VOLUME 54, NO. 32
SLOP a Ytu In AUtgbny Co nnty
THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1943
SPARTA NORTH CAROLINA
9L50 a Year Out of County
“OVER THE
Sparta School
Closed On Wed.,
42 Graduated
Dr. Charles H. Pugh Delivers
Literary Address. Merit
Awards Given
Sparta high school closed on
Wednesday with the presenta
tion of diplomas to 42 graduates,
by Principal C. R. Roe. Dr.
Charles R. Pugh delivered the
literary address, and the merit
awards were presented by Rev.
R. L. Berry. Rev. A. C. Gibbs
preached the baccalaureate ser
mon last Sunday morning.
Miss Ann Reeves was valedic
torian of the class, with Miss
Donna Lou Rutherford as saluta
torian. Mias Reeves also won the
scholarship award for the high
est average over a period of four
years, as did Roy Lee Fender.
Bach was presented a $25 war
bond by Daisy Belk Doughton
and Bobby Doughton, children of
Mr. and Mrs. J. Horton Doughton,
a custom observed each year in
the Sparta school.
Miss Doris Collins received
first award for debating, with
Miss Doris Pugh, second
16 Graduated
At Glade Valley
Dr. J. W. Witherspoon, Of
Lexington, Addressed The
Graduating Class
Glade Valley high school clos
ed last Friday with Dr. J. W.
Witherspoon, of Lexington, de
livering the graduating address.
His subject was “Sidetracked
Lives*” showing how the present
world crisis has changed.the lives
of both young and oM. .
VaTedlcWWiTHt^lSIss was
Miss Willie Mae Harkey, with
Miss Marie Powell, salutatorian.
Sixteen seniors received their
F diplomas, and during the exer
cises, prizes and awards were
given outstanding students.
Scholarship award for making
am average of over 98 for the
year, was given Betty Joe Gen
try. Music award went to Wilma
Parsons, with second prize in mu
sic to George Lee Eldridge. Most
improvement in Home Economics,
Elsie Smigi, and to Kathryn Key
for the highest average in Home
Economics. Recitation award
went to Elizabeth Brewer, and to
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Druggists To
Collect Stamps
Druggists were reminded today
by John Mac Edwards, chairman
of the Alleghany County War
Price and Rationing Board, that
^ they are required to collect ration
vJ stamps when they sell ration
foods.
At the same time, he pointed
out that druggists must register
under Ration Order 13 if they
want to continue in the business
of selling such rationed items as
baby foods, grape juice and other
processed foods. For the purpose
of registering, they-: should use
OPA form R-1302 which is ob
tainable from the local board.
Hoey To Oppose
Robert Reynolds
Laurel Springs Brothers In Service
Shown above ate Corporal Edwin D. Bare, left, and Pri
vate Harry G. Bare, right, sons of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Bare, of
Laurel Springs. Cpl. Bare is stationed at Camp Davis and has
been in service for the last three years, while Ids brother is
now serving somewhere overseas.
Superior Court Here
Only Lasted 2 Days;
Several Cases Tried
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Honaker- Case Is Continued.
One Of The Shortest Ses
sions On Record
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After a speedy disposition of
cases on the dpcket for trial in
the April term of superior court,
the session adjouijied at 4:30 on
Wednesday afternoon, following
its bestow*. T,.«sd<.y morning.
Judge Allen H. Gwyn presided
over the session and J. Erie Mc
Michael was solicitor, with R.
Glenn Nichols acting as deputy
clerk of court because of the ill
ness of Clerk S. O. Gambill.
Many cases scheduled for trial
were continued, among them be
ing the Honaker trial for man
slaughter. Seven boys were plac
ed on probation under the super
vision of Probation Officer P. T.
McNeill, during the session, sen
tences being suspended chiefly
for violations of safe automobile,
operation. Many driving licens
es were suspended an dinfringe
ment against the rules of proba
tion will automatically put the
sentences into effect. These sen
tences ranged from three to six
months. Walter Ray Maxwell
was found not guilty on this
charge.
Walter Edwards who pled guil
ty to operating ‘ an automobile
while intoxicated, was given 6
months under supervision SH &:
PWC and fined $50 and costs, sus
pended on good behavior for
three years. William Blaine
Warren was given the same sen-,
tence on the same charge.
Robert Bur Holcomb and Blan
Hall, charged with forgery, plead
guilty and were placed on pro
bation for three years.
Cecil Quessenberry, charged
with larceny, was also placed on
three-year probation.
R. L. Fender, who plead guilty
of stealing chickens from Jay
Hardin, was ordered to pay cost
of court and to make a $5 pay
ment to the court for Mr. Hardin
until the account is paid in full.
In the cases of Charlie Spicer,
Lewis Mitchell, Harry Smith,
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Doughton Says
Tax Won’t Hit
People Harder
M
Washington, D. C. — Chairman
Robert L. JDoughton (D-NC), of
the HoCyPWays'aftil Means Coift-'
mittee declared last night that
the 20 per ‘cent withholding pro
vision of pending pay-as-you-go
tax bills “will not result in a sin
gle extra tax dollar being taken
from the taxpayers’ pocketbood.”
He issued his statement, he said,
to clear up “considerable misun
derstanding throughout the coun
try” over the withholding pro
vision, one which is common to
both the proposed bill of the
committee’s Democratic majority
and various compromises and
substitutes.
“The proposed 20 per cent with
holding is only a method of col
lecting currently all or a part of
the taxes imposed by the existing
tax laws,” Doughton explained.
“The 20 per cent withholding
figure is not applied to the tax
payers’ gross wages or salary.
Three per cent of this 20 per cent
would be withheld from each pay
ment of wages or salary which
exceeds the victory tax exemption
of $12 per week, or $624 a year,
and would be applied on the vic
tory tax owed by the taxpayer.
“Hie remaining 17 per cent is
withheld on the amount of the
taxpayers’ wages or salary which
exceeds his regular income tax
personal exemption and credit for
dependents plus 10 per cent of his
exemptions and credits to allow
for average deductions, such as
interest payments, charitable con
tributions, other taxes paid, etc.
This 17 per cent would be applied
on the individual income taxes
owned by the taxpayer.”
Doughton said that from some
will be withheld more than is
needed to pay their taxes and
from others less.
Air Raid Observation Post
Here Is On 24-Hour Basis
•Starting last Monday, the ob
servers of the air raid warning
observation past here were call
ed on to maintain a M-hour watch
ver organizations, civilian volun
teer workers in the filter centers
and communication facilities.
The Wilmington region com
prises most of the state of North
Carolina.
All qualified observers and
those who are- interested in ap
plying for this service are urged
to get in touch with Robert Ed
wards, of Sparta.
War Ration Book
3 Will Be Sent
Out During June
No Registration To Be Held.
Books Will Be Distributed
By Board.
War Ration Book Three, which
provides new stamps to replace
those running out in the first two
ration books, will be distributed
in Ashe county beginning late in
June and ending July 21, Tom
Duncan, chairman of the local
ration board, announced today.
“There will be no schoolhouse
registration such as featured the
issuance of the first two ration
books,’’ he said. “Application
forms good for a single person
or an entire family will be drop
ped in every mailbox by postmen
between May 20 and June 5. The
head of the house will fill out
the cards which are pre-addressed
to OPA mail centers, for the en
tire family and mail them be
tween June 1 and 10. OPA mail
centers will begin sending out the
books late in June.”
War Ration Book Three will
contain “unit” stamps such as
those now in use for sugar, cof
fee and shoes and “point” stamps
like those now being used for
the purchase of processed foods,
meats and fats, he explained.
Unit stamps will be printed
with pictures of planes, guns,
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U. S. Aircraft
Output To Hit
100,000 In ’43
New York—Production lines of
the United States this war year
will turn out nearly 100,000 air
planes arid almost 19,000.000 dead
weight tons erf dry cargo vessels
and tankers, business chiefs of
the nation were told yesterday.
Vice-Chairman William L. Batt
of the War Production Board,
speaking before the annual con
vention of the Chamber of Com
merce of the United States at the
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, gave the
figures on plane production, ad
ding that this meant an increase
of approximately 50,000 planes
over 1942.
At the same time Batt, depart
ing from his prepared address,
said that “management and labor
must be prepared for idle plants
in war time."
Rear Admiral Emory S. Land,
chairman of the United States
Martime Commission, told the
gathering that the ship production
of almost 19,000,000 tons in the
country’s yards in 1943 compares
with more than 8,-000,000 tons
built in 1942.
The admiral described the rec
ord made by the shipping indus
try during the last two years as
“the greatest shipbuilding chap
ter in world history.”
Price Rulings
Are Received
New maximum price regula
tions have recently been received
by the Alleghany County War
Price and Rationing Board, con
cerning the following items: i
Dressed hogs, com (shelled I
com, whole com, ear com, and I
snapped com) and com products!
including com meal, com flour, I
com grits and brewers grits.
Anyone may obtain a copy of
these regulations at the local of
fice.
Geo. W. Whitley
Buried Sunday
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| Funeral rites were- held Sunday
for George W. Whitley, 85, of
Laurel Springs, who died Friday,
April 23, at the Baptist Hospital,
Winston-Salem. Rev. Mr. Wink
ler was in charge of the service.
Mr. Whitley, who is a native
of Wilkes county, has bear well
Alleghany County Men In Service
CPL. JOHN ULUS IRWIN
PVT. WOODS M. ANDREWS
Cpl. John Ulna Irwin, son of
Mr. and Mr. 1. L. Irwin, of Spar
ta, has been in the army about a
year. He is now located at Vic
torville, California, and was re
cently promoted.
Pvt. Woods Mack Andrews, of
Sparta, recently entered the ser
vice and says he likes it fine.
Sgt. Clement Osborne, son
Mrs. James Monroe Osborne,
Sparta, was recently promoted
sergeant. He is now stationed
Fort Bragg, having been in N.
and Florida camps, too. He spent
a five-day furlough here, recent
ly.
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SOT OI.KMRWT n^RnRNF
Are Rapidly
Driving Axis From
N. African Front
Rev. Mr. Berry
Will Represent
W. S. Presbytery
The General Assembly Of
Presbyterian Church To
Convene In May
Rev. and Mrs. R. L. Berry at
tended Winton-Salem Presbytery
and Presbyterial, also the execu
tive board luncheon at the First
Presbyterian Church in Winston
Salem, Monday and Tuesday.
The two assemblies met togeth
er to hear the inspirational ad
dress of several outstanding lead
ers in the Presbyterian church.
Dr. Harry Myers, missionary
from Japan, who was interned in
Japan at the beginning of the
war, told of his prison experi
ence.
Dr. Walter Lingle, former pres
ident of Davidson College and
moderator of the General Assem
bly, spoke on the Book of the
Acts.
Dr. Claude Prichett, from the
Home Mission Board in Atlanta,
gave an inspiring address on
“The Urgency of Home Missions:
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Allied Annies Now Nearing
Tunis; Germans Stiffen
Resistance In Russia
In the North African campaign
Americans have dislocated the
German army from a series of
hills around the 110-mile front in
the last stage battle of Tunisia
and dispatches report the Allied
armies are nearing both Bizerte
and Tunis.
Often grappling hand to hand
with knives, daggers and gre
nades, the bitterest fighting of
the war is now in progress, driv
ing the Axis forces backward into
the sea, the distance daily grow
ing shorter. Military authorities
predict spectacular developments
may be expected within a short
time.
The Axis army stepped up its
resistance, and for the first time
in the African campaign is using
flame-throwing tanks.
In the Pacific area Allied planes
continue to attack Japanese-held
positions, and shipping. Heavy
bombers report making direct hits
on Japanese vessels northwest of
Australia.
On the Russian front Russian
and German plane fleets battled
fiercely over the Kuban front and
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No Opposition In Sparta
Town Election Next. Tues.
There will be no contest in. the
town of Sparta election to be
held next Tuesday, it was learn
ed yesterday. - s.
The names of Charlie Castevens
and R. C. Halsey had been recom
mended as candidates for the
board of aldermen, but yesterday
these prominent local citizens told
a News reporter that they would
The five members of the board
are: D. C. Duncan, J. M. Wagon
er, Dr. C. A. Thompson, J. A.
Hardin and D. F. Sturdivant
several terms and the town has
made progress under their guid
ance. • . . •• j ••
The establishment of the town
water system is one of their most
significant activities
The present town tax rate is
75 cents, 15 cents of which goes
into a. sinking fund to pay off the
jpwn’g dabt 'Of ^OOO. Interest
np the fcgthtednsss . ip^ 'die*
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Goal Is To Buy
Ambulances With
Extra Purchases
Every Man, Woman And
Child Urged To Buy Bonds
Before Friday Night
WOMEN CANVASSING
With war bond purchases to
talling oyer $51,000, Alleghany
county has already gone over the
top of its Second War Loan drive
quota of $50,200 and a home
stretch campaign is now being
pushed to sell additional bonds
so that the county can buy am
bulances for the armed forces^
Chairman Alton Thompson, sta
ted yesterday.
An ambulance costs $1,785 and
drive officials are hoping to sett
enough bonds in excess of quote
to purchase at least three of the
ambulances.
To achieve this goal, every meat
woman and child in the county
is urged to buy bonds before Fri
day night, April 30, when the war
loan campaign closes.
Members of the Sparta Wo
man’s club have been making a
personal canvass of the town this
week, soliciting series E bond
purchasers and are meeting with
enthusiastic response, it is stated.
Mrs. Floyd Crouse and Mrs. C
A. Thompson worked the down
town section Wednesday after
noon and the entire town will be
covered before Friday night.
In the Second War Loan drive
there are seven different series
of bonds and any of them can be
bought on or before tomorrow
night. After tomorrow, only the
series E bonds will be available
and the sale of these has been
continued through next week, or
rather those purchased next week
Cpuld be applied on the April
quota instead of the May quota,
if desired. Of course this series
is on sale at all times.
These bonds are available In
$25, $50, $100, $500 and $1000 de
nominations.
They mature in 10 years, at
which time you receive $4 for
every $3 invested in them. They
are registered in the name of ths
owner or owners, are non-trans
ferable and cannot be used as
collateral. They may be cashed
in at the end of 60 days.
Former Gov. Hoey announces
that nearly every county in the
state has gone over its quota.
In commenting on the support
given in the drive in this county.
Chairman Thompson declared,
“We greatly appreciate the whole
hearted co-operation of Alleghany
citizens in doing their part to
help finance the war. It is a tri
bute to the patriotism of our peo
ple.”
The slogan of the campaign is,
“They GIVE Their Lives—We
LEND Our Money”.
Must Have Data
On Ration Books
Mrs. Robert Fleetwood, ration
board clerk, said here this week
that all persons holding ration
book No. 2, should fill in all the
data on the cover. Book No. 3
will be issued in June as a re
placement, and all books must
have the required information on
the cover.
Mrs. 'Fleetwood said that no
new items are to be rationed.
Record Easter
Sales Reported
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