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LINCUL/NTON is thb TRADE CENTER For More Than 85,000 People. It Is Located in the Heart of Pied mont North .Carolina the Moet Prosperous Industrial and Agricul ture! Section of the Entire South. $1.50 PER YEAR nSSBri Pa tents—celebration They have been holding a cele bration in Washington for the cen tennial of the American patent sys tem. I wished I could take time out to attend, for the U. S. Patent Office was one of my playgrounds when I was a boy and my uncle was Commisioner of Patents. I learned more, I think, from the ex hibits of models of early inventions thnn I ever learned in school. Many folks have a w-rong idea about patents. They think they are intended to create monopolies. The exact opposite is true. The word “patent” means "to make public.” in return for disclosing the secret of his device or process so that any one can use it, Uncle Sam gives the inventor the sole right to use it for seventeen years. After that it is public property. America is one of the few coun tries where the owner of a patent does not have to pay an annual tax on it. That is one of the reasons why we are the most inventive people in the world. The other * s that we had to invent machines to do our work because we wanted more work done |han there wiere men to do it. Invention*—the public In 1884 Henry L. Ellsworth, then Commisioner of Patents, in his an nual report to Congress said that the Patent Office would soon be unnecessary, since there was noth ing much left to invent! Just a few of the inventions since then are the telephone, electric light, gas engine, phonograph, airplane, photographic dry plate, motion pictures, radio, and about a million and a half other devices for which patents have been issued since Mr. Ellsworth’s time. For years the Patent Office re fused to consider applications for patents on flying machines on the ground that it was impossible for men to fly. They still refuse ap plications for “perpetual motion” machines unless accompanied by a working model. No inventor has yet produced a model that works, A patent, however, is no proof that an invention is valuable. The value of any invention depends en tirely upon whether it meets a pub lic demand. Sun—power From time immemorial inventors have been trying to find some way of storing the energy of sun heat. In sunshiny countries it is easy to heat tanks of water by the sun’s rays, and many patents have been granted on solar engines. Most of these, however, eost so much in proportion to the power generated that it doesn't pay to build them. Dr. Charles G. Abbot, secretary of the Smithsonian Institute of Washington, however, thinks he has solved the problem. At the Patent Centennial he showed an engine run by sunpower which may point the way toward conservation of fuel when the earth’s supplies of coal and oil are exhausted. Nothing could be more useful than costless power. I hope Dr. Abbot is on the right track. • • • Glare—under control One of the most promising of the new inventions shown at the Patent Centennial is a method of taking the glare out of automobile headlights. Scientists have long known that light can be "polarized”—that is, so leflected that the light beams are paiallel and go in one direction only. But all previous methods of doing this have been too expensive and cumbersome for general use. The new device is the result of years of work in two great indus trial research laboratories. It is a simple transparent sheet of a new kind of material which can be used instead of glass in motor headlights, and will project their beams in a straight line ahead instead of into the eyes of approaching drivers. This one invention alone, when it comes into general use, will be worth untold money for its value as a preventer of motoring accidents, • * • Sound—death ray Another amazing new thing is a device which produces sound waves at a pitch too high for the human ear to detect. These vibrations, or “ultrasonic” sounds have remark able powers of penetration and can THE LINCOLN TIMES COUNTY BOARD MEETS AND PAYS MONTHLY BILLS Commissioners in Regular Ses sion Here Monday Approve November Vouchers The county commissioners in ses sion Monday approved the following j bills for the month of November and | payment was ordered for same: L. J. Huss, $11.60, transporting prisoners and jail fees; L. J. Huss. 5271.80, keeping jail; Ramseur Hard ware Co., $14.23, hardware for court house; Ramseur Hardware Co., $9.21, hardware for county home; Ramseur Hardware Co., $2.75, hardware for board of election; Ramseur Hardware Co., $7.75, hardware for road pro ject; Childs Drug Co., $1.68, drugs for relief cases; Childs Drug Co., $2.51, supplies for clerk of court; Childs Drug Co., $18.27, drugs for county home; Robinson Daniel Store, $9.30, supplies for jail; Cohen Bros. $13.98, wearing apparel for county home; Robinson Daniel Store, $62.92, groceries for relief cases; Belk- Schrum Co., $25.22, wearing apparel county home; Dixie Grocery Co., $53.26, supplies county home; Dixie Grocery Co., $3.50, supplies court house; A. F. Reinhardt, $10.70, tele phone and telegraph rent; A. F. Reinhardt, S2OO, salary sheriff; High land Water Co., $25.35, water county home; Southern Bell Telephone Co., $.63, balance farm agent phone; S. M. Roper, $115.00, salary judge of recorder’s court; L, Berge Beam S9O, salary solicitor. W. H. Boring, $97.00, salary county accountant and stamps; W, H. Bor ing, SIB.BO, clerk to board; W. H- Boring, $175.00, salary register of deeds; M. T. Leatherman, $37.60, salary county attorney; Thos. E. Rhodes, $184.17, salary, stamps and phone rent; Thos. E. Rhodes, SIO.OO, judge juvenile court; Thos. E. Rhodes $74.45, recorder's court liabilities; Thos. E. Rhodes, $50.00, salary clerk recorder’s court; Mitchell Printing Co., $11.03, supplies clerk superior court; C. Guy Rudisill, $37.80, cloth ing county home; Reeves hospital, $3.60, hospital fees relief oases; Dr. •I. R. Gamble, $34.00, service county physician; Dixie Grocery Co., $2.80, buttons for sewing room; Lowing and Costner, $24.44, drugs for relief cases; La wing and Costner, $14.45, drugs county home; Lawing and Cost ner, $5.15, drugs for jail; Verlin Lander, $1.20, work on court house grounds; Mrs. Reba U. Lineberger, $20.00, work on road project; J. L. Yount, SB.OO, transporting prisoner from Newton. Carolina Office Supply Co., $1.50, supplies clerk superior court; Lin coln Hardware Co., $6.20. hardware county jail; Lincoln Hardware Co., $1.60, hardware county home; Haynes Dairy, $6.00, milk for relief cases; F. P. Barkley; $42.00, supplies for jail; Lineberger Ice and Fuel Co., $4.60, ice book county home; Lincoln Drug Co., $4.23, drugs county home; Lincoln Drug Co., $1.32, supplies for court house; Pink Caldwell, $5.00, deputy service; Mauney Grocery Co., $1.50, supplies relief cases; Hoyle Motor Co., $23.97, gas and oil for road project; Hovis Grocery, $13.00, groceries for relief; Dave Lemerj $7.36, clothing for relief rases; Western Carolina Pub. Co., $30.00, tax notices; I. C. Lowe, $4.00, gro ceries for relief; Nannie Reel, S2O. stenographer hire; J. G. Morrison, SIOO, salary farm agent; Edwards tnd Broughton; $11.20, supplies for register of deeds; Dorsey Rhyne, $13.60, groceries for relief cases; D. A. Troutman, $19.10, lumber road project; Carolina Office Supply Co., $3.85, supplies register of deeds; L. F. Blanton, $5.00, groceries for re lief cases. New Shoe Shop, $1.25, repairs to shoes for relief cases; N. C. Sana torium, $15.62, donation; Lincoln County News, $131.76, printing, etc; (Continued on back page) even cause death. Dr. R. W. Wood of Johns Hopkins laboratory, who developed them, showed how pass ing these ultrasonic waves through a tank of water would kill all the fish in the water. That suggests a possible use in killing the larvae of mosquitoes in their breeding places. Amazing new industrial com pounds can also be found by these waves. Oil can be', mixed with water, and powdered coal which has been suspended in water is consolidated into a solid lump by means of the new vibrations. This is still a scientific discovery, which needs to be adopted to prac tical use before it classes as an in vention. Published On Monday and Thursday LINCOLNTON, N. C THURSDAY, DEC. 10, 1936 King of England Gives Up Throne For American Girl H ’ V 111 * j|j .Jm: - EX-KING EDWARD, VIII, OF ENGLAND. Radio reports this morning heralded to the world the abdi cation of Edward VIII, King of England. The announcement was made by Premier Stanley Bald win in a dramatic session of the English Parliament. The King Citizens Eiect Nixon Temporary Chairman Os Charity Program 6,702 BALES OF COTTON GINNED Richard S. Mullen, special agent, reports tliat there were 6,702 bales (f cotton, counting round as half bales, ginned in Lincoln county from the crop of 1936 prior to December », 1936, as compared with 12,825 bales ginned to December 1, 1935. MRS. E. S. WRIGHT PASSES_AT VALE (Special to The Times) The community was saddened last Thursday morning when the death angel visited the home of E. S. WYight and claimed his wife. Mrs. Wright, who had been sick only a few days, was 41 years old. Surviving are her husband and the following children, Inez, Drue, Ezelle, Stowe and Lee. One son, Joe, died rbout nine months ago. She leaves niso the following brothers and sis ters, Mrs. Julius Sain, of Vale; Arch, Cletus and Newland Houser, of Vale. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Houser, of Vale. Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock at Laurel Hill church by Rev. D. T. Huss, assisted by Rev. Otis Mull. Pall bearers were A. E. Bracket, W. T. Davis, Cletus Cline, E. P. Sain, Colen Hendrick and Ellis Hoyla. Flower bearers were Misses Lois Sain, Mae, Bright, Irene and Ilene Turner, Sue Felnton and Mrs. Carl Felmon. VALE ROUTE 2 NEWS Miss Murle Cline and Miss Ruby jlrackett were guests Saturday of Miss Inez Brackett. Clarence Bracket and family were guests Sunday of Forest Brackett. Miss Sharaline Brackett and Miss Naomi Smith visited Mrs. Bud Dr,vis Sunday. Clarence Warlick. is confined to his home with a broken leg. Mrs. Ella Mosteller has been very sick, but is some better at this writ ing. renounced the throne in order that he might be free to marry Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson, American divorcee. Edward will be succceeded by his brother, the Duke of York. Organization Will Take Place of Lincolnton’s Former As sociated Charities A group of interested citizens met at the court house Monday night to formulate plans for aiding in the work of taking care of the commun ity’s needy during the winter months. Prof. Joe R. Nixon, superintendent of the county schools, opened the meeting and was later named as temporary chairman. In the further organization of the body Rev. John C. Grainger, rector of St. Luke’s Episcopal church, was named as sec letary and M. T. Leatherman, at torney, was made treasurer. W. E. Garrison was selected as chairman of the finance committee, which will be in charge of soliciting funds with which to carry on the work. Members of this committee are to be supplied later. The organization as perfected Mon day night, has, it was pointed out, no connection with the committee which is already at work to provide Christmas cheer to the unfortunates in the town and county, but rather it has as its objective the task of pro viding during the hard winter months actual necessities to those who are in need. Lincolnton’s former organization of this nature, the Associated Char ities, has not functioned since the Emergency Relief Act was passed by the federal government and since the ERA offices were closed here last December there has been no organiza tion and no private funds to supple ment the county funds. As a result many needs could not be met. EMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH SERVICES GIVEN The following services are an nounced by Rev. Luther A. Thomas, pastor of Emmanuel Lutheran church, Lincolnton: Sunday School, 9:45 A. M. There are classes for every age. Chief Service, 11:00 A. M. Sermon my the pastor on: “A Real Man for a Real Task.” Vespers, 7:00 o’clock. Sermon by the pastor on: “God’s Goodness.” Intermediate Luther League, 6:16 P. M., with William Quickel as lead er. Senior Luther League at 6:16 P. M., with Miss Marie Rhyne as leader. This church welcomes you. JURY LIST DRAWN FOR JANUARY TERM OFSUPERIOR COURT Judge C. V. Cowper, of Kin ston, to Preside Over First Weeks Session Jurors for the January term of Lincoln County Superior coirt were drawn Monday by the board of coun ty commissioners. The court, which convenes January 18, will be in ses sion for tw 0 weeks. Judge C. V. Cow per, of Kinston, will preside the first week and Judge V. A. McElroy, (f Marshall is scheduled to hold the second week of the court. The list of jurors drawn follows: First Week Kenneth Ballard, David Cherry, A. A. Beam, David Lynch, J. Lloyd Thompson, D. A. Goodson, I). Hoke Quickel, Guy Robinson, Roy C. Hoyle, Herman Grigg, John M. Beam, David R. Reel, p_ Austin Hoover, D. C. Leonard, Jr., Keith Saine, V.’ (’ Tay lor, E. B. Wilkinson, John Peeler, J. L. Auton, John Avery, J. R. jj c . i Corkle, U. M. Parker, Roy Taylor, R. • Asbur y, R. £. Keener, Arthur Bailey, A. Y. McMurray, Earl Mar tin, Wade Beal, T. N. James Sr Norman C. Smith, John J. lianman’, W- R. Wehunt, Tom M. Hoover, G. L. Beam and W. H. Armour. Second Week Richard Sigmon, D. S. Hager, L. A. Yoder, Ed Gilbert, E. B. Lowe, S. B. Hager, A. W. Tillman, John f! Hoffman, C. G. Seagle, Will T. Hoov ti, J. Henry Davis, Orin L. Goodson, Bof. B. Hauss, Love Eaker, B. H. Wood, E. A. Ritchie, Dorus G. Leon hardt, Frank Jenkins, Blossoms And Snow Collide Near Edenton Edenton, Nov. 28.— Blossoms mixed with Snow on the highway near here last night, and both suffered from the contact. Roger Snow of Norfoolk parked his truck on the Hertford pike to tune up his carburetor. Arthur Blos soms of Sligo rounded a curve and eideswiped the other car. Snow was badly injured. Both vehicles put in for repairs. Funeral Services Conducted Monday For Wm. R. Crouse (Special to The Times) Funeral services for Mr. William K. Crouse, 81, were conducted from St. Marks Lutheran church, Monday, December 7th, by his pastor, the Rev. H. P. Barringer. Interment followed in the cemetery beneath a beautiful floral array. Mr. Crouse was the son of J. Rufus Crouse, and was one of the oldest residents of this community. He moved here about ten years ago from his farm which he operated success fully during his entire life. He was especially interested in the welfare of the town, in. so much, that he de wed each resident be a good citizen. However his keenest interest was in the Lutheran churches, St. Paul's and St. Marks, of the Crouse Parish. He worked for the preservation of the old historic cemetery of Beaver Dam, the mother church of the present St. Marks, where he was a member for about seventy years. His sound judgment, deep spirit uality, rare tact and irresistible in fluence won for him a respect throughout the community, which shall not be quickly forgotten. His Christian spirit Was exemplary. Sim plicity of faith marked his person ality and life. Many who have become members of the church attest to the fact that his influence upon them was enriching. Pastors have receiv ed inspiration from his presence. He leaves a vacancy and a shadow that will be realized in this community and prove a grievous loss to the church. Besides his wife, the following children survive, namely, Mr. J. W. Crouse, of Mart, Texas; Carrol Ctouse, of Denton, N. C.; D. C. Crouse, of Crouse; Mrs. L. M. Nolen end Mrs. Lester Mauney, of Ctouse; Mrs. J. C. Dumas, of New Smyrna, Fla. Also his elderly brother, Mr. Cliristy Crouse, of Kings Mountain, and sister, Mrs. John T. Carpenter, :f Cherryville. Corn planted on land that had been in a Korean lespedeza sod for two years yielded 60 bushels to the acre us compared with 15 bushels an acre for the same field two years ago, reports C. L. Garner of Clarks Chap el, Macon County. Farm Program For 1937 Is Announced By Secretary Wallace | Sweeps-Up Cotton ~] V *4 I \ 1 i Nil'll IS ... Revolving brushes pull cotton from the boll which is then vacuumed through a large tube to a collecting bag, is the working idea of the newest me chanical cotton picker now being introduced by its inventor, L. C. Stukenborg. It is claimed the machine will pick more - cotton than two men, and pick cleaner. 5 PEOPLE FOUND DEAD AT ARKANSAS TOURIST CAMP Three Women and Two Men Are Discovered Lifeless By Camp Operator Fayetteville, Ark., Dec. 8. John Butler found three women and two men dead in a cabin at his tourist camp two miles north of Fayetteville today under circumstances which led investigators to believe they had been asphyxiated. Police tentatively identified the victims as: Bert Atkinson, 45, Fayetteville restaurant operator. Bill Reed, 30, Fayetteville photo- j grapher. Mrs. Mabel Todd, 25, Huntsville, Ark. Alice Taylor, 25, Springdale, Ark. The third young woman was not identified immediately. The five were only partly clad. Butler said he forced his way into their cabin after they failed to re spond to his call. The tourist camp operator re ported a gas stove burning in the cabin and all windows closed. He said Reed apparently had fallen across the stove and was burned badly. Atkinson and one woman were lying on the floor and the other two women on a bed. Coroner Glenn Riggs ordered an immediate inquest. He was aided in the investigation by Sheriff Her bert Lewis. Butler said one of the men rent ed the cabin last night. Deputy Sheriff Arthur Davidson said the five appeared to have been overcome by fumes of the stove. “We knew only Atkinson,” David son reported, “but a nephew of At inson identified Read, Mrs. Todd and Alice Taylor. Sheriff Lewis re ported identification of the third woman as Miss Pewell Hudson, 18, of Fayetteville.” Widowed Mother Kills Negro Intruder Ansonville, Dec. I.—Mrs. Budetta Dula fired a charge from a shotgun through the glass of her front door and killed a negro man attempting to enter her home at 3 o’clock this morning, she reported to Sheriff S. M. Gaddy. Mrs. Dula, a widow who lives with her four children and another woman, said the negro pulled a screen from her bedroom window before attempt ing -o enter the door. Sheriff Gaddy said a letter found in the negro’s pocket was addressed to Dan Morrison at Hamlet, and was mailed from St. George, Ga. LOCAL MARKET COTTON ______ 18c pound WHEAT SI.BO bushel CORN 80c bushel EGGS 33 & 35c dozen SINGLE COPY: FIVE CENTS Plan Dependent Upon Action of Congress; Funds for Next Year Not Yet Available The 1937 Agricultural Conserva tion Program, similar in many re spects to the 1936 program, was an nounced today by Secretary of Agri culture Henry A. Wallace. Like the 1936 plan, the new pro gram offers payments to those farm ers who meet specified conditions for shifting land from soil depleting crops to soil conserving crops, and for carrying out approved soil build ing practices. “Despite drought and other handi caps, the majority of fanners who took part in the 1936 conservation program approved its principles,” Secretary Wallace said. “Hundreds cf community and county meetings were held at which the growers dis cussed plans for next year. Many suggestions for program improve ment and for simplifying adminis tration were made. We considered all of them carefully and incorporat ed as many of them as could be well fitted into a national program for agriculture. 'Most of the changes made, in fact, were proposed at these con ferences or at the meetings with farmer-committeemen and extension service representatives in Washing ton. “The modifications are intended, for the most part, to adapt the pro gram more closely to the needs of the various regions. As you will re call, this is in line with the state ment made by H. R. v folley uie time the 1936 Agricultural Conserval tion Program was announced. For the 1937 program, additional emphasis has been placed on soil building and more money will be available for soil building practices. Such practices,, together with the shifting of acreage to coil-conserving crops on land previously devoted to soil-depleting crops, are essential to any sound plan for restoring soil fer tility and preventing erosion. “The new program should not only improve the soil but it also should protect the interests of consumers and help to preserve the economic gains which farmers hav e made dur ing the past four years. "The fact that funds for the 1937 program are not yet available should be pointed out. The Congress, at the time the Soil Conservation and Do mVstic Allotment Act was passed in 1336, authorized an annuel appro priation of $500,000,000 for carrying out a program under the Act. The actual appropriation for 1937 re trains to be made, however. The pro gram vve have drafted, therefore, is dependent upon the action of Con (Continued on back page) Funeral Held For Infant Son of Mr. Mrs. R. J. McGee Funeral services for the infant son oi Mr. and Mrs. R. J. McGee, of Greensboro, were conducted yester day at Clinton, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. McGee, the latter be fore her marriage was MUs Eliza beth Kerr, are former Lincolnton citi zens and have a host of friends here. They have been residing in Greens boro for the past six months. In the last 76 years, about 100 monarchs, presidents, rpinces, and other high officials of state, have b*«n murdered. JOE GISH SAYS— The wavering tone a person sometimes uses when singing is called, tremolo.
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