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VOLUME 55, NO. 28 ews * Give MOR£ in 44 RED CROSS WAR f UNO AND STAR-TIMES— (CONSOLIDATED ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1941) -.ALLEGHANY COUNTY’S ONLY NEWSPAPER. $1.50 a Year in Alleghany County SPARTA NORTH CAROLINA $2.00 a Year Out of County THURSDAY, MAR. 30, 1944 Red Cross War Fund Drive Reaches $2,276.00 Senate Passes Bill To Increase Burley Acreage Flannagan Measure Already Passed House; Expected To Become Law ■ According to Information re ceived 'here yesterday afternoon, the Flannagan Bill, for the in crease of acreage allotment of hurley tobacco, which passed the House some time ago, has now passed the Senate and is expected to become a law. The bill will enable all farmers with an allotment of less than an acre for burley tobacco, to in crease this to an acre, this year. The bill was introduced by Rep resentative Flannagan, of Vir ginia and received the whole hearted support of Congressman Doughton in the House. ■Officials of the Mt. Burley To bacco warehouse at Boone, where most of the burley tobacco grown in this county is marketed, are urging the farmers to plan now to have plenty of plants to take care of their needs. The increase' in acreage allot ment, will mean extra plants will be needed. R. L. Doughton • Lauds Pipe Plant Writes Letter Of Congratula tions To David P. Lavietes For New Industry Among other letters and mes sages of congratulation, recently received by David P. Lavietes, on the expansion and development of] the D. and P. Pipe Works, here, is the following fs man R. L. Doughtq ” ave 1 ing last week’s ghany News which I would call the “Pipe Issue”, telling of the origin, development and expan sion of the great industry which you have established in Sparta, of which we <ft all so proud and which is destined to be of such great economic' benefit to1 Alle ghany County. I congratulate you, and along with you, my good friend Sam Porter, who, as the pa per says, is largely responsible for the location of this splendid in dustry in our county. Wishing you continued success and again expressing my pro found appreciation of your con fidence in our people by investing your money in an. enterprise which was so badly needed and of which we are all so proud.” Mr. Lavietes announced this week that the D. and P. Pipe (Continued on Page Four) Has Information For Farmers Here County Agent R. E. Black an nounced this week that the farm ers of the county might gain some valuable information from the sheets attached to the yellow col ored posters on “Agronomy Sug gestions for Farmers”, located in his office, the bulletin board in the community building and in Farmer’s Hardware store. These sheets, published by the North Carolina Extension service, carry timely information pertain ing to crops, fertilizers and oth er culture practices and all kinds of crops grown in this county. The sheets will be 'changed each month throughout the season, he pointed out. 7 Farmers are invited to tear off a sheet and carry with them for future reference, Mr. Black ex plained^_\_ No Change In Tax ( Rale For County Russians Make Big Gains; U. S. Planes Blast Wewak Base Lt. Bytha L. Moxley, U. S. Army Nurse Corps, is now stationed at Camp Forrest, Tenn. Lt. Moxley, who was a registered nurse in High Point for a number of years before entering the army, is the daughter of John Paten Mox ley, of Sparta. Trout Season Is To Open April 15 fishermen Are Urged To Buy Their Licenses In Ad* wf- vance . '..a;* ?,-4 ' Approximately 1^900 trout, ranging in length from 9 to 14 in ches, were turned into various streams in the county, last week, R. D. Gentry, county game war den announced. The fish were released in- the head waters of Little River, Mea dow’s Fork, Prather’s Creek, Big Glade Creek, Little Glade Creek and Brush Creek. The fishing Season opens in Al leghany county, as in other parts of western North Carolina, on April 15, Mr. Gentry stated. He also pointed out that a fish ing license was required by law for any person fishing in Alle ghany waters. Resident fishing license may be secured for $1.10; state license f$p (Continued On Page Four) Wm, I. Caudill, 81, Buried Monday Funeral service for William Isom Caudill, 81, who died at his home in > the Topia comunity, March 24, was conducted Mon day at -the home with Eld. S. G. Caudill officiating. Interment followed in the Mt Zion ceme tery. He is survived only by his wife, Mrs. Tamsy Atwood Caudill. Pallbearers were: Winston At wood, McCoy Attwood, Harley Douglas, Carl Caudill, Jack Cau dill and Norman Douglas. Yanks In Britain Destroy 2,100 Planes Within Two Weeks What are believed to be pre invasion bombings were continued by the Allies over Europe this week, with Russians making the greatest gains by land. * The Red army yesterday crush ed the German garrison of Niko laev, former Soviet Bl&ck sea fleet base at the mouth of the Bug, and in a surprise night cross ing 60 miles upstream joined oth er Russian forces striking swiftly southward across the flat steppes on a 175-mile front toward Odes sa, 75 miles away, Moscow an nounced. In Rumania, other Red army units were assaulting the key rail city of Iasi, the Berlin radio said, but Moscow has not confirmed this report. If true, it would be the fir^t Soviet smash into axis territory. American bombers blew up buildings, bridges and Japanese shipping at the major Japanese base of Wewak, New Guinea, Monday, sending their 19th ship to the bottom there in 10 days of almost continuous bombing, it was announced yesterday. Large fires were left burning at Hansa Bay, 100 miles south of Wewak, Gen. Douglas MacArth ur’s Wednesday communique re ported. Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle, commander of the U. S. 8th air force, disclosed that in the past (Continued on Page 4) . ■—*——— Rallies For Red Cross, Fri., Sat. Piney Creek And Stratford Have Special Programs Arranged Two Red Cross rallies will be held-this week end, one at Piney Creek high school and the other at the Stratford school. On Friday night, at 8 o’clock, the Piney Creek Playmakers, un der the direction of Mrs. Gertrude Graybeal Blevins, will present a play, “The Challenge”, which was written by Mrs. Blevins, and which will constitute the first part of the program. The second part of the pro gram consists of an entertainment by John Lair and his Renfro-Val ley gang. A small admission will be charged, the proceeds to go to the Red Cross. On Saturday night, the Strat ford school will sponsor a box supper and a dance afterwards, Mrs. Virginia Richardson, teach er, announced. Everyone is in vited to attend and those who have not contributed to the Red Cross are urged to make their contributions at the box supper. “The county is over $1,000.00 short of its quota and we are ex pected to have generous contri butions at these two rallies," Chairman Hooper stated. Truck With Liquor Wrecked Near Here; Driver Is Sought Passers-by could easily have helped themselves to a tew gal lons of boot-leg liquor last Thurs day during the wee hours when a pick-up truck carrying an esti mated 100 gallons of moonshine, ran off the road five miles north east of Sparta on the Independ* ence road. N Officers investigating the acci dent, pointed out that the driver must have lost control of the truck when It slipped off a soft shoulder of the read, breaking about 20 gallons of liquor carried in half-gallon, fruit jars. An unidentified passing car, it was stated, made an effort to pull the truck out of the ditch after unloading the liquor on the side of the road. It was then that a car driven by Ensign J. Robert Pugh, of Winona, W. Va.( in an effort to miss the towing car, which was directly) across the road with no lights or danger signals, sideswiped it and ran head-on into the liquor pil ed by the road side. Several more gallons were broken by this crash. The damage to the Pugh car was estimated at around $300. When local officer Glenn Rich ardson, arrived at the scene of the accident about 9 o’clock, the license plates had been removed from the truck and the driver was gone. Richdrdson emptied the remaining jars that had not been broken ft carried away. Upon investigation, it was learned that the pick-up was own ed by Wiley Bowers and driven by Cecil Bare, of the Wagoner community in Ashe county, ac (Continued oh Page «) Alleghany County Honors Men In Service The new honor roll board bearing the names of Sparta men and women in service, which has recently been erected on the courthouse lawn under the sponsorship of the Amer ican Legion. (Staff Photo) Town Of Sparta Will Build An Incinerator Soon Public Asked To Co-operate In Keeping The Town Cleaned Up At a meeting of the town coun cil here Tuesday night, it was unanimously decided to build an incinerator for the town of Spar ta. Officials point out that such a plant has long been needed here since the town has had no method for the disposal of trash and rub-* bisk Collected fsgsrtifti streets, except by burning it in a trash pile. Plans and location of this dis posal plant will be announced at a later date. Glenn Combs, trash collector, will continue to gather and dis pose of the rubbish on the streets and from the business houses in town, it was pointed out. The town council urges the co operation of the public in keeping the streets and sidewalks of the town free from trash. Need Of Waste Paper Is Urgent Is Now Being Bought By Smithey’s Store; To Be Used In War Effort In order to assist in the war ef fort by stimulating the collection of waste paper, Smithey’s store is now serving as a collection point here. Prices and details are an nounced. elsewhere today in an advertisement. It was explained that paper should be tied to bundles and that magazines and newspapers should be separated. Mr. Wagoner pointed out that a special drive was being conduct ed during the week of April 3-8 and that everyone is urged to bring all waste paper in as soon as possible. Jury List Drawn For Next Court The spring term of superior court for the trial of criminal cases of Alleghany, is scheduled to open May 1, with Judge Hoyle Sink, presiding. The names of the following were drawn for jury service: R. G. Cox, Clyde Edwards, James W. Wagoner, 'Earl Delp, J. F. Cox, Johnny Ham, Joe Choate, Bertie Hampton, A. C, Edwards, James F. StNMflMfijfll Gvnm-Twam&Mmm. Johnson, Sparta’s New Bus Terminal Will Be Opened On Tuesday; Officials Are To Be Here J. A. Miller. 77, Buried On Sunday Well-known Laurel Springs Man Dies After Serious Illness Funeral service for Jesse Adam Miller, *77, prominent man Of tfep Laurel Springs community, who died March 23, was conducted Sunday at his home, with Elder C. D. Hall, Elder C. B. Kilby, Eld er S. G. Caudill and Elder E. A. Long, officiating. Burial follow ed in the Miller family cemetery. Mr. Miller had been in ill health for some time and had been seri ously ill for the past two weeks. He was a member of the Primi tive Baptist church for about 50 years, a deacon in his church, clerk of the church and clerk of the Roaring River association for a number of years. , He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary Ann Miller and seven children; four sons, Everett Mil ler, Piney Creek, Floyd Miller, Wagoner, and Troy Miller, Thur mond and four daughters, Mrs. Verna Johnson, Miss Rebecca Mil ler, and Miss Mary Miller, all of Laurel Springs and Mrs. Ethel Fender, of Spart^. ' Also surviving are two brothers, Wiley and Frank Miller, of North Wilkesborb; two sisters, Mrs. Re becca Taylor, of Charlottesville, Va., and Mrs. Sallie Long, of Lau rel Springs; thirteen grandchil dren and two great-grandchildren. , Pallbearers were grandsons: Bernerd Miller, Webb Miller, Wil lie Johnson, Jack Johnson, Homer Miller and Roy Fender. Flower girls were Bessie and Madge Miller, Rose Marie' Fender and Johnsie Lee PsuMt, Public Invited To Inspect The Building; Modern In Ev ery Respect Plans are now being completed for the formal opening of Sparta’s new bus terminal on Tuesday, April 4, Dr. T. R. Burgiss and H. H. Hash, announced today. The grand opening, to take place at 10 o’clock Tuesday, will be in the form? of “open house” when everybody is invited to come in and inspect the new sta tion. The ladies will be given flowers from 10 to 12 o’clock. • Officials of the Greyhound and Parkway bus companies are ex pected to be present for the open ing. The terminal, next door to the Carolina Silk Shop and Kay’s, is located in the remodeled building which was formerly occupied by the late Cleve Reeves’ Cafe. The new station is modem in every respect, with a large wait ing room, seating space and oth er conveniences for travelers. A modern kitchen and excellent cooking facilities add to the serv ice of the terminal. (Continued on Page Four) Osborne Named Cherry Manager Announcement has been made of the appointment of Walter F. Osbcnme, of Sparta, as Manager of the Alleghany county cam paign for R. Gregg Cherry, candi date for Governor. The announcement was made from Cherry State Headquarters at Raleigh, and was confirmed here by the appointee. Mr. Osborne plans to open a county Cherry-for-Governor cam paign headquarters here at an early date and direct a vigorous campaign, he has promised. Time Limit On Red, Blue Stamps Stopped By OP A Washington — Food rationing became simplier for everybody this week as the Office of Price Administration removed the ex piration dates from all red and blue ration coupons. OPA said the move was done to cut the clerical and shopping problems of food, rationing “down to a minimum of nuisance' and trouble.” Not mentioned by the official announcement was another fac tor reported in several cities—the tendency of housewives to cash in their stamps, just before ex piration, for tokens which do not expire. / OPA’s nationwide action was announced Hat Sunday by the agency’s regional office at Dallas, under consideration. Dallas re ported tokens were rapidly go ing out of circulation ,and into housewives’ pocketbooks. An OPA spokesman here said, however, that the change was “not a panic action” prompted hy token hoarding, but part of OPA's broad program to simplify ration ing for the country’s 600,000 food retailers and 40,000,000 house wives. Expiration dates were re moved earlier from shoe coupons and sugar stamps. There will be no change in the rate at which stamps become val id: three red stamps for meat and fats will become valid every sec ond Sunday, and five blue stamp! for chimed foods on the first al every month. Each stamp is wortl ten points. County Still Far Short Of Quota; $1,124.00 Needed -4— Rallies And Programs Are Be ing Held; Rural Carriers Are Working Reports yesterday afternoon re vealed that Alleghany county is still $1,124.00 short of the quota in the Red Cross War Fund Drive. Total collections so far have reached $2,276.00, and more are still coming in. “I want to urge every individ ual and every organization to turn in their collections as soon as possible,” Chairman Hooper said. “The drive which is scheduled to end Friday has been extended through April 8 and we feel sure that the quota will be met by that date.” The Piney Creek Playmakers will sponsor an entertainment on Friday night. A box supper will be held at Stratford school on Saturday night and a square dance is planned for April 8 at the Sparta gymnasium. A basket ball game, the proceeds to go to (Continued On Page Four) New Tax Bill In Effect April 1st New Theatre Taxes And Tax On Various Merchandise To Be Increased Uncle Sam needs money from most every source to successfully carry on the fight against the axis powers, and under the new tax bill recently passed by Congress new taxes will be collected from the public, beginning Saturday, April 1. In addition theatre admissioi^ items a chandi.se. kjtaa on which the artM increase from are as follows: Brown gloves and mittens, electrified shearling, women’s Angora mittens, fur-trimmed rea dy-to-wear garments, furs and fur coats, knitting bags, women’s jewelry, handbags, purses, and wallets, infants’ toiletries, foun tain pens, ration book covers, men’s jewelry, shaving accessor ies, utility cases, toilet prepara tions, luggage,' fur headwear, matching bags with millinery. Alarm clocks retailing for less than $5.00 the same tax of 10 per cent, alarm clocks selling for more than $5.00, tax increased to 20 per cent. Explaius Shoe Ration Stamps Shoe ration stamp No, 18 will expire April 30, Mrs. Robert Fleetwood, clerk of the Alleghany ration board, announced this week. Ifo. 1 airplane stamp, which came in November 1, is good for an indefinite period, she explain ed. OPA authorities will an nounce the expiration date of this coupon in ample time for persons to make their shoe purchase. ' Another stamp will come into effect on May 1, Mrs. Fleetwood WS likely, she explained, that toe local hoard will accept applications for special shoe stamps after April 1, since the new stamp becomes valid within 30 days. Red Cross Rally Held At Vox, Fri. Proceeds for the Red Cron Fund at the Vox box supper, with the assistance of the Blev ins Crossroads dub, Friday night, amounted to $130.33, it was an Private contributions amounted to $67.50, with the remainder com ing from the sale of boxes and
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