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Superior Court Will Open Here Monday
To Hold United
War Fund Drive
Meeting Tuesday
Plans For Opening Of Drive
Wilt Be Made; Commit
tees Are Named
Joe Bill Reed, chairman of the
United War Fund Drive, which
opens on Monday, October 9, an
nounced this week that plans for
the campaign to raise $1,400.00 in
Alleghany county are now being
worked out and that the appoint
ment of committee chairmen had
been made.
These committees, along with
any additional workers they might
wish to appoint, have been asked
to meet at the community build
ing on Tuesday night at 8 o’clock
for special instructions and' sug
gestions in conducting the drive
in the county. Every member is
urged to attend. Complete de
| tails will be announced next week.
Committee chairmen which
were appointed are as follows:
Gap Civil, Bill Sprinkle; Glade
Creek, Isom * Wagoner; Piney
Creek, Mrs. Lilbert Blevins; Cran
berry, Reece Miller; Prather’s
Creek, Mrs. Ralph Gentry; Cher
ry Lane, Paul Miles and White
head, Mrs. Ethelyn Richardson.
Prof. John M. Cheek will head
the committee to conduct the
drive in the churches of the coun
ty. Sparta Chamber of Com
merce, R. E. Black; Sparta Wo
man’s Club, Mrs. C. A. Thompson;
Home Demonstration clubs, Miss
Frances Capel; American Legion,
S. R. Nichols; Masonic Lodge, R.
L. Allison; Rural Carriers, W. Carl
Irwin; D. and P. Pipe Works, Sam
Porter; State Highway Depart
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Unit At Sparta; Other Of
ficer* Are Chosen
Arthur Gambill was elected
master of the Sparta Grange unit
which was organized last Wed
nesday night at the community
building with State Grange depu
ty, A. Crouse Jones in charge of
the meeting.
Other officers elected includ
ed Roy Ellison, lecturer and W. O.
Hooper, secretary.
Those who enrolled as charter
members voted that the roll be
kept open and that the member
ship be increased as much as pos
sible by the next meeting which
will be held on Wednesday night,
October 18. Election of officers
will be completed and the officers
installed at this time.
Mr. Jones announced that the
fifth and sixth Grange degrees
will be exemplified in Winston
Salem at the Robert E. Lee hotel
on Monday night, October 16 at
8 o’clock and that any Grange
member who has enrolled in any
of the Alleghany units, either
Sparta, Laurel Springs or Glade
Valley, can witness these degrees
upon payment of the initiation
fees of SO cents for the fifth de
gree and $2.00 for the sixth de
gree.
RECEIVING BALLOTS
FROM SERVICEMEN
Glean Nichols, chairman of
Lucky Black Ram Leads Parade
French Moroccan band sets the pace for the Allied victory
parade through the streets of Marseille, led by a stately black
ram, to celebrate that important port city’s liberation from the
Nazis.
Allies Launch Drive
East Of Holland; Jap
Industries Hard Hit
B-3 And 03 Gas
Coupons Are To
Expire On Oct. 1
OPA Officials Announce That
Mthird Quarter T Cou- i
B-3 and C-3 gasoline, coupons
become invalid on OctofcsV 1, the
local War, Price and Rationing
Board officials announced.
Third quarter T coupons expire
on the same date.
It was explained that regula
tions require that dealers having
in their possession on September
30 B-3 and C-3 coupons “acquired
in the lawful transfer of gasoline”
must attach the stamps to gum
med sheets on which no other
coupons are placed. The dealer
must also fill out a summary form
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Sparta Minister
Will Go On Air
Rev. W. H. Caldwell, Sparta
Baptist minister, will preach over
station WOPI, Bristol, Tenn., 1490
on your dial, on Friday from 1 to
1:30 o’clock.
Rev. Mr. Caldwell will speak
on the program, “Bible School of
the Air," conducted by Dr. W. D.
Harrington. He will be assisted
by Rev. Brice Barton, also of
Sparta.
Rev. G. R. Blackburn spoke over
the air on the same program last
Friday, it was pointed out.
Last Baltic Capital In German
Hands Is Now Threatened;
Russians Gain
The British second army set an
other column east toward Ger
many Wednesday, pulling up on
1he Meuse river at Boxmeer, 13
miles south of Nijmegan and only
three miles from tljp putch-Ger
mot! KnrHnp
hind the front in Holland with
men, weapons and supplies for
the beleaguered airborne troops
in the Nijmegen-Arnhem sector
and bolstered the allied forces for
the increasingly vital struggle at
the northern gateway to the
Rhine.
There still was no word early
yesterday, however, of the fate of
'the British airborne “Red Devil”
division which has clung stub
bornly to a little foothold on the
north bank of the Neder Rhine for
nine days and nights.
Seeking to cripple Japan’s main
war arsenal on the Asiatic con
tinent, a heavy force of American
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Stores To Remain
Open On Wed.
The stores and business houses
in Sparta will remain open on
Wednesday afternoons beginning
Wednesday, October 4, it was an
nounced this week.
Stores have been closing on
Wednesday afternoons at one o’
clock for the past five months for
|the benefit of employees and of
I fice workers.
e came tm Anteri
landed close be
Final Summary Made By FS A
For 1945 Production Goals
i
In summarizing the goals, and
possibilities for an increase in
food and feed production among
FSA farm families, the local su
pervisor, Van F. Miller and Ains
lee Alexander, pointed nut that
the 1945 outlook might show a
considerable increase over 1944
production figures. According to
the estimates made by the super
visors, the 110-Allegheny, county
FSA families show the following
number of acres in crap lend*.
Com, 797 acres; tame hay,. 1,014
acres; small grain, 002 acres; Irish
potatoes, 86 acres; mixed truck,
123.1 acres; tobacco, 31 acres.
Livestock, which might be
maintained on the arms, accord
ing to the curve} m as follows:
milk cows, 026; pigs. 988; sows,
70; workstock, 138; sheep 249; tur
keys, 882; laying hens, 4*22
In order to amply provide for
food needs for the families, the
following estimated peeds were
made: gardens, 50.7 acres; quarts
of food to be canned, 48,700; bush
els of food to be stored, 8,418;
bushels of food to be dried, 404.
It was pointed out by the su
pervisors that the above estimates
are what “could be” done on FSA
farms and are not based on fami
lies farm plans. However, FSA
will give credit and supervision
toward helping the families
achieve these figures.
The equipment most needed by
families in the county proved to
be the following: mowing ma
chines, hay rakes, feed cutters,
hammer mills, drag harrows, and
last but not least, pressure cook
ers.
The
there is a big
1945 in
meet the
their aci
cash crops;
stock
of food for
providing „
ed; assist the
who
health
stated that
Job, to be done Jit
ig ate families to
/ing goals: Increase
of feed, food and
n«wa«e their live
. preservation
use; assist in
it where need
lilies who have
i; assist the 74
hive a sanitation
the 85 families
Must Decrease
Number Riding
On School Buses
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Ruling Of Children Living
Near Small Schools Is Cit
ed By Official
School authorities announced
this week that the crowded con
ditions on several of the school
buses coming into Sparta high
school was becoming a serious
problem and efforts were being
made to correct it.
Parents are being asked to send
all children from grades one
through seven to the schools in
their communities, providing it
does not necessitate their walk
ing too long a distance. A num
ber of children who ride the
buses pass by their own com
munity schools to come to Sparta,
it was pointed out, thus bringing
about the overcrowded and dan
gerous condition.
One authority stated that the
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KILLED IN ACTION
Cpl. William J. Nichols, who
was lolled h» action on Saipan
on July 11, according to a mes
sage received by his wife, the
Former Mis* Beatrice Spicer,
of Cherry Lane. He was re
cently awarded the Purple
Heart posthumously.
Bank May Redeem
War Bonds Now
Public Urged To Hold Bonds
Unless Absolutely Neces
sary To Cash Them
Effective Monday, October 2,
be Northwestern Bank has been
luthorized by the United States
rreasury Department to cash war
Kinds, Alton Thompson, cashier,
uinounced this week.
On and after October 2, holders
sf bonds in series A, B, C, D, and
E may receive cash on presenta
tion at the bank in accordance
with the treasury department
regulations.
This will be a groat convenience
to all those who find it necessary
to cash bonds. However, all war
bond holders are urged to hold
their bonds until maturity unless
absolutely necessary to cash them.
Price Ceilings On
.Used Appliances
Buyers of used household equip
ment and appliances were warned
by the Charlotte District Office
of the Office of Price Administra
tion this week thet dollars-and
cents ceiling prtees should be
checked before - « purchase is
made as the OPA has. obtained
numerous evidences of a form of
"black market” in these goods in
some sections of Western North
Carolina.'
Yanks’.Air Force Fires Palau
Smoke rises from Palau as planes of the Third fleet soften
up Jap base. Thick columns of smoke mark bomb hits in
Molokai harbor as navy planes from carriers blast the way for
the invasion.
Officials Are Named
By Election Board;
Books Open Oct. 15
State Officials
Visit Test Farm
At Laurel Springs
Board ,Of Agriculture And
Highway, As Well As Other
Officials, Tere On Visit
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'west Jefferson — (Special) —
Members of the State Board of
Agriculture and State Highway
Commission, Congressman R. L.
Doughton, N. C. Commissioner of
Agriculture W. Kerr Scott and
Mrs. Scott, I^red E. Miller, divi
sional director of N. C. experiment
farms, Thompson Greenwood, of
the N. C. Agricultural Depart
ment and other state and county
officials, made an inspection tour
of the N. C. Test Farm at Laurel
Springs, yesterday.
Officials pointed out that they
were pleased with the progress
that had been made on the high
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Home-Coming At
Little Pine, Sun.
A home-coming meeting will
be held at the Little Pine church
of the Brethren on Sunday, Oc
tober 8, at 11 o’clock, when serv
ices will be in charge of Rev. W.
H. Handy.
Visiting ministers are also ex
pected to be present and to take
part in the program at the all-day
meeting. Lunch will be served
on the church lawn and those who
wish are asked to bryig baskets.
The public is cordially invited
to attend the home-coming.
Applicatins For Absentee Bal
lots For Civilians May Be
Made After Oct. 15
Registrars and judges for the
coming general election were ap
pointed Wednesday, when the
Alleghany county board of elec
tions met at the courthouse,
Chairman G. Glewa .Jfichols, an
nounced* *
Mr. Nichols also announced that
‘the registration books for the
general election will open on Sat
urday, October 14 and will close
on Saturday, October 28. The
books will be open at the polling
places in each township on the
three Saturdays from 9 o’clock
to sundown, he explained. No
vember 4 has been set aside as
challenge day, he said.
Applications for absentee bal
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Baptist Pastors
Organize Here
A pastor’s conference of the Al
leghany Baptist Association was
organized here on Saturday when
the pastors of the association met
at the Sparta Baptist church.
Rev. W. H. Caldwell was elec
ted president and Rev. G. R.
Blackburn will serve as secretary
in the new organization, the pur
pose of which is to advance the
Kingdom of God in Alleghany
county.
Other pastors included in the
conference are Revs. Richard L.
West, E. B. Barton and A. K. Tay
lor.
This is the first organization of
its kind to be established among
the Baptists in this county.
Chairman Of Election Board
Praised By Gov. Broughton
Glenn Nichols, chairman of the
Alleghany board of elections,
along with others in N. C., holding
similar positions, received a letter
of praise from Governor Brough
ton. ,
The letter is as follows:
“The handling of applications
for ballots by men in the armed
services and the issuance of bal
lots in pursuance of the law deal
ing with soldier-voting have im
posed upon the- county boards of
elections in this stkte probably
the largest burden ever sustained
by them, hi addition to this,
there is apparently a much larger
general absentee voting owing to
the fact that so many of our adult
population are engaged in work
in war industries outside of the
state and away from their normal
voting places.
“I am informed, by the Chair
man of the State Board of Elec
tions that probably more than
one hundred thousand men in die
armed services will apply for bal
lots. The State Chairman also
informs me that county boards of
elections are handling the appli
cations and other details in con
nection with soldier-voting ip the
finest sort of way. North Caro
lina has probably the best sol
dier-voting law in the nation, and
its admirable administration by
the various county boards of elec
tions will give us an outstanding
record.
‘1 am writing to commend you
and the members of your board
of elections and to say that the
record which you are making is
one in which the entire State will
take pride. I am confident that
this important matter will be
handled in a competent, honest
and impartial manner. The ab
sentee ballot in the past has been
subject to criticism, much of it
just. It would indeed be a trage
dy if our effort to permit soldier
voting should result in any seri
ous irregularities or any unfair
practices. I am sure that the
State can rely upon its twunty
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Short Term Is
Expected; Few
Cases Scheduled
Judge Clement Will Preside;
Erie McMichael Is The
Solicitor
With the fall term of the Alle
ghany county superior court sche
duled to convene here next Mon
day morning, October 2 at 10:00
o’clock, indications are that no
more than two days will be re
quired to dispose of the small
number of civil and criminal!
cases on docket.
Judge J. H. Clement, will pre
side, and Erie McMichael, will
serve as solicitor.
Drunk driving cases outnum
ber others on the criminal docket,
with four slated to be tried. Dou
ghton Thompkins, Hurmond Hud
son, Ivan B. Wilborn and Earl
Gentry, who is also charged with
driving when license were re
voked, are scheduled to be tried.
The case of G. Tom Poole, charg
ed with leaving pole-gaps down
and letting stock out, will also be
heard. Others include Albert
Rutherford, bigamy; Britt Clem
mons, larceny; L. Lincoln Hill,
wreckless driving and W. X
Turner, charged with obtaining
goods illegally from Farmer’s
Hardware; Blan Wagoner for
manufacturing whiskey and Wi
ley Bowers for transporting 100
gallons of liquor.
Also scheduled on the criminal
docket are the following cases:
Buster Atwood, charged with
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Furniture Store
Will Open H
A new furniture store will be
opened in Sparta around October
1/in the Duncan building now
occupied by the Carolina Silk
.Shop, next door to the bus ter
minal, it was announced this
week.
The hew store, to be known as
the Sparta Furniture Company,
is owned by J. G. Chipman and
W. M. Roope, of North Wilkes
boro. The owners also oper
ate the Wilkes Furniture Ext
change in North Wilkesboro. ,
“We will offer a complete line
of new furniture,” Mr. Chipman
said yesterday. ."Furniture, like
everything else is difficult to pro
cure there days, but fortunately
we have a pretty complete line of
stock. We are anxious to serve
the public of Alleghany county
and are looking forward to the
opening of the store at the earli
est possible date,” he stated.
The Carolina Silk Shop, under
the management of Mrs. Lou Tol
bert, will be moved to the Glen
Edwards building on the corner
next to the community building,
it was announced. Mrs. R. M.
Osborne, who has managed the
shop for a number of years, re
cently moved to Virginia,! but will
continue sewing, it was pointed
out, and will be in the shop on
Saturdays. j
Rationing Guide
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