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PRESS RUN — 2,025 Net Paid 1,794 Covers Alleghany The Alleghany News AND STAR-TIMES—(CONSOLIDATED ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1941) —ALLEGHANY COUNTY’S ONLY NEWSPAPER. Alleghany County Is . . . Outstanding Livestock, Agri culture and Tourist Center, With A Population of 8,341. VOLUME 56, NO. 52 $1.50 a Year in Alleghany . County SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA $2.00 a Year Out of County THURSDAY, SEPT. 13, 1945 Clean-up Campaign Underway In Schools Of County Union Baptist Ass’n Meets At Cherry Lane Fri. Elder W. M. Andrews To De liver Introductory Sermon; Many Expected The eighth annual session of the Union Baptist Association will meet at the Cherry Lane Union Baptist Church Friday, Saturday and Sunday, September 14, 15 and 16, at which time Elder W. M. Andrews will deliver the intro ductory sermon. The Elder R. J. Toliver will be his alternate. The association, which is made up of ten churches, has six li censed ministers including the Revs. C. S. McKnight, J. R. Miles, Cleo Crouse, Dewey Edwards, A. J. Denny and C. E. Adams. Rev. C. S. McKnight is modera tor of the association and J. R. Miles is the secretary and treas urer. A good attendance is expected from this entire section and from other states. Several visiting ministers and speakers will take part on the well planned program and important business matters will be discussed. Ration Stamp 38 Good For Sugar Will Be Used Instead Of Stamp 37; Explanation Is Made Public L. W. Driscoll, Charlotte OPA district director, this week said that the reason that the new sugai coupon which became valid Sep tember 1 was made 38 instead oi 37 was because many persons Iasi year used their 37 sugar stamp tc validate their canning sugar ap plications instead of the 37 spar* stamp. When canning sugar applica tions were being accepted las year, they had to be accompaniet by spare stamp 37 to show tha the applicant was making a valic claim for canning sugar and t< prevent chislers from makini double claims. Some persons, as is always thi case, got mixed up and attachec tkeir regular sugar stamp numbe 37 to their canning sugar appli cation. They thus lost their reg ular 37 stamp for sugar. (Continued on Page 4) FSA Office To Close Saturday! Beginning Saturday, Sept. 15, the County Farm Security Ad ministration Office at Sparta will be closed all day on each Satur day, Van F. Miller, Associate FSA Supervisor, announced to day. The new schedule is in com pliance with an administrative order which specifies that effec tive September 9, the work week for all FSA employees will be five days of eight hours each, from Monday through Friday. Any change in the regular ad ministrative work week must have the prior approval of the Administrator, he explained. The office hours are from 8:30 a. m. to 12 noon on Friday of each week, Mr. Miller said. .Electric Co-op Names Directors At the annual meeting of the members of the Blue Ridge Elec tric Membership Cooperative, held at the courthouse in Lenoir, last Saturday, the following di rectors were elected: A. G. Beach, Lenoir; D. R. Moore, Granite Falls; Clyde Per ry, Sugar Grove; C. C. Poovey, Granite Falls; Clarence Newton, Shulls Mills; Bert Mast, Mable; C. B. Graybeal, West Jefferson; A. B. Hurt, Nathan’s Creek; R. C. Halsey, Sparta; A. W. Green, Boone; J. C. Goodman, West Jef ferson; D. M. Edwards, Ennice; C. L. Mast, Patterson; V. C. Lil lard, Creston, and Dan Jones, Stratford. All of these, with the exception of Dan Jones, have served in this capacity for a num ber of years. No postwar plans were dis cussed at this time. Football Season Will Open Here Next Friday When Local Team Meets Walkertown NOW RULES JAPAN General MacArthur, whose headquarters at the Yokohama hotel will be moved to the American embassy in Tokyo as soon as repairs are complet Mauy Attended Baptist Ass’n Held At Whitehead Unusually Good Program Was Carried Out; Visiting Min isters Spoke The 49th annual session of the Alleghany Baptist Association, held at the Liberty Baptist church at Whitehead last Saturday and Sunday, was well attended by representatives of the churches of the association and an inter esting and instructive program was carried out. Principal speakers at the open ing session on Saturday morning were: the Rev. C. E. Parker of the Baptist Hospital at Winston Salem; Rev. R. H. Satterfield, of Meredith College, Raleigh; Rev. R. M. Hauss, Methodist minister of Shelby, representing the Al lied Church League and Dr. R. K. Redwine, of the First Bap tist Church of Mt. Airy. Saturday evening, Dr. and Mrs. I. G. Greer were in charge of a musical program. The Thomas ville girls’ quartet sang a number (Contmued on Page 4) Saddle Mountain Still Is Captured Sheriff Jess Moxley reported that a 50-gallon capacity illicit liquor still was captured in the Saddle Mountain section of the county this week. No one was around the still when it was taken and no infor mation was received as to the owner or operator. “We captured it just as it was getting set up and there was no liquor on the grounds,” the sheriff said. The still was destroyed by officers. Worked In War, Vant Peace Jobs ii i ..—■ i ——i Scrappy Yellow Jackets Ex pect Good Season In Spite Of Untried Players The football season will be of ficially opened on the local grid iron next week when the game Yellow Jackets, Sparta’s high school eleven, meets the strong Walkertown team on Friday af ternoon at 2:00 o’clock. While the Sparta high squad can boast of only three lettermen, a number of new players are al ready showing promise of mak ing real football stars. Judging from the workouts, the team can look forward to a successful sea son and Alleghany county fans to some real football thrills. In the opening game, the Spar ta team will encounter eleven let termen from Walkertown, who made an enviable record last year. It is too early in the season to predict the outcome but the game should be an interesting one. SCHEDULE GIVEN In addition to the opening game jwith Walkertown, the following (Continued on Page 8) Jess H. Taylor Buried On Wed. Well Known Man Died At His Hone At Grant, Virginia, On Monday Fuieral services were held at the M. Zion Baptist church yes terda' afternoon for Jess H. Tay lor, 7), who died at his home at Gram, Virginia, on Monday, Septenber 10. Services were also held it.the Baptist church at Gran, yesterday. They were condicted by the Rev. Mr. Shu mate and the Rev. Mr. Hash. Bu rial tas held at Mt. Zion. Mr Taylor, who was well knovn throughout this section, is suvived by the following chil dren Dr. Caswell Taylor, Char lotte Fred Taylor, Gastonia; Mrs. Dear Patterson, Burlington; Mrs. Madje Sharpe and Mrs. Albert (Continued on Page 4) H#rse Show Track k Well Underway He track for the horse show, spoBored by the Lion’s Club, whlh is to be held here Satur day'October 6, is now well under ruction. The track, more 1,300 feet in length, is being coijtructed on the property leas edpy the Lions, back of the R. L. foines residence in downtown ta. e officials stated that numer ou entries had already been sent in A minimum of 60 entries, bi dding both local and out-of canty horses, is expected. .Tie Lions emphasized that the asistance of any interested per sas would be appreciated and tht some donations have already ben made. New Industry To Be Discussed At C. of C. Meeting Will Convene Friday Evening At 8:00 O’clock; Much In terest In Project At the regular meeting of the Sparta Chamber of Commerce to De held at the Community build ing on Friday night at 8:00 o’clock, plans will be discussed relative to securing a new industry for Sparta and Alleghany county. Several of the members point ed out that there was a definite possibility of this, provided the movement is given support. All members are urged to be present. Some other matters relative to the growth and development of this section are also to be dis cussed at this time. The usual dinner will be serv ed to members and invited guests, it was announced. Squirrel Season To Open Sept. 15; Licenses Are Here Thanksgiving Is Date For Opening Of Season For Other Game Game officials pointed out that the new hunting licenses that were slightly delayed, are now available and that all hunters should secure theirs before the squirrel season opens on Saturday, Sept. 15. The warden called attention to' the fact that in addition to having license, a hunter should get per mission from a land owner be fore hunting on his land. He ex plained again that the bag limit per day is six and that the sea son for squirrels will close on December 15. It was explained that the sea son for other game in this sec tion, including quail, would open on Thanksgiving Day, November 22. All hunters are asked to be particularly careful about fires this year. Licenses may be se cured from the game warden, clerk of court arid at some of the hardware stores, as usual, it was announced. The delay in getting the licenses has been due to pa per and labor scarcity, N. C. Game Commissioner John D. Findlay, said. Dough to ii Wants To Cut Expenses North Carolina Congressman Wants To Cut Govern ment’s Non-essentials Washington—Rep. Robert L. Doughton, of the Ninth North Carolina district, vice-chairman of the joint committee on reduc tion of non-essential Federal ex penditures, heartily indorsed this week a statement by its chairman. Senator Harry F. Byrd of Vir ginia, calling upon both President Truman and' Congress to “bend every effort” toward immediate elimination of non-essential gov ernment agencies. Bjf liquidating the war agencies and some other bureaus, the Fed eral government could cut its per sonnel from the present three million mark to a postwar one million with a consequent saving in pay roll alone of nearly five billion dollars annually, Senator Byrd estimated. Rep. Doughton, concurring in this, said: “I am as strong as any body can be for cutting out all needless expenditures. We must save money wherever we possibly can.” Alleghany Man Dies In England News has been received here of the death of Bryan Taylor, Lau rel Springs man, who had been stationed in England for some time. According to the message, he died August 16 from a throat infection. He is survived by his wife, who is making her home in Sanford and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Taylor, of Laurel Springs. Japanese Sign Official Surrender Japanes officials sign official surrender aboard the Missouri as General MacArthur and members of his staff look on. Alleghany May Be Without Rationing Board At An Early Date; Many Are Discontinued Sheep Growers Paid $23,550. In Cooperative Pool Emerson Black Announces That A Total Of 1,945 Lambs Sold This Season Emerson Black, county agent, - announced this week that through | the cooperative marketing pools, a total of 1,946 'lambs had been sold for approximately $23,550, including the subsidy. In the pool held last week, 764 lambs were sold for a total of $8, 452, Mr. Black said. In this co operative pool, 235 choice lambs brought $1,325.00 and 289 good grade lambs, $1,175.00. Throughout the season, a to tal of 70 farmers sold through the co-operative pools. Wool was also sold co-operatively and also brought a good price, it was an nounced. “Sheep growing is proving more and more popular in the county and I want to see it continue to grow,” Mr. Black declared. To Hold School For Bus Drivers It was announced yesterday by Miss Clyde Fields, superinten dent of schools, that the N. C. De partment of Highway Safety would send a representative to the county next Wednesday, Sep tember 19, to conduct a bus driv er’s institute. This will be held at the Sparta High School, begin ning at 9:30 o’clock a. m. Miss Fields said that anyone in terested in driving a school bus or acting as substitute driver should take this test. All school principals should see to it that prospective drivers from their re spective schools attend, she ex plained. No Official Notice Received Here; Proposed Move Ex pected To Be Opposed 'According to information re leased from Washington, Alle ghany will probably be among those in the State without a ra tion board within the near future, unless there are some changes in the plan. According to the announcement from Washington, some changes are expected to be made on or about October 1. Listed in the release among boards that are to be discontinued in this area are those of Alle ghany, Ashe and Avery. The board at Boone and N. Wilkesboro •would be continued. The defin ite dates for discontinuance have not been announced. The release, however, points out that all the proposed changes will be made by January 1. L. W. Driscoll, district OPA di rector at Charlotte, has indicated that a volunteer distributing of fice will be maintained in each town losing its ration board, so that application papers may be received and forwarded. No information as to where ap plications in Alleghany will be handled has been released. It is believed they would have to go (Continued on Page 4) County Exceeds War Bond Quota A report received this week from the Treasury Department shows that Alleghany county ex ceeded the war bond quota for August. The quota was set at $6,421.00 for the month and sales reached $6,699.75. Of this amount, a to tal of $6,681.20 was in E bonds. Only $18.50 was in F bonds, ac cording to the report. Former Alleghany Man Writes Of Fishing In South America Kyle McMillan, Scottville man, 'knows how to catch fish in other countries where other languages are spoken, but perhaps the Isaac Walton language knows no bounds. The following story was sent by him from Peru to Dick Gentry, Alleghany’s most famous fisherman: Lake Titicaca, Peru—Vexed native fishermen of Peru and Bo livia are dynamiting rainbow and speckled trout out of Lake Titi caca. They complain that the trout are getting too big and both ersome ^or general welfare. Their governments in collabora tion with the United States, thought that they had a great idea when they stocked Titicaca with trout-five years ago. The newcomers were supposed to tong up fishing in the big An des lake of the two countries and improve the diet of the natives. But up here more than two miles above sea level, strange things happened to the finger lings. Life was soft, the water cold and the lake big. So they kept on growing when they should have stopped. Many trout three feet long have been caught. Five-footers have been seen. The natives, call them “devil fish” and blame them for most of the local misfortunes, including drought, storms and sickness in the family. What’s more, the 15,000 fisher men who work this tremendous body of navigable water, claim that the trout have been eating up all the delectable little “suche” fish. They have become so big knd bold as to provide is threat (Continued on Page Plans Mafde At County Teachers’ Meeting Saturday Health Is Stressed; Plans For Regular Meetings Of The NCEA Unit Announced A county-wide clean-up cam paign for the schools, outlined by Supt. Clyde Fields at the meeting of all of the teachers last Satur day, is now well underway in many of the schools and notice able results are already in evi dence. “The plan is to include every school from the smallest to the largest. The grounds as well as the buildings and individual rooms should receive special at tention,” Miss Fields declared. “I am confident that cleanliness and beauty of order will be an added incentive to both teachers and pupils for doing better work,” she concluded. Superintendent Fields said yes terday that she was gratified that many of the schools had already started on their plans and that she hoped that others would do so as early as possible. Health was also stressed at the meeting. Mrs. Frank Ledbetter, county nurse, told of the various immunizations necessary for stu dents and said that she would visit the schools each month. She also stressed the importance of keeping children well nourished and healthy in order that they may attend school regularly. Frank Ledbetter, county super intendent of public welfare and county truant officer, also spoke to the group regarding the at tendance law as related to chil dren. He pointed out the nec essary co-operation of all teach (C'ontinued on Page Four) Truman To Visit N. C., November 2 __ "■ 9 •; Accepted Invitation Of Con gressman Robert L. Doughton Washington—President Harry S. Truman has accepted an invi tation made by Rep. Robert L. Doughton on behalf of the North Carolina Senate to address a spe cial session of the Senate at Statesville on Friday, November 2, according to an announcement made by Doughton. The President also has indi cated that he would stop at Kings Mountain while in North Caro lina to commemorate the famous 150th anniversary battle, Senator Clyde R. Hoey said. Hoey, with Senator Josiah W. Bailey, had an extended conference with the Chief Executive early this week. Senator Hoey disclosed that the President will make his stops in North Carolina on his way back to Washington from a visit to the Warm Springs Foundation. Be cause of these plans, President Truman could not make his visit to North Carolina as early as he had originally anticipated. Anniversary celebrations at Kings Mountain will be deferred until the President makes his visit there, Hoey said. Doughton has expressed much pleasure at the honor bestowed upon North Carolina by the Presi dent in accepting this invitation which Doughton renewed at a re cent visit to the White House. “I am sure Mr. Truman will be greatly appreciated by all of the people of our State,” Doughton said. Sheep Raising Is Prof liable Here Sheep growers in Alleghany county h$ve an opportunity to get real returns from their in vestments Emerson Black, county agent, paid this week, and gave as a specific illustration that of Mrs. Rufus Gilliam, of Stratford. Early this year, Mrs. Gilliam purchased four ewes for $54.00. From these she raised 7 lambs and has sold a total of $114.00 worth of lambs and wool and still has her an
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