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If. m NEWS-STaR-TIMES is dedicated to covering the News and to the promotion of progress for afl of the people in Sparta and Alle ghany county. The Alleghany News AND STAR-TIMES— (CONSOLIDATED ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1941)—ALLEGHANY COUNTY’S ONLY NEWSPAPER. VOLUME 54, NO. 10 $1.00 a Year in Alleghany County SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA $1.50 a Year Out of County THURSDAY, NOV. 6, 1941 People YOU KNOW In Alleghany By Staff Writer REV. V. W. SEARS Seeing the Rev. V. W. Sears for the first time, you wouldn’t know he has been preaching for nine years. Yet the young pastor of the Sparta and Laurel Springs Baptist churches has been in the pulpit that long. He began supply work when he was only 17 years old. Then, he had just completed his high school work in Concord, where his father was superintendent of the Concord gas plant. Mr. Sears says he decided to be a preacher when he was a senior in high school, and he did not veer from this decision. The first job he ever had was delivering newspapers, which is a “first” for many young boys. But as he went through college and on to seminary his experience with work became varied. Going to Wake Forest, Mr. Sears worked his way by painting and by being operator for a dry cleaner. He had, however, prev iously attended- Wingate Junior allege beftte going to the B&ptist college. On the same day that he re ceived his Wake Forest diploma, Mr. Sears was married to Miss Annie Fury, his home-town girl friend of Concord. They decided to both attend the Baptist semi (Continued on Page Four) School Routes To Be Adjusted School Board Approves Plans For Colored School House. Extensions and adjustments are expected to be made soon in some of the bus routes of Alleghany county after the state director of school bus routing, L. C. Thorn ton, came here last Friday and went over the proposed requests, and the county board of education decided at their regular meeting Monday to make the adjustments after more investigation. The school board, at the Mon day meeting in the courthouse, also approved the proposed build ing plan of a school building for colored children at Cherry Lanei with NYA help. Work will begin on this project as soon as the NYA officials give their approval. Superintendent W. C. Thomp son is to notify the principals of the schools where the changes in the bus routes will be involved. The principals will in turn give the information to the drivers, who will make what changes to occur. If the project for a new colored school is approved, the building will be constructed much on the same plan as the colored school built a+ Gap Civil two years ago I with NYA labor. The Cherry Lane school is now being held in the colored church, of that section. Superintendent Thompson said the new location, four miles east of Sparta, would place the building in a more cen tral location. The school would have a standard size classroom, and a combination library and of fice. CONGRESSMAN RETURNS TO CAPITAL TUESDAY Congressman R. L. Doughton returned to Washington Tuesday after being at his home in Laurel Springs for a few days. Congressman Doughton was a principal speaker at the dedica tion of the new Ashe Memorial hospital in Jefferson last Satur day afternoon. Home Demonstration I Agent To Come Here jSet Up A'New Office TWO PERSONS BITTEN BY POISONOUS SPIDERS Two persons in the county were reported as having been bitten by Black Widow spi ders during the past week. No serious complications ' resulted from the bites, ac cording to a local physician, but the persons wefe ill for awhile because of the poison ous spider bite. The Black Widow is a small, black spider, which is trans parent when held to the light. The bite of this sp'der in some instances has been known to be serious. Olivine Mined In The County Several Years Mrs. C. C. Choate Remembers Taking of Mineral Many Years Ago. Olivine was mined in Allegha ny county several years ago, ac cording to Mrs. C. C. Choate, of near Edwards Crossroads, who said yesterday there was a deposit of the mineral on their place sev en miles from Sparta. Mrs. Choate says she remembers olivine being taken from the.land when she was but a girl. Also, about twelve years ago she sent a sample of the rock to be tested, and the report came back that the rock was olivine. She says the letter concerning the test is still in her possession. Since announcement recently in this newspaper that national de fense officials are being request ed 6U invM tigala the rich olivine deposits believed to be in Alle ghany county, Mrs. Choate is one of the first to report such a de posit on her land. The TVA has said that vast deposits of olivine are in this section of the state. Olivine has from 20 to 30 per cent metallic magnesium content, and magnesium is now needed for national defense purposes. All persons who believe a de posit of olivine is on their place are asked to come by TJie Alle ghany News office , with a sample of the ore. This newspaper would like to know of the possible num ber of such deposits in the county. Four Apply For Defense Courses Three Alleghany county boys and one girl made application Tuesday for NYA defense train ing courses when Mrs. Claire P. Simpson, persennel interviewer of the area office was here to in terview those interested between the ages of 17 and 25. Miss Rosa Jordan, of Glade Val ley, made application for hotel hostess training at the school in Sardis. Jessie J. Andrews and Walter W. Blevins, of Sparta, applied for an auto mechanics course at Ashe- j ville. Golden M. Royal, of Laurel | Springs, wants to take a course in sheet metal work at Durham. Mrs. Simpson said she woftild return to the local NYA office next Tuesday to interview other girls and boys interested in tak ing a training course. Miss Maggie Lawhorne From Virginia Accepts This Position. BEGINS NEXT WEEK Alleghany county will have a home demonstration agent when Miss Maggie Lawhorne, of Vin ton, Va., reports next week to be gin her duties, for the first time such an office has been held in this county. The county commissioners inter viewed Miss Lawhorne the first of this week, and decided Tues day the county would assist in ob taining a home demonstration ag ent. The office of Miss Lawhorne will temporarily be in the court house here. She will be in the of fice one time occupied by the pub lic welfare department, but plhns are to later move the office into the Community building, it was stated. The Woman’s Club of Sparta, of which Mrs. J. T. Inskeep is president, has been interested in securing a home demonstration agent in this county, for some time. Miss Lawhorne is a graduate of Radford State Teachers College in Radford, Va. She took further training for home demonstration work at Virginia Polytechnic In stitute, and has been assisting in the demonstration office at Lex ington, Va. Miss Ann Rowe, of Raleigh, head of the agent offices, is ex pected to be in Sparta a few days next week when Miss Lawhorne begins her duties here. The new demonstration agent will reside here in the house owned by Clin ton Halsey back of the commu nity building. She will organize community demonstration clubs throughout the county. No Violations Of School Law Unlawful absences from the public schools of Alleghany coun ty no longer exist since the estab lishment of a truant officer last month, Superintendent of Public Instruction W. C. Thompson said this week. R. D. Gentry, of Sparta, was named truant officer October 6 by the county board of education, and what few children known not to be attending school before that time, are now doing so, accord ing to Mr. Thompson. The state school attendance law requires all children between seven and 14 years old to be in school, and the parents are held responsible if they are not. The fine for violation is a maximum of $50 or 30 days in jail. Turner Wanted For Bad Check Sheriff DeWitt Bryan said this week that W. C. Turner, who was reported last week as being held in Wytheville, Va., is wanted in Alleghany county for giving a bad check when buying cattle here last summer. Governor Broughton has sent requisition to Virginia asking re turn of the man to this county be cause of the false pretense charge against him here. Germans Checked At Rostov; Move Toward Red Naval Base In spite of winter weather, hea vy fighting continued in the Mos cow area with the Russians claim ing to have the Germans forces checked in the southern area to ward Rostov. The outskirts of Moscow felt the affect of the big guns in the distance, but the Nazis were able to make little advance in this di rection. The German army of the Cri mea was declared yesterday to be beating rapidly forward in two columns, one to have stormed and taken the city of Feodosiya some 60 miles short of Kerch and the other driving down upon the great Soviet naval base of Sevastopol.. The fall of Feodosiya, an impor tswiport and communications cen ter on a railway running to Kerch, was announced by the high com mand. > The progress of this thrust ap peared to menace Kerch itself, which is separated only by a two mile-wide strait from the Russian Caucacus and is regarded as the most likely point of attempted ex it for Russian troops reported in general retreat. Beyond the Kerch strait to the west are the Russian Krasnodar oil fields, and to the northeast lies Roslov at the mouth of the Don river. Informed persons in London reported that the Red high Com mand was sending a special “win ter army” of 750,000 from Siber (Continued on Page Pour) Women Bolster Russian Defense This photo came from Leningrad, Russia, via London. It pictures women of Russia’s second city plying spades to erect barricades and dig trenches during the defense of Leningrad. For weeks before the battle of Moscow had begun this city had been beseiged. Auto Goes Off 275-Foot Drop; Truck Burns; Car Turns Over _\ “LAURELS” —TO— OUR DISTINGUISHED R. L. Doughton Each week this newspaper is going' to acknowledge com munity service by some citi zen of the county under the heading “Laurels”. The deed to obtain this ack nowledgement need not be necessarily outstanding. The award might go to some boy for giving aid to an aged per son, to some woman for can ning many foods, to the offi cial of a civic organization, or like accomplishments. To inaugurate “Laurels of the Week” in The News, the outstanding citizen of the county, the distinguished gen tleman who has received rec ognition by the highest offi cials of this country for his capabilities and service to na tion, state, county and com munity, has been chosen. Need we say he is Congress man R. L. “Bob” Doughton, of Laurel Springs. Final Plans For Annual Red Cross Roll Call Made Banquet Is Held Last Night. Importance of Red Cross Work Stressed. Officials of the local Red Cross chapter and workers who will be gin the annual Roll Call drive in Alleghany county next Tuesday, were given a chicken supper yes terday evening at 6 o’clock in the Community building by the Wo man’s club, of Sparta. Mayor E. Floyd Crouse and Gov. R. A. Doughton made talks to the approximately 25 workers present on the value of, the Red Cross to this country. Ernest Ed wards, who is chairman of the Roll Call this year in the county, introduced the speakers and also made remarks concerning the drive for membership beginning on Armistice Day. The Rev. R. L. Berry, chairman of the local chapter, was also called upon to tell of the impor tance of the Red Cross organiza tion to the nation at this time. Alleghany county will work to wards a goal of $400 this year, with drive for membership being made in all communities of the county. Mr. Edwards was to name the community workers imme diately, and a special kit of ma terials will be given to each chairman in a community. New Models In Auto Showrooms The new 1942 automobile mo dels are difficult to obtain by dealers during these days of pre paration for national defense, but two automobile companies in Sparta received new cars the first of this week. Two new Chevrolets are on the floor of the Castevens Motor com pany, and the Alleghany Motor company is' showing two new Fords. Mystery Surrounds Finding Of Machine Near Park way Sunday. NONE KILLED _ i Who drove or pushed an auto mobile over a 275-foot cliff on the Bear Creek road in the Bluff Park area last Saturday night re mained a mystery here this week, but the machine had been brought to a local garage and identified as being owned by G. W. Brown, of Supply, in Brunswick county of this state. An automobile also turned over several times on the highway to Independence Saturday night, but none of the four occupants were injured, and a truck went out of control the same night on the highway to Elkin. The driver of the truck jumped before the ve hicle went down a 60-foot em-j bankment and burned. Patrolman Richard Griggs in vestigated the “accident” of the automobile being wrecked in Bluff Park off the Parkway. Ran ger King had found the chain to a private driveway down, and go ing out the road found where a machine had gone down the 275 foot cliff. A wrecker of the Cas tevens Motor company was called to pull the car up the steep in cline, and the wrecking crew worked approximately four hours in getting the automobile back to the road. The wrecked machine is being held here until claimed by the owner, who has not yet called for the auto, C. C. Castev ens said. The truck which wrecked and burned on the road to Elkin was transporting canned goods to Georgia, and was operated by the Watkins company. Half-way down the mountains, the driver lost control and jumped before the truck wrecked. The remains of the burned truck was pulled in by a Castevens wrecker. Harry Smith, son of Homer Smith of near Furches, was re ported as driving the automobile which turned over between Spar ta and Independence. Earl Jarvis and Lewis Jarvis were passen gers of the car, but none of them were injured. PASTOR WILL ATTEND STATE CONFERENCE The Rev. V. W. Sears, pastor of the Sparta and Laurel Springs Baptist churches, will attend the state Baptist convention in Ashe ville beginning next Tuesday and lasting through Thursday. REA Co-op Buys All Northwest Property In Alleghany County ARMISTICE DAY WILL BE OBSERVED TUBS, The local post office and bank will be closed next Tuesday in the observance of Armistice Day, but several of the business houses have ex pressed their intention of re maining open. Several firms and individ uals are cooperating in this issue of The News in making possible an Armistice Day message, which will be found on the inside pages. OPM “Blackout” Order Applies To Sparta & County Non-essential TTse of Electrici ty Ordered Because of A Power Shortage. IS NOW IN EFFECT Sparta is included in the OPM “blackout” ordered last week for seven southeastern states and all local merchants are expected to comply with the ban on non-es sential electrical uses which be came effective this week G. F. Messick superintendent of the Blue Ridge Electric Membership corporation has been notified by OPM authorities. This federal order, invoked to conserve electric power for vital defense industries in the seven states, prohibits the use of elec tric advertising signs, merchants’ s h o w-window lighting, excess lights at filling stations, excess lights at theatres, interior and ex terior ornamental store lighting and whiteways. It is not ordered, however, that the town cut off its street lights because these are needed for nolice protection. A warning has been issued that all firms must co-operate with the order. There is no shortage of gene rated electric power in North Car olina, but there is such shortages in Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and other southern states to whom this state is furnishing power to produce aluminum and other defense essentials, it it an nounced. The Duke Power com pany, from local power is bought, is one of these firms. These shortages are due to lack of adequate rainfall and to in creased power demands for de fense industries. In case of suffi cient rainfall, the OPM order will be lifted. In addition, the OPM has or dered a 30 percent reduction in the use or power for large com mercial and industrial users, to become effective November 10. Education Class Be Held Nov. 14 The class on “Visual Education” will be given at the Sparta high school on Friday afternoon, Nov. 14, at 4:15 o’clock with Dr. J. C. Hadley, of Catawba college, of Salisbury, as instructor. Teachers in this county or ad joining counties interested in raising or renewing certificates have been asked to attend. This course is new in the educational j field and is reported to be inter-1 esting as well as instructional. < Collins To Serve As Chairman Soil Conservation Committee i C. G. Collins, of Sparta, was named chairman of the Allegha ny county soil conservation com mittee at a meeting of township delegates of AAA committees at the county agent’s office in the Community building Thursday afternoon of last week. Mr. Collins has a farm about a mile from Sparta, and will head the USDA Defense board in the county. C. L. Hash, of Sparta, was named vice chairman, with C. M. Reynolds, of Ennice, a regular member. First alternate will be M. E. Reeves, of Laurel Springs, and J. C. McCann, of Roaring Gap, is second alternate. The “Food for Freedom” survey has begun in the county, and com mitteemen are contacting every farmer in order to take a survey of production intended for 1942. The farmers are being asked to increase farm gardens, dairy pro ducts, hogs and beef cattle in Al leghany county during the com ing year, according to the office of the county agent. No benefit payments will be made in connection with the de fense production program, but the U. S. Department of Agriculture will support prices for various commodities and thereby insure the farmer of getting a good price for his products. Final Purchase of Utility Co. Here Terminated In Washington. TO REVAMP SYSTEM The Blue Ridge Electric Mem bership corporation last Thursday afternoon in Washington complet ed the purchase of Northwest Carolina Utilities power lines in Watauga, Ashe and Alleghany counties and the REA co-op Fri day took over operations of the electric power systems at Blow ing Rock, Shulls Mill, Sugar Grove, West Jefferson, Jefferson, Warrensville, Lansing, Sparta and Roaring Gap, Supt. G. F. Messick announces. Plans are now being made to revamp the entire system of the newly acquired property, which I includes replacing old poles, re locating transformers, building a new line into West Jefferson, re vamping the transmission line from Elkin to Sparta and con structing a new transmitter into Sparta from West Jefferson and so on, Supt. Messick stated yes terday while in town. “The Northwest lines are bad ly in need of repair and improve ment and the REA has allotted us $150,000 for this purpose,” he said. Bids for revamping are now out and will be canvassed by the REA and the co-op’s board of directors next Wednesday. “We are having considerable difficulty in getting materials be cause of the OPM priorities, but we have just about enough ma terials in sight to do the revamp work,” Messick stated. A membership fee of $5.00 is required of all customers and in the near future a canvass for members will be made. Messick said that all deposits made to the Northwest would be refunded through the REA co-op to mem bers. Power and light rates will re main the same in West Jefferson and Sparta for the next month or two. “There will be no changes until the REA and our board can work out the rate schedule, which should effect a savings,” he said. WPA Soil Work To Begin Soon County Farmers Will Be As sisted by 20 Workers In Conservation Jobs. The WPA project in connection with the soil conservation work in Alleghany county is to begin November 17, with a crew of 20 workers, according to W. O. Hoop er, conservationist for the New River soil conservation district. The 20 workers will be chosen from men in this county listed with the Works Progress Admin istration office. The crew will be assigned to a farm in the county where a soil management plan has been worked out “The object of this project,” Mr. Hooper said, “is to assist the farm er in establishing soil conserva tion practices.” The project was approved last October 8 by Presi dent Roosevelt. The type of work on the farms will include gully control, timber thinning, tree planting, erosion control, building new fences or re locating old fences, staking strip cropping, and other jobs. I Warn Bomut Auursm rmr fins jfrmw'or
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