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VOLUME 53, NO. 8
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In Alleghany
By Staff Writer_
FRANKLIN ROYAL
Singularly prominent in north
western North Carolina as an emi
nent Mason and farmer, Franklin
Royal, of Cherry Lane, has had a
unique career, one he can look
back on as brimful of useful ser
viceto his family, community and
church.
Starting out life on a small farm
on the south side of the Cherry
Lane community in the early
spring of 1889, Mr. Royal was lit
erally brought up on work. In his
extreme youth he attended one
of the county free schools, but be
yond that, there was no formal
education.
Before he was half grown he
began the job of helping to man
age the family farm, and he did a
very good job of it for some 10
• years. He never went west until
1908.
In Montana he found a job as a
carpenter, a trade at which he
had always been proficient, and
during the next 12 months worked
on a government dam and a huge
-railroad bridge across the
lowstpne river.
Bought A Farm
Late in the fall of 1909 he re
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Alleghany AAA
To Meet Thurs.
County Committeemen Are To
Be Named At Convention
In Courthouse.
Delegates from the seven town
ships in Alleghany county, who
were recently elected to serve on
the AAA committees in their res
pective communities, are plan
ning to meet in the courthouse
here on the afternoon of October
30 at 2 o’clock for the purpose of
electing a county soil conservation
^committee.
'County Agent R. E. Black, who
is secretary of the AAA county
and community committees, yes
terday urged all delegates to be
here next Thursday for the meet
ing. Miss Betty Halsey is treas
urer.
Present members of the county
AAA committee are C. G. Col
lins, of Gap Civil; C. L. Hash, of
Piney Creek ;and C. M. Reynolds,
of Glade Valley. Mr. Collins is
chairman and Mr. Hash vice
chairman.
Extra Dividend
By Northwestern
Directors Of Northwestern
Bank Meet in Bakers
ville On Friday.
Directors of the Northwestern
Bank which has a home office in
North Wilkesboro and 'branches
in eight other northwestern North
Carolina counties, including Alla
ghany, held a quarterly meeting
in Bakersville last Friday.
Regular semi-annual dividend
of three per-cent payable on Dec
ember 31 was declared and an ex
tra dividend of six per-cent was
ordered paid on November 1,
making total dividends for the
*“ year $24,600.
Edwin Duncan, executive vice
president of the bank, said that
this year has been the most pros
perous in the history of the bank
and that resources now total more
than six million dollars.
- Directors from the home office
branch going to Bakersville for
the meeting were Ralph Duncan,
N. B. Smithey and J. T. Prevette;
also Edwin Duncan, executive
vice-president and director, and
Vernon Deal, cashier.
Sportsmen bI
Stretched across the ho
dead carcuses of three deed
a recent hunting trip near!
left to right, are: Wayne Wa
gins and Lon Mac Reeves. [
Eight Injured
In Auto Wreck
Car Driven by Arthur Gam
bill Crashed Near Pulas
ki, Virginia.
Bruises and other minor injur
ies were suffered by eight resi
dents of the county early last
Sunday morning when an auto
mobile driven by Arthur Gambill
crashed into another car on a
mountain road near Pulaski Va.
Other occupants of the wrecked
car were Mrs. Arthur Gambill and
baby and Mrs. Dallas Fender, of
Sparta; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tay
lor, ,Mfs. Flora Jane Taylor and
Miss Ivazelle Taylor, of White
head.
The automobile is said to have
belonged to Miss Ivazelle Taylor.'
Occupants of the other car were
thought not to have been hurt.
Mrs. Gambill and Mrs. Flora
Jane Taylor were still in the hos
pital at Pulaski yesterday. They
were on their way to visit
Mr. and Mrs. Quintin Fender, of
Radford, Va., when the accident
occurred.
Clerk Of Court
Reported Better
Alex Reeves, popular county
clerk of court, who last week
suffered a hemorrhage of the
stomach, was reported yesterday
to be resting comfortably in the
Baptist Hospital at Winston-Sa
lem.
Mr. Reeves became ill on Oct
ober 13 and his condition was
said to have been very critical.
He had only recently returned
from an extended trip through
the western states.
C. A. Miles, WPA supervisor
who was seriously injured in an
automobile accident on the night
of September 17, is now able to
be “up and around,” but has not
yet returned to his work .
NYA MEETING HELD
Mrs. Clennel Richardson, NYA
supervisor for Sparta, left
yesterday to attend an inter-area
meeting to be held in Lenoir.
Secure A Complete
Survey.
BRIEF FORWARDED
Shortly after the proper na
tional defense officials were con
tacted by this newspaper last
week and asked to investigate
the rich olivine deposits in Alle
ghany, Ashe and Grayson coun
ties, Congressman R. L. Dough
ton has promised that further.in
vestigation would be made; and
that if found in sufficient com
mercial deposits, there is a possi
bility of development of this val
uable natural resource.
In reply to the request from
The News, Congressman Laugh
ton said that “I have taken the
matter up today with the plan
ning boards of several of the na
tional defense agencies and ex
plained about the deposits of oli
vine in western North Carolina.
They advise that the first steps
to take before they can consider
locating a plant for mining mag
nesium is to submit a brief report
to them setting out in detail the
availabiliy of land, labor, water
supply, railroad facilities and all
other matters which would be
helpful in the location of a plant
of this kind.”
This information was forward
ed to Washington on Tuesday.
Statements contained in a let
ter just received from Dr. J. L.
Stuckey, state geologist whom
this paper requested to check the
published TVA report, indicate
that the report which he has does
not show any commercial deposits
of olivine in Alleghany or Ashe
counties, but Dr. Stuckey states
that his report was made “some
years ago.” According to latest in
formation, the TVA report
that was made this year does
show olivine deposits in this sec
tion, as well as in some of the ex
treme western counties and ev
ery effort is now being made to
get a complete and up-to-the-min
ute check made.
Victor Phipps, chairman of the
county board of commissioners,
who owns farm land in the Piney
Creek and Mouth of Wilson sec
tions, was in The News office this
week and expressed particular in
terest in the investigation for oli
vine products in Alleghany and
Grayson counties. Mr. Phipps said
that a long vein of magnesium
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Bridegroom Killed In Crash;
Officers Injured; Man Burned
WEST JEFFERSON, Oct. 23.
—Violent deaths and critical acci
dents in Ashe county came in the
traditional threes Friday and Sat
urday when two people came to
untimely deaths and two others
were placed in the hospital from
critical injuries.
Early Saturday afternoon Elige
Riley, of Clifton, died instantly
on the highway near the River
view school. This accident was at
tributed to a tire blowout and
failure to make the curve.
Riley, who was the son of Mr.
and Mrs. John Riley, of Clifton
was returning borne from Moun
tain City, Tenn., where he had
just been married at the court
house, to Minnie Roland, also of
Clifton. With hipi when the acci
dent occurred was his bride of a
few hours and her aunt, Mrs. Jo
sie Shee'ts, of Clifton, who had
witnessed the ceremony. Both
Mrs. Riley and Mrs. Sheets es
caped any serious injuries.
Funeral service was held Mon
day afternoon at the home of the
parents of the deceased with the
Rev. Cicero Ashley in charge.
In addition to his parents and
his wife Riley is survived by six
brothers and sisters.
Late Friday afternoon. Ashe
county officers assisted by spe
cial prohibition officers from
Wilkes county discovered a large
liquor still in the Pine Swamp
section of Ashe and were plan
ning to blow it up with dynamite
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Service, states that the “Food for
Freedom” campaign, recently be
gun on a nation-wide basis, is ag
gressively under way in North
Carolina. Every farm family will
be asked to participate and to in
crease production in 1942 to help
feed defense forces at home and
abroad.
Silas R, Nichols
In Wilkes Office
Sparta Man Now In Employ'
ment Office in North
Wilkesboro.
North Wilkesboitfs branch of
the North Carolina state employ
ment service has added Silas R,
Nichols, of Sparta, as an inter
viewer to serve farmers, farm la
borers and tenants, it was re
vealed yesterday.
Mr. Nichols has been trans
ferred back to North Wilkesboro
from Jacksonville, where he has
been for the past several months
handling army housing construc
tion placements.
In North Wilkesboro he will in
terview farm workers desiring
jobs, farm tenants wanting farms
and farmers who want workers
or tenants.
He has already begun his duties
and is now spending much of his
time securing and placing work
ers in orchards at the height of
the season for picking and pack
ing apples.
Mr. Nichols has a practical
knowledge of farming, for he
owns and operates a large farm in
Alleghany county. He has been
with the employment service
since 1935 and was connected with
the North Wilkesboro office ex
cept for the time spent at Jack
sonville.
Lime, Phosphate
Must Be Spread
Because of a shortage of 47 per
cent phosphate the farmers who
placed late orders were com
pelled to take 20 per cent instead,
County Agent R. E. Black said
yesterday. The phosphate also ar
rived later than anticipated and
it will naturally work a hardship
an some of the farmers to get it
spread by November 1.
“The Raleigh office asked for
in extension of time for putting
aut phosphate and lime but this
extension was not granted by the
Washingon office,” the county ag
ent explained. “Therefore I want
to urge all farmers who have lime
or phosphate on hand to get it
spread on or before November 1
as there will be a double deduc
tion for that which is not spread
before the supervisor’s visits.
Supervisors will start checking
late practices on or about Novem
ber 3, it was announced.
COLLINS IN WRECK
Roscoe Collins, -son of Porter
Collins, of Glade Valley, escaped
injury early Saturday night when
the Mercury Eight automobile he
was driving turned over While
rounding a curve on the highway
between Twin Oaks and the
Doughton bridge, en route to In
dependence. The top of the car
was smashed. • '■ ' **
4On The Alert’ In Seaboard Defense
The sinister muzzle of an anti-aircraft gun noses sky
ward as the 62nd Coast Artillery on the alert at LaGuardia
Airport, New York city, prepares for a surprise attack. Al
though the plane in the picture is a commercial airliner, vigi
lance is not relaxed for a moment as the army conducts its
most intensive test of the eastern seaboard defenses yet at
tempted.
Torpedoed Ship’s Skipper
Is Cousin Of Local Woman
NEW EDITOR
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James B. Anderson, new editor
manager of The Alleghany News
who will assume his duties here
on Monday.
J. B. Anderson
New Editor Of
Alleghany News
Succeeds Raymond Lowery
Who Leaves This Week
For Shelby
STARTS MONDAY
Effective Monday, James B. An
derson, of Allendale, S. C., will
become editor-manager of The Al
leghany News, Publisher Ed M.
Anderson announced this week.
The new editor will replace Ray
mond Lowery, who leaves this
week to accept a position as re
porter on the Shelby Daily Star
and to start a course in the Civil
ian Pilots’ Training program.
Mr. Anderson, who has been
serving as editor-manager of the
Allendale County Citizen, Hamp
ton County Guardian, and the
Gasper County Record, has had
ten years of successful experience
in the newspaper business and
comes to The Alleghany News
with the best of recommendations.
He received his education in jour
nalism at the University of Flori
da.
Publisher Ed M. Anderson said
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Mrs. Bryan Wagoner Relative
Of Commanding Officer
of U. S. S. Kearny
Mrs. Bryan Wagoner, of Sparta,
had unusual interest in the tor
pedoing of the Kearny last Fri
day, because the ship’s command
ing officer, Lieut. Commander
Anthony Leo Danis, 42, a native
of Woonsocket, R. I., and a for
mer instructor at the Newport
Torpedo station,' is her first cou
sin.
Mrs. Wagoner, the former Miss
Yvonne Bousquet, is also a na
tive of Rhode Island. Mr. Wago
ner, her husband, is connected
with the Farmers’ Hardware and
Implement company here.
Commander Danis, a meteroro
logical expert and former serolo
gical officer aboard-the navy’s in’
ildtfed dirigibles Akron and Ma
con, was assigned to the Kearny
in May, 1940,. to supervise her
fitting out, and became her com
mander when she was commis
sioned in September of last year.
Returned Last Year
The Kearny visited Newport, R.
I., last November at which time
Comander Danis renewed old
friendships in the state. Several
cousins, among them Eugene L
Jalbert, of Woonsocket, and two
aunts, live in Rhode Island or
nearby Massachusetts. Mrs. Wago
ner has not seen her cousin in
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Navy Day To Be
Observed Mon
i
Monday, October 27, the nation
and the navy join in celebrating
Navy Day. This commemorative
date, the anniversary of the first
bill providing for the construc
tion of government warships and
also the anniversary of the birth
of our first “Big Navy” president,
Theodore Roosevelt, has been ob
served annually since 1922.
On Navy Day, the schools will
hold appropriate exercises in ob
servance of the occasion. Radio
talks relating to the Navy will be
broadcast over local and national
networks. Citizens are urged to
observe the day by the proper
display of flags.
On October 27, 1773, the first
naval bill was submitted to the
Continental Congress and provid
ed for the construction and fit
ting of thirteen ships of war.
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Nazi U-Boats Sink Two More
k U. S. Ships; Snow In Russia
The activities of the Axis forces
on the high seas which included
the sinking of two more Ameri
can-owned merchant ships within
the past few days has caused ma
ny Americans to feel that mer
chant ships should be armed for
the emergency, and probably
brought the U. S. nearer to war
this week.
On the Russian front bitter
fighting continues with big losses
on both sides and German forces
slowly advancing toward Moscow.
Bitter cold weather and snow,
felt for the first time this week,
slowed activities down.
On the northern front, the Rus
sians said Leningrad’s defenders
“are inflicting heavy losses on the
enemy, annihilating his manpow
er and equipment.”
One Red army tank unit was
declared to have killed 500 Ger
mans, another 400, and both were
I credited with the destruction or
capture of quantities of Nazi sup
plies. A third unit in three days
of fighting was said to have des
troyed 92 trucks loaded with Ger
man infantrymen.
The picture of the Leningrad
area appeared to be the brightest
of any of the fronts yesterday.
The Red army’s grim defense
ring around Moscow generally
still held firm in fierce overnight
fighting, and Nazi tank and infan
try onslaughts failed at Kalinin,
95 miles to the northwest, at Ma
loyaroslavets, 65 miles to the
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tate Director
To Pass On Bus
L. C. Thornton Is Asked To
Study ProDosed Adjust
ments On Routes.
L. C. Thornton, of Raleigh, di
rector of school bus routing in
North Carolina, is expected to be
here one day next week for the
purpose of approving changes
and extensions of school bus
routes in Alleghany county.
At the present time, according
to Superintendent W. C. Thomp
son, the school buses in this coun
ty are serving more patrons than
ever before. “We attribute this,”
Mr. Thompson said, “ to the big
improvement in our country
roads.”
Members of the board of edu
cation heard several requests on
October 6 for adjustments in
county school bus routes. After
an investigation, it was recom
mended that some adjustments be
made. But Mr. Thornton must ap
prove all changes.
Mr. Thompson said he would
like to make it clear that if any
of the proposed adjustments are
not approved, it would be be
cause some of the routes are too
long and complicated to serve any
additional mileage.
Arrested Here
Ft. Bragg Military Police Nab
Lloyd C. Bottomley
On Monday.
Fort Bragg military police, in
a jeep wagon of the 79th Field
Artillery, rolled into Sparta Mon
day morning and in a short while
had arrested Lloyd C. Bottomley,
of the Glade Creek section, who
had been away from camp with
out leave since late in September.
At the time of his enlistment in
June, Bottomley is said to have
given his age. as 19, but alter a
couple of months of army life he
contended that he was only 17.
Officers said he had run away
from camp once before .
Sergeants W. C. Kuneman and
H. F. Porter were the military po
lice who made the arrests. Sheriff
DeWitt Bryan had been informed
of Bottomley’s desertion by Cap
tain S. K. Eaton, commander of
the 79th Field Artillery at Fort
Bragg.
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Army Deserter
Attendance In
Schools Rises
Employment of a truant officer
in Alleghany county has already
produced noticeable results in
school attendance, Superinten
dent W. C. Thompson said yes
terday.
“ Attendance in all county
schools is picking up,” the super
intendent asserted, “and there are
now only two cases of truancy tin
der investigation.”
NATHAN’S CR. BOY GETS
RESERVE COMMISSION
The War Department announced
Saturday from Washington, D. C.,
that William Dean Pennington, of
Nathan’s Creek, had accepted an
appointment as second lieutenant
in the army reserve.
Pennington, who is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Pennington,
has only been in the service a
short time.
Improved machines are expect
ed to encourage Americans to
grow more flax.
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