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The Alleghany News AND STAR-TIMES The NEWS established February 16, 1940— The TIMES, 1925 and The STAR, 1889. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY At Sparta, N. C,_ THURSDAY, SEPT. 5, 1946 ED M. ANDERSON-PnbUsher MRS. ED M. ANDERSON.Associate )W« EMORY ETTA REEVES-Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES PER YEAR In County, 81.50 - Outside Connty, $2.00 The News is glad to pubish letters, not too long, on matters of general interest. Bu such communications must be accompanied by the real name of the writer, even when they are to be published under a nom de plume.____ Entered as second-class matter at the post office at Sparta, North Carolina, under the Aet of March 3, 1879. “If the choice were left to me whether to have a free press or a free 8fTern”*“*;J1 would choose a free press.”—Thomas Jeffer Education Is For All The State of North Carolina makes it possible for every child, rich and poor, to have the advantage of nine months of training each year in the public schools. This is for the rich and the poor alike, an equal opportunity. Parents should see that children avail themselves of this opportunity- Not only should they see that they are in school, but they should be encouraged to make the most of it. Parents are reminded of the fact that the compulsory school attendance age is from 7 to 16 this year. We believe that law or no law, parents should have sufficient in terest in seeing to it that their children are in school. This law like many others, is for the few that will not conform to the gen eral rule and it is a law that has teeth. A special effort will be made to see that every child of school age is in school this year. Don’t be the kind of parent that is penalized by this law. Be thankful of our good schools and see that your children attend. oOo Doughton Scores Again Congressman R. L. Doughton is always on the job- The people of this district, state and nation always have reason to be proud of the fact that he is not only on th* job, but carrying it out in the best possible man ner for the good of all people. Many congressmen have absentee rec ords- But this is never true of R- L- Dough ton. The following editorial from the Greensboro News gives his record in which the figures speak for themselves, as well as that of others from N. C.: “A compilation of roll-call votes for the second session of the 79th Congress shows that the North Carolina delegation had an absenteeism which was nothing . to write home about. “The house delegation had an average of 92 votes out of 130 roll-calls. That rep resents a 72 per cent average for a stand ing of 30th among all state delegations. In the senate, Senator Bailey, confined to his home by a protracted illness, cast 14 votes out of the recorded 142 senate votes for the session. Senator Hoey was well to the top, however, with 136 votes out - of 142 roll-calls. “Where the house vote is concerned, tiie palm goes to Representative Bob Doughton who voted 113 times, was pair ed 10 times and had only seven absences recorded against him. That is a record worthy of commendation, for certainly it testifies that age is no cause of absentee ism and it was set amidst all the outside duties devolving upon Farmer Bob and l:- . the drain upon his time as a result of his chairmanship of the all-important ways and means committee. It is realiza ' tion of responsibility and the inbred mountain training for a man to be where he’s supposed to be in line of duty of the ninth district representative which must go far towards explaining Farmer Bob’s presence when the measures and issues were actually called. That the heat or •* political exaction of a campaign does not necessarily interfere with the roll-call voting is attested by Representative Fol ger’s fine showing. Despite the two hot fights in his district, his voting record is sharply to the forefront as he is credited i with 112 votes, 14 pairs and seven ab sences. The fifth district representative obviously did not duck responsibility as he either voted himself or saw that he was paired for the count. That Repre sentative Kerr stood at the bottom of the house list with 72 votes, eight pairs and 50 absences, is set forth here for what ever it may be worth. “The Daily News strongly believes in members of the congressional delegation, house and senate, voting and, barring ill ness and similarly unavoidable causes, has little patience with either the cour age or the sort of representation which the people are getting when nobody speaks up for them, either through ac tual vote or arranged pa'ring, on such issues as have been and still are facing the nation and the world.” 0O0 Your Retailer Is Your Friend In some left-wing circles there has been an attempt to lay the blame for recent price increases at the door of retail indus try. Nothing could be more unfair — or more in contradiction of the facts. Retailers have no control over prices at the manufacturing level, save that which stems from the large purchasing power of the chains and the organized independents. And manufacturers, in turn, have no choice save to pass on to the wholesale buyer the increased costs resulting from higher wages and higher material prices all along the line. What modern retailing can and does do is to reduce to a minimum the spread between what the merchant pays and what he charges the ultimate consumer. Over the years, this margin has steadily gone down in many fields. In the merchandiz ing of staples, such as foods, which have a quick turnover and aren’t affected by style trends, the profit to the store is often only one or two cents of the consumer dol- I lar. If the store made no profit whatso ever, the saving to the average family would be extremely little. Other merchandizing services to the public include anti-hoarding and anti speculating activities- The goal of the pro gressive merchant is to make as much goods as possible available—and to price them at the lowest level which will return him a reasonable profit- And competition takes care of the occasional profiteer. Stores can’t do the impossible. They can’t absorb increased wholesale costs and stay in business. But they are fighting the consumers’ battle with all the important forces at their command. -0O0 Getting Better Products Research by the oil industry was re sponsible for the development and quantity production of a long list of special motor fuels and lubricants used by our fighting forces during the war. These oils, which v/ere superior to any of their predecessors, were a vital factor in keeping our military machine rolling. Now this progress is being passed on to the public in the form of better oils for civilian use. One example of this is a new automo bile oil which will shortly be on the mar ket. It has a special capacity to protect against varnish deposits on engine parts, against bearing corrosion, and against de terioration of the oil itself. In addition, it cleans engines, assures easy stajfjfejng and immediate lubrication of frictMjj&if sur faces, protects against engine and has a long list of other desirable proper ties. All in all, according to the techni cians, this particular oil will make for a better running car and longer car life. This is but one important new oil prod uct out of many that will be made Avail able to the consuming public as materials become available. All of these products will contribute to that American goal—a higher standard of living. And all of them represent the work of free enterprise in the interest of the people of the nation. Up In Smoke If the news was flashed over the nation that one of our principal cities was de stroyed by fire, with a loss of 10,000 lives, everyone would be running for an extra edition of their newspaper to read of the disaster. And yet such death and destruc tion happens every year in the amount of property and the number of lives lost by fire, and most persons think nothing of it —in fact, they help create the holocaust by their carelessness. ifrgtfr-'1-v;>r i tiwtfijjflfi^Tffinii f i:‘“lii'"' Sept, 9th Is Soil Conservation Day Attention Of County Farmers Is Called To Governor’s Proclamation Soil Conservation farming such as is being carried out in Alle ghany county as a part of the New River Soil Conservation Dis trict program, will be given a big boost through North Carolina on September 9. Governor R. Gregg Cherry has proclaimed September 9 as Hugh Hammond Bennett Soil Conserva tion Day in North Carolina. The occasion is a home coming cele bration at Wadesboro on this date in honor of Dr. Bennett, chief of the U. S. Soil Conservation Serv ice and a native of Anson county. The Governor's proclamation follows: Wherggs. Hugh Hammond Ben nett. an Anson county farm boy, has through his deep love for the soil become an outstanding fig ure in soil conservation in this land and many lands, and Whereas, he has tirelessly ded icated some 43 years to study and instruction in land preservation, first in his own state, then in the nation, and finally in the nations of the world, and Whereas, he has waged an un remitting fight for wise land use in the past which led to his event ual appointment as Chief of the Soil Conservation Service, and is at present still conducting a vig orous fight for the nation-wide adoption of soil conservation measures to protect the nation’s soil resources for this and future generations, Therefore, I. R. Gregg Cherry, as Governor, hereby designate and proclaim—in connection with a home-coming celebration in Mr Bennett’s home county of Anson —that the day of September 9. 1946, be Hugh Hammond Bennett Conservation Day in North Caro lina. In witness whereof. I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of North Carolina to be duly affixed. Dr. Waddell, 77, Well Known Ashe Physician Dies Grassy Creek — (Special) — Funeral service was held on Sunday morning at the Grassy Creek Baptist church for Dr. B. C. Waddell, well known and beloved Ashe county physician, who died in the hospital in Mar ion, Virginia on Thursday after an extended illness. The service, which was con ducted by Rev. M. D. Hart, Rev. Mr. Shumake and Congressman R. L. Doughton was attended by thousands of friends and relatives. Many from Alleghany county were present. Furehes News Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Church, of Winston-Salem, spent last week end with his mother and grandmother here. Miss Mary Tucker is home from Aberdeen, Md. where she has held a position for sometime. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Tulbert. Mrs. Ruby Griffath Williams, of West Jefferson, and a friend, Mrs. Ethel Kapps Long, called on friends here last Sunday. Mrs. Lenoir Wilier, of Missouri, who has been here all summer is still visiting her sisters Mrs. C. E. Jones, Mrs. G. B. Shepherd and Mrs. Izetta Rosendahl. [ Mr. and Mrs. Ross Jones of Nathan’s Creek spent this week end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. Joins. Mr. and Mrs. Dent Sturgill and sons, of Bel Air, Md., Mr. Mack Woodie, and sister, Mrs. Ethel Douglas, of Piney Creek, called on friends here Monday. Mrs. E. V. Richardson who has been visiting relatives and fri ends in Va.. Md., and Pa. since July, returned recently. Accidents have jumped to fourth place as a cause of death, according to the National Safety Council. Topping accidents are heart disease, cancer and cerebral hemorrhage. Accidental deaths to workers on the job totalled 16,000 in 1945. Accidents to workers away from their jobs totalled 29,000, almost twice the on-job total, the Na tional Safety Council reports. Careless driving may wreck a fender—or a family! With fewer wheat-threshings and com-shuckings these days, rural people are turning to old fashioned picnics, barbecues, and chicken stews for needed recrea tion. Twin Oaks News Mr. and Mrs. Elzie Reynolds and children, of Elkton. Md., are spending a few days with rela tives, here. Mr. and Mrs. Garnet Sextoni Mrs. O. D. Hapner, Mr. and Mrs. Ruben Sheets, visited Connie Jones in High Point recently. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Wyatt and daughters, Madge and Mabel, spent last Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. L.inville Blevins. Johnnie Gambill and Carl Ir win attended the Petroleum In dustry meeting in North Wilkes boro. last week, conducted by S. Gilmer Snarger. of Raleigh. Elzie Reynolds. Miss Addie Reeves, and Mrs. Wayne Reeves were recent dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Irwin. R. A. Reed left last week to accept a position as teacher in W'lkes countv. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Irwin and daughter. Sandra, of Washington, D C.. are expected to arrive here this week to spend two weeks with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Irwin. Dr. Paul Taylor and son, of Falls Branch. Tenn.,. spent the past week end with his mother and Mrs. D. P. Taylor, of Sparta, and called on friends here, also. Clint Landreth, Roscoe Wil liams. and Glenn Miles, of Gary, W. Va., spent the past week end with homefolks. Mr. and Mrs. Troy Irwin and son, Harold, of Cambria, Va., spent the week end with rela tives here. Attorney and Mrs. Sidney Gam bill. and children. Billie and Ricky, who have spent a few days with relatives in North Wilkesboro. stopped with friends here last week en route to their home in Pittsburgh. Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Crouse, of Winston-Salem, and Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Irwin, of North Wilkesboro, visited here last week. > Clinton Blake, of Salisbury, stopped with friends here Mon day returning from a fishing trip in Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Crouse, of Mt. Airy, and his mother. Mrs. Goodwin Kenniecutt. of Patter son. N. J., spent Saturday pjfht with Mr. and Mrs. Carl Irwin. They were called here on account of the sudden death of Dr. B. C. Waddell, of Grassy Creek, Mrs Kenniecutt. was formerly Miss Malissie Lee Waddell, the adopted daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. Waddell. Mrs. Ray Livesay and her fath er. J. R. Crouse, of Woodstown. N. J., have been spending a few days with relatives at New River Farms. Mr and Mrs, Leo H. Irwin, and daughter. Sandra, and Mrs. Stella York, of Washington. D. C., ar rived here Sunday to spend two weeks with relatives. Mr and Mrs. J. C. Wilson and grandson. J. C., Jr., of Glade Val ley, Mr. and Mrs. Harvev Irwin, and son, Alton, of Stratford, spent Sunday with relatives here. Andy Petty, of Galax. Va., spent Monday with relatives, here. Mr. and Mrs. Grady Irwin and children, Mary Lee, Kemp and Joe spent the week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Petty, of Galax, Va. Several from here attended the funeral of Dr. B. C. Waddell, of Grassy Creek, Sunday. Foster Absher stopped here Sunday morning en route to visit his parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Absher, in Sparta. He has spent the past two years in California and Texas since being discharged from the navy, with which he served a number of years before and during the war. Bob Steadham spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Johnson Wyatt. Stratford News Mrs. Oscar Richardson who has been practically paralyzed for several months, but had been improving, is now in a serious condition since another attack Sunday evening. She was carried to Mt. Airy hospital where she re mains serious. Mr. and Mrs. Elzie Reynolds and children of Maryland spent the week 3*id of August 24th and 25th with relatives here and at tended communion services at Antioch which was held on that date. Mrs. Alice Bennett, of Fries, Va„ and Mrs. Nannie Caudill, of Galax, Va. recently visited their brother, Alex Mabe, and sister, Mrs. Florence Joines here. Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Gilliam and family are moving to their place recently purchased near Ronda after having sold then place here to Mr. and Mrs. Clay Joines. Mr. and Mrs. Mack Musgrove have returned to Baltimore, after a visit with his mother, Mrs. Dora Musgrove here. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Critcher and daughter, of Furches, recent ly visited Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Taylor here. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Roupe, of Furches visited Mr. and Mrs. Donald Musgrove Sunday even ing. Mr. and Mrs. Rex Moxley and son of Galax, visited Mrs. Oscar Richardson, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. John Reeves Wat son are spending this week visit ing in Maryland and Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Saultz re cently spent a few days with re In A r-Vio nnimtv Mr. and Mrs. Rex Warden and Lonnie Hendricks Returned form Portsmouth last week where they had been visiting relatives for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Boyer and daughter of Philadelp hia, Pa.. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Wat son of Hampton. Va., Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Hendricks and son Roy, Mrs. Blanche Hendricks, and daughter Fannie and Eugene Mitchell of Portsmouth and Mr. and Mrs. Rex Warden and Lonnie Hendricks were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Grady Cobb Nor folk, Va., Mrs. Cobb is Mr. Hend ricks mother and is formally of this county. Recent dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Edear Mabe were, Mr. and Mrs. G. O. Edwards, Mr. and Mrs. Rush Carpenter, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Flinchman, Ernest Mabe and sister, Mrs. Warren Surcamp, and Mr. and Mrs. Alex Mabe. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Billings and son. Ronnie. Mrs. H. G. Billings and Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Billings Jr., of Hanes, spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. J F. Atwood. Dorothy and Mary Lee Richard son, Furches. spent Monday night with Mr. and Mrs. I. B. Richard son here. Mrs. W. B. Fender recently spent a few days with relatives in Ashe county. Mrs. Mat Estep visited Mae Williams Sunday. Miss Williams is suffering from an attack of asthma. Pine Swamp News onfi Rrvl Wagner and Miss Claudine Wagner, of Wind mo Gulf w. Va.. visited Mrs. Henry Evans, Friday. Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Gaither Evans were: Mr and Mrs. Floyd Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler Wollowav. and children. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Caudill. Jr., and M’sses Lou and Myrtle Evans. “Aunt” Marv Ann Joines is ill at tto home of her daughter. Mrs. Claudd HollOwav and Mr. Hollo wav. Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Rich ardson visited her Sundav. Mr. and Mrs .J. M. Brown spent Sunday with Mrs. Brown’s grand mother, Mrs, Bud Edwards, of Chestnut Grove. Mr..' and Mrs Gaither Evans and sons returned home last week from visiting relatives in Aber deen, Maryland. SPART’A AMR l«v«wr. TO PI AY SATURDAY (ContiilUPd from Pai»e 1' games is as scheduled: Saturday. September 7, Lan sing at Sparta; West Jefferson at Laurel Springs; Scottville at Roans Creek: Nathan’s Creek at Pond Mountain. Sunday, September 8, Pond Mountain at Lansing; Sparta at Scottville; Laurel Springs at Nat han’s Creek; Roans Creek at West Jefferson. MT. PRIMITIVE BAPTIST MEET ON WEDNESDAY (Continued from Page 1) Mayo; Eld. Lillie, of the Indian Creek; Eld. George Denny, of the Fisher’s River and Eld. D. P. Broadway were heard. During the Sunday session, the following were heard: Eld. Les ter Barker, of the Washington As sociation; Eld. Carl Mabe, of Upper Mayo; Eld. I. W. Kilby, of Indian Creek; Eld. Ed Davis, of Senter, and Eld. C. D. Hall, of Roaring River. The moder ator of the Association, Eld. S. P. Roberts, closed the three-day ses sion. During the business session on Friday, Eld. S. P. Roberts was re-elected moderator; J. M. Rec tor, clerk, and Lon M. Reeves, assistant clerk. Lunch was served on the grounds each day of the meet ing. A number of visitors from points throughout the state were guests of Sparta people during the meeting. The association will meet next year with the Crab Creek church at Ennice. ALLEGHANY BAPTIST TO MEET ON FRIDAY (Continued from Page 1) son on “Daily Vacation Bible School”; E. C. Minnich on "Train i >ng Union”; A. O. Joines on “Ed ucation"; Dr. N. D. Fox on “Sun ! day Schools”; Mrs. F. G. Walker on “Missions”; Mrs. J. T. Fender on Temperance.” An address will then be delivered by M. A. Hug gins, secretary of the Baptist State Convention. The election of officers and reports of com mittees will close the Saturday session. The Sunday session, which will begin at 10:30 a. m. will feature an address by Hon. R. L. Dough ton and a message by Dr. I. G. Greer, superintendent of the Bap tist Orphanage which will be fol- t lowed by a sermon by Rev. F. G. *'J Walker, pastor of the Sparta Bap tist church. Mrs. Van Miller will also give a report on “Orphan age” and the devotional service will be conducted by Rev. Fred Blevins. Ushers of the two-day session will be Herbert Osborne, Harry Young, Ray Parlier, Pauline Os borne and Marye Kennedy, it was announced. PRICE CEILINGS HAVE BEEN LIFTED (Continued from Page 1) to go around. These items appeared on the ceiling-free list: Fresh lemons, grapefruit, peach es, apples and tangerines. Fresh snap beans, cantaloupes, carrots, lettuce, onions, spinach, sweet potatoes and tomatoes. Canned peas, lima beans, as paragus, and mixed vegetables. Frozen lima beans, corn, green peas and asparagus. Canned apricots, plums, and prunes. Frozen fruits. Dried apples, and other apple products, except canned apples apple butter and applesauce. Cranberries, Concord grape products, hay, tobacco, wool, edi ble tree nuts, hops, popcorn, broom corn, gum rosin, beeswax, peppermint and spearmint oil, peanuts and peanut products ex cept oil and meal. OPA officials said tobacco, poultry and eggs still might go back under ceilings at the dis cretion of the Decontrol board, but Anderson’s lists would make [ it hard to meet all the conditions Congress set up. In taking controls off these commodities, along with petro leum and its products, the law makers specified that the Decon trol Board could put them back on if it found that they were in short supply, with prices up un reasonably, and recontrol desir able and feasible. ASHE DEMOCRATS TO NAME TICKET (Continued from Pace 1> can, chairman of the executive committee, announced. The town shin meets are set for three P. M. on Friday while the county con vention wi'l open at one o’clock on Saturday. The Republican convention has been announced for Saturday, September 14. at 1:00 o’clock for the purpose of naming the party’s ticket. Township meetings will be held on Friday afternoon, Sep tember 13. at three o’clock. Chair man B. B. Graybeal said. 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Containing 90 acres, more or less, situated in the Glade Creek township and state of North Caro lina, and bounded and surround ed by the lands of L. M. Cheek, J. Q. Harris, Ennice Lynch,. Lon Richardson, and Laura Maines. Said land will be sold as par cels and as a whole. TERMS OF SALE: 1/3 cash on day of sale and the balance in two equal install ments, six and twelve months after date, deferred payments to be secured by note. This the 2nd day of September, 1946. W. R. SMITH, Commissioner. 9-5-2tc. .
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