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VOLUME 55, NO. 36
AND STAR-TIMES— (CONSOLIDATED ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1941) —ALLEGHANY COUNTY’S ONLY NEWSPAPER.
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KEEP OK- •
WITH WAR BONDS •
$1.50 a Year in Alleghany County
SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA
$2.00 a Year Out of County
THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1M4
.Light Vote Is Predicted In Primary On Saturday
Each Candidate
Can Have A Man
At Ballot Count
Chairman Of State Board Of
Elections Says Criticisms
Should Be Avoided
Raleigh— William T. Joyner,
chairman of the State Board of
Elections, has urged county boards
of' elections to “reserve a front
row seat for at least one repre
sentative of each candidate for
office’’ who wishes to be present
at the counting of ballots cast in
the Democratic primary, May 27.
In a letter to all boards, Joy
ner said that because in some of
the more populous precincts some
ballots must be counted at night,
in small rooms, “there is always
the danger of criticism growing
out of the counting of the ballots.”
He urged elections boards to
provide ample space for the count
ing of the ballots before “as many
representatives as any candidate
desires to have as witnesses.”
^ Counting should be where those
present can see the ballot, how it
is marked, and how it is tabulated,
he added.
Referring to criticism directed
at the board on past occasions,
Joyner said that “it is conceded
by most people that over a period
of years the conduct of elections
in North Carolina has been in
general, fair, praiseworthy and
progressively better. But there
have been some instances which
have spoiled our record. I am
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Mrs. Belle Liles
Passes In Florida
Had Made Home In Sparta
For A Number Of Years;
Died Suddenly
News was received iiere yester
day of the death of Mrs. Belle
Liles, who made her home here
•with her son, Granville Liles, for
a number of years.
At the time of her death, Mrs.
Liles was visiting her daughter,
, Nina Grey, in Tampa, Florida.
Complete funeral arrangements
were not known, but the body will
be brought to Peachland, N. C.,
former home of the deceased,
Where the funeral service will be
conducted. Burial will follow
there.
Surviving are one son, Granville
Liles, of Glade Valley, and one
daughter, Miss Nina Grey Liles,
of Tampa, Fla., former member,of
the Sparta high school faculty.
Two grandchildren also survive.
Mrs. Liles, who died suddenly
in a hospital in Tampa, had a host
of friends in Sparta and Alle
ghany county.
Shiloh Cemetery
Will Be Cleaned
J. T. Finney and W. R. Hampton
announced this week that all in
terested persons are requested to
meet at Shiloh Methodist church
on Tuesday, May 30, for'the pur
pose of cleaning the cemetery.
All those interested are asked
to bring with them the proper
equipment needed on the clean
up day.
It was also announced that the
group would attend to such busi
ness as might come before them
concerning the upkeep of the
cemetery.
A special effort to keep the
cemetery In good condition is be
ing made, it was pointed out, and
in order to do so, the co-operation
of everyone is needed.
Two Men Escape
Injury In Wreck
Earl Delp and Kyle Reeves es
caped serious injury yesterday af
ternoon when their truck, loaded
with extract wood, overturned on
the Wilkesboro mountain, rolling
for approximately 400 feet.
According to reports, the truck
overturned while Delp, who was
driving, attempted to turn it
around.
Both men received minor cuts
bruises and were given first
treatment here. ’ > '
truck was badly damaged,
U. S. Bombs Carve “V” Sign In Italy
This prophetic “V”-for-Victory was formed by a dislodg
ed piece of masonry knocked down by American bombs
while this Italian city was still in Nazi hands. Air WACs
of the U. S. army 12th air force pose proudly before the Vic
tory-V.
Allies March Toward
Rome; Europe Hard
Hit By Air Forces
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Burma Road Is Cut By Chin
ese; Gains Are Made In
Honan
Massed allied armies on the An
zio beachhead and on the main
Italian front launched simultan
eous offensives yesterday, touch
ing off a great battle which may
determine the fates of Rome and
of the German 10th Army within
the next few days.
Paced by a terrific aerial on
slaught which rained thousands
of bombs on Nazi troop concen
trations and communications,
American and British troops of
the fifth army lashed out from the
beachhead less than 20 miles from
the outskirts of Rome under the
personal direction of Lt. Gen.:
Mark W. Clark, who had establish-j
ed field headquarters in the battle i
zone.
American heavy bombers es
corted by the greatest fighter
force ever sent on a single mis
sion blasted Nazi airfields, freight
yards and other targets in occu
pied France and military objec
tives in Western Germany yes
terday, rounding 18 hours of as
sault in which more than 4,000 al
lied planes rained 5,500 tons of
bombs on the enemy.
Chinese forces have cut the old
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Wiley Anders, 84,
Buried Sunday
Funeral service for Wiley An
ders, 84, who died on May 19, was
conducted Sunday at Crab Creek
Primitive Baptist church, with
Eld. W. H. Handy officiating. In
terment followed in the church
cemetery.
Surviving are four daughters
ami two sons. The deceased’s
wife preceded him in death in
1929.
County Teachers
Re-Elected Here
Principals C. R. Roe And
George M. VanHoy To
Serve Again
Practically all of the teachers
of Alleghany county have been
re-elected and in compliance with
the state law, they are supposed
to notify Supt. Clyde Fields of
their acceptance within 10 days
from the time of election, it was
pointed out.
The two principals, C. R. Roe,
of Sparta school and George M.
Van Hoy, of Piney Creek, have
been re-elected. W. C. Thompson,
who served as principal of Glade
Valley high school this past
school term, has accepted a posi
tion with the Northwestern Bank,
at Sparta.
Miss Fields pointed out that a
definite number of teachers will
be alloted to each county in June
by the State School Commission.
She also explained that accord
ing to public . school laws, all
teachers have continuing contracts
unless notified prior to the close of
school.
Mrs. Amy Wagoner
Resigns From REA
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Mrs. Amy Wagoner has resign
'd her position as office manager
of the Sparta office of the Blue
Ridge Membership Corporation,
where she has been employed for
the past three years.
Replacing Mrs. Wagoner is
Mrs. Richard Bumgarner, who
Formerly lived in Sparta. Mrs.
Bumgarner began her duties last
week. She expects to be joined
loon by Mr. Bumgarner, who will
work for the REA here. ,
Reach Agreement On Plans For
Proposed Peace Organization
Washington — A senate liaison
committee was reported this week
to have reached preliminary ac
cord with Secretary of State Hull
on the broad principles of a post
war international peace organi
zation which the “big four” of
the united nations would take the
lead in forming.
Although there apparently was
no agreement on details, it was
said authoritatively that the plan
calls, for creation of an interna
tional council as a directing body,
with the United States, Great
Britain, Russia and China as the
council’s chief members.
Others of the united nations
would be invited into the general
organization membership, which
would participate in policy-mak
ing decisions to be carried out un
der the council’* direction. The
reconstituted nations of the con
quered axis would be accorded a
place at the conference table.
The liaison group is reported to
have discussed with Hull the in
clusion of an “escape clause” by
which none of the council mem
bers could be farced into collabor
ative action without its consent.
This apparently was advanced by
some of the conferees as an answer
to demands that have been made
for the preservation of American
freedom of action in any inter
national organization this country
joins.
While some thought this had
been agreed in principle, it ap
parently is one of the important
questions on which additional
work must be done.
Ivey Has Been,
Named Member
Of Ration Board
Succeeds Ben G. Beeves, Who
Resigned After A Year
Of Service
Ben G. Reeves, chairman of the
Alleghany county ration board,
resigned this week and will turn
over his duties to his successor on
June 15, it was anounced today.
Mr. Reeves has ably served on
the ration board for the past year
and has been chairman since No
vember.
L. E. Ivey, of the Modern Dry
Cleaners’ Shop, will fill the va
cancy on the board. Other mem
bers are B. P. Wagoner and Glenn
Richardson.
The new chairman is expected
to be selected at an early date.
Mrs. Robert Fleetwood, clerk of
the ration board, announced this
week that according to new regu
lations, absolutely no application
would be passed on, except at the
official board meetings.
The board meets every Thurs
day and Friday at 1:30 p. m. and
all applications must be in by
this hour, she pointed out.
Blanks Explained
For War Veterans
Discharges Must Accompany
Applications For Muster
ing-Out Pay
Officials of the local draft
board announced this week that
care should be used by veterans
in applying for Mustering-Out
Payment.
It was explained that applica
tions made by officers should be
accompanied by certified copies
of discharge orders and those
made by enlisted men should be
accompanied by the original dis
charge certificate or certificate of
service. Applications should be
submitted to the fpllowing of
fices:
Army officers and enlisted men
should send their application to
the Finance Office, U. S. Army,
Mutual Building, 909 East Main
Street, Richmond, Va.
Navy officers should send theirs
to Officer Section, Bureau of
Personnel, Navy Department,
Washington, D. C., and Naval en
listed men to Field Branch, Bu
reau of Supply and Accounts, Na
vy Department, Cleveland, Ohio.
Marine Corps officers and en
listed men should send applica
tions to Commandant, U. S. Ma
rine Corps, Arlington Annex,
Washington, D. C.
Mrs. Dan Duncan
Died Wednesday
Mrs. Don Duncan, 33, died at her
home here Wednesday morning
following a severe illness of sev
eral months.
Funeral service will be conduct
ed at the Sparta Primitive Bap
tist church with Eld. C. A. Dancy,
Eld. C. B. Kilby and Eld. Walter
Evans, officiating. Interment will
follow in the Fender cemetery,
near Chestnut Grove. The time
for the funeral has not been an
nounced.
Surviving are her husband, Don
Duncan and one son, Will. Also
surviving are her mother, Mrs.
Billie Baugus, of Glade Valley;
two brothers, Tom and Cleo Bau
gus, both of Columbus, Ohio; and
Bix sisters: Mrs. Alberta Davis, of
Columbus, Ohio; Mrs. Ennice
Cooper, of Pennsylvania; Mrs.
Jane Joines, of Sparta; Mrs. Mae
Blevins, Mrs. Bessie Brown and
Mrs. Emma Ayers, all of Glade
Valley.
REV. JAMES RENZ TO
CONDUCT MEETINGS
Rev. James Renz, of Wabash,
Indiana, chairman of the Nation
al Youth Prohibition committee,
will conduct a revival meeting at
the New Haven church of the
Brethren, beginning Sunday, May
28, and continuing through Sun
day, June 4.
Rev. Mr. Renz has recently com
pleted revival meetings at Mt
Carmel church and at Little Pine
:hurch.
The public is cordially invited to
attend these meetings at New Ha
ren church near Twin Oaks.
Horse - Car Used As ‘Object Lesson’
Mayor Roger D. Lapham (right) took a few pointers from
1. H. Grashaw, veteran motorman, as he began operating a
horse-drawn street car up Market street, in San Francisco.
The car headed a parade to dramatize the need for modern
ized street car system.
Purpose Of Education
Cited To Graduates By
Con. R. L. Doughton
Certificates In
Attendance Given
33 Students. At Sparta High
School Make Perfect At
tendance Record
Thirty-three students at Sparta
high school received perfect at
tendance certificates here last
Thursday morning at the chapel
exercises.
Those receiving certificates in
cluded: Dewey Hoppers, Billie
Teague, Kathleen Larue, Bobbie
Calhoun, Evon Cox, R. C. Teague,
Lorraine Davis, Jimmie Todd,
Dannie Kilby, Sue Edwards,
Frankie Lee Plummer.
Joe McMillan, Gelene Andrews,
Lois Caudill, Patricia Ann Ed
wards, Virginia Van Crouse, Dean
Joines, Bonnie Sue McMillan,
Ellen Woodruff, Wayne Brooks,
Wayne Carpenter, J. M. Bennett.
Adele Blum, Naomi Douglas,
Dorothy Lee Joines, Billie Rich
ardson, Fielden Miller, Annie
Blanche Pugh, Norma Fender,
James Estep, Helen Brooks, Ha
zel Maines, Claribell Fender and
Ramah Leah Joines.
Mrs. Lyons Dies
At Glade Valley
Funeral service for Eliza Jane
Lyons, 95, of Glade Valley, who
died on May 19, was conducted
Sunday at Mountain View church
with Rev. Mack Brooks, Rev. W.
M. Roberts and Rev. Spot Mc
Knight officiating. Burial fol
lowed in the church cemetery.
The deceased is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. Quincey Harris
and Mrs. Sanders Stewart; also
one son, Hasten Lyons, all of Glade
Valley.
Delivered Addresses At Piney
Creek And Sparta On Fri
day And Saturday
“The goal of every young per
son is to live a successful life and
by successful we mean, useful,”
Congressman R. L. Doughton told
Alleghany graduates here the past
week end.
Congressman Doughton deliv
ered the commencement address
at Piney Creek on Friday night,
where he was introduced by Pub
lisher Ed M. Anderson, and at
Sparta on Saturday morning,
when County Superintendent
Clyde Fields introduced him.
“To live a useful life, you must
live by the fundamental virtues
for which there are no substi
tutes,” he told graduates. “These
virtues include honesty, indus
triousness, kindness, courage, loy
alty, fidelity and perserverance.”
“You are living in a world of
constant change,” he stated, “but
these fundamental virtues of
life never change and your lives
should be directed by them.”
In reviewing education in the
nation, Mr. Doughton pointed out
that we spend two and one-half
billion dollars annually for edu
cation in the United States and
that the nation has invested in
school building 15 billion dollars.
At Sparta, Miss Patsy Roy Bur
giss was presented the award giv
en each year by Daisy Belk
Doughton, to the girl making the
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SEVEN ALLEGHANY MEN
LEAVE FOR FORT BRAGG
Seven Alleghany boys left last
Friday for induction into the army
at Fort Bragg.
Those leaving were: George
Robert Redd, Mack Alexander
Caudill, Thomas Boyden Smith,
John Mack Miles, Joe Barrett
Tucker and Willie Odell Dancy.
Churchill Says World Must
Have A Well Armed League
London—Prime Minister Chur
chill warned yesterday that the
Allies will accept only uncondi
tional surrender from Germany
and Japan and called for a new
postwar world organization—with
United States participation— arm
ed with “overwhelming military
power” to prevent future aggres
sion.
Churchill reviewed the world
situation in an 85-minute speech
before a crowded Commons vir
tually on the eve of the greatest
air and sea-borne invasion the
world ever has known, but he
avoided all mention of the com
ing assault
He proposed that the new world
structure follow roughly the or
ganization of the League of Na
tions, but avoid that body's pit
falls by arming to the teeth to en
force its decisions and outlaw war
for generations to come.
There should be room in the
new organization for organisms
like the British Empire and Com
monwealth, he said, “and I trust
there will also be room for the
fraternal association of the Bri
tish Commonwealth and the Unit
ed States."
“I am sure these great entities
.will in no way disturb the gener
al purpose of the world organiza
tion, but that in fact will help
powerfully to make it run smooth
ly,” he said.
SERVICES ANNOUNCED
Eld. S. G. Caudill will preach
at Crab Creek Primitive Baptist
church the fourth Saturday and
Sunday in May.
Interest Shown
In County And
State Contests
Polls Will Open At 6:30 A. M.;
Few Absentee Ballots An
Returned
Interest is keen in politics here
this week, in the local races as
well as in the race for governor,
between Ralph McDonald and
Gregg Cherry. Leaders yester
day, however, predicted that due
to the fact that many people have
moved away from the county, the
vote is expected to be light.
In the local races, T. R. Burgiss
will oppose Marvin Doughton tor
nomination as representative on
the Democratic ticket.
For county commissioner the
contest will be staged between
James McD. Wagoner, Blake
Hampton and Guy Tom Perry.
The polls will open Saturday
morning at 6:30 a. m. and close at
6:30 p. m. Votes in the corpora
tions are expected to be heavier
than in the rural sections.
Officials pointed out yesterday
that up until this time only a
small percentage of the absentee
ballots sent to men in service had
been returned.
A complete list of the candi
dates for state offices for Satur
day’s primary includes the follow
ing:
For the governorship on the
Democratic ticket, R. Gregg Cher
ry, Dr. Ralph McDonald, and Alla
Boyd. - ■»’
Frank Patton is unopposed for
the Republican nomination for
governor.
Five candidates seek the Dem
ocratic nomination for the U. S.
senate seat now occupied by Rob
ert R. Reynolds of Asheville. They
are former Governor Hoey, of
Shelby; Cameron Morrison, form
er governor and senator from
Charlotte; Giles Yoeman of New
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Three Brothers
Have A Reunion
Sons Of Rev. W. C. Trivett Are
Together For First Time
In 12 Years
For the first time in twelve
years, the three sons of Rev. and
Mrs. W. C. Trivett, of Sparta, were
together last week.
The three boys, all members of
the armed forces, returned this
week to their respective bases, af
ter spending furloughs at their
homes here.
Pvt. Lloyd Trivett, the oldest
of the trio, is stationed at Camp
Phillips, Kansas, and has been in
service for the past 18 months.
During his period of service, he
has been stationed in Los Angeles
until recently when he was trans
ferred to Kansas.
Pfc. Walter Trivett has been in
service for the past three years,
22 months of which he spent in
Porto Rico. He is now stationed
at Camp Van Dorn, Miss.
The youngest of the three broth
ers, Pfc. Morg Trivett, is stationed
at Barksdale Field, La., and has
been in the air corps for the past
14 months.
Pvt. Lloyd and Pfc. Walter were
recently transferred from the
coast artillery to the infantry.
“It’s mighty good to have them
all home again,” Rev. Mr. Trivett
said.
Rev. and Mrs. Trivett have four
other children, three of them at
home and one daughter, Mrs.
Flora Mellott, of Gogadora, Ohio,
who was also present for the re
union.
Rites Held For
Jessie Larue, 69
Funeral service for Jessie
Sampson Larue, 89, who died May
18 at his home at Edwards Cross
roads, following an attack of
pneumonia, was conducted Sur
day at the Sparta
church, with Rev. C.
and Rev. W. H. Caldwell
ting. Burial followed
two