THE SYLVAHERALD
Published By
THE HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY
Sylva, North Carolina
The County Seat of Jackaon County
J. A. GRAY and J. M. BIRD Publishers
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
______? A
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, In Jackson County 1.25
One Year, Outside Jackson County I 2.50
Six Months, Outside Jackscn County 1.50
?? ^
All Subscriptions Payable In Advance
Non.. C?w A', a . ..
/ rcEss AssbCi< ro??
Retailers Agree ?
President Truman, in a telegram to a
retailers' conference, said that the re
duction of distribution costs is especially
important today in order to help reducp
prices and make the consumer's dollar
go farther.
That point of view is fully shared by
the ,great majority of the retailers of
this country. And they haven't just paid
it lip service. They have shown, by tan
gible and aggressive action, that no
group is more aware of the dangers of
inflation, and none is more eager to com
bat it to the limit of its abilities.
The policy of typical retailers, chain
and independent alike, 'has been to re-;
duce prices whenever possible, to resist
price increases as long as possible, to
avoid high-prjced goods when suitable,
lower-priced substitutes are available,
and to hold down overhead and operat
ing costs to the lowest practical level.
They work on very small unit profits ?
and earn an adequate total through heavy
volume. Their contribution to the econ
omic welfare of this country is immeas
urable.
Good Farm Management ?
Some first-class advice for the Ameri
can farmer recently came "from Dean
William Mvers, of the New York State
College of Agriculture at Cornell, when
he said: "It seems today that good farm
management . . . calls for farm people to
continue to build financial reserves in
United States Savings Bonds rather than
to enlarge their farm businesses beyond
the size needed for efficient operation.
The possibility of speculative profit from
buying farm land or livestock when
prices and incomes are high is seldom
worth the worry and risk of losing every
thing if a drastic drop in farm incomes
should follow."
The situation that followed World War
I is in point. Prices and land values were
high then, as now. In instance after in
stance farmers mortgaged their property
in order to buy more. A disastrous break
in the prices paid for fafm produce came
along ? and a tragic number of farm
ers lost not only their new holdings, but
their old places as well.
Everyone hopes that this will not be
repeated. At the same time, it is only
the part of wisdom for farmers to place
a substantial part of surplus income in
liquid assets ? assets which can be im
mediately turned into cash if the need
arises. Here is where U. S. Savings Bonds
perfectly fill the bill. They are the saf
est possible investment. Depending on
the type purchased, they either appre
ciate in value as time goes on or pay a
good rate of interest. They are as liquid
as cash in the bank. And, last but not
least, they give the farmer and everyone
the opportunity to own a financial share
in his government.
UNCLE SAM can now relax. The
Wright brothers Kitty Hawk plane
has come home. II? should never have
gone away in the first place. ^
The plane is being housed in Washing
ton's Smithsonian Institution where, to
every patriotic American, it is strictly
Exhibit A.
The Kitty Hawk may look to the young
er generation like a motorized boxkite
but it's the honored great-great-grandpa
of all sky canoes.
Just 45 years ago the Wright plane
took off on its first flight from Kitty
Hawk hill in North Carolina ?nd man
hftH at last caught up with the birds. ,<
INSIDE WASHINGTON
I
WASHINGTON ? President Truman
is devoting much time these post-election j
days to consideration of the cabinet which
will serve him in his second administra
tion.
Top Washington observers, with ac
cess to White House sources, believe the
president has as yet made no definite
decisions about replacements ? which!
loom eventually in the spots now oc-|
cupied by Secretary of State George C. I
Marshall, Defense Secretary James For
restal and Interior Secretary Julius A.
Krug.
The other cabinet posts are more likely j
to remain as they are?with Treasury
Secretary John W. Snyder, Postmaster
General Jesse M. Donaldson, Agriculture
Secretary Brannan and Labor Secretary
Maurice Tobin more or less certain to,
si ay.
Marshall wishes to retire after forma
tion of the North Atlantic Alliance. The!
president may ask Supreme Court Chief:
r'red M. Vinson to step down from the |
bench and take the job, draft Supreme i
Court William O. Douglas, or, perhaps,
even turn to a Republican, such as Sena
tor Arthur H. Vandenberg of Michigan.
There has b^en-no decision on who will
succeed Forrestal. When Forrestal goes,
Army Secretary Kenneth Royall and
Navy Secretary John Sullivan probably
will go with him. Missuri-born Air Sec
retary Stuart Symington is likely to re
main. Mentioned as a possible Forrestal
successor is Senator Chan Gurney (R),
South Dakota, Senate defense committee
chairman.
Krug may be succeeded by defeated
Gov. Mon C. Wallgren of Washington?
or the president may reappoint former
Interior Secretary Harold Ickes, who did
yeoman service for the Truman campaign
in its closing days.
CHINESE PUZZLE ? Certain Wash
ington strategists are far less upset than
might be expected concerning the Chin
ese government's military reverses:
They do not like to see the Communists |
making such headway against General-1
issimo Chiang Kai-shek's ' Nationalist i
troops in northeast China, but they think
it may all turn out for the best.
Withdrawal of Chiang's forces from
Mukden, capital of Manchuria, was long
urged by these strategists before the1
capital's fall.
They contend that Chiang should con
solidate his forces, knock the Communists
out of central China, and then move
northward and finally take over Man
churia.
In fact, these strategists are firmly con
vinced that the weakness of the Nation
alist armies to date is simply that they
are spread too thinly over a large areg.
This is one of th reasons for opposition
in Washington to larger aid grants to
China.
Now, however, it is anticipated that
China's Nationalist forces will consoli
date?of necessity. If the generalissimo
decides to make a fight along the lines
of American strategy, there may be a
sharp change in the administration out
look on aid.
TAFT SWITCH ? Don't be surprised
if Senator Robert A. Taft (R), Ohio,
takes the Senate minority floor leader-j
ship?despite predictions of the experts'
that he would not be interested.
It is true that if the Reftublicans had
won the Senate, Taft would have refused)
the majority floor leadership. Under'
those circumstances, he could have ex-'
erted more influence as GOP policy
committee chairman
His situation shapes up differently,
however, in a Democrat-controlled Sen
ate. A minority policy chairmanship is I
not a strong position in relation to party
affairs.
On the other hand, Vice-President?
Elect Alben Barkley, as minority leader
in the last Congress, was by all odds the
strong man on the Democratic side of the
aisle.
So it seems highly likely that Taft
will take the Republican floor, rather
than policy leadership. This will be a
jolt to some of his colleagues, particularly
Acting Floor Leader Kenneth Wherry
(R), Nebraska.
Only a few saw th^first flight. And
the rest of the U. S. wouldn't believe it
even after reading it in the papers, j
It wasn't long though before even the
die-hard dissenters admitted they'd rath
er be one of the Wright brothers than
president.
THE KNOT EXPERTS
The Everyday Counsellor
By REV. HERBERT SPAUGH, D. O.
i
Have you developed a rhythm
to your everyday living? This is
most important, and necessary to
successful living. Nervous, neu
rotic, irritible people have never
learned a rhythm of living. If we
are physically well, we have that
rhythm in the regular actions of
breathing, and of the heart pump
ing blood throughout the system.
This is part of our natural physi
cal endowment.
But mental and spiritual rhythm
has to be acquired. Most of this
takes real effort and consistant
and regular practice.
Another illustration of this was
brought to my mind the other day
when I met a man by the name
/- Frick. The
name immediate
^ ^ ly brought to my
r e c o 1 lection a
well known Cor
liss steam engine
which clarried
that name, and
which was very
popular in the
cotton mills of the south a number
years ago before the majority of
them turned to electric power.
Steam engines have always inter
ested me from boyhood and I used
to frequently prowl around fac
tory engine rooms and railroad
yards.
During the era of the steam en
gines, popularity there were two
general types of engines. The
first of these was the so-called
slide-valve engine which was used
in small plants and ran rapidly
with considerable vibration and
was very wasteful of steam. The
other was the Corliss engine which
was largely operated with much
slower motion and more regular
rhythm. The needed speed was
developed by using a very large
flywheel to the engine, which was
some times 15 or 20 feet in dia
meter.
I have often compared people
to these two types of steam en
gines which were so common in
my boyhood which I used to
watch with admiration.
There are people who live much
like the old wasteful slide valve
engine. They are always in a
hurry, work by fits and starts,
waste much physical and nervous
energy. The old slide-valve en
gine would slow down when you
out a heavy load on it, because it
wasted much of its power in vi
bration and in steam which went
rapidly out of the exhaust pipe.
There are others who have
learned a rhythm of living, and
operate much like the old Corliss
engine. They have reserve power
which they do not waste in rapid
erratic motions and in emotional
upsets. When an extra load comes
upon them, they have the power
to carry it.
The peace of God in our hearts
furnishes the greatest known
power reserve for everyday liv
ing. Those who have it can say
with St. Paul, "I can do all things
through Christ who strengtheneth
me ... I have learned, in whatso
evr state I am, therewith to be.
content."
References: Philippians 4.
G. A.s Meet With
Sybil Warren j
The G. A.s of the Sylva Baptist
church met for their regular meet
ing with Sybil WaYren on Satur
day afternoon with six members
present. Mrs. Claude Campbell
is the group councilor.' At this
meeting the Lottie Moon offer
ing was made.
The Christmas motif was carried
out in the refreshments. White
iced cup cakes iced with green
holly and red berry designs and
chewing gum Santa Clauses were
placed on the napkins bearing ole
Santa. Also coca-colas were
served.
Those presents for the meeting
were Dolly Mae Rice, Betty Jones,
Gracie Nell Bost, Geneva Sorrolls,
Sybil, and Mrs. Campbell.. Mrs.
M. Warren was a guest.
Singing At Old Savannah
There will be a singing conven
tion at the Old Savannah Baptist
church on Sunday, Dec. 26, begin
ning at 1:30 in the afternoon. All
singers are invited to come. The
public is also cordially invited.
For the man whose pride
in his fraternal order vl
matched by his attention co
appearance, handsome onyx
rings with interchangeable
emblems ? Gold initials also
available.
LILLIUS
JEWELRY GO.
Sylva, N. C.
Mrs. Cope Hostess To
Presbyterian Auxiliary
The women of the Presbyterian
church met last Friday evening
with Mrs. Grfyson-Cope for their
monthly meeting and annual
Christmas party. After a lengthy
business session, presided over by
the president, Mrs. C. C. Petitt,
Jr., presented the program theme
of the moftth, Christmas and its
real meaning. Mrs. F. B. Hous
ton of Lewisburg, Tenn., was a
*uest.
A social hour was enjoyed dur
ing which gifts were exchanged.
Mrs. Cope, assisted by Mrs. Alliney
Bryson, served a salad and sweet
course with coffee. The Christmas
colors of red and green predom
inated in the refreshments.
*
Mrs. McKee Loved By
Colored People
Mrs. E. I.. McKee was the best
friend we colored people had in
Jackscn county. When the sick
and poor, motherless children j
needed help we went to her and
got help. Then Mrs. McKee had
the missionary* ladies of her
church to go to Maize Chapel
Methodist church and spoke words
of encouragement to us, and also j
gave us money to help us in our
work. We have received as much
as $24.00 in one night. Then she
had the ladies to go to the Baptist
church also to help them. She
gave five colored women a dollar
each year at Christmas for a num
ber of years. The many good
things she has done for us. Bless
ings on her memory.
Written by Ada M. Howell.
Christmas Carols To Be
Sung In Dillsboro
Due to circumstances - beyond
our control, there will not be a
community Christmas tree in
Dillsboro this year. Instead Christ
mas carols will be played over an
amplifer in memory of Mrs. Ger
trude Dills McKee on Thursday
afternoon, Dec. 23, from 3:30 to
4:30 o'clock.
Cake Making And Cake
Decorating Demonstrations
Well Received
Miss Rita Dubois, Extension
nutritionist of Raleigh, gave a very
interesting demonstration on best
methods of cake making last Fri
day afternoon in the Allison build
ing. Before the meeting she pre
pared a devil's food cak ewith
cooked icing which was served to
those present. Miss Dubois mixed
and baked another cake during
the demonstration.
Mr. William' Blalock, of the
Home Bakery in Sylva, also dem-,
onstrated fancy cake decorating, i
He decorated two cakes which
were very beautiful. The women |
present envifed Mr. filalock of his |
artistic and unusual talent, also
the ease and swiftness which he j
demonstrated in his work. He
used uncooked icing lor his dem- |
Lovedale Baptist To Have
Play On Christmas Eve
On Cnristmas Eve at 8:00 p. m.
the Lovedale Baptist church will
| give their annual Christmas pro
gram. The play, "The Search For
The Christ Child," is under the
direction of Mrs. Claude Stanford
and R. O. Vance.
The characters in tjie play are
Child, Peggy Middleton; Boy, Ed
ward Henson; Little Girl, Irene
Angel; Mother, Mrs. Ralph Eng
land; The Girl, Dorris Mildleton;
First Reveller, Blanche Monteith;
Second Reveller, Jack Alexander;
Carollers, -Christine Angel, Doris
Alexander, and Doyle Alexander?
Scientist, Claude McConnell; Geru
tleman, Clyde Vance; Lady, Clau
dia Stanford, and Bell Ringer, D.
V. Frye.
Following the play the junior
department, under the direction
of Mrs. G. E. Scruggs, will give
a short program.
* Everyone is invited -?to come.
See Firemen For Your
1949 City Auto Tags
The Sylva Fire Department has
ordered 250 Sylva city tags for
sale at SI.00 each. These tags
have arrived and a number of
people have already purchased
their tags. The firemen an
nounced this week that quite a
few tags remain to be sold and
request city auto owners to get a
tag as soon as possible. These can
be had at Campbell's Electric Com
pany-or from any of the firemen.
There is nothing compulsory
about whether you buy a tag or
not, this is just one way the fire
department has of raising funds
with which to carry on their work
for our protection. Since there
are no taxes levied other than
public funds for the operation of
the' department it is necessary
that all of these tags be sold.
The department is now in need
of funds for supplies and equip
ment. Your $1.00 -for a tag will
help them carry on.
Births
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Jamison have
announced the birth of a daughter,
Charlotte Nell, on Dec. 4, at their
home.
Mr. and Mrs. John Martin, Jr.,
have announced the birth of a son,
Gary Tyrone, at their home on
Dec. 11.
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Rice rn
r.ounce the birth of a son, Alvin
Eugene, on Dec. 8 at their home
at Candler cabins.
A new artificial breeding barn
has recently been completed on the
State College dairy farm near
Raleigh. The structure will house
18 bulls and will be the center of
research and teaching activities
in artificial dairy breeding.
onstration.
The women were delighted
with the cake making and icing
demonstration and expressed a
desire to have such a demonstra
tion at least once a year.
*tr i *i ti ?f *i V?*? VTWIVIVTVU
LOVELIEST GIFT OF ALL
<<
T.D.S.
"T.D.S."
FLOWERS ON CHRISTMAS DAY
Choose a dainty corsage ... a colorful bouquet. ..
or a long-lasting potted plant from our large floral
selection which among others includes . . .
Azaleas Poinsettas
Begonias Cyclomen " .
-JANE AND DOT'S FLOWER SHOP
"When You Send Flowers Send Ours"
Phone 7 .... Sylva
MUGGS AND SKEETER
GOOD GRACIOUS, BOY...THERE\
MUST BE FIFTEEN OR TWENTY OF
THEM OUT THEREl.-WHKT ON EARTH
BY WALLY BISHOP