THE SYLVA HERALD
- Published By
THE HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY
> Sylva, North Carolina
The County 8eat of Jackson County
J. A. GRAY and J. M. BIRD Publishers
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
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.
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A GROWING PROGRAM
Tom Young, director of Athletics and'
Marion McDonald, coach of basketball,
of Western Carolina Teachers College,
deserve much praise for having built up
the athletic program of the college to the
point of bringing out winning teams in
the short space of time that they have
been connected with the college. Young's
Catamounts played some good football
last fall, and he has already begun whip
ping his squad into shape for the 1947
season. We have no doubt but that he
will win more games this fall than he did
last.
Marion McDonald's basketball cagers
made creditable showing in the North
State tournament, and as a result of their
record are now in Kansas City, Missouri
where they were invited to play in the
National Intercollegiate Basketball Asso
ciation tournament. The coaches and their
players are to be congratulated. Western
North Carolina is proud of the progress
the college is making in athletics. Every
one feels that within another year or two
under the direction of these capable
coaches the football, basketball and base
ball teams of Western Carolina will hold
their own with the best.
CRACKING DOWN
The North Carolina State Board of
Health has one of the most rigid policies
on health and sanitation regarding the
handeling of food, hotels, tourist homes
etc., of any other Southern state. During
the war years, however, there was some
relaxation of these rules due to shortage
of materials, labor and other items neces
sary for maintaining a Grade A place.
*Now that these conditions have improved
the department is beginning to crack
down on all eating and rooming places
serving the public. Officials of the de
partment say that all who wish to oper
ate must come under the regulations.
Any person or persons preparing to
open a restaurant, rooming house, or
tourist court may save money by first
contacting the district health officer, ob
tain their permit and specifications for
complying with the regulations.
Section 2 of the laws and rules regu
lating and governing the sanitation of
restaurants and other food handling es
tablishments reads as follows: PERMIT
?No person shall operate a restaurant
within the State of North Carolina who
does not possess an unrevoked permit
from the State Board of Health. No per
mits to be issued to operate until a sani
tary inspection by a representative of the
State Board of Health shows that the res
taurant complies with these rules and
regulations.
Violations of any of these rules and
regulations, or failure to receive a sani
tary rating of at least 70 per cent, or
Grade C, shall bg~sufficient cause for re
voking the permit,
Any one in Jackson county planning
to open and eating establishment should
er money in the end.
PBOUD OF OUR TEAM
Sylva is proud of the record the high
school basketball boys made during the
past season, especially the winning of the
district high school tournament over
Canton at Cullowhee last week. By vir
tue of becoming the winning champions
of this district they get to enter the state
tournament finals. Today the boys are
playing their first game in the state finals
against Mt. Airy at Winston-Salem.
Every one is wishing Coach Sutton and
the boys success in this game.
The Sylva girl's team played well this
season also but lost in the preliminary
playing of the tournament.
It takes a winning team to keep the
Interest of the patrons in high school ath
letics and we feel the boys have had this
7 Itmay yave the uwrr
THE COUNTRY PRESS
Some of the most important things in
life are taken for granted and accorded
scant consideration until they cease tb
function. For instance, the occupants of
a luxurious Pullman sleeper think little
about the wheels on which it rolls. The
most vital' things are generally the least
obvious. The country press goes in this
category. But there would be no United
States without th6 country press, any
more than there would be a Pullman car
without a wheel.
No nation in the world is so univer
sally served with newspapers as is the
United States. But the average citizen
doesn't know this?he takes the news
paper for granted even in the smallest
town. And yet without the newspaper,
Community affairs could not be conduct
ed as they are. Try to think of your town
without newspapers, even the smallest
^ weekly. Where would you get the local
* news and the intimate information on
births, marriages, deaths and the affairs
of the community that at some time or
other are so important to every family?
Where would you read the proceedings of
the county courts, the legal notices, the
personal columns, the news about the lo
cal churches, lodges, and the advertising
of the local merchants? The big city
dailies carry the world news, but they
cannot carry the day-to-day happenings
of the smaller towns and cities.
Along with the school teacher, the lo
cal editor is responsible for the educa
tion of the community. A good editor
comments on activities, local, state, and
national, that affect the lives of all citi
zens. He discusses questions from the
standpoint of their bearing on communi
ty welfare. He must have a good working
knowledge of government, legislation;
social conditions, industries, labor, taxa
tion?the things that affect the working
man, the businessman, and the family.
The local editor accepts a real responsi
bility in publishing even the smallest
paper, for when the reader sees some
thing in print ,he thinks it is the truth.
How many people appreciate these
facts that underlie the ownership and
publication of the 12,000 country news
papers in the United States? Those pa
pers are the greatest safeguard .of our na
tion's independence. They are individual
ly owned, and the vast majority of their
editors are well grounded in the ideals of
Constitutional government, and are op
posed to trends toward socialism which
disregard the importance of the individ
ual. The country press reaches a majority
of readers in the United States. It de
serves more recognition than it receives.
And in that respect it is like the wheel
under a Pullman car, but with this differ
ence: It is human and it can appreciate
a word or act of encouragement while
upholding the rights of others.?Indus
trial News Review.
YOU'RE TELLING ME!
Japanese wrestling, we read, is stag
ing a comeback in Nippon. From what
we've heard of the game it might just as
well have stayed away.
A New Jersey woman, spotting some
escaped llamas on her front lawn mistook
them for dinosaurs. She's lucky?sup
posing she'd mistaken some dinosaurs for
llamas.
The nearly nude wrestlers, before a
bout, crouch, hands on knees, glaring at
each other for 15 minutes. They look like
a couple of baseball shortstops who for
got their uniforms.
Then the antagonists indulge in some
preliminary sidekicks. It's our guess this
is done to show there are no blackjacks
or brass knuckles concealed between their
toes, _ ?
The third step consists of the two Nip
ponese Joe Savoldis making faces at each
other. This succeeds in frightening only
those children who happen to be in the
arena.
Jap wrestlers are invariably gigantic,
fat fellows. Apparently, when a Nip grap
pler isn't wrestling he spends his time
eating. Since their bouts are so brief, they
can easily squeeze in a championship
match or two between the soup course
and the entree.
backing this season, which has also been
a help and encouragement to them; A
good athletic program helps to make a
good school. The Herald hopes to see
greater interest in the program next year,
thus assuring winning teams on the field
and in the gym. .
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The Everyday (Counsellor
By REV. HERBERT SPAUOH, 0. 0.
Why live in uncertainty when
you cnn have certainty? There is
much talk about the insecurity,
and confusion of modern living.
Certainly the letters which come
to this desk reflect that. The ac
tions of people do likewise. The
rising w?jve of juvenile delinquen
cy and crime indicate the same al
titude.
Much has been wrttten and said
about causes of juvenile delin
quency. This is one expression of
the confusion and insecurity of the
times. Juvenile delinquency is
caused by parental delinquency.
It conies out ot insecure and brok
en homes. These young people have
no sense of security at home. They
see their parents, if they live with
them, trying to get for themselves
what they can while they can.
At best adolescence is a time of
emotional insecurity and uncer
tainty about the future. In adoles
cence young people should learn
to know, if they haven't learned
as children that they live in a
God-centered universe, operated
according to divine plan. They
should know that they are a part
of this universe, that God has a
plan for their lives. They should
know that, "The wages of sin is
death, but the gift of God is eternal
life through Jesus Christ our
Lord." They should know that the
Bible gives the only plan of se
curity. Some of these instructions
are given below: <
"Trust in the Lord with all thine
heart; and lean not unto thine own
understanding. In all thy ways ac
knowledge him,* and he shall di
rect thy paths . . . Trust in him at
all tinier ye people, pour out your
heart before him: God *s a refuge
for us.
"I will instruct thee and teach
thee in the way which they shalt
go: I will guide thee with mine i
eye. Be ye not as the horse, or as
the mule, which have no under
standing; whose mouth must be
held in w.tn bit and bridle, lest
they come near unto tne?r
"Thine cars shall hear a word
behind -.hee, raying. This is tne
way, walk ye in it, when ye turn
to the right hand, and when ye
turn to the left."
Those who accept these words
should also remember God's prom
ises to those who take Him as Lord
and Saviour:
"My presence vhall go witn thee.
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and I will give thee rest . . . Lo,
I am with you always, even unto
the end of the world . . . Fear not."
"Rabbit Fever" May
Be Contracted By
Human Beings
In the January issue of Friend
CV Wildlife, official bulletin of the
North Carolina Wildlife Federa
tion, is an article entitled, "A Word
to the Cottontail Hunter" by Dr.
B. Randolph Allen, Director of
Cummunicable Diseases, Virginia
State Department of Health, in
which he gives some facts on Tula
remia, commonly known as "rab
bit fever." Dr. Allen says that the
disease was first recognized in ani
mals in 1911, and its occurrence in
man was established in 1914. The
disease, he says, is primarily an
infection of rodents and second
arily attacks man. It may, for a
period, appear in wildlife only
sporadically and then hit with epi
demic proportions Farmers and
hunters have seen numbers of
dead rabbits in the woods and
fields during time of epizootics. Al
though the disease is popularly
known as "rabbit fever" and, al
though in most instances, infec
tions in man are acquired from the
handling of this animal, the illness
has been found to affect at least
twenty-four forms of wildlife.
Humans may contact the infec
tion in one of three ways. First,
the bacteria enter through a
break in the skin or mucous mem
brane. This break may be so small
that it is unnoticed. Second, the
organism may enter through'the
eye. This usually happens by rub
bing the eye soon after handling
an infected rabbit. Third, the ill
ness may be acquired by eating
rabbit that has been insufficiently
:ooked.
When a person develops tula
remia it usually follows exposure
by from two to seven days. The
onset is sudden; the patient de
velops a high temperature, may
have chills, complein of body pains
and headaches, and usually sweats
profusely. Dependent upon the way
the disease v/as contracted, other
>ymptoms occur. If the infection
was acquired through the skin, a
pimple usually appears at the site
of entry, and rapidly develops into
a "punched out" ulcer. At the same
time the adjoining lymph glands
swell up, forming what is com
SCOH'S SCRAP BOOK
By R. J. SCOTT
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LOOKING BACKWARD
From tho Pilot of Tho Rurailto
of 15 year* ago
The Sylva Parent Teacher asso
ciation met at the Sylva Elemen
tary on March 7 with Mrs. D. M.
Hall presiding. A program was
presented by the music department
of the schools under the direction
of Miss Sadie Lou Southerland.
Mrs. P. W. Hamlett, missionary
from China, gave a very interest
ing talk on China at the Baptist
church Sunday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Bryson have
returned to their home at Beta af
ter spending a few months in Flor
ida.
The drive to obtain canned goods
JLor^the.Haix^ Community hospital, <
under the direction of Mrs. S. W.
Enloe, is meeing with success in
the Whittier community. More than
1 100 cans have already been do
nated.
The Intermediate^ B.Y.P.U. en
joyed a party Tuesday evening at
the home of Lillian Sutton. Miss
Lora Dills was in charge.
The children's Chapter of U.D.C.
met last Friday with Dorothy Bu
chanan with Margaret and Rachel
Brown as joint hostesses. Pasty
McGuire presided. Isabel Dillard
gave a reading and Kitty Dean
McGuire and Hazel Allison played
piano solos.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Case o( Can
ton spent the week-end with Mrs.
Case's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Cogdill. Mrs. Cogdill is in the local
hospital for treatment, after being
ill at her home for several days.
monly called a "kernel." If the
bacteria entered through the eye,
the eyelids become swollen, and
inflamed areas and ulceration oc
curr. The eyes become blood shot
and ulcers develop on the eyeball.
Glands of the scalp and face may
become'enlarged. If the infection
follows ingestion of insufficiently
cooked rabbit meat, there are
usually no local lesions.
Prevention of tularemia is a per
Card 01 Thanks
We wish to thank our friendj
and neighbors lor the kindnesses
shown us and lor the beautiful
flowers sent during the sickness
and death of our wife and mother,
Mrs. Ida Woods.
. - The Woods Family
The Burning Permit Law Of
North Carolina read:, "That a per
mit must be obtained from the
State Forest Service before start
ing or causing to be started, any
fire in any of the woodland areas
under protection of the State For
est Service, within 500 feet of any
such protected area, during the fol
lowing periods of the year?from
Feb. 1 to June 1, and from Oct. 1 to
Nov. 30, inclusive."
sonal responsibility. No agent has
bwflnprrockteed thai w*41 -effectively
immunize humans. There is no
known means of eradicating the
disease in nature. Therefore, each
individual must protect himself.
Hunters should only take rab
bits that appear lively and really
scamper away when jumped. Af
ter the rabbit has been caught
dress him carefully, using gloves,
then cook thoroughly.
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Kidneys Must
Work Well
For You To Feel Well
24 hour* every day. 7 days every
week, never stopping, the kidneys filter
waste matter from tne blood.
1 i more people were aware of how the
kidneys moat constantly remove sur
plus fluid, excess acids and other waste
matter that cannoe stay in the blood
without injury to hesltn, there would
be better understanding of why the
whole system is upset when kidneys fail
to function properly.
Burning, scanty or too frequent urina
tion sometimes warns that something
is wrong. You may suffer nagging back
ache, headaches, dizziness, rheumatic
pains, getting up at nights, swelling.
Why not try Doan't Pills? You will
be using a medicine recommended the
country over. Doan'? stimulate the func
tion of the kidneys and help them to
ftush out poisonous waste from the
blood. They contain nothing harmful.
Get Doan't today. Uae with confidence.
At all drug stores.
DOANS PILLS
William B. Oillard
Building Contractor
Houses Built Under F. H. A. Plan
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