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NEW YEAR S MEDITATION
Brethren, I count not myself to have
apprehended: but this one thing I do,
forgetting those things which are behind,
and reaching forth unto those things
which are before,
I press toward the mark for the prize
of the high calling of God in Christ
Jesus.
Let us therefore, as many as be per
fect, be thus minded: and if in anything
ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal
even this unto you.
Nevertheless, whereto we have already
attained let us walk by the same rule, let
us mind the same thing. Phil. 3:13-16.
With the closing of 1947 and the en
tering of 1948, we would do well to fol
low the example of Paul's zeal as ex
pressed to the Philippians. Let us, too,
forget those things (petty grievances) of
1947 and let us reach forth, press forward^
unto the things which are before, mak
ing as our goal for 1948 more unselfish
service toward our fellowman and to
God .... "who shall change our vile body,
that it may be fashioned like unto his
glorious body, . . .
LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS
Jackson county citizens are to be com
mended for their lawful observance of
the Christmas holidays. The sheriff's de
? partment announced that there was no
violanCe of any kind in the county during
? the Christmas season and that very few
were found under the influence of alco
hol. It was the same story with the Sylva
police department.
OUR WISH FOR THE NEW YEAR
As we enter the New Year, 1948, .we
look back ov&r the past year and recall,
not only our mistakes, and the rough
places through which we have passed,
but also recall the many pleasant expe
riences we have had, the material bene
fits we have enjoyed; and we pause to
wish for all our readers and advertisers,
a most happy and prosperous New Year.
We also express our appreciation for the
patronage we have had without which
we would have had no business. "Were
it not for patronage like yours, there
would be no Herald like ours."
YOU'RE TELLING ME!
By William Ritt
"On, Comet!"
AUSTRALIAN astronomers report
sighting a comet. This is not the Comet,
however, which is No. 3 reindeer on
Santa Claus' team.
The new comet has a tail which is 14,
000,000 miles long, which makes it look
like a celestial snake.
The earth might pass through the
comet's tail ? but don't be alarmed. A
comet's tail is thinner than a schoolboy's
excuse.
In approaching the sun or some other
stars, a comet's tail switches around and
becomes a beard. This makes a comet
something of a quick change artist.
Astronomers are always finding new
comets, but like the weather, no one
seems to do anything about it.
The new comet can be seen only in the
southern hemisphere. So, for the time
being, we'll just have to put up with the
old comets we have.
Zadok Dumkopf says he heard a broad
cast about the latest news in astronomy.
? fellow who talked, Zadok says, was
a pretty fair comet-ator.
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INSIDE WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON ? Reports reaching
the State department from Hungary in
dicate that the communizing of that coun
try is not proceeding as rapidly as the
Communists wish. Censorship has not
been imposed as completely and thoro
ughly as in most of the other satellite!
states.
This and other factors have aroused'
speculation on why the Communist re
gime has not sterner steps.
However, the Communists are making
"reforms." The latest is aimed at curb
ing the "lobbyists" of the old capitalistic
regime. Recently a decree was issued
which reported that large delegations
from the provinces had come to Buda
pest to speed settlement of issues before
the Parliament.
The government, it is reported, took
"energetic measures" to stop this prac
tice. A decree was issued. It provided
that delegations from the provinces might
approach the authorities only in excep
tional cases, and then in groups of no
more than three!
Officials suspect that this is an indi
cation of the instability of the new Hun
garian regime which fears that too large
groups converging on the capital might
threaten an anti-Communist coup.
VAUGHAN'S FEUD ? There is little
love lost between Maj. Gen. Harry
Vaughan, President Truman's gregarious
military aide, and officers of the regular
Army. Observers see continuing indica
tions of a "feud."
Vaughan, a reservist, is said to have
been responsible for the chief executive's
' recent decision to scrutinize the records
of regular officers who have been retired
with tax-free pensions for disability not
incurred in combat.
The troubles of Maj. Gen. Bennett
Meyers ? a regular? gave the White
House aide a springboard from which to
launch a probe of the disability retire
ment setup.
Vaughan has made no secret of his be
lief that a number of retired officers are
riding the gravy train and he has vowed,
he 11 "get something done" about it. This
has not endeared, him to the Pentagon
brass. .
? ' A
I he White House general encounter
ed an Army roadblock when he decided
to take all the members of the Sunday
school class he teaches to the Army-Navy 1
football game as his guests.
His request for a huge sheaf of tickets
was bounced back and forth like a shuttle
cock in a badminton game, and he finally
was compelled to settle for "only a few"
of the precious pasteboards.
Insiders in Washington military circles
expect new developments since Vaugh
an is not the type to accept rebuffs with
out retaliation.
WOMEN WORKERS ? The problem
ot women workers is beginning to crop
up more and more bargaining conferenc
es between labor and management. Some
unions apparently are worried about
competition that women add to the man
power market for the payroll dollar.
An example of the union view is con
tained in the contract recently signed bv
Lever Brothers company, soap manu
facturers and the CIO Gas, Coke and
Chemical Workers union.
This agreement bluntly and specifi
cally banned the employment of married
women except where they are self-sup
porting due to divorce, a legal separa
tion, physical disability or death of a hus
band, or if the husband is in military
service. J
Obviously, this type of union demand
could not, and will not, be pressed in in
dustries which have traditionally em
ployed women such as textiles, apparels
drugs and the like. '
However, where the employment of
women was a war-born development
you can expect increasing attention on
the part of the unions to clauses dealing
with female employes.
To save freedom, first learn that the
dignity of man is not the privilege of a
few but the natural right of all.
We've got to stop talking about dollars
in dealing with the plight of Europe. They
don't want dollars; they want things. But
if our prices keep going up they can't get
things with the dollars we send them. ?
Bernard M. Baruch.
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The Everyday Counsellor
By REV. HERBERT 8PAUGH, D. D.
The Christmas and New Year|
season is a good time for me to
pass on to the readers of this
column a portion of one of the most
beautiful letters I have ever read.
Tt may prompt you to put some of
your resolutions into action.
At a recent alumni reunion two
successful businessmen were talk
ing about their
college days. One
asked the other
which of his pro
fessors had in
fluenced him the
most for good.
Both agreed on
the same one, and
each promised to
write a letter of appreciation. The
letters reached the old professor
shortly before his earthly career
was suddenly closed. His wife's |
reply to one of these is the most '
touchingly appreciative letter I
have ever read. I am permitted
to quote excerpts:
"I have been looking over John's
f.les recently. Among them I found
the letter you wrote him last win- 1
ter. It was a most unusual letter j
in every way ? brief, but there
was more heart in it than many a
ten volume edition .... It was
one of the few letters that repaid
him as no money could have done
for every day's work of forty years.
It paid him for wearing last year's
suit and collars frayed at the edges,
It paid him for turning his back on
a position at a large university
when he much wanted to go. It
paid him for never seeing England
and all the banks and braes of
Bonnie 'Doun. So you see it was
not only a rare letter, it was worth
more, far more than its weight in
gold.
"You wrote it to him before he
stepped over into Eternity with
scarcely the missing of a heart
beat I think he would have
liked to carry it in his breast pocket
up there to show to the Greatest
Teacher of all Time that he too
had taught not for money or fame,
but for the love of the lesson and
the boy.
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"More and more I have come to
realiie how he hungered for a
wcrd of praise such as you wrote
him before it was too late, before
his mortal ear was forever closed
to all the sounds of this world, be
fore his eyes were dim to all the
sights of mortal man. How shall
I ever thank you for your kind- j
ness It was better than a
month's check, even though that
meant bread and meat for all of
us. It was the white hyacinth that
Elbert Hubbard speaks of because
the perfume and beauty and per
manence of your praise was far
more enduring and sweetening
and heartening than the coin of
this realm. <
"And now we will have to draw
the moral to it all. Every good
story has a moral and this has one
too: If you love and admire and
reapect , people,^ tell them so.
I am sure you do that already be
cause your letter shows that you
do. Well, keep on doing it. We are
never sorry that we have been kind,
and particularly toward thbae who
are on the western tide of the hill. .
I wanted you to know truly what
your brief letter meant to John and
to me."
This lovely letter ought to pro
voke some long-delayed letters of
appreciation to old and neglected
friends. The holiday and New Year
season offers a good time to do
such.
Remember that we are "never
sorry that we have been kind, par
ticularly towards those who are
on the western side of the hill."
There yet may be time to write a
word of appreciation to some neg
lected friend before he "steps over
into EttfVnity."
Remember, you have time to-do
the things you really want to do.
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