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PRESS RUN — 2,025 Net Paid 1,704 Covers Alleghany The Alleghany News AND STAR-TIMES- t CON SOLID ATED ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1941) —ALLEGHANY COUNTY’S ONLY NEWSPAPER. Alleghany County la . . , Outstanding Livestock, Apt culture and Tourist Center With A Population of *,341. VOLUME 57, NO. 10 $1.50 a Year in Alleghany County SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA $2.00 a Year Out of County THURSDAY, NOV. 15, IMS Yellow Jackets. To .Meet Elkin This Afternoon Local Grid Contest Expected To Draw Large Crowd; Final Game Of Season The Sparta High Yellow Jack ets will wind up the most success ful season of their career this afternoon when they meet the Elkin High eleven on the Sparta gridiron before an expected crowd of hundreds of local fans. The game will get underway at two o’clock. This will be the second time the two teams have met this season with the Elks taking the first game by a score of 26-6. Coach Joe Bill Reed ran the Yellow Jackets through stiff drills this week, at the same time re-| minding them that “Elkin will be tough.” Irwin and Davis, who were injured in scrimmage this week, are expected to be in the line-up against Elkin this after noon. The Sparta eleven roared down the field to victory over the Ru ral Retreat, Va., lads in a game there last Friday afternoon by a score of 15-6. After a pass from Reeves to Adams in the first quarter of the game, Davis, star quarterback for the Yellow Jackets carried tb" * ball over for the first score of the game. The atempted iiiu for th extra point was' stopped. The Yellow Jackets scored a safety on the second kickoff .in the first .quarter when Davis booted the ball into the end zone. Sparta scored again in the third period when Davis ran the ball over to make the score 13-0. Reeves kicked the ball over fori the extra point. Rural RafcreaUthen scored in the] ball was carried across the line after a pass. last half as the] Junior Jted Cross Drive Underway All Sch^l<! And Teachers Arc Urged To Turn In Reports Immediately ReDorts reveal that a total of $38.05 has been collected to date for the Junior Red Cross in Al leghany county, Miss Minnie Lou Edwards, chairman, announced yesterday. y Mis? Edwards pointed out that complete results of the drive were not available since reports from a number of the schools have not' yet been received. She urged that teachers get in reports as soon as possible. The following schools have re ported contributions: Glade Val ley high school, $7.76; Cherry Lane, $2.00; Little Pines, $4.16f Wolf Branch, $1.55; Stratford, $1.45; Laurel Springs, $3,35; Glade Valley elementary school, $1.00; New Hope, 50c; Sparta ele mentary school, Mrs. Rector, $1.30 Miss Mildred Taylor, 95c; Mrs. McMillan, $1.80; Miss Ed wards, $1.70; Miss Ivazelle Taylor, $2.12; Mrs Howell, 75c; Mrs. Walker, 60c; Mrs A, V, Cheate, $1.90; Mrs. Ruth J. Choate, $1.80; Mrs. Stone, 70c and Mrs Tomp kins, $1.00; colored school, Cherry Lane. 50c and Gap Civil, $1.15. Now Receiving Burley Tobacco R. C. Coleman, operator of the Mountain Burley Tobacco Ware houses in Boone, announced that the warehouses were already open to receive tobacco and that sales would officially open Mon day, December 3. Both the demand and prices are expected to be good this year, Mr. Coleman said, and pointed out that with increased floor space, the Mountain Burley To bacco warehouse would be better equipped than ever to serve the farmers. An additional new warehouse near the railroad station has been completed this year and is ready for use. “We particularly invite the farmers of Alleghany and Ashe to bring us their tobacco. We will give you the same quick sat isfactory service and are looking forward to seeing you,” he said. Carlisle Higgins Is Named To Prosecute Jap War Criminals —--•-1 - WORLD SPEED WINNER sserr”*' Capt. H. J. Wilson, RAF, pi lot of the “Britannia” which established a new world’s air record of 606 miles per hour at Herne Bay, England. Remind Schools Essay Contest Ends On Dec. 1 County Winner To Be Entered In State-wide Contest; Prizes Announced and the North Carolina Press As- j sociation is December 1, Ed M. Anderson, publisher, announced today. The contest was launched tha first week in October in connec- > tion with the observance of Na tional Newspaper Week and de tails of the contest were announc ed at that time. The winner of the county con- • test will receive a $25.00 Victory bo-nd and the entry will be sub mitted in the state contest to com pete for the first prize award of $100 Victory bond and second awar£ef a $50.00 Victory bond. The purpose of the contest is to focus die interest of the present I student generation on the place and importance of newspapers in war land peace as community service institutions. The subject of the contest is “Newspapers Serving the Community.” , The essays should not be over' 1,500 words in length and should be neatly written, preferably j typewritten, but this is not im- j perative. Entries must be sent to this newspaper not later than De-, cember 1. The winning county (Continued on Page Four) ! H|ting en Ate-witie Ml that is lewspaper Sparta Man Given Important Assignment; May Deal With Tojo U. S. District Attorney Carlisle Higgins, of Sparta, in all proba bility will prosecute Japanese General Hideki Tojo, who, as Premier, directed the Pearl Har bor attack on Dec. 7, 1941, Joseph B. Keenan, chief prosecutor of Jap war criminals under General MacArthur and former assistant attorney general announced, fol lowing Higgins’ appointment as chief assistant to Keenan. Keenan was head of the De partment of Justice criminal di vision in the early days of the Roosevelt Administration when Higgins first became District At torney after having been Superior Court Solicitor. “I regard Mr. Higgins as one of the outstanding U. S. district at torneys of our country,” said Kee nan. “He rates very highly. He is efficient and experienced, and we need him for his resourceful ness and ingenuity, too, because in these trials in Japan we will be sailing on unchartered legal seas. I consider him one of the outstanding legal minds of the (Continued on Page 4) AAA Committee To Be Elected In County, Nov. 30 __ County Delegates Will Also Be Chosen; C. G. Collins Is Chairman Alleghany farmers will take time out from seasonal work on November 30 to elect AAA community and county commit teemen for the coming year, it was announced today. Three community committee men and two alternates, as well as a delegate to the county conven tion, will be chosen in each of the county’s 12 farming communi ties. The delegates will later elect the three-man committee which will administer AAA ac tivities within the county. Chairman C. G. Collins, of the county AAA committee, said today that dates, hours, and plac es for holding the annual election are now being determined. An nouncement will be made within the next few days. In Alleghany, Mr. Collins said, approximately 1,100 farm ers are eligible to vote for com mitteemen this year. “Eligible" farmers are those who partici pate in the 1945 agricultural con servation or crop insurance pro gram. (Continued on Page 4) May Prosecute Japan’s Tojo U. S. District Attorney Carlisle Higgins, who has been appointed^ assistant to Joseph B. Keenan, chief prosecutor of Jap war criminals. * Thanksgiving Greetings Christmas Seal Sale Will Open Here On Monday Miss Minnie Lou Edwards Is Chairman; Drive To Be Aided By Schools The sale of Christmas seals will get underway in Alleghany on Monday with Miss Minnie Lou Edwards, member of the Sparta high school faculty, serv ing as chairman. Miss Edwards pointed out that 20,000 seals have been received and will be sent out in letters to the citizens of the county, who are urged to buy the number sent them. In addition to the seals, (Continued on Page Four) War II Veterans Will Be Honored A group of Alleghany men will entertain all county boys who are veterans of World War II at a turkey dinner at the community building on Saturday, December 1, at 6:00 p. m., it was announced this week. Each service man or woman has been asked to wear their uni form to show the branch of serv ice they repreaented. Those sponsoring the dinner in clude J. A. Higgins, W. F. Os borne, Jess Moxley, Hardin Bell, Jesse McOsborne and D. F. Stur divant. CHRISTMAS SHOPPING EDITION NEXT WEEK In co-operation with the merchants, this paper will pub lish the annnal Christmas shopping edition next week, November 9. At this time, the pnblic will be reminded of the many ad vantages of trading at horn and win be offered a wide se lection of Christman gifts in the advertisements of the mer The edition will contain a large nnmber of Christmas features an well an the regular features and will be of inter est to everyone. Merchants are asked to co operate with the paper by working on their advertise mentg as early as possible in order to have.them ready for the edition. The edition will herald the official opening of the Christ mas shopping season kern. / Quiet Thanksgiving Expected In County; Hunting Season Opens; Many Turkeys Sold ! Mrs. Taylor, 88, Passes At Home; i, Buried Saturday * 'Dies At Home Here After An , Illness Of Several Weeks Mrs. Kate Edwards Taylor, 88, of Sparta, one of Alleghany’s most beloved women, died at her home here Friday, November 16, after several weeks’ illness. I Funeral service was conducted Saturday afternoon at Union Primitive Baptist church with .Elds. S. G. Caudill and Charlie I Hall in charge. Interment fol lowed in the church cemetery. 1 “Aunt” Kate, as she was af i fectionately known, was the ■ daughter of the late Starlin and [Mrs. Amy Edwards and was born land reared in Alleghany county. Had she lived until Thanksgiving Day, she would have reached the age of 89. She was married on August 29, 1886 to Matthew Taylor, who pre ceded her in death. For more than 50 years she had been a member of the Union church. Surviving are two daughters, (Continued on Page 8) County Schools, Stores And Business Houses To Ob serve Holiday The first peacetime Thanksgiv ing in Alleghany county in three years is expected to be observed today as quietly as the first one on the American continent 325 years ago, when the Pilgrim fa thers gathered in response to the firsj Thanksgiving proclamation. A large number of returning servicemen will sit down to a good old-fashioned turkey din ner with their families for the first time since war began in 1941, while others will observe the day in army camps through out the nation and in distant out „ (Continued on Page 4J AAA Announces Payment Deadline C. G. Collins, chairman of the Alleghany AAA, announced this week that November 30 is the closing date for accepting appli cations for dairy production pay ment on July, August and Sep tember sales of milk and cream. Mr. Collins urged that all dairy farmers who had not done so, file their applications immediate ly. Washington—Price Administra tor Chester Bowles Sunday night announced the Government’s “an ti-inflation” automobile pricing formula under which retail pric es of 1946 models will be held on the average to 1042 levels. Bowles said that manufactur ers' prices to dealers will be in creased but that they will average less than 3V4 per cent above 1942 levels. He said that this in crease will be absorbed by reduc ing the list profit margin of deal ers so that the public will not have to pay more. He established dollkrs-and cents ceilings for two companies, authorizing increases of two per cent for Ford models and nine per cent for Sttidebakers. Later, there will be about a one per cent increase for Chrysler products, , Plymouth*, Ofedges and DeSotos. For General Motors cars, how ever, there will be a retail price reduction of about 2.S per cent below January, 1942, levels. G. M. cars — Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsxnobile, Buickand Cadillac— make up about 47 per cent of the nation’s total automobile produc tion; But Bowles did not close the door entirely on General Motors price increases. He ruled that in the case of G. M. C. and all other companies, slight increases will be allowed to cover the cost of improvements in structure and design. i The policy announcement was expected to bring a storm of pro test from retail auto dealers, and from the manufacturers. Car makers have been demanding price boosts ranging from six tc 60 per cent to cover increased production costs. \Ileghany One Of First In State To Reach Quota ileports Show That $52,037.50 In E Bonds Have Been Sold Reports late yesterday revealed hat Alleghany county has sur passed the Victory Loan quota of 580,000.00 with $80,037.50 report ;d by sources of sales. One of the first counties in the state to meet the quota, Alle ghany has been among the top hree since the drive began four iveeks ago. The E bond quota of £52,000.00 was surpassed by a small margin of $37.50, but enough to put Alleghany over the top. “It is a record of which we may indeed be proud,” Drive Chairman S. R. Nichols said as he pointed out that the citizens of this county had risen to the cause without the usual effort of bond salesmen and rallies. A report from the sales of each township was not available yes terday but will be announced next week, it was pointed out. Sources of sales reported the following: Northwestern Bank, $36,056.25 and the Sparta post of fice, $15,981.25. Deadline Cited Recruiter Will Be In Sparta On Next Tuesday, No vember 26 Lt. John L. Lindsay, Com manding Officer of the J. S. Ar my recruiting station, at Lenoir, has called attention to the fact • that veterans being dis charged have but twenty days after their discharge to enlist in tne regular army and retain bene fits due them. He urged strongly that all veterans think seriously of the offered advantages before too late to complete enlistment. He announced that a represen tative would be in Sparta next Monday, November 26. After twenty days, he pointed out, a veteran loses full benefits of the opportunities offered. for tne benelit of those men just discharged, and who must make an immediate decision, Lt. Lindsay reviewed the main pro visions of recent regulations. 1. Enlistments for one and a half, two or three years are now authorized. 2. Men re-enlisting retain their (Continued on Page 8) Regular Wild Life Club To Meet Nov. 30 The Alleghany county Wild Life club will meet Friday night, November 30, at 7:30 at the court* house, Dr. C. A. Thompson, presi dent, announced this week. Harve Goodman, district game warden and Grady Farthing, chief game warden for Western North Carolina, will speak to members of the club, it was an nounced. In addition, delegates for the district federation meeting to be held on January 23 and 24, will be elected Friday night, it was pointed out. All members are urged to at Bleachers Are Secured By Lio Bleachers with 'a seating ca pacity of 500 have been purchased by the Sparta Lions Club and will be erected hern early in March, it was announced this week. The bleachefrs, which are of the knock-down type, are movable, it was pointed out They will be erected at the race track here. Joe Bill Reed, president of the Lions, said this week that, two horse shows are planned for next year with the first to be held to May and the second in the fall. Mr. Reed pointed out that the
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