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THE SYLVA HERALD And Ruralite Published By THE HERALD PU BLISH I NG COM PAN Y Main Street Phone 110 Sylva, North Carolina The County Seat of Jackson County J. A. GRAY and J. M. BIRD Publishers HELEN A. HOOPER News Editor MRS. JOHN H, WILSON Office Manager PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year, In Jackson County $1.50 Six Months, In Jackson County 80c One year, Outside Jackson County 2.00 Six M6n"tHs,"~OiTt5lttg~~Jac'ksuii Cuun \y r^-4-r25 ? AIL Subscriptions Payable la Advance 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. Obituary notices, resolutions of respect, cards of thanks, and all notices of entertainment for proiit, will be charged for at the rate of one cent per word. IT'S WISER BEING GOOD THAN BAD It's wiser being good than bad; It's safer being meek than fierce: It's fitter being sane than mad. My own hope is, a sun will pierce The thickest cloud Earth ever stretched; That, after Last, returns the First, f Though a wide compass around be fetched; That what began best can't end wont, Nor what God blessed once prove accurst. ? Browning. ACTION IN TIME It is yet too early to tell whether Jack son county will have any cases of infantile paralysis or not. But the fact that no cases have .appeared in the county thus far is probably due to the action of the county - board of health in that it recognized the need for rigid enforcement of certain rules and regulations. As we understand it, these regulations are being observed in most cases and where violations are evident they are being enforced. Every one should be more than willing to cooperate with the board's orders since they were made entirely for our own safety. If all Jackson county peo ple will observe these regulations we are not very likely to have an outbreak of Polio here. The board members are to be commen ded for their prompt action. JACKSON QUALIFIES FOR HONOR By over buying its quota of "E" Bonds and far exceeding its overall quota in the 5th War Loan Campaign Jackson county quali fies for the honor of having its name inscribed on one of the new L. S. M. Ships. Mr. R. L. Ariail, who lead the Jackson War Loan cam paign so successfully, has been informed by State Chairman Allison James that the name of Jackson County is being recorded for the attention of the Promotion Director who will work out the details for having the county's name placed on one of these new ships. Mr. James further congratulates Jack son county citizens for the magnificent job they did in helping put over the drive. He commends Mr. Ariail very highly on his campaign set-up, and is recommending it to all the counties for future use. STILL YOUNG IN SPIRIT There is something refreshing as well as encouraging about people who have reached four score years of age and are continuing their daily routine of life as well as a place of real service in life. This ac tivity and service we find in Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jarrett who recently celebrated their 80th and 76th birthday anniversaries respectively. This couple, tho advanced in years but so young in spirit, are typical of "age" as Shakespeare expressed it: "Some men never seem to grow old. Always ac tive in thought, always ready to adopt new ideas, they are never chargeable with fogy ism. Satisfied, yet ever dissatisfied, settled yet ever unsettled, they always enjoy the best of what is, and are the first to find the best of what is." The Herald extends congratulations. DISCONCERTING NEWS FOR ENEMY The fact that the United States is in the midst of a great military struggle, yet can pursue its normal routine by creating an other National Park,4hould be more or less disconcerting news for our enemies,? _______ In Southwest Texas, Big Bend Park now makes its bow, even though visitors and sight-seers may be confined for the time be ing to those servicemen stationed in the vi cinity. This new National Park contains more than 1,000 square miles, and takes its' place as one of the largest National Parks ? exceeded in size only by Yellowstone, Mt. McKinley, and Glacier National Parks. Its area includes some of the picturesque canyons of the* Rio Grande River, as well as the desert country of the Great Southwest and the mountains nearby. Unlike our popular Great Smokies these mountains are bare of the beautiful foliage, , and the many wild mountain flowers found * here to make our Smokies so attractive. The new park may have its place in the South west. It is no doubt destined to become popular. But it far removed from the dense Eastern population and therefore will never draw the visitors that the Great Smokies will. ~"The significant fact is that we ean estab ? lish such a Park while engaged in a World War. SEND THEM BACK TO SCHOOL It has been estimated that there are some five million boys and girls between the ages of 14 and 17 years working in the fields, forests, factories, stores and offices of the United States this summer. Where healthfully and legally employed, many of these youngsters have profited by their ex perience. It has been gratifying to see the boys and girls of Western North Carolina tkke hold of jobs, created by the manpower shortage, and perform them as successfully as the adults formerly did. These young Americans have contributed greatly to the cause of winning the war by their patriotic response on the home front. But when school bells ring this fall, how many of these young people will ignore the call and go on working? That is another matter. We can applaud the energy of a youth who chooses a job rather than school; we can understand his desire for money; but we dare not overlook the long-range social con sequences of what he is doing. Work will not always be so plentiful Hthat those with just ordinary education will be accepted. It will be the boys and girls who have prepared themselves by continu ing their high school and college courses who will be given the jobs after the war. Those who remain at work now instead of return^ to school will find themselves among thousands turning up at factory gates muniuiirig apologies for their lack of educa tion. 4kWhen I was at the age when I should have, been in school/' they will say, " I was working. The war, you know." That is when the test will come. Al though they will be young in years, they will be old in defeat. What can be done about it? Their parents and the communi ties in which they live have a grave respon sibility here. EACH HAS A PLAN "With these boys, as with most of the specialized groups of soldiers I have been with, their deep sincerity and their concern about the future is apparent. They can't put into words what they are fighting for, but they know it has to be done and almost invariably they consider themselves fortu nate to be living well, and fighting the ene my from the air instead of from the ground. But home, and what will be their fate in the ' ft postwar world, is always in the back of their minds, and every one of them has some kind of plan laid." By ? Ernie Pyle, War Correspondent Some day these soldiers, pilots and sailors of ours will be coming back to Jack son county. What are they going to find? Will Jackson be a better place when they return than it was when they left? Are we on the home front making preparations to receive our heroes and offer them something better than they left when they went off to fight for a free civilization? As Ernie Pyle has learned, these boys are thinking while they are fighting. They are planning and dreaming of a little home back here in America, a business of their own, probably, or a better job where they can use to good advantage in a world at peace some of the specialized training that they have gained in the service, provided they are given an op portunity: We must be preparing for the j home coming of these boys and prove to I them that we have not been neglectful of | their interest while they have been. fighting i our battles. Let's keep America the great country it always has been ? the country j&&r.th fi g M. i n g_ for^^dy-u^---forT-and^irWfi^--fe!?7 Let's make Sylva and Jackson county the good place our fighters believe in and want to be in. Anything short of this will be too little for them. r "Oh, wad some power the giftie gie us To see ourselves as ithers-see^is," THE OLD HOME TOWN u t '???' >'?4 Bv STANLEY WASHINGTON Predict Drive by Allies JZgL | fc Mariano Invasion Silences Toward Le Havre, Paris | ^ "Futile Hopping" Charges Sped*! to Central Press ^ ? WASHINGTON ? With Cherbourg in American hands, military sources in Washington ape looking for an immediate drive by Allied forces deeper and deeper into France in the general direction of Paris. It was pointed put that the elimination of resistance on the Cotentin peninsula has freed many Allied divisions for action against the bulk of the German troops in the Caen-Tilly area, and the next major Allied move undoubtedly is planned in this direction. Le Havre ^ ' While the port of Cherbourg is a highly valued 0 ? Allied prize, Washington sources have contended V 50 since the drive began that the Allied Invasion force Miles Away is so great that more than one major port is required to keep it supplied. With this thought in mind, the strategists are now looking toward the huge port of Le Havre, lessthan 60 miles from the eastern end of the Allied beachhead. w This, however, will be a tougher nut to crack. ? ? ? ? ! ? HIGH RANKING ARMY AND NAVY OFFICIALS are glad, i meanwhile, that the invasion of the Marianas is well under way because now they cannpt be accused of conducting a costly "island to-island" offensive in the Pacific. Even during the Marshall islands invasion, "arm-chair strategists" charged the Army and Navy was committed to hopping from one island to another in a campaign that might take years. All the War and Navy departments could say to the accusations was that they never intended to fight such a war in the Pacific. They couldn't give any more specific answers because it would have re* vealed the master plan to the enemy. But when Marines and Army troops invaded Saipan, thus flanking powerful Jap bases in the Carolina9, it was evident the strategy called for long, daring hops to the Philippines and Japan. . ? THE SEVENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS actually has done most' 1 of its work and made the greater part of its record, although it has j recessed for only five weeks. e * It will reconvene Aug. 1, but it is doubtful a quorum will be' present in either house at that time. There already is talk of a further recess until after Labor Day. It is generally acknowledged that no major business will be transacted until then. But that is not all. The fact is Congress will be largely a sounding j board for campaign speeches in September and October. The net j result, therefore, is that it will do a minimum of work from now on, ! barring some unusual turn in the course of the war. Post-war reconversion bills, despite pressure for their passage,1 will be put over until autumn. There is very little chance that the legislature wi!! enact . a bill granting insurance, companies total exemption from the anti-trust laws. ' i * * ? ? ? WHILE ACTION ON RECONVERSION MEASURES will be de-1 | layed, release of a report by an advisory committee of business men I highlights the fact that the Foreign Economic Administration is{ well aware of the immensity of the task of disposing of millions of dollars worth of government property which will be left over abroad when the war ends. ? The goods will include hundreds of consumer items and will be1 scattered from England and northwestern Europe to the far reaches of the south Pacific. The report emphasizes these items should be considered a valuable asset, should be sold to the highest bidder in competitive sale and should be let go for cash, or ior credit only where the credit possibilities are good. Problem of ' | The report does not tackle the problem of surpluses n c n . ^ ! in this country or what to do with plants, ships, air- u* 5* ?ood# > , craft, etc., abroad. That's another problem to be dealt Now Abroad 1 with later. , j c ? ? * * \ j ? VISITORS AT THE MASS SEDITION TRIAL, may not know It,' but they're getting a pretty careful looking-over by deputy marshals at the courtroom doors. Chief Justice Edward C. Eicher ordered that brief cases and parcels in the hands of spectators be banned. The < order came after a woman, jailed for 10 days for contempt of court, whisked out of a bundle a crude, incoherent oilcloth paper and began shouting at the prosecutor. FIND GRIM FIELDS BLOOMING ? , ??? ? mm iiimi i ll?IUU| IHIII >tWU U1 the FiaiKUrs* poem, ure alive with poppies in the midst of battle dcala. Veterans of 23 months' combat service, they are (1. to r.): Mario ?aik, Kansas City: Franccs Holt, Clarksburg, W. Va.; Frances Lalee, Kansss City; Irene Rohr. Hutchinson, Kan. (International) YOUR HOME MERCHANTS ASK YOU TO "BUY AT HOME" LOOKING AHEAD ?v GEORGE 1 BENSON ColUft I Searcf, JtAomms Penny Wise Victory in war can not be bought with money alone. There it fighting to do which can not be thought about in terms o f money. Wars always take a priceless toll of life, limb# health, sanity and human happiness. And, along with all this, war calls lor a vast amount of work. Actu-1 ally most of the cost of war is work. Money is only a medium of ex change, a relatively accurate meas ure of the work performed. The TJnlted States, now in the mid die of the biggest struggle of all his tory, is spending money at the rate of 100 billion dollars a year. With the highest tax rates ever applied in| this country, our government is rais-| ing money at the rate of 40 billion;' dollars a year, borrowing the differ-' ence. American taxpayers will be in debt for 60% of the war when itj ends, if things go along as ?.hey prob-i ably will. \ Lifting the Debt Big obligations usually are made faster than they are paid, and no body is expecting Uncle ?aiti to liqui-' date the war debt on armistice day. It will be 200 billion dollars by July i; 1944. Fortunately for everybody this debt can be retired at a ratei that is slower than the fighting speed ' at which it is being spent. Experts in various political camps agree that; costs of running our government alt er the war will approximate 20 bil-i lion dollars a year. It's a safe fig ure. Now 20 billion dollars is a big, sum to work off in a year, but Amer?i ica can do it. We ere raising 40 bil*j lion a year now with everybody working; surely we can raise 20 bii>' lion after the war? interest, pay-! xnents on debt and care of disabled veterans aU will be in the 20 billion. We can do it if employment is high, if jobs are still plentiful and well paid. We can do it with present tax rates cut in half, but not unless there is plenty of work. Toilers Will Pay People who work will pay the biggest share of post-war taxes.1 Last year two thirds of our national income was wages and salaries. Pol-1 iticians may try to bleed Wall Street millionaires white, but it will not be enough. If all the people who pay tax on incomes ot $25,000 or more were seated in one stadium, all our millionaires would be there, and oth er rich people besides. But the | whole assembly could not pay half ! of 20 billion dollars a year ? not even with a 100 per cent income 'tax. There are not enough of such wealthy people. These men can't pay the entire expense of government but there ia one thing they can do: They can, if permitted, keep factories running and jobs available for the rest of us who, in the long-run, will be obliged to work off that debt. And we would better be trying to keep it down. Twenty billion dollars a year ia twice what government was costing the United States at {he peak of the New Deal's pre-war spending; five times what it cost in Herbert Hoov er's day. The Necessary Jobs Concerning employment: Employ ers and employees both have to be considered. Strike pay-day from the calendar and work will surely cease. Just as surely investments will cease when chances to earn divi dends are destroyed. Wages and dividends boih are paid from earn ings on investments, so employers (large and small) must be permit ted to earn profits. Nothing makes new jobs but starting new businesses or enlarging old ones; both require investments. Big investors can, at best, pay only a small part of the big post war tax. It it is ever paid, people of moderate means will surelyopay most of it, but they are looking to investors for work with which to create prosperity. One fact is clear therefore ? any politician who advo cates taxes on corporations, so big that they drive away investments and destroy jobs, is "penny wise and pound foolish.*' Such a taxing policy injures workers more than others. HOSPITAL NEWS Born to Mr. and Mrs. William Sel lers of Sylva a son on July 24th. Mr. and Mrs. Converse Hutchings announce the birth of a girl on July' 16. Mr. and Mrs. Kutchings are from Wesser. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Buchanan of Gay on July 17. Mrs. Edgfar AUfather o t Dillaboro is doing very nicely after an auto accident. Mrs. Neville Sitton of Needmore operative case is improving. ? o* Mrs. Alvin Frizzell of Webster op crative case is dflJmL nicely. Mr. Jimmy Mclntyre of Whittier, an operative case, is improvlfiig. Mrs. Hornsby of Sylva, an opera tive case, is doing nicely. Mr W H Snyder of Sylva route 1, accident case, is doing nicely Buddy Roy Hall of Dillsboro with a broken leg is doing nicely. S. J. Fisher of Sylva route 1, op eiative ctse, is in the hospital.
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