THE SYLVA HERALD
And Ruralite
Published By
THE HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY
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Sylva, North Carolina
TKe County Seat of Jackson County
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An ESSENTIAL ELEMENT
''Only as a nation is steadied, guided and inspired
by Christian principles wilf it fulfill its destiny; other
wise It will pass, the way of other nations which have per
ished from the earth. ? J. R, MOTT.
c "The boy's purely mental part, if we could separate
it, is not what most, needs education. It is the senti
ments, the hidden sources of character, that most need
training. Those sentiments are the driving wheels of
the aouL^ The central task of education is the training
of the will."? W. H. P. FOUNCE. ? _
Glorious are woods in their latest gold and crimson,
V et our full - leaved willows are n their freshest gresn.
Such a kindly autumn, so mercifully dealing
With the growths of summer, I never yet have seen.
?BRYANT.
Why I Buy My War Bond
It-is now possible to cash bonds just as
we do checks, before you cash yours, think!
Why did I buy these bonds? We are at war,
the most terrible war that man has ever
known and these bonds are financing that
war. If we cash them in, we are endanger
ing the life of some boy in service, and it may
be your son, husband, brother or sweetheart.
Some say "Bonds are not good, we will never
be able to get our money out of them." ,If
the bonds are not good, money is not good.
When you cash in your bonds you put more
money into circulation and this in turn
creates inflation. The government has ask
ed that we only spend what we need, and to
buy bonds, insurance and put into our sav
ings accounts, to help avert inflation.
The sixth war loan drive starts on Novem
ber 20, and we will all be asked to buy more
bonds, let's buv rather than cash in.
It Must Be Complete
Victory This Time
TVenty-six years ago next Saturday,
November 11, the last shot of World War
I was fired. Germany was beaten. An
ominous silence settled over the battlefields
of Europe ? a silence, the significance of
which was lost amid the tumultous joy in the
civilian world which turned to a riotous
celebration of a peace that didn't last.
Just a few short weeks ago, many of
us on the home front, inspired by the light
ning speed of our valiant fighting men in
driving the Nazis out of France, looked
hopefully to this year's anniversary of the
end of World War I as a day on which Euro
pean Victory would again be achieved. Ger
many^ rushed out of France in order to
shorten' her own communication lines and
to entrench behind the West Wall of forti
fications. We mistook her speedy retreat
from France as a sign that she was almost
beaten.
But we all know better now on both
counts: First, that an Armistice is not
enough. Only a complete and crushing
victory over Germany can forever end the
menace that rose again from the peace of
the First World War. Second, that glorious
as was the sweep of our fighting forces
^through France, Victory in battle does not
mean total *
We, tr ___ -je Home Front,
would do well this 26th Armistice anniver
sary of World War No. I, to dedicate our
selves anew into a front working harder,
longer, aixTTwiy more War Bonds in the
name of those who died in World War I and
and in the name of those who die today to
complete, sooner, the task started then.
Any other way of celebrating Armistice
Day this year would be unpatriotic.
American Education Week
Monday ushered in another Education
Week. It is a week celebrated widely in
American public schools and many* of their
communities. Some will observe the spe
cial week daily by special programs put on
by the students, by outside speakers, ex
hibits, etc. Parents and friends of the
schools are also invited to visit the schools
at this special time with the hope that par
ents, teachers, and citizens at large may be
come better acquainted with the schools,
their objectives, and their work.
American Education Week was found
ed in 1921, growing out of facts revealed by
World War draft- Two startling facts re
vealed were: 25 per cent of men examined
were illiterate; 29 per cent physically un
fit. At that time, 1921, the newly formed
American Legion was anxious to embark
on a constructive peacetime service. After
consulting with the National Education As
sociation and the Office of Education, the
first Education Week was observed. The
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
is al^6 a co-sponsor of this special week.
The basic purpose of American Educa
tion Week is described by Lyle W. Ashby,
Assistant Director of Publications for the
N. E. A.v as that of reminding the people
"of the fundamental place in educationlin
a democratic nation." The objectives in t?te
week's observance as named by Mr. Ashby
are: "To increase public understanding and
appreciation of the schools; to encourage
every parent to visit his child's school at
least once annually; to secure the partici
pation of the people in improving the
schools; to give pupils an appreciation of
what the schools are doing for them; to en
courage civic groups to give consideration
to education; and to highlight the all-year
program of educational interpretation.
The theme of American Education
Week this year is Education for New Tasks.
The days of the week are divided as follows:
Sunday, "Building Worldwide Brother
hood"; Monday, "Winning the War"; Tues
day, "Improving School for Tomorrow";
Wednesday, "Developing an Enduring
Peace"; Thursday, "Preparing for the New
Technology"; Friday, "Educating All the
People"; Saturday, "Bettering Community
Life."
As citizens of Jackson county let us
visit our schools, uphold the principles for,
which they are striving. Whether we have
children or not we should be supporting
constructive interests in American public
education and doing our part to be a well
informed citizen concerning this highly im
portant and essential expression of modern
democracy,- < ?"
Tire Care Vital To War
All of us are familiar with the historic
legend of an English King who lost a king
dom because his horse lost a nail and con
sequently a shoe. Well, today pulpwood
production for war is seriously threatened
by a shortage of truck tires.
Government officials are alarmed at the
prospect that some of the pulpwood now be
ing cut may not reach the mills on time
because of this transportation bottleneck.
Pulpwood producers can relieve this
situation somewhat by taking 'the best care
of their trucks and tires until new tires and
equipment become available. Everyone
who has driver} an automobile knours that
the life of a tire usually depends on the care
given it rather than on mileage
While abuses may vary in different
regions, there are a few general rules which,
if observed, will keep pulpwood moving to
the mills throughout this crisis and will
save producers time and money
1. Don't overload your truck.
2. Keep your tires properly inflated.
3. Recap your tires before they become
worn to fabric.
By observing these simple rules every
pulpwood producer who does his own truck
ing will be contributing doubly to the war
effort and will help prevent a breakdown
in the pulpwood supply machinery at a time
when every pulpwood log counts.
LAFF-A-DAY^
r?
"I know I haven't paid your bill, Doe. You told me to
avoid business worries for the next six months !"?
News and Comment From Raleigh
CAPITAL LETTERS
By
? THOMPSON GREENWOOD
FAILURE ? Those favoring thje mer
ger of Meredith and Wake 1<ore^c6I
leges have set up offices in Char
lotte?headquarters for the broad
casting of that ? great message of
brotherly (or sisterly) love, the dump
ing of Meredith into the somewhat
impatient arms of Wake Forest.
It won't be done. Put this predic
tion down in that little book, and
don't forget.
WORD? Dr. William Moore is not
only head of the Veterinary division
of th^ N. C. Department of Agricul
ture, he is an outstanding Grange
os are many others w?|h the Depart
ment. Dr. Moore has had all seven
degrees in the Qrange, and that's
something when you consider the fact
that you can't get the seventh except
at the National Grange convention.
Dr. Moore, seventh degree man.
was all set to receive the annual
Grange award for outstanding ser- 1
vice to North Carolina agriculture. I
He went to the opening session of the
Slate Grange meeting here, but the
man at the door stopped him, asked
him the pass word. Dr. Moore qould
rot remember, was refused admit
tance. Finally, he recognized a fel
low over in the corner who helped
him out of his plight, identifying him
and permitting his entrance.
So much for ritual . .
SHOW ? Dr. Moore's going to the
meeting, but not getting in reminds
one of that country boy up in Yad
kin County who came home from
Winston-Salem telling about a mov
ing picture show he had seen; It was
in the early days of the movies (Ruth
Roland, Tom Mix, Charlie Chaplin,
William S. Hart), and the fellow was
doing some boasting about the fine
picture he had seen. It so happened
that two or three others in the com
munity had seen the show, and they
listened to his story with interest.
Finally, with old rural sadistic pleas
ure, they told him he had ? not even
seen the picture.
With no show of embarrassment at
all he blithely admitted that, "I went
to the show, but I didn't go in."
STOPING ? A B. Lloyd was in
dicted in Durham recently for dis
obeying a stopping ordinance. Brought
into court, he said the word was
spelled "stoping" and that it referred
to a method used in mining and had
nothing to do with stopping a car.
The court dropped the charges against
Lioyd and ordered the misspelled
word corrected.
ALCOHOL ? The State Grange is
| awfully dry, but at its convention last
week it came in an inch of putting
itself in favor of approving the man
ufacture of whiskey after the war.
The resolution said: "We disapprove
of the manufacture of beverage al
cohol until after the war."
The delegates had almost adopted
the resolution when one alert Grange
caught it. The words "until after
the war" were hurriedly cut off the
resolution. A narrow escape.
POLITICS ? Well, Oscar Pitts and
Ralph McLean, of the State^ Prison
Department, will resign their posi
tions on December 31 to take over the
Asheville Livestock Yards. On the!
day the resignation was made pub
Tic, somebody asked Mrs; McLean
why her husband was leaving his
position. "Politics", she said, "are
too uncertain."
MONEY ? W. B. Umstead and his
cohorts on the Democratic Executive
Committee have done a wonderful
piece of work in raising funds for the
Democrats, more than reaching their
quota. This has been done despite
ihe fact that all donations have been
small. That is, all except one. Dick
Reynolds, who is now an officer on
a ship in the Pacific, donated $5,000.
WEEKLY ? This column was wrong
recently in saying that a large State
newspaper would soon 4ake on the
Hearst "American Weekly."
A large State paper will begin
carrying "This Week", a more sober,
down-to-earth supplement than the
former, within the next two years.
DEWEY ? Thomas E. Dewey fought
a good fight, there is no mistake about
that. However, he would have re
ceived more votes if he had not talk
ed so much. Reports are that the
folks in the armed services voted
around three to one for Roosevelt.
PAMPHLETS ' ? Those who op
posed the educatonal amendment
which was voted on Tuesday sent out
50,000 pamphlets during the two
weeks prior to November 7. The
argument over this amendment was
not entirely over the issue itself; per
sonality and petty likes and dislikes
were involved. Much of the opposi
tion was designed as a dig at Gov
ernor Bjjoughton, who lost some busi
nes&^Hapari.i Jput who stuck to his
guns in favorin|f~trt? amendment.
G. I. JOE SAYS:
"The day I quit, I'll let you know.
That's the day you can quit, too. Until
then, won't you play along?" ? Stars'
and Stripes.
When our Marines land on a beach
head, they have an objective which
they must reach. They quit when
the objective is achieved, no matter
how great the sacrifice.
Are we, at home, less determined
to gain our objective?
The United War Fund Campaign
ends only when we've reached our
goal.
Would You Change?
You may not like your place in life,
And I may not like mine;
But there are thousands, oh,
I'm sure,
Who'd think our places fine.
We're discontented in our homes;
We hate the work we do;
But have you ever thought of some
Who'd like to change with you?
Just lo6k around at those you meet ?
The one's you meet each day,
And see if usually you
Aren't better off than they.
You kick about your awful Tuck,
And make a big to-do;
But would you change your lot
with those
Who'd gladly change with you?
? Author Unknown
Price control of farm machinery
continues although removal of ra?i
t'oning and distribution control of
all farm machinery and equipment
exoept corn pickers, was announced
by the WFA.
This & That
By
HELEN A. HOOPER
Anyone passing through Sylva on
Wednesday morning would have
thought that we were having clean
up week. Everyone was busy wash
ing their . windows. Maybe the Hal
loween custom of marking on win
dows is not a bad idea, at any rate
Sylva's windows were all sparkling
clean by noon.
The cigarette shortage hit rock bot
tom across the country last week. It
is virtually impossible to buy the
better known brands, or sometimes
any cigarettes at all.
It is known that a flourishing black
market is partly responsible for this
shortage, but that is not contribut
ing to the shortage just causing an
uneven distribution.
Women coincd the word SLACKER,
and have used it very prodigally.
How many times have you heard a
self-righteous female throw back her
head and say. "he is a slacker", never
knowing why some fellow was not in
service. Yet, does it occur to us that
STACKERS are just exactly what
we are? Our government is spending
an enormous amount of money beg
ging and pleading with women to*
join a branch of service and help
win this war. We don't seem to think
that this is our duty as well as the
men, yet we are on an equal baste
with men and glory in our equality
with them, but in our first chance to*
prove our equality we have failed,,
miserably.
The war is far from over. There
are thousands of boys, the very cream
of our country, who have given their
lives, and thousands more who will'
be satisfied to sit back and say,.
"No, I am not interested in joining
any branch of service. Let someone
else join."
wnen the war is over and the ques
tion is asked, "What did you do?"*
Can you proudly say, "I served with
them." Or will you say, "I stayed
home. It was a tough war but we
won!"
We are spoiled. Yet, there is time
for us to show that we still have some
of that pioneering blood given to us
by our great, great grandmothers who
fought Indians and went with their
husbands, sqps a?d fathers right into
the thick of a wildness filled with
savages. They fought shoulder to
shoulder with them . . . we are not
asked to fight, merely to do work
that will free men to fight.
RATION REMINDERS
IV EATS. FATS ? Red Stamps Aft
through Z8 and A5 through P5, good ?
indefinitely. The four red stamps
validated October 29 totaling 40 red
points will have to last for at least a
5 -week period. No new red stamps
until December 3.
PROCESSED FOODS ? Blue
Stamps A8 through Z8 and A5 thru
W5, good indefinitely. No new
stamps until December 1.
SUGAR ? Sugar Stamps 30, 31, 32
and 33, each good for five pounds In
definitely. Sugar Stamp 40, good for
five pounds of canning sugar through
February 28, 1945.
GASOLINE? In 17 East Coast
States, A- 11 coupons, good for three
gallons each through November 8.
In State outside the East Coast Area,.
A- 13 coupons in new "A" Book, good
fcr four gallons each through Decem
ber 21.
FUEL OIL ? Period 4 and 5 cou
pons and new period 1 coupons, good
throughout present heating year.
SHOES ? Airplane Stamps 1 and 2,
good indefinitely. Airplane Stamp 3
becomes good November 1 and re
mains good indefinitely.
OFF-HIGHWAY GAS COUPONS
EXPIRE J
Farmers and other non-highwajr
gasoline users are notified by the
Office of Price Administration that
any "E" and "R" coupons, not serially
numbered, will expire November 1
and may be exchanged for valid ra
tion currency at their local War Price
end Rationing Board. The expiring
coupons can be identified by two
points: First, they have no serial
nufnbers, and, second, they bear the
capital letters "E" and "R" with no
n-umber after them. Currently valid
coupons bearing serial numbers are
lettered "E-2'\ and "R-2'\
NOVEMBER AUTO QUOTA SET
The quota of new passenger cars
available for rationing in November
is set. at 3,000 by the Office of Price
Administration, or the same number
as in the past, two months. In addi
tion a regional apd national reserve
ol. 600 cars has been authorized. The
stockpile of new cars- available for
rationing is now under 20,000 less
tnan a normal prewar two-day sup
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