ny News
VOLUME 58, NO. 18
AND STAB-TIMES—(CONSOLIDATED ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1941) —ALLEGHANY COUNTY’S ONLY NEWSPAPER.
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SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA
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THURSDAY, JAN. 18, 194S
Cherry Against
WTax Plan; N. C
I Solons Active
Committees On Appro
tons And Finance Con
tinue Hearings
By Staff Writer
Raleigh—( Special) — A -pro
posal to allow credit for Federal
income tax payments in State in
come tax returns—the first ef
fort to alter the existing tax
structure of the State—was in the
hands of the Legislature’s finance
•committee yesterday for its study.
The measure was introduced in
-the House by Rep. LeGrand of
New Hanover.
Governor Cherry said of the
proposal:
1. That, if adopted, it would
represent a major change in the
State’s taif pattern, and was there
fore in opposition to his recom
mendations to the Legislature,
and
2. That the enactment of the
bill would mean a great loss in
revenue to the State.
In the meantime, both Houses
■of the General Assembly recon
1 vened yesterday to tackle other
new business to be dumped into
the legislative mill, and the joint
committees on appropriations and
finance were scheduled to con
tinue their heatings, as the 1945
assembly gained momentum in
the third week of its wartime ses
sion.
The House received a measure
from Rep. Stoney of Burke, to
amend the State Teachers and
Employees Act to authorize the
State to continue payments into
the fund for a person who con
tinues in State employment after
reaching the age of 60. The State
now matches the contribution up
to 60.
The Senate received a bill by
Senator Mitchell of Iredell, to au
thorize the commission for the
blind to co-operate with the Fed
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Clinics
For Work Stock
Schedule For Two More Days
ftj Announced By County
Agent R. E. Black
Farmers are again reminded
this -week to bring their stock to
the clinics being held in the coun
ty for the purpose of treating ani
mals for bots, round worms and
doing necessary dental work.
Schedule for the clinics to be
held soon is as follows:
Tuesday, Jan. 23—Cary Brown’s
at 9 a. m.; Whitehead, 9:45 a. m.;
Mack C. Edwards’, 10:30 a. m.;
Bob Taylor’s, 11:00 a. m.; W. F.
Doughton’s, 11:30 a. m.; M. E.
Beeves’, 1:00 p. m.; Furches, 2:00
p. m.; Paul Allen, 2:45 p. m.; An
nice Shepherd, 3:30 p. m.; D. J.
Jones, 4:15 p. m.; and Stratford,
4:45 p. m.
Friday, Jan. 26—Elk Creek, 9
a. m.; Carl Kennedy, 9:45 a. m.;
i C. L. Hash, 10:30 a. m.; Piney
I Creek P. O., 11:00 a. m.; J. R.
Halsey, 11:45 a m.; J. R. Gambill,
1:30 p. m.; R. L. Crouse, 2:15 p.
m.; Cull Boyer, 3:15 p. m.; and
Spiuta, 4:00 p. m.
A charge of 60c per head will
be made for the bot treatment
and $1.00 per head for the round
worm treatment. Horses should
not be fed at least 12 hours be
fore treatment, but may have
water, county agent R. E. Black
pointed out ,
Edwards Buys
Furniture Store
A. Homer Edwards, of Sparta,
has purchased the Sparta Furni
ture Store, formerly owned by
J. G. Chipman and W. N. Roope,
of North Wilkesboro, and began
operation here this week under
the name of Edwards Furniture
Company.
Jack Edwards, who was former
ly employed by the B. and T.
Drug Company, is manager of thfc
store with Paul Bishop, of North
Wilkesboro, assisting for the
next two weeks.
Mr. Edwards, who resides in
Elkin at the present time, said
this week, “We are here to stay
to serve the people of Alle
r county as best we can with
recently opened by
nn i« legated
Bus Terminal
Drives
ADM. RAMSAY KILLED
mmrnm
Adm. Sir Bertram Ramsay,
commander-in-chief of Allied
naval expeditionary forces in
European waters, who was
lulled in a plane crash while
enroute to Belgium.
Big Gains Made
By Northwestern
Bank Last Year
Resources Over $20,000,000;
All Officers Re-Elected
v At Meeting
Resources ,of the Northwestern
Bank showed a big increase in
1944 as revealed by the annual
statement. The statement shows
that re&jur^s* climbed from $14,
207,554.00 at the close of business
in 1943, t6 $20,601,052.16 during
1944. .
T^ed'eport Was present^
of the' stackhc
North WilkesborOr" las
when the stockholders ele
directors. Officers
elected.
The reports of the year showed
that the bank had made much
progress and that the usual 12 per
cent dividend was paid for the
year.
were also
The stockholders re-elected the
directors and one new director, C.
A. Lowe, of North Wilkesboro.
The directors re-elected were R.
A. Doughton, Harry Bailey, W. C.
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Tommy Burgiss
To Serve As Page
Tommy Burgiss, son of Mr. and
Mrs. T. R. Burgiss, will leave
Monday for Raleigh, where he
will begin his duties as a page in
the house of representatives.
Pages, who are appointed by
the speaker of the house or sen
ate, serve as errand boys for the
legislators while the bodies are
in session.
Young Burgiss, whose father is
representative from Alleghany
county, will act as a page in the
legislature through this session.
He is a student in the eighth
grade of Sparta high school this
year.
British Launch Strong Offen
sive In Northern France
Near German .Border
One week after landing in Lin
gayen gulf, a powerful American
spearhead was more than one
third of the way to Manila early
this week and still rolling south
ward in dry, clear weather down
the broad Central Luzon plain,
virtually unchecked on land or
in the air.
However on the left flank of
the broadened front the first Jap
anese counter-attack of the in
vasion was reported in the stub
bornly-held Pozorrubio sector on
Sunday. Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur’s communique today said
the blow was repulsed.
Conservatively -worded official
statements located the deepest
American penetration as on the
central of three main north-south
highways 45 road miles from Lin
gayen and 83 from Manila.
Two great Russian army groups
poured like a red flood through
broken Nazi defenses on the Pol
ish plain south of Warsaw yes
terday, reaching within 38 miles
of the German border.
Gathering speed as it went,
the gigantic Soviet winter of
fensive recorded gains of 30 to
38 miles on a twisting battlefront
more than 200 miles long from
Grojec, 25 miles south-west of
Warsaw, down to Slomniki, only
12 miles north of the historic
citadel of Krakow.
The British second army smash
ed east-ward in a new offensive
near the-German border north of
Aachen yesterday, exactly a
month after the start of the Ger
mans’ Belgian breakthrough, and
rimgfe the first, hours the Tom
■arogressed against moderate
■rice. '
^5oks~Sent Out
Through Clubs
Library Distributes Books To
Rural Communities Through
H. D. Clubs
Mrs. Carrie H. Jones, Alle
ghany county librarian, announc
ed this week that a new method
for circulating books from the li
brary throughout the courfty has
been worked out with the co
operation of Mrs. Frances C.
Wagoner, home demonstration
agent.
Mrs. Wagoner, who has 17 ac
tive home demonstration clubs in
Alleghany county, is in position
to contact almost every woman
in all rural communities, Mrs.
Jones pointed out and therefore
the books are distributed through
the clubs.
Since Alleghany has no book
mobile to serve the people in the
rural communities, collections of
from 14 to 18 books are carried to
the club meetings each month and
put in charge of one person who
is responsible for signing them
in and out. At each meeting, the
old books are collected and a new
set is sent to the club. Steven out
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Allies Give Bow And Arrow Aid
When the marine beachhead was established at
villa, largest of the Solomon islands, part of the Fiji i
participated in the engagement set up an outpost 1g§
Bougainville natives with their hows,
tive Allies in waging war e« the.
ajiltfij i'
Where Three Cars Were Derailed Near West Jefferson
Three cars, uncoupled from the main part of the train last Thursday afternoon, rolled
down grade approximately four miles from West Jefferson until they struck the rocky bluff
on the curve at Buffalo and were derailed. (Staff Photo)
Clinton Halsey
Spoke To C. Of C.
Here On Friday
Committees Named And Plans
Are Made For The Com
ing Year
Members of the Sparta Cham
ber of Commerce heard an outlin
ed report of the financial condi
tion of the town when R. Clinton
Halsey, auditor of the town books,
gave a report at the January
meeting last Friday night at the
community building.
Mr. Halsey reported that the
indebtedness of
sewer works wo|
full by 1995 at4
One $1,000.00 bor
year, with no
until October 1, 1945 at which
time two bonds will be due each
year for the next three years. Af
ter that, he explained, one $1,
000.00 bond will be due each year
until the year 1965. It was point
ed out that the water and sewer
works cost the town of Sparta a
sum of $34,000.00 when it was
started in 1938 and that $10,000.00
has been paid to date.
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reported that the
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Alleghany Men
Are Classified
Others Left This Week For
Induction In Army At
Fort Bragg
nounced classifications of 10 Al
leghany county men when three
were placed In I-A and seven in
various other classifications.
The classification list is as fol
lows:
I-A: Grady D. Brown, William
C. Caudill and Howard W. Dow
ell; 2-A: John B, Reeves; 2-B:
Victor ,C. Jones and Phocian H.
Tompkins; 2-C: David C. Wyatt
and Gwyn E. Blevins; 2-A (F):
Talmadge B, Burchette; 2-B (F):
William L. Hudson.
A group of nine county men
left yesterday morning for Fort
Bragg for final induction into the
armed services.
Rev. E. B. Barton and Rev. W.
H. Caldwell conducted a short
service for the men before they
left Sparta. 1
Those leaving included: Cecil
Rector, Dale Duncan, Hersel Ed
wards, Wayne Delp, Donald Mus
grove, Bert Delp, James Edwin
McKnight, Kelly Royall and
Vaughn ’Wooten.
Missionaries At
Glade Valley
Rev. and Mrs. Earl King, who
have spent several years as mis
sionaries in Africa, will present
a program at Glade Valley high
school on Monday night, January
2 at 8 o’clock, Supt E. B. El
dridge announced this week.
Rev. and Mrs. Klwo will show
k they
will
that
Infantile Paralysis Fund
Drive Now Underway Here;
$444.52 Is Reported Raised
I
“Brown-Out” Will
Start Feb. 1, WPB
Chief Announces
^Dimming Of Lights Expected
To Result In Saving Of
Fuel During Shortage
Washington ■— A nation-wide
“brown-out” that will dim street
HgfitsTfitore iVfiiSSW and fheatfer
marquees beginning Feb. 1 was
ordered by the War Production
Board this week to save critically
short coal and fuel oil.
It provided, however, that any
section in which it is determined
that compliance will not reduce
fuel consumption—for example,
areas serviced by hydro-electric
power—will be exempted by the
Office of War Utilities.
WPB Chairman J. A, Krug said
in announcing the order that pen
alties for noncompliance include
discontinuance of electric service
to consumers found guilty of will
ful violations.
The “brown-out” is intended
primarily to conserve coal which
is used in producing about two
thirds of the nation’s electric pow
er. Use of fuel oil and natural
gas is negligible.
Government officials estimate
the order will save 2,000,000 tons
of coal annually, or about 10 per
cent of the 25,000,000-ion bitumi
nous conservation goal set by War
Mobilization Director James F.
Byrnes.
Theatres will be hardest hit
since the order prohibits use of
more than 60 watts in lighting
each theatre marquee. There is no
ban on box-office lighting, how
ever, and operators are expected
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Mrs. Ruth Jones Choate Is
Chairman; More Contribu
tions Needed
The first four days of the In
fantile Parlysis Fund Drive end
ed last night in Alleghany county
with contributions amounting to
$444.52, Mrs. Ruth J. Choate,
chairman of the drive announced.
Mrs. Choate stated that all bus
iness establishments contacted
have contributed generously, in
dividual contributions to the fund
are coming in splendidly and that
all citizens are urged not to wait
for individual solicitation but to
mail their contributions to the
Alleghany Chapter of the In
fantile Parlysis Foundation,
Sparta, at once.
She also announced that a spe
cial gift committee with Miss
Clyde Fields as chairman had
been appointed with Mrs. Mexa
Phipps and Mrs. C. A. Thompson
serving with her. Carl Irwin
was appointed chairman of the
Letter Carrier’s Association and
Rev. Wayne Inompson chairman
of the Minister’s committee.
Special features are being plan
ned for raising funds including
dances, box suppers, plays, etc.,
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Boone Leaf Mart
Prices Are Good
Poundage and prices of the
Boone tobacco market continue
to rise and the four million
poundage mark was reached this
week with an average of slightly
over $47.00 per hundred.
“We make every effort to give
the farmers the best of service
and appreciate their business,”
Roscoe Coleman, proprietor, said.
Piney Creek Man Enjoys N. C
Mountains After High Flying
Asheville, N. C. Jan 14—The
mountains of his native Western
North Carolina look very hand
some to 2nd Lt. Claude J. Smith,
of Piney Creek, but they also
look a bit small.
Lt Smith, who is at the Army
ground and service forces re
distribution station awaiting re
assignment spent 17 of his 34
months overseas in Chungking,
Chinas with the Signal Corps. He
flew to China from India, over
the Himalaya Mountains and the
famous Hump.
“Anybody’s first trip over the
Hump is apt to seem like quite
an experience,” Lt Smith said
yesterday in his room at the
Grove Park Inn. “We were rid
ing in a cargo plane, and the pilot
and co-pilot had oxygen. We did
not and they told us to lie down
on the floor.
' ‘We went up to about 18,000
feet. I decided I’d like to sit up
«hd take a look at these moun
tains three times the height of
flhe »■<«»- The pitot sakl to go
iaisssyis!
right ahead.
“I tried. Then I tried again. It
wasn’t only that I couldn’t sit
up, I couldn’t even move my little
finger. I didn’t feel sick or any
thing like that. I simply couldn't
move, until we lost a lot of alti
tude and got down where there
was more oxygen.”
Lt. Smith received his com
mission in the field. Having en
tered the army as a private in
the InfjKdry, he became an of
ficer in the Signal Corps, with
out bothering with Officers’
Candidate School.
"They just happened to be short
of officers, in Chungking," is
his explanation.
After receiving his commission
he was transferred to New Delhi,
India, (another trip over the
Hump), where he spent 17 months
more before coming back to the
Be
M County
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Opening Schedule Announc
ed; Will Conform With
War Needs
A group of meetings have been
scheduled^ Alleghany county to
assist, fldrmfers and their wives
with plans for making certain ad
justments for agricultural plan
ning in the county to conform
more closely with the war needs
in 1945, it was announced this
week.
R. E. Black, county agent, and
Mrs. Frances C. Wagoner, home
demonstration agent, will attend
these meetings and all farmers
and their Wives, as well as other
members of the families, are urg
ed to attend.
The following meetings have
been scheduled to date and oth
ers are expected to be announced
next week:
Mondhy; January 22, 2:00 p. m..
Rocky Ridge with Mrs. E. K.
Templeton.
Tuesday, January 23, 7:00 p.
m., New Hope with Mrs. E. S.
Mitchell.
Wednesday, January 24, 2:00
p. m., Turkey Knob with Mrs.
Lonnie Landreth.
Thursday, January 25, 7:00 p.
m., Sparta, with Mrs. R. E. Black.
Friday, January 26, 7:00 p. m.,
Rich Hill at the school house.
The Agricultural Workers’
Council met Saturday morning in
the county agent’s ofice when the
program for the coming year was
discussed by the members pres
ent.
Several Cases Are
Heard This Week
B. F. Wagoner Tries Cases;
Two Men Sought By Offi
cers; Two Sentenced
Several persons were tried in.
JP*s rourt h*re this week, after
being arrested by local officers.
Ed Whitaker, of Sparta, was
given 30 days on the road for as
sault on Lonnie Musgrove, but
appealed the case to the April
term of superior court. The case
was heard before B. F. Wagoner.
Whitaker was also fined $10.00
and costs on a second charge of
operating a motor vehicle with
out license.
Lonnie Musgrove, of Stratford,
was fined $10.00 and costs for
public drunkenness.
Crockett Hines was sentenced
to 60 day? on the road on Mon
day when he was tried before
Wagoner for public drunkenness.
Hines, who was under suspend
ed sentence, had been out of Jail
only three weeks, after serving
a sentence Of four months.
Two men are also being sought
by local officers. Holton Taylor,
who was sentenced last week to
60 days on the road, his sentence
to begin on January 15, did not
appear. A capias was issued and
30 days will be added to the sen
tence for contempt of court.
Free! McMillan, (colored), re
ported to have taken without
permission, an automobile be
longing to R. C. Mitchell, mana
ger of Judy’s service station here,
and wrecking it near ScottvQle
on a country road, is also being
sought by officers, with an esti
mated. $100.00 damage to the car.
Pfc. Bell Writes