BRISBANE
THIS WEEK
j Lightweight Lives Long
Eyes, Also, Work
Japan Will Oblige
The Russian Letdown
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Gilbert K. Chesterton, dead at six- j
! - two, weighed more than two hundred
and fifty pounds. As every doctor
will surmise, he died of heart
.-ease. His weight explains the un:
HrCttssariiy early death. A pump '
ronhs down if you overwork it;
. sixty-two-year-old heart breaks
iwvn if you compel it to supply with
'.ood?food, drink, oxygen- too many
alliens of cells.
Kvery cell in the body must have, ,
rum a laboring heart, its supply of*
(ood and oxygen, pumped every sec- i .
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The brain, alone, contains thirty j (
thousand million separate cells, ac-'
cording to Doctor Carrel. In his 100! "
surplus pounds, Chesterton carried
scores of billions of useless cells. ^
each making an unnecessary demand
on the heart.
Do not let yourself remain fat
after forty if you would live to be '
old. To become thin ami stay thin v
requires some effort of the will, oft- f
en more disagreeable than dying. i P
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At one of the ultra-radical work- '
crs' meetings in France, the red flag I f
displayed and the communist "inter-1 ^
national" hymn sung, there was ra-1 ,
lical and determined talk. Monsieur I
Thorcz told the meeting the factories! ?
of France would soon belong to the : o
workers. j ~
If the pian is sent through some
workers would discover that it takes
more than a red flag and a hymn to 0
run a factory and make it pay: if "
factories did not pay there would be v,
tyo pay rolls Brains count as well a3 *'
hands. The eyes carry no load, but! ''
i'ney direct the feel and lunula.
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South China thought she wanted!
a war with Japan, and will probably j b
have it. Troops from a Japanese na-, v
val squadron land at Ainoy, Fukicni
province, accompanied by the usual j ^
convincing flock of airplanes.
War with Japan is the easiest .
thing to have, if you really want it. J ^
in Canton. South China's big city, j
parades an.! mass meetings were or- J
ganized to increase ami express ha- j '
trod of Japan.
The outpouring' recalls Voltaire's
description of a glass of English beer ]
? "froth at the top. dregs at thei jv
bottom."
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Rusian SovioUsm came quickly,
and might gc quickly; signs of & J
"breakdown arc seen already. "Those
that do more and better work get
special rewards; engineers, chemists,'
scientists, occupy fine apartments |1'
compared with those of ordinary 1
workmen. That is hnrdly "straight |
communism." Now Russian will have;"1
a constitution and house of parlia-1 ?*
rnent, important steps in the direc-1'e
'-ion of conservatism. I
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Tell your little boy and little girl ''
to Include in their prayers the fol- 1
lowing: .
"And please, Lord, do not. send us
any more wars."
Uncle Sam recently began deliv- P
ering hundreds of millions of bonus v
bond dollars to 3,518,000 veterans of
'he war?many veterans and a big I
bonus, for a war in which we were
not concerned until foolishness pushed
us in.
The French Premier Blum, first S
Jewish prime minister in French his t;
tory, is a man of unusuai ab'lity, w
combining' common sense with the tl
radicalism of his Social party Mr.
Birchal) writes to the New York c
Time? that there is fear of nnli-Sc- p
mitic outbreaks in France; observers T
"see a ground-swell of an anti-Semi- h
tic movement in the vlcic^ attacks 9
of the right against the new Jewish F
premier." French anti-Semitism, according
to Mr. Birchadl, has survived fi
the Dreyfus case, which should have a
ended it. o
Our railroads find It hard to make Jf
money, but at least they are safe
railroads.
W. Averell Harriman presented a
gold safety medal from the fund established
in memory of his father, E. c
H. Harriman, to F. E. Williamson, p
president of the New York Central, t
which has not lost lost one life in 12 e
years. j
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It is interesting to learn from Mr. j
Ripley that the first Cunard steam- j
ship did not carry as mJlny passen- t
gers as could be carried by one of t
the ilifeboats on the Queen Mary, j
What is more important, each !ife>- ?
boat has wireless apparatus. t
The last chapter in the Lindbergh j
murder and kidnaping tragedy is
written with the return to Oolonel
Lindbergh of $14,665 held by New ,
Jersey as evidence against Haupt
mans.
OMAR, W. Va , , Edith Bradshaen
traveled out to California <
and there won the title of the (
National Farm Bureau's fairest
farmerette at the International Ex- j
position at San Diego.
i
The Asfcevllle Farm School In Bun- 1
combe county cut and stored a fine
crop of hay from 20 acres of alfalfa 1
last week and will top-dress the land i
with, superphosphate. i
Wai
An
VOLUME XLVI5, NUMBER 51
LARGE CROWDSAT i
FARM GATHERING!
rVA REpresentativc Speaks to I
Packed Court Room. Subject
is Soil Conservation.
The interest of Watauga farmers
n soil conservation ami improved
arming methods was evidence*! by
he record crowd attending the meetng
at the courthouse last Tuesday
Veiling-. The courtroom was packed
o the doors and many stood in the
Lisies to hear the illustrated lecture
fiveri by H. A. Powers, of the agriultural
division of the Tennessee
ralley Authority, on the subject of
oil conservation.
Mr. Powers is a recognized authority
on the subject, and his lecture
>ras received with. deeD interest bv
armors and their families from aU
arts of the county. A forceful and
onvincing speaker, he impresed his
carers with vivid descriptions and
lustrations of the far-reaching inluence
of the vast TV A projects,
'hen he brought home to each man
he fact that each individual Wataua
county farmer has a part whose
nportance cannot be overemphaized
in this immense work of soil
onservation.
It is after all, declared Mr. Powers,
u the farm hack in the hills where
ic real work is begun by the indi-;
idual farmer when he plans for
le conservation of the soil and wa
:r supply on his own acres. The
Teat dams constructed under the j
cnr.essee Valley Authority are the;
insinuation and the visible evidence j
f this work whose scope reaches
nek to the ia3t little farm ir? the I
lost romote section in the hills.
Following the address, an informal j
icetlng of demonstration farmers1
as held. Led by W. B. Collins, coun/
agricultural agent, ways and
leans were discussed for carrying
it the new farm plan and aoquaintig
the farmers with the work being
r?:ie 011 demonstration far 1113 all over
le county.
A plan of township and countyide
visits to demonstration farms
as agreed upon, during which the
est demonstration farm in each
nvnshlp will be selected, the farm- j
-s themselves to be the judges. Then |
om the best township farms, the:
number one" fariji and farmer tor
le whole county wHI be selected.
A roll call of demonatration farm's
by H. M. Hamilton Jr., assistant
^ricultural agent, showed a surprisigly*
large per cent, attending the
leeting, even from the moat remote
actions of the county As the- crowd
ft the building comments were
card on every side which showed (
le deep interest with which Mr. j
o\ver3' lecture was received, and j
le splendid work which is being I
one by Mr. Collins and Mr. Hamil- j
>n in bringing home to the farmers
f the county the importance of imroved
methods of farming and the
ital necessity of soil* conservation.
Jee Specialist To
Assist Farmers Here
Mr. C. D. Sams, Extension Bee
peciaiist, will be in Watauga coun/
on Thursday and Friday of this
reek to assist the farmers with
letr bee problems.
Mr. Sams will make talks on Bee
ulture at the following times and
laces: Cove Creek high school,
hursday, June 25 at 2 p. m.; Courtouse
at Boone, Friday. June 26 at
a. m.; Blowing Rock high school,
'riday, June 26 at 2 p. m.
Mr. Sams is one of the best inarmed
bee men in the South Shi
nyone interested in bees should
ome out and hear him.
)ry Forces Plan To
Have Field Day Here
The United Dry Forces of North
Carolina are planning to have a Field
>ay in the churches of Watauga the
hird Sunday in August, in the irrterst
of Temperance Education. The
lirector of the department of the
, ork will be in Boone on Wednesday,
uly 1 and wishes to meet all the
lastors of all the churches in Waauga
county at 10 o'clock that
noming, at the Baptist church to
>]an for this day. It is important that
Lit the pastors of all the churches atend
this meeting.
M A ADAMS,
director Temperance Education for1
this district.
Singing Convention
To Be Fourth Sunday
The 12th annual tri-state and trl:ounty
singing convention and Sunday
School picnic will lie held at the
Alexander McRae place on the Toniftlossee
road the fourth Sunday in
Tune, according to an announcement
made by Mr. J. L. Hartley of Lluville
Bic chairman of the event.
Mr. Hartley extends a cordial invitation
to ail singing classes in western
North Carolina and east Tennessee
to attend the gathering.
AUG,
Independent Weekly News
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNT
PHILADELPHIA . . Amid see
egat^s to the Democratic National
the keynote speech of Senator Alt
insert, and the speech of John ?.
President Roosevoit for a second 1
formed the same duties at the IS
eago when President Roosevelt \v
ROOSEVEIJRALLY[
IS HERE SATURDAY
One of Series of Nation-wide |
Gatherings is Arranged by j
Local Committee.
A. Rooseve.lt Nominators* Rally,;
one of several thousand to be licld j
all over the .United States on the j
occasion of the expected re-noinir.a- j
tion of the President, will take place j
at the courthouse in Boone Saturday j
evening, June 27. at I) o'clock, it was 1
announced Monday.
The Spruce Pine band of 30 pieces 1
will furnish music, for the occasion j
from 6 to 9 p. m.. and a loua-sneaAer!
system will be installed so that the j
gathering: may hear the acceptance j
speech of President Roosevelt, which i
i.< to be delivered from Baker Field,'
Philadelphia.
Committees in each township of
the county .hayft...he;m
offer tickets t<5 the rally, the money
derived to bo used for local expenses j
and for use of the Democratic National
Committee.
Attorney Wade E. Brown is chair- S
man of the committee on arrange- j
merits and John T. Howell and Chap- j
pel Wilson are assisting him. i ]
The chairmen of the township com- I
mittces are as follows: Elk, Clay
Hodges; Stony Fork, Zeb Greene; j
Blowing Rock, Richard Holler; Bald
Mountain, Glenn Howell; Meat Camp,
C. G. Hodges; Meat Camp No. 2. Henry
Beach; Cove Creek. J. B. Horton; '
Beaver Dam, Wade Greene; Laurel '
Creek, Ira Edminsten; gh&wneehaw, <
Ernie Triplett; Watauga, Richard
Olsen; Blue Ridge. Don Kerley; North
Fork, Mrs. Myrtle Mock; Boone 1
(men) Pat McGuire; Boone (women)
Mrs. Mack Cole.
Parking Rules Are
To Ra Rnforcwfl Hava
Members of the police department
have concluded marking off new
stripes along the streets for the
guidance of motorists in parking
their cars in a systematic manner,
and the authorities insist that autos
must be parked henceforth as directed.
The congested condition of the city
streets is growing more alarming,
particularly on Saturdays, and the
city officers believe that enough
apace may be saved by orderly parking.
to greatly relieve the congestion.
They wouldi appreciate the cooperation
of the people in thi3 regard.
Valle Crucis Clinic
Sponsored By School
On the 19th of this month a tonsil
clinic was held at Valle Crucis Mission
School which was well received
by the people of that vicinity. This
clinic was sponsored by the school?
their details being cared for by Mrs.
Glorier and Miss Fisher. Dr. H. B.
Perry of Boone assisted by Dr. VV.
O. Bingham of Sugar Grove had
charge of the surgical end of the
work. 19 ijf ail' took advantage of
this opportunity of getting rid of
i their diseased tonsils, and will, no
I doubt, be well repaid for their trouhi#*
in flip- CAnnrftl 1ihnrnvMiAr.t )T\
j their health and happiness.
HIGH-SCORE BOWLERS
J. E. HoCshouser and T. M. Dunkley
scored high games on local alleys.
In roll for prize Holahouser
spills 140 duck pins and wins weekly
cash prize, while T. M. Dunkley In
competition, drops 235 ten pins.
These are record games since the
alleys have been under the management
of Mr. Walton. A picked team
of duck pin bowlers wHl go to Valdese
for match first of Dext week.
\ DE
ipaper?Established in th
fc', NORTH CAROLINA, TIIURS
tic National Conventk
nes of gay political activities, delI
Convention convened here to hear
>en VV. Barkicy of Kentucky, above
Mack, insert bsl^w, nominating
term. Both Ba.rk.iey and Mack per>32
Democratic convention at Chias
nominated. *
Playground Smile ~j
JOPLTN . . Miss Thcda vare !
Smith turned on this smile to win
the til\e ol '"1936 Ozark Smile
Girl" and be official representative
to/ Ozark playground.? this season. .
TROUT PLACEDIN
WATAUGA WATERS
Belter Luck for Anglers is Seen
As Brown Trout are Liberated
in Watauga River.
"Better Luck" for the fishermen of
Watauga was transported in big sMnitig
cans from the Boone Hatchery
as 3.000 Brown Trout were moved
out to new homes in the Watauga.
River by Pete Justice of Boone, last
week. This announcement io made ay
C. E. Smathers.
"Fishing in Watauga River shouM
be better next season, and for many
seasons to come, if the people cooperate
in the protection of our fish
life and in the general conservation
program," observed J. D. Chalk,
Commissioner of Game and Inland
Fisheries.
in uiscussuig me worK 01 me ^UIU'
Fish Hatcheries of North Carolina,
Mr. Chalk spoke with much optimism.
He believes that these hatcheries
are doing effective work in not
only restocking fish in depleted
streams, but that the wonderful examples
they are setting in rearing
and caring for fish life is having a
far-reaching effect upon the main
body of anglers in the state.
"An Indication of this effect," Mr
Chalk stated, "is gained from the In
creasing number of people who visit
our hatcheries. Perhaps mere curiosi(Continued
on page 8.)
Wade Brown Fails
To File Saturday
^
Wade E. Brown, runner-up eandi
date to Roby T. Greer in the five
way race for the State Senate hat
not filed for a second primary wher
the time expired Saturday night, am
Mr. Greer is therefore the DemocrS.
tic nominee.
jyir. isruwn suaieu uiac ms lauun
to ask a second primary came "ii
the interest of political harmony, am
a belief that I could render more cf
ficient service at the present timi
as a worker in the ranks of my par
ty."
RECORDER'S COURT
Following' are the cases dispose
of in Recorder's court this week:
Boone and Elsie Isaacs, aasaul
with deadly weapon. $20 and til
tost
Melvtrv Shook, public drunkenncsf
6 months on rods, suspended on pa>
rnent of coat.
L. A. Yarber, driving while intox
cated. $50 and one-half the cost.
I-.ee Sturgill. public druitkennea
Coat.
,MOC]
lc Year Eighteen Eighty-Ei
DAY, JUNE 25, 1936
m in Philadephia j
8KKBRSEETC3 |
TONSIL CI J NIC
STARTS TUESDAY!
Clinic Lasts as Long as Necessary
to Take Care of Patients;
Teachers Help.
A tonsil clinic will be held at the ]
Boone Demonstration school, start- '
ing on Tuesday, June 30, and contin- ,
uing as long as necessary to care
for those in attendance. Last year it
was necessary to pass this clinic over
owing to the presence of infantile
paralysis in our state at that time.
int.se ensues are neia primarily to
give an opportunity to those who
find it difficult to pay the regular
price to have this work done. Drs.
Hagain an, Perry and Baughman are
in charge of the surgical work, and
! members of the school faculty, under
the direction oi Professor Chapell
Wilson, will all care for the administrative
details. The services of the
Health Department are always available
to give clinics of this type. Cots
v/ill be secured from the Veterans'
Hospital in Johnson City for this
occasion?a small fee being charged
for their use by the clinic to cover
the necessary expenses of transportation
This promises to be one of the
most successful clinics of this type
yet. held in Watauga county. The
children of our county show more defective
tonsils than any other single
defect with Uie exception of bad
teeth.
Let all those who arv attending
remember the date, June 30, and
come prepared and on time.
Progress Made On
Boy Scout Project
Members of the local Boy Scout
Troop have completed the preliminary
work incidental to the actual
construction of their hut in the
American Legion Park, and Scout.
master R. W Stftllirip-w heiTirive? that
with some financial co-operation
from tiie people of the town the structure
may be completed and ready
for occupancy within the next few
weeks.
The boys themselves have dug out
the basement for the building, rock
and lumber are on the ground, and
i it is believed that the people of the
town will be glad to make sufficient
contributions so that the worthy
. work may be completed at an e. ily
I date. Mr. Stallings or either memoer
. | of the troop committee will gladly
i accept contributions, which should be
i made promptly.
The building will be 18x20 feet,
: of substantial type of construction
p j and will serve as a permanent home
j for the Scouts in tills community
Mrs. Julia Gilliam
| Dies At Banner Elk
' Mrs. Julia Gilliam, aged 66 years,
died at the Banner Elk Hospital last
Wednesday, after an illness of about
5 a month.
j Funeral services were conducted
from the Oak Grove Baptist Church
near Boone on Friday by Reverends
; Ed Hodges and W. C. Payne and interment
was in the Hine cemetery.
Surviving is the husband, Jeff Gilliam
of Elizabethton; throe sons, Graham
of Elfciaibethton, Claude and
1 CounciU of Banner Elk; a brother,
Lark Hodges, Johnson City; three
1 sisters, Mesdames G. D Teague,
e Larke Trivett and Neal Colvard of
Watauga county. Six grandchildren
f also survive.
Mrs. Gilliam had made her home
I in Elizabethton for a number oi
[- years but was well known in Watauga
county where she leaves a large
1. number of close friends and manj
relatives.
RAT
~ $1.50 PER YEAR
II JT CONTINUES
St1 S LEONARD, ON
C FAIR TAX LAWS
Fafifflax Association Official
Spends Several Days In
Boone and in County.
SAYS DEATH DR. BURRUS
GREAT BLOW TO MOVEMENT
Urges Tax System Based on
Ability to l*ay, and Believes
Enormous Expenditures
Menace to Democracy.
The North Carolina Fair Tax Asic
ffitnrr ?icrkf .... ..rith Tfu
JUV""-'V" ^v,u6 Wit "?u.
campavgr. in the interest of the objects
and principles for which it has
been striving. regardle3 of :he outcome
of the primary and general
elections, according to Secretary
Paul Leonard of States\ille, who has
been, in Watauga and Ashe counties
the past few days. New members are
being enrolled every week, he says,
"and we have no intention of letting
up in our campaign until we
have have abolished the sales tax and
gotten other reforms in our tax and
election laws." he declared today.
* A great blow to me personally,
and to our organization movement,
was the recent sudden death of our
newly-elected president, SenatorDoctor
John Burrus of High E3oint,"
said Mr. Leonard, who considered the
doctor "one of the finest characters
ever identified with the public life
jf the state." Dr. Burrus came to
Boone with Mr. Leonard last summer
when the Fair Tax Association
put on its membership campaign in
this county, and he was favorably
1\?1W?T1I w w iiuuiutl VI Iv&utUqtt VIIIsona.
Mr. Clyde Greene of Boone,
who is a member of the board of directors
of the Fair Tax Association,
and Mr. C. W. Teal, who represents
Watauga on the state advisory committee.
were members of the party
which officially represented the Association
at Dr. Burrus' funeral. Mr.
Leonard says a meeting of the board
will he called at an early date to elect
a new president.
"What we need in our good state,"
said the fair tax leader, "Is to place
our government in the hands of a
group of real statesmen, representatives
of all dlasses, who will make
an honest effort to reduce the cost
of government, and work cut a system
of taxation, based on ability to
pay, which is fair alike to the humblest
tenant farmer and factory worker.
the wealthy landowner and Industrialist.
and likewise gives a
square deal to the home merchant
who furnishes the vehicle by which
the products of the farm and factory
are. supplied the consuming public. It
is not only absurd, hut a reflection
011 the Intelligence of cur state, for
anyone to contend that a fair system
oi taxation, which must necessarily
eliminate the sales tax, cannot be
worked out. But of course this cannot
be done so long as we perpetuate
in office group of politicins more
j interested in keeping their friends on
I the public payroll than they are in
giving the state economical government,
and who are willing to shift
tlic burden of taxation to the masses
i norder that those to whom they cater
may escape their just portion.
"If we are to free ourselves of un|
fair taxes, we must first free our!
selves of excessive cost of governI
ment, aivd the sytem and policies of
government we have allowed to
flourish among our several stateoa
policy by which the different states
offer places of refuge for those seeking
escape from taxation. We must,
as states, get away from the bidding-down.
process in our efforts to
attract industry and wealth. It is
natural for wealth to seek escape
from taxation, and when it is successful,
it brings about poverty taxation.
Those best able to pay taxes
are usually most succeslful In evad(Continued
on Page 8)
Prepare To Complete
Liquidation Of Bank
At a special meeting of the stockholders
of the Peoples Industrial
, Bank. Boone. North Carolina, on
jJune 20th, 1936 at the Courthouse in
i Boone a plan was approved whereby
the ass'els of the bank are to be
trar^fprrAfl frt irtictoM wVio nro tn
work out settlements with the debtors
and creditors of the bank and
conrp'ete the liquidation as rapidly
as possible. The following trustees
were elected: Mr. W. F. Miller, Mr.
Olyde R. Greene, Mr. Gordon H.
Winkler, Mr. C. D. McNeil and Mrs.
Sarah G. Wagner. The trustees were
given1 fufd authority to employ such
, help as will be necessary In connection
with handling the affairs of the
i liquidation.
i WATAUGA COUNTY LF.AGliK
SCHKDULK FOR JUNK 27
j At Aho .Vane Cruel*
r At Blowing Rock - MalW
At Bamboo Boone's 5 ork