THE SYLVA HERALD
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The County Scat of Jackson County^
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Act of March 3, 1879, November 20, 1914.
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MR. W. C. ALLISON
In the sudden passing of W. Cary Al
lison, Jackson county has suffered the
loss of another of her best citizens and
the third brother of a prominent family
of the county within ten months.
Mr. Allison was a man who drew
friends close to him by the warmth of his
personality and his desire to be a true
friend to man. He numbered his friends
among all races. Not only did he love his
fellow man, but he loved all nature in
cluding the animals of the farm. He was
a true christian and could not understand
why every one did not have the same
desire. During his active life he was a
loyal worker and attended church ser
vices regularly.
After he became too ill to attend church
each Sunday, he would remark, "I will
be so happy when I can go back to church
and be in my Sunday School class." The
Sabbath just did not seem right to him
unless he went to the house of God.
A TIMELY SUGGESTION
In an address at the Rotary district
conference in Charlotte, Mr. Holt Mc
Pherson, retiring district governoT, pre
sented an idea that might well be con
sidered by members of all civic clubs in
Western North Carolina which are mem
bers of national or internationl organi
zations, such,as Rotary, Kiwanis, Civitan,
Lions, and others.
He made the point thaLopening^af the
Blue Ridge Parkway is going to present
new ahd greater opportunity and chal
lenge to Rotarians of Western North Car
olina to afford the hospitality and fellow
ship which the many thousands of visit
ing Rotarians have a right to expect from
their fellow clubmen of these communi
ties. Mr. McPherson said that in Florida,
where he formerly lived, he saw a dem
onstration of what he was proposing for
Western North Carolina.
The opening of the Blue Ridge Park
way, which will be one of the finest high
ways in America and designed primarily
for tourist travel, unquestionably will
greatly increase the number of visitors
who will be coming annually to the great
scenic mountain area of North Carolina
in the years ahead. The opening of the
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
years ago meant a great increase in the
number of visitors coming to North Caro
lina from all over the country. The Blue
Ridge Parkway and the Great Smoky
' Mountains National Pgrk'will form a
combination that will still further greatly
increase the number of people coming to
North Carolina from other states for their
arinual vacations.
The members of the Rotary and other
"luncheon" clubs of Western North Caro
lina can increase and promote the attrac
tiveness of the section for visiting vaca
tionists by meeting and cordially greet
ing their fellow clubmen from all over
the United States^The-hospitality and
friendship shown the visitors will have
the effect of strengthening the desire of
tourists and vacationists to come back
repeatedly to North Carolina.?Charlotte
Observer.
YOU'RE TEtLING ME!
Old King Cole, according to Facto
graphs, is said to have been King Croil
us, who bossed Britain around 300 A. D.
This comes as a distinct surprise to Junior
who thought Old King Cole was just a
nickname for John L. Lewis.
' How Old King Cole ever managed to
join the group of Mother Goose charac
ters has always been a mystery to us. He
must have been a first class reprobate,
senior grade.
"He called for his pipe?." Apparently
the hypo needle had not been invented
in Cokehead Cole's time so he just stuck
Inside Washington
Special to Central Preaa
WASHINGTON ? It begins to appear
that smart, quiet Senator Edward, V.
Robertson (R); Wyo., again has outgen
eraled the Army on President Truman's
unification plan.
The Wyoming rancher, the Navy's best
friend in the Senate, is maneuvering the
watered-down merger bill into a posi
tion in which it will have to compete
against urgent Ilth-hour legislation for
a place on the Senate floor?with House
action still to follow.
Robertson has had to use delaying
tactics. A few days ago he raised the is
sue of a lack of a quorum in the commit
tee considering the unification plan.
Pro-merger Senator Chan Gurney
^R), S. D., took the point seriously. The
next day he postponed a meeting when
a quorum failed to appear. Hearings be
came farther apart.
Quorums are becoming harder to get
as appropriations work increases. That
will help Robertson?and may well en
able him to win again, as he did a year
ago.
Secretary of State Marshall is having
a hard time erasing the vestiges of mili
tarism which permeate the new State
department building into which he has
just moved at President Truman's re
quest.
The new building is the creation of the
former Army chief of staff. He had it
built to be the new War department
home. Consequently, the decor is pri
marily military.
While Marshall was ifi Moscow, crafts
men chiseled the words "War Depart
ment" of the facade. But there are many
other evidences of military flavor.
For instance, the cornerstone, which
can't be touched, carries the name "Hen
ry L. Stimson, Secretary of War."
Outside Marshall's office, the reception
room is embellished with a mural carry
ing the various flags of the United States,
cannon, spears and all the accoutrements
of battle. The lighting fixtures are decor
ated witfi other implements of war. "
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The Senate Atomic Energy Committee
is getting itself into position to claim
jurisdiction over treaties, if and when the
United Nations agrees on control of fis
sionable materials.
Since the Senate foreign relations
committee traditionally handles treaties,
a jurisdictional fight seems likely.
The atomic group plans, however, to
have its own liaison with the American
delegation on UN's Atomic commission.
Senators claim this is a move to get in
on the ground floor as far as treaty juris
diction is concerned.
Prospects are growing for Senate pas
sage of the House tax reduction bill with
out great change from the form in which
it was approved by the lower chamber
except for removal of the retroactive fea
ture.
At the same time, this heightens the
chance of a veto by President Truman.
And a veto probably will mean that no
tax reduction bill will get on the statute
books this year, since the Senate likely
would sustain the veto.
Senatorsare leaning toward the
heavier House tax cut because of growing
belief that the government will have a
surplus large enough this year to sustain
such a reduction and still make substan
tial payments on the national debt.
There was a great deal of disagreement I
among the nation's leading businessmen
when they voted on whether to back up
President Truman's appeal for lower
prices at the recent U. S. Chamber of
Commerce meeting.
Many businessmen wanted to endorse
price cutting as a means of getting pub
lic good will. But Dr. Emerson Schmidt,
the chamber's chief economist, presented
a report stating that general price cuts
are impossible and undesirable.
The result was a compromise.
Schmidt's report was suppressed and the.
businessmen approved a resolution say
ing that they were for price cuts "when
and where, business costs permit."
to smoking the stuff.
"He called for his fiddlers three.". At
first glance this looks like Cdle had a bet
ter side, a true love for music. But fiddle
music! His gesture obviously was intend
ed just to annoy the neighbors.
THE BEGINNER
The Everyday Counsellor
By REV. HERBERT 8PAUGH, D. D. \
It is characteristic of young peo
ple to think that theirs is the best
age in life. I recall my son once
saying to me that he was glad he
was young and could "have fun."
He didn't see how I hacP"any. I had
difficulty explaining to him that I
have much more enjoyment in life
at my age than I did when I was
his age.
Each stage in life has its oppor
tunities for satisfaction and
achievement. Unfortunately, many
do not find them and never rise
above the horizons of youth. The
second half of life, middle age,
can ai*i should be* most fruitful
and satisfying. It should be the cre
ative period of life.
Whereas in the'years of youth
and early maturity^ the-attention
is occupied with exploring material
tilings, establishing a home, rearing
a family, the second half is an even
more fascinating area to explore.
But we have to rise above the "hori
zons of the first to do it.
There is a^d^lightful book pub
lished in recent years, "Making
the Most of the Rest of Life" by
K?irl Ruf Stolz (Abbingdon-Cokes
bury $1.50) which should be read
by every middle aged person, par- l
ticularly 4hose who are married
and have Children. 1
Dr. Stolz divides adult life into
THE HUMAN RACE
Lakeville, Conn.: In the school
lavatory of swank Hotchkiss School
was penciled; "Armbruster van
Kilroy 3rd was here."
? * *
Burnt Lake, B. C.: Joe Corbett
lost his false teeth while batting,
six years later had his second pair
stolen by a raccoon, got them back,
swallowed them at a fish fry.
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Bethune, France: When Henri
Roy, 102, heard he had been made
a Knight of the Legion of Honor
he said, "Now I can die happy,"
then fell dead.
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r
Portland, Ore.: William Mason,
Jr., had neighbors who wouldn't
keep" their yapping dogs in nights.
Mason crawled under his neigh
bor's house, barked all night, made
his point.
? * ?
St. Clairsville, Ohio: The sheriff
was sick and tired of locking up
John Brehm, got an order barring
Brehm from staying in the Bel
mont County Jail.
* * *
Hamburg, Germany: Black mar
ket operators in alcohol were final
ly trapped when the Zoological'
Museum reported that its 450,000
picked specimens were suddenly
drying up.
? ? ?
Salem, Ore.: While tying his
baby's shoe laces, Robert Lantz
sneezed, dropped the baby, black
ened its eye, dislocated his own
shoulder.
? * * .
Wheeling, W. Va.: Driving his.
own car, Edward Bowie, Jr., sneez
ed, rammed another car which then'
smashed into a third car. Total!
damages; $1,500. !
A Hollywood farmer was asked
what time he went to work in the
morning. He replied, 1 don't Go to
work. I'm surrounded with it when
I get up.' ?Hollywood Gazette.
? ? ?
Another trouble with a war is
that the duration last so much
longer than the fighting does.?
Cincinnati Enquirer.
f
four periods: 1?The Period of Ad
justment; (Ages 23 to 35), 2?The
Period of Achievement; (Ages 35
to 55), 3?The Period of Conser
vation (Ages 55 to 65), 4?The Pe
riod of Retirement (Age_ 65 to
death). While these age limits are
not arbitrary, they are suggestive.
The book is most profitable read
ing^Tor those in all four of these
periods. It discusses second mar
riages, the change of life for both
men and women, and that period
of potential readjustments after
children grow up and leave the
home.
Life is what we make of it. It is
like a tree: as long as it is green,
it grows. When it becomes dry, it
soon commences to rot. We can
grow mentally and spiritually, long
after Ave.^attain physical maturity.
It should continue to the end of
life. And it will, as long as we are
willing to learn,
TO-DAY
By F. Q. BROWN
Dut of the city of eternity
Has come a new unblemished
day.
.She has never passed this way
before,
And never again will she pass this
way.
iShe carefully unfolds her garnered |
treasures,
And bids me choose my heart's
desire.
L see among her treasures many
things,
That a noble soul does not require.
I have chosen that which without
I'd be poor, 4
And others impoverished because
of me.
A simple faith in the goodness
of men, ?
And a simple faith in the good
ness of me.
The constancy of joy and happi
ness;
A~sustaining truth in the near
ness of health,
With a rich abiding love of the
soul,
That counts far more than golden
wealth.
Dh! To-day. Help me to see the
fleeting beauty
Wreathing a child's face or
glowing in a poem.
Or hidden in the handiwork of
man,
As up and down this^glorious land
I roam.
A very worthy work that taxes my
stresngth,
And tests my diligent patience,
And redeems this my earthly life
From a meaningless existence.
That when I come to the end of
day,
With a few leisure moments en
velop me,
Thaft mystery may touch the
tender chords of my soul,
And I shall know that, it was God
who came to me.
If a golden wedding signifies 50
years together, and a silver wed
ding means 25 years, these quickies
of today that are ending in divorce
courts might be called the wooden
nickel weddings. ?The St. John
News.
Winston Churchill said he didn't
become Prime Minister lor the
purpose of liquidating the British
Empire. But it is beginning to look
like some of hs successors will get
the job done. ?The Arvin Tiller.
Your friends will appreciate
a warm, friendly card of
congratulations on their an
niversary! And remember,
It means a little more when
you choose the finest?a
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