The Transylvania Times
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TIMES PUBLISHING COMPANY
Brevard, N. C.
TOE NEWS THE TIMES
Estab. 18% Estab, 1931
Consolidated 1933
Entered as second class matter, October 29,
1931, at the Post Office in Brevard, N. C.,
under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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HENRY HENDERSON_Ass’t. Publisher
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1943
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Bonds For Christmas
War bonds should be on everyone’s
Christmas gift list this year.
These green and white pieces of paper,
representing money to be paid by the gov
ernment in ten years, may not provide the
excitement of big, tinseled packages, but
they can produce more long term satisfac
tion than the most glamorous gift you
could ask for.
Plenty of bonds under plenty of Christ
mas trees this year are the best insurance
there is to guarantee that we will have
Christmas trees and Christmas celebra
tions in the years to come. The Christmas
spirit which makes the Christmas season
so joyous in this country would quickly die
if we lost the things we are fighting to
preserve in this war.
Only so long as we can live as free men
and women, can we celebrate the “peace
on earth, good will to men” theme which
pervades our nation at Christmas time.
Let’s Keep Greyhound!
It is the opinion of this paper that the
chamber of commerce, town and county
officials are acting wisely in opposing the
proposed lease of the Atlantic Greyhound
bus line from Brevard to Hendersonville
to a private bus company in Henderson
ville.
We have nothing whatever against the
concern in our neighboring city, but we
prefer for Greyhound to serve this town
and county, because it has a national trans
portation system and because it is in a
position to provide better service from all
parts of the nation and to provide better
equipment.
We firmly believe that if we lost Grey
hound we would lose a lot of our tourist
business. The psychological effect of be
ing told at Miami, Fla., that one could not
buy a railroad ticket or a Greyhound tick
et all of the way into Brevard could
cause a person to think untrue things about
Brevard and Transylvania county. It seems
to us such a person would conclude that
Brevard must not be much of a place.
Because of the rapid growth which this
community is enjoying and because of its
bright future outlook, it is impossible for
us to understand why the Greyhound peo
ple would even consider leasing the line.
Surely it is more than paying expenses
now and after the war it should be a very
profitable operation.
Those who oppose the proposal should
write the State Utilities Commission at
Raleigh and register such opposition. Let’s
keep Greyhound!
You Can Really Help!
Two vital campaigns with which every
family in the county should co-operate for
their own good as well as for the sake of
the war effort, are now being conducted.
These are the old clothing and waste pa
per campaigns.
By cleaning out closets, basements and
attics, you will be eliminating fire hazards
and by contributing discarded garments
and waste paper you will be rendering a
service to the nation and to suffering hu
manity in foreign lands.
The old clothing campaign will end next
Saturday, and therefore you should act
once. Ninety per cent of the old clothes
you turn in to the cleaners here will be
.sent to relieve suffering and distress in
allied and conquered lands and ten per
cent will be kept here at home and distrib
uted to the needy through the Welfare
Department and Save The Children’s Fed
eration.
The waste paper drive, conducted by
the Jaycees, schools and Scouts, will last at
least two more weeks. Paper is used ex
tensively in the war effort and today it is
one of the most critical of ail items.
The sponsoring organizations* will ap
preciate your co-operation.
A Fine Service
The Transylvania chapter of Save the
Children’s Federation is doing a great
work.
Its primary objective is to see that no
child in the county will miss school be
cause of not having enough ciothes and
shoes to wear.
During the past year the chapter has
distributed through teacher requisitions
and given to many children thousands of
garments. It now has on hand an almost
unlimited supply of good used clothing
that is free for the asking, provided neces
sary requirements are met.
Carrying on the work of the chapter re
quires a lot of time and for the officers
it is a labor of love.
To the organization and to those in
charge of administering its benefits, this
paper extends grateful thanks.
Smack The Jap—With Puipwood
Two years ago this nation was fighting
mad but still suffering from the shock of
the Japs’ sneak attack on Pearl Harbor.
There is no question about it, Uncle Sam
was knocked to the floor but, thank God,
not knocked out. Our country, as a man,
got up and fought back, until today the
advantage is on our side. But we must
fight with all we’ve got to hold that ad
vantage and win a complete victory.
Here in this community we produce
pulp and acid wood which the Army and
Navy need desperately as the war enters
a critical stage. Our fighting men rely on
us, and us alone, to keep them supplied
with hundreds of materials of war, made
possible by puipwood.
We can make the Japs sorry forever that
they ever heard of Pearl Harbor if each
one of us does his part, today, and every
day until victory is won. The best way we
can help now is to:
“Cut-a-Cord of Puipwood for Every Lo
cal Boy in Service.”
Wrecking Price Control
Congress seems to be dead set to wreck
the Administration’s price control pro
gram.
And that, approached in another way,
suggests that Congress is throwing its in
fluence on the side of inflation whether
it is honestly conscious or not of its present
determinations.
Its action during the week can have no
other intelligent interpretation.
First by a vote of 278 to 117, it killed
the Administration’s subsidy measure
which was designed to provide appropria
tions for holding retail prices down.
Then it followed up by passing a new
tax bill 80 per cent under the Treasury's
mark of $10,500,000,000.
A major motif behind the request for
such a heavy new tax measure was to
siphon out of the pockets of the people
some of the loose and “dangerous” money
which is helping to make the markets go
hog-wild.
The law-makers turned thumbs down on
that project.
Nor is Congress through with its jabs
and stabs at the Administration’s “hold
the line” policies.
A move is now in the making, inspired
by a desire to get higher prices fpr oil, to
shift petroleum control away from the Of
fice of Price Administration, and over into
the hands of Fuel Administrator Ickes,
who advocates higher oil prices.
Then another bloc is forming to give
Mr. Ickes control also of coal prices, and,
on top of all of this, still another move
ment is being organized to give Food Ad
ministrator Marvin Jones complete control
of food prices.
If all of these undertakings should suc
ceed, the OPA would virtually suffer loss
of its authority in all these primary fields
of price control, and general confusion and
chaos in scattering these several functions
would inevitably result, and all to the ob
vious defeat of the Administration’s anti
inflation programs and purposes. — The
(Jharlotte Observer. •
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By RujlMallgn
Washington, Dec. 1—Patriotism
alone, apparently, has not been
enough to supress the desire for
profit by scalpers who always will
try to get more money around i
the corner, if the situation per !
mits.
But the peculiarities of what ]
can happen to plenty in a manag
ed or mismanaged economy, such
as the government has undertaken
in the war (leading to shortages
at the dinner table when a reson
able plenty exists on the farms)
can best be illustrated by what is
happening in hogs.
Lately, hogs have been rushed
to packing houses so fast that ex
perts term the condition “pan
icky.” Even light weight pigs and
young sows have been pushed U>
market at an alarming rate. There
are several reasons.
The shortage of feed, the dif
ficulties and cost of farm labor
practically forced the farmer to
sell more than he otherwise would.
Under these conditions, he could
be expected to do nothing else.
Yet this plentiful supply is not
all going on to the consumers
either in the army or out of it.
Storage figures in the packing
trade indicate large quantities of
meats are being held back under
government direction under a
policy similar to that which has
also caused the holding back of
stocks of butter.
Presumably, the government
wants to accumulate supplies for
the future when the natural reac
tion to the current panicky pack
ing business will result in short
ages of supply.
Pork Chops Scarce
The recent lowering of ration
point requirements for pork was
designed to increase consumption,
but a pork chop is still hard to
find in a restaurant—if not impos
sible.
Only a portion of the plenty,
therefore, is reaching the public,
and even this portion, as every
consumer knows, seems to be
largely of an inferior grade and
quality. The best cuts just do not
seem to be available.
Some of the supply, no doubt,
is going into the vari colored mar
kets. There are many other phases
of handling between farmer and
consumer. In all the various pha
ses of this management, plenty is
dissipated before it reaches your
eye, or even the grocery store.
Precisely the same conditions
are true of beef and the same re
sults are evident in dairy products,
although brought about by an al
most opposite situation.
There, a good common grade
milk cow can bring over $200 in
EXECUTRIX’ NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
Having qualified as Executrix
of the Will of J. R. Bulter, deceas
ed, late of Anderson County, South
Carolina, this is to notify all per
sons having claims against the
Estate of the said deceased to ex
hibit them to the undersigned at
Room No. 5, McMinn Building,
Brevard, North Carolina, on or
before the 2nd day of December,
1944, or this notice will be pleaded
in bar of their recovery. All per
sons indebted to said Estate will
please make immediate payment.
This the 26th. day of November,
1943.
LAURA BUTLER,
Executrix of J. R. Butler.
12-2-6tc
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Times office.
When you are fatigued
from Christmas shopping or
other exertions, drop into
Galloway’s for lunch or a
complete meal. A cordial
welcome awaits you.
-—o
Galloway's Cafe
PETE BXKAS, Owner
Brevard, N. C.
WE CLOSE THURSDAYS
the present market against $75 to
$85 before the war, because of the
restricted price of butter and milk,
and the shortages and costs of
both feed and labor. Pure-bred
milk cows are bringing enormous
prices varying from $700 to $1,
000.
Dairymen Buy Cows
These cows are being bought
up by dairymen looking to the fu
ture with an idea of breeding. Yet
shortages prevail in all the varied
products. It never seems to come
out even.
In the case of whiskey (not ne
cessarily a table essential,) the au
thorities concede, with all their
figures on seepages, etc., that a
Supply of upwards of 2Vz years is
available, yet whiskey is practical
ly unobtainable both here and in
New York.
The bootlegger has reappeared
here, several persons having been
arrested this week for selling
Bourbon on a street comer hard
ly five blocks from the White
House. Bad liquor also is report
ied in the market in quantities.
If any human set out to create
a shortage in a time of plenty, he
would have encountered far more
difficulty in accomplishing it than
the managed economy has been
able to do while striving in the
opposite direction.
The set-up was supposed to pro
vide us all with a fair share of
what is left after army needs, but
it has run contrary to human na
ture and natural laws and has
wound up a rather mangled econ
omy. Certainly no one will con
tend it has provided equal distri
bution.
To me, it proves, at least, that
managed economies are imposs
ible
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
Having qualified as Administra
tor of the Estate of Earle A. Thur
man, deceased, late of Volusia
County, in the State of Florida,
this is to notify all persons having
claims against the Estate of said
deceased to exhibit them to the
undersigned at Brevard, North
Carolina, on or before the 18th
day of November, 1944, or this
notice will be pleaded in bar of
their recovery. All persons indebt
ed to said Estate will please make
immediate payment.
This the 13th day of November,
1943.
ALEX H. KIZER,
Administrator of Earle A.
ll-18-6tc Thurman.
WAK CKIMINALS, it was decid
ed at the Moscow conference, will
be pursued to the ends of the
earth. A smart Nazi would stop
trying to think up new secret
weapons and begin to concentrate
on a workable space ship.
Zadok Dumkopf finds it hard to
believe that the soybean has been
around these millions of years—
just loafing.
Hitler’s astrologers are having
a tough time studying the stars—
they are so frequently obscured
by Allied bombers.
If the rest of the world adopts
Basic English, it’s going to be
tough on the radio announcer—
trying to keep his commercial
vocabulary down to a mere 1,000
adjectives.
An Oklahoma store plans a post
war delivery service by helicopter.
“Will you take it with you or have
it dropped down your chimmey?”
Grandpappy Jenkins thinks
backers of the prohibition move
ment might modernize their drive
by announcing they are for na
tional dehydration.
A Russian Ukranian regiment is
reported to carry along a piano
as it advances. Good idea—should
make it easier to teach all those
captured Nazi soldiers “The Pri
soner’s Song.”
When your doctor asks where you
prefer to have your prescription
filled, say: VARNER’S, because:
Filled only by registered pharma
cist; as written and at reasonable
prices. (Advt) tfc
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