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SCIENTISTS ... at work II
T'v popular idea of a scientist Is
an eld man with an absent-minded expression
hunting through a microis
scope for something that wouldn't be
& any use if he found it.
i wish I could take every one of
5 my readers through ony of the great
jj industrial laboratories with which I
jf? an: familiar, and ir. which I have often
watched scientists at work. One
td them employs more than a thousand
young men. each of whom nas
S a university Doctor's degree, in chemK
istry, engineering or philosophy, and j
iias uaa to prove nis ability to do
original research work before he
could get his job.
Titcy are very far from being the
doddering dodoes which the public
imagines men ot science to be. They
are as keen, human and interesting
a group of men as I have ever encountered
anywhere. Their prime
purpose is to find ways to make the
telephone work faster, better and
cheaper. But as byproducts of their
discoveries such inventions as talking
pictures, chain broadcasting, television
ar.d many othre things have
come out of that laboratory.
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l'KOGKESS ... a look back
I have little patience with the coir.- i
nor. complaint that inventions ar.d
machinery have brought the world
to ruin. Exactly the opposite is true.
Who would be content to go back, I
even to the days of my own boy-!
hood ?
1 can remember when there were | ]
In :> telephones, no electric lights nor j
electric power, no airplanes, no mo'i
pictures, no phoongraphs, po I:
typewriters, no Portland cemer.t, no i
bathtubs or plumbing to speak of,'
r.e gas engines, no automobiles, or i
course, and not even mv liien.-l.,=
Wireless telegraphy and its offspring, i '
radio broadcasting, were undreamed J
of; the dirigible aircraft was a ro- j
mantic novelist's fantasy.
1 could fill this column with prod- j
nets of the application of science by j
invention to serve humanity. I think j
the world is better off.
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HKAI.TH . . . life silver
I saw a notice posted in a New j
York subway car the other day 111 {'
which the Health Commissioner poln- j
tted out Liitil only 3 i babies died m i
the big city of diphtheria last year, i '
whereas several thousand died of it!
annually only a few years ago. Auti-j
toxin has put an end to this masaa- ! 1
ere of the innocents. * !'
One by one, in my own time, I j
have seen the scourges of mankind j (
vanish under the advance of medical i *
science. Smallpox, bubonic, yellow feVi"
iii.liitiia n'nVdic ttmhAWJ il
culosis, scarlet fever, all the long list !
of diseases that took high toll of hu- 1
man lives when I was A boy, have '
been banished or are rapidly being j'
conquered by I he forward marcTr of|'
civilian tian and the steady advance
?? medical knowledge and public hygiene
measures.
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CAN( KR . . . needs research
One of my friends lost his wife 1
a few months ago. She had a can- !
cer. The other day he told me that i
he had been inspired to investigate!
the whole subject of cancer, and was !
surprised t.o find that nothing that ;
could properly be called scientific re-; ]
search by modern methods had been;
undertaken, into either the cause orj
the possible cure of this most dread- j
fu! of ail diseases.
My friend is a man of scientific I
training, familiar with the methods! i
of the great research laboratories. "I ,
am sure," he said, "that with three
or four million dollars available, with
which to hire competent chemists, bi- >
oiogists and pathologists, any of the
big industrial laboratories could find j
the cause of cancer and a cure for
it, in a few years."
It is easier to get money with
which to do research that is expected
to result, in more money, than it
is when nothing more important than i
human lives is involved.
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BliOOIJ . . . four types
The transfusion of blood from one j
person to another has become such j
an established method of treatment j
in various conditions that every im-'
portant hospital ha3 a list of "blood1
donors." These are men or women:
who are willing to part with a pint or j
more of blood for a fee of $25 ^or so. |
Medical men learned through thisj
work of blood transfusion that there ,
are four distinct types of human
blcod. and that it is necessary to be
sure that the donor's blood is of the
same type as that of the patient.
These four types are known a-s "O,"
"A," "B" and "AB."
The tests for these blood types arc
so positive that recent examinations
of the muscle tissue of Egyptian
mummies, who have been gead for
iveral thousand years, prove that
diese inhabitants of the Nile country
in the time of the Pharoahs were all
of a single blood type, the "B" standard.
Men of science are beginning to
think it likely that there are four
original races of human beings, whose
blood types persist in their descendants.
Nobody, or only a comparatively
few of the earth's inhabitants,
ia of unmixed racial strain. But the
blood type will tell which strain is
dominant in any given, individual. j
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VOLUME XLV, NUMBER 52
CULPRITS KILL j
MOST OF TROUT
AT HATCHERY;
Siiiathejrs at Loss to Know Why State
Property Should Have Been Malic
iously lovuded. Practically All
Breeding Fish Are Destroyed and
700 Gond-si/.eil Trout in Another
Pool Perish. Third Hatchery Paid.
Almost a hundred tremendously
large trout, used for breeding purposes
at the Rutherwood Fish Hatchery.
and 700 lesser game fish perished
during the early morning hours Sunday,
after some unknown prowler
had diverted the water supply from
the reservoir at the State plant. Only
thirteen of the big fish remained
oliiu
The gigantic trout which had been
reared and nurtured by Mr. Smathcrs
to a point of greatest utility,
weighed from two to five pounds and
represented the rainbow, brown and
speckled varieties. The smaller ones
were brook trout from ti to 9 inches
in length.
Visitors never tired of gazing into
the crystal waters where the big fellows
played, and oftentimes Mr.
Smut hers, the manager, cast food in- \
to the pool between times so that:
those who visited the popular recreation
spot might revel in the antics
of the gamey tribe. Accordingly, there
has been great indignation among the
people of this section as a result of
the wanton destruction, and there is
concerted demand for the capture, of
Lhe criminals.
When Mr. Sinathers discovered the
depredation early Sunday the fish
were distributed among residents of
the community ana town.
Third Raid oh Pools
Mr. Smathora, the genial manager,
is quite at a loss along with the other
citizens to understand just why
his enterprise should be the center
of continued attacks by vandals. It is
recounted that this is the third time
fish have been destroyed. First a
great number of the breeders were
lipped from the pool, later some poison
substance was placed in th^ wn. *
er and several hundred pounds of ;
tixnit were buried as a result. ]
mo Kuinerwopd Hatchery has supplied
the mountain streams of several
counties with trout for rnauy 1
rears, an<l Is regarded as one of Die J
touilty's mast useful and attractive
mterpriscs. A threat to discontinue
lie plant last winter caused n flarei]>
among local citizens, and a delegation
from Boone finally succeeded
11 having the plant discontinued. Lola!
sportsmen feel that could vigor>us
punishment be meted nut to the i
lulprits, Mr. Smathers could proceed
.vith greater assurance and that there
.vould be less likelihood of further
iction toward discontinuing' the opi
rat ion.
WILLREGISTER ,
UNEMPLOYED:
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Re-employment Service Represents- t
live Will Be In Boone Friday to 5
Renew and Register Workers In 1
County. Veterans to Report.
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Information coming: to The Demo- ] i
:rat from Mr. R. L. Wooten, head . ;
3f the re-employment service in! t
North Wilkes bo ro, is to the effect t
that a representative of that service i
will be in Boone Friday, June 2Pth,
from 9:00 o'clock a. m. to 5:00 p. ni. ,
for the purpose of renewing and reg- t
istering the unemployed for work (
in this county. .
Mr. Wooten especially asks that' j
any ex-service man or veteran dosir- j.
ing work should report at this time! j
and give their names, as they will be j,
given prefernece in all cases where ,
they arc qualified for the work m:,
question. I
Since the local employment office 5
was closed, employment in Watauga ,
County is handled through the North |
Wilkesboro district office. ]
Tourist Excursions 1
Over Narrow Gauge
Following the popularity of the ex- '
cursion to Johnson City last Monday, .
the management of the Linville Riv-!'
er Railway Company has decided to |,
make these trips each week during | (
the month of July. A round-trip fare ;.
of SI.00 will be collected, stops will!'
be made in the Doe River Canyon, andj!
the most rugged scenery to be found ,
on any line in Eastern America will
be enjoyed by summer visitors to
the mountains. A three-hour stay in
Johnson City has been arranged. I
Last Monday about 175 teachers
from Appalachian College and other
visitors made the trip over into Tennessee.
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Rev. W. L. Trivett will speak at 1
the Advent Christian Church next 1
Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. His ]
subject will be "The Thousand-Year i
Milennhim nnrt the Rinding of the
Dragon." The public is invited to at- i
tend. 1
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dependent Weekly News]
BOONE, WATAUGA COU
Noted Peopli
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Shown above (hTt Jo right} are M
>f (In* Sccraliirj ui the Interior and a
Vlexico. They were visitors sir Boone. 2
Park ami the Daniels summer home at
'ountrv Ciufy Asheville, after living
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fUJKHfc ASKS rut?
SECOND PRIMARY
IN SEVENTEENTH
raylorsviile Lawyer Asks for Contest
After In\estimations Reveal That
He Ran Second to Rousseau in First
Voting. More than Six Hundred
Votes Thrown Out in Alexander |
Hearings
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,1. Harden Burke, well known Tay-1
orsviile attorney, Monday evening \
?ave out the information that he had j
isked for a second primary in his;
ace for the judgeship of the Seven
eenth District, when an icvesiiga- (
ion revealed that he had run second :
o J. A. Rousseau, of North Wilkes- j
>oro, in the balloting on June 2nd. ;
Thus is written another chapter in j
me 01 me naruesc iougn: political |
rattles witnessed in this section for |
liany years. Interest has been in- j
ense in the final outcome of the con- i
est in Watauga, although this coun-1
y is no longer in the district.
Local polit ical observers for the j
nost part had slaled Mr. Burke as an I
>asy winner, hut when the votes were j
:hecked he was only about 100 in j
he lead of Rousseau. Mr. Rousseau;
promptly challenged the result of the ;
.'oting in Alexander County, alleg- j
ng that there had been indiscrimi-1
late voting of Republicans, and that j
he sum total of the home-county |
rote for Mr. Burke exceeded the j
Democratic registration. Mr. Burke's '
friends promptly alleged gr03S irre-g- j
parities in the Wilkes voting, and i
the State Board of Elections held i
hearings in Taylorsville arid North j
iViikesboro last week to ferret, out i
the charges.
In Alexander the board took fromj
Mr. Burke more than 1100 votes, and :
the chairman of the election board
,vas dismissed. Thus Rousseau am- [
issed a five hundred lead. In North [
iViikesboro 30 absentee votes 127 of j
them for Rousseau) were thrown out
in account of "minor technicalities,"
liter many naa lestniea 10 rainer|
glaring irregularities on primary day.:
rhe board indicated that some ol
the North Wilkesboro charges would i
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Grand Lecturer With
Local Masons this Week
Mr. J. T. Marquette, Grand Lee- j
turer of the Masonic Lodge of North
Carolina, is spending the week with
local Masons and lectures arc being
given both day and night. Mr. Marjuette,
it is said, will devote the en-;
tire week to the local Lodge find
classes may be *1 ranged to suit the
convenience of all members.
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paper?Established in tt
NTT, NORTH CAROLINA, THVRS
3 Pay Visit to Wa
Irs. Jo^ephuH JDanlcl^ of Uitlcagh; Mi
nifcmber of the IJIfitois State Legist
and Kiowuig Rock a tew days ago ?
Lake Jiinaluska. They an* pictured
been guests of fri feds stt a hineheoi
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J A clr c Rp#-'irvrvrl r
??. iuiiu * rrmaj y
J. Hayden Burke, of Taylorsville,
who has entered a second primary
with Julius A. Rousseau, Nortli
Wilkesboro. for the Democratic
nomination for judge of the Seventeenth
District.
BL1LDING& LOArr
MAILS OUT CHECK!
iMore Than $4,000 Being Distribute
to Owners of Trepaid Stock on Eve
of Opening of New Series. Mr.
Gragg Reports Progress.
Four thousand and twenty-sevc
dollars representing the semi-annu;
interest payments on prepaid stoc
in the Watauga Building and Loa
Association, is being mailed out th
week to the. shareholders. These ea
nings are distributed among 200 ii
vestors. most of whom reside in W<
tauga Comity, and Mr. \V. H. Crag
secretary of the Association, calls a
tention to the fact that the associ:
tion has continued to pay its regi
lar dividends on time right throng
the business depression. It is ind
cated that installment payments a;
being made with remarkable promp
ness, and that a number of horn,
are now in process of erection throug
the aid of the association
In announcing the opening of tl
new series July 1, Mr. Gragg sa;
tnat indications are bright for a co
siderable increase in stock sales, at
his office is anxious to be allowed
explain the varied benefits to be d
rived from a connection with tl
Building and Loan.
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,DAY, JOKE 28. 1934
iauga County 1
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Harold L. I ekes , c?i VVasbingU)!!, wife .
iiture; and Mr. Daniels, Ambassador to ]
n route to iuc Great iSmiiky .u?Maitaiiis :<
on the patio of the Bill more Forest J <
i there. (Out courtesy Ashevilie Cit izen;) i
^INJURIES FATAL TO;
jW. HARRISON BYRD;!:
BURIAL AT FOSCOE
"romlnent Watauga Man Succumbs j
in Hickory Hospital. Victim of Aui
02iMhil6 Collision. Was 67 Years
c -'M. KaO Served for Long Period j
:v;? Deputy Sheriff. Widow and
Thre * Children Survive.
William Harrison Byrd. prominent
citizen of the Foscoe community, died
in a Hickory hospital last Friday,
where he had been taken three weeks
previous I or treatment for injuries
he received in aii automobile collision
at Granite Fails. Damage to the!
spinal column is credited with, hav- j
r.g produced death. He was 67 years j
c.'cl. I
funeral services were conducted at j
'Pezcc-e Saturday afternoon iu the I
presence of a large gathering ofj
friends of the family. Rev S. E. Gragg'
j of the Arivont.isl Christian Church j
! was in charge of the obsequies and [
1 !, interment was in the family ceme- j
' itery- i
1 The pallbearers were: W. R. Brew- ;
I or, D. P. Wyko, C. P. Moore, Stan'
| ford Coffey. N. P. Church and Don'
| Calloway.
? The large floral offering was borne |
l by Sibyl Calloway, Margaret Moore, j
: Mira Church. Minnie Coffey, Neva j
: Calloway. Virginia Church, Louise '
Wyke, Nannie Bvrd, Snow Kyrd, j
Snow Moody, Maxine Moody and Do i
' Etta Townsend.
j Surviving besides the widow arc
, three children: Baxter Bvrd. Los An-:
geles. Calif.; Mrs. Winnie Rowe, Val-|
le Crucis; Letcher Bvrd, Banner Elk,1
R. F. D.
Mr. Byrd wa3 bom January 7th, J
'n 1867. in the Clark's Creek section;
, of Watauga County, a son of Mr. and |
:k Mrs. Carson Byrd, and had spent j
n the greater part of his life in this;
1S section. He was a farmer by occupa- i
: tiori. but latelv had crivon rr?i?/?Vi .
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; his attention to the development of
a tourist camp and recreational cen- j
? | ter on his place.
t- For a long time Mr. Byrd was a !
| deputy sheriff, and throughout his!
j life was always willing to aid in any |
'h manner the uniform enforcement of I
!i-1 the laws of the land. Mr. Byrd was
>"C well, known throughout Watauga and
t- j adjacent counties, and was of a
cs staunch type of citizenship, honorafk
ble, industrious and charitable. He
! will be gravely missed in his native j
ie county, and there is genuine sorrow
fs because of his tragic death.
n-j
id Mr. and Mrs. Frank Moore and
to daughter. Martha, and Mr. and Mrs
e- Clyde Winebarger spent Sunday in
tie i Wilkes Couuty with Mr. Moore's pa|
rents.
RAT
ht
$1.50 PEP. Yr.AH.
INSTITUTE HAS
MANY NOTABLES
ON ITS PROGRAM
.'ivic Relationship Study Being Conducted
this Week at the Appalachian
College Will Feature Attorney
General and Commissioner of
Revenue. Mrs. O'Berry and Other
Notables Take Prominent Parts.
The Institute of Civic Relationships
5eing conducted by the Appalachian
State Teachers College this week is
he first big unit in Appalachia's good
utizenship work this year. A group
>f leaders, especially prepared to
,4utoi\ yum auuiuniy in uieir respective
fields, have been secured for this
occasion. Formal meetings are held
n the college auditorium each day at
1:30 in the morning and 7:30 in the
svening with conference and organisation
work in the meantime.
It is expected that through the 8U0
public school teachers in attendance,
the constructive work of the institute
will be carried into all parts of
North Carolina. The following are
some of the subjects and the speakers:
Program for Week
Monday, June 25: 11:30 a. m., "Living
Safeiy in the World of Today,"
Marian Telford, safety specialist of
the National Council of Safety; 8:00
p. m.. "Beautiful Homes and Highways.'
Walter J. Cartier. secretary
Carolina Motor Club, Charlotte.
Tuesday. June 26: 11:30 a. m., "The
New Deal for Rural North Carolina."
Dr. J. E. Forster. State College,
Ftaleiglf; 8:00 p. m., "Crime s.nd Funshrr.ent."
Albert Coates, director of
institute of Government.
Wednesday, June 27: 11:30 a. m.,
The New School lor the New Citizen,"
Mrs. Clyde Milner. president
N. C. Pi vision A A. U. \W; 8:00 p.
in., "Shall We Amend the Constitution
of the State of North Carolinav"
Dennis M. Brummitt. Attorney-General
cf North Carolina*
Thursday, June 28: 11:30 a. m.,
'Shall We Amend the Constitution
the State of North Carolina?" A.
J. Maxwell, Director State Revenue
Department; 8:00 p. m., to be left
pen for cu-Operalioh With cbufursnee
at Greensboro.
Friday, June 29: .11:3(1 a. n\., "The
North Carolina Teachor a Citizen,"
Juia B. -Warren, secretary of the XM.
2!. Education Association: 8:00 p. m.,
The Responsibilities m Human Valines
Reflected in the Now Deal, .Miss
Harriet Elliot, N. C, Relief Commission
: Mrs. Thomas O'Berry, State Reiel'
Commissioner.. rr: ; _ :L
MINIATURE GOLF
WINS COME-BACK
Local Course Opens Tup day Evening
with Bob Swan in Charge. Band
Concerts Each Evening and Special
Matches Being Arranged.
Tom Thumb Golf, which enjoyed
a mushroom popularity a couple of
years ago, has come back strong,
according to Bob Swan, popular college
student who opened the miniature
course on the Dr. Jones properly
Tuesday evening, and considerable
interest attaches to the revival
of the enjoyable recreation.
Band concerts are featuring the
evenings, and the newly-remodeled
course, set among giant maple trees,
bids fair to become the recreational
center of the town during the summer
months. Matches were arranged
for the opening night between Attorney
John El Brown and Paul Coffey,
of the Watauga Bank, while Jim Rivers
of The Watauga Democrat and
Lee Stout of the Standard Oil Company
provided a share of the merriment.
Mr. Swan states that the course
will be open all the time and invites
the public to gather for the music
and other entertainment, even though
some may not care to go around the
course.
MANYCATTLEARE
TO BE PASTURED
Beef Stock from Drought Areas Will
Be Grazed by Watauga Landowners.
Five Hundred and Sixty Head
Placed; 1,500 Expected.
Large numbers of beef cattle from
the drought areas of the Middle West
are to be grazed in Watauga County
this season at Government expense,
it has been learned. Mr. W. E. Shipley,
well known cattleman, has been
assisting the relief officials in securing
the pasturage for the cattle, and
told The Democrat the fir3t of the
week that grazing had been secured
for 560 head and that more than fifteen
hundred would be imported in
all.
Large tracts are being sought for
the grazing, the rule being to place
the cattle in car-load lots. The pasturage
is being paid for by the Federal
government as a part of the
emergency relief program.