THE SYLVA HERALD
AND RURALITE
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1944
Wasted Newsprint
Urgent appeals have been publicized all
over the nation asking people to conserve
paper and paper products, and yet consider
the space given during the past week to the
detailed account of the sordid Chaplin-Berry
trial ? Wasted Newsprint.
How much more consistent with the times
and the demands would it have been to have
devoted this space and newsprint in some
way that would have helped the boys over
seas rather than entertaining those at home
with such filth.
They Deserve Better
Veterans from the current war are often
compelled to wait from four to seven months
between the time their service pay and de
pendent allotments stop and the time they
receive their compensation settlement, ac
cording to Warren H. Atherton, commander
of the American Legion.
During this period it is said that many
veterans are being financially embarrassed
and are having to ask aid for the necessities
of daily living.
It is saia that men from our armed forces
are being discharged and sent back to civilian
life at the rate of 100,000 a month. If their
cases are to take so long in being adjusted
the delay will become a major problem, which
will eventually cause much dissatisfaction
as well as work hardships on the men and
their families.
Surely they could do something about this
red-tape up in Washington and create a
bureau that could act more promptly. This
is a mighty poor welcome to give a man
who has faced death that we might continue
to lead our normal lives. It is going to be
hard enough at best for these men to get
adjusted back to civilian life and find a nich
for themselves.
Time To Call A Halt
We are told that the American people are
on the verge of setting up another depres
sion. One would think that after the
memory of the early thirties that those old
enough to recall the era would be wary of
such things. A depression is such a lasting
thing. It hangs on and on.
Authorities tell us that money is getting
cheaper every day and that we are spend
ing too much of it, without thinking of the
day ahead. People seem intoxicated on high
salaries and feel that they will last even
after the war is over. History of other wars
should teach us that the readjustment pe
riod brings lean years.
When the army starts its peacetime re
leasing of men from the service, every field
of industry and work will be suddenly crowd
ed. Jobs will not be so plentiful. Many
people today are holding a job that will be
given to a soldier? his old job that he will
expect and want back*
Spending can become a habit. People get
in the way of wanting things until they never
think of the consequences of their spending.
That old saying "you better get yours while
the getting is good," is a poor motto for the
? present-? K would ^ ~much wiser to adopt
the policy of saving while it is coming in,
rather than spending It
Our sympathy to FDR in his study of the
new tax bill. We've been^ptudying the old
one.
Seaman Sam says: "I married an angel,
' and she's been harping ever since the day
v* we got hitched." ? D. S. S. Lyon News.
N. C. Cattle Go To
Alabama
So well has the work been done by the
county farm agents, vocational teachers, ex
tension division of State College and the
North Carolina Department of Agriculture
and other agencies in behalf of the develop
ment of better livestock, that North Carolina
has for the first time in history become an
exporter, instead of an importer of pure
bred cattle.
Farmers who have been urged in recent
years to purchase purebred animals and
found purebred herds are beginning to real
ize benefits from their efforts and reap
profits from their investments.
The past week a sale of registered Here
ford bulls was held at Demopolis, Ala., and
the entire offering of 78 animals was fur
nished by North Carolina breeders.
An Off-Year For
Candidates
As much as the regular politicians would
like to see a good old time political scrap
with the usual ballahoo and trimmings, pres
ent signs indicate that they will be doomed
to disappointment this year. With a world
at war and conditions more or less chaotic,
people are, generally speaking, just not poli
tically minded, especially as regards minor
offices. We do not recall any years that
we have heard as little political talk.
j ?
The national election next November will
no doubt be bitterly fought, but state and
county office seekers have so far aroused but
little enthusiasm. One reason may be that
salaries of public officials have not increased
anywhere near in the proportion that com
pensation for services in domestic affairs
have been, and competition for public office
is less keen on that account.
More than likely, however, it is due to
the fact that the public is occupied with
more serious matters and will continue to
be so until after the war is over. The gen
eral attitude seems to be that where an of
ficial is rendering satisfactory service that
he should be left undisturbed and a surplus
of office seekers this year are not likely to
be looked upon with great deal of interest
or special favor.
State Guard Has
Birthday
The State Guard had a birthday last week.
It was their third anniversary and during
their short existence they have rendered a
fine service to the states throughout the
nation.
It may be recalled by many that when
the National Guard units were called into
active service by the Federal Government
in September, 1940, the United States was
left without any form of internal protec
tion other than could be given by local police
and county officers. Fortunately nothing of
a serious nature has arisen, but had such
conditions called for protection there woufld
have been none. \
In the fall of 1940 Congress took action
by providing for the organization and train
ing groups to be known as the State Guard.
The General Assembly of North Carolina
passed an act that conformed to the Federal
act for the organization of the State Guard.
While the Sfate Guard is the only auth
orized group to carry arms, and its main
purpose was to meet domestic emergencies,
it has rendered a still greater service. It
has been a training ground for men destined
to enter active service.
The personnel of the Waynesville unit of
State Guard has been typical of similar
groups over the country. It has undergone
constant changes, for there has been a steady
flow from the State Guard into all branches
of the service. It has given the men going
into active duty not only an interest in
military training but has actually prepared
them in many ways for the more rigid
training of the regular army.
The Waynesville company,- serving as
headquarters for the Second Regiment of the
state, with territory extending from Hay
wood County west, its responsibilities have
been many times that of the regular unit.
For this reason the men. enlisted have had
greater opportunity to learn what is expect
ed of them in the service.
We are living in troublesome times, and
most of us have reached the realization that
anything might happen. While it appears at
the present as if we would not be attacked
at home by the enemy, things have not al
ways looked so cheerful and the protection
that we have enjoyed by the presence of a
State Guard has given ua all a feeling of
security.
THE INSIDE STORY
HERE and THERE
By
HILDA WAY GWYN
Easter cornea again to us, with
its promise of eternal life. . . It
comes this year on a world torn by
strife, but we should find greater
comfort than ever before in those
familiar words, "I am the Resur
rection and the Life and he who
believeth on me shall not perish,
but have everlasting life." It is
a long time since those words were
first uttered . . . nations have risen
and fallen, and men have laid claim
to that eternal promise, that has
held hope for them down the ages.
We should be better able to under
stand His sacrifice this Easter,
with the great numbers of our b )ys
who are being crucified in the name
of freedom on our battle fronts.
Through the darkness of war there
still shines the light of His grac
ious wisdom . . . and even in this
trying -hour our faith should give
us spiritual strength to open our
hearts to the everlasting comfort
of the Easter message.
We read with interest recently
of the ideas of a soldier in the
Southwest Pacific who advocates
that the president have in his
cabinet a "Secretary of Peace." We
think the soldier has something.
Certainly if we could have given
as such concern to the k:eping of
peace as we have to the making of
war, we doubt if our American boys
would be scattered over the world
today. As the soldier put it. . .
"It's about time now that we devot
ed more study and consideration to
the causes of war and how to pre
vent them in the future. If world
leaders have enough foresight and
wisdom to win the peace this time,
as well as the war, we men in ser
vice will gladly make our sacrifice
now. But let us insist that our
postwar policies be shaped to put
the well-b:ing of the human race
ahead of the well-being of power
ful minorities and pressure
groups."
Reporters may be full of ques
tions as they ply their' trade, but
on the other hand a newspaper
office is supposed to know all the
answers. If you don't believe us,
come around some day and listen
in . . . often before we can answer
'em we have to do some looking up
and questioning ourselves . . .
sometimes they are tough nuts to
crack ... all kinds of information,
(that we should, of course, know,
and have at our finger tips). It is
a natural assumption on the part
of the public, for certainly news
of local events drift in whether or
not they always appear in print.
The other day, the editor had a
question asked him that brought a
smile to those of us within listen
ing distance. She was a stranger.
She had given him a story . . .
everything was going nicely . . .
conversation steady . . . and then
she asked, "Do you know where
the post office is here?" ? ? . there
was a dead silence ... to be asked
such a question in a village of this
size was a bit out of the ordinary
. . . but the editor suppressed his
surprise and gave the direction and
just how to ge there, with the
same detailed account one might
have given to a dozen city blocks
instead of small town. Main
Street.
Speaking of Easter in terms of
material values ... we read where
Easter Sunday may reveal some
strange new fashions in England
-this- year; ? 1 Since- ck?thmtr re ra
tioned there, it is reported that the
women are making Easter outfits
from unrationed curtain and drap
ery materials and one fashionable
shop is advertising coats made
from travel rugs . . . but judging
from the windows in the local shops
American women can still ke:p up
their high pre-war standards in
the Easter parade.
Not an especially cheerful sub
ject, one's last will and testament
. . . but that of Irvin Cobb was
handed to as . . . and like the maker
it is full of interest and life, ev/en
in death. Cobb asked that every
thing be simple . . . that his body
be wrapped in- a plain sheet and
placed in an inexpensive coffin and
immediately cremated, without any
special formality or ceremony. . .
"I'll be done with after-dinner
speaking forever, so why dispatch
me hence in the regalia of the
craft". . . At a convenient time he
asked that a dogwood tree be plant
ed in Oak Grove /cemetery in Pa
duka, Ky., his home, and his ashes
strewn in the hole to fertilize the
tree ro6ts, and should the tree livfe
that would be monument enough.
But in case there was a marker, he
wanted for his epitaph the inscrip
tion written by Robert Louis Stev
enson for himself, "These .be the
lines you 'grave for me . . . Here I
lie where I long to be. . . Home is
the hunter, home from the hill . . .
and the sailor hohie from the seas".
He wished^o #owei*s. but asked
that thosewtro would like to send
them give the money to some
charity.
In the lengthy letter of final in
structions written in December,
1943, three months before his death
was also the following: "I'm proud
that I never set myself up to be
my brother's keeper, having been
sufficiently occupied by the job of
being my own keeper. To these add
the noble ethics and splendid tole
rance expressed in reformed Juda
ism; the study of the independence
and the good business principals of
the Mormons; the gentle zeal and
unselfish devotion of those shock
troops 9f the Lord, the Salvation
Army . . . who fight in the trenches
of sin's no man's land to reclaim
the tortured souls and clothe the
naked bodies of those who the rest
of the snobbish vworld forgot". We
wish we had space to give it in
full . . . for the requests were so
entirely in keeping with his life
. . . and he left this world in high
good spirits, with humor and char
ity as he had lived.
Speedwell News
By Mrs. Charles McConnell
Mrs. Florence Fox has returned
home after visiting her son, J. R.
Haskett and family, in Portsmouth,
Va.
Rev. Charlie Conner, who is in
the Baptist Hospital at Winston
Salem, is improving after a serious
illness.
Mr. and Mrs. George Haskett of
Bryson City, formerly of Speedwell,
announce the birth of a son on
March 26.
Mr. and Mrs. Bowers Pressley
wish to thank the many friends,
who gave to them so freely, for
the things that were contributed to
them when their hom? was des
troyed some time ago. Gifts were
sent from Jackson, Macon counties
also New York and Florida.
Pvt. James Oscar Ashe of Camp
Shelby, Miss., spent the week-end
hera with his mother and family.
Mrs. Roy Pressley and children
spent the week-end with Mrs.
Pressley's mother, Mrs. Laura Con.
ner, of Tuckaseigee.
- - A: tailor had caHed ta collect his
bill frequently, but without success.
Finally, in desperation, he said ve
hemently:
Tailor ? Mr. Jones, I must insist
that you make some definite ar
rangements with me.
Mr. Jones( agreeably) ? Why,
surely. Well, suppose you call ev
ery Tuesday morning.
Back the attack. Bay War Band*
and Stamps.
Christ's Victory Over Death
HIGHLIGHTS ON THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
By NEWMAN CAMPBELL
(The International Uniform
Leaaon on the above topic x for
April 9. la Mark 16:1-8; I Corin
thians IS. the Golden Text being
I Cor. 15 57. "Thanka be to God,
who giveth ua the victory through
our Lord Jeaua Christ." )
THE FIRST part of our leaaon
took placc on Sunday morning.
April 9 A. D. 30 Three women,
Mary Magdalene. Mary the moth
er of Jamea, and Salome, went
early to the tomb of their Lord
carrying aweet aplcea to embalm
^the body.
Aa they walked along they won
dered who would roll the heavy
?tone away from the entrance ao
that they could enter. It was too
large for them to move.
When they arrived at the tomb,
however, they saw, to their great
amazement, that the atone w&a
not at the entrance of the* tomb,
and when they looked within they
aaw no Jeaua. but a ycing man
? presumably an angel? sitting
where Jeaua* body had lain. He
waa dreaaed In a long white gar
inent. and "they were affrighted."
Aa they went Into the tomb the
angel aald to them: "Be not af
frighted: Ye aeek Jeaua of Naza
reth. which waa crucified: He la
riaen; He la not here: behold the
place where they laid Him.
"But go your way. tell Hla dla
ciples and Peter, that He goeth
before you Into Galilee: there
ahall you aee Him, aa He aaid unto
you."
Three Woman Flee
The Three women went out
quickly, and fled from the spot,
they trembled and were amazed,
and they aaid not a word to any
one of what they had seen and
heard for they were frightened.
The latter half of our leaaon la
concerned with Paul'a beautiful,
reassuring letter to the Corin
thians concerning thta aame res
urrection of Christ. He speaks of
"Cephas." meaning Simon Peter,
who had seen Jesus after He had
risen; of many others who had
also had the privilege.
Some, evidently, disputed the
resurrection, and to them Paul
aays. "If Christ be not risen, then
Is our preaching in vain, and your
faith Is also vain."
"But now is Christ riaen from
the dead, and become the first
frulta of them that alept. For
since by man came death, by man
came also the resurrection of the
dead. For as In Adam all die, even
so in Christ shall all be made
alive."
On this faith that Jeaua Christ
died for our sins and rose from
the dead. Paul baaea hla feeling
that life la worth while for all be
lievers.
"If after the manner of men, I
have fought with beasts at Ephe
aua, what advantageth it me? if
thrf dead rise not? let ua eat and
drink; for to morrow we die."
How will the dead rise up? Lis
ten to Pauls explanation:
"But some men will ,aay, How
are the dead raised up? and with
what body do they come?
"Thou fool, that which thou
aoweat la not quickened, except it
die:
"And that which thou sowest,
thou aoweat not that body that
ahall be. but bare grain, it may
chance of wheat, or of some other
grain:
"But God glveth it a body aa it
hath pleaaed Him. and to every
aeed hia own body."
lan't that abaolutely true? A
man planta a aeed, but what
cornea up from the aeed la a a un
like It aa poaslble. The aeed dis
appears and is broken up, and
out of it come green atalka and
flowers or heada of grain. So It la *
with the body of man which is laid
in the ground. "It is sown in cor*
ruptlon; It. Is ralaed in lncorrup
tlon: It ia sown In dishonor; it ia
raised in glory; It ia sown in
weaknesa; it la raised In power.
"As we have borne the image of
the earthy, we shall also bear the
image of the heavenly." Paul as
serts. "This corruption must put
on lncorruption. and this mortal
must put on Immortality.
"So when th;* corruptible shall
nave put on incorruption. and this
mortal ahall have put on Immor
tality. then ahall be brought to
pass the saying that Is written.
Death is swallowed up In victory.
"O death, where Is thy sting?
O grave, where is thy victory?
"But thanks be to God, which
giveth us the victory through our
T 1 ? ? ' " "
Lord Jesus Christ. **
Distributed by King Featurea Syndicate, las.
No legislation Simplifying
Income Tax Before Mid-Year
Heavy "Over-Cut" of Timber
Due to War Effort Demands
> Special to Central Press
? WASHINGTON ? The job of drafting legislation simplifying In
come taxes and tax returns is proving to be rather & slow process.
Indications are that it will be two months or more before a bill
begins to take shape, and that simplified legislation will not be
enacted before the middle of the year.
Right now the whole matter is in the hands of experts of the Con
gressional joint committee on internal revenue taxation and the
treasury. A report from Colin P. Stam, chief of the Congressional
staff, is expected to be given to the House ways and means com
mittee by the end of the month.
? ? ? ?
? ARGENTINA'S RELUCTANCE to break cleanly with Axfts
sympathizers among her governing class is threatening to cause ft
split in the solid anti-Axis front which has existed below the Rio
Grande since the entry of the United States into the war.
As American and British pressure has increased,
the South American government has sought to coun
teract this loes in prestige by seeking the good
offices of her neighbors immediately north, who are
dependent on her for foodstuffs*
To the state department in Washington this trend
is viewed as a threat to the solidarity of the Western Hemisphere
and provides fodder for the German propaganda machine.
? ? ? ?
? AMERICANS HAVE ASSURANCE from OPA Administrator
Chester Bowles that there will be no immediate relaxation of price
control and rationing after the war.
Rationing is expected to be kept until after the first postwar
harvest in Europe. OPA expects, however, that the supply of cloth
ing and other soft goods can be brought quickly into balance with
demand when peace comes and that price controls on these Items
j Can be relaxed quickly.
1 ? ? ? ?
? GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS are becoming alarmed at the tre
mendous "over-cutting" of America^ timber.
Wartime demands for 1 limber have forced the nation to boost Its
production from 35 to 40 billion board feet annually.
According to officials, a halt must be called soon. Timberls being
cut faster than it is grown. The Mlid" must be clamped on immedi
ately after military demands decline, they say, and production held
under 30 billion board feet.
Congressional
Joint Group
Ponders Tax
THE OLD HOME TOWN
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