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INVENTION American
1 went out to Dearborn last month
ami, among other things, took a quick
gbmpse at the great museum of
American inventions which Mr. Ford
nas assembled ir, Greenfield Village,
it ts a liberal education in Americanism
to study the developments of
jmuastrlal progress from the primitive
tools of the flr3t settlers, step
by step to the marvelous machines
of today which can do everything but
think.
it is hard to name an invention of
nr.norland- which did not either ori- !
innate in America or get its first)
practical use in this country. No-1
where lias the truth been better)
oSftonstrated of the old proverb:)
'Necessity is the mother of inven-'
liofl." The pioneers of America had |
iu w inventive, duivimg oui will) not
much more than their bare hands,
they had to improvise means of conquering1
the new world.
"i think we have done a prtety good
jot of it so far. but invention has
not stopped yet.
PIONEERS . . their problem
The two American inventions
which enabled our forefathers to conquer
the wilderness were the curved
axe helve and the long-barrel led Kentucky
rifle.
The pioneers had to clear and settle
a forest country filled with lurking
savages and dangerous wild
beasts. The straight-snooting Kentucky
rifle protected them against
th< dark terrors of the forest, while
the free-swinging axe helve enabled
thern to develop a new and more effective
technique for clearing the
land for their farms and building
their log houses.
For the first 250 years, America
was handicapped by a shortage of
Labor. We had to invent machines because
there wasn't enough man power
And. in spite of all the present;
unemployment, men engaged in big
manufacturing industries tell me
there is still a shortage of genuine
ij skuico laDor.
MACHINES .... operators
Tin: greatest contribution America
has made to the world, it seems to
me, is our ingenuity in building
brains into machines. I never go
through a modern manufacturing
p!?.nt without seeing some new machine
which minimizes the need of
inteTllgvnce on the part of the man
who operates It. The engineers who
who designed and the tool makers
who built it put their brains aijd
skill into the machine itself, so that
lilt most unintelligent laborer can
run St.
One of the most complica'ed devices
that we had to turn out during
the war was the recoil mechanician!
for the French 155-mitiiuictcr howitzers.
The problem of making them
was put up to a big Detroit automobile
factory. It took three months to
design and buiid the automatic machines
to do the job. I went through
the factory in 1918 and found every
ci>o of these automatic machines being
tended by u chunky Polish girl
ir. fl smock. It took no muscle, it took
no skill or trading, to produce, oy
aid of the machine which could almost
think, an apparatus in which
every part had to be accurate to a
thousandth of an ircli !
UNEMPLOYMENT answer
1 think the ultimate answer to the
problem of unemployment will be a
tremendous increase in the number
and variety of so-cailed labor-saving"
machines. Only by providing
that sort of machinery can most of
the unemployed be employed, profitably
to industry and to themselves.
The machine makes it posible to
pay wages which the unaided, unskilled
worker could never earn. One
of our great American discoveries
has been that the more machines are
set to work making useful goods the
greater the demand for the goods,
because they can be sold cheaper,
and so the demand for more machines
and workers to tend the machines
increases.
With all the talk about the geat
army of unemployed there are twice
as many people at work today in the
United States as there were thirty
years ago. Yet our ^population is far
from being twice what it was in
1900.
CBBHDIH1T .... tie-up
"Chemurgy" is the name for the
new Hue along which industry is developing.
It means the application of
chemical processes to raw materials
to convert them into usable commodities.
Both industrial and agricultural
researchers hold out great
hopes that through chemurgy farm
products may make a larger market
hy their conversion to industrial uses.
In the Ford factory at Dearborn I
aaw one important application of
chemurgy. Many parts of the Fod
car, including some of the interior
fittings, are made of a compound derived
front soy beans by chemical
processes. Soy bean oil Is an essential
part of the lacquer with which
tne ears are painted. We are going
to hear much more of chemurgy.
Fur farming is now established in
35 of the 48 states.
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VOLUME XLVII. NUMBER 42$
BRAIN-TRUSTER
Republicans Select Yale Man
to Probe New Deal
WASHINGTON ... Dr. Olin
Glenn Saxon (above), Professor of
Business at Yale, is the man the
Republican Party Chiefs have selected
to head their "brain trust"
committee to analyze the New Dea)
and furnish material for G.O.P.
campaign orators.
GRAND JURY GIVES
REPORT TO COURT
Jurors Refer to Good Condition
of County Property as Short
Session Euds.
'Die grand jury in its regular report
made to His Honor, Judge J. H.
Clement in superior court Monday
afternoon, indicated that the county
property in an improved condition
since the last term and found no i
cause for complaint in connection
with the official conduct of the offices
in the courthouse. The report,
which was sianed bv Henrv .T Mat
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din, the foreman, states:
"We have passed on all bills sent
us from the court after examining
the witnesses:
"We visited the County Home by
committee and find that there has
bjen considerable improvements
mhde since the last Grand Jury Report.
The grounds are in excellent
shape and'the building is lb a good
state of repair. The inmates all report
that they have excellent treatment
and plenty of good wholesome
food and good medical care. The superintendent
and all helpers are kind
and give us good treatment.
"The County Jail heating plant is
being replaced by a modern plant
and the prisoners state that they are
being given good wholesome food and
plenty of good clean bedding There
is quite a bit of rubbish in the Corridors
partly caused by unpacking
plumbing and beating materials
which will he removed as sooii as the
heating system is completed.
"The Register of Deeds office,
clerks office and other offices in the
Courthouse arc well kept and the
guardians, administrators, and executors
have made reports or have
been notified by the clerk to come in
and make their reports.
"The Courthouse lias been recently
been repaired as to the roof, plumbing
and plaster and appears to be in
good condition.yH
"The prison camp .which i3 located
in Watauga county is in excellent
condition and the prisoners report!
good care and treatment.
This April 21, 1936."
LENOIR LEADER DIES
Walter L. Minish, aged 74, a leader
in the business, civic and church
affairs of Lenoir, died Friday morning
at a hospital in that city where
he was taken following what was
described as a heart attack. Funeral
services and interment were Saturday.
Mr. Minish was a pioneer furniture
manufacturer, member of the
board of commissioners, building and
loan director, and member of the
board of stewards of the Methodist
Church. He had been a resident of
Lenoir since 1898, and wai known
to many Watauga county people.
STEIWER TO KEYNOTE
Senator Frederick Stciwer of the
state of Oregon was chosen Tuesday
as keynoter for the Republican national
convention when it meets in
Cleveland June 9. Steiwer's name
was the only one placed officially in
nomination and the selection was
unanimous.
MOVED TO ASHEVILLE JATL
ReJd Coffey of Linville, accused
in the fata] shooting: of his uncle,
Hardy Coffey a few days since, has
I been removed from Avery county to
! the jail in Asheville and is being held
without privilege of bail. Rhonard
McRae, arrested as a material witness,
has been released on bond.
Mr. J. E. Merritt Jr., has resigned
from his position as athletic coach
and head of the history department
at Boor.e High School. He gave as
his reason the offer of a more lucra-'
five position elsewhere.
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Independent Weekly Ne
SOQNE, WATAUGA CC
ELECTION BOARD
NAMES OFFICIALS
AT MEETING SAT
A. D. Wilson, Cnaiman, J, 1
Gross, Secretary of County
Election Board.
REGISTRARS AND JUDGES
SELECTED FOR ELECTION!
Only One Candidate* lfcis Filed; >la;
!) List Din t.:> Enter Primary
Race; Regis!ration Books
Will Open on 9th.
The regular organization meetinj
of the new county ooard of election
was held in the courthouse Saturda;
with A. D Wilson, James T. Groa
and J. E. Holshouser present, and i
complete slate of registrars am
judges appointed who will act botl
in the June primary and at the gen
eral election in November. Mr. Wil
son was elected as chairman of th
county board, while Mr Gross wa
designated as secretary.
Only one candidate has filed fo
office in this county, Wade E. Browr
who deposited his name with th
board, together with the proper fee*
and who seeks a seat in fhn
Senate. Others thinking of submit
ting their names to the primary vc
ters are reminded that they mua
file with the county board of elec
lions on or before May 9 at 6 o'cloc'
p. m., otherwise their names canno
be placed on the official ballot. Re
istration books will be open for th
primary on Saturday, May 9 and wi
close on Saturday, May 23. The pri
mary will be held on June 6.
Following are the names of th
precinct election officials as appoint
ed Saturday, the first named in eac
instance being the registrar, the sec
ond the democratic judge and the las
the republican judge:
Bald Mountain: Glenn Howell, Em
ory Ragan, Wade F. Norris; Beave
Dam: Aivin ITagaman, Len Norrh
Spencer Warren: Blowing Rock: Rot
ert Greene, Paul Coffey, G. C. Rob
bins; Blue Ridge: M. O. Coffey, Nil
Cook, J. G. Keller; Boor.e: Edgar Mas
Grady Greer, E. D. Cook; Cove Creek
Scott Swift, Don Horton, Chas. G
Lewis; Elk: Mrs. D. C. Thornpsof
Clay Hodges, V. C. Cox; Laure
Creek; Claude C. Edminsten, Oil
masi, imas. Trivett; Meat Camp Nc
1: Bynum Cross, Thomas Jacksoi;
Howard Gragg; Meat Camp No. 2
Li. E. Beach, Ronda Ragan, Wayn
Miller; North Fork; W. C. South
James M. Brown, A. N. Thomas
Shawneehaw: Lloyd Welch, Erni
Triplett, W. C. Smith; Stony Fork
R. L. Gentry, Harrison Miller, Lloyi
Wilcox; Watauga: Fred Edminster
M. L. Harmon, O. L. Coffey.
BAPT1STMENT0
GATHER IN BOOM
Judge Hayes And I. G. Gree
Among Those to Address
Religious Gathering Here.
A great many, leaders of the de
nomination will appear on the pro
gram at the Baptist Men's Confer
ence which is to be held at the loca
Church on May 8, among whom ar
Messrs. Walter N. Johnson, of Mar
Hill, I. G. Greer of Thomasville, am
Judge Johnson J. Haves of Greens
boro. All Baptist men, both pastor
and laymen are being urged to at
tend the conference, the three-foli
purpose of which is given as fellow
ship, information and in9piratior
The program is as follows:
Morning Session, 10:30, Ira 1
Johnson, West Jefferson, presiding
Praise and Worship, Philip D. Plet
cher, Ziooville; We're Glad to Se
You. J. C. Canipe, Boone; Well, Her
We Are, Eugene I_ Olive, Nortl
Wilkesboro; Men in the Early Church
Hoyt Blackwell, Mars Hill; Whatth
Men in My Church Are Doing: Olyd
R. Greene, Boone, W. T. Whittingtor
West Jefferson, A. H. Casey, Nortl
Wilkesboro; My Chuch and T, Wha
Are We For, Johnson J. Hayef
Greensboro.
Afternoon Session, 2:30, S. C. Eg
gers. Boone, presiding. Praise am
Worship, J. O. Spencer, Grassy Creek
Disciplcship and Stewardship, Wal
N. Johnson, Durham; Can We Get I
Done, M. O. Alexander, Raleigh; Profc
lems of Church Administration, M
A. Huggins, Raleigh; Men and th
Kingdom Program, J. T. Hcndorsor
Knoxville.
Evening Session, 7;3C. T. E. Stcrj
Wilkesboro, presiding. Praise an
Worship, H. M. Winkler, Todd; Me
and the Study of Missions, J. C. Pipe
Asheville; Why I Believe in the Or
phanage, J. C. Canipe, Boone; Why
Believe in the Co-operative Prograir
I. G. Greer, Thomasville; Baptis
Men pr.d Christ's Program Acros
the Seas, H. H. McMillan, Wagrarr
The program is interspersed wit
musical numbers, and promises to b
one of the most helpful religiou
gatherings thus far held in this com
munity.
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wspaper?Established in ti
)UNTY. NORTH CAROLINA, THLi
SOUTH START!
One of Storm Scenes is Shown
tive Tornado. 500 Lives am
t- ATLANTA. . . . Here is shown bi
it which Georgians and other Souther]
: destructive tornado ii* years had ta
lc damaged property, estimated into m
t the business section at Gainesville a
job of rebuilding started.
- TYPHOID CLINICS
I TO BE HELD HERE
ii
~t District Health Depnrlntcnl
Gives Out Dates For Giving
of Fever Vaeci le.
r
s. The greater part of Watauga touri"
i- ty was covered l>y the Health Dei
partmenl with Typhoiil Clinics last
e year hut same sections were unreachit
.id owing to the late start. This year
: theeo. sections will be visited, a list
!. ot,thc clinic centers being given be1;
'low.
1 Typhoid fever is a disease of the
s late summer and fail months for the
>. most part and so It is the better prani.
tice to take the vaccine early in the
: year in order that the body may have
rv tima 4-rt. its rcointnnso nrtoinot
>" WUUV W UUIIU P iLO 4 CVJ l?r> l?_ *.. agltliUIV
t, the disease in time. This is a matter
; of some weeks after the vaccine has
e been taken before the full protection
: is attained.
5 The toll from this disease has cost
i, our land dearly in the past, the death
rate being ten per cent, of those afflicted.
The cost in time and money
| is inestimab',-;.
Typhoid is a disease that is becoming
less frequent owing to the fight
j* that is being made against it, but
j I we must keep up our efforts in order
I not to lose the ground that we have
r! gained. The more of us who fight
J against the disease by taking the
! vaccine an* exercising sanitary precautions,
the more sure will be our
success.
The vaccine can be taken in the
District Health Department office,
j over the Boone Postoffice, on any
Monday or Saturday morning beL
tween 9 a. m. and 12:00 m., or at any
9 of the following places. Other points
will be announced later.
Schedule For Typhoid CUnlcs
9 April 27, May 4 and 11: Collin's
" Store 1:30 p. m.; Cool Springs No. 1
3 p. m.
April 28, May 5 and 12: Timbered
' Ridge 10 a. m.; Perry's Store 11:30
, a. m.; Reece, 1:30 p. m.; Forest Grove
2:30 p. m.
May 1, 8 and 15: Cool Springs No.
2 10 a. m.; Rominger 11 a. in.; Win9
dy Gap 1:30 p. m.
WATAUGANS CHOSEN FOR
e FEDERAL JURY SERVICE
E
i Following are the names of Wai
tauga citizens who have been selectl
ed for jury service at the term of
i. Federal court which convenes in
Wilkesboro, Monday. May 18:
Turner Watson, Brookside; Alonzo
j G. Miller, Deep Gap; M. L. Herman,
- Valle Crucis; Niley T. Byers, Ziont.
vilie; Leslie Lyons, Boone; H. C.
t Hodges, Triplett; L. L. Bingham,
Boone; German Garland, ShullsMills;
r Clyde Tester, Matney; Walter H.
Greene, Route 2. Boone; S. F. Hor,
ton, Sherwood: Leonard E, Wilson,
ZionviHe.
d J. W. JONES MARINE BOXER
n J. W, Jones, son of Mrs. J. W.
s Jones of Boone is attracting consid -
erable attention as a boxer in ShangI
hai, China, with other members of
i. the Fourth Marine Corps, according
t to word reaching relatives here,
s Jones was in particular fine form re
i. vrveiy ai LIif. roreign IIUI^A ugiiLs,
h and a comment in the foreign pube
lication of the Marines says: "J. W.
s Jones, the squad's clowning slugger,
i- trades them with the best. Watch
this lad."
MOQ]
ie Year Eighteen Eigi^jE
RSDAY, APRIL 23. i936
5 TO REBUILD |
in Georgia Following Destine- j
1 Millions iu Property Loss
lit one of the storm strewn scenes
i state citizens faced when the most
hen its toll of nearly 500 lives and
iliions. This photo shows a portion of
ift.er the tornado had passed and the
FARM PROGRAM TO
FEATURE MEETINGS
Explanation of New Federal
Conservation Program i n
Different Gatherings.
Tiie 193d Agricultural Conservation 1
program will be explained <o the
farmers, in the different communities
of the county, at the meetings to be
held at the following Lime and places:
Thursday, April 23, Bethel school
at 7:30 p. m.: Friday, April 24, Deep
Gap school at 7:30 p. m.; Saturday.
April 25, Cove Creek high school,
after the play: Monday, April 27.
Shulls Mills .school 7:30 p. im; Tuesday,
April 28, Matney school at 7:30
p. m.: Wednesday, April 2!), Triplett
school at 7:30 p. m.; Thursday, April
30, Green Valley school at 7:30 p. m.;
Friday. May 1, Blowing Rock school
at 7:30 p. m.
In the new farm program, farmers
will be paid at the rate of 5c per
pound for reducing their tobacco crop
up to 3071 of their base pounds.
Farmers will be paid for taking out
of production soil depleting crops,
which are grown for sale, such as
corn, cabbage, potatoes, truck crops
and small grain, at the rate of about
$7.00 per acre, This payment will depend
on the ni-.vduitidty of the land
which is taken out of production
The following soil building practices
with the rates and condition of
payments are under consideration,
except where sown with wheat, oats,
or rye which will be cut for grain.
For planting red or mammoth clover
in 1936, farmers will he paid
$1.50 per acre.
For planting alsike, white, and
crimson clover and lespedcza payments
of $1.00 per acre will be mode.
For planting any legume mixture
where half the mixture is made up
of clover, payments of $1.00 per acre
will be made.
Payments will be made at the rate
of $j..30 per aere for turning under
crimson clover. Austrian winter peas
and vetch.
For planting forest trees, payments
of $5.00 per acre will he made.
For liming land, payments of $2.00
per ton will be made $1.00 per bag
will be paid for applying 16% superphosphate
on pastures or on small
grain where grass is sown.
. The most of the farmers in the
county can benefit from this new
soil conservation program and it is
hoped that a large number of farmers
will attend the meetings o.nd hear
the program explained
A pplication blanks are now in the
County Agent's office for making applications
for these grants. There will
be someone in the County Agent's of- j
fii-o or oil Hmde fill 1!-- '
tion3 for the farmers.
W. B. COLLINS,
County Agent.
SCHOOL HOUSE WORK IS
PROGRESSING AT MABEL
The rock piers and foundation walls
have been completed at the new Mabel
school building according to Mr.
Witford Davis, general foreman, who
states that the wooden frame for the
rock veneered structure is to be
pushed to completion as soon as possible.
Work on the frame was to
have started Wednesday, he stated,
i Quantities of stone are or. lie ground
for the building, which is to be thoroughly
modern.
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jght
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$1.50 PER YEAR
itfMINAL COURT7
pSES DISPOSED
* OF ON FIRST DAY
Only Two Judgements of Court
Returned in Actions on
State Docket.
COURT RECESSES MONDAY
NOON TILL THURSDAY
fudge anil Solicitor Talie I*>ave of
Town When Civil Civics Couldn't
be Reached So Early; County
Complimented.
The regular spring- term of Watauga
Superior Court took a recess
Monday afternoon until Thursday,
a'npn u <jhtfp rlnolrut nnmimdmno to..
v. -,vv.v. \IUVlkK. V Wlil^llOUlg f.U
cases was disposed of, and Judge
Clement and Solicitor Spurting returned
to tiieir respective homes,
after having conducted the shortest
| term of criminal court ever known
[in this community. The civil docket
had been calendared to begin later
i in the week, and it was found im possible
to renotify all outside lawI
yers and be able to proceed with the
court uninterrupted, hence the recess.
The trial of civil cases is ex pected
to last well into next week.
No true bill was returned in some
of the cases on the state docket, others
were continued because of illness
of imp >rtant witnesses and only
two sentences were passed by the
court:
Clyde Greer, charged with breaking
and entering was sentenced to a
term of 18 months on the roads.
Lee Edminsten, charged with larceny,
was sentenced to the roads
for 13 months.
In recessing court Judge Clement
spoke of the unusually Light state
docket, and commented that the brevity
of that, part of the term spoke
in high terms of the character of
Watauga's citizenship.
BASEBALL SEASON TO END
Appalachian State's baseball team,
already boasting of a line record
against the best teams in North.
Carolina and Virginia, will wind up
its season here Monday against LellOir-RhVllO
T"hf TV?nnA!WUiP nrr,
are here Thursday, winding- up competition
against Smoky Mountain
Conference clubs.
These last two games will probably
see plenty of good baseball, as
the college club has rounded into
great form just when their season is
almost over.
CHARLES BINGHAM
FUNERAL FRIDAY
Prominent World War Veteran
Succumbs In Kir.gsport
After Long Illness.
Funeral services were conducted
Friday afternoon from the I-Ienson's
Chapel Methodist Church on Cove
Creek, for Chas. M. Bingham, prominent
citizen of that section, who
died in Kingsport Wednesday evening
after a long illness. Mr. Bingham
had been a patient at the government
hospital in Oteen for several
weeks due to injuries sustained while
a soldier in the world war and had
oniy recently been taken to Kingsport
to be near relatives. He was 39
years old.
Rev. J. W. Parker, pastor of the
church, was in charge of the riles
and was assisted by Rev. G. C. Graham,
the former pastor, Rev. J. A.
Yount of Boone, and Rev. Mr. Butt
of Valle Crucis. A large number o(
members of the American Legion
were present, and the chaplain. Rev.
Walter Greene, spoke briefly. The
veterans wre in charge of the services
at the graveside in the nearby
cemetery. An impressive floral offering
was carried by members of the
American Legion Auxiliary,
Surviving are the widow and two
children, David and Mary Martha
Bingham. Five brothers and four
sisters al30 survive: Roy, Walter and
Sam Bingham, Kings port; G. F. Bingham
Jr., Elizabethton: Herbert, Sherwood:
Mrs. Herbert Nobles Mrs. R.
N. Brook3 and Mrs. Gordon Taylor
of Watauga county. The father, Mr.
G. F. Bingham also survives.
Mr Bingham was reared in the
Cove Creek section, and reached
young manhood just In time to become
involved in the world war. He
volunteered in Battery E, 113th F.
A. in 1917, one of the first men of
the county to offer himself in the
service of the country. Perhaps no
man in the county had a longer or
a more honorable record of service WW
on the fields of France than did he.
Poison gas and other instruments of
warfare, incapacitated him, however,
to take up peacetime occupations,
he being rated as totally disabled by
the veterans bureau.
Mr. Bingham was a member of
the Methodist Church, was loyal to
his church and his friends, and.widei.V
popular. His death conies Gomes
as a source of genuine sorrow.
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