VOLUME 57, NO. 20
AND STAR-TIMES- (CONSOLIDATED ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1941) —ALLEGHANY COUNTY’S ONLY NEWSPAPER.
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THURSDAY, FEB. 21, It*
Well Concealed
Moonshine Still
Is Captured Mon
Officers Destroy 1,000-Gi
Outfit In The Antic*
Section
An almost perfect camouflaged
moonshine still was captured
Monday in the Antioch section
when deputies Glen RichaMsbtl
and Steve Spurlin stumbled on a
1,000 gallon outfit.
“I smelled it before'I saw it,”
Richardson said. He explained
that after the boxes and all
equipment had been brought into
the wooded area, poles had been
placed around them and boarded
with slabs, which were in turn
covered with branches and twigs,
making it almost impossible to
distinguish from a distance. An
opening just la. rie enough for a
man to crawl through served as
the door.
“The top was also covered,
making it impossible to disting
uish the still from the air, except
at a very low altitude,” Rich
ardson declared.
The officers reported that a
run had just been made si^ce the
still was warm when- they ar
rived. No arrests were made.
“It’s certainly something new
in still making,” the officer
stated.
Stock Clinic To
Continue 2 Days
County Agent Black Urges
Farmers To Bring Their
Stock To Be Treated
from
the ap
He £
horses
Farmers were again reminded
this week of two remaining days
of the workstock clinic for the
treatment of horses and mules
botts which will be held on
lay and Monday, February
25 under the supervision
Dr. S. G. Eddins, vetinerian,
Galax,
" Hitt wee
ready r
during the
this week. He pointed out that
bad weather kept several farmers
bringing their animals to
ppointed meeting places,
ilso reminded farmers that
may have water but no
1 for twelve to eighteen hours
we the treatment is given,
ollowing is the schedule for
the two remaining days:
Saturday, February 23—8:45,
Whitehead; 9:30, Mack C. Ed
wards; 10:00, W. F. Doughton;
10:45, M. E. Reeves; 11:30, Carey
Brown; 12:15 p. m., Cleve Nich
ols; 1:15, Glade Valley; 1:45
Cherry Lane and 2:15, J. C. Mc
Cann.
Monday, February 25— 8:30,
Edmonds; 9:00 Barrett; 9:45
Hare; 10:30, Hooker; 11:00, Don
Smith; 11:30, B. H. Rector; 1:00
p. m., Edwards Cross Roads, and
J 1:30, T. L. Crouse.
New Feed Store
Will Be Opened
James Hawthorne, returned
veteran of World War II, an
nounced this week that he plan
ned to op>en a feed and fertilizer
store here in the near future.
Now under construction in
northwest Sparta between the
Firestone Service Station and
the Doughton property is a 30 by
60 foot building which will house
the new store. Mr. Hawthorne
stated that the building is ex
pected to be completed within
the next thirty days.
He pxdnted out that the busi
neaa would include the sale of
feeds, fertilizer, seeds and some
heavy hardware.
Textile Industry
May Be Secured
K
During the past week interest
in this area has been shown by
representatives of the textile in
dustry.
Some officials, who met with
local representatives this week
said they were favorably impress
ed with the possibilities of a new
plant here, but were not ready
to make any definite decisions as
yet. \
A number of local people have
shown inclination to cooperate in
every way possible to secure an
Plans Underway For
.Red Cross Drive; To
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NOW IN JAPAN
Cpl. Clayton Richardson,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Richardson, of Stratford, is
now on the Hokkado Island.
Japan. Nineteen years old
the day he sailed in October,
Cpl. Richardson has been in
service since April, 1945.
CpL Roy L. Smith
Civen Discharge;
Wins Bronze Star
Served Two Years On Guam
And Iwo Jima With Fight
ing Marines
Cpl. Roy Lee Smith, another
of Alleghany’s fightin’ Marines,
wjv* recently discharged from
Hb after having served on
HSTand Iwo Jima. He. wears
^phnze Star medal.'
Cpl. Smith, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. R. Smith, of Ennice, en
listed in the Marine Corps in
September, 1943, graduated from
the U. S. Marine Corps Infantry
and Browning Automatic Sec
tion school at Camp Pendleton,
Oceanside, Calif., and went over
seas in July, 1944, with the Third
iviarine Division.
In addition to the Bronze Star
he wears the Asiatic-Pacific the
atre ribbon with two battle
stars. He attended Sparta high
school, where he was a member
of the basketball and baseball
teams.
The citation accompanying the
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Harry Wingler
Returns Ifo Navy
Petty Officer First Class Har
ry Lee Wingler has returned to
Raleigh for re-assignment in the
navy, after spending a thirty
day leave with his wife, the for
mer Miss Pansy Stoker, and
small daughter, Sharon.
Petty Officer Wingler is a ra
dioman and has just returned
from twenty months in the
South Pacific.
S. R. Nichols Will Serve As
Plans are now underway here
for the annual Red Cross Drive
in Alleghany county which will
open on Friday, March 1 with
an assigned quota of $625.00,
county chairman Isom Wagoner
announced this week.
'S. R. Nichols, Sparta post
master and past chairman of a
number of war loan drives, will
serve as chairman this year, Mr.
Wagoner announced. Alton
Thompson is secretary and trea
surer of the organization.
A meeting of the chairman,
other officials and persons in
| terested in the drive, has been
i called for Monday night, Feb
| ruary 25 at 7:30 o’clock in office
; of the Alleghany News, it was
pointed out. Cards and letters
have been mailed to a number
of persons and everyone is urged
to attend in order that the or
ganization may be completed.
Mr. Wagoner explained that
Alleghany county had been as
signed a quota jiot' half as large
as the quota of $1,700.00 in 1945
and not one third as large as the
quota of $3,400.00 in 1944. How
ever, he explained, the co-oper
ation of everyone will be needed
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E. P. Caldwell To
Assist Veterans
Will Be In The Office Of Reg
ister Of Deeds Here Ev
ery Wednesday
Eugene P. Caldwell, of Hick
ory, representing the North Car
olina' Veterans Commission, AwilV
be in the office of the Register
of Deeds at the courthouse here
each Wednesday to assist veter
ans in securing the benefits pro
vided them by law, it was an
nounced this week.
Mr. Caldwell, assisted by John
T. Miller, will serve the area
Composed of Alleghany, Wilkes,
Alexander, Catawba, Lincoln,
Davie, Iredell and Rowan coun
ties.
He will assist veterans in fil
ing claims and in obtaining hos
pitalization, insurance, training
on job and educational oppor
tunities.
Family Day To Be
Observed Mar. 3
“Family Day” will be observ
ed at the New Hope Baptist
church on Sunday, March 3, it
was announced this week.
ReV,'.'E'. P, Walker, pastor, will
deliver a *$ermon on “The Chris
tian Home”,at 2:30 o’clock. Sun
day sphoM WUl begin at 1:30, it
The cordially invited
to attpa^VWfNfervice and it is
hoped yfeyeify family in the
commiwjr VdH be able to attend.
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Piney Creek Brothel‘-’Service
Pfc. Albert Rutherford, left, has re-enlisted in the army
for one year, after receiving his discharge and has returned to
Germany. CpI. Max J. Rutherford, right, has been discharg
ed from the U. S. Marines, after 38 months overseas in the
Pacific theatre. With 101 points, he wears the Purple Heart
for wounds received at Okinawa. He also took part in the
campaigns at Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima. The men are sons
of Mrs. A. M. Rutherford and the late Mr. Rutherford, of
Piney Creek.
Where Tons Of Granite Blocked Highway After Landslide
A partial view of the tremendous landsli of earth and granite that completely block
ed around 75 feet of Highway 88, between Wa rensviile and Trade, Tennessee, just below
the power plant, several days last week. Th-' r~ad is now open with much of the debris
yet to be removed. It is estimated that the slide poured around 50,000 tons of dirt and
rock into the highway. (Staff Photo)
Lt. Claude Smith
Is Home After 42
Months Overseas
Served In China-Burma The
atre Of Operation; Has
103 Points
Second Lieutenant Claude J.
Smith arrived at his home at
Piney Creek last week, after
spending 42 months in the China
Burma-India theatre of opera
tions.
Leaving Calcutta, India, on
January 11 with 2,521 soldiers
aboard, the USS Marine Robin
made the 8,700 mile trip to Port
land, Oregon, in 23 stormy days.
En route, those aboard could
view Singapore, Formosa, Mani
la, Okinawa and Mt. Fujiyama.
y»*Lt. Smith will spend a 45-day
leave with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. S. E. Smith, of Piney Creek,
after which he will report to
Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, for
reassignment.
With a total of 103 points, Lt.
Smith wears the Good Conduct
medal, American defense ribbon,
American theatre ribbon, Europe
North Africa-Middle East thea
tre ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific thea
tre ribbon with two stars, China
Liberation ribbon, the Burma
Star and the Victory ribbon.
W. J. Hotel Group
Is Given Charter
Will Purchase Business Site
For Proposed New Hotel
Building Here
West Jefferson— (Special) —
The charter for. the New Hotel
Company, Incorporated of West
Jefferson has been approved
with 3J original " stockholders
and the group will meet on Mon
day evening at 7:30 to elect di
rectors and officers and to fur
ther activate plans for the pro
posed new hotel, here.
Charter members subscribed to
$2,650.00 of stock before the char
ter was applied for and plans
have been made to purchase the
Rhodes property beyond the
Duncan Motor company on the
Boone Road.
Much interest is already being
shown in the proposed hotel and
the meeting which will be held
at the W. G. Vannoy furniture
company, Monday, when further
plans including a finance and
building committee will be dis
cussed. All interested parties
are urged to attend. At the
meeting last week, Wade Eller
was named process officer to se
cure the charter.
SPARTA GIRL MAKES
MARS HILL HONOR ROLL
Mars Hill—Miss Frances Eva
Edwards, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Glenn Edwards, of Sparta,
is listed among those on the sec
ond honor roll at Mars Hill col
lege for the first semester just
released by the registrar’s office.
To be eligible for a place on
the second honor roll a student
has to earn 30 quality points,
with no grade lower than C. Out
of 758 students enrolled at the
college, the names of 73 appear,
on the first honor roll and 135
on the secohd honor roll.
■ .
AAA Committeemen To Meet
Mon. Afternoon To R e p o r t
On Farm Plans For Tear
Methodist Church
Fund Has Reached
Total Of $15,451.00
Other Contributions Are
Coming In; Plan To Begin
Building Soon
Contributions to the Sparta
Methodist church fund have
reached a total of $15,451.00,
Rev. C. R, Allison announced this
week with a number of additional
private donations reported.
Construction of the new build
ing is expected to get underway
sometime in the near future, it
was explained and a special ef
fort is being made to reach the
goal of $20,000.00 set in the be
ginning. Definite plans for the
structure have not been announc
ed.
Those making contributions
were: H. A. Vestal, Athens, Tenn.,
$100.00; Cleve Nichols, $100.00;
Mrs. R. A. Doughton, $500.00; Dr.
T. V. Goade, Statesville, $25.00;
Rufus Edwards, $1.00; and
friends* from Winston-Salem,
$265.00.
S-Sgt. W. N. Jones
Now In Manila
Manila—Staff Sergeant Wil
liam N. Jones, son of Mr. Frank
E. Jones, Scottville, is presently
serving with the 165th Field Ar
tillery Bn., in Manila as Radio
Sergeant.
Sgt. Jones entered the army
on March 5, 1943 and has been
overseas since June, 1945.
Prior to his entry into the ar
my, Sgt. Jones was employed at
the Edgewood Arsenal, Edge
wood, Md. He is a 1941 gradu
ate of Nathan’s Creek High
School.
Around 500 Farmers Have
Made Plans; Others Urged
To Do So
A meeting of AAA committee
men for both the county and the
various communities will be held
Monday afternoon at the com
munity building for the purpose
of reporting on the number of
plans already made for this year
by farmers who will co-operate
in the AAA program.
The county has an allotment
Of $48,788.00 for improved farm
practices under the AAA pro
gram, but in order to be eligible
for a share in this, the farmer
must make his plans with the
community committee before
March 15, Miss Bettie Halsey,
chief AAA clerk, said yesterday.
■ After the meeting on Monday,
when reports are made, the ex
act number of farmers who have
made plans, can be determined
and efforts will be made to in
clude others in the program
while there is still time to make
plans. It is estimated that to
date, around 500 farmers have
made their plans.
Members of the county AAA
committee include: Herbert Os
borne, chairman; Arthur Gam
bill, vice-chairman; B. H. Rec
tor, regular member and L. C.
Hampton, first alternate.
Community Committeemen:
Barrett: Lonnie Davis, Fred
Collins and Hurst Higgins.
Whitehead: Lonnie Edwards,
E. C. Mitchell and Letcher Ed
wards.
Wolf Branch: Arthur Gambill,
S. L. Perry and Robert Taylor.
Cranberry: M. E. Reeves, Rob
ert Joines and Charles Roberts.
Cherry Lane: Lester Wood
ruff, Burt Crouse and H. J. Spic
er. ' •
Piney Creek: John R. Halsey,
Ray H. Hash and Herbert Os
borne.
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Laurel Springs Father And
Son Die Within Five Days
Death came twice in the course
of five days in an Alleghany
home at Laurel Springs this week
when Robert Taylor, 59, and his
son, Victor Eugene (Tyre) Tay
lor, 28, passed away.
Robert Taylor died suddenly
in the Wilkes hospital on Feb
ruary 12, following a short and
what was thought to be minor*
illness.
Funeral service was conducted
February 14 at Pine Fork church
with Eld. S. G. Caudill in charge.
Burial followed in the Cranberry
cemetery.
The Laurel Springs man left
his widow, the former Miss Lena
Tilly and one son, Tyre. Also
surviving are his mother-, Mrs.
Ben Taylor and a sister, Miss
Anabell Taylor, both of Raleigh;
three brothers, Dr. Frank Tay
lor, of Murfreesboro, Tenn.;.Tyre
Taylor, Washington, D. C., and
Charlie Taylor, of Laurel Springs
and a grandson, Tyre, Jr., of
Sparta.
Exactly five days after the
death of his father, Tyre Taylor
died suddenly on Sunday morn
ing of a heart attack at the home
of his mother at Laurel Springs.
Funeral service was conducted
at Pine Fork church with Eld.
Coy Walker in charge. Burial
followed in the Cranberry ceme
tery. A military funeral was
carried out with members of the
armed forces serving as pall
bearers.
Young Taylor is survived by
his widow, the former Miss
Edith Jones, of Sparta, whom he
married October 9, 1939, and a
five-year-old son, Tyre, Jr. His
mother also survives.
He had been in service for the
past two years, having served, in
the European Theater of opera
tions for eleven months with flue
Eighth Armored Division.
Will Discuss PTA
Organization On
Monday, March 4
Mrs. Lawing And Mrs. Blaic
To Speak To Interested
- Parents And Teachers
The organization of a Parent^
Teachers association in Alleg
hany county will be discussed^
hare on March 4 when Mrs.
Holland Lawing, director of dis
trict three, and Mrs. J. S. Blair,,
past president of the North Car
olina Congress of Parents and
Teachers, will address interested?
parents and teachers of the
county.
The Woman’s club, as a civic
organization, was instrumental in
obtaining the services of Mrs.
Blair and Mrs. Lawing who will
speak to the group on how to
successfully organize and con
duct Parent Teacher groups,
throughout the countyi it was
announced.
The two ladies will be speakers
at the regular meeting of the
Woman’s club on March 4 at
! three o’clock and every inter -
| ested parent and teacher ip the
county is urged to attend. How
ever, it was pointed out, the
club is not sponsoring the move
ment, rather it is affording the
opportunity of bringing these
speakers to the parents and
teachers who have long felt the
need of such an organization in
Alleghany county.'
It is hoped that all parents in
the town and those throughout
the county will attend the meet
ing to obtain all the necessary
information in order that the
organization may soon be set
up here.
Republicans To
Meet On March 2
Delegates To Convention 1*
Lenoir Will Be Elected
At Meeting
Beale Po61e, 'chairman of the
Republican party in Alleghany
couhty, announced this week
that a meeting of all Republicans
had been called for Saturday,,
March 2 at two o’clock in the
courthouse here for the purpose
of electing delegates for the con
vention which will be held in
Lenoir on March 9. yj
Mr. Poole urged that all mem
bers of the Republican party in
Alleghany county come out to
the meeting.
Wildlife Club
Will Meet Friday
The Alleghany Wildlife Club
will meet Friday night at 7:30
for the purpose of electing offi
cers for the year, 1946, it was an
nounced this week.
Acting president G. Glenn
Nichols, urged that every mem
ber be present for this impor
tant meeting.
Better Roads To
Be Discussed Sat.
A “Better Roads” meeting is
being called for citizens of Piney
Creek township, Saturday, at one
o’clock at the courthouse here*
it was announced this week.
All persons who are interested
in the improvement of the roads
are urged to attend this meeting,
when officials of the state high
way department will be present.
For the past several weeks, the
Piney Creek road has been prac
tically impassable at times and
has been in very poor condition
during the entire winter despite
the efforts of the highway de
partment to keep it passable.