THE SYLVA HERALD >
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THE HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY
Sylva, North Carolina
The County 8eat 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
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Act of March 3, 1879, November 20, 1914.
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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.
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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.
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"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.
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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.
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Electric Percolator
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Electric Iron
Electric Waffle Irons
Electric Mixer
SYLVA COAL U UMBER CO.
Phone 71
Sylva, N. C.'