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SPARTA NEEDS NOW ...
an industrial plant, a mo
dem hotel, a federal post
office building and a civic
club. Let’s go after them!
VOLUME 54, NO. 20
$1.00 a Year in Alleghany County
SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA
$1.50 a Year Out of County
THURSDAY, JAN. 15, 1942
People
YOU KNOW
Iii Alleghany
By Staff Writer
H. C. CHEEK
Alleghany county was sparesly
populated when H. C. Cheek was
bom six miles southwest of Spar
k ta in 1858. Sparta at that time
W consisted of one store.
Stratford also had a store, and
thus, Stratford and Sparta were
the “towns” of this section. There
were no mails, no schools, and
very few roads. Alleghany coun
ty didn’t exist.
From this, though, Mr. Cheek
has seen this section progress and
down the years he has progressed
with Alleghany. All his life he
has lived on a farm, with the ex
ception of two years working in
stores for W. B. Cheek and Fields
Hackler & Co, in Stratford.
Married At 23
His parents were Mr. and Mrs.
Henderson Cheek, and Mr. H. C.
worked at home until becoming
23 years old. At that age, he mar
ried Miss Caroline Edwards, who
was raised not far from the
^ *H«ilftWon Cheek told hi#1 son
W decided on 180 acres which was
f all In woods with the exception of
to choose his land, and Mr. H. C.
about 10 acres. On this the young
married couple went to work to
make their home.
Work was started on clearing
some of the land, and there was
no market for the wood at that
time. As the oak, hickory and
chestnut tree* were cut, the wood
was burned. ‘Many early settlers
of the section had to do this be
cause, of no lumber market.
Cleared For Pasture
When there was enough pasture
to keep stock, Mr. Cheek said he
bought cattle, and each year
tried to add to his holdings. He
was successful enough in this to
increase his acreage to the present
(Continued on Page Four!
£ Pipe Works Now
Employs Eight;
Spends $1,200
The D. & P. Pipe Works, ope
rated in Sparta by Sam Porter,
is noyf employing eight men and
in the first month of operation
here has spent more than $1,200
for burls.
Mr. Porter said Sparta’s newest
industry would employ more per
sons and buy more burls if they
can. He also said the pipe works
has plans to finish the pipe
blocks here instead of in Boone
if Enough burls can be secured.
Employs of the pipe industry
are George Ham, Clay Edwards,
Walter Brooks, Folger Wagoner,
Ford McCann, Glenn White, John
nie Shumate , and Mr. Porter,
\! manager.
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Wake Up, Americans!
Wake up, Ameri
cans!
Mat* America's
answer roar out
over the world.
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Every citizen must
back the United States Army
and Navy to victory—back them
with work and money.
Do your part: Buy United
States Defense Bonds and
Stamps at your post offlce. bank,
or savings and loan association.
Get Defense Stamps at your re
tail store or from the carrier boy
of this newspaper.
Mrs. C. Caudill
Passes At Home
Near Whitehead
Services Held At Union
Church; Was Widow Of
Terrell Caudill
Mrs. Caroline Caudill, 78, died
at her home near Whitehead
Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock
and funeral services were cod
ducted at the Union church in
Whitehead on Wednesday after
noon at 1 o’clock by Elders. Char
lie Kilby and Coy Walker. Inter
ment was in the church ceme
tery.
Mrs. Caudill, who was the wi
dow of Terrell Caudill, had been
ill only three days. She was rear
ed in the Whitehead section, being
the daughter of the late Allen and
Nancy Fender. She had been a
member of the Union church for
many years.
Serving as active pallbearers
were grandsons of the deceased,
while granddaughters served as
flower girls. Honorary pallbearers
were R. C. Richardson, Dr. T. R.
Burgiss, Amos Wagoner, Wayne
Spicer, E. L. Wagoner, and Robert
Fender.
Surviving Mrs. Caudill are four
sons, Shade G. Caudill, of Spar
ta, Dr. W. C. Caudill of Pearis,
Va., Dr. E. L. Caudill, of Eliza
bethtown, Tenn., and E. M. Cau
dill, of Bel Air, Md.; five daugh
ters, Mrs. M- H. Waddell, of
Scottville, Mrs. Hiram Edwards,
of Sparta, Mrs. W. A. Green, of
Forest Hill, Md., Mrs. C. J. Ed
wards, of Bel Air, Md., and Mrs.
Lonnie Edwards, of Whitehead;
one sister, Mrs. Emma Spicer, of
Trap Hill; two brothers, Isom
Fender, of Thurmond, and Tom
Fender, of Whitehead.
Inductees To
Be Announced
Change In Ruling Allows
Newspaper To Name The
Boys Going To Camp
The names of the men about to
be inducted into military service
from this county will be publish
ed in The Alleghany News, ac
cording to a new ruling this
week from Selective Service
headquarters.
Mrs. Robert Gambill, clerk of
the local board, said that news
may be furnished on the names
of registrants about to be induct
ed, and photographs of such reg
istrants may be published. Quot
as, calls or orders to report for
screening or pre-induction phy
sical examinations will still not
be issued to newspapers for pub
lication.
No names of men about to be
inducted into service were issued
this week. The local board is to
meet this Friday qrujl classify reg
istrants. Last classification was
made on January 5, when the
board met.
The clerk stressed the import
ance of each registrant notifying
the board when there is a change
of address. The board has been
unable to locate John Robert
Edwards, who gave his address
as Sparta, since the reclassifica
tion of 1-H men.
Two buses of men from Alle
ghany county went to Winston
Salem last Friday to undergo
physical examinations by a
traveling medical examining
board from Fort Jackson, S. C.
For the most part, the men from
this county were reported to be
in good physical condition.
25-Cent Stamps
Much In Demand
No 25-cent defense saving stamp
were in the Sparta post office
this week, as acting postmaster
Sam Brown said this denomina
tion was the most called for of
all the saving stamps.
“We haven’t been able to keep
them lately,” Mr. Brown said,
“as more calls are made for 25
cent stamps than any other kind.”
He said 10-cent stamps are the
next most popular.
Hunters'To Put
Away Fire Arms
The hunting season on all pro
tective game is now closed, Game
Warden Dick Gentry pointed out
this week in asking all hunters
to observe the closed season.
Last day of hunting was Jan
uary 4 and no protected game
can be shot until squirrel season
opens next September.
Cold Doesn’t
Freeze Signal
The Sat. noon signal hasn’t
been frozen the past two Sat
urdays. Everyone has been so
busy talking about the war no
one thought about the time
and the siren wasn’t heard.
Mayor Floyd Crouse, chair
man of the defense board, was
asked if the siren would only
be sounded for air-raid warn
ings from now on. The mayor
thought if this was the case it
might never be heard again.
The noon signal will sound
this Saturday.
Man Found Be
Almost Frozen
Near Parkway
Dies In Afternoon After Not
Responding; Mother Dies
In Morning
Edgar Fortner, 45, of Ennice,
died last Thursday afternoon as
a result of exposure the night be
fore when he and his brother,
Veit, were found near the Scenic
Parkway by other members of the
family after they were missing at
home.
Mrs. Florence Louetta Fortner,
62, mother of the two men, died
at 10 o’clock Thursday morning
at her home in Ennice from para
lysis following two strokes suf
ferd the previous week. She did
not know her sons had been found
nearly frozen before she died.
A double funeral service was
held at the Saddle Mountain
church Friday morning at 11 o’
clock and was conducted by
Claude Bartley and Dan Callo
way. Interment was in the church
cemetery.
Edgar Fortner could not walk
because of his frozen condition
when found Thursday morning.
He was carried to the home of
Mrs. Hillard Smith* whore he
died about 3:90 in the attention.
Veit Fortner was also in serious
condition with a frozen foot, but
was reported early this week to
be recovering.
(Continued on Page Four)
Post Office To
Take Auto Tax
Use Tax On_ All Vehicles Is
Due February 1; Will
Be $2.M.
The internal revenue bureau
announced that the federal auto
tax stamps would go on sale at
post offices and revenue collec
tors offices beginning the week
of January 12, instead of Jan
uary 26 as originally announced.
The tax was levied at the last
session of congress and for a time
it appeared that it would be re
pealed for lack of funds to ar
range machinery for collection.
Now, however, the bureau of
internal revenue has plans for
collecting the tax through the
sale of special revenue stamps at
local post offices of all classes, in
cluding substitutions.
The annual auto use tax is $5,
but the initial payment will am
ount to $2.09. A full year’s tax
will be due July 1, 1942, with the
beginning of the new federal fis
cal year.
Violations of the law are
punishable by a fine of “not
more than $25 or imprionment for
not more than 30 days, or both.
Officials of the Sparta post of
fice said no instructions have
been received on collecting the
tax.
It is thought the use tax stamp
will be of the type for displaying
on the window of the car on
which the tax is paid.
Tax Lister Be
Here Saturday
Cabel M. Wilson, tax lister for
the Gap Civil township, said this
week h)e will he at the Register of
Deed’s office in the court house
here the next three Saturdays in
order to complete listing of taxes
before penalties are imposed be
ginning February 1.
Mr. Wilson stated that the tax
payers had responded very good
to the announced listing days of
January 5, 6, 8, and 9, and that
those who .did not have an op
portunity to list on these days
may do so -on one of the remain
ing Saturdays of the month.
Library On Wheels In Alleghany
The “Traveling Library” goes into every section of Alle
ghany county, making possible a continued change of books
for rural readers, and shown above is the rear of the book
mobile. The books are on a three-deck circular wheel, which
can be revolved for choice of a desired book. Looking at
some of the selections are Mrs. Norma Halsey of Sparta,
(right) clerk of the bookmobile, and Charlie R. Rash of North
Wilkesboro, assistant librarian who drives the bookmobile.
Mrs. Halsey says circulation of books read from this truck
continues to increase every month. (Staff Photo)
Big Jap Push Fails;
Dutch Destroy Oil;
Soviets Make Gains
“LAURELS”
—TO—
School Kids
An individual cannot be
singled out this week for the
“laurels of the Week," because
•ms and every pupil in the
Sparta public reboots and oth
er setwols of the county should
rTinafrr a Laurel. These kids
have taken the Red Cross war
reliSf fund to heart, and have
really foals out to do their part
hi the drive. Sparta high
school boasted the fund with a
$109.68 contribution.
Net only are our boys and
.girls cognizant of the war
relief need, bat many of them
are also cutting down on per
sonal expenditures in order to
purchase defense saving stamps.
“Laurels” to our youth.
Teague Baby Is
Contest Winner
First Child Of 1942 To Get
Many Valuable Gifts
In Sparta
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Teague, route
two, Sparta, are the parents of
Alleghany county’s first baby of
1942, and to them go many valu
able gifts from the merchants and
business men of Sparta.
The daughter of the Teague’s
was bom at 4:30 the morning of
New Year’s day, with Dr. B. O.
Choate the attending physician.
The little girl arrived only three
hours earlier than the child of
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Brinegar of
Laurel Springs.
Belk’s will give the baby a wool
baby blanket. Smithey’s will
present her with a knitted baby
sweater. Cash & Carry will start
her on the right track with six
cans of baby food. B & T. has a
baby set for the little tyke. To
Mr. and Mrs. Teague, the Park
way cafe will give a free meal. To'
Mr. Teague, a free shave and
haircut will be given by Higgins’
Barber Shop. The Teagues can
get a free wash job on their
automobile at the Alleghany
Motor company. The Spartan
theatre has four free tickets for
them. The baby can have a choice
for a gold bracelet or locket from
the Alleghany Watch company.
The Alleghany News is giving
Mr. and Mrs. Brinegar a runner
up award of one year’s subscrip
tion to this newspaper.
Quotable
Quotation
“Our citizens have
i 'wonderfully to the Red
iron war relief fund.”—Dr. T.
President Names Donald Nel
son As Head Of War Pro
duction Effort
The brightest spot in the Paci
fic war zone this week was Mc
Authur’s stand at Luzon. This
holdout, supposed to be fore
doomed, this week, gave the Jap
anese a thunderous beating. A
non-stop 24-hour heavy artillery
duel with the enemy shattered
Japanese concntration and in
flicted heavy losses Tuesday.
' The island of Tarakan, off
northeast Borneo, fell to Jap
anese invaders who had struck in
overwhelming strength, and the
loss of the first important area of
the Dutch East Endies was mit
igated—but only that — by the
fact that before its substantial an
nihilation, the little Dutch gar
rison had smashed the island’s oil
field equipment so thoroughly
that the principal prize sought by
the invader would not become
available to him for months.
| In Malaya, the British imperial
I defenders of Singapore retreated
still further, from a previous line
some 150 miles above that base
on the western side of the penin
sula, and the fall of Port Sweeten
ham, 27 miles southwest of pre
viously abandoned Kuala Lum
pur, was in effect acknowledged.
Thus, by the fortunes of war,
it was only in the most theoreti
cally indefensible of all Allied
areas—on Luzon in the Philip
pines—that the invader had tast
ed a clear defeat.
Ski-shod Red troops stormed
the German defense cog at Orel,
20 miles southwest of Moscow,
(Continued on Page 4
Leaders Named
In Communities
Meeting Be Held First Of
Week To Organize Home
Defense Work
Community leaders are being
elected in each section of the
county and County Agent R. E.
Black said a meeting would be
called early next week at which
the leaders would be given in
structions for carrying out the de
fense program throughout Alle
ghany county.
The meetings for the selection
of community leaders have been
held this week and final meetings
are to be this Friday at Cherry
Lane at 10 a. m. and Rich Hill at
2:30 with Mr. Black as leader.
The community leaders will be
urged to attend the meeting when
it is called by the county agent.
Mr. Black said yesterday, “It is
their duty as patriotic citizens and
owe to our government and to
oii: boys' in service to do the tasks
that will be assigned to them.”
When the defense organization
of community leaders is com
plete, Mr. Black declared “It will
be possible to contact every
farmer in the county in 48 hours,
with everybody doing his part.”
Hi
Over Half Alleghany
County’s War Relief
Quota Now Raised
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Farmers Urged
To Place Orders
Now For Parts
Later In Year Be Difficult To
Replace Parts And All
Farm Machinery
In co-operation With the na
tion’s war program, farmers in
this county and throughout the
nation are being urged to place
orders NOW for all new farm ma
achinery and equipment that will
be needed in 1942 and to check
over their present equipment and
place repair orders immediately.
In the “food for freedom” pro
gram, farmers must produce
more food, with fewer men. This
means that more machinery and
equipment will be needed. Manu
facturers will not be given prio
rity for metal except upon dealer
orders, backed up by the signed
order of farmers, it is pointed out.
“The usual practice of waiting
until just before a machine is
needed in the field and then go
ing to town for a repair part, will
not work this spring,” it is stated.
“There won’t be any repair
parts there unless order is placed
now.”
The Alleghany farm agent’s
office sent out a letter a few days
ago, urging all farmers to check
over their needs at once and
place orders.
‘Since our nation is facing a
great emergency and is using
large quantities of iron, steel and
other metals, farmers may find it
difficult to get new machines and
repair parts later on in the year,”
the. letter ^stales. “Sp it is urgent
that you repair your farm tool*
now, th£/Sooner the better.”
‘On the back of thi* letter is a
repair check sheet. It is suggest
ed that you use it in determin
ing your needs for repair parts.
Don’t fail to get your tools in
good shape NOW.”
Andrew Edwards
Dies Home Here
Services Conducted at Primi
tive Baptist Church
Saturday
Andrew J. Edwards, 80, well
known farmer of Alleghany coun
ty, died last Thursday morning at
11 o’clock at his home one mile
east of Sparta, and funeral ser
vices were conducted Saturday
from the Primitive Baptist
church by Elders. Charlie Kilby
and Shade Caudill. Burial was in
the Sparta cemetery.
Mr. Andrews had lived here all
his life and was a son of the late
Center and Sarah Jane Edwards.
He was a member of the Primi
tive Baptist church.
Grandsons and granddaugh
ters served as pallbearers and
flower girls at the last rites.
Mr. Andrews was preceded in
death by his wife, and surviving
are two sons, Ross Andrews of
Sparta, and Oscar Andrews of
Aberdeen, Wash.; four daughters,
Mrs. Nora Norman of Mt. Park,
Mrs. R. L. Warren of Greensboro,
Mrs. Beal Poole of Sparta, and
Mrs. Gussie Kirby of Bedford,
Va.; one brother, C. J. Edwards
of Bel Air, Md.; and two sisters,
Mrs. Jim Wagoner of Sparta, and
Mrs. F. A. Mitchell of Stratford.
Agent To Tell
Of -Collection
Farmers will be notified when
and where to take their scrap
iron and old papers, which are be
ing collected for national defense
purposes, County Agent R. 12
Black said yesterday.
The county agent said a sugges
tion had been made for the farm
ers to donate these items, with
the funds being turned over to
the Red Cross war relief fund.
The agent pointed out that whe
ther they were sold or given,
scrap metal and waste paper
should be put into the channels
of trade. *_
Deadline For Getting Entire
$750 Quota Nearing. All
Urged To Give
Three townships were unre
ported this week in the Red Cross
war relief fund, and Alleghany
county was short by only $261.19
of its quota, as every person in
Alleghany is being urged to do
his or her part at once, Chapter
Chairman R. L. Berry said yes
terday.
The total receipts until yester
day were $488.81, Treasurer Al
ton Thompson stated, while the
county quota was $750.
Contributors during the past
week include:
L. K. Halsey, $10; D. F. Sturd
ivant, $5; Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
Cheek, $5; Wayne Waddell, $5; D.
C. Bledsoe, $5; Dr. and Mrs. B. O.
Choate, $5; W. C. Tnompson, 5;
Mrs. W. C. Thompson, $5; R. F.
Crouse, $5; Ernest Edwards, $5;
Mr. and Mrs. Jno. Me. Edwards,
$5; Cash & Carry, $5; Sparta
High School, $109.65; Mrs. Ed.
Rizoti, $2; J. H. Robertson, $5;
Blanche Gambill, $5; Thelma
Cathey, $3.50; Rachel Halsey, $3.
50; Ruth Halsey, $3; Mr. and Mrs.
S. R. Nichols, $2; D. C. Shores,
$2; Cora D. Carson, $2; Mr. and
Mrs. D. T. Bryan, $1; Levi
Shores, $_; Mr. and Mrs. Hiram
Edwards, $2; E. B. Eldridge, $2;
(Continued on Page Four)
Work Starts On
WPA Soil Plans
Delayed Soil Conservation
Project Begins Tuesday
In County
The long delayed WPA soil
conservation project in Alleghany
county was started Tuesday
morning with 12 men reporting
for the first day and W. O. Hop
per, conservationist for the New
River district, said that a full
crew of 20 men was expected yes
terday.
The project was approved last
October 8 by President Roosevelt,
and was supposed to have begun
in November.
The 20-man crew of WPA wor
kers will be assigned to farms in
the county where soil manage
ment plans have been worked out.
They have started on land in the
Piney Creek section. Type of
work will cdnsist of erosion con
trol, building or relocating fences,
staking strip cropping, timber
thinning, tree planting, or other
similar jobs.
Gov. Doughton
Given 50-Year
Pin By Masons
Gov. R. A. Doughton has re
ceived a 50-year membership cer
tificate and emblem as a member
of the Masonic lodge, thus becom
ing one of the few men in the na
tion to attain this honor.
Certificates for 25-year mem
berships were also presented 10
other local Mason recently. They
are John L. Joines, R. L. Maines,
G. C. Wallace, E. H. Thompson,
R.G. Taylor, J. G. Bare, L. B. Jar
vis, G. A. Holder, F. W. Royal,
and L. E. Edwards.
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