/ Page 2 r THE SYLVAHERALD Published By THE HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY Sylya, North Carolina The County Seat 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 -$2.08 Si* Months, In Jackson County 1.2S One Year, Outside Jackson County 2.50 Six Months, Outside Jackson County 1.50 All Subscriptions Payable In Advance i 7 yS^Honh Carolina v4k /mjs association"*)) GOALS FOR 1950 (1)__NEVy INDUSTRY. (2)?I M PRO VE D SCHOOL FACILITIES. (3)?HARD-SURFACING AS MANY ROADS AS POSSIBLE. (4)?AN EXPANDING HEALTH POLICY. (5)?A COUNTY FAIR. (6)?CONTINUING EMPHASIS OF TOURIST TRADE. (7) ? DEVELOPMENT OF HATCHING EGG, TURKISH TOBACCO, AND CASTOR BEAN CROPS. (8)?HON EST, EFFICIENT GOVERNMENT ON ALL LEVELS. Why Be A Copy Cat One misleading bit of propaganda in favor of compulsory health insurance for this country has its roots in Britain's exnnviainnn xxritv, a srhpme which is about pCi XUllWr ?? * XII M the same in principle. It is pointed out * that more than 90 per cent of British doctors have registered and are now working under the health act. Therefore, it is argued, the vast majority of British physicians must favor it. That may seem a sound argument on the surface, but it won't stand analysis. In Britain, it had long been the procedure for doctors, when they wished to settle in some locality, to buy the practice of a doctor who had died or retired. These purchases represented a big outlay?up to twice as much as the annual gross income. When Britain adopted national health act, she made the purchase of practices illegal. In order not to rob the doctors, she set up a large fund to compensate for the change. However, the catch was this: td be eligible for compensation a doctor had to enter the medical scheme by a certain date. If he didn't, he would get nothing. And so 90 per cent of the doctors registered in self defense. Distinguished doctors ? including _ ? people will atl Some of our cakey r. si People's Opinions What's yours? PAT PATTE ????^think we shot What do you think of the idea ^ave the ta of lighting the football field so that c*ub anc* n*ght baseball may also be enjoyed in receipts. Sylva at night? ALLINEY NED MORRIS?I like the idea, baseball, but dc It gives everyone a chance for be a paying pr some recreation after store hours. V. MADISO And I believe that it will pay bet- swell idea. It ter than daylight games, morel more time ior Now! tot tAcm tkA nit start ftng jt III \ BWS SIZES 7 TC THE SY Disgraceful Hypocrisy At a recent press conference, President' Truman called #for an electric power network for America. According to news1 reports this would include the great: rivers and valleys?the Columbia, the! Ohio and Mississippi, the Snake, and the| rest. When asked who would transmit this power to users, the President answered, "The government will do it if necessary . . . private companies if they could do it as cheaply." The significance of this is plain. It is simply one more phase of the campaign to socialize, step by step, all the power resources of the country; to give the government complete control over a service"* which is vital to the life of industry, J agriculture, and the individual, and to bring to an end local control over a great local resource and taxable asset. The cost to the taxpayers would be gigantic. It was said, it is true, that private companies would distribute the power if they could do it as cheaply as the government. But the whole history of govI ernment activity in the field of business is that honest accountings of costs are never made. Government exempts its business activities from taxation. Gov- ernment gets the money for construction either free of interest or at an interest cost far lower than private enterprise can command. Government?as in the case of its projects?can charge off costs to flood control, reclamation, navigation a and other activities, in order to delude g the people as to the true cost of produc- g ing the electric power. Government p business is free of all state regulation, ? and all state laws which govern citizens ; and private business. Government can J create and, maintain monopolies which 1 wipe out all competition and such mono- I polies are exempt from all antitrust ' laws which apply to other combinations in restraint of trade. Government in c business is the rankest kind of unfair, ti destructive competition that can be used| to put private citizens out of business. s< j British, Americans, and others?have 11 made careful studies of the workings of tl nationalized medicine. Almost to a man, they have reported a serious decline in the standards of medical care, insuffici- f( ent time and monpy giyen to research u and preventive medicine, and that doc- r< tors are burdened with so many patients that those who are really ill cannot be ? properly treated. On top of that, the ? costs, paid for out of taxes, have been ex- ? cessive, and have greatly exceeded all u estimates. p Socialized or regimented medicine, in other words, is second-grade medicine t] for which a big price is paid. And what J is true of England would be true of this j country if we wish to be a copy cat. c r 1 ;end. should mean a better team. ( mvtmtr_t'm for it fiEORGE SLOAN?I'd like to f ear up the sod on see the idea pan out. It would be c i. It think it would good for the town, and could be ] iset for the town. made a paying proposition if we 1 IRSON I certainly didn't jump into it too heavily at \ ild push the idea. beginning. j lent for a good ball 1 games would help Reports from farmers and dairy- 5 men in North Carolina during < BRYSON ? I like 1949 indicate that there was an >n't believe it would average of 359,000 cows (not in- ^ oposition. eluding heifers 2 years old and ' N?I think it's a over kept for milk but not yet : gives the players freshened) or farms during the ( practice, too, which year. - I lair* vmentfoltvabdJ miors will Hud Ik A 1| :?, STORt \\ " ? ^ T?H ? rTr* J ^ >15 S8.95 AND $14.95 LVA HERALD AND RUR LOADED "^f fM, it > The Everyila By REV. HERBER Trouble has a way of unbalncing people. Christians are not immune to it. y The more we look hcult ^it becomes vercome past troubles. When you come to Wit's End lorner there is only one sensible ling to do, turn to God. Time after time I have counted with those in trouble. When ask them if God has ever failed lem in the past when they fully lrned to Him with a problem, the eply has always been the sameTo. God has a plan for every man ir you and for me. That plar 5 the best one for your life; i emains for you to lay hold of it. So many of us want to make ur own plans, see them work out ur way, and we want it done uickly. God's plans are not to e hurried. The Bible is full of [lustrations of that. Personal exerience has proved it. DiWo +a11c ik that. "Thev X UC tV*MI ~w ? , v hat wait upon the Lord shall enew their strength." It's amazng how the tangled threads oi ife are unsnarled when we allow Jod to work for us and in us. This is particularly true oi Christians, but God never turns a leaf ear to anyone who honestlj rails upon Him in faith. The 107th Psalm tells us that even, "fooL< because of their transgression, anc because of their iniquities are afflicted . , . then they cry unt< ;he Lord in their trouble, and H< saveth them out of their distresses" If we could only keep constantly in mind that the Lord is with u every hour of the day and night that He is ready to answer ever; question in his good time; that H will show us the way out of ever; difficulty. God's plan for your life is your for the asking and taking, if yoi have the faith to believe it. As you read this tonight, i you are troubled and concerns about some problem, reach out an put your hand in the hand of Goc Ask Him to take your life wit its problem and show you the wa you should go. rnen ne crown air go to sleep in that faith. Don wake up in the morning and tak the problem back to wrestle wit again. Wait for Him to show yo the next move, and wait until comes. Then follow that leadin You will be delightfully surprise with the results. EDITOR'S NOTE: You m? I MUGGS AND SKEETER I WHAT DO >OU THMK T FRANKLY, OF EINSTEIN'S ' V> HAVEN'T 11 LATEST THEORY, J ( MUCH TIME ^*UTTLEE6Q*P J V STUCY fT c-r :ALITE FOR BEAR fmm > \ fk t(fi iy Counsellor T SPAUGH, D. D. write Dr. Spaugh in care of th newspaper if you have a proble on which you seek advice. .Plea; enclose a long self-addressc stamped envelope, and 10c if yc want any of his leaflets. CAN YOU REMEMBER 5 Years Ago? Mrs. Jennings Bryson has goi to Miami, Fla., to visit her siste Mrs. Louis Mauney, and family. Mrs. Homer Brown and childre of Kannapolis have been visitir Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Landis. Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Brookhys and young son are spending tv weeks in Florida ? -Mr. and Mrs. VerlirrParker ar son, Bobby, of Knoxville spe last week-end with Mrs. Parkei parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Pa: ton. Pvt. L. H. Higdon is spendii some time with his family at Cu lowhee. He has been a patient Fitzsimmons General hospit since returning from the Europe; Theatre where he was serious wounded. Pvt. Higdon has be< in service for more than a yes having spent five months of th time overseas. 15 Years Ago? Mrs. Dillen, supervising nur for the district comprised of Jac son, Macon, and Swain will spe r to the mothers who will atte , the school for mothers being spo , sored by the Sylav P. T. A. T1 { is one of the schools being co . ducted under the district hea . unit. Mr. O. O. Williams and childr 5 left Friday for Harriman, Ter ? where they will make their Ijor Mrs. D. D. Hooper accompan them for a few days visit. s 20 Years Ago? Western Carolina Teach y college won the title of King e Junior college basketball when y team won the final game in tournament played at Biltmi s college last Saturday evening. 11 was the shooting of the easy j ing but nevertheless sensatio f Fincannon that turned the tide d favor of the Yodlers. d Last Saturday night some< 1. entered the jewelry shop of 1 h John Parris in the post of! y building and carried off ab d $800 worth of watches and ot 't jewelry. :e Guss Moss, Jack Stewart, ; h Leonard Potts, all of the Hamb section, were struck by lightn it last Friday afternoon on I ? rVrvolr whAn thPV stonned IT ft * V/4 ?? % "* "V 4" f ,kd house out of a storm. Moss 1 the most seriously injured be iy badly burned. Their three d I IN FACT, I MUST OOM=ESS AD 1 SPENT A WEEK ON \\\0 \ EXilD THEORY OF RELATIVITY J YO 7 BEFORE I UNDER- V~A QIC STOODJTFI^^ ' T Your Child Anti By Miss Luc; The people of the United States re believe that a high level of fe education is basic to their national future. Throughout our history th our citizens have had a great faith ti< in what the school can do for a the individual. We have relied on our system of public instruction fa to build the foundation for a pros- er perous and enduring country and j to provide individual opportuni- su ties for young people. These ar schools can perform this functior of only so long as the home and of cnVirvil u/nrlf fna*?th*?r for th^ sinfflp to purpose of helping the child. We w must study and work together. m Beginning Reading In Primary ci Grades Children enter school with wic? differences in their readiness fc reading. Some are aleardy read- U1 ing signs and simple sentences dl while others are already resistant c* to reading. That is why the pri- sc mary teacher must individualize - instruction and provide a "lush" C? n environment in which every child aj can find the experience he needs. j This means providing many a ! meaningful learning experiences ^ | films, filmstrips, demonstrations, d( T | excursions, picture books, many si 1S pre-primer type books, and many *"lJ 111 opportunities for dictating and ^ ^ then reading stories about the in- *r ' teresting experiences they arc v< >u having. In these ways children ts relate the wealth of experiences S ^ they have already acquired and ^ y organized to printed symbols. 80 1 child's progress in reading can be cl no faster than is his ability t S3 le talk intelligently and to think tr, with words. His reading ability is dependent upon his linquistic ?n ability. This foundation is laid ir lg pre-school years and maintained . expanded, and organized during w school years. ei vc After one year of school some ^ children have made little prog- 01 lcj ress. Slow learners who have not nt yet reached the mental maturity tc :?s necessary for learning to read P should be given more time anc H experiences for growing. ..Other children, who, in spite of higfrmen- s\ ,j. tal^bility have not made progress ei ^ in reading during the first year, al need special attention. The fol- " an lowing are a few of the possible ft ly things that may be done to help en these slow learners: d ?r, 1. By understanding and cor- tl ??????^?? a were killed instantly. The Sylva Boy Scout Troop wir have the program when they meet o with the Cullowhee and East La- q Porte troops at Cullowhee next a ~ Friday evening, e nd > n- CAR-TUNES his 1th " en ne. iec v iV rj "That's what I saved by letting KIR 0gs trade me one of their good used ci * **4 O % OA+* -^3 MOW WOULD ^00 LIKE Y WELL.IVE H >... TO CCm=. rvpp >( GOT A L) TDNIGHTL.AND WE'LL )/ AAOVIE? J ->? PUT OUR HEADS DATE.- , s ?- 1Q6E1>^^ IT? J tmrsday, March 16, 1950 I The School ille Hunt 4 cting specific conditions interring with reading achievement. 2. By helping them to increase eir self-esteem and their relaDnships with others and to make general good school adjustment. 3. By helping them to get satisction from their reading experiices. As we can see these are general Lggestions that apply to the home id to the school. The teachers, ' course, make individual studies ' each individual pupil and try ? find the child's interest in many ays. Parents can help, also, in any ways. The feeling of seirity that a child has in workig at his own speed is invaluale. Just because a child is a slow arner is no reason for making idesirable comparisons of chil*en in the some family or the '9 lild and some other child in the ihool or community. Once again, fit the child's eduitional experiences to him just i you would fit his clothes or loes. You would never punish child because his shoes were not le size of his friend's. If he is Ding the best he can in a given v tuation be sure he gets a friendly and and a little bit of praise. On le other hand, if he is not workig to the best^Q^mis ability then ary definite mrasures should be iken at home and at school to ?e that he does work to capacity, his should be done regardless of ihool marks. Loafing is inexjsable in an expensive school rstem. WEBSTER NEWS Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Cowan, Jr., F Greenville, S. C., spent the eek-end with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Norman of incolnton were week-end guests E Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hall. * Mrs. Irone Coward has returned > Webster after spending the ast several months in Winter [aven, Fla. f Mr. Jimmy Clements of Lenoir Dent the week-end with his parity Fred McKee, who is employed 1 Oak Ridge, Tenn., visited his imily over the week-end. Mrs. Julia Cowan and two chilren of Asheville spent a few days lis week with her parents, Mr. nd Mrs. Ernest Penland. The Mecklenburg County Demnstration Curb Market has acuired property and assets valued t $25,000 since moving to its present location 10 years ago. by Klrk-Davla