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The Alleghany News AND STAR-TIMES The NEWS established February 16, 1940— The TIMES, 1926 and The STAR, 1689. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY At Sparta, N. C. THURSDAY, AUG. 23, 1945 j ED M. ANDERSON_Publisher jj JOHN F. REEVES_Ass’t. Publisher !| Miss EMORYETTA REEVES_Editor jj MRS. ED M. ANDERSON_Associate jj SUBSCRIPTION RATES PER YEAR In County, $1.50 - Outside County, $2.00 j( The News is glad to pubish letters, not too long, on matters of general interest. But , such communications must be accompanied by the real name of the writer, even when ,| they are to be published under a nom de plume. 11 ' If Entered as second-class matter at the post office at Sparta, North Carolina, under the Act of March 3, 1879. !j “If the choice were left to me whether to i have a free press or a free government, I would choose a free press.”—Thomas Jeffer son. ! Member of—North Carolina Press Ass’n |( Rufus A. Doughton One of North Carolina’s most disting uished leaders, Rufus A. Doughton, has passed away and with his going every citi zen of this State should pause to pay tribute to the man who did so much for its progress and development during the past half of a century. His deeds are so far reaching that their influence will extend on and on as long as time shall reach. It has well been said that every school and college in this state and every mile of our magnificent highway system stand as a monument to R. A. Doughton. Going to the State Legislature in 1887, he began a long and active career in public life in North Carolina, which continued until 1935. During this span of nearly fifty years, there was perhaps no man in this state who wielded greater influence and none to whom it befell the lot to continue in public service for such a long period of time. On that first trip to Raleigh, “Governor” Doughton, as he became known to thou sands after he served as Lieutenant Gov ernor, traveled a part of the way on horse back. Later, he was to play the leading part in the expansion and building of North Carolina’s highways. R. A. Doughton was a tall man in that he towered above many. He was a sturdy oak, whose influence spread throughout his life, a much longer one than that of rhost men. Early in his public career he became deeply interested in the education of the common man and labored with the late Charles Duncan Mclver and other leaders in the development of the State’s public school system. He was always a friend of all educational institutions and many of them owe much to him. He was a man of many talents; for his accomplishments and influence were not confined to public life. He was successful as a lawyer, a banker, and a farmer. He was truly a great man and with all of his success he remained simple, modest and sincere. His friends were among all walks of life; for he was a man who could walk with kings and never lose the common touch. He was a shining example of our demo cratic way of life; for from a modest be ginning he climbed to a broad sphere of influence. He is a definite and important part of North Carolina history and in the years that are to come he will long be re membered, this Spartan of the mountains of Alleghany, who forever put service above self. R, A. DOUGHTON WAS BURIED ON SUNDAY (Continued from Page One) ists and he was defeated. “Governor” Doughton’s service as chairman of the Highway Com mission ended in 1931 when, after 3overnor Gardner proposed a aomplete reorganization of the State’s policy in, handling roads, he joined other members of the commission in stepping aside for the appointment of a new com mission. Some members bitter ly opposed the reorganization good-roads movement which came to fruition under the governor ship of Cameron Morrison when North Carolina set the pace for the South and most of the coun try by embarking upon a $50, 000,000 paved-highway program. As a member of the Legislature, he had introduced the bill to cre ate the system and led the suc cessful fight for its adoption. As State commissioner of rev enue from 1923, when he was ap pointed to the post by Governor Morrison, until 1929, when Gov ernor O. Max Gardner named him chairman of the State High way Commission,- he supervised the collection of millions of dol lars of revenue. In the chairmanship of the Highway Commission he follow ed the late A. S. Hanes of Wins ton-Salem, who served as acting chairman after the resignation of Frank Page early in 1929. At the time of his death. “Gov ernor” Doughton was president of Northwestern Bank, a member of the State Board of Charities and Public Welfare, a trustee of the University of North Carolina, and until July had been a direct tor of the North Carolina Rail road. He was one of th$ largest land owners in Alleg"h'arfy county and was interested in breeding fine cattle. He was 51I9Q, a .leader of the Democratic {^afty’- ib Alle ghany, and maintained a keen in terest in political affairs until his death. Recently the North Carolina Grand Lodge of Masons present ed him an emblem for 50 years’ service as a Master Mason. September, 1938, the “R. A. Doughton Memorial Bridge,” be tween the North Carolina and Virginia lines, was dedicated. A Democrat of the old school, Mr. Doughtoi^gpFtAgjlpit Jf- the lower House dHtnelHatedLegis lature in 1887His Mttaj^of 13 terms in that beey sWEll# Simon* the most conspicuous records ol public service in North Carolina He served in 1887, 1889, 1891 1903, 1907, 1909, 1911,1913, 1915 1917, 1919, 1921, and 1923, The lapse from 1903 to 1907 was cov ered by his seryice aa lieutenan governor. f '/. He was speaker of the House ii private citizen. This distinguished North Caro lina citizen won the “Governor Rufe” cognomen during his term as lieutenant governor under Governor Carr, from 1893 to 1897. He served 13 terms in the State Legislature and was successively State commissioner of revenue and chairman of the State High way Commission. He played a leading role in the scheme, but “Governor Rufe” never publicly expressed himself | either for or against it. j Although he devoted more than two score years to office holding, Mr. Doughton was largely inter ested in farming and stock raising. He also held important business j connections, was active and suc cessful in practice of law, and was an outstanding civic leader in his home community. He was i a member of the Methodist Church. After the creation of the State I Highway Commission and before | his appointment as chairman, he ! represented the Seventh District j and was instrumental in having good roads brought to this pre viously isolated region of the State, sometimes referred to as “the lost province.” Mr. Doughton was born in Ashe (now Alleghany) County, Janu ary 10, 1856, the son of J. Horton and Rebecca Jones Doughton. He was educated in the primary schools of his native county, the Independence, Va., high school, and the University of North Car olina. After receiving his degree in law, he returned to Sparta and (began practice in the Fall of 1882. He has maintained his law of | fice there since that time. His office was on the courthouse lawn. Mr. Doughton was married on January 3, 1883, to Sue B. Parks, who survives him with one son, J. Kemp Doughton, of Baltimore; i one daughter, Mrs. S. J. Thomas, 1 of Sparta; two brothers, Congress man Doughton, of Laurel Springs and Washington, D. C., and Frank I Doughton, of Laurel Springs; and I three sisters, Mrs. T. J. Carson, | of Sparta, Mrs. F. Miller, of Lau - rel Springs, and Mrs. Arthur Fen der of Washington, D. C. COUNTY SCHOOLS WILL OPEN NEXT WEEK (Continued from Page One) the opening until further notice, she pointed out. "We hope to have the lunch , rooms in operation by Septem ber 3, however," Miss Fields said. Rich Hill school plans to op erate a lunchroom this year, it t was also announced. A special committee of interested patrons ' from that community expect to , have necessary work done to ■ make possible the opening at an - early date. ALLEGHANY SOLDIER WINNER OF CONTEST (Continued from Page One) green fields of Scotland, the nice clean dairy farms of Denmark, the fine art schools of Germany, the large rolling plains of Rus sia, and interesting stories about the Cliffs of Dover in England; and so on until each one was dis tinguished with some good char acteristic. I can see now that they were given to us largely to stimulate interest in the study, while almost the same qualities, given in more detail, were taught in the schools of each individual country by its teachers, to generate a spirit of national pride. This, of course, is necessary and fitting, to some extent. Too often their few good qualities are magnified so much that it is impossible for them to make a true comparison with oth er countries to find that, usually, they have lots in common, and are much alike, basicly. Their differences, as a rule, are only in language, plus a few little in significant customs and tradi tions. It is interesting to note that those things, however small, are a living part of each nation ality, and if threatened by other nations, they will quickly go to war in defense of them. I find it rather amusing, but interesting, that you can’t talk to any of these people long until they will be pointing out little objects to you. Maybe it is noth ing more than a wagon, or a new type cart, or a bicycle, and they will ask, “Do you have these in America?” To keep them happy, you always say ‘yes’, or something similar to it. Deep down, your heart beats fast with pride, be cause you have answered the question in your own mind more like this, yes, we have those things in America, and much more. Our forefathers copied some of the better things from you, and brought them there over a hundred years ago. Yes, America was settled and made the first great free nation by your bravest men, who had courage to embark on a great Crusade in a search for something better. They had dreamed and hoped and even prayed for a country where they could freely worship God, and live, and think without undue in fluence from a small selfish group of leaders or rulers, who inherit power from one genera tion, so often without merit of leading qualities. America was made to those prayers. Yes, America is really differ ent; it is made up of a combina tion of Europe’s best qualities, and the sons of her bravest men, and unlike these countries, wt are not allergic to change, wher necessary. We are a melting pol where all nationalities are sub merged into a strong, happy united upstanding people, anc the nearest example of wpai President .Warren Q HanHm wished for when he said, “I woul< not want to live in a nation foi TODAY tad TOMORROW By DON ROBINSON' 7 / FOOD .... Anderson There won’t be any baby pigs killed off during the administra tion of Clinton Anderson, ouj» na tion’s new secretary of agricul ture. In his first public appearance since joining the President’s cab inet, Mr. Anderson gave a crystal clear picture of his general poli cies, what he intends to do about food problems and what is the basis of his philosophy on food distribution. And from where I was sitting, it seemed to me that he has the answers to many of our most per plexing food problems. At least he inspires unlimited confidence. This tall, young, good looking, j self-assured westerner, w"ho is I a rancher and a small business man on the side, struck me as just the kind of a man who might find a lasting solution to the in creasing difficulties of pleasing farmers, food distributors and the consumers. Mr. Anderson boasts of being an “apostle of abundance.” His philosophy is founded on the simple belief that the American farmer should be encouraged to produce all of the food he possi bly can—that no matter how much we produce there will al ways be plenty of mouths to con sume it all. How much we should > do toward feeding the hungry people of other nations is, to him, a secondary consideration. His No. 1 interest is to remove all curbs on food production and give the farmer all the help he : needs to produce more food than 1 he has ever produced befoye. i How many foreign mouths we ' will feed can be determined when! the food is actually produced. ; SUBSIDIES . . profits; Although Mr. Anderson wants : to help the farmer, he doesn’t hold much faith in the subsidy plan. He would like to get rid of subsidies but, at the same time, ' give the farmer some sort of a ' guarantee that the food he pro- ' duces will be sold at a fair prof it. , One plan which Mr. Anderson already has suggested for this war period is that the govern ment determine its military food: needs for 1946 and give the farm ers of the nation a definite con tract to purchase the food. He points out that industry has such arrangements—that if the war suddenly ended and production of planes was called off, the man ufacturers would not take a loss because they are protected under the Contract Settlement act. It is more important, in Mr. Anderson’s opinion, to give the farmer these assurances than it is to give them to industry It is also necessary, he believes, to as ure farmers that their prices will be protected aftter the war so they will have no qualms about producing in the face of possible surpluses. “A surplus,” said Mr. Ander son, “must not be used to break the economy of the American farmer. It can mhch better be employed in relieving distress around the world.” WAR .... starvation Mr. Anderson has no illusions about our farmers being able to feed the world. He says that even if we starved ourselves, and shipped all the food we produce to foreign countries, it still would not be enough. But he thinks we must help all we can in the in GRANDSON OF MRS. RECTOR GETS A DFC (Continued from Page One) mission with distinction ...” The awards were made for the period of service, December 12, 1944 to March 20, 1945, and from December 12, 1944 to February 9, 1945. which men are not willing to fight, but I would love to think of one where it isn’t necessary to ask that sacrifice." In both World Wars, America has freely lived up to one of her widely known mottos, “First in peace, and First in war.” In both cases she quickly converted the world’s largest supply of natural resources, and industry from a great peace time economy, to the world’s greatest war machine when war had become iminent, and has .seen them through to a successful conclusion. Now, all mankind is waiting eagerly for i America tp shrike the final blow Jat. the powdr-h>ppy Jdp**,' and ; | return to a peaceful status, ti [.take up once again the tedder^ •’ship of the world.” Global Destruction on Two Fronts _ - _ l if rue i /. V TER-RAFYIUG- v ' frightful ness \ OF THE. ATOMIC BOMS J, . A ;erests of lasting peace. On this subject he said: “The events of the past few fears have made it clear to even ;he dullest mind that whatever lappens in any part of the world, lowever seemingly distant, hap pens finally to us. Underfed :hildren grow up with distorted ninds, and when children with listorted minds grow big enough ,o carry guns they become a men ice to the peace of the world. Ne don’t need to look for other •easons.” Mr. Anderson, in his first pub ic statement, touched on many lifferent subjects, but he made it dear that his work will be guid ;d by four simple principles: ;i) to produce all the food we 'possibly can; (2) to assure the j farmer a fair profit so that he will be rewarded for increased pro duction; (3) to worry about sur pluses after we get them; (4) to help all we can in keeping the people of foreign countries from going hungry ! Those are Mr Anderson’s aims, which probably have the approv ’ al of most farmers and most con sumers. But he admits that, while he hopes for greater food j production than we have ever known, we are still faced with the danger of shortages. Mr. An derson, I believe, will do all that I is physically possible to keep us : well-fed, but he still must have the help of Providence and the weather man. AUG. 31 LAST DAY FOR DAIRY FEED PAYMENTS j August 31 is last day on which 1 applications for dairy feed pay ments will be accepted at the AAA office on April, May and June sales of milk and butterfat, C. G. Collins, chairman of the Alleghany AAA, announced this week. Concentrates for livestock feeding in the next year will to tal about 153 million tons as compared with 162 million in the 1944-45 year. Seed alfalfa, permanent pas tures, and tempovarj grazing crops on September 1. Early We Join W ith Our Brave Fighting Men in Thanking God for Victory Over Japan The news of our glorious Victory over Japan awakens in all our hearts gratitude and humble thanks to God tha^He has upheld the arms of our fighting men and thq§e of our allies. And as we give thanks, it is with full faith that He will continue to guide us in future endeavors. Edwards Furniture Co.
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