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THE SYLVAHERALD
Published By
THE HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY
Sylva, North Carolina
The County 8eat 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.
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THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
Take time to live; it is one secret of success.
Take time to think; it is the source"of power. Take
time to play; it is the secret of youth. Take time
to read; it is the foundation of knowledge. Take
time for friendship; it is the source of happiness.
Take time to laugh; it helps to lift life's load. Take
time to dream; it hitches the soul to the stars. Take
time to worship; It is the highway of reverence.
Take time to pray; it helps to bring Christ near,
and washes the dust of earth from one's eyes.?
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Community Goodwill
In an attempt to further promote the
spirit of community goodwill, civic pride
and a desire to see developed a bigger
and better Sylva and Jackson County,
the merchants of Sylva are prepared to
offer the citizens of the county and surrounding
trade territory some of the
most outstanding values in merchandise
that has been offered here in a long time.
Today, Friday, and Saturday are known
as Community Goodwill Days, the welcome
mat has been thrown out and every
citizen in Jackson County is urged to
take advantage of the bargain opportunities
provided for you.
Sylva merchants have been more than
loyal in their support of, and response
to, every c^all made upon them for money,
time and' seiVfces' for churches, school,
hospital, and all the other benefit drives
conducted in the past. You can now
show them some appreciation by doing
your shopping in Sylva during community
Goodwill Days.
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Growth Of Higher Education
T-? enmmari7in0 a rpnort iust
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issued by the United States Office of Education,
the New York Ximes points out
that during the past five years higher
education in this country has had a record
growth
The figures as quoted by Benjamin
Fine, the Times' education editor, shows
that during the past two years "more
than one hundred and fifty colleges and
universities have been added to the list
of recognized institutions of higher learning,"
bringing the total to 1,808 colleges
and universities The present enrollment
of about 2,500,000 is also a record.
And "the value of college buildings,
grounds and equipmenf has increased by
almost one billion dollars since 1940,
having risen from $2,754,000,000 to $3,692,000,000."
Moreover, there are many
indications that the peak has not yet
* been reached, and that increases may
f continue for several years.
The above is emphasized by the fact
that the State of North Carolina is preparing
to start a $3,000,000 ani more
enlargement building program at Western
Carolina Teachers College. Similar
building programs are being carried on
throughout the State and Nation at this
Emphasizing that "an educated citizenry
will mean a stronger democracy,'
thfc Times comments further on the expanding
program:
"Higher education faces a stupendoui
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GOALS FOR 1950
(1)?NEW INDUSTRY.
(2)?IMPROVED 8CHOOL FACILITIES.
((3)?HARD-SURFACING AS MANY ROADS
A8 POSSIBLE.
(4)? AN EXPANDING HEALTH POLICY.
(5)?A COUNTY FAIR.
( )?CONTINUING EMPHA8IS OF TOURIST
TRADE.
(7)?DEVELOPMENT OF HATCHING EGG,
TURKISH TOBACCO, AND CASTOR
BEAN'CROPS.
(8)?HONEST, EFFICIENT GOVERNMENT
ON ALL LEVELS.
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Rural Area Improvements
It is delightful and inspiring to' drive
over the county this spring and note the
many new improvements being made on
farms and homes. New homes have
sprung up in many sections of the county,
others have made additions and improvements
and added fresh coats of
paint. Fields have been trimmed up, and
outbuildings improved. The new poul
try industry, the production of quality
hatching eggs, is booming with huge laying
houses springing up like mushrooms
in many sections.
Our farmers appear to have taken on
new life and we expect to see greater
progress as time goes on. All in all the
countryside is taking on a prosperous and
progressive look, giving impetus to the
agricultural program being stressed in
the county by farm agents and farm
leaders.
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The Cherokee Drama
Two men speaking in Sylva before different
groups during the past week have
left their audiences in little doubt
but that they can expect a great influx
of visitors in this area when the Cherokee
Drama, "Unto These Hills'', opens
at Cherokee, July 1st.
Harry Buchanan, former Sylva resident,
now of Hendersonville and presi-!
dent of the Cherokee Historical Associa-I
thion, appeared before the Lions Club last
Wednesday evening. The other was E.
Carl Sink, publicity director for the Association,
now residing at Cherokee, who
spoke to the Jackson County Tourist Association,
Monday night. Both men,
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closely associated witn tne iirama since
its very beginning, have a deep, personal
feeling that the Drama is going to have
a great impact on this entire region.
Western North Carolina, already a popular
vacation land, will spring into the
forefront as a mecca for many more
tourists than ever before here. Mr. Sink
told his audience that "although Western
North Carolina has spent very little
for advertising, as compared to Florida,
Maine, or California, these states consider
North Carolina their greatest competitor."
The reason for this is that
North Carolina, especially Western North
. Carolina, has so much to offer. The
Cherokee Drama will add greatly to
what we already have.
In the past Gatlinburg, Tennessee, has
been smug in the idea that it had the
bulk of the tourist business sewed up.
The Drama has them worried.
As the very center of Western North
Carolina and so near the site of the
Drama, which is destined to become a National
center for visitors, Jackson County
has only to prepare for the huge tourist
business in the offering. The only limit
to the tourist business for Jackson will
be the limit we put on it ourselves.
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YOU'RE TELLING ME
Television by telephone sounds fine,
says the man at the next desk, but what
happens when we can't call in the grocery
order because Junior has the line
tied up for Hopalong Cassidy?
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in uw- iney re uuuKing uiamunas aiomically.
Personally, we'd settle for the oldfashioned,
raw variety.
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Tillie, our titian-tressed typewriter
tapper, says she has just learned that a
peanut politician need not necessarily be
a "goobernatorial" candidate.
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It's strange how, in African desert
areas where there are no race tracks, the
natives manage to continue to improve
the breed of their horses.
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Princess Margaret, we read, downed
a "royal blue" cocktail. From the in
; gradients listed it sounds more like "imperial
purple."
task in trying to absorb this huge addi5
tional student load. But the fact thai
so many new institutions are being
founded, or in some instances reorgan;
ized, is an indication of the farsighted attitude
of the nation's responsible educators."
Dr. Earl J. McGrath, United States
Commissioner of Education, is quoted
in an interview in the same paper as saying:
"We believe that the more they
(the people) know the better citizens
0 they will become. This extension of
educational opportunities is one of the
surest safeguards for the perpetuation of
our liberties."
rLVA HERALD AND RURA
"JOE BEAVER"
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The Everyda
By REV. HERBER'
Have you ever seen a Bible j]
ininum coins aboui
ed into the one side is the Lord's
Prayer and into the other side is
John 3:16.
As a pocket piece they are unsurpassed,
as they are a constant
remainder of the continuing presence
of God.
I received the first one some
years ago from a traveling salesman
who finds great happiness in
distributing them to his friends
and customers. One of these coins
fell into the .hands of % member
of Alcoholics Anonymous who immediately
saw their possibly.
They are now widely used by thatj
organization wnose program is
dedicated to teaching its members
to practice the presence of God
in their daily lives.
These coins have tremendous
possibilities for distribution in
churches, Sunday schools and
other organizations that realize
man's need and hunger for the
power of God in their daily lives.
My friend who began the distribution
of these coins tells me
[ that he was surprised to find many
who did not know the Lord's
Prayer, but who were happy to
get the coin which is a constant
reminder of the promise Jesus
made to His followers, "Lo, I am
with you alway, even unto the end
of the world."
I have never seen people so
spirtually hungry as they are today.
It is evident on every hand
in the confused and troubled state
of people's thinking. Many of
them can't tell what they want,
but they know they are hungry
for something. That something
is God. Others realize their need
for God but don't know how to
reach Him.
My friend who originated the
HictHhiitinff these Bible
coins has had such astonishing
success that he has set up a little
organization ih which I have joined
him to distribute these coins
I to individuals, groups and organizations
who want them. He used
to give them away. Now the
demand is so heavy that he can
[ no longer afford to do this. How.
ever, the cost is nominal. If you
would like to have some of these
coins for distribution to your
friends or members of your organization,
write The Bible Coin
. Unity, 414 Fenton Place, Char^
lotte, N. C., and price quotations
r will be sent to you. The retail
> price for a singe coin is 25c. They
" are made of aluminum and are
so light in weight, that one can
. be mailed in a letter.
The Chrstian gospel is the most
needed commodity in the world
> today. Various groups organize
I to .promote their own welfare. The
, world needs as never before a
, unity of Christian believers who
are dedicated to promoting the
| Christian way of living with even
greater fervor than the communist
endeavor to promote their way of
living.
You are invited to join our
1LITE ?
By Ed Nofziger
^Bervic*. U. 8. Department of Agriculture
y Counsellor
r SPAUGH, D. D.
Bible Coin Unity and give the
widest distribution to these little
symbols which are designed to
remind us of a continuing presence
of God.
A quick look
AROUND W.N.G.
DOGWOOD PROJECT
ADOPTED BY WNCAC
Brevard?Planting of dogwoods
similar to the project which is
underway in Brevard by the
junior cnamoer 01 commerce was
adopted as a movement by WNCAC
at its meeting at Franklin Tuesday.
In addition, stress will be laid
on conservation of dogwood along
highways as a beautification project.
Work of securing the collaboration
of civic groups in Western
North Carolina will be aided by
the State Forestry association.
NEW DOG POUND
RECEIVE3 18T GUE3T3
Waynesville ? Waynesville's
new town dog pound off the Dellwood
road had its first guests by
sundown Tuesday.
Montgomery Queen, who started
his rounds early this week, had
picked up seven strays and lodged
them in the concrete-and-frame
home.
There they were to be kept until
their owners claimed them.
If they are unclaimed within
three days after they are picked
up, they will be sold at public
auction. If no one buys them then,
they will be put to death painlessly.
In the meantime, they are assured
of plenty of food and healthful
care.
NEGRO SENTENCED
IN SHOOTING
Franklin ? Robert Scruggs, 18year
old negro boy, was sentenced1
by Judge Zeb V. Nettles in "super ior
court here yesterday morning
to 25- to 30 years in State prison in
the shooting of George Reece at
his Murphy road store March 14.
Grady Love, his aunt, was given
a sentence of 6 to 10 years, for
aiding and abetting.
Sentences were prqpounced,
following the jury's return ol
verdicts of guilty. The jury, oul
, only about 30 minutes, announced
its verdicts before a crowd estimated
at 500 persons that over
i flowed the courtroom.
John Queen, of Waynesville
defense attorney, gave notice o:
i appeal to the state supreme court
Scruggs was charged with ini
tent to rob while armed with i
deadly weapon.
I LAND LEASED FOR
LANDING STRIP
Bryson City?Land has beer
leased from Theron Hyatt and
Mrs. Gomer Martin, and gradinj
will be done within the next few
days to provide a landing strip
for planes at Bryson City, it was
announced yesterday by Clarence
Maness.
At present, service facilities
will not be provided in the sense
of operating a public airport, according
to Mr. Maness, but two
hangers will be built right away
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WHAT OTHER
<VILL OUR $200,000,000 IN (
ROADS MEAN WI^AT WE ?
rHINK THEY ^fLL?
North Carolina continues to
>pend mon^^and to make every
;ffort to have good roads. Yet
:he problem of what to do about
-oad destruction is not being met. J
rhe construction part we are dong
in this and other states. The 1
destruction part is surely taking 1
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Do Yon Want To Cut
Yoor Federal Taxes?
Slash Government Cost I
If your personal or business expenses
go up and your income and
efficiency come down this year at '
the same rate as that of the Federal
Government, you will be in the
hands of the sheriff at an early
date.
Workers, farmers, and businessmen
from Maine to California know
this. The answer is in the Report
of the Commission on the Organization
of the Executive Branch of
the Federal Government This
twelve-man, bi-partisan Commission
was unanimously created by Congress
with the approval of the
President. At the suggestion of Mr.
Truman, former President Hoover
was made its Chairman and Secretary
of State Dean Acheson, Vice
Chairman. The late president
Franklin D. Roosevelt long had advocated
such a reorganization of
the government.
There is a two-fold purpose
behind the effort to reorganize the
Executive Branch of the Government:
One?the elimination of inefficiency
caused by overlapping
and duplication; two?this should
lead to a reduction of your taxes.
If our Government can save from
three to four billion dollars a year
by more efficient methods of conducting
our business, failure to act
is stupid shortsightedness.
Action, however, depends upon
the President and Congress. The
President has already submitted a
number of reorganization recommendations.
The Congress has
adopted several of these, most important
having to do with the
housekeeping of the armed forces, ;
which save the taxpayer more than
$500,000,000 a year. But these are
only first steps. There will be more
ahead if Congress is made to realize
Mr. and Mrs. Taxpayer want more
tax-saving economies. Congressmen .
and Senators will vote for just so .
many of the Commission's recommendation
as you, their constituents,
demand.
What can you, as an individual,
do about it? The answer is to write
your Congressman and Senators.
Tell them you want the Recommendations
of the Commission on the
Organization of the Executive
Branch of the Federal Government
made the law of the land. Join
the non-partisan Citizens Commit? ?*
Akfain fVin na/taiiam
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action to make the Commission's
report work. Write to the Citixens
Committee for Reorganization of
the Executive Branch of the Got*
ernment, 1421 Chestnut Street,
Philadelphia 2, Pennslyvsnim, for
more information about the Commission
Report Tell your neigh*
bors about it Make speeches!
Make your representatives in
Washington act?now!
and it is hoped that as interest
in air transportation can be developed
and more local people
learn to fly, a permanent airport
can be established in this vicinity.
The proposed landing strip is
located on what is known in this
section as Hyatt upland, and is
almost directly across the river
from the Ferguson farm. Only
small private planes can be accommodated
at this location.
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complete motor overhaul."
Tiursday, April 27, 1956
PAPERS SA Y
:are of itself. The destruction is
a major headach'e vto all states.
Watch the next new'Hj^hway you
tjavel and then look at-^he repair'
crews working on it "aj/nost
during the same month.
An official publication of the
Louisiana Department of Highways
recently ran an article on
the subject, in which it said that
a very high percentage of the
trucks are violating the weight
laws. It then said, "We are buildii-i
rr onrf moinfolnlncf Viao w-fraf _
fic roads for only two per cent
at the nation's vehicles. . . . This
Ls a pretty large expenditure for
such a small segment of traffic."
The Galveston, Texas, *News,
said editorially, today's trucks
are almost the size of railroad box
cars. Some, with their trailers,
are even larger. These not only^are
wearing on tax-supported
highways but they create serious
traffic hazards . . . The trucking
industry must bear an equitable
share of the cost of maintaining i
and building the highway system."
Speaking of the taxes paid by
the trucks the Texarkana, Arkansas,
Gazette said that they were
very small in the light of "the
damage done-to roads that must
be maintained at the expense of
the taxpayer."
So it goes, throughout the country.
In the meantime our roads are <
breaking down at a faster and
faster rate and the cost of maintenance,
repair, and building grows
larger and larger. "Freight trains
on the highways" are a financial
drain on every taxpayer. There's
lots of talk about it. Let's hope
it will soon be implemented with
action.?Mount Holly News.
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Most of us insult our most con*
stant visitor to our farm homes.
Our mailman, 300 times a year,
stops at delapidated mail boxes,
hanging askew from rotting posts
with names either completely
obliterated or faint and smudged.
Not only does our mailman deserve
the consideration of uniform
mailboxes, neatly lettered and
firmly set up level to his car window,
but our pride in our community
is important.
Mailbox improvement is really
a>tnattopwof individual pride, but
through the efforts of Home Demonstration
Clubs and other community
clubs in Alabama and
Tennessee, country roads and
highways are taking on a straightened
air, in keeping with neat
farm homes and green pastures.
In an article "How Does Your *
Mailbox Rate", in the February
issue of Farm & Ranch-Southern
Agriculturist, L. R. Neel, senior
Editor, delivers a pat on the back
\o inese cununuiubies wnu iwve
taken steps in the right direction
of mailbox improvement, and
gives specifications for large and
small boxes to those of us who
are still neglectful.
Editor Neel says, "Small boxes
should be 48 inches from the
ground, and large boxes, 40 inch*
es. Small boxes should be placed
on 6-inch square posts and large
ones on posts 8 inches square."
How does your mailbox rate??
Marshall News-Recorder.
Onions are going to town this
spring in such a big way that
marketing specialists of the U. S.
Department of Agriculture are
urging housewives to make the r
most of them.
by Kirk-Davit
Copyright 1947 by Local Advertising Co.
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