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
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Act of March 3, 1879, November 20, 1914.
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BIBLE THOUGHT
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless
them that curse you, do good to them that hate you,
and pray for them that despitely use you, and per
secute you.
That ye may be children ol your Father which is
in heaven: for lie maReth^trtS'sun to rise on the evil
and on the good, and sendeth rain on the jQst and
on the unjust. Matt. 5: 44-45
IT HAPPENS TOO OFTEN
Another child is dead?shot through
the head with a .22 calibre rifle in the
hands of a younger brother?this time
it's 12-year old Virginia Condrey of West
Marion. The weapon, in the hands of her
9-year old brother, Freddie, supposed to
be Unloaded, was picked up from a corner
by the youth, who in a playful act, point
ed it at the sister and pulled the trigger,
the bullet going through her head. An
older brother had carelessly set the gun
the corner without having removed
the shell. Results?the funeral for young
/ sister held Wednesday afternoon.
^ Home fatalities, as well as the death
* tragedies of the highway and airways,
are usually the direct result of somerone's
carelessness or neglect?all of which
either snatches off a beautiful and useful
life or maybe rushes off a life to an eter
nal destiny before it is ready to go. Think
thru the Lord's reply to Cain's question:
"Am I my brother's keeper?" Genesis 4:
9-13.
A National Highway Safety Campaign
Through the combined efforts of thou
sands of daily and weekly newspapers
throughout the United States, a National
Highway Safety Program was launched
this week throughout the nation; Because
of its purpose alone, the campaign is one
of the most praiseworthy and beneficial
public services in recent years.
Any effort to reduce or eliminate the
tragic toll of traffic accidents which an
nually account for thousands of needless
deaths is worthy of wholehearted sup
port.
Last year 33,500 persons were acci
dentally killed on our streets and high
ways. The staggering total of 1,150,000
were injured and an economic loss of
over two billion dollars resulted.
What makes those lost lives, the pain
and suffering, and the economic loss more
tragic is the realization that, with proper
care and precaution, they could have
been avoided.
Now, as a result of the President's
Highway Safety Conference last year
and the second meeting of the Conference
last week, an intensive effort is being
made to prevent traffic accidents in the
future. Much has already been accom
plished in the way of traffic enforcement
and engineering. The National Highway
Safety Program is the newspapers' con
tribution to the educational phase of ac
cident prevention.
But it has been significantly pointed
out by Maj. Gen. Philip B. Fleming, gen
eral chairman of the President's High
way Safety Conference, that brief, spas
modic campaigns will not bring lasting
results. There is need for intensive effort
on thef part of every man, woman and
child.
4'Each one of us, as driver or pedes
trian/' says General Fleming, "must ac
cept in good faith our own individual
responsibility. Each man, woman and
child must accept in his own conscience,
as before the law, the responsibility for
the consequences of his own acts."
That can mean only one thing.- We
must all, by our own individual efforts,
strive constantly for the improvement of
the public attitude toward safety. The re
sult will be the sparing of our own lives
Inside Washington
Special to Central Preaa
? 4
WASHINGTON?Agriculture depart^
ment officials are casting cautious glance^
at the 1947 potato crop, which may be a
bonanza like last year's when many mil*
lions of bushels .were destroyed to keep
- prices up.
Already a relatively small amount of
the 1947 potato crop has been destroyed
in Alabama. How much more of it will
have to be disposed of by the government
is yet unknown ? and will remain un
known until the northern states crop is
harvested.
Under a mandate of Congress, the gov
ernment is forced to pay subsidies to po
tato growers when the market price falls
below parity. This cost Uncle feam a good
bit of money last year and lost a lot of
potatoes from the bumper crop.
Now angry cries are heard in Congress
about the government destroying pota
toes from the 1947 crop. Most of the
blasts come from new congressmen, who
?department officials say privately?do
not know the law about potatoes, or that
Congress ordered the subsidy.
The United States has tried to give po
tatoes to the starving people abroad, but
they will not take them. Great Britain,
which has a terrific food shortage, will
not accept United Spates potatoes, claim
ing they have a disease which would
blight British spuds.
The situation: The government is
spending the taxpayers' money to keep
the price of potatoes up so the taxpayers
will have to pay more for them.
Rosie and Winnie ? Remember Rosie
the Riveter and Winnie the Welder? They
are back in peacetime jobs, they have
traded slacks and overalls for daintier at
tire. And they like it!
The United States Women's Bureau so
states in a report based on a spot survey
designed to find out what happened to
the thousands of Rosies and Winnies who
lost their wartime jobs after V-J Day.
The Bureau found that at Baltimore, a
large industrial city, two-thirds of wom
en war workers now have steady peace
time jobs.
Tfie agency said that women in fac
tories have turned from such rugged jobs
as welding and riveting to assembling,
testing, inspecting, and operation of light
machines. The report observed:
"Women like such work because it
gives them an opportunity to use their |
natural dexterity, exercise responsibili
ty, and pa^ attention to minute details.,,
HovVever, war work had one major ef
fect on women in industry. Before the
war, more than 50 per cent of factory
employed women worked in garment or
textile plants. Now they prefer metal
working assignments.
FCC Economy?The Federal Commu
nications Commission is aligning itself
with the current lower-prices campaign
by pushing down the price of transcripts
of commission testimony.
In inviting bids from stenographic re
porting companies for the next fiscal
year, the FCC emphasized the desirabili
ty of lowering the cost of the transcripts
to the radio industry and other interest
ed parties.
Moreover, the commission announced
that it will forego the $15,000 yearly
bonus which the stenographic companies
have paid the government in the past for
the exclusive privilege of doing this
work.
The companies make up the bonus
through sale of transcripts to interested
parties. The commission feels that in
shunning the bonus it is setting a good
example in the trend to save money for
buyers. *
YOU'RE TELLING ME!
Connecticutt police time.fast traveling
automobiles by use of radar. Add to the
list of those who lost the war the reckless
driver and speeder.
Wet weather may reduce the supply of
honey this year. Science should get busy
and develop a bee-size umbrella.
_New York university now has a course
for traffic policemen. When exam time
looms many a student will wish he could
make a quick U turn.
A Hungarian physician claims he can
hypnotize bears and lions. Meanwhile,
the Russian Bear goes ahead and hypno
tizes the Hungarians.
"BB" SHOT
The Everyday Counsellor
By REV. HERBERT 8PAUGH, D. D.
"We don't want pity and sym
pathy, we only want honorable
means to earn our livelihood and
to be accepted for what we are and
what we can do,"-declared a blind
veteran in one of the most moving
addresses I have ever heard. He
was addressing a civic club con
vention to which he was a dele
gate of his local club. His ability
to overcome his handicap, and
reach the important post of presi
dent of his club was a' tribute to
ability and determination.
He made a moving plea for the
disabled and handicapped. He said
that one out ot every live persons
in the United States was either
disabled or handicapped; one out}
of seven needed rehabilitation;'that
one out of eight had a disability
whicfi was more or tess permanent*
There are now eighty-five thou
sand disabled civilians, and two
hundred and twenty-eight thou
sand disabled veterans in the U. Sm
available lor reemployment. 6f
these, he said one hundred thou
sand disabled veterans are now
under training.
The disabled veteran wants a
job which gives him the dignity of
self-support. He has earned it, and
is willing to work for it, and to
Town Board Seeks
Improved Conditions;
Water Leaks Repaired
???Oar new year begins July 1,
1947. As a new mayor and Board
of Aldermen we want to do all we
can to make our town of Sylva the
best place on earth to' live. We
want a clean, wholesome, and
beautiful town. To have such a
place we must Work together for
one common cause.
There are quite a number of im
provements we need to start with
but, since new materials are almost
impossible to get, we must repair
and take care of what we already
have.
Our water supply is very low
due to the fact that a number of
people need to repack their water
faucets. A lot of water is wasted in
homes and business places because
of such leaks. We are doing all we
can to find and repair all leaking
water mains as quickly as possi
ble. To keep those repairs up takes'
financing and we find in checking'
over the water accounts that there*
is some $1000 in delinquent water
rents.
We will be sorry if you do not
have water but we must be fair to
all. If you are behind in your rent
as much as four months or more,
pay up at once or we will be forced
to cut off your water supply to
protect those who do pay. We ask
you therefore'to please stop your
leaks and pay up your water rents.
We, the town mayor'and Board
of Aldermen, ask you to co-oper
ate with us by putting your shoul
der to the wheel and pushing with
us for a bigger and better Sylva.
Jack Allison, Mayor
Aldermen:
Dr. Harold McGuire, Chmn.
R. R. Nicholson, Jr.
Ed Baldridge
Lloyd Cowan
Joe L. Wilson
The size of a dairy or beef herd~
should not exceed the carrying ca
pacity of pastures and roughage
available on the farm.
maintain it.
The federal and state govern
ment is providing increasing ser
vice to enable the disabled and
handicapped to train for employ
ment by whifch they may earn their
livelihood. Any disabled civilian or
veteran can learn of this service
through the welfare agencies or
veteran's organizations.
The time was, when these handi
capped people were considered a
total financial loss to society. Now
it is realized that the majority can
be trained for useful occupations.
This not only restores to a man
his self-respect, but also relieves
family or state of maintaining him
in, urjfemployment, to the cost of
from $300 to $600 a year.
These disabled veterans deserve
all tl~at we can give them. They
want to be rehabilitated so that
they can move in soeiety?as^nor
mal people and not as objects of
sympathy and pity. Let's give them
what they ask and what they de
serve, a fair chance. During the I
war, they^were in our prayers, our
bond campaigns, in our letters, j
Now they deserve to be in ouv I
thoughts and plans. They emmin- }
ently deserve a fair and large place
in our economy. 1
GAY NEWS
The Rev. George Woodard and
daughter, Willa Mae Woodard, of |
Leatherman are visiting in Gay |
this week. |
Friends of Mrs. Bryant Brown- |
ing will be glad to learn that she I
is doing nicely at Angel hospital.
The Rev. Joe Bishop has re
turned from Angel hospital where
he has been taking treatment.
L. A. Pressley, who has been ill
for some time, left Friday to go
to Baptist hospital in Winston
Salem. "He was accompanied by
Monroe L. Wilson and Eldon
Moody.
Mrs. John Buchanan spent last
week-end at Canton visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Vester Morgan, and
Mrs. Von Hall.
Miss Pearl Beasley and Miss
Nancy Beasley of Sylva spent last
week-end here with their sister,
Mrs. Henry Deitz.
Mrs. Pearl Roundtree of Frank
lin is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Calvin
Wilson. *
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Buchanan
of Cullowhee spent the week-end
with Mr. and Mrs. Furman Bu
chanan.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Wilson of
Webster were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. A. C. Wilson on Sunday.
Charlie R. Wilson and a group
of young folk enjoyed a camping
and fishing trip to Fontana Dam
Friday and Staurday.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wilson'
spent Sunday afternoon with Mr.
and Mrs. C. C. Jones.
Cullowhee Cemetery
To Be Cleaned And
Beautified July 1
It has been announced that the
annual gathering of citizens who
have friends and relatives buried
in. the Cullowhee cemetery will
take place Tuesday* July 1, for the
purpose of cleaning briers, weeds
and other growth and trash <rom
the graves. All persons interested
in keeptng^this-eemeiery in. a neat
appearance are urged to remember
the date and be on hand with tools
necessary for doing the work.
LOOKING BACKWARD
From the Filet of The Rurellte
of 16 years ago
Miss Myrtie Keller, ofc Cullo
whee, who has been recently ap
pointed Home Demonstration agent
for Buncombe county, will leave
about July 4th to assume her new
duties. She is at present in New
York. She has had ten years ex
perience with the Extension ser
vice in North Carolina.
Sylva scored its fifth straight
victory in the Smoky Mountain
league when it trimmed Leicester
here Saturday 7-0. The Sylva Jun
iors defeated the Hazelwood Jun
iors on Friday, 12-7.
Dr. F. F. Brown, president of
the Southern Baptist convention
and pastor of the First Baptist
church in Knoxville, will preach $t
Scott's Creek Baptist church Sun
day at 8 p. m. Dr. Brown is well
known here, having been born and
reared in this county near Glen
ville.
^Chester Glenn and little R.
Glenn returned yesterday from
Wilmington. They were accom
panied by the former's mother,
MrsTTannie Glenn, and Katherine
Glenn, who will spend the summer
here.
Miss Hattie Hilda Sutton, who
spent the past year in Oklahoma
with her aunt, Mrs. Bryson, has re
turned home.
The Young Men's Boethian ^Bible
class of Dillsboro ^SutuJIy schoo
SALLY'S^ ALLIES
fUfflnitrf/u. I> Patent Offlcr
Cap IM> Kh< ^mnif %i ?f??. Iat_ V?w -j.'? rj
"Lots of us wcm^n w-?rV, but we
don't boaat ai/out it *o ooidly."
Production of peaches in North
Carolina is indicated at 3,383,000
bushels for this year.
In '1946 the property loss from
f^re was $561,487,000, an increase
of 23 per cent over 1945.
' ???__
accompanied by the Young Wom?|
en's class, enjoyed a picnic at Lake
Sequayah near Highlands Sunday,
June 12. Mrs. J. C. Cannon, teacher
of the class, and Mr. Cannon went
with them. ??
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ensley
have returned from Norfolk, Va.
and Washington, D. C.
FOR ALL FARM IORS
# When you think of power on the Farm you nat
urally think of the JEEP?because it gives you
more power at less cost than any other type of
motor power today ? It -will plow your field, disk
and harrow the seed bed, cut arid thresh your
grain, saw your wood, pump your water, run er
rands, and pull a trailer of produce to market . . .
Let us Demonstrate the many advantages of own
ing a JEEP.
Used Cars and Trucks
# We have a good line of used cars and
trucks for sale or trade at a price you can
afford to pay. See them at our trading lot.
# We are now dealers for the famous Acme Cul-*
tivating Tractor, Acme Power Lawn Mowers, and
Simplicity Trailers. This line of machinery is
made in Brevard where parts can always be had
? without delay. ^
You can buy one of these famous little
GARDEN TRACTORS WITH CULTIVATORS
For Only $205.00
You can buy a
20-INCH POWER LAWN MOWER
For Only QQ
You can buy a
PASSENGER CAR or JEEP TRAILER
For Only ^ JQ
OUR REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE GLAD TO DEMON/
8TRAE ANY OF THE ABOVE MACHINE8 AT ANY TIMk
FULMER MOTOR COMPANY
JOE FULMER, Owner-Manager
Phone 212 , Cullowhee
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