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
Train up a child in the way he should go; and
when he is old he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 22:6.
4-H CLUB CAMP
Our State is not merely undertaking,
rather it is doing, a tremendous big
thing for the children and youth, of our
rural areas, the stamina of future pos
terity and progress, for upon thefn will
rest the major responsibilities. When
the twenty-seven Jackson county 4-H
club boys and girls returnee} Saturday
from Camp at Swannanoa where . they
they spent a week, they returned better
citizens than when they left?if they '
plied themselves ? better ,$p?i?i\ai?y, ?
mentally, physically, and mbrallyi A
very efficient coij>s of adults ar? in charge
of the camp with a well-plahned and
regulated program of activities for the
campers, the goal for each day ^eirfe^y J
iwill make of myself a better pera^r;,,
bs set forth in the handbook giverr each
camper.
What parent does not aspire for each
of his children and for others such rich
guidance as found in their book! "Each
now as you go, may you carry with you
a spirit of helpfulness, friendship, and
comradeship to guide and inspire you to
live more fully each day the principles
set forth in our 4-H club pledge and mot
to. Before you go, steal away to the
council circle and there, alone in a mom
ent of deep concentration, cast into an
imaginary camp fire, to be consumed and
forgotten, any false illusion, grievance,
greed, selfishness, or any ill will that you
may have toward a fellow camper or
anyone anywhere. Take from this camp
only the ideals, the inspiration, and train
ing that will help you to be a better in
dividual. The heritage of this camp is
for the finer and nobler things of this
life."
Let's get behind the 4-H Club work of
Jackson county and help make, instead
of 27 members, it 100% to attend camp
next year!
YOUR TOWN, MY TOWN
How do you like your home? To be
sure you like because it's yours. And
how do you like your home town? Enough
to boost it? Well, we should if we're go
ing to live in it . . . and we do like it. And
we rather resent harsh remarks about it,
don't we?
After all, unkind remarks about your
town do no more to help build it to what
you would like to have it than they do
to help an individual. A few days ago a
certain individual had come into town
and was sitting in front of one of the
business houses in Sylva. He made the
following statement in a very disgusted
tone: "Town. Town. Let's go to town!
That's what they're always saying! I
don't know what they want to come for.
This is no d town; it's just a-wide
place in the road."
We are taking issue with this friend.
Sylva isn't a large city and doesn't Claim
to be, but Sylva is a good town.
Had this person stopped to consider
that he must have had a reason for com
ing to town? Did he think of the advan
tages of having drug stores where he
could purchase medicine in case his fam
ily needed it? Grocery and department
stores where other needs of his family
can be obtained? A bank for the safe
keeping of his savings or where financial
aid may be obtained to help him through
probable adverse circumstances? And
the bench on which he and his com
panions were sitting at the time, he made
the above quoted remark was placed
there by a civic organization of Sylva
Inside Washington
Special to Central Preaa
WASHINGTON?Congress is virtually
certain to be presented with another tax
reduction bill at the next session begin
ning Jan. 3.
The House ways and means commitee
is now holding hearings preparatory to
drawing up an overall tax adjustment
-measure. The plan is to offer this bill
in the House next February.
This bill has been termed a tax adjust
ment measure. But Chairman Harold
Knutson (R). Minn., of the ways and
means committee, has already promised
that it will contain one important tax
reduction feature. This is an income
splitting provision for married couples.
It will probably also contain others.
Couples in the 10 states with com
munity property laws are now allowed
to split their incomes to cut down taxes.
The plan is to extend a similar privilege
to couples in the 38 non-community prop
erty states. This cut will be important
to many couples in the middle and high
er income brackets. , .
Strong pressure is on t^increase per
sonal exemptions in order to give a sub
stantial tax cut to low-income groups.
Demands are also being made for reduc
tion in wartime excise levies and cor
poration, estate and gift taxes.
ATOM- BATTLE ? The prolonged
struggle which gave a civilian commis
3icm rather than the armed forces con
'trdl of atomic energy may break out
anew. Four -of the seven bills now before
the Senate-House atomic committee
would return control of the A-bomb sec
rets to the Army.
Even though the theft of the atomic
secrets at Los Alamos took place under
Army control, some House and Senate
members still say that the safety of the
country demands that the civilian com
mission be abolished.
MONEY FOR MEXICO ? Congress
men back from inspecting the joint U. S.
Mexican battle"against the dread hoof
and-mouth disease in cattle south of the
border are agreed on one thing?more
money is needed to complete the job.
Responsible sources estimate that
roughly 2.5 million cattle must be slaugh
tered and buried before the extremelv
contagious disease is eliminated.
Prime reason for keen U. S. concern'
about the Mexican cattle situation is fear:
that the disease will spread northward
into the great southwestern cattle states.
Untold sums of money?maybe in the
billions?would be needed to combat the
scourge once it got a foothold in the Unit
ed States.
TORRID SPUDS ? Hot potatoes are,
being passed back and forth between:
Capitol Hill and the White House at an';
almost unprecedented pace.
President Truman vetoed the GOP tax
slash bill with a sizzling message and
was upheld; he vetoed the labor bill with
even more vehement denunciation and
was overriden. The president signed
the rent contrgl law but did so with a
blast of condemnation, saying it was the
"lesser of two evils.,,
Politically, all this proved somewhat
embarrassing to the GOP-dominated
Congress. So Congress is hitting back.
Mr. Truman is expected to be confronted
with a bill to permit former enlisted men
to cash their terminal leave bonds.
The chief executive's vigorous opposi
tion to cash payments as inflationary was
sufficient last year to force an agreement
to pay by bonds. However, what with
rising costs of living and other considera
tions, the millions of ex-GIs entitled to
terminal pay?or a majority of them?
would like the cash now.
So if the president vetoes that bill it
will be an action unpopular with a great
many vets and their families.
for their convenience and comfort. There
are other benches placed on the streets
of Sylva for the same reasons. A number
of merchants display porch and lawn
furniture in front of their stores. These
are usually occupied by smiling shoppers
who have come to town, met up with
some of their friends, and are there hav
in^a short visit with them.
Yes, we think Sylva is a pretty nice
little city, and we Relieve you, do too.
To be sure, bigger than she used to be,
yet not'as big as she is going to be for we
are all going to pull together and help
make- it just what it can be?the best in
western North Carolina.
MAYBE WE NEED a BLOWTORLh
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The Everyday Counsellor
By REV. HERBERT SPAUGH, D. D.
Those inclined to scoff at the
plague miracles recorded in the
book of Genesis in connection with
the contest between Moses and
Pharaoh should read th? Associated
Press dispatch from Port Deposit,
Md.
"Ephemerids today had scored
an all-time record victory in their
annual battle with the Pennsyl
vania Railroad's Port Deposit
Harrisburg freight line. Three
350-ton electric engines, hauling
as many freight trains, ground to
a stop last night at the town of
Peach Bottom, Pa., when hoards
of the May flies swarmed over the
trains. For several hours, train
crews toiled to clear away .swarms
of the monoplane-shaped insects
which covered the boxcars, clogged
the overhead power and defiantly
short-circuited motors.
"Halting three trains at once
was a new ^record for the fragile
ephemerids in their traditional
mid-summer death struggle with
the railroad . . . Three steam loco
motives were dispatched to the
rescue. The helper engines push
ed two stricken trains to Harris
burg and the third to Port Deposit,
myriads of the inch-long insects
still clinging triumphantly to their
perches."
Long ago an ancient prophet
wrote, "Who hath depised the dayl
of small things?" While we think)
we're in the days of great things,
it is still the small things which
matter most. Let's don't forget
that. Here are thousands of in-long
insects frustrating the mighty pow
er of three huge electric locomo
tives.
Our government will stand or
fall depending upon the small thing
of thousands of intelligent indi
Calendar of Events
THURSDAY. AUGUST 7 ? The
Dillsboro Masonic lodge will
meet in the Masonic hall, Dills
boro, at 7 p. m. Ed Bumgarner,
-UVM -
THURSDAY, AUGUST 7 ? The
Ruby Daniel circle of the Bap
tist church will meet with Mrs.
Lee Walker at 8 p. m.; Mrs.
Charlie Campbell in charge of
the program. Mrs. Porter
. Scroggs, president.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 7 ? The
Thursday Evening bridge club
will meet with Mrs. Dan B.
Hooper at 8 p. m.
MONDAY, AUGUST 11 ? The
Woodmen of the World will
meet in the W.O.W hall at 7:30
p. m. Jeff Hidden, Council
Commander.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 12 ? The
Rotary club will have a dinner i
meeting in Allison building at
7 p. m. Dr. D. D. Hooper, pres
ident. ;
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13 ? Oce
chapter, Order of the Eastern)
Star, will meet in the Masonic]
hall, Dillsboro, at 7:30 p. m. Mrs.]
Harry Ferguson, Worthy Ma
tron.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13 ? The
Annie Cowan circle of the Meth
odist church will meet in Al-,
lison building at 3 p. m. with!
* Mrs. George Evans, hostess.
Mrs. Dan Moore, chairman.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13 ?The
Lions club will have a dinner
meeting in high school cafeteria
at 7:30 p. m. T. Walter Ashe,
president.
vidual votes: Let no man say his
vote doesn't matter. It is dem
ocracy, and especially Christian
democracy which exalts the place
of the individual man and the in
dividual vote.
The success or failure of your
business depends upon small things,
small profits- Some of the great
est merchandising institutions in
the country today are those which
depend upon nickels and dimes for
their existence.
The success of your home de
pends upon small things?little
words of praise and appreciation,
little acts of kindness, courtesy and
love.
Our own individual destiny de
pends upon small things. One un
forgiven sin marks you as a sinner
heading for Hell, unless forgiven.
One act A turning to Christ for
forgiveness marks you for Eternal
Lij?_htTe and hereafter in Heaven.
Don't despise small things nor
disregard them. They're more im
portant than you think. You should
bo able to remember those lines
by Julia_ A. Fletcher. Conney,
taught you as a child, "Little drops
of water, little grains of sand,
make the mighty ocean and the
pleasant land. So the little mom
ents, humble though they be,
make the mighty ages of eternity
. . . Little deeds of kindness, little
words of love, Help to make earth
happy like the heaven above."
Krusz Heard
(Continued lro*i page one)
| Chamber Commerce, Mr. Krusz
1 discussed the wide program of
work for local Chambers, outlin
ing briefly some of the responsi
bilities and duties, as well as priv
ileges of service, for those de
signated to carry on the work.
These he said are divided into the
following four groups: administra
tive; civic activities; membership;
and business. These, Mr. Krusz
stated, are of course very flexible
and must be altered and varied to
fit each individual locality.
Among fundamental things that
modern Chambers of Commerce
are doing today and that are right
ly included in their programs of
work are: Industrial Relations;:
Education; Industrial Develop- s
ment; Highways; Cultural Devel-j
opment; Agricultural Develop
ment; City Planning; Aviation;
Veterans' Affairs; State-Wide Or
ganizations, and others.
Mr. Krusz closed his timely re
marks by summarizing the work
of Chambers of Commerce.as be
ing an organization for the teach
ing of men to live and work to
gether in peace and harmony?the
importance and value of adopting
Christian, principles in our day-to
I day activities. "To develop all
these fine things for our own city, I
to teach our citizens how to live
together, how to work together,
how to think big, how to be broth
ers not only in word but in deed
?this is our great responsibility."
In addition ^Congressman and
Mrs. Redden and Mr. and Mrs.
Krusz, out of towA people attend
ing the dinner were: Mr. and Mrs.
Frank F. Hall, Miller Hall, Hayms
Reagan, Wade H. Beck? and C. P.
Shelton, of Whitti^r.; M. Y. Jar
rett, Wayne Ten?fU,,J. C. Cannon,
Sr., and J. C. Cannon,. Jr., of Dills
boro; R. E. McKelvey, president of
Franklin Chamber of Commerce;
C. H. VanHorn, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Parris, Jr.
of New York; Charles E. Ray, W
Curtis Russ, and C. J. Reece, all o
Waynesville.
Sylva people ^attending were
Tuckasiegee Cemetery
To Be Cleaned
All persons having relatives and
friends buried in the cemetery at
Tuckaseigee Baptist church are
asked to meet there Saturday, Aug.
9, at 9 o'clock a. m. to clean off
the cemetery and decorate the
graves.
Campfire Girls Camp
Overnight At Cliffside
A group of Campfire Girls, who
did not attend camp at Toccoa, Ga.
during the last two weeks, spent
last Friday and Saturday camp
ing at Cliffside park between
Franklin and Highlands. Mr. and
Mrs. Gudger Crawford and
Frankie Fay Fisher were in charge
of the group who went to Cliff- ,
side.
Campfire girls attending were
Janice Holden, Jean Nicholson,
Nancy Hartman, Shirley Hartman,
Pegg? Middleton, Linda Moody,
Doris Alexander, Besta Bryson,
Marieda Ann Cannon, and Jean
nette Queen.
The group camped at Von Hook
Glade overnight and hiked to Dry
Falls as a part of the camp pro
gram.
Jack C. Allison, mayor, Felix
Picklesimer, Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Ferguson, Edward Steffner, Har
old S. McGuire, Woody R. Hamp
ton, W. C. Hennessee, Mr. and Mrs.
R. O. Wilson, C. Howard Allison,
Mrs. J. C. Allison, Charles M. Reed,
C. C. Buchanan, T. W. Ashe, W.
L. Jones, Jennings A. Bryson, W.
B. Cope, Chester , Scott, F. M.
Crawford, J, B. Popplewell, Dr.
D. D. Hooper, R. U. Sutton, H.
? Gibson, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Nor
ton, M. L. Snipes, J. R. Long, Ray
mon Stovall, Joe C. Fisher, Cary
R. Snyder, Dan Tompkins, Ray
Cogdill, Grover Wilkes, F. M. Wil
liams, C. G. Middleton, Glenn
Hughes, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Gray,
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. McKee, Roscoe
Poteet, John. E. Henson, Mr. and
Mrs. R. W. Hardy, Boyd Sossa
mon, Nancy Allison, and Venoy
Reed.
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