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NEWS-STAR-TIMES is dedicated to covering the News and to the promotion of progress for all of the people in Sparta and Alle ghany county. The Alleghany News AND STAR-TIMES—(CONSOLIDATED ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1941)—ALL EGHANY COUNTY’S ONLY NEWSPAPER. VOLUME 53, NO. 6 $1.00 a Year in Alleghany County SPARTA, NORTH CAROHNA $1.50 a Year Out of County FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1941 People YOU KNOW In Alleghany By Staff Writer M. E. REEVES By means of his own likeable personality and love for people in general, M. E. Reeves is likely to be remembered not only for his Springs school. After only school, and at began teachini was at Peak C public service in Alleghany and Ashe counties, but also for his relationship with the people whom he has known, whose lives he has touched with his keen un derstanding of human nature. A member of one of the pioneer families in Northwestern North Carolina and Southwestern Vir ginia, Mr. Reeves was bom at Laurel Springs in 1875. For the most part, his entire education was obtained at the Laurel a few years in _j the age of 18, he teaching. His first school Peak Creek, where he >re 1 cpily one year, going the ng year ling there and I _ *)lant; Fath^ ™a*S '$3,000,000 church d«y by donations; Nia Portage bridge, which the largest wooden mu me world, built in 18jY" eadfng more than 300 or'c0 the It was.Iat~ warmed ever ter ihe meantime, while g on the Ashe county Laurel Springs, Mr. __ was appointed a member of 'the board of county commis sioners. In 1929, he was elected commissioner and served for six years. After living in Ashe county for eight or nine years, he moved over into Alleghany—still at Lau rel Springs, however, and still getting his mail at the same post office. A number of years • ago he was appointed to serve on the board of education for this county. Shortly afterward he was elected to the board and served eight years. Marriage was in 1904 to the for mer Miss Jenny Thompson, daughter of the late W. F. Thomp son, a former sheriff of Alleghany (Continued on Page Four) NYA Project For Boys Is Pending Mrs. Clare Simpson to be Here Each Tuesday to Inter view Youths. With a new NYA construction project for boys now awaiting ap proval, Mrs. Clare Simpson, NYA area youth personnel interviewer, of Boone, plans to be here each Tuesday, beginning ne*t week, to interview applicants for the pro posed project. Mrs. Simpson will interview eli gible boys at the NYA homemak ing center here, located upstairs over the Fanners Harware and Implement company, between the hours of 9 a. m. and 3 p. m. The new project, if approved, will employ approximately 30 boys on the construction of a ■colored school building in the county, according to Superten dent W. C. Thompson. Besides the construction pro ject work, ther& are many open ings for bothjvs nnd ^irls in the various Nj^A ■ centers in the state centers youths are caught i ,*des, and their work 1s all in cooperation with the national defense pro gram. Mrs. Simpson will also inJ terview boys and girls for pos sible enrollment In these cen ters. , ■ .. . C -I Court Adjourned On Tuesday After 2 Days In Session Murphy and Vernon Are Each Given 3-Year Terms In Prison. WARLICK PRESIDED Finishing up a couple of com paratively light civil and crimi nal dockets in record time, the fall term of the semi-annual Al leghany county superior court ad journed late Tuesday afternoon. Something more than 35 crimi nal cases were heard by Judge Wilson Warlick, of Newton, and 11 civil actions were tried. Earle McMichael, of Winston-Salem, served as solicitor. Probably the most significant of cases appearing on the criminal calendar was the trial of Clyde Murphy and Paul Vernon, of Ed monds, both of whom were charged with breaking and enter ing and larceny. The two youths were alleged to have been respon sible for the jail delivery here on the night of July 6, when the sheriffs office was broken into, the jail keys stolen from his desk, and three persons released from their cells on the second floor of the courthouse. Cross Examined After rapid-fire cross-examina tions by Solicitor McMichael and Attorneys Crouse and Gambill, the defendants finally confessed to the charges but insisted on placing most of the blame on each other. Both Murphy and Vernon received three-year terms in the state prison. Charged wiht manslaughter in connection with an automobile accident which occurred in Feb ruary, 1937, resulting in the death of Dr. G. F. Duncan, of Sparta, Tam Bledsoe was ordered to re mit to the child of the deceased Person $i5 a menC^Wtil he has •'’hid in full the sum 6i $1,000, in ve of a sum of $435 which he L already paid. He was also re spired to pay the costs of court. Appearing in court on charges of reckless driving, Jimmie At wood and Walter Blevins, drivers of two cars which collided here on the night of August 29 and tore out the glass front of the Northwestern Bank, were each re quired to pay the bank sums of $100 and Johnnie McMillan, most seriously injured of the wreck (Continued on Page Four) Elkin To Have WMU Zone Meet The Wilkesboro division of th,e WMU will hold a district meet ing next Thursday morning at 10 o’clock in the First Baptist church of Elkin, it was announced yes terday. Miss Pearl Johnson, of South Carolina, a missionary to China, will be the foreign mission speak er. Mrs. J. Clyde Turner, of Greensboro, state WMU presi dent, and Mrs. W. D. Briggs, ex ecutive secretary of Raleigh, will also attend. Each society in Alleghany coun ty is being urged to send repre sentatives to the meeting. Mrs. Earl C. James, of Elkin, will pre side. Alleghany Held Successful Fair During Weekend Farm Exhibits Are Easily On Par With Those Of Pre vious Years. FINE LIVESTOCK Alleghany’s annual agricultural fair which closed last Saturday night, was described by officials of the fair association as an out standing success in most respects and perhaps as good from the standpoint of farm exhibits as any exposition ever held here. Exhibits in most departments, it was declared, were far above average in spite of a season which included an extended drought in the early part of the summer. With fair weather holding sway on both days of the fair, all sche duled programs of the fair were carried out to big attendances. An estimated crowd of 1,000 attend ed the fair during its two days of operation. There was a record crowd on Saturday morning, and close to 200 people attended the square dance Saturday night in the gym. Many Prizes Offered A total of more than 275 exhi bitors took part in the fair. Valu able prizes were offered on 192 different premiums in 17 depart ments, in addition to several sweepstakes prizes. Livestock exhibits were consid ered on a par with past years, and the beef cattle among the best ever exhibited. Many of the crop exhibits were also superior. Canned goods, culinary, needle craft, flowers, art, photography, dairy cattle, horses and mules, vegetables, fruits and several oth er exhibits were considered as fine as exhibited at any fair in this section. There was a shortage of sheep and poultry entries. Judging of field crops and .vege tables was done by Mrs. Anne Rowe, district home demonstra tion agent; Robert W. Fleetwood, FSA supervisor; and Wayne Fer guson, of the Ashe county FSA. Acting as judges in the live (Continued on Page 4) Last Rites Held For Rev. Dutton Funeral services were held at Blue Springs, Va., Sunday for Rev. Clark Dutton, former pastor of the Midway Methodist church in Kannapolis, who died last Fri day at the home of a son in Cedar Springs, Va. Rev. Dutton was well known in Alleghany county, for it was here; that his wife, the former Miss Flora Black, lived. Rev. L. F. Strader, of Sparta, attended the funeral. Rev. A. C. Gibbs conduc ted the services. More than 200 persons from the ctentral part of North Carolina are reported to have attended the funeral" at Blue Springs. Besides his widow, Rev. Dutton left three children. Reds Admit Retreat; Retake Captured City; Towns Bombed This week the Russian forces acknowledged retreat into the rich Donets basin, but announced the winning back of a city on the approaches to Leningrad. Rus sians and Germans fought at close quarters along the lines with bayontets being brought into use along southern points of combat. English and German air forces continued active with much dam age being done by both sides. 'Die Germans, not claiming a single new victory of conse quence, were catching their breath all along the eastern front; Berlin itself implied as much, for a military spokesman stated that for “certain reasons” not disclosed there would be Uttle news for the next few days. Prime Minister Churchill of Britain; described Britain’s home position as vastly bettered, with her shinning losses to Axis raid ed ndS* to two-thirds in the ■ ■' ■ was subordinated to his. warning that Hitler need merely take a defensive stand in the Soviet un ion*, now that he has conquered many vital areas, to be able to strike strongly arid simultaneous ly in Africa, in Spain toward Gi braltar and across the English channel itself to the British Isles. London acknowledged that in the long Italian air attack on a big British convoy in the Medi terranean last Saturday, the 33, 950-ton battleship Nelson was hit by an aerial torpedo, although not materially damaged and suffering no casualties. The only other da mage admitted was the loss of a single British merchant ship. Tuesday night, perhaps in re taliation for the progressively more violent British attacks on the Reich, German planes in strong formations beat at five English east coast towns, and there were indications that the roll of casualties might be long. f ' ■ U. S. S. Massachusetts Ready For Seas View of the battleship U. S. S. Massachusetts as it was completed and put in shape for launching ceremonies at Quincy, Mass. Secretary of Navy Knox designated Mrs. Chas. F. Adams, wife of the former secretary of the navy, as spon sor for the ship named in honor of the state of Massachusetts. Alleghany Young Men Are Showing Much Interest In Joining United States Navy SHE’S 98 YEARS OLD! Here is Mrs. Jim Miller, of Lau rel Springs, who will pass the cen tury mark if she lives two years more. She is in good health and look how dressed up she was when this photo was made. Methodist Women Of District Met Here Wednesday Women’s Societies of Christian Service Held Zone Meet In Church. Convening in the Methodist church here on Wednesday, a zone meeting of the Women’s Societies of Christian Service of the Elkin district was held, featuring ad dresses by several outstanding re ligious leaders residing in this section of the state. After the devotional by Rev. L. F. Strader, Mrs. Mason Lillard, district secretary, brought a special message to the group. Mrs. Ed Gardner then talked on “Res ponsibilities and Wesleyan Serv ive Guild.” ‘Our Spiritual Life” was dis cussed by Mrs. J. L. Hall, after which Miss Mamie Sockwell talk ed to the girls and young women. Children’s work was discussed by Mrs. J. B. Henderson. Mrs. W. W. Whitaker talked to the group of Christian social rela tions and local church activities. Mrs. J. F. Clement discussed missionary eucation and service. After the closing devotional on peace by Mrs. George Royal, the group assembled in the com munity building for lunch: AUX. TO MEET TUESDAY The girls’ auxiliary of th^ Spar ta Baptist church is scheduled to meet at the home of Miss Jesse Gwyn Woodruff next Tuesday night at 7:30, it was announced yesterday. Members are urged to be present is Mrs. Batson Fender tobeJ^ this wo ak reported Number Already Applying At Alleghany News Office For Free Booklet. A number of young men ip Alleghany are already investi gating the advantages offered to them by the United States Navy and Naval Reserve and are ser iously considering voluntary en listment in this important branch of military service. Since the campaign for recruits to build up the man-power for a “two-ocean Navy” was launched through this paper last Thursday, boys all over the county have been talking about getting into the Navy. To learn more about the ad vantages for training in differ ent trades, the Navy editor of The Post has had a good many in quiries for the free booklet, “Ev erything You Want to Know About Life in the U. S. Navy”. Several of them have clipped out and sent in the coupon that also appears in the advertisement pub lished in this issue. (Continued on Page Four) TB Clinic To Be Held Here Mon. Next Monday a tuberculosis clinic will be conducted by Dr. William H. Roper of the , state stanitoriqm, at the health depart ment here, Miss Ola Collins, county health nurse, announced yesterday. The clinic is designed not only for those persons afflicted with tuberculosis, but for persons who have symptoms, or who have been in contact with TB patients. Already a number of people have made appointments with Dr. Roper, according to Dr. Robert R. King, district health oficer. Oth ers desiring to take advantage of the free clinic must make ap pointments between now and Monday. Physicians may also refer their patients to the clinic. There is no cost to the service. AAA Committeemen Are To Be Elected At Township Meets County To Send 11 Men To Army Next Thursday Alleghany Already Has 47 Men In Uniform, Draft Figures Show. ONLY 7 REJECTED After reporting here early next Thursday, eleven men are to be sent to Fort Bragg for induction into the United States army un der the operation of the selective service military program in Al leghany county. Selectees expected to fill the current quota are as follows: Claude William Andrews, Porter C 1 a y to n Wagoner, Benjamin Franklin Rector and William Blair Howell, of Sparta: Robert Lee Johnson and Delbert Edgar Walker, of Stratford; Frank Claude Atwood, of Furches; Clyde Paul Kennedy, of Joynes; Em mett Estel Bedsaul, of Ennice; and Albert Smith Hamm, of Whitehead. According to figures released by draft officials here yesterday, Alleghany county now has 47 men in camp under the provisions of the selective service act. The cur rent quota of men, if all are ac cepted, will swell the number to 58. While the county has received calls for a total of 62 men, 15 of the selectees were not inducted into the army for one reason or another. Only seven of these were turned down at camp, however. Alleghany has sent only three Negroes to the army. Official figures ctncerning the selectees accepted into the army are as follows: December 4, one; January 20, five; February 20, two; March 21, five; April 4, four; April 11, four; May 14, three (col.); June 12, six; July 18, six; August 15, five; September 16, six. WPA Bookmobile Comes Here Mon. “Library on Wheels” to Begin Two-Month Trial Dem onstration. Equipped with over 2,500 state owned books, the WPA bookmo bile of Wilkes county will begin a trial demonstration of rural library service to the people of Alleghany county next Monday morning at 8:35 a. m. No action has been taken as yet to secure, the permanent serv ices of the “library on wheels.” In order to do so, it is understood that Alleghany county is expect I ed to raise the sum of $300. The bookmobile will begin its library service here Monday on a two month trial basis. New books are to be sent here periodically by the state office and added to the shelves of the public library, from which the bookmobile will operate. The truck will make a com plete circuit of Alleghany county, finishing up its work for the first week late Thursday afternoon. Sparta Is Promised Another Telephone Line To Elkin After a hearing in the Jeffer son courthouse last week at which complaints about the telephone service in Ashe and Alleghany were made by residents of both counties, it was announced that an order had been placed for necessary material to construct another line out of Sparta to El kin. The announcement was made by W. E. Sparger, district man ager of the Central Electric and Telephone company. Materials for the new line, whjch according to Mr. Sparger had already been or dered before the Ashe county hearing, are expected to arrive December 1. At present there is only one long distance line out of Sparta to Elkin, which means that there is really only one line ooatwpt* ing the world. When Si is some times necessary to wau hours before a long distance call can be put through. The new and additional line is expected to cut considerably the time heretofore required to place a long distance call. Not only will the line give the telephone own ers of the county better service, but will make the work of the operator here easier. Here is a typical day’s menu in the U. S. Navy: Breakfast: Fresh fruit, Vienna sausage with tomato sauce, assor ted cereals, griddle cakes with syrup, bread, butter and coffee. Dinner: Vegetable sour pot roast of beef, succotash, mashed lad, brand, butter, cof* >ate Liver County Agent Urges Farmers to Attend Meetings; Sche dule Is Given. MOXLEY IS SUPERVISOR County and community commit teemen to serve on the 1942 agri cultural conservation program will be elected at a group o| township meetings, beginning next Thursday afternoon, County Agent R. E. Black announced yes terday. “In order for our program to function properly the farmers should elect some of the most able, public-spirited men in their communities,” Mr. Black said. “This is the farmers' program and it is ,up to them to elect their own committeemen.” Any landlord, share cropper or tenant who has qualified for a payment under the 1941 program is eligible to vote. Jess Moxley, of Sparta, has been county super visor this year. Urges Cooperation “Each voter will be expected to vote in the township in which he resides,” the county agent ex plained. “I will appreciate just as many as possible coming to the meetings. It does not repre sent the voice of the people when only a few men vote.” The following is a schedule of township meetings: Thursday, October 9 —Blevins Crossroads, 1 p. m.; Cherry Lane, 3:30 p. m.; Piney Creek school, 7 p. m. Friday, October 10—Whitehead, 1 p. m.; Sparta, 7 p. m. Saturday, October 11 — New Hope, 1 p. m.; Laurel Springs, 7 p. m. Baptists ToHbld 46th Association Little River Group to Meet at South Fork Church This Weekend. Representatives of 15 churches in the Litle River Regular Bap tist association are planning to hold their forty-sixth annual ses sion this week-end at South Fork church, one mile west of the Piney Creek post office, beginning Friday morning at 10:30. Elder L. T. Brooks, of Glade Valley, is scheduled to preach the introductory sermon. His alter nate will be Elder Wiley Combs, of Whitehead. A record crowd is expected to attend the association. Churches in the association are as follows: Big Springs, Double Springs, Landmark, Laurel Glen, Mt. Carmel, Mountain View, Mt. Ararat, Mt. Olive, New Salem, New Bethel, Prathers Creek, Pleasant Home, Roaring Gap, Saddle Mountain and South Fork. Total membership cf the churches in the association last year was 1,321. M. T. Brooks, of Glade Valley, is moderator; W. J. Wyatt, of Piney Creek, is sec retary-treasurer. TO HOLD A REVIVAL Revival services are being held this week at the Chestnut Grove Missionary Baptist church, begin ning each evening at 7:30. Hie meeting is being conducted by Rev. Gwyn Blackburn. The public is invited. JG£ G//H MY 6MMD MOTHERI KENEDY-ETC mite throat, eu? 1/ TELL YA WHAT JOU DO-ETC ETC &A &r rKHOV Hovmw UHitceWED medical ar*x/f -mem $ wnmure m wear 4 BMMSr.
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