THE SYLVA HERALD > Published By THE HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY Sylva, North Carolina The County 8eat of Jackson County J. A. GRAY and J. M. BIRD. Publishers PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY Entered at the post office at Sylva, N. C., as Second Class Mail Matter, as provided under the Act of March 3, 1879, November 20, 1914. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year, In Jackson County? $2.00 Six Months, la Jackson County 1.25 One Year, Outside Jackson County 2.50 Six Months, Outside Jackson County 1.50 All Subscriptions Payable In Advance . i *? - ? ^ ^norxli Carol*i.4 ^ \ /P?ISS ASSOCIATION V * 1 . . Mrs. E. L. McKee In the sudden and unexpected passing of Mrs. E. L. McKee Jackson County has sustained a severe loss, a loss which will be felt for a long time to come. It has been said that when a person passes on that there is always another to take their place. This may be true in many in stances but there just isn't another Mrs. McKee in Jackson county, or any other Western North Carolina county for that matter. When there was a drive of im portance to be put on in Jackson county to raise funds for the good of the com munity, county or state, Mrs. McKee was looked to put it over. Last summer when the polio situation was at its most critical stage Jackson county was called on to contribute $1,000> Mrs. McKee, as a committee of one, went out and raised the money in one morning. It was in do ing things like this that made her a force ful leader in her town and county. Mrs. McKee's interests were not con fined to the boundaries of Jackson coun ty, or Western North Carolina, but State wide. In serving the state in three terms in the Senate, she has contributed great ly to the cause of public education and public welfare. She was firm in her convictions, and stood by the principals which she considered to the best interest of the people whom she represented. Having kept herself well informed and abreast of the public school situation of her county and state she was able to give of her time and knowledge to these things. In seeking re-election to the State Senate for her fourth term, she planned to go to Raleigh to give her best to the interest of better schools for the state and Jackson County. Her talents in this connection will be greatly missed in Raleigh in the 1949 session. Mrs. McKee had many deserving hon ors bestowed upon her in the years she took so much interest in the public wel fare. In everything she undertook to do she put herself thoroughly into the un dertaking. She will be missed most by her family and in her home, but her great host of friends and admirers throughout the State will also miss her. Her leadership in her church, the clubs and other ac tivities of Sylva and Jackson county will be keenly missed in the years to come. She understood and loved people. Per haps that better than anything else, des cribes her and the -many. successes she attained in public as well as private life. You'll have to hand it to them over in Haywood county . . . they've done it again, yes with a bigger and better sec-, ITS TRUE AIN'T IT? INSIDE WASHINGTON .WASHINGTON?Do not be surprised! if President Truman, fresh from his great! surprise election triumph, designates Senator Arthur * H. Vandenberg, (R),! Michigan, as secretary of state in his n^w cabinet. ? * ?? That Secretary of State George %C. Marshall wants to retire is no longer a secret. And the president's intimates indicate that he desires to make the bi-partisan foreign policy an example for the troubled world. < Some of the president's intimates think this tan be sharply emphasized by the appointment of Vandenberg, the world statesman, lifelong Republican, to the No. 1 cabinet post. Senator-elect Margaret Chase Smith, of Maine,suggested that Mr. Truman! name defeated GOP presidential candi-j date Thomas E. Dewey to the job. Her' suggestion was obviously a hopeless one. However, Vandenberg, who will no longer be Senate foreign relations com mittee chairman because of Democratic control of Congress, is regarded as a "na tural" for the job. Of all Republicans, Mr. Truman re-1 gards Vandenberg as the ablest. He, worked with Vandenberg in the Senate.1, In the campaign just ended Vandenberg made one foreign policy speech in favor of Dewey. However, it was scholarly; and surprisingly mild. TRUMAN VICTORY TO .BRING FARMERS BOOM??The Democrats' return to power puts the party in a posi-; tion where it has to make good on a sweeping farm aid program. I It is almost certain that the new ad-i ministration will make another attempt | to push through the international wheat agreement?this time with good chance! of success. What the Democrats will do about the ticklish farm price support structure is the big question. The party would scarcely dare make any change in the! system for 1949 since many crops which! will be harvested next year are already in the ground. . However, Democrats are not entirely satisfied with the sliding scale of '^up port theJRepublicans have set up to be come operative in 1950. Bfeliablj* expected are larger adminis-' tration grants of funds for many farm .agencies, including the Rural Electrifi cation Administration, the Soil Conser vation Service and farm credit agencies. FROM JOHN L. LEWIS ? SILENCE ?In all the jubilation among labor lead ers ovei^ the election results, John L. Lewis is painfully silent. The miners again ignored John L.'s political counsel as they did in 1940 when he urged them to vote for Wendell Will kie and resigned as CIO president when they did not. President Truman's smashing victory was a sad story for the UMW chief. In any future tussle between the govern ment and the miners in a national emer gency coal strike, Lewis can expect Tru man to throw the book at him. The president is not likely to forget the vitriolic speech that Lewis made to the miners convention in Cincinnati last month when the union official denounced the president in bitter terms. ond annual Tobacco Festival, when 10, 000 people stood in a drenching rain to see the parade of floats. County Agent Wayne Corpening and his festival com mittee did a swell job and are to be con gratulated on the success of their efforts. Dy. ~HAL The blrpbrains m?y GOT HOLP OF A "W/ MAIl-orper CATALOCr, somewhere, amp look WHAT HAPPENEP oh pear t just iook 'AT this vase i BOUGHT fob AUNT uiv j mercy me, it's too LATE NOW to senp IT BACK. ?? we'll have to think up something else FOR. her ! du VE j 'v^v? { xe> tmat ?he stufp youvt ^ been waiting 2 mom^us ^ for , veah ? well loo< "sf^ at this?i orperep \\XXZs.. size 16, and tmis is is. anp for white. they sent me THIS creation. here, wrap all that stuff UP IN tmis amp SENP tT back f "JOE BEAVER" ? By Ed Nofilg., Foreat Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture "Have you been playing with matches?" Tlie Everyday Counsellor ; By REV. HERBERT SPAUGN. O. 0. 4 Christ is our peace." This in scription written in German has oeen painted in rude letters in German by ; someone on the *.mT 4 bottom of one of s? seal Berlin's prize monuments. Jit4-;J Travellers report *^P finding it there, and say it was painted since the Berlin in the last war. This huge monument was one of Berlin's prize exhibits. It was erected at the conclusion of the Franco - Prussian War which brought defeat to France, and the beginning of the united German! military empire. I 'have just ex-i amined a volume of Stoddard's, lectures published in 1897 in which the author describes Berlin as he saw it at that time. Writing of the city he says, "Mars, the god of war, seems to be the divinity most worshipped here." Of Ber lin's chief street "Unter Den Lin dn," he ssays that it is a "kind of Triumphal Way and suggests cour age, victory and conquest ... at every step the dullest cannot fail to comprehend that he is in a na tion of warriors. "Chief of all the fine memorials of war, which Prussia's cnpitol contains, is the imposing Monu ment of Victory." It is on this monument, now surrounded with all the rubble and destruction of war that this rude inscription stands, "Christ is,our peace." As I read Stoddard's description of war-like Berlin at the height of her power, and then read the des cription of those who have been there recently, the words of Jesus come to mind, "They that take the sword shall perish with the sword." Almost 2,000 years ago St. Paul wrote: "He (Christ) is our peace." Now 2,000 years later an unknown writer inscribes it on one of the world's greatest monuments to war. How difficult it is for us to learn the lessfln that love is the most powerful force in the world, that the use of force begets its )wn destruction. The same St. Paul wrote, "Be not overcome of evil, but over come evil with good." This is the divine pattern for conquest. It is the only one which will lastingly succeed in any struggle whether t be in the human heart of be tween the nations of the world. Christmas proclaims Christ as the Prince of Peace. Is He the Prince NOTICE To Automobile & Truck Owners CAROLINA. MOTOR CLUB AGENCY 1949 License Go On Sale December 1, 1948 ALL KINDS OF AUTOMOBILE AND TRUCK INSURANCE Automobiles and Trucks Financed on easy G. M. A. C. Terms Waiting To Serve You: C. B. Thompton - Notary Public - Mrs. Katie Nicholson - Notary Public Miss Lucille Wilson? Notary Public Allison Auto Parts Co. Main Street Sylva, N. C. Tel. 41 of Peace in your heart? References: Matthew 26:52; Ephesians 2:14; Romans t12:21. Card of Thanks W,e wish to thank our many' frienas for their kind assistance and sympathy shown us during the illness and death of our be loved wife and mother., J. H. Painter and family. Meat production under Federal inspection for the week ended November 13 totaled 324 million pounds. Farm and retail prices of chick ens and farm prices for turkeys have been at record levels all through 1948. ?Bead Herald Classified Ads For Profits? Christmas Specials Bicycles for Boys and Girls $48.00 Tricycles for all ages Rubber Tire Wagons $1.95 to $9.95 Blackboard with attached seat Rocking chair for child Machine guns Steam shovels to de- Table tennis light the boys Tool sets REMINGTON 22 Single Shot Gun 22 Semi-Automatic Single Shot and Automatic Guns Also hundreds of useful gifts in our hardware department. SYLVA GOAL AND LUMBER CO. A Complete Hardware Store Phone 71 Sylva, N. C. S?w: We list here only a few of the many gift items to be found in our store . . . lovely and practical gifts for every member of the family. Electric razor. Quick, easy to use. An electric washing machine is a gift that will last for years. * Electric Percolator ^.y?VM'?Wy \* i < ^ Electric Iron Electric Waffle Irons Electric Mixer SYLVA COAL U UMBER CO. Phone 71 Sylva, N. C.'