VISITORS TO SMOKIES PARK ARE INCREASING GATLINBURG ? Visitors to Great Smoky Mountains National park are again increasing, accord ing to John Morrell, park ranger in charge of the checking stations. Ranger Morrell reports that April and May visitors outnum bered those for the same months last year by nearly 10 per cent. It was last year that Smoky Mountains park, with 1,157,930 visitors, had the greatest atten dance of any national par it. However, peak attendance was in 1941 when there were 1,310,101 visitors! although several ot.ier parks topped that total. Morrell's figures showed 78,339 visitors in April and 91.239 in May, a total of 169,598, against 70,539 and 85,608 in April and May, 1946, respectively, a total oi' L56.146. As more aulomobiles become available later in the yea*'. Mor rell believes the attendance will continue to increase and possibly set an all-time high despite a sharply decreased attendance in the winter months because of se vere cold, heavy snows and black See SOSSAMON'S For Tour' BOAT MOTORS PHONE 57?8YLVA Cam phot I'm ICE CREAM Made Fresh TWICE DAILY All Popular Flavors RITZ BUJLDING z CULLOWHEE NEWS Mr. and Mrs. William Churchill of S:. Petersburg, Fla., arrived Sunday to spend the summer at the Bob Cotter home. M.s. Elbert Shelton underwent a major operation at the C. J. Har ris hospital J Sylva, Tuesday. She is reportc^jl to be getting along nicely. * Mr. and Mrs. Ben Norton left last Monday to make their home in Sedi o Wooley, Wash. Mr. I/ee Hooper, Sr., of Cullo whee and Atlanta, Ga? suffered an accident recently in which he received a broken hip. He is re ported to be :n a critical condi tion at tne G.'\?dy hospital. Atlanta. M i .v s Edith Buchanan, who teaches i:i Milledgeville, Ga., is <>now doing research work at Dukd University. Sne .s the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L >gan Buchanan of Culiowhee. Mrs. M. X. Bevili of Gainesville, ; Fla., ai rived Fiiday to spend the J summer 1m* Long farm, Cullo ; whee. Mrs. Bevill has been to i C ullowhee for her vacations for i the pa>t sovei.fl years. i Mrs. H. T. H??Lits, Jr., and daugh ter, Linda, wiil spend the week end in New Market. Tenn.. with relatives. Kev. Mr. Houts is at tending a short course for minis ters at Emory University. Miss Kathryn Davis spent a lew days trie first of the week at Greensboro. Vesper,services wilHoe held each Monday evening at 6:30 in the par i*>r of Moore' dormitory. The ser vice will be conducted by Mr. Ed ward Whitson, the recently ap pointed minister for the Presby terian congregations of Sylva and Culiowhee. All Presbyterians and other friends are extended a cor dial invitation. ed roads. Attendance in January was 12. 810, which was 104 less than the year before. Visitors dropped 10,000 in Feb | ruary when 20,740 visitors were checked. Biggest drop was in March when visitors fell to 2&,673 from 79,143 the year before. But now hotel accommodations are scarce and most of the better cabins booked for weeks ahead. Newfound Gap on the North Carolina line continues by far to be :he favorite spot for visitors, Mor i'ell said, witii Clingman's Dome, sloven miles awav by motor plus a ? ^"K^rni 1 e afoot, -ocond. Moi rell said there is now an cm age of 'seven passengers to t'\viy two automobiles, while dur I I -yf A WHICH II Kit JIU) 11 It V RtrniHS I LI LI U S i! o ~ <> oJEWELRY COMPANY!! X ? In the Ritz Building Sylva, N. C. Webbing Snbitations Engraved or Plateless Engraved ...on . .. FINE QUALITY STOCK Place your order early for the BEST SERVICE jTHE BOOK STORE In 8ylv? Herald Bufttfinfl Here lie the remains of a driver who thought he could drink and still drive a car. Racing down the highway at a dangerous speed, his car wandered off the edge of the pavement, dragged on the sandy shoulder, and was wrenched into a spin. Drunken drivers are potential murderers of every other motorist who comes near them on the road. They were involved in more than 5,000 fatal accidents last year. Na tional Conservation Bureau safety specialists say even one or/two drinks slow up reactions, make judgment ur.sure, increase chances of accident three to four times. LOOKING AHEAD by GEORGE S. BENSON President?MarJitig College Searcy. Arkansas Put on a Lid If you aren't a deadbeat and you expect to stay out of bankruptcy and you want a decent credit rec1 ore!, the chances are that you pay ycur expenses pretty much as you go. When emergencies arise, you watch your budget so that you spend as little as possible. It's a good old American custom to live within in come. That's a practice that makes for sturdy citizenship and for com munity stability. But here we are, all of us together as a nation, very much wanting to cut our taxes but very leery about reducing budget expenditures. The national budget, you know, repre sents what we do with our tax money. It is fine to shout hooray when taxes are cut, but it will make more sense If we first learn to whittle down oux alarming budget without frowning. A good strong lid on government si ending is the only, sane route to tax reductions. A Halt to Spending The President has proposed a budget of $37,500,000,000 which Con-_ gross is currently reviewing. Senti ment exists in Congress for a ceiling on federal pending much lower than the budger recommended by the President. Congress, as soon as pos sible, should place a limit of $30,000, )00,000, above which federal spend ing may not go. Ultimately, a budget of $20,000,000,000 ought to be ade quate to run our federal machinery. Most citizens claim little compre nension of these astronomical fig ures. Twenty bfllion may seem more ?ike measurements characteristic of distances to the stars.- But the fig are is dollars. This proposed peace time expenditure pro?tfcm of $37,500, )00,000 is $9,330,000,000 more than we Ipent for non-defer.se items in 1946, not counting interest on national debt. This astronomical budget means ;hat almost $300 is asked from every jving American. It is estirrrated that luch a budget would cost the aver age family $1,000 in taxes this year. Budget in hand, your pencil will show.in short order that we have no Detter way to get out from under our ;ax burdens than to limit our sper.d jig. We may cut our taxes without paying any attention \o, federal ipending, but the outcome will be deficit spending and added debt. You're Paying Salaries Senator Byrd says there has been rery little reduction in war-expanded personnel of government. Not count ,ng the various war agencies, Sena tor Byrd points to constantly in creasing personnel totals. These Jumped nearly 300.000 since V-J Day. Moneywise, this tondenry is graph ically shown by the request of the Department of Commerce for $261,. )00.000 in 1948. This is an increase of 600% over the $.10,000,000 this de partment spent in 1932. Budget reductions reviewed by Congressional committees have sug fested elimination of about one-half million federal payrollers. This is ill too few. To bring the number of civilian employees of the govern ment down to the swollen figure of 1939 we must lay off 1,500,000. (We'd jtill have 900.000 eating from the public breadbasket.) This would be I most logical way to avoid an an nual expenditure of more than five I million dollars. This could be money I ?aved. It's out of your pockets and nine. ! USDA announces that its price ; support program for 1947 crop thresher run dry edible peas will be implemented through purchase ! agreements with growers. Last ? year the support program operated i through dealers, covering cleaned 1 and graded peas. ing the war there was eight. Checks are made on Sundays and the following Wednesdays at Smokemont and Townsend and daily at Gatlinburg during the warm months. SYLVA SCOUTS LEAVE FOR SUMMER CAMP Several Boy Scouts from the Sylva troop left early Monday morning t? attend summer camp at Camp Daniel Boone. H. F. Fer guson took the boys to the camp. Scoujs attending from Sylva are: Tommy Ferguson, Franklirw Fricks, Dick Barkley, Frank Crawford, Jr., Jimmy Crawford, and Lambert Hooper. " They will spend varying lengths of times at camp?one, two, three or four weeks. Jimmy Bales4 who is a counsel or at Camp Daniel Boone, left last week and will be there during the entire summer camp period. Chamber Of Commerce To Meet July 3rd ' The first Friday night of each month is regular meeting date for the directors of the Chamber of ^Commerce. Since Friday, July 4th, 4s a holiday, President Felix Picklesimer has announced that the meeting will be moved up to Thursday night. Ju'.y 3, at 8 o'clock in the forestry office in Hotel Lloyd. Calendar of Events FRIDAY, JUNE 27?The Ameri can Legion will meet at the courthouse at 7:30 p. m. L. H. Higdon, commander. FRIDAY, JUNE 27?'The Ameri can Legion Auxiliary will meet with Mrs. Ed Bryson at Cullo whee. Members will meet at the post office in Sylva at 3:30 p. m. where cars will be provided to take them to Cullowhee; Mrs. Dan Tompkins, president. FRIDAY, JUNE 27?Oce Chapter No. 139 Order of Eastern Star and Dillsboro Lodge No. 459 will hold a joint celebration in the Masonic Hall at Dillsboro at 7 p. m. TUESDAY. JULY 1?The Rotary club will have a dinner meeting in Allison building at 7 p. m. Dr. D. D. Hooper, president. WEDNESDAY, JULY 2?The Hal cyon club will meet with Mrs; Cicero Bryson at 8 p. m. Mrs. Claude Campbell, president. THURSDAY, JULY 3--The B. H. Cathey Chapter, United Daugh ters of the Confederacy will not meet at this time as the chapter has disbarred for the remaining summer months. Mrs. J. A. Bry son, president. Kidneys Must Work Well For You To Feel Well 24 hours every day, 7 day* every week, never stopping, the kidneys filter waste matter from the blood. If more people were aware of how the kidneys must constantly remove sur plus fluid, exceaa'acids and other Waste matter that cannot stay in the blood without injury to health, 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't stimulate the func tion oi the kidneys and help them to flush out poisonous waste from the blood. They contain nothing harmful. Get Doan't today. Use with confidence. At all drug stores. OANS P( LLS Holdens Buy Pure Oil Service Station Here Messrs. Robert and Leonard Hojden have purchased from W. R. Hampton and W. A. Reece, the Pure Oil Service Station, formerly known as Reece-Hampton Service Station, which is located at the new intersection of highway Nos. 19-23 and 107 in East Sylva. The~ business transaction was completed a few weeks ago and the new owners took charge of the business last week. Mr. Robert Holden will be manager in charge of the station. FREE - - FREE ONE NEW ATLAS TUBE With Each New ATLAS Tire Plus A Liberal Trade-In Allowance On Your Old Tire and Tube TREADWELD RECAPPING 6:00-16 TIRE fC AA ~ FOR ONLY VW.UU OTHER SIZES PRICED ACCORDINGLY During this Introductory Offer to MODERN METHODS OF RECAPPMG JACK ail HOWARD ALLISONS O. K. RUBBER WELDERS Esso Products ? Complete Service PHONE 136 EAST MAIN STREET SYLVA Em ShinSle. 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Our .carpenters give, you satisfactory work and at a minimum cost. JACKSOIN COAL & LUMBER Phone 38 . Sylva, N. C.

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