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SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA
<1.50 a Year Out of County THURSDAY, FEB. M,
Information To Be
By Rationing
Expert
The local War Price and Ra
tioning Board haa received an an
nouncement from the field office
that there will be a meeting in
the city hall at North Wilkesboro
at 7:80 FT M., on Friday for the
merchants of this area relative to
the new point rationing system
soon to be activated.
"The meeting will also '■over
some of the later releases in
Price Control and will probably
close with an open house discus
sion. It is of vital importance
and of great value to all mer
chants. By attending this meet
ing you will be in a position to
keep your store in systematic or
der under the new Rationing Pro
gram and also able to instruct
your customers in their purchas
es," officials of the rationing
board, said. He urged that all
\ merchants who possibly could do
so, make plans to attend.
Tire And Tube
Allotment Given
One grade 1 tire was given ap
proval this week for Roy B. Alt
ers; grade two, B. O. Choate,
Vaughn Poole, R. D. Richardson;
grade three, Beauford Cook, Wal
ter Crouse, T. L. Grayson, Har
mon Joines, B. F. Wagoner, J. K.
Wagoner.
Car retreads: J. C. Caudill,
Maggie Johnson, Fred L. Phipps,
J .C. Rector, I. B. Richardson,
Leo Roberts, Robert Sanders,
Bruce Wagoner.
Car tubes: Roy B. Ayers, S. J.
Spurlin, B. F. Wagoner. Truck
tires: Johnnie Hamm; truck re
treads, Johnnie Hamm, S. L.
Poole; truck tubes: Johnnie
Hamm. •• v
Deadline Now 0n*^
fuel Oil Coupons
To speed the “flow back” of
fuel oil coupons, fuel oil dealers
and suppliers now must use class
I and II coupons for replenishing
their stocks within 30 days after
they have expired for “consum
er” purchase, Mrs. Susie Fleet
wood', ration board clerk, said
here Wednesday.
Thus, period II coupons which
became invalid for householders
use between January 23 and 27
mhst be usled by d[ealel£ and
suppliers tb replenish their sup
plies between February 23 and
28, depending on the heating
zone.
One exception is made: coupons
for the first heating period, which
became invalid, for consumer
use late in December, may be
used by dealers and suppliers
through February 19.
N. C. TAX SPECIALIST
COMING NEXT WEEK
M. J. Sam Buie, of Winston
Salem, Deputy Commissioner of
Revenue, will be in Sparta next
Tuesday and Wednesday, Febru
ary 16 and 17, for the purpose of
assisting the people of the coun
ty in preparing their state in
come and intangible tax returns.
Mr. Buie will have a desk in
the office of the Register of Deeds
in the courthouse.
Piney Creek Boy
Active At Berea
Cam Wjptt, junior at Berea
College, Berea, Ky., has been
elected secretary of the Agricul
tural Union, organization of stu
dents majoring in agriculture, for
the second semester of the school
year, according to news received
.KWyatt is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
j^lpl S. Wyatt, o$ Viney Creek.
|pt has been active in both class
•id extra-curricular agricultural
WOfk in connection with his col
lege program.
lERAL tax man to
BE HERE NEXT WEEK
H. Robertson, collector of ta
il revenue, Greensboro, an
des this week that there will
representative of the feder
»venue department at the
thouse in Sparta on Febru
17 and 18, to assjst taxpayers
Brothers In Anped Forces
Corp. Frank M. (left) and Pfc. Troy Dale Sanders, (right),
brothers in service, are sons of Mr. and Mrs. Gwyn Sanders,
of Stratford. Both were inducted at Fort Jackson in October,
1942, and have made good records in training, recently being
promoted to their present ranks. Frank is now at Camp At
terbury, Ind., and Troy at Robins Field, Ga.
Guadalcanal Given Up
By Japs; Nazi Line Is
Smashed By Russians
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Allies Blast Axis Lines Of
Supply In Fierce Air
Raids
The Allied forces marched
another step toward victory this
week as the Japs finally gave up
their fight for Guadalcanal and
placed American forces within
striking distance of the enemy
bases’ in Northern Solomons and
nearet on the “road to Tokio."
Ninety thousand Japs are re
ported killed ill the Guadalcanal1
and New Guinea sections.
Russian troops sweeping down
on Kharkov from the north yes
terday captured file ancient city
of Belgorod, railroad junction and
German anchor post 45 miles
above the industrial capital on
the Ukraine, the Red army an
nounced.
A special communique report
ing the seizure of Belgorod in
stubborn fighting followed Jront
reports that Soviet storm troops
had smashed through a fortified
line east of Rostov, forcing the
second German retreat within 24
hours toward that big Don base
on which a Soviet assault arc
was closing from three sides.
The powerful allied air offen
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Tax Bill Passed
By Legislature
The bill introduced in the leg
islature by Representative T. R.
Burgiss to provide Alleghany
county with a Collector for back
taxes, was ratified last week, ac
cording to a legislative bulletin
received here.
A collector will be appointed
to take over the task of collect
ing all back taxes for the years
1937 through 1941, inclusive.
Lunchroom For
Sparta School
Opens This Week
Hot Lunches Enjoyed By Both
Teachers And Students;
To Be Expanded
Opening day for Sparta school
lunchroom on Wednesday of this
week was a big success, accord
ing to Principal Charles R. Roe,
iQte teachers and sthe children.
Approximate!}? SO hot lynches
Were served in the new dining
hall, with the grades only being
served this week. Others wilhbe
added as the facilities for serving
are enlarged, Mr. Roe said here,
Wednesday.
Menus are planned by Miss Eu
la Kennedy, home economics
teacher of the school, with the
dining room being supervised by
Miss Bertice Absher. Home ec
onomics students will assist in
serving, and all persons who are
connected with the food service
will be required to havd health
cards.
It is planned to make the room
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Service Is Held
For Selectees
A short prayer service was held
in the Selective Service office,
Monday morning by Rev. R. L.
Berry for the departing selectees
who were sworn into service a
week ago. Each boy was present
ed with a testament, cigarettes,
magazines and candy, by Girl
Scouts, under the leadership of
Miss Minnie Lou Edwards, and
other interested persons.
Shoe Rationing Program Is
Explained By P. M. Brown
Washington—Price Administra
tor Prentiss M. Brown explained
the shoe rationing program which
started this week, allowing each
person three pair per year, and its
objectives, as follows:
“The program in itself is sim
ple,” he said. “There are only
four main points for the public
to remember:
“1. Stamp 17 in war ration
book No. 1 is good for one pair
of shoes between Feb. 9 and June
19, in any store that sella shoes.
If you buy by mail, enclose the
stamp with your order.
“3. Stamp 17 is transferable
among members of a family liv
ing in a same household and re-'
lated by blood, marriage or adop
tion. For example, fathers or
mothers can use their stamps to
provide extra shoes for their
children if necessary.
“3. Persons who do not possess
war ration book No. 1 may apply
for this book at a local war price
and rattening board.
*'«. If a person needs to buy
shoes and has no stamp 17 in his
immediate family which he can
\
use, he may apply to his local
war price anjl rationing board for
a shoe purchasing certificate.
“Here is what is rationed:
“All unused shoes, inducting all
types of boots and shoes made in
whole or in part of leather, and
all rubber-soled shoes. All ordi
nary types, and such types as
special work shoes, hard-soled
mocassins and casual and play
shoes, fall within this definition
and are rationed.
“These are not rationed:
“Sdft and hard-soled house slip
pers and boudoir slippers; infants’
soft-soled shoes; ballet slippers;
ordinary waterproof rubber foot
wear, including arctics; gaithers;
work, dress, clog and tow rub
bers; and lumbermen’s overs.
“Shoe repairs are not rationed.
This provides the strongest possi
ble protection against the chance
that shoe rationing, however, lib
eral, might compel children and
others who are ’hard’ on foot
wear, to wear shoes in a condition
that might endanger their health
or welfare.”
Farm Machinery
Repair Classes
To Be Continued
Classes Are Held At Piney
Creek Under Direction Of
E. V. Munich
£. V. Minnich, agriculture
teacher in the Piney Creek high
school, said here this week that
the classes conducted at the ag
riculture building for the repair
of farm machinery was an out
standing success, and that anoth
er course will begin on Wednes
dy, February 17, for a three
weeks’ schedule of classes.
This group will hold classes at
the blacksmith shop of R. V. Barr,
from the hours of ten to four, on
Wednesdays and Mondays only.
During the three weeks’ pro
gram, mfcny types of machines
have been conditioned for spring
farm work. One farmer brought
along a truck load of machinery
to be repaired and with it some
of his neighbors’, also, for re
pair.
Bean Market To
Be Established
In W. Jefferson
Expect To Serve Ashe, Alle
ghany And Surrounding
Sections
West Jefferson — (Special) —
Plans are now being perfected
for the establishment of a large
bean market in West Jefferson to
serve Ashe, Alleghany and other
surrounding sections, where thou
sands of bushels of beans are
grown each year.
A meeting of the stockholders
and other farm leaders was held
here on Tuesday night when W.
G. Vannoy was elected president
and J. Everett Roland, secretary
and treasurer.
Mr. Roland, county tax collec
tor and former sheriff, has long
been interested in farming as has
W. G. Vannoy, whose extensive
experience in the produce busi
ness hkS m$de him jw^lize the
need of a lock! bean mStrket
This is considered an ideal time
for the establishment of a mark
et since the government has guar
anteed a bottom price of $1.20
per bushel on canning beans this
year in order to encourage farm
ers to grow more of this needed
crop. And the government is also
offering incentive payments that
should be an encouragement to
farmers to grow more beans.
Beans are a vital war crop and
farmers throughout the nation
are being asked to increase their
production of this product Due
to the altitude, climate and soil,
beans have long been grown in
this section in large quantities
and it believed by farm leaders
that the lack of a home market
has been the lack of incentive for
greatly increased production.
It was explained that farmers
should make plans now for their
bean crops and secure needed
seed and fertilizer in plenty of
time.
Arrangements about the loca
tion and building for the market
are to be completed soon and will
be announced at an early date, it
was stated.
February Price
On Feed Wheal
$1.02 In County
f t>ue to an increase in the parity
price, the price of feed wheat
delivered to Alleghany County
farmers will be $1.02 per bushel,
it was announced today by W. F,
Jones, chairman of the County
AAA Committee. This price, he
said, is effective in all North Car
olina counties for feed wheat de
livered in bulk in carload lots to
any railroad point in the county.
The price change, the chairman
said, became effective on Feb
nary 1, and «B1 orders planed
before February 1 fbr February
delivery will be delivered at $1.-0*
per bushel.
Sale of wheat for use as feed
by livestock and poultry feeders
was made possible % an act of
the last Congress which freed
125,000,000 bushels to be sold at
not less than 85 per cent of the
oarity price of corn at Chicago.
This move was designed to in
crease production of livestock and
poultry products urgently needed
in the war effort.
"Sale of wheat for use as feed
at these prices brings it in line
with costs of corn, and gives the
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Trophy Won By Alleghany News
This beautiful trophy was recently awarded The Alle
ghany News as the best small non-daily newspaper in North
Carolina. The contest is conducted annually by the North
Carolina Press Association.
Funeral Services For Wreck
Victims Held On Saturday;
Both Men Were Well Known
Rites Held at Sparta Primitive
Baptist Church For Sam
Richarson, 30
Funeral services were held at
Sparta Primitive Baptist chuch
last Saturday afternoon, Febru
ary 6, for Sam Richardson, 30,
popular Sparta citizen who died
early Thursday morning as a re
sult of injuries suffered in an
automobile wreck last Wednesday
night, in which one other man,
R. C. Wagoner, was instantly kill
ed and another passenger of the
car slightly injured.
Elders C. B. Kilby and S. G.
Caudill conducted the service,
burial following in the church
cemetery.
Richardson was a son of Mr.
and Mrs. Coy Richardson, of
Sparta, who survive him. His
wife, Thelma Osborne Richard
son, and one brother, Frank, of
Galax, Va., also survive.
Active pallbearers were friends
and American Legion members:
Roy Shores, Woodrow Richard
son, Wade McMillan, Julian
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Military Service Is Held
For Sergeant R. C.
Wagoner, 23
Funeral rites, religious and mil
itary, were conducted here last
Saturday morning, February 6,
for Sgt. R. C. Wagoner, 23, whose
death occurred last Wednesday
evening in an automobile wreck
near Sparta.
Services were held at New
Hope Baptist church, with burial
following in the church cemetery.
Rev. W. H. Caldwell and Rev. V.
W. Sears were assisted by Major
H J. Odenthal and Lt. Robert E.
Moss, of Greensboro, in the funer
al service.
Pallbearers were friends of the
family, with three soldiers in
cluded in the group. Flower girls
were Ruth Caudill, Dixie, Caudill,
Minnie Lou Edwards, Lou Reid
Landreth, Ruth Jones Choate,
Nora Helen Doughton, Eva Sue
Wagoner. Rachael Gray Wagoner,
Bessie Hampton, Lillie Ervin,
Norma Jean Edwards, Patricia
Edwards, Irene Hampton, Mollie
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War Power Bill Introduced
In N. C. Assembly This Week
Raleigh — Bills designed to at
least partly solve the problems
of labor and to give the governor
far-reaching war-time powers,
asked in his biennial message,
were introduced Wednesday in
the legislature.
The labor measure by Rep.
Richardson of Union and others,
would create the office of labor
conciliator, define unfair labor
practices, and make it illegal to
require an employe to pay a labpr
orgnization a fee for a permit to
work.
Hie war powers bill would put
the governor in the role of com
mander-in-chief of the state’s re
sources for the war’s duration.
Most of the legislative commit
tees concerned with taxation and
distribution of funds to all state
agencies and institutions, neared
the end of their work yesterday,
thus hastening tile day of the ad
journment of the assembly.
Hie House, Tuesday, consoli
dated their forces and passed by
a 01 to 46 vote, a bill to control
the sale of wine and beer.
Measures to allow merchants a
five per cent commission for col
lection of the three per cent sales
tax and to name the cardinal as
the state’s official bird were in
troduced in the assembly this
week, to share a portion of the
limelight with the wine control
bill.
The bill to give merchants a
percentage of the sales tax col
lections was introduced by Sena
tor Weathers, Shelby publisher,
who said that adoption of the bill
would place an additional $750,
000 annually in the hands of mer
chants to compensate them for
the time and loss they incurred
in collecting the levy for the state.
Other measures receiving sen
ate approval were those to change
the maximum weekly hours for
male employes from 55 to 85
hours a week and another pro
viding that the legislature visit
the Naval Pre-Flight school at
Chapel Hill on a date not yet se
lected.
After voting down, 38 to 38, a
proposal to permit Income taxes
without interest, the Joint com
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Will Register
For Rationing
Book 2, Feb. 22
Schools To Conduct Registra
tion From Feb. 22 Through
Feb. 27
Beginning on Monday, Febru
ary 22, and continuing through
Saturday, February 27, Alleghany
county citizens will call at their
district school and register for
the new point rationing which
goes into effect March I.
A meeting will be held in Spar
ta next week for the purpose of
instructing teachers in the schools
and other interested persons, the
methods and procedure for reg
istering. The date has not been
definitely set for the meeting.
Mrs. Susie Fleetwood, ration
board clerk, said here this week
that volunteers were urgently
needed in each neighborhood to
take this instruction, and be avail
able for questioning in the differ
ent stores as to what value differ
ent canned products had under
the “point" system.
During the registration, all
canned goods will be frozen, to
be released only on March 1,
when the “point” system of ra
tioning goes into operation.
Library Gets
Many New Books
The Alleghany County Library
has received several new adult
and juvenile books, according to
Mrs. Jones, librarian.
The titles and authors are:
Signed With Their Honor, by Al
dridge; Look At The Mountain,
Cannon; The Robe, Douglas; An
Apple for Eve, Norris; The Sev
enth Cross, Seghers; Gabriel and
the Angels, Townsend; Soqs of
the Dragon, Sowers; Island Mag
ic, Goudge; and The Blue Hills,
by the same author; Martha
Washington, Desmond; Catch a
Falling Star, Robinson; The Star
Spangled Banner, D’Aulaire; A
way in a Manger, Troburn; Thee
Toad, Davis; Fraidy Cat, Bar
rows; Little Elephant’s Christmas,
Washbume, and several others.
More books have been ordered
for the library.
Navy Men Will
Visit Ashe Schools
Due to the many inquiries be
ing received by naval recruiting
stations from high school stu
dents, it was ahnounced this week
by the State Department of Pub
lic Instructions that a representa
tive of the Navy would visit the
high schools in the near future.
At this time, students will have
an opportunity of securing infor
mation regarding the Navy. No
definite dates have been set for
this county, but it is expected
that representatives will be here
in the near future.
Hearing On Wreck
Scheduled Friday
Honaker Under Bond In Cmh
nection With Death Of
Wagoner, Richardson
A hearing is scheduled on Fri
day for Howard Honaker, in con
nection with one of the worst
wrecks is this section, which oc
curred last Wednesday night
when Sgt. R. C. Wagoner was
instantly killed and Sam Richard
son suffered fatal injuries from
which he died on Thursday.
The accident occurred early in
the evening when the car in
which the three young men were
riding on highway 21, near Spar
ta, failed to make the curve and
overturned. Following the wreck
Honaker, who was only slightly
injured was placed under a $2,50®
bond, pending the hearing.
Another wreck which sent two
young men to the hospital oc
curred near Roaring Gap, when
a pick-up in which Clyde Royal
and. Ray Woods left the road
overturned down a steep bank.
Late reports are to the effect that
they are still confined to the hos
pital, though their condition is
reported as being improved.