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THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES. BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA
THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1953
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
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TOUGH SEASON ON THE HOME TEAM!
Let's Solve Parking Problems Now
There were many favorable comments
on a recent editorial in The Times in which
it was suggested that parallel parking be
adopted in Brevard from Main to Jor
dan street on the west side.
And we repeat that this would widen
the street: give people an opportunity to
practice horizontal parking and, at the
same time, eliminate the possibility, which
is often a practice, of one car backing
into another.
With the streets now being resurfaced,
Greater Promotion Of Archery
Brevard’s outstanding arch eg, O. K.
Smathers, has captured extensive publici
ty for himself and for this community and
his name has made headlines in the press
throughout Eastern America.
The Times feels that his fame is cer
tainly worthy of editorial comment, be
cause his chief aim is not personal glory,
hut the promotion of the sport of archery.
In additional to being president of the
North Carolina Archery association, he
also heads the Southeastern group, which
he will bring to beautiful Camp Harry H.
Straus for its annual tournament next
June.
In his modest manner, the Brevard
'Give The Kids A Brake"
Each year at this time we issue the time
ly warning: “Give the kids a brake.”
Next week more than 3,000'Transylva-
nia boys and girls will head back to school
for another nine months. From early
morning until late afternoon they will be
walking and riding on our highways and
by-ways.
In this fast, modern age, children dart
from all corners, never giving a thought
to a possible oncoming vehicle that might
be exceeding the speed limit.
The best policy for motorists to follow,
particularly when driving in school zones,
is to travel at a speed which will allow for
stopping suddenly to avoid hitting a child.
More than ever before Transylvania
drivers should practice safety. A record
enrollment is expected, and more than
half of the school children in this county
ride school buses. Motorists are again re
minded that it is unlawful to pass a school
bus while loading or unloading.
Please, Mr. Motorist: be constantly on
the alert and “give the kids a brake.”
Freeze The Social Security Tax
The President, in his budget message,
said that the increase in the social security
levy, which under the present law will go
into effect on the first of next year, should
be postponed. The increase would raise
the rate on both employers and employes
from one and one-half to two per cent. It
would, therefore, amount to an automatic
jump in the income taxes of all the mil
lions of people under social security.
The case for freezing the tax rate is a
very strong one. Social security reserves
are enormous — some $18,000,000,000.
And annual collections are running great
ly in excess of benefit payments and ex
penses.
Moreover, few believe that the present
social security set-up is sound and equit
able. The House Ways and Means commit
tee has established a sub-committee to
make an exhaustive study of the entire
social security system — a matter which
will take considerable time. Other au
thoritative non-governmental studies have
been started, including at least one which
seeks ways for putting social security on
a pay-as-we-go basis.
In the light of all this—^to say nothing
of the fact that the Administration is
pledged to eventual tax reduction, not tax
increases—the levy should be frozen. The
danger lies in the fact that, simply
through inaction on the part of Congress,
the automatic provision of the present
law will be allowed to become operative
and all of us will suffer another tax bite.
Here’s a case where only specific Congres
sional action to change the law can do a
needed job.
Paragraphias....
A 360-pound western woman is asking
for alimony. That’s one suit where the
plaintiff really needs support.
If you want months to seem shorter
and years to seem longer, start paying
for something on the installment plan.
It takes the kick out of being a self-
made man when you step on the scales
and the pointer says 240.
People who stop to study all the angles
in business seldom wind up running
around in circles.
this seems to be a most appropriate time
for the town to at least try parallel park
ing in one place. We realize that if the
entire business area were converted over
night, that problems galore would be cre
ated and the parking situation might be
come worse instead of better.
And when the streets in the business
section of the town are resurfaced, we
sincerely hope that the parking spaces
will be widened and the angle of parking
will not be repainted quite as sharply as
now.
Comments From Our Readers ....
LETTERS TO THE TIMES
champion teaches young" and old the an
cient sport of archery. When congratu
lated by friends upon his return home ov
er the week end from the national tour
nament in Massachusetts, he was apolo
getic for being the runner-up and not
winning the coveted crown.
Our sincere wish is that next year he
will come home with the national crown
and then go on to Europe and to Sweden,
where archery is the No. 1 sport, for a
round with the world^s greatest. Just as
Ben Hogan proved that an American was
the best of all golfers in England, we
have the conviction that Smathers can
do the same thing in his field on foreign
soil.
Mr. John I. Anderson, Editor
Transylvania Times
Brevard, North Carolina
Dear Mr. Anderson:
We want to . take this occasion
to thank you for the publicity
which you gave to the various
projects of the Western North
Carolina chapter of the Society
for Advancement of Management
during the past SAM year.
You may be .aware that one of
the ambitions of our local chap
ter was to win the Harrington
Emerson trophy which is award
ed on a point basis each year, on
chapter performance as measured
by the national organization. One
of the bases for such point awards
are publicity in local newspapers
and through radio broadcasting.
While we failed to achieve our
objective in winning this trophy,
we can take some solace in that
we did make a very good show
ing and ran a close second to a
highly industrialized area, name
ly, Lancaster, Pa. The points
awarded to the first six chapters
in our class are as follows:
PICK OF THE PRESS
IN THE CAROLINAS
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CAN GUARANTEED HOUSING
SUSTAIN GUARANTEED .
PENSIONS?
(Easley Progress)
One of the interesting argu
ments of long standing is wheth
er the hen or the egg came first.
Another is whether pensions
breed inflation or inflation breeds
pensions. You might get off base
trying to decide either question.
The best answer to the latter
question might be that both car
ried to extremes breed depression
and hard times. The other day
we noticed where the Teachers
Insurance and Annuity Associa
tion of America, of New York,
was closing out a mortgage on a
housing project at Orangeburg,
South Carolina. Doesn’t that have
a kind of hen first-egg first at
mosphere? We would infer that
the Teachers Insurance and An
nuity Association of New York
is a place where teachers either
voluntarily or by deduction by
law put up money for the rainy
day or old age and retirement.
FROM OUR FILES
GLANCING BACKWARD
AT “THE GOOD OLD DAYS”
16 YEARS AGO
Arrangements have been com
pleted for an interesting safety
program in Brevard Friday after
noon, main feature of which will
be a parade at 3 o’clock demon
strating a “magic car.”
der, in Rutherfordton. A few in
timate friends and relatives wit
nessed the ceremony.
A mad dog was killed by Wal
ter Glazener near his home in
the country club section last Fri
day night, after the dog had bit
ten two of the Glazener dogs.
Elementary pupils of Transyl
vania county schools will have
free school books this year, ac
cording to announcement made by
County Superintendent J. B.
Jones.
Miss Christine Saltz, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Saltz, of
Brevard, and Claiborne B. Scott,
of Asheville, were married on
Sunday afternoon, August 8, at
the home of the Rev. E. N. Crow-
I BEHIND THE NEWS . , .
From Wasbington
By GEORGE E. SOKOLSKY
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Lancaster, Pa., 7,618 points;
Western North Carolina, 7,472;
Lehigh Valley, 3,665; Hudson
Valley, 2,560; Baltimore, 2,139;
Charlotte, 2,070.
There is a total of 41 chapters
with whom we were competing.
Again, I want to thank you for
the part you played in making
our good showing possible, and I
am sure that with your continued
cooperation we will come out on
top, possibly this next year.
Mr. N. H. Collisson, vice presi
dent of Ecusta Paper Corp., and
general manager of Olin Indus
tries, our new president, has ap
pointed Mr. W. B. Huger of Cham
pion Paper & Fibre Company as
the publicity chairman for the
next year. The latter will probab
ly contact you before our activi
ties begin for the new fiscal
year.
Yours very truly,
FRED A. WAYANT
Past President Western
North Carolina Chapter
S. A. M.
THE PRESIDENrs
POPULARITY
When the congress reconvenes
in January or earlier, should a
special session be called, its mem
bers will have been home to visit
with their constituents. They will
have a closer appraisal of public
opinion on the questions with
which they will have to deal.
They will be able to measure the
popularity of General Eisenhow
er which has been an important
consideration in the halls of con
gress.
I have.been noting the returns
on this subject by “Facts Forum.”
I select this study over some oth
ers because I like the mettiod of
gathering data. It seems to me to
provide the possibility of a bet
ter cross-section of the country
than some other polls of opin
ion.
The question asked was: “Do
you favor Ike over the man likely
to be the next Democratic nom
inee?” Frankly, this question
bothers me because who knows
who will be the next Democratic
candidate? How can anyone have
an opinion on that subject? I
would have asked the question
more simply. “Do you still like
Ike?” Or, perhaps, “Do you like
Ike as much as you did?” Howev
er, at this stage, I think the an
swers would be the same no mat-
terTiow you ask the question: the
president is a popular man.
In January, the president’s
popularity on this poll stood at
89 per cent; in March, it was 85
per cent; in April, 87 per cent;
for July, 80 per cent. It is inter
esting that when these figures
are broken down for the Solid
South, they show the July fig
ures break up as follows: 78 per
cent for the North; 82 per cent
for the Solid South.
I do not believe that ther$ is
enough accuracy in any poll for
anyone to quarrel about exact fig
ures. What this poll shows is
that a continuing test taken of
public opinion establishes the
fact that the president is an ex
ceedingly popular person.
Yet, this popularity is not re
flected in the conversations of
the politicians, evDn of his own
party, who worry about their own
prospects. For instance, two of
the most important Republicans
are up for re-election in 1954.
They are Senator Styles Bridges,
of New Hampshire and Senator
Homer Ferguson, of Michigan.
Bridges is president pro tern of
the senate and chairman of the
appropriations committee; Fergu
son is chairman of the Republi
can policy committee. These sen
ators are respected by their col
leagues. Both are in danger.
The Bridges situation is almost
without precedent. A man of his
seniority and position is usually
assured of renomination and, in
his state, of re-election.
Yet, Bridges may have to put
up a tremendous fight for re
nomination because the presi
dent’s chief-of-staff, Sherman
Adams, is reputed to desire his
position. Those who like Adams
say that now that he is ensconced
in greatness, he will forego his
senatorial ambitions. Those who
dislike him say that he has caused
the president considerable grief
and that his best way out of the
White House would be to run for
the senate. At any rate, as long
as Sherman Adams is a prospec
tive candidate for United States
senator, he disturbs the relations
between the president and those
Republicans who feel that Bridg
es is about to get a raw deal.
In the case of Ferguson, the
situation is more complicated.
Here is a man of scholarly attain
ments, a great lawyer, a tremen
dously hard worker. He was elect
ed chairman of the Republican
policy committee by his col
leagues, after the death of Sena
tor Taft, because he is the most
deserving man for the post.
However, Ferguson is quiet and
studious and does most of his
work.in committee. He avoids sen
sationalism of any kind. His la
bors are constructive rather than
didactic. His name does not ap
pear in the newspapers every day
cussing someone.
Yet Republican politidafts, in
his stfite, fear that he has not suf
ficiently grovelled in the dust ^
fore the lords of power In his
particular state. They say that
unless he is sure of re-election,
they might get him a judgeship
and put a more demagogic per
sonality in his place. Should they
do that, it would be a pity. The
senate has few men of Ferguson's
ability; it already has too many
empty-headed, blustering speecA-
makers who not only do not
what they say but do not know
what they do. Republicans fear
that Eisenhower’s popularity will
not be sufficient to save their
party.
A housing project is one of those
places where the government
builds you a more expensive
house than you could build your
self. According to the papers, the
government is having to take in
a great many of those built in
South Carolina. We thought it
would, because they are built on
the cost plus basis on which no
body but the contractor has any
reasonable chance to come out
even. The taxpayers have none.
Now this Teachers Annuity and
Insurance outfit, which may be
the pension custodian of New
York, says, we lend this money,
which the teachers pay, on this
housing project in Orangeburg,
S. C., because the government,
by the FHA system, guarantees
the loan. If it is a bad loan, which
seems to have happened at an
early date in this ease, the gov
ernment will pay us and tote the
sack. If housing projects contin
ue to go as they have in this
state, the sack may be a bigger
—Turn To Page Five
1 THE EVERYDAY
I COUNSELLOR
J By REV. HERBERT SPAUGH, D. D.
Enka is still leading the Indus
trial league, and while the race
is not positively sewn up for the
second half, the first half winners
seem to have first lick at it.
Transylvania county’s school
enrollment for the year 1937-38
is expected to reach the new high
mark of 2,500, preliminary survey
reveals.
Announcement has been made
of the menu for the chicken sup
per to be given by ladies of the
Methodist church Thursday eve
ning, August 26, from 6 to 8
o’clock in the church dining
room.
It seems, from reports made at
the board of aldermen meeting
—^Tura To Page Eleven
Most people are much more lonely than they admit. It seems to
be a kind of occupational disease for traveling salesmen who have to
live away from their homes a majority of the time. I have had so manj
come to me with their problems, particularly that of drinking.
The salesman does well during the day while he is making contacts
with people. Then night comes. After he has written up his orders,
done his paper work, he is left alone in his hotel room. He either goes
out and seeks entertainment or else sits down to read and go to bed.
Then loneliness comes upon him. He thinks about his home, his fam
ily, wishes he were with them, but he isn’t. He even finds it difficult
to go to sleep. This is when so many of them succumb to drinking.
Some seek other forms of escape from this loneliness.
The natural man without God is lonely. He came into this world
alone, goes out of it alone. This sense of loneliness is unnecessary,
We make it for ourselves. There is one spiritual element common to
all men at birth, the divine spark planted there by Almighty God,
who created man “in the image of God.” That spark is the beginning
of man’s spiritual nature. It cries out to be fanned into flames. It
reaches out for its Creator. For this reason man is inately religious.
He reaches out for God, for a sense of divine companionship and
fellowship.
It is from that divine spark that the spiritual life comes of
which the Bible speaks when it says that man was created “in the
image of God.” Jesus spoke of that spiritual life when He said that
a man must be borne anew from above if he is to enter the kingdom
of heaven. He discussed it fully with Rabbi Nicodemus as recorded
in St. John’s Gospel.
To these with that new life Christ gave the divine promise, “Lo,
I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.” He re-echoes
that promise made years earlier, “My presence shall go with thee
and I will give thee rest.” We are never alone when we think, live,
even sleep “in the presence of God.”
The Psalmist echoes the universal desire of man when he writes,
“One thing have I desired, that will I seek after, that I may dwell hi
the presence of the Lord all the days of my life to behold the beauty
of the Lord ... Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days
of my life; and I will dwell in the presence of the Lord forever." As
this consciousness comes upon us we realize that we are never aloQ^-
And as the divine spark burns stronger in our lives, it draws others
to us. We are drawn to them. Ours is a new fellowship as “sons of
God.”
The natural man without God is a lonely creature, but the neff
man in Christ has continuing conscious fellowship with his Lord and
with his fellow Christians.
No, we never need to be alone.