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p tir C taynue/Mt£nmr ^ ^ for/STtarsecurity, loo! AND STAR-TIMES- t CONSOLIDATED ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1941) —ALLEGHANY COUNTY’S ONLY VOLUME 14, NO. 45 $1.50 a Year in Alleghany County SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA $2J0 a Year Out of County THURSDAY, NOV. 9, 1944 ‘Roosevelt Wins Sweeping Victory Democrats Win With Heavy Majority In County On Tuesday Congressman R. L. Doughton Leads Ticket With A Big Majority Of 733 With county, congressional, state and national races in the offing, the voting public of Alle ghany county rallied at the polls on Tuesday to cast one of the heaviest votes in a general elec tion for the past eight years, giv ing the Democratic candidates an average majority of around 500 votes. Unofficial returns late yester xday afternoon gave Congressman 1 Doughton a majority in the coun ty over his opponent, Emory Mc Call, of 733. His total vote was 1,973 and McCall, 1,240. President Roosevelt received 1,803 votes and Dewey 1,490, giv- j ing the president a 313 majority. ] In the Governor’s contest, as well as in most of the other state races, the Democrats won by av erages of nearly 600. Cherry re ceived 1,874 votes and Patton, 1, 305, with the majority being 569. In the contest for U. S. Senator, Clyde R. Hoey received 1,889 votes against Ferree’s 1,279. A total of 3,293 votes were cast for President, which was 125 more than were cast in 1940. The total vote then was 3,168. This was slightly under the total for the general election in 1936 when 3,843 persons visited the polls. More than 500 absentee ballots Servicemen. Pk,i Leading the county ticket by 134 votes was T. R. Burgiss in the ; contest for house of representa fc tives. Mr. Burgiss received 1,847 j[ votes as compared with Higgins’i 1,293, giving Burgiss a 554 ma-| jority. In the contest for state senate c from this district, Carlos Thomas received 1,713, votes against Edi son Thomas’ 1,264, giving the Democrat a 449 majority. For county commissioners, Guy Perry led with 1,688 votes and James Mac D. Wagoner was sec-| ond with 1,680 votes. Kennedy j received 1,454 votes while Miles | with 1381 I Doughton Speaks At Meeting, Sat. Other Candidates Also On: Program; Large Crowd Attends Congressman R. L. Doughton spoke to a record crowd at the Sparta courthouse, Saturday afternoon on the eve of the elec tion when the Democrats ended the campaign in the county with an enthusiastic meeting. He pointed out the importance of re-electing President Roosevelt stating that it would be a great tragedy to change leaders at this crucial moment in world history. Congressman Doughton was in troduced by R. 7. Crouse, chair man of the democratic executive committee, who presided. Other candidates speaking bri efly at the meeting were T. R. Burgiss, for house of representa tives; Carlos Thomas for state senate and the two candidates for county commissioners, Jam. Mac D. Wagoner and Guy Perry. Edison M. Thomas Wins Senate Seat ' Edison M. Thomas, who took an unofficial lead of 262 from his Democratic opponent, W. Carlos Thomas in Ashe county, for the seat in the State senate from 'Out 29th district, was also winner of the district > J ■■ county ■■ a lead of 44», Wa tson a majority of eh gives him the riot of around 100. •, C: Among Winners Congressman E. L. DOUGHTON / U. S. Senator CLYDE R. HOEY Governor-Elect E. GREGG CHERRY Representative N. C. Democrats | Win Big Victory ! In Election, Tues. Gregg Cherry Polb Heavy Vote; Amendments Are Passed Democrats of North Carolina swept the boards by the usual margin in Tuesday’s election in North Carolina and mounting re turns yesterday indicated Presi dent Roosevelt ran only slightly behind Governor-Elect R. Gregg Cherry and Clyde R. Hoey, elect ed to succeed Robert R. Reynolds in the U. S. Senate.' Unofficial returns from 1,384 of the State’s 1,922 precincts gave Mr. Roosevelt 413,14i votes to 177,624 for Governor Dewey—al most the same ratio by which the President carried the State in 1940. In the campaign just fin ished a group of constitutional Democrats opposed the New Deal while supporting the State Dem ocratic ticket Their opposition proved with out force and State officers were I filled without exception by Dem I ocrats. Five constitutional amend 'ments voted on were passed by ' good majorities. * Cherry, Gastonia lawyer, veter an legislator and former Com mander of the State American Legion, polled 303,356 votes, his opponent, Frank Patton of Mor ganton, 115,308 in returns from 1,062 precincts. Former Governor Hoey, Shel by attorney and Sunday school teacher, amassed a margin of 286, 530 to 109,392 over A. I. Ferree of Asheboro, in 992 precincts. The election of State officers followm the same patters: For lieutenant Governor, 451 of the 1,922 precincts, L. Y. Bal lentine 130,064, George L. Greene 37,630. . Secretary of State, 363 pre cincts Thad Eure 100,717, W. H. Gragg 29,634. Auditor, 363 precincts, George Ross Pou 104,925, J. M. Van Hoy 29,823. State Treasurer, 321 precincts, (Continued on Page Four) Doughton Gels Big Majority In 9th District Again Congressman R. L. Doughton, who has served this section in Congress since 1910, was given a big vote by the people of the ninth district on Tuesday. Unofficial estimates placed his lead in the ninth district which includes Ashe, Alleghany, Wa tauga, Alexander, Iredell, Cald well, Rowan, Cabarrus and Stan ley, at around 17,000 over his op ponent, Emory C. McCall. In his home county of Alle ghany, Congressman Doughton received a total of 1973 to 1240 for McCall. ‘1 am deeply grateful and es pecially appreciative for the fine showing I made Tuesday, under all circumstances,” Congressman Doughton said yesterday. He added that the opposing side put up the hardest fight against him that they had since he was first elected in 1910. ! In addition to the election, Tues day was Congressman Dough ton’s birthday and the able statesman i pointed out that it was indeed a grand birthday present he re ceived. Charlotte Woman Makes Home Here last summer and was so delighted with her surroundings and with the people here that she decided to make it her home. .The people of Sparta are equal ly delighted to have the Charlot tonian and welcome her to the town. Conduct Of War Endorsed By Voters 7 Foakkun Dcuko Boosevesx Americans Making Gains Ip Germany; Destroy 440 Planes War Fund Quota Is Far Surpassed Here Last Week $1,500.00 Reported; Chairman Reed Lands Workers For Success Of Drive Reports reveal that Alleghany county has surpassed the United War Fund quota of $1,400.00 with more than $1,500.00 reported Sat urday afternoon when the drive officially ended. Chairman Joe Bill Reed said that he wished to thank the schools, civic organization and in dividual contributors for their splendid co-operation in making the drive a success. He also point ed out that township chairmen and other leaders in the drive had co-operated to put the county over the top. The D. and P. Pipe Works made a contribution of $101.00, with em ployees donating $51.00 and $51. 00 given by the plant. Some contributions not pre viously published are announced today. Varden Saddler, J. Paul Miles, Mr. and Mrs. Worth Smith, Mrs. McKinley Williams, and Mrs. John Blackburn, $5.00 each. Tom Greene, $3.00; Raymond Miles, J. K. Andrews, Oliver Bid den, Geraldine Crouse, Ola Crouse Ada Spicer, Guy Wallace, Lett Duncan, Edith Brooks, Roy Ayers, Roy Bryan, C. S. McKnight, Jamalee Miles, Walter Spicer, (Continued On Page Four* Japs Suffer Heavy Loss In Manila Bald, Reports Reveal London—American and Ger man troops were locked last night in a swaying, bitter strug gle for the center of the German town of Vossenack in Hurtgen forest, with powerful Nazi rein forcements battling fiercely to bar the road to Cologne and the rich Rhine valley only 30 miles away. ' After five days of see-saw light ing, Lt. Gen. Courtney Hodges’ first army doughboys held half of the mine-and-a-half-long town, and the Germans were solidly en trenched in the other half. Shock troops of both sides actually were fighting from opposite wings of the chutch in the heart of town. Vossenack, 13 miles southeast of Aachen, was captured by Hod ges’ forces at the outset of their new offensive hut Friday, but re peated counterattacks by Ger man reserves rushed down from the Arnhem sector in Holland knocked the Americans back. A front dispatch last night de (Continued on Page 8) NORTHWESTERN BANK IS TO CLOSE ON SATURDAY The Northwestern bank will be closed all day on Saturday in ob servance of Armistice Day, Cash ier Alton Thompson announced this week. Other Northwestern Baidu throughout western North Caro lina will also observe the holiday. Electoral Vote Now 407; 124 For Dewey; World Shows Interest Democrats Also Make Sweeping Inroads In House And Senate; Delayed Service Vote Cannot Change Results Now; Heavy Vote Is Cast Franklin D. Roosevelt, the first president of the United States to ever seek this office for the fourth term, won a sweeping victory over his Republican opponent, Thomas E. Dewey, Tuesday, and returns continue to swell his lead. Last night, 34 states were conceded to Roosevelt with electoral votes totalling 470, while Dewey’s lead dropped to 14 states with only 124 electoral votes. Returns last night show ed Roosevelt had received a popular vote of 22,291,000 to 19, 637,000 for Dewey. i Amendments Are Approved By N. C. Voters, Tuesday Incomplete Returns Shew Sufficient Vote To Indi cate Approval Raleigh — Five proposed con stitutional amendments apparent ly passed Tuesday by a safe ma jority, on the basis of unofficial and incomplete returns from the general election. Leading the ticket in early re turns was amendment three, which has attracted most atten tion during the last 10 days. Ten members -of the state hoard of education issued a statement It days agp in which they opposed an amendment which #ould change the board structure by dividing the, state into eight edu cational districts and eliminate the post of comptroller. Two members-at-large also would be appointed and the three ex-officio members, the state superintendent of public instruction, the state treasurer, and the lieutenant gov ernor, also would be retained. '(Continued on Page four) Mrs. Halsey, 80, Buried Thursday Well Known Piney Creek Woman Passed Away At Her Home Funeral service for Mrs. Mollie Halsey, 80, well known woman of Piney Creek, was conducted November 2 at the Piney Creek Methodist church with Eld. S. G. Caudill officiating. Burial follow ed in the church cemetery. Mrs. Halsey was the wife of the late Sam F. Halsey, of Piney Creek. She was the daughter of I Caswell and Haley Halsey. For the past 45 years she had been a member of the Primitive Baptist church at Fox Creek. Surviving are two daughters, Cora and Rachel Halsey, of Piney Creek and five sons, Carl Halsey i John H. Halsey, Fitzhugh Halsey land Paul Halsey, all of Piney , Creek and Blan Halsey, of New port News, Va. Also surviving are three grand children, Mrs. Marie Sturgill, of Maryland and Billy and Walter Halsey and one great-grandchild, ' little Danny Sturgill, j Pallbearers were E. J. Jenkins, E. T. Wyatt, E. V. Pierce, Eugene Halsey, John Mac Edwards and (Greek Halsey. Unofficial Alleghany County 'Election Returns Crintery TOTAL Later returns are expected to increase Rosevelt’s lead still fur ther. The victory vote with which the democracy's majority stamped ap proval on Mr. Roosevelt’s conduct of the war thus far, sweeping as it was, still was less than the oqe he gained in his third-term bid four years ago. Then Wendell L. Willkie car ried 10 states with 82 electoral votes. Dewey led in these, plus Ohio, Oregon, Wisconsin and Wyoming. It was a late switchover by New Jersey which sent Mr. Roosevelt’s electoral figure to 407. Michigan, a Willkie State in 1940, was declared meanwhile by The Detroit News to be headed al so toward the Roosevelt column. The paper said J eyjsjong lead, "sStf^voting the Change to Roosevelt was” dicated by ballots yet to be coun ted from Wayne (Detroit) County. Along with the presidential vic tory, Democrats made sharp in roads in the Republican House membership, which has been so close to a majority lately that the Administration ran into trouble on bill after bill. Further, as most had expected, the Democrats clinched their majority in the Sen ate, which must pass on peace and other treaties. Never before have foreign na tions displayed so much interest in an American election—and in dications at Washington were that a Roosevelt-Stalin-Churchill meet ing will come at an early date. London newspapers bannered | the election result, editorials hail (Continued on Page Five) H. D. Clubs Plan All-Day Meeting Special Program Planned And Various Clubs To Exhibit Displays Plans for the all-day meeting of Alleghany county home demons tration club women and 4-H club girls at the community building | on Saturday have been complet led, Miss Frances Capel, home J agent announced yesterday. I The program will consist of jtwo parts, the morning session featuring the exhibits of canned foods, clothing, handicraft, etc., along with progress reports and future planning for 4-H and home demonstration club work in Al leghany county. In the afternoon Miss Anna C. Rowe, district home agent and Miss Willie N. Hunter, extension specialist in clothing, wfll speak to the women. This is the first meeting of its type to beheld in the county and in addition to giving helpful sug gestions in club work, It will pro vide an excellent opportunity for the club woman of the county to
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