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THE SYLVA HERALD Published By THE HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY Sylva, North Carolina The County Seat of Jackson County J. A. GRAY and J. M. BIRD .Publishers PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY Entered at the post office at Sylva, N. C.f a* Second Class Mail Matter, as provided under the Act of March 3, 1879, November 20, 1914. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year, In Jackson County .. -...$2.00 Six Months, In Jackson County 1.25 One Year, Outside Jackson County 2.50 Six Months, Outside Jackson County 1.50 All Subscriptions Payable In Advanc? - yX^Nonh Carolina Xrass ASSOC^K3N^> V-/ MEDITATION He said, Bring them -hither to me. Matt. 14: 18 To the disciples, who had only five loaves and two fishes, the feeding of five thousand was a difficulty. Bu^ Jesus simply said, "Bring them to me" and all were fed with twelve baskets of fragments gathered up afterward. Who of us today are not encompased, ajid some times almost overwhelmed, with difficulties, trials, and emergencies? These are but empty vessels which, through faith, prayer, and service, will be filled with blessings, comfort, and peace, if we will but carry them to God. FSA Farmers Make Good Record If Congress makes the big cut it con templates in the proposed budget for , Farm Stecurfty and other farm programs, it will directly affect several hundred farm families in Jackson county and will put a stop to a program that has been one of the most successful farm programs carried on under a Federal Agency. Of course the North Carolina farm exten sion program, carried out under the. di rection of county agent M. L, Snipes, is the biggest and broadest farm program .carried on. But this article has to do with the FSA program which will suffer most if the budget is slashed as proposed by the congress. According to the records of the local FSA office 603 Jackson county farm fam ilies have benefited from loans made by this agency over the eight-year period of operation. The records show that 90 per cent of this borrowed money has been paid as it comes due and that many of the one-time tenant farmers, who are now paying for their own farms through these loans, are about six years ahead of schedule. Had it not been for the program the 34 tenant farmers who are now paying for their farms would probably have con tinued to be tenants. This means that the economic and social standard of these 34 . families have been greatly improved by the fact^that they are now land owners which gives them greater pride and in terest in the upbuilding of their farm lands, homes, livestock, etc., as weH as a greater interest in community better ment. With this kind of prograigfgoing on all over the nation one can readily see what the stoppage will mean. It is to be hoped that congress will see fit to re store the funds for this program to the original budget figures. COOPERATING - . The citizens of Sylva are to be com mended for their splendid cooperation in an effort to help keep a clear through traffic lane on Mill street by refraining from the many years' habit of parking on this street. Since they are cooperat ing so well in not parking on this street, trucks are able to get to the rear of the various buildings for unloading purposes without completely blocking the street. The police department is also grateful for this cooperation, since only a sugges tion on its part has been all that was nec essary, so far, to keep the street open. CRIME North Carolina, like other sections of the country, seems to be in the throes of a crime wave wh\ch is a challenge to the citizens of the state. Drastic action must be taken in trying to combat and eradi cate this tendency. We note that there is great concern in the press over the clearing of criminals, which makes us all realize how much better it would be if the courts upheld the laws of the commonwealth as writ ten and not be influenced by anyone. However, this seems like locking the barn after the horse has been stolen. There also arises the question of how far should clemency be granted these Inside Washington Special to Central Preaa WASHINGTON ? A well-informed member of the CIO's political action staff freely admits that labor erred in going before congressional committees to op pose any and all types of labor legislation. This negative attitude, the official con cedes, irritated enemies of labor who were determined to enact some kind of legislation regulating unions and prob ably resulted in ntfich tougher bills in both branches of Congress. Most important, the "no, no, no" at titude left labor's friends on Capitol Hill behind the eight-ball. The PAC expert says labor should have mapped out a definite program of legis lation and supported it. Then, he ex plains, labor's friends in Congress would have had some ammunition with which to counteract punitive legislation. All of this was second-guessing, how ever, and union chiefs admit their only hope was a presidential veto. . FROM THE FOG SURROUNDING early developments of World War II comes disclosure that American investi gators found a veritable "bonanza" when they took over the German embassy in Washington during the forepart of the conflict. The chief of the State department's special projects division, Albert S/Clat tenburg, reveals that when they opened the embassy safe they found? $3,500,000 ?in good, old United States hard cash. Then, State department's official "yeggs" cracked the Jap embassy safe. Pickings wene slimmer thqre. . It yielded only $30,000, American money.. The United States government "safe crackers" were disappointed by the amount in the Nipponese vaults?they had expected $500,000. SPEAKER JOE MARTIN IS STAND ING at the political crossroads and his friends are attempting to entice him down?or perhaps up?an intriguing road for 1948. They are urging Martin to make a bid j for the GOP vice presidential nomination when the convention meets next year in Philadelphia. They believe that Martin is the man, should Senator Robert Taft, of Ohio, be named to head the ticket. Geographi cally, they concede their position would be weak if New York's Governor Dewey gets the presidential nomination again. Martin is popular not only in. New England but throughout the grass roots, where his record of consistent public ser vice rates A-plus. However, Joe is let ting it be known that he considers the speakership as second only to the presi dency in importance. If things shape up to their liking, Mar tin's backers will put the vice presiden tial nomination business on a "duty first" basis. They will insist that Joe Martin owes it to the part he has served through out his political life. Joe may find it hard to say "no" to that one. BAD WEATHER THROUGHOUT THE NATION threatens the 1947 out put of American farmers, who turned out the world's greatest production of food last year. Spring work on most farms, says the Agriculture department, has been delay ed by continued cold and wet weather. As a result, plowing and seeding opera tions are two to three weeks later than usual. Many acres intended for oats in the northeast and north central states this year were still unplanted as late as May 1. Adverse weather also prevented plow ing for corn and other crops in the same states. In the south, corn and tobacco plant ing is behind schedule because of the cold and rainy weather in recent weeks. Fortunately, the bad weather hasn't had any disastrous effect on the most im portant fo*d crop?wheat. The Agricul ture department still anticipates a wheat production this year of more than one billion bushels?the largest in United States history. Eight of the nine justices of the U. S. Supreme Court and seven of the 10 mem bers of the President's cabinet are mem bers of The American Legion. criminals? Strict enforcement of the laws would certainly have a deterrent effect on potential criminals. ?Waynesville Mountaineer The Everyday Counsellor By REV. HERBERT 8PAUCtH, D. D. This is being written wfrile I am literally "up in tbe air," and a boat 7 thousand feet at that! Travel by plane is becoming increasingly popular. It is certainly mote com fortable, and according to statis tics, is far safer than traveling, by automobile. /v Day flying, anuX particularly night flying, has bee\^piade an exact science by radio. In the first place, the pilot is. able to> aom municate with the ground and the various airfields which are along his route as plotted.by the special maps which he uses. He can thus secure weather reports as he goes along. By this method, he can also receive landing instructions. But the greatest marvel of the radio is what is called flying 1 "blind"- by the radio beam. The I pilot, wearing headphones, listens for the sound of the radio beam sent out by the radio stations at* tacned to the various airfields be low him. He has a m ip of these. When he is flying "on the beam," the direction of which is indicated on his map, he hears a steady hum in the earphones. If he gets "off the beam" to the right, he gets an other signal?"A," which is a. dot dash. If he goes to the left, he gets still another signal?"N", which is a dash-dot. As long as his radio works and he follows his map, he can keep his plane'on the planned course and can expect to reach his destination, even though, he can not actually see the ground. The resemblance between flying by the radio beam and daily living is so striking that no one can miss it. We can't see inta;ttie. future. We live from day to day, hour to hour, ?yes, minute to minute. All of us have a destination, one o? two, Heaven or. Hell. Many of us seem not to have made a posi tive selection, however,, if actions are to be judged.. Almighty God has provided a When we live according, to the di vine will, to the div&re plan for each individual life, we are "on With Lifitts Jewelers Martin Cunningham, an expert watchmaker, has arrived in Sylva to be connected with: t&e Liltes Jewelry Stoi.e. As soon as they can find a house;. Mr. Cunningham and his wife expect t<i move here from Fjrt Mill, South Carolina. He was recently discharged from the army air forces. Enhance the Resting Place of your dear departed with a,monument made of eturdy granite ? handaomely In* ecrlbed. See our fine aeieo tlon. SYLVA granite and marble Works the beam,'* There is inward peace, / . the steady hum of contentment. But when we get "off tfte boon," tfcat steady*/hum of peatarand con tentment isa interrupted^ ami can science signals its warning. This we can ignore, and may dt>v but tfhe warning: signal is reflected' in confused thinking, erratic actions, loud and selfish talk. We can go^ to the lelfc of. "t&e beam," as we break and ignore the great moaal laws of God and engage in sin and unrighteousness. We can also go to the right of "the beam," and make our interpreta tion of God's plan for us through the Gospel so severe, f(irbidding, dluine radio beam ? conscience. ForifMr Pdiicemen Ask Why Tfeey WereTired Editor of The Herald k Dear Sir: In your last edition a story was published headfed, "Sylva Police and Clerk asktsi to r?sign" and even to now neither we or the people of Sylva understand why this action was taken so suddenly iwhen on May 29tti the present board voted to retain the? old force, then five days" later asked for our resignation. It is not fair to us who haVe served the town and people without a*y speitial ciutielsin to be placed irr the light that this action has cast oil us. Through your valued paper we feel that the new board should let the people of Sylva know just why this actwn was taken. As now stands tfrtf people can only think and wonder-. If we violated rules and regulations which as officers we should not have then let* the people know about it. If not then come clean and give we men of ? the former force credit for our 1 faithful duty as well as let the. J respectable citiaaixs know just what ..it is all about. Mr. Aldermen;, we expect you ten wrake a public explanation. Signed: Don HSkvis Jame*. Mason George Evans and joyless, that vm also lose "the beam." Follow that Steady hum of peace and contentment which tells us that we are on th?divine course tb thtp "Father's House," and are livingr as the Psalmist calls it, "in the ttuuae of the Lorrti." LOOKING BACKWARD From fttto Fllei 6rf The RurelKe ef 16 year* a#o Misses Sadie Lou tfoutherlafid and Llewellyn Rhodes hif?e return ed from N.C.C.W. at Greensboro, where they attended graduation exercises. They were accompanied home by Miss Caroline fthodes who graduated there. Miss Jometa Hig&on has arrived from Piedmont College, Demcrest, G& where she graduated, to spend the summer with hetf parents, Mr. ancf Mrs. J. S. Higdorr. C oar ad Nichols, son af Dr. ami Mrs.. A. S. Nichols,, graduated I Thursday from Atlanta^ Southern. Dental college and is visiting hiss parents". He is undecided as to' where he? will locate for practice. Mrs. H. C. Allison and daugh ter, Sue, have returned from Ra leigh where they attended com mencement at Meredith college. Miss. Kate Allison accompanied them home for the summer. Heu.. D. H. Rhinehart, Mrs. Rhinehart, Mrs. M. D. Cowan and Mrs. JH! BUehanan, Sr., were in Andrews attending the Waynes ville 'District conference last Wednesday andl Thursday. In the recent democratic pri mary the: following were electedito run in the election this fall: lor representative, Dazx Tompkins; sheriff, J: J. Maney. finance com misioner, JI D. Cowan; for part time- commissioners* W. A. Hoop er. W. C. Norton* and J. E. Rogers; Painting and Decorating By ExperienceiEPainteis. ESTIMATES FREE?EASY PAYMENTS IF BESIREO See JIMMY MORRIS S$Jtea, Phone 71 WagneavJfta, Phone 423 * SENSATIONAL NEW dutmatio HOME LAUNDRY WITH THESE OUTSTANDING FEATURES BETTER BUILT TO DO A BETTER JOB - f % Come In For A Demonstration TERMS?1-3 Down Easy Monthly Payments BUCHANAN AUTO AND ELECTRIC CO. 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