incident occurred in Philadelphia recently, when I in advertently drove in to a narrow one-way street from* the wrong end. I met another car coming from the right direction. I smiled at him, nodded. He smiled in re turn, backed up to allow me to pass, and both of us went along in a good humor. There's an old proverb in the Bible. "A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a brok en spirit drieth the bones." A smiling man or woman has a way of getting along through life so much easier than the grouch. Re cently we had an unprecedented example of a smiling little man, who even smiled when everything seemed to be against him. He is States. He is called "The Smiling President." Why not try it? When you and the Lord are in partnership, and He is in the driver's seat, you cer tainly have everything to smile about. Mrs. Rachel Elders Stan ford Passes At Her home ^ Fu.ieral services for Mrs. R:chel elders Stanford, 7J, who died at | her home Monday morning at ?9:30, following a long illness, were eH Tuesday afternoon at the LoveJule B^pti.it church. Th* Fjev- G- E. Scruggs, Rev. Edgar >V illix, Rev. Ernest Jamison were the officiating ministers. Burial was in the church cemetery. Nephews of Mrs. Stanford served as pallbearers. In charge of the flowers were the Misses Ethel Haskett, Jean Parker, Blanche and Claudine Monteith, Dor^is and Peggy Mid dleton, Juanita Norton, and Au drey Lime Bryson. Surviving Mrs. Stanford are the husband, one daughter, Mrs. Mc Kinley Henry of Sylva, RFD No. 1; two sons, Claude of Sylva and Wayne of Rock Hill, S. C.; three sisters, Mrs. Wisdom Patterson of Lake Toxaway, Mrs. Will Cloer of Canton, and Mrs. Jim Ammons of Sylva; one brother, Bob Elders oi Franklin; six grandchildren, I Claudia, Carl, Gary Stanford ofi Sylva, Hazel, Patsy, and Bobby! Stafiford of Anderson, S. C.; also a host of friends. Sylva Basketball Schedule Released The following is the 1948-49 basketball schedule of the Sylva' Golden Hurricanes. Two games with Waynesville High are still tentative, according to James R. Barnwell, head coach. Dec. 16?Cullowhee, there. Dec. 23?Nantahala, here Dec. 31?Cherokee, here. Jan. 4?Franklin, there. J;:n. 7?Bethel, here. Jan. 11?Stecoah, here. Jan. 14?Robbinsville, here. Jan. 15?Bryson, there. Jas. 18?Murphy, there. Jan. 21?Franklin, here. Jan. 25?Andrews, there. Jan. 28?Cullowhee, here. Feb. 1?Bryson City, here. Feb. 4?Bethel, there. Feb. 8?Cherokee, there. Presbyterian Ladies To Hold Bazaar The annual Christmas bararr of the Ladies of the Presbyterian church will be held on Saturday, . December 4, beginning at 9 o'- 1 clock in the morning. A large va riety of handmade gifts will be for sale at this time, also home I Mrs. John W. Smith I Has Interesting Trip On Return To India The fcl'owirfj excerpts are from 'e'teis written bv Mrs. John W. j Smith, to her mother, Mr^. C. Z. | Candler. Mr*. Smith wrote the letUrs- vhjie returning to India i to i'jjn \lr. Smith who is an of :ial n' -sn n?d com;v ny there: r"1 "Somewhere East of Suez, where th?? best is l'ke the worst.". 1 This is tb* slowest ship that has sailed t^e ocean since the days of Ch**'stopher Columbus. Nearly thre* weeks after leaving New York, were trying to es cape the hu*"-icane, and were in formed that *ve were close to the port of New Orleans in our own Gulf of Mexico. Now we ar? rolling slowly along in the Per^an Gulf, and it is really warm weather with tem perature at '20 and 130. They allow passengers to sleep on the deck, if they can find room. This is a dirty boat and I don't like it, but it is all ~'ght with young John. Be likes his preacher friend very much, and the preacher likes him too. I have r; iioed John to get us off this boa' in Bahrain, and sr ve us l'rom landing in Calcutta on December 1st, maybe. I will mail this in Bahrain. Th.t^ city is the pearl center of the world Tt is the.'e that the most beautiful pearls in the world are found, r>ut what are pearls compared to a shade tree in.our back yard in Sylva. N. C., U.S.A. . . . ? Also ! what are they when compared to, a long, cold draft of water from under Black Rock? The children and I send' lots of love to you and Argie and all oui friends there Devotedly, * - MARY. .On board the S. S. Dwarka ir the Persian Gulf. Dearest all?I mailed each of the family a letter from., Bahrain. Hope that it has reached you. Well, I have nothing else to' complain about. We arrived in Bahrain last Thursday night and early Friday | morning a launch came alongside i and the general manager of the j Bahrain Oil and Petroleum com pany and another official came aboard looking for Mrs. John W. Smith and children. We were taken off the boat and were guests in his home until yesteracly, wher we came aboard of this lovely little ship and are now on the last lap of our long journey. We are due in Bombay on the 19th No vember, instead of being due in Calcutta on December 1. Well to get back a little the man who came for us made us guests in his house?palace?until time for this boat to sail. It is a palace, no less. We had a nice suite or room and each of us had a person al servant. (I thought of all the washing and ironing I had done in Sylva during the past year). Feb. 11?Murphy, here. 15 QUscoah, "here. Feb. 18?Robbinsville, there. Feb. 22?Andrews, here. All dates include boys and girls games. A complete write-up will be released next week. Nutrition Meet to Be Held The State nutrilion council ot the Western district will meet in Asheviile Saturday morning, Dec. 4, at 10:30. Re?