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News AND STAR-TIMES—(CONSOLIDATED ON SEPTEMBER 2, 194J)—ALLEGHANY COUNTY’S ONLY NEWSPAPER. VOLUME 53, NO. 7 $1.00 a Year in Alleghany County SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA $1.50 a Year Out of County THURSDAY, OCT. 16, 1941 Defense Officials Asked To Investigate Olivine Deposits People YOU'KNOW In Alleghany By Staff Writer JESS MOXLEY Since 1935, when R. E. Black became farm agent of Alleghany county and the agricultural ad justment administration was still in its infancy, Jess Moxley, of Sparta, has been an active force behind the extensive federal pro gram for soil conservation. Working in cooperation with ex tension department specialists, Messrs. Black and Moxley, to gether with several other inter ested fanners and townsmen, be gan in May, 1935 a program best suited to this county. Meetings were held to explain the AAA program; committeemen and sup ervisors went frcm house to / house to get the proper forms ^ filled out. Sheep farmers were mailed blanks on -which to list their wool and lambs for sale. A similar form was mailed to cattle farthers, and a bulletin published giving a list of cattle for sale. There were tours to outstanding demonstrations. When Mr. Moxley first signed up for the program, there were only 42 farmers cooperating with the AAA; in 1935 there were only 250 to 300. Now there are more than 1,500. Since 1935, soil con servation, checks have amounted to more than $100,000. Improved Grazing Along with the county agent, Mr. Moxley encouraged farmers (Continued on Page Four) 10 Licenses Are t Revoked In Wk. For the week from October 4 to October 10, a total of 10 drivers’ licenses were revoked in Allegha ny county, according to the North Carolina highway safety division. The list of revocations is as fol lows: Rufus Cox Long, of Laurel Springs; Joe Coot Lovelace, of Sparta; Olen Dean Mabe, of El kin; Paul Allen Vernon, Boon ville; James Walls, of Avondale, West Va.; Tyre C. Taylor, of Lau rel Springs; Dillon Sidden, of Sparta; Walter Edward Hatcher, of Mt. Airy; Odell Holbrook of Cherry Lane; and John Kennedy, of Piney Creek. All white, the men were each arrested on drunk driving charg es. The grand total for revocations in the state last week amounted to 191, with the total for the year ■<, at 38,043. Champion Hereford Bull At State Fair Is Owned By Doughton Son of Congressman Also Ex hibited Grand Champion Hereford Cow. ENTER BABY BEEVES J. Horton Doughton, of Sparta and Statesville, son of Congress man R. L. Doughton, is the own er this year cf a Hereford bull which won the grand champion ship of the open Hereford beef cattle show at the State fair in Raleigh this week, it was an nounced yesterday. Mr. Doughton also exhibited the grand champion Hereford cow and the best pair of yearling fe males in the Hereford beef cattle, open class. Having managed his father’s ex pansive farm at Laurel Springs for the past year, Mr. Doughton has shown an intense interest in livestock. The Doughton farm has always contained some of the best-grade cattle in northwestern North Carolina. Among other residents of the county who are exhibiting live stock at the State fair are Billy Carroll Choate, Jones Andrews and Lucille Miller. They are ex hibiting their baby beeves, but according to an announcement of prize-winners yesterday, they had not won a prize. Thousands have thronged the fair grounds this week, viewed the exhibits, saw the midway show, and crowded the grand stand for a program of horse rac ing and daredevil driving. The au tomobile races are to be run off Saturday afternoon. County Agent R. E. Black is at tending the fair at 'jtJM8 Mrs. Benbow, 80, Died On Tuesday Body of Lexington Native Is Carried to Winston-Sa lem for Rites. Mrs. Lou Jane Benbow, 80, died Tuesday afternoon at her home near Scottville, after having been in declining health for several years. Mrs. Benbow was born at Lex ington. Her husband, Lewis S, Benbow, who died 10 years ago, was a well known attorney at Newland. He was also a well known Lexington attorney. For the past several years Mrs. Benbow had been making her home with Mrs. Paul Swanson. The body was brought to Vogler’s funeral home in Winston-Salem, and arrangements for the funeral had not been learned yesterday. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Gladys Caviness. of New land; Mrs. Nellie Prevette. of Wilkesboro; and Miss Clara Ben bow, of Richmond, Va.; two sons. John T. Benbow, of East Bend, and Frank Yokley Benbow, of Newland, and several grandchild ren. ' J Elza Cox Trial Nearing Climax At Independence Fries Man Being Tried for His Life for Shooting Young Niece In Fries. ARRESTED IN ASHE Many Alleghany people are this week attending the sensational first degree murder trial of Elza Cox, 25-year-old Fries, Va., mill worker, which is now underway in the Grayson county circuit court at Independence. After parading an array of wit nesses in an effort to obtain a first degree murder verdict, the prosecution rested late Wednes day afternoon. Among those who testified for the state were Neal Vaughan, bro ther-in-law of Cox; Dr. Z. G. Phipps, Grayson coroner; Lois Payne, sister of the murdered Pauline; Reid Foster, a CCC en rollee; Lucille Anders, member of movie audience; Virgil Marshall, CCC enrollee, companion of Miss (Continued on Page Four) Red Cross Group Met On Thursday Miss Kathryn M. Stewart, Field Representative, Is Speaker. Miss Kathryn M. Stewart, of Asheville, field representative of the National Red Cross, met with a number of local citizens in the courthouse here last Thursday af ternoon and discussed the work of the Alleghany county chapter of the Red Cross. A round table discussion on the needs and possibilities of the county chapter was held, with Miss Stewart presiding. Mrs. Clennel Richardson, chairman of the emergency closet, was re quested to purchase material for supplies for her work. This ma terial will be made up into the necessary articles by the NYA girls’ unit. Following is a list of the offi cers of the county chapter of the Red Cross; Rev. R. L. Berry, chairman; Mrs. Dalton Warren, vice-chairman; Mrs. J. T. Ins keep, secretary; Alton Thompson, treasurer; Miss Lillie Ervin, home secretary. Mrs. P. H. Tompkins is chairman of the Junior Red Cross. Committees chosen recently by members of the chapter are as follows: Mrs. Robert M. Gambill, publicity; Rev. V. W. Sears, roll call; Dr. C. A. Thompson, first aid; Mrs. Clennel Richardson, emergency closet; Miss Ola Col lins, child health and Red Cross nurse; Mrs. R. L. Berry, chair man of Red Crbss home nursing. The annual roll call of the Red Cross chapter is expected to be held in the late fall, it was an nounced. Nazis Smash On To Moscow; Reds Fighting Desperately The German forces yesterday moved farther on toward Moscow after continuous fighting of more than two weeks in this vicinity. The Moscow radio exhorted the Red armies to hold the Germans at bay and not let them capture the city. Germany’s military leadership announced Tuesday the annihila tion of a total of 6,000,000 Russian soldiers of whom more than half were captives, and an irresistible advance by the Nazi armies of the center which has put the out ermost defenses of Moscow with in range of German heavy artil lery. A special high command com munique said the imprisoned since June 22 “has far surpassed 3, 000,000” or more than half a mil lion in excess of all World War prisoners taken by the Germans. Authorized military sources pro vided the estimate of 6,000,0001 destroyed, putting it on the basis j of 300 Soviet divisions of full war strength. At the same time the high com mand reported definite annihila tion of the Red armies in the Vyazama area, 125 miles west of Moscow, and said the Russian ar mies about Bryansk, 200 miles southwest of Moscow, were being steadily dissolved in several so called German “ketles.” The Red armies of the center reported they had beaten the Na zis back 10 bloody miles over the critical Vyazma sector to the west. Government advices said the Germans had lost no less than 13, 000 men in dead and wounded on the Moscow front on Tuesday alone. A supplement to the mid night communique asserted: (Continued on Page Four) Before a Stunt Man Said ‘Never Again’ George Hopkins, about to land, via parachute, on Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, (to win a $50 bet) where he remained, un able to get down, for 144 hours. Note the plane by which Hop kins descended by parachute, flying away at right, as the chute drifts to the top of the 1,280-foot peak. Hopkins was res cued by eight veteran alpinists. AAA Township Committees Are Elected At Meetings Loan Chest Is . Started By Red Cross Chapter Service Is Available to Alle' ghany Families for Emer gency Use. When illness or accident strikes a home, few families are prepared for the unexpected demand of needed supplies, and with this in mmd the local Red Cross chapter has donated the necessary funds to start such a service, it was an nounced yesterday. The articles needed are being made by the NYA girls. This loan service is available to any Alle ghany county family for emer gency use, with the understanding that any article borrowed is to be returned promptly and in good condition when the immediate need has been served. Additional items are to be add ed later, it was learned. A male urinal has already been donated. Other supplies badly needed in clude a bed pan, syringe, ice cap, and hot water bag. The donation of any of these articles by an in dividual or group would be great ly appreciated by the lccal chap ter, it was stated. The following articles are to constitute the loan chest, with oth er articles added as needed, through donations and available funds: Women’s night shirts, four me dium, four large; men’s bed shirts, three medium, three large; sheets, 12; pillow cases, six pairs; oil cloth squares for bed, two; towels, six; urinal (male), one. The loan chest will be main tained at the health department, and heeded articles can be ar ranged for there. Maternity Work Is Carried On Here Each Tues. County Health Nurse Announ ces Clinics for Expectant Mothers, Others. Since maternity and child health work are inseparable, and consti tute a major part of cur public health program, many health de partments have set aside a defi nite date each month for prena tal and infant clinics, Miss Ola Collins, county health nurse said yesterday. But in Alleghany coun ty it has been found more advan tageous to have general clinics each Tuesday, because it is dif ficult for many of the patients to get to town from the rural sec tions on a designated date, and during lirpited clinic hours. “Every pregnant woman should consult a physician as soon as she suspects pregnancy,” Miss Collins said. One visit to the phy sician each month should be made during the first seven months, and a visit every 2 weeks (Continued on Page 8) County Convention to be Held at Courthouse Here On October 30. For the second time since the soil conservation program was be gun here in 1935, meetings were held in the various communities last week for the election of AAA township committeemen. Up until last year ballots were mailed to the office of the coun ty agent. So few ballets were re ceived it was decided that this method was not representative of AAA participants, and meetings were scheduled for each township. “A great deal of interest was shown in our meetings last week,” County Agent R. E. Black said, “and we believe that we have chosen competent men to serve on our AAA committees for 1942.” The county soil conservation committee will be elected on the afternoon of October 30 at 2 o’ clock. It is expected that the coun ty AAA convention will be held in the courthouse. Committeemen elected last week are as follows: Gap Civil—G. C. Reeves, dele gate; S. O. Gambill, alternate; G. C. Reeves, chairman; Oscar Gam bill Jr., vice chairman; R. G. Cox, regular member; A. B. Richard son, first alternate; J.' P. Absher, second alternate. Piney Creek—E. C. Wyatt, dele gate; Herbert Osborne,’ alternate; W. C. Brown, chairman; Guy T. Perry, vice chairman; Herbert Osborne, regular member; R. T. Landreth, first alternate; C. C. Reeves, second alternate. Glade Creek—B. G. Harris, del egate; H. B. Spurlin, alternate; F. L. Andrews, chairman; H. B. Spurlin, vice chairman; B. G. Har ris, regular member; W. C. Bot tomley, first alternate; Reed Smith, second alternate. Prathers Creek—J. T. Landreth, delegate; J. H. Waddell, alter (Continued on Page 8) TVA Report Shows A Vast Supply Of This Magnesium Bearing Metal In Alleghany W-S Presbytery Met On Tuesday At Glade Valley J. M. Wells, Jr., of Winston Salem, Is Elected Mode rator By Group. MINISTERS ATTEND J. M. Wells Jr., of Winston-Sa lem, was elected moderator Tues day at the forty-third stated quar terly meeting of the Winston-Sa lem Presbytery of the Glade Val ley high school. Twenty-one ministers attended the meeting and 19 churches were represented by their elders. Following the sermon delivered by Rev. R. L. Berry, pastor of the Glade Valley and Sparta Pres byterian churches, at the 11 o’ clock hour, other business was taken up. Rev. P. J. Garrison, of Winston Salem, was named temporary clerk of the Presbytery. Rev. Clyde Dubose, of East Hanover, was received into the Presbytery, and a commission was appointed to install him as pastor of the First Presbyterian church, of Thomasville. A committee composed of Rev. Watt M. Cooper, of North Wilkes boro; Rev. Sam Wiley, of Greens boro; J. S. Kydkendall and C. M. Norfleet, of Winston-Salem; Paul Engle, of High Point, was ap pointed to survey the needs of the Glade Valley high school, which is under the joint control of Presbytery of Winston-Salem and Orange. They will report next April., ^: ' * - Among other business, the com missions of the Presbytery report ed installation of Rev. J. W. Fos ter in Flat Rock and Pine Ridge Presbyterian churches and ordi nation cf Rev. Ralph Buchanon, who is serving one of the home mission fields of the Presbyter ian church. leachers rlan To Attend Meet Several Alleghany schools have reported that they will be closed all day Friday.' October 17, en abling their teachers to attend the nineteenth annual convention of the Northwestern North Carolina Education association, which is meeting at Woman’s college in Greensboro. With S. C. Deskins, principal of Summer school in Guilford coun ty, serving as president of the group, an outstanding program is laid which will bring a number of leaders in the field of educa tion to the convention. Two general sessions will be held for the delegates Friday morning and evening, and special sectional meetings of the teacher groups will hold the spotlight during the afternoon. Several groups will hold special luncheon and dinner meetings, also. WPA Project Approved. For Soil Conservation Work Wade E. Eller, chairman of the Board of Supervisors of the New River Soil Conservation District, announced today that he has re ceived communication from Con gressman R. L. Doughton in Washington to the effect that the President on October the 8th ap proved a WPA project to be used in conjunction with the soil con servation program being carried on by the District. This labor will be of great help to the farmers cooperating with the district but it will be used only to help carry out soil conser vation work on farms cooperat ing with the district' whose own ers are primarily interested in conserving the soil through good soil management, it was an nounced. When a farmer has worked out, with the district, a good soil man agement plan based on actual soil conditions and needs of the farm, the district may allot small am ounts of labor to help the farm er do soil conserving jobs that are too large for him to accomplish alone and then only when the farmer is willing to help out and do his part. Jobs which are permissible un der this project are: gully control work, mulching galled areas, tim ber thinning demonstrations, tree planting, planting kudzu for ero sion control, building new fences or relocating old fences for the primary purpose of erosion con trol, staking strip cropping, es tablishing meadow outlets for wa ter disposal purposes, and other jobs which may be classed as ero sion control jobs which are not ordinary farm operations. The board of supervisors of the district, Mr. Eller said, has <ieter mined that all farmers in the county interested in the district program are eligible for this work (Continued on Page Four) Govt. Badly Needs Magnes> ium to Make Airplanes, Incendiary Bombs. NEWS MAKES BEQUEST Proper national defense offi cials are being asked to investi gate the rich olivine deposits in Alleghany, Ashe and Grayson counties. This request is being made by this newspaper, through the North Carolina Department of Conser vation and Development, Dr. J. L. Stuckey, state geologist, Gov. IJ, M. Broughton and Congress man R. L. Doughton. j According to a report made | some time ago by the Tennessee Valley Authority, there are vast deposits cf olivine in this section of Northwestern North Carolina and in a section of Western North Carolina, including Jackson and Macon counties. These olivine deposits are said to contain from 20 to 30 percent metallic magnesium and the fed eral government is now sorely in need of magnesium for defense purposes. Magnesium is used in the con struction of airplanes, particular ly in bomber types, and for mak ing incendiary bombs. Supply Limited Like aluminum, the supply of magnesium in the United States is limited, much too limited to carry forward the gigantic na tional defense production pro gram. It is estimated that the produc tion of magnesium in this coun try is scarcely a tenth of what will be needed. It is believed that a satisfactory process for the re covery of zpagnesium from oli vine ard otNjr minerals in this r section has bfeen perfected1 under the sponsorship of the TVA and the U. S. Bureau of Mines by a research program worked out at the Georgia School of Technolo gy in Atlanta. > It is estimated that there are a quarter of a billion tens of this magnesium mineral, olivine, in the Southwest and that most of it is in North Carolina, with vast quantities right here in Alleghany couny. (Continued on Page Eight) Ray Lundy Dies At Society Hill Former Resident of Glade Val ley Was Engaged in Lum ber Business in S. C. Funeral services were held on Sunday for Ray Lundy, 20, of So ciety Hill, S. C., who died last Friday of blood poisoning and pneumonia. A graduate of the Sparta high school, class of 1938, Mr. Lundy formerly lived in Alleghany county in the Glade Valley com munity. He was married about 18 months ago to Miss Lois Mill sap, also of Glade Valley. Services were held at Society Hill, where for the past several months the deceased had been en gaged in the lumber business. A number of Alleghany people at tended the funeral. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lois Lundy; his mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Lundy; and a brother, Harold Lundy. All are residents of Society Hill. JQ£ G//H
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