BRISBANE THIS WEEK World's Chemists Busy ti.. v-... He!! Broth Our Huge Gold Bile s Trie gTeat fighters in Asia and Europe in the days of Frederick the U:eat and Napoleon had little idea ' of war's future. But ' marvelous things, some of the greatest Napoleon especially, might l)3vc done with today's inventions. Frederick the Great's father selected tlie tallest men he could find for his guard, probably kept them away from the firing line. In batTie they would have been killed first, hit by the bullets that go over the bead* of shorter men. The wholesale killers of the okl dayt prepared their killings' by marching men up and down, drilling them, encouraging them with titles, brass bands to lead them, fancy uniforms. . All that means little now. About 100 mile3 from Berlin there is f. station called 1-euna There most useful work is done, in theory and through study of the manufacture of synthetic, petroleum; and there most important, learned men wren Dip Heads, spcctac)c3 and an amount of education that would make you dizzy if you could imapinc it, concentrate their brains on the prej-aration of better, more efficient poison gases and high explosives. Every country has its similar death iaiioratory; men perhaps as efficient as those of Germany, though Germany is the kingdom of chemistry, the teacher of other nations. Henry Irving, on the 3tagc of his theater in London, prepared an impressive presentation of the witches in "Macbeth." old. toothless hags, j preparing their hell-broth, with power to summon spirits from the dead and make them foretell the future. Par more efficient are those solemn German chemists, physicists and other professors, preparing the real hcil-brotii of poison gas, upon which the future of civilization and the domination of the earth may depend for many centuries. We had our periods of universal harbsrism and cannibalism, our ages of flint, bronze and iron, our many interesting forms of rulership, plannets to give one or a few oontrol over all the others. We hart the age of military feudalism, and many think that we are now seeing the end of "industrial feudalism." There may be in the centuries "hsftd of us a period of airplane-poison gas rule, which will moke the peopleag^S,, the world as completely subject to u *ingle dictatorship as were the ancient galley-slaves, swinging their oats under the lash. Then; are a good many things we haven't seen and many to which we devote too little thought, including perhaps the fact that it is dangerous to be too rich if you are not prepared to defend yeuroelf against burglars. Those thousands of millions "in gold that we are hiding away in a hole in the ground, as ingeniously as any squirrel hiding his hickory nuts, may bring us trouble some day. The thought of those ten thousand millions' worth of gold bars and dollars, hidden not very far Mow the surface, might cause some Ingenious Asiatic or Sluropean to say to himself; , "For one or two billions I could prepare the necessary machinery, flying ships and poison gas included. to conquer the necessary areas of the United States and frighten the others into submission. Having laid down my layer of gas, I would desiiejBi and take the ten thousand millions and go home with a clean profit of eight billions in gold." Mussolini races his big Italian built automobile, the engine burning alcohol, made of Italian farm products? no gasoline. Some lawmakers in America suggest compelling the use of 10 per cent alcohol in all fuel for American automobiles. Fuel alcohol can be made from corn, and the law, it is said, would give work to 2,000,(K/0 men on 30,000,000 acres of farm land. It seems impossible to believe the hideous accounts of the maltreatment and cruel deaths inflicted upon women in the civil war now raging' in Spain. That men should fight and murder each other is to be expected, since they are at beat "half tiger, half monkey." and often the monkey given way to the tiger. But that they should inflict shameful ill treatment and hideous death on defenseless women seems utterly unbelievable, even when you know what men are, in a mob. Watauga Pays $25,000 In Retail Sales Tax Watauga County paid into the uaimuy me sum of $25,379.86, in the form of sales tax collections f.' been succeeded by E. W Cole, for- i racr assistant director it was learned (jol Saturday. State Administrator Coan hja said Mr. Cole would sei-ve as acting (jr( director until further notice. arK When Mr. Rivers was shown the all will loin the club snH can accomplish much that will im- eac prove our town and county. be siti Mr. Bob Campbell, manager of Parka-Bell: store in Pulaski. Va., 3 I spent Sunday with Mr. aiul Mrts D. wei 1E. Benfield. " Mr dependent Weekly Ne* BOONE. WATAUGA CPU INNEY GREENE RITES ATTENDED BY HUGE THRONC ne Of County's Most Promi ncnt Citizens Succumbs It Winston-Salem Hospital Saturday; Good Citizen and Devout Churchman. Impressive funeral services wen nducted Monday morning: from th< ?at Camp Baptist Church for I>&1 Linney Greene, 59 years old. om that section's most outstanding :iztns. ->vho died in a Winstonlem hospital Saturday, following illness whitih hed hojj. critical fiju iy a short time. The services were in charge ol sv. J. C. Canipe of the Boone Bapt Church, who was assisted in tht sequies by Revs. R. C. Eggeis and C. Payne. The esteem in which ceased was held was evidenced by i unusually large concourse of enos wmcn packed avery available rtion of the church building and Tie hundreds occupied the churchrd during- the services. Literally >res of floral pieces were in eviice. Interment was in the Meat Camp uetery, the arrangements being by ins-Sturdivant Funeral Home. Surviving arc the widow, Mrs. BeiWilson Greene and four sons, rne, Frank, Woodrow and Burl nene of Zionvilie, N C.: a sister, s. Emma Setaer, Boone and the her, Mr. Manloy Greene, of Meat hp. Jeceased was a native of the sec11 in which he died and had spent life in Watauga County. Mr. icnc was a farmer by occupation, 1 had succeeded well. He -was a out churchman, and had been one the leading figures in the church hia community for a greater poiS i of his life. He was an active lonent of all those things calcuiat{a be for the benefit of uis section i county. In his death Watauga inty loses one of her most value and upstanding citizens. igh School Students Are Offered Prizes K;r bounty Fact* Vinston-S&lem.?High school 3tu\ts in ten counties in this section being invited by the Winstonem Chamber of Commerce to parpate in a County Fact-Finding itest, with a cash prize for the mer in each county. President J. rry White has announced. He 1: Many, opportunities come to us in course of our service to give pubty to the counties in the Winstonem trading area. Hitherto, we rc had no literature available in tributable form. For this reason are seeking to collect the desired a, aiiu ill doing so. to give the h school students a part in the ject." ?he material Is to be submitted the form of compositions telling story of the conntv thic. in Jes history, agricultural products, ustries, points of interest, and othdetoils of importance. The wing composition from each countv i oc punnsned in mimeographed letln form for general distribuu 11 conducting the contest, the unber of Commerce is inviting the peration of school officials and ehers in developing the project in various schools, and the assist:e of newspapers, parents and othinterested adults in supplying the a. t is felt that with proper interest I cooperation, the contest will pro:e valuable information that will the students in appreciating their ne counties more. It wilt also be ful in bringing tourists. High ool students in the following couni are eligible to take part In the itest: Alleghany. Ashe. Davidson, vie, Randolph. Stokes, Surry, Waga, Wilke3 and Yadkin, i-ull details regarding the contest re been sent to superintendents and h school principals throughout the a. Ion test rules are as follows: The dates of the contest shall from the opening of school in the I of li?S6 until December 1, 1936. I. All entries must be in compoon form, limited to 1500 words. !. All compositions are required contain the following basic infortion: Name of county and origin, ulation. county seat, agricultural ducts, mineral products, indusrs, transportation, history, points interest. Any other information interest may be included. L cash award of $5 will be given the winning composition from h county. Honorable mention will given to the second best compoon from each county. irs. W. B Gragg is spending the :k visiting at the home of a son, . Horton Grasp-, in RSoiw ill A DP rspaper?Established in tl . - NTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THU1 I 9 Cotton Picking Madhi: ? Jackson, Miss.?Deeply concerned uvium men 01 importance were ai ness the performance of John anc chine in operation. In less than ar ton than a. hand picker could gath coming of the machine was that it and also 3tained some of the cot hilly and uri REA Project Be Submitted Xhe work of preparing the data for submission to Washington preliminary to the inclusion of Wataiaga County in the Federal Government's Rural Electrification program, is nearing the home slretok, according to Sir. W. B. ?oUlns. county agent, who with a large corps of worker* in various section* of the counts, hua been j making all possible hustc in workink ou' the project. Mr. Port Jonen, Urn air draughtspmu$ Jbg&i&phave the roupx completed and ready for blae-priiiiiilrg.' At the taior SEEKSlVORKERS j ON SCENIC ROAD Representative Of Employment Service Will Be In Boone Friday 25th. Director Woolen or the district employment office in North Wilkesboro was In town Friday and states that a representative of the N C. State Employment Service will be in this city Friday the 25tii and every other Friday until further notice for the purpose of contacting those desiring work, particularly in regard to the construction of the Scenic highway. Mr. Wooten states that none but strcr.g able bedtrd ~en of mature age and well seasoned need apply for the jobs. It is stated that the demands of the contractors have been quite active for certain kinds of skilled workers. and that at present, there is demand for qualified jack-hammer men. these! tractor operators, experienced on the RXJ-7" are also I needed and some drivers for ffuggs and Euclid trucks may be placed. Those experienced in driving the light commercial trucks only, could not qnalitfy for these jobs it is said. FINANCIAL KEPOB'f OF The blowing rock clinic Hie Blowing Rock Clinic is a small five-roomed hospital to care for the sick and to teach the prevention of disease. It has a medical director and a resident nurse. The building was built during the winter of 1934'35. and was incorporated in the spring of 1936. The Board of Trustees own the property and the business is carried on by a board of managers. The work, however, has been going on since 1930. The report there covers the whole period from 1930 to June, 1936. In the 15 months of hospital activity 112 patients have been cared for. This represents 350 bed days. The income has been from patients' fees, $360.25, and from gifts, $8,59333: a total in the six years of $8,953.53 This has been spent in the following manner: for drugs and treatments before the Clinic was built $1,401.67; for building -and equipment of the building $3,150.45; for the nurse's salary, $1,5CC, maintenance, drugs and service $2,32XU1 T*,;,. ? .i? - - - - ' - ? r?d iuuu or j 377.03 and left a balance June first j of 5576.53. le Year Eighteen Elidbty-t gSMr 3SPAY. SEPTEMBER rte m with the future of cotton, many : Stoneville, Miss., last week to witl Mack Rust's cotton picking mat hour the machine picked more cotler in. a day. The principal short; gathered twigs and.unripe cotton :ton. Nor is it as yet adapted to Leveii fields. Is Likely To I in Few Davs J . 'inie the data required vviU be com! plete :uul Mr. Coilms believes that 1 the project will be before the proper authorities in Wasbingtou by the end of next week. The project will be prepared with ?uch uceurafcenetss [ nf detail, that it is considered quite unlikely any changes will be rej quired, pending its approval or rejection. In discussing the work, Air. Cj>1lins state, that the separation of tui- people of the county In this work hu boon whrilehoajrtt-d, and has been largely, responsible for the aucce.It of the undertaking up to the present time. MRS. AMANDALOVE CLAIMED BY DEATH 91-Year-OId Vilas Citizen Succumbs Monday?Funeral Held Wednesday. Mrs. Celia Amanda Love died Monday at the home of a son, Mr. D S. Love at Viia3. following a iong illness. Mrs. Love suffered a badly fractured hip several months ago, from which she never recovered, but oilier ailments, it was said, brought about her demise. Mrs. Love was 91 years old. Funeral services were conducted from the Brushy Fork Baptist Church Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock and interment was in the Adams cemetery. Mm. Love was well known throughout this section and was one of the olde.it residents. During her long life she had endeared herself to the people through her sterling qualities, and left a host of friends. Surviving are six sons and three daughters: D. S. Love, Vilas; Francis Love. Virginia; Joe H. 1-ove, Ferndale, Mich.; James VV. Love. Springfield, Mo.; T. G. and E. C. Love, Detroit, Mich.; Mesdames Lec Greer, heva, Tenn.; N. E. Wilkerson, Roanoke. Va.; Betty Short, Plostlco, Va.; 49 grandchildren and a large nunibei of great and great great grandchildren survive. Week-End Brings a Minimum Qf AnSSt* From the viewpoint of local police officers the past week-end was the quietest experienced here during the past four months. City officers took two into custody while the sheriffs j forces arrested one. I On an at-aroira *%?? uiu jmiiuner me police department has taken aBout twelve prisoners each week-end. R. D. HODGES IMPROVES R. D. Hodges, Jr., who suffered serious Injury- when he was accidentally struck by a rock near the Boone High School last Wednesday, is now showing a rapid improvement and it is believed that within a few days the popular youth will have recovered. Young Mr. Hodges suffered a concussion of the brain as the missile struck him on the head and he was unconscious for several hours. A temporary paralysis condition of one erm resulted from the injury. The Surry County sub-soiler used by the local conservation committee will subsoil au acre an hour fv"^ ',vFr ..'- ;.5;: RAX $1.50 PER YEAR JsupeworcourF a session to open lln boone monday Judge \V. F. Harding to Preside One Week Mixed Term: Fifteen Cases On State Docket; >Iay Not Reach Civil Calendar. The regular fa!! term of Watauga Superior Court will convene next. Monday with Judge VV Holding presiding. The court is for one week, i find la fnr ?Tlo t T-Ti?; nf hrdh ,sm-niwu 1 and civil actions, but because of a rather heavy state docket, Austin 3. South. Clerk of the Court, beliece3 it unlikely that, many cases will he disposed of on the civil calendar. Included on the state docket is one homicide case, that against Alien Mast, held on charges growing out of the fatal shooting of Lloyd Preanell, a companion on a hunting trsp. Mast was said to have confessed the ! shooting, but elaimed self-defense, j Preliminary hearing was waived. , George Thornhil! and Manuel PatIterson will be tried for burglary, growiiig out of the robbery of the bmithey Store, of which the two are accused. Since persons were using' the building for sleeping quarters at the time of the robbery, it is said that the State wiil likely ask for a first degree burglary verdict. A verdict of this kind carries the death peiiaity. There are two cases of breaking and entering. One against Will Folk, Soone negro, charged with burglarising a" Boone barber shop, while George Corr.ett is to be tried on a .similar charge growing out of the robbery of a mercantile establishment in the Beaver Dam section. The remainder of the fifteen or so cases on the state docket are for violations of the prohibition taws, some of tlieni coming to the Superior Court . on appeal from the judgment of the Recorder. Maine G. O- P. Counts . v.?vuwgv? Political interest centers this week ftn ihft WnHwOr rtX. * 1 ? .??I at* jg| the analysis of almost complete returns Tuseday Indicated that the barajjStiT state had given the Republicans 50.8 per cent of the United States Senate vote and 56.1 per ceut of the gubernatorial vote The percentages were baaed on senate and governor totals of 310,878 and 306.4S5, respectively, each we'd above the previous record in Uns state. To the personal popularity of twoterm Democratic Governor Liouia Brann, who polled 152,915 votes to Republican United States Senator Wallace H. White's 157,961 was ascribed the senator's failure to run even with his tlcketmate. GovernorElect Lewis O. Barrows. Barrows, in a three-cornered race, polled 172,196 votes to 129,097 for F. Harold Dubord, Democrat, and 5,332 flip TnHonpmlh'nl- f ...f.vMuviov vciijaiiitu V/. DUCKU". Dr. Grover To Speak At Chamber Commerce Dr E. O. Grover, president of the Blowing' Rock School of English will address a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce Thursday evening at 'A o'clock, according to Wade E. Brown, president of the Chamber, who urges all members to be present, as well as others interested. The School of English has been a marked success this season, attracting students from 17 states and lectures by persons of notable literary achievements, among whom have - been Hcrachell Brickell, literary edi. tor of the. New York Evening Post and Margaret Mitchell, author of "Gone With the Wind," now the best selling novel in the United States. It is tlie present hope and plan of , Dr fimvn* to make the school a 1 permanent institution and there is a strong probability of its becoming af- >'" lutatea with Duke University, which, in itself would be a great asset to this section WORK PROGRESSES Work on the Mabel school building is progressing, according to Wilfred Davis, foreman of construction, who states that plasterers have beer, engaged this week on the interior of the structure, and that only a few yards of native stone remains to bo . placed in the walls. He believes some . parts of the building will be available for use by the end of thirty I days. BZCOKDKB'S COURT Three cases were tried before i Judge EIngham's Recorder's Court Tuesday, as follows: W. E. Buchanan, violation prohibition laws. One-half the costs. D. if. Church, reckless driving, one1 half the coat. ; Carl Beach, driving while into*!- . 'b cated, (50 and one-half the cost.