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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Entered at the post office at Sylva, N. C.. as
Second Class Mail Matter, as profvided under the
Act of March 3, 1879. Novemberi:0, 1914.
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BIBLE THOUOHT OF THE WEEK
Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.
Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his
presence with singing.
Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that
hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his
people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and
Into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him,
and bless his name.
For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting;
and his truth endureth to all generations.
Psalm 100.
THANKSGIVING
As we pause each year at the Thanks
giving season to recount our many bless
ings and to give thanks to the Almighty,
we are prone to feel that for that partic
ular year we have more than ever for
which to be thankful. Not since the war
ended, however, have we had so much
to be thankful as we in Jackson county
have this year. In our county there have
been no outbreaks of epidemics, our peo
ple are reasonably healthy and happy,
our crops have been bountiful, the ele~
ments have been most kind in that we
have suffered no great destruction of
property or loss of life from storms and
floods such as have occurred in so many
section of this country.
Our greatest thanks should be for the
excellent growing season and for the
bountiful crops of foods. With so much
of the world suffering from the lack of
necessary food to sustain healthy bodies
and minds, while in some sections for
the lack of it men, women and children
died, we should go before God with hearts
full of gratitude and thanksgiving.
On this day let us all gdto God in pray
erful thanksgiving for the manifold bles
sings of the past year.
CAN WE FORGET THEM?
We Americans are on a spot. Per
haps it's unpleasant to be reminded of it,
but it's also necessary.
After two years of trying to erase war
from our memories, we have almost suc
ceeded. We all hate war, and as a na
tional attitude that is good.
GI's who came home sound in body
and mind have been welcomed back and
absorbed. Many of the wounded have
recovered and are busy and reasonably
happy.
Those who died have been fittingly
honored. Some bodies are being return
ed to native soil. When this gloomy
chore is done we'd like to draw a curtain
across the past, blot it all out.
It isn't so simple. There remains an
American army which we should not and
must not forget. It lies like a loadstone
on our community conscience.
This is the doomed army of GI's who
were permanently incapacitated. For
them there is no forgetting. For them
there is no end to the war.
More than 100,000 of them, life-timers
all, linger in veterans' hospitals and
homes through the nation, wondering
cynically how soon we'll forget.
Their very cynicism is a challenge to
us all, their worst 3read, that of imping
ing loneliness, is a poignant admonition.
A way has been provided whereby we
can help these unfortunate heroes have
a little of the happiness which they so
richly deserve, and to let them know that
their fellow Americans have not, and
will not forget them. A national organi
zation has been chartered known as the
Hospitalized Veterans Foundation, thru
which your funds may be sent to help
provide entertainment and equipment
for the GI's who won't get well.
It's a careful, judicious program. Its
conduct has been entrusted to able, un
INSIDE WASHINGTON
Special to Central Prea*
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WASHINGTON ? Congressional ac
tion may result from Russia's refusal to
permit members of the House and Senate
inside her borders.
There is strong sentiment on Capitol
Hill to limit Russian entrance visas to this
country to the number granted Ameri
cans who want to visit Russia. Accord
ing to the State department, on Feb. 1
there were 286 Americans in Russia,
compared to 1,500 entrance visas grant
ed Russians this year.
Among influential congressmen favor
ing visa-for-visa action are Senator Sty
les Bridges (R), New Hampshire, chair
man of the Senate appropriations com
mittee, Rep. Charles A. Eaton (R), New
Jersey, chairman of the House foreign
affairs committee, and Rep. Earl C. Mich
ener (R), Michigan, chairman of the
House judiciary committee*.,.
Michener's group has jurisdiction over
visa legislation and he has expressed the
hope that his committee "will take early
action when Congress convenes to make
this a two-way street."
Michener added:
"It is unthinkable that our country
should continue present immigration
privileges to Russia as long as Russia
maintains the impenetrable iron curtain
... If our official representatives are not
permitted to visit Russia, the same rule
should be applied to Russians visiting
our country."
INFLATION SIDELIGHT ? Many
employers are concerned about a labor
problem entirely outside the realm of the
Taft-Hartley law ? the upswing in "in
plant gambling" that is taking place in
countless industrial establishments.
This problem, and what to do about it,
has become acute. It has attracted the
attention of the National Foremen's in
stitute which points out that manage
ment has a vital stake in curing gamb
ling. .%. r,*,
The institute says many heavy losers
explain their cut in take-home pay by
circulating stories in the community that
the company has cut overtime, introduc
ed a wage slash or changed its incentive
system.
Employers are advised not to "become
moralistic and condemn off-premise gam
bling" but to hit hard at in-plant games.
The institute says gambling on company
property should be made punishable by
discharge after a second offense. Plant
guards should be instructed not to per*
mit "bookies" or numbers takers in or
near the plant.
The Ford Motor company recently fir
ed 19 employees for too much gambling.
TOW ROPE TACTICS?The tow rope
which pulled grampa's car out of the
ditch 40 years ago is playing a part in
modern aviation.
United States Air Force tacticians,
seeking the jet plane's- greatest utility,
have been stumped By its high fuel con
sumption and resultant short range.
So, at the Air Material Command head
quarters at Wright Field, Ohio, the Air
Force is experimenting with jet-tows.
By towing highspeed jet fighters to a
rendezvous with bombers near the com
bat area the planners believe enough
fuel will be saved to permit the fighters
to protect the "heavies" through their
bombing runs and then escort them back
to the base. i
Another problem, that of gliders forc
ed to fly on instruments when being tow
ed in zero-zero weather, may succumb to
a new twist in the tow principle.
AMC is using a short rigid metal bar
in glider-tow experiments in place of the
old-time slack rope. Thus the plane in
tow actually becomes a part of the tow
ing plane, with the tow-plane pilot flying
both craft.
An Oregon fisherman caught a salmon
that sneezes. Caught a cold due, no doubt,
to wet fins.
A bandit raided a gin rummy game and
bagged $2,000. This made the big win
ner the heaviest loser.
Two thousand were invited to Princess
Elizabeth's wedding. My, how the old
has grown!
selfish men. It affords every American
a chance to get OFF the spot.
The Everyday Counsellor -
By REV. HERBERT 8PAUGH, D. D.
So many of us want more than
is good for us. We don't recognize
our limitations.
We don't know a
good thipg when
we have it. I have
never * forgotten
the prayer which
a dear friend of
mine told me that
his father was
often accustomed
to pray, "O Lord, let this vessel of)
clay, dip down into the well of Thy
grace, and bring up only as much
as is can hold."
From California comes the story
of two close friends and residents
of a thriving community. One of
them, C. V. H. Jones, was a real
estate operator. He and his friend,
Perry Byerly, led a successful plan
for widening the main street of
their community to bring increas
ed traffic through the town.
Sometime later Byerly was kil
led as he crossed the busier, wid
ened thorough-fare.
Saddened, Jones proposed traf
fic signals for the highway. He
wdit before th$ County Board of
Commissioners to urge their in
stallation, particularly at the inter
section where his friend Byerly
was killed. A few days later Jones,
too, was dead ? struck down by
t, motorist at the same intersec
ion.
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Of course there are those who
will say that they simply paid the
price for progress which they urg
I ed, and that they were killed by
their own negligence. However,
we can't help but wonder whether
this would have happened if they
had retained their narrower, quiet
er and less frequented city lane.
I* So many of us try to . outreach
I ourselves.
Long ago when old Aesop wrote
his fables, he told the story of a
dog who had stolen a piece of meat
out of a butcher shop. Crossing
the river on his way home, he saw
his own reflection in the stream
below. Thinking that it was an
other dog, with a larger piece of
meat in his mouth, he made up his
mind to get that also. But in snap
ping at the shadow, he dropped the
meat he was carrying and so lost
all.
This is written at the beginning
of the earliest Christmas-shopping
season I have known. Although it
is not yet Thanksgivig, merchants
are displaying articles for the
Christmas trees. Street lights have
been put up. Christmas parades and
all the wildest displays that hu
man ingenuity can devise have
been promoted.
As if this were not enough, to
day I received a sales letter from
a church supply house advocating
that I purchase my Lenten and
Easter supplies now
Truly we seem to be outreach
ing ourselves in our mad rush for
things, things, and more things!
The North Carolina Division of
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Forestry and Parks, one of the six
Divisions within the Department
of Conservation and Development,
protects nearly 17,000,000 acres of
forest land from destructive for
est fires.
In the past two years, the North
Carolina Division of Forestry and
Parks has given management ad
vice and help on more than 100,000
acres of privately owned forest land
in 40 counties.
The other day a correspondent
sent me a cartoon. It pictured fwo
processions of people rushing in
the opposite direction, paying no
attention to * one another as they
passed. Both roads converged in
one meeting place ? a graveyard.
There's a wealth of philosophy
in that old prayer, "O Lord, let
this vessel of clay, dip down into
the well of Thy grace, and bring
up only as much as it can hold."
CARD OF APPRECIATION
We take this opportunity to ex
press our sincere thanks and ap
preciation to the American Legion
and the host of relatives and friends
for the beautiful floral offerings
and sympathy extended and ser
vices rendered ir> behalf of our
late son and brother, Pfc. Thomas
B. Cowan, who gave his life for
his country. Also we wish to thank
the town of Sylva for the beautiful
gester of reverence and * respect
extended to us.
Hansom T. Cowan and family.
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IN MARKING OUR FIRST ANNIVERSARY AS O.K. RUBBER
WELDERS IN SYLVA AND NORTH CAROLINA WE ARE
OFFERING A SPECIAL APPRECIATION AND INTRODUCTORY
DISCOUNT OF 20% OFF REGULAR PRICE
ON ALL PASSENGER AND TRUCK TIRE RECAPS
FROM NOW UNTIL JANUARY 1, 1948
It gives us special satisfaction to know that of the more than
1,500 RECAPS we have put on during the past 12 months, not one
has comeofl.
We use Regular Standard Guage Recap Rubber on all Tires and
will use the same during this DISCOUNT PERIOD.
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The Rubber used is 12,14,16 and 18 Guage
We are opening our STATION at Dillsboro Friday and will pick
up and deliver Recaps at this point also.
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