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-ALLEGHANY COUNTY’S ONLY NEWSPAPER. $1.50 a Year in Alleghany County SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, OCT. 31, 1946 jbwt Cover* Alleghany PRESS RUN — 2,025 VOLUME 58, NO. 7 Alleghany County I* . ,, raltwre and TmuW With A Population of M4L $2.00 a Year Out of County 3,500Are Expected To Vote In Alleghany GOP Advocates Return To Two Party System Candidates Speak To Enthusi astic Crowd At Rally Here On Tuesday Night Republican candidates spoke to an enthusiastic group of citizens here Tusday night in a county wide rally at the courthouse and asked for a return to the two party form of government. J. T. Miles, leading Republican from this county, urged that the listen ers support the party, and was the first speaker at the rally. Raymond Miles acted as mas ter of ceremonies and introduced the candidates. Roy Brooks, can didate for sheriff, spoke briefly asking that the people study the history of this country and other countries in relation to the two party form of government. Walter Johnson, candidate for the state legislature, discussed the evils of communism and the threat to the American principles and ideals. He asked that Amer ica be kept for Americans. Paul Swanson, candidate for the state senate, discussed his plat form and promised to serve Al leghany to the best of his ability. Other speakers were George Cheek, former lawyer from Alle ghany county, who is now living .in Colorado and Mr. Vestal, prom inent farmer of this county. An enthusiastic crowd of ap proximately 350 people filled the courtroom to hear the candidates and music was furnished by Cliff Evans and his band. Committees Appointed To Discuss Matter; Increase Membership Of Group Moving of the Sparta school site was the chief topic of dis cussion at the first fall meeting of the Parent-Teachers associa tion on Tuesday evening' at the school library. The appointment of a committee, to join with com mittees from other civic organiza tions, to go before the county commissioners in an attempt to change the school site, was taken under advisement. The commit tee is to be announced later. The group went on record as whole heartedly approving a new school site. rumuum,ciiicm w u-j a a it* w the organization had presented to the school a new speed-o-scope duplicator and a committee was appointed to complete plans for a box supper to be held soon to raise funds for the payment of the duplicator. On the commit tee are Miss Minnie Lou Edwards, Albert Richardson, Mrs. C. A. Thompson, Joe Bill Reed. The membership was divided into two groups and Albert Rich ardson and Muncie Crouse were named as group captains. A con .test will be conducted for an in crease in membership and the los ers will entertain the winners with a supper. A new membership committee was appointed by the president, Ralph Gentry, as follows: Miss Edna Edwards, Miss Mildred Taylor, Mrs. Roy Ellison, Mrs. Albert Richardson, Mrs. Muncie (Continued on Page 4) Demonstrations Are Given Here i Rby Bennett, state tobacco spe cilist, and Mr. McDonald, govern ment tobacco grader, were here on October 24 for two demons trations of grading of burley to bacco. At the demonstration in the afternoon at the home of Mrs. Pearl Fields, forty-nine people were present, the best attendance in five counties, according to the demonstrations. Mr. McDonald explained six different classifications and un iformity of grade with the objec tive of obtaining for the growers Former Governor Broughton To Speak At A County-Wide Democratic Rally Saturday Rally Speaker m FORMER GOVERNOR J. MELVILLE BROUGHTON, who will be the speaker at the county-wide Democratic rally to be held here at the courthouse Saturday after noon at 2 o’clock. County Farmers Vote Control Of Tobacco Crop Nation Overwhelmingly Asks I For Continued Control 4 hundred ny county farmers went to the polls last Friday and cast their vote for the tobacco referendum. Votes cast in favor of control to taled 203 against the five voters who did not agree. Of the total number who voted, 203 voted in favor of the three year control, four for one year control and one against any control. Some 275 farmers were eligible to vote in the referendum. The vote throughout the na tion was overwhelmingly in fav or of the three year control. Since the marketing quotas have been approved, individual acreage al lotments will continue next year. Allotments for individual farms for 1947 will not be less than 80 per cent of the 1946 allotment for any farm which has grown up to 75 per cent of its allotted acreage in any one of the past three years. The law provides that the 1946 allotments of nine-tenths acre or less cannot be reduced for 1947. Loans are now available for the 1947 Burley crop. SPARTA GIRL IS IN COLLEGE CHOIR Emogene Choate, of Sparta, was one of the fifty-five students taken into membership of the Woman’s College choir at Greens boro, N. C., according to an nouncement received form the college this week. _ Final Rally In Alleghany, Expect A Capacity Crowd, To Have Music Plans have been completed for the Democratic rally Saturday at which former Governor J. Mel ville Broughton will speak, ac cording to information received from R. F. Crouse, chairman of the Alleghany county Democratic committee. The rally will be held at the courthouse at 2 o’clock. Mr. Broughton made an excel lent record’as governor of North Carolina and is regarded as being one of the best public speakers in the state. Hon. Robert L. Doughton, can didate for re-election to Congress from the ninth district, will in troduce Mr. Broughton and all local candidates will be present. Mr. Crouse said he expected the courtroom to be filled to ca pacity and if . necessary to ac commodate the crowd, the speak ing would be held on the court house lawn. A program of special string music will be given by Cliff Evans and his band. Following the rally at Sparta Saturday, a county-wide Demo cratic rally will be held in West Jefferson at 7:30 with Mr. Broughton as the principal speak er. The public is cordially invited to attend both rallies. Teachers Attend District'Meet On October 25 Alleghany Unit Gets Certi ficate For 100 Percent Mem bership In N. C. E. A. Miss Clyde Fields, Miss Jean McMillan, Miss Eula Kennedy and Miss Minnie Lou Edwards attended the Northwestern Teac hers’ meeting at the R. J. Reynolds School in Winston-Salem last Friday. Alleghany county unit of the N. C. E. A., of the five in the district, was presented with a certificate for their 100 percent membership in the N. C. E. A. At the afternoon general meet ing, the Northwestern District teachers voted for the 20 percent raise in salary. This increase covers the bonuses. The question w'as hotly debated by opponents and those in favor of the plan as set up by N. C. E. A. legislative committee and the Board of Ed ucation. C. W. Phillips, president of N. C. E. A. expressed belief that the 20 percent increase would be voted. Following this meeting, the supterintendents, principals and classroom teachers met. This meeting was followed by depart mental meetings and the session was climaxed by an evening meeting at 7:30. Dr. Kennan, of the University of Maine, and as sociate secretary of the N. C. E. (Continued on Page Five) Scoltville Wins Final Baseball Game; Sparta Makes Protest The series of the Mountain Baseball League ended in a pro tested game between Sparta and Scottville on West Jefferson dia mond Sunday afternoon with Scottville winning 8-7. However, the final decision as to whether or not Scottville was the winner will be decided at a meeting of the umpires and the managers of the two teams in question tomor row night at 7:30 o’clock at the Colvard Oil Company in West Jefferson. W. L. Hughes, presi dent of the league, stated yester day. Managers of the two teams in question and Umpires S. W. Diggs apd Guy Spencer are expected to attend the meeting as well as managers of the other teams in . L. . league, President Hughes pointed out. Another record crowd gathered on the diamond to see what prov ed to be the most thrilling game of the season. Cox, on the mound for the winners, gave up 14 hits and the combined pitching of Joines and Atwood gave up 6 hits. In the catcher’s position for Scottville was Perkins and Hollo way for Sparta. The two teams traded top po sition throughout the game and it was not until the final play of the last inning that Scottville was made the victor. Jones was leading hitter for Scottville with two hits and Boy den Atwood for Sparta with three hits. Nichols, Richardson and Caiidill each scored two hits for Sparta. > The lineups for Sunday were as follows: (Continued on ?age 4) Supreme Court Visits The President Members of the new U. S. supreme court as they called on President Truman, left to right: Associate justices, Wiley Rut ledge, Frank Murphy, Felix Frankfurter, Hugo L. Black, Presi dent Truman, Chief Justice Vinson, and associate justices, San ley F. Reed, William O. Douglas, Robert J. Jackson and Harold H. Burton. Yellow Jackets To Meet Rural Retreat There Friday, Licked Cove Creek Last Week 14To 6 Turkish Tobacco Crop Good This Year In County Quality And Yield Are Much Better This Season Than Last Year The experimental production of Turkish tobacco in Alleghany and Ashe counties is proving to be a big success, according S. Wilkins, agronomist of the State fbtttfision who is in charge of .the The second year’s eXperi: crop is now being harvested a; Mr. Wilkins states that the qui ity is extremely good and that the yield is better than anticipat ed. He estimates that the experi mental work will be expanded next year and that if it continues to be successful the raising of Turkish tobacco will provide an other cash crop for this section and nation. A total of 24 experiments of one-fourth of an acre each were conducted in the two counties this year and a few in Caldwell coun ty. After curing and grading, the tobacco is baled into 20 to 24 pound bales and shipped to the Oxford Experiment station for rebaling and grading. This year’s crop is said to be much better than last year’s due largely to increased knowledge and more favorable weather con ditions. School Absences Are Explained Swanson Edwards, Alleghany attendance officer, this week list ed definite instructions for re porting school absences. Mr. Ed wards said there had been some confusion as to how the absences should be reported and that in terested individuals were report ing directly to the attendance of ficer. All school absences should be reported to the principal of the school in the district where the absence occurs. The principal, in turn, after completing his inves tigation, will report to the attend ance officer. He asked that in dividuals not report the cases to the attendance officer as the first investigation would still have to be made by the principal of the school involved. AMERICAN LEGION TO SPONSOR JAMBOREE Dean Parish Post No. 98 of the American Legion will sponsor the “Big Victory Jamboree” at the courthouse next Saturday night, November 9 The Jam boree will feature “Uncle Mack Grow,” banjo king of the Car olinas. >. High class banjo playing, gui tar and violin playing favorite songs will be h*#d. Sparta High Has Won Four Out Of Five. Expect Close Battle Rural Retreat is the next op ponent on the schedule for the Sparta Yellow Jackets who have met five opponents already and defeated four of them. The game will be played at Rural Retreat at 2 o’clock Friday afternoon and a strong contest is anticipated. The probable line-up for the game, according to Coach Jo Bill follows: Caudill, w., ^ight, tackle; ; guard; Joines, K left guard; Mox ^^flHrTackS; Atwood, left end; Osborne, right half; Reeves, left half; Rizoti, fullback; and Jimmy Davis, quarterback. An over-confident Sparta elev en met a much improved Cove Creek team Friday on a field that was nothing but a mass of mud and were almost upset in a game that was scheduled to be a breath er. Early in the first quarter Cove Creek carried the ball deep into Sparta territory, arid the in terception of a pass on the one yard line by Carl Gentry was the Only thing that saved a score at that point. In the second period Osborne ran the ball down to the three yard line and Reeves took it over for the first six points of the game. Gentry made the extra point making the score 7-0. Cove Creek’s touchdown came in the third quarter when Wilson scored for the visitors. The extra point was not good, making the score 7-6. Gentry scored in the fourth quarter and Osborne made the extra point, clinching the game for the Yellow Jackets, 14-6. Line-ups for the game was, for Sparta the same as the one that will start against Rural Retreat, and for Cove Creek: Minton, right end; Cecil Ward, right tac kle; Combs, right guard; Mast, center; C. Ward, left guard; Har (Continued on Page 4) 5,000 Voters Registered For Election, Much Interest In Races, Little In Amendments Seven Democrats, Four Re publicans Seeking; Offices In Alleghany County On the eve of the election, with a heavy vote predicted, candi dates for seven county offices are making their final pleas for elec tion. Seven Democrats and four Republicans are seeking those offices. Walter E. Johnston, Jr., is in the race for solicitor, unopposed. He is a Democrat. Wade Brown, Democrat, and Paul Swanson, Re publican, are opposing each oth er in the race for state senate. In the race for state representa tive, C. W. Erwin, whose name is not on the official ballot but who is the Democratic candidate, is opposed by Walter Johnson, Republican. Gene R. Irwin, Democrat, is unopposed for clerk of the Super ior court and Lee M. Woodruff, Democrat, has no opposition for the office of coroner. In the sher iff’s race. Glenn D. Richardson, Democrat, is opposed by Roy L. Brooks, Republican. Dillon M. Edwards, Democrat, and Robert Hoppers. Republican, are in the race for county commissioner. In the other race which always creates much interest in Alle ghany. Hon. Robert L. Doughton is seeking re-election to congress from the ninth district and is op posed by Clyde R. Greene, Re publican, from Boone. Little interest is being shown in the amendments which are to be voted on in '-.Tuesday’s elec tion. The first amendment is de signed to make the Constitution equally applicable to men and women, as to jury service, suf frage and in other respects. It is commonly called the “Women iury amendment.” although it goes far beyond simply permit ting women to serve as jurors. Its principal advocates insist that its purpose is to fully equalize right and opportunity between the sexes. The other amendment provides for payment of $10.00 per day ex penses for not exceeding sixty days of any legislative session. Riders Refused On School Buses The public is reminded this week that according to state school laws, school bus drivers are not permitted to accept pas sengers other than school bus driver, Miss Clyde Fields, county superintendent of schools, stated this week. Section 136 of the school law which states that “no school bus driver may permit anyone to ride on the school bus except those so designated by the school author ities” and is referred to the pub lic by Miss Fields. The cooper ation of those who have been requesting rides is asked by the superintendent. Halloween Carnival At Sparta School Creates Much Interest Betty Lou Hines, Carol Rich ardson, Howard. Carpenter, Edd Pugh, Mrs. Champ Duncan, Cor nelia Richardson and Alta Rich ardson walked away with the prizes at the Sparta school car nival which was held at the school gymnasium on Wednes day evening. In a contest to surpass all con test, Betty Lou Hines amassed a total of 6,462 points to win the haby contest. Her nearest rival was Jerry Waddell with 3,524 votes. Others in the contest were Katherine Randolph, Bobbie Rey nolds, Ramona Jones, Wayne Sparks and Joyce Lee Poole. Carol Richardson was named queen and Howard Carpenter, King in a hotly contested race. One of the outstanding features of the evening’s entertainment was the contest to select the ug liest man. Jo BUI Reid, Emerson Black, Edd Pugh and Kenneth Williams vied with each other for this doubtful honor and Edd Pugh won by a large majority. As a prize he was awarded a bottle of pickles. Costumes of all kinds, Hallo ween and otherwise, were shown in the parade of about forty peo ple who competed. The contest was divided into three classes, the elementary school, the high school, and outsiders. Cornelia Richardson won for the elemen tary school, Alta Richardson for the high school and Mrs. Champ Duncan for the outsiders. Added attractions were the cake walk, the turkey raffle which was won by Gene Irwin, fortune telling, the grab bag and many others. The carniva} was termed a huge success by mem bers of the faculty of the Voting Places For Seven Pre* cincts Listed; Polls Open From 6:30 To 6:30 Approximated R non voters »re registered in Alleghany county and are eligible to cast their Dal lot in the general election on Tuesday, November 5, according to G. Glenn Nichols, chairman of the county board of elections. Mr, Nichols predicted that 75 per cent of that number would go to the polls, if the weather holds good. In 1944, a presidential year, the total vote was 3,168 and in 1936, 3,843 Alleghany citizens voted. Some 500 absentee ballots were received in the 1944 election, but that large number was attributed to the fact that so many voters were still in service. This year 242 absentee ballots were sent out and only about 70 have been re* turned. The Gap Civil precinct, which includes Sparta, has approximate* ly 1,450 voters registered. Other precincts have registered approx* imately this number; Cranberry, 300; Cherry Lane 650; Glade Creek, 800; Prather’s Creek, 600} Piney Creek, 650; and Whitehead, 450. The polls will be open front 6:30 a. m. until 6:30 p. m. Four schools. New Hope, Little Pine, Whitehead and Cranberry, will be closed as elections are to be held in those buildings. Other polling places are the Alleghany courthouse, the agricultural build* ing at..Piney Creek, and Cherry partie* making spec$dl (Continued School Announces New Honor Roll 107 Students Listed By The Principal For Month Of October One hundred and seven stu dents of the Sparta public school have been listed as honor student# for the month of October by offi cials of the school this week. Stu dents must have an average of 90 and above to be placed on the honor roll. The list, according to grades is as follows: First grade: Charles Hoppers, Lorraine Roberts. Rose Marie An drews. Georgia Billings, Herbert Singletary, Dale Poole, Rose Crouse, James Edwards, Don Wooten. Second grade: David Duncan, Robert Fox, Joe Thomas Irwin, David Truitt, Page Truitt, Dor. man Wooten, Marion Cheek, Edna Jones, Alice Crouse, Vivian An derson, Edward Crouse, Lewis Porter. Third grade: Bobby Dean Cau dill, Walter Lee Hampton, Mary Frances Crouse, Patsy Ruth Dol inger, Alma Jo Dutton. Stella Flo Dutton, Patsy Roy Hill, Bobbia Johnson, Betty Ann Presnell, Cornelia Richardson. Sandra Shockley, Maxine Sprinkle, Bob by Busic, Bill Phillips, John Wayne Edwards. Fourth grade: Marjorie Miller, Ann Thompson, Jane Duncan, Marion Allison, Harold Hoppers, Eleanor Ward, Hoyt Sparks, Susie Sturdivant. Sally Quinn, Doris (Continued on Page 4) CALENDAR OF EVENTS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1 The Boy Scout Court of Honor will be held at the First Baptist Church on Fri day evening at S o’clock. SATURDAY, NOVFMBER ♦ The Democratic Bally will he held at Die courthouse Sat urday afternoon at % o’clock with Former Governor J. Mel ville Broughton as the speaker.
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