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A good name ii rather to be chosen than great
riches, "and loving favour rather than silver and
gold. Proverbs 22: 1
THE TEST OF GOOD FAITH IN THE
HEALTH PROGRAM
In the lap of the legislature are the rel
atively modest proposals of the North
Carolina Medical Care Commission to
give substance and reality to the health
plan promoted by two governors and the
1945 set of lawmakers. It is hardly con
ceivable that the plan will be either side
tracked or mutilated.
With characteristic Tar Heel conserva
tism, the Commission is proposing a cen
tral State investment of only $14,140,000.
It seems unlikely that either Governor
. Cherry or the legislature of 1945 could,
have had a smaller figure in mind when
they directed the Commission to imple
ment the health plan.
The recommendations of the Commis
sion, derived from careful investigation
not only of method, a task to which it was
assigned, but of need, which the 1945
legislature assumed as self-evident, pro
pose a capital investment considerably
smaller than might have been expected.
They propose, for instance, that the State
pay only one-third of the total costs of
the hospital building program tentatively
projected under the inspiration of the
Hill-Burton Federal statute.
Of course the Cotnmission did not in
clude in its figures the costs of improve
ment of the facilities for care of mental
and tubercular patients. Adequate pro
visions for these will increase the total
demand on the legislature by a large sum,
but the grand total will be within the
reasonable range of expectation for all
who in campaign commitments, in party
conventions and in the General Assembly
have declared their purpose to effectuate
a "health plan" for a State that needs one.
Neither mild impeachment of the en
thusiastic propaganda in favor of the pro
gram ,nor the slight?and unsightly un
candid?confusion over the relative im
portance of schools and hospitals, should
obscure the issue. North Carolina's need
for more hospitals is clear and it is equal
ly clear that the State faces a chance to
build them with Federal and local help
that is exceptional. The State govern
ment cannot afford either to decline or
to postpone seizure of this opportunity.
In the State's fiscal planning it must
distinguish between capital outlay and
maintenance. Neither the health plan nor
the educational system should be main
tained with the so-called surplus. Right
now the general fund is producing at a
rate exceeding 100 millions a year, while
spending is predicated on a budget of
some 71 millions. One great problem of
the legislature, greater perhaps than de
cision as to use of reserves, will be the
proper basis of.regular spending for op
eration account.
How much above the present 71 mil
lions can we go in regular commitment
for maintenance of public service? It is
a difficult question in view of the high
sensitivity of our tax plan. Money flows
generously under that plan in good times;
it dries up readily in hard times. What
ever the decision may be about mainten
ance commitments, they should not be
based on a theory of deficit spending.
That is, they should not be made with an
idea of using surplus except to tide over
a brief emergency.
The State has been accumulating mil
lions in reserves because it did not aban
don what it declared an emergency tax
device, the sales tax, after that device lift
ed its finances out of the depths. The logi
cal use of those reserves is to declare a
dividend to the taxpayers in terms of
greatly needed public service facilities,
whether hospitals or school buildings.
There should be no plan to use them gen
erally to pay current operating costs.
Therefore, there should be no confu
Inside Washington
Special to Ctntral Pre**
WASHINGTON?CIO President Phil
ip Murray's decision to extend the steel
wage contract to May 1 adds up to a neat
bit of strategy. It puts the pressure on
John L. Lewis again.,
Murray's contract would have expired
Feb. 15?right in the middle of congres
sional consideration of new labor legisla
tion.
Another industry-throttling strike?
such as steel?would have fired congres
sional tempers and brought drastic labor
.legislation down on the head of the CIO.
Murray sidestepped, however, and put
Lewis on the spot. The miners have been
ordered to stay at work until March 31.
Negotiations are expected to open March
1 for a new soft coal contract.
If the union-operator talks fail, the
miners will be on notice to lay down their
tools at midnight March 31. In such a sit
uation, Lewis would be the target of
Congress.
Some of the most ardent backers of
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey for the Republi
can presidential nomination already are
planning to offer a compromise to Ohio's
Senator Robert Taft although the GOP
convention is 16 months away.
These Dewey supporters see Taft as the
man most likely to beat their candidate
in his bid for a second chance to head the
ticket.
However, they also figure that Taft
might be influenced to throw his weight
behind Dewey and release the Ohio dele
gation in event a deadlock develops
which would otherwise pave the way for
a "dark horse" candidate.
This compromise would be in the form
of the vice presidential nomination. But,
it must be remembered that Dewey back
ers plan to offer the vice presidential
nomination to Taft only as eleventh-hour
strategy.
The Republican bill to reduce personal
income taxes 20 per cent is sure to be
thoroughly rewritten before it is ever
passed by Congress. And even then the
prospect is that it will be vetoed by Presi
dent Truman. Opposition to the 20 per
cent proposal has developed in Republi
can as well as Democratic ranks.
Rep. Carl T. Curtis (R) of Nebraska, a
member of the House ways and .means
committee, predicts the committee will
change the bill to give low-incometax
payers a larger percentage tax cut than
those in higher-income brackets.
In the Senate, Senator Taft (R) of
Ohio has thrown out suggestions that tax
payers earning up to $3,000 might be
given special consideration. Taft empha
sizes, however, that his suggestion does
not mean he favors such an idea.
These views add up to the following
conclusion:
The chances are that any tax reduc
tion bill passed by Congress will give
special consideration to low-income tax
payers, perhaps by a moderate increase
in exemptions, although there may be a
straight percentage cut in addition?pos
sibly 10 per cent.
YOU'RE TELLING ME!
Trepanning was so popular among the
Incas that when their skulls are dug up
nowadays they look just exactly like
whitewashed bowling balls. . /
One of the directors of a BritW^eom
pany tried it. He had the medicos exca
vate his noodle and short-circuit a fifth
of his brains.
On recovery, the story goes, he became
so smart the boys elected him chairman
of the board. Seems a drastic way of try
ing to get a raise in pay.
The ancient Incas and Aztecs, archeol
ogists tell us, practiced trepanning. That
means cutting a hole in a pal's head?but
only with the best of intentions.
sion as to the issue of teacher pay. That
pay must rise and rise sharply. So mitet
the pay of many other, public servants.
The cost of living and disproportionate
compensation require it But along with
the strengthening of the public schools
for the vital job of teaching can go now
the furnishment of facilities needed to
assure healthier, teachable students for
the schools.
There is nothing exceptionally ad
vanced in the State's health plan. It is
consistent with what is being demanded
and being done elsewhere. We will not
be ahead of the leaders if we adopt the
Comrrtfssion's proposal but we will be far
behind them, indeed, if we do not adopt
it?N. C. Better Health
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The Everyday Counsellor
By REV. HERBERT 8PAUGH, D. D.
Marriage should be the happiest
and most satisfying of human ex
periences. It was ordained by God
to be such, and when entered into
with His blessing, and consum
mated under His sought direction,
it is. When we leave God out of
marriage, anything can happen,
and often it is a tragedy. An awful
example of a godless and bitter
marriage comes through the Asso
ciated Press from New Albany In
diana. Here a circuit court jury
actiuiited Mrs. Goldie Sutton, 43,
on a tirst degree murder charge
in the shooting of her husband,
Guy, 46. after hearing her testify
th? : he h..d:
"Broken her collarbone b y
throwing her over a cliff. Stepped
on her neck. Poured kerosene on
her and tried to set her clothing
afire. Tried to slash her throat
with a razor. Threatened to pour
hot grease on her. Singed he$ hair
with a shotgun blast."
? Such a domestic tragedy did not
happen all at once. The parties
were not young, but middle-aged.
They had evidently been fighting
together for years* with final and
tragic results.
Too many marriages, often en
tered into lightly, quickly become
battlegrounds. Who hasn't heard
the old wisecrack that an appro
priate marriage hymn is, "The
Webster, Savannah P.T.A.
Hold Joint Meet Thursday
Webster and Savannah schools
held a joint meeting of their Par
ent-Teacher Associations last
Thursday at the Savannah school.
The Webster organization was
Fight Is On!" Marriage quickly be
comes a fight ,when it is entered
into selfishly, and with God left
out.
When a man and woman marry,
they enter into a contract, "for
better or for worse." It should and
can be, "for better." But all too
^ften it is "for worse." The rising
divorce rate indicates that.
Let it be remembered that a
man and woman must reach physi
cal maturity before they can con
summate a marriage. During the
years of growth they have been
reared in entirely different en
vironments in which they have ac
quired a variety of different
habits: -?
There must be a common de
nominator in marriage if it is to
succeed. That must be more than
physical attraction, if it is to de
velop into a fine satisfying com
panionship instead of increasing
warfare. There must be a willing
ness to give and take. Above all,
> we should remember that the per
fect common denominator is a
common faith in Almighty God,
and active membership" in the
same church. When a man and
woman are divided in religion,
they leave the door open for other
dividing factors which quickly
produce struggle and domestic
warfare, and perhaps final tragedy.
in charge of the program and pre
sented Mrs. E. L. McKee, who
spoke on the duties of the parents
and the teachers in relation to the
child. She stressed the need for
close cooperation between the two.
Savannah P. T. A. was in charge
of the refreshments.
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From tht Filet of The Rural Its
e# li years a??
M. B. Madison, county superin
tendent of schools, states that the
Jackson county schools will run
lor their full time as usual. He
gives credit to the teachers for the
immediate solving of this problem,
for proposing to teach the other
two months and wait for their pay
until the proper tax collection is
made to enable the county to pay
them.
Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Moody and
C. B. Thompson spent the week
end in Atlanta visiting the former's
daughter, Miss Ada Moody, and
the iaxicr s son," Ch'srles ThornpsoH,
who is attending a commercial art
school. *
Mrs. T. H. Hastings, John Hast
ings and Tom Kelly left last Tues
day for Florida where they will
spend some time.
Mrs. I. H. Powell, Mrs. J. G.
Murray and Mrs. Jack Messer of
Sylva and Mrs. W. N. Cook and
Miss Frankie Buchanan of Webster
left today for Greensboro where
they will attend the W.M.U. meet
ing.
On Friday, Feb. 19, nineteen of
Willets interested citizens met and
organized a Parent-Teacher asso
ciation and elected Mrs, A. S. Sut
tonr as the first president. Mrs. J.
D. Cowan, Dr. W. P. McGuire, and
E. V. Vestal spoke to them in the
interest of the association.
Mrs. W. R. Sherrill, who has
been in the hospital for several
weeks, was removed to her home
last Saturday.
At a social meeting of the senior
B.Y.P.U. held at the Chamber of
Commerce building Monday eve
ning, the principal feature of en
tertainment was a mock trial in
which "Scrub" Bryson, Sarah
Cruise, Lloyd Bryson and Sue Al
lison were the main characters in
a breach of promise suit.
Symphony Orchestra
Will Give Concerts Here
(Continued from page one)
aid, Jackson County Bank, Bu
chanan Auto and Electric Co.,
Cogdill Motor Co., Hooper Motor
Co., Hall and Norton Tire Shop,
Dr. Grover Wilkes, Gulf Oil. Cor
poration, Reece-Hampton Motor
Co., Kirk-Davis Chevrolet Co.,
Sylva high school, Sylva Rotary
Club, W. H. Crawford, Belk's De
partment Store, Jackson County
Chamber of Commerce, Allison
Motor Company, Cannon Brothers,
Dr. Roy W. Kirchberg, Armour
Leather Co., Sylva Laundry, Fred
Hooper, Sylva Coal and Lumber
Co., StovaU's Cafe, Southern Lum
ber Co., Hale's, Reed and Jenkins
Grocery, P.*E. Moody, E. P. Still
well, Drs. Harold and Patsy Mc
Guire, Builders Supply and Lum
A PROCLAMATION
?y the ProeJdont of the United
fttatti of Amor loo
WHEREAS the American Na
tional Red Cross, traditional triend
and counselor of the serviceman
and the veteran, flemishes comfort
and renewed hope to our tick
I and wounded in hospitals, and
provides morale-building welfare
and recreational facilities for our
occupation forces abroad as well
as a wide range of services to
those returning to civilian life im
this country; and
WHEREAS the Red Cross char
tered by Congress and equipped by
experience to cope with humaa
needs when disaster strikes, per
forms it^? errands of mercy with
skill and expedition; and
WHEREAS the Red Cross is de
voting increased attention to its
home-nursing and first aid pro
grams which are designed through
training courses to check the
spread of- diseases and to reduce
the frightful toll of accidents; and
WHEREAS this organization is
entirely dependent upon the vol
untary contributions of the people
of the United States in rendering
these services, and has estimated
that a minimum fund of $60,000,000
will be necessary for the imple
mentation of its philanthrophic
program in 1947:
NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY
S. TRUMAN, President of the
United States of America and
American National Red Cross, do
hereby designate and proclaim the
month of March 1947 as Red Cross
Month and urge every citizen of
this country to respond generously
to this essential, humanitarian
cause.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I
have hereunto set my hand and
caused the seal of the United
States of America to be affixed.
DONE at the City of Washington
this twelfth day of February in
the year of our Lord nineteen
hundred and forty-seven and of
the Independence of .the United
States of America the one hundred
and seventy-first.
HARRY S. TRUMAN
(Seal)
By the President:
G. C. MARSHALL
Secretary of State
ber Co., H. J. Landis, E. L. McKee,
Ben Lessing, Dan Moore, Stovall's
Five and Ten Cent Store, Dave
Karp, Neil Crawford, Hugh Mon
teith, Ritz Theatre, Ernest Lewis,
S. W. Enloe, Sylva Pharmacy,
Lela's Beauty Shop, and the Sylva
Flower Shop.
Modern Methodo and Materials
for Teaching Science by Heiss,
Obourn, Hoffman, MacMillan, 1941,
should be on the shelf of every
professional library. The authors
give an excellent treatment of the
principles of science teaching, the
major goals, the psychology, and
a rather unique chapter on the
evaluation of learning in science.
We Will Buy
No. I jlrish Potatoes
PAYING
$2.25 per 100 Pounds In Cash
$2.50 per 100 Pounds In Trade
Spartan FEEDS
For Profit Feed Your Livestock and Poultry
Good Feed?We Carry the Best Grades.
24 Pet. Dairy Feed $4.25
20 Pet. Dairy Feed $3.75
Fatback Hog Ration $4.25
20 Pet. Laying Mash $4.75
Dog Feed, per 100 lbs CA
(Meal op Cubes) fr ? "VW
Dog Feed, per 25 lbs. ... (O AA
(Meal or Cubes) yAsVlF
Vt Bu. Fresh Ground Corn Meal M
Choice Timothy Hay, 100 lbs. ......... $2.50
Ensley s Store
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