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PRESS Alleghany County b .., Ob Mutt« Uveatoek, Apt ml tore and TwnW Gestae, With A Population «f M41. VOLUME 58, NO. 8 $1.50 a Year in Alleghany County SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, NOV. 7, 1946 $2.00 a Year Out of County [Alleghany Democrats Win Election Houghton Wins Over Greene By Big Majority Over His Opponent Congressman Big Lead ncomplete Returns Give Incomplete returns from Tues lay’s election gave Congressman rt. L. Dough ton a big majority )ver his Republican opponent, riyde R. Greene. Unofficial re urns from Ashe county give him i majority of around 300. Alle ghany poled over more than 885 najority. The Congressman also took big leads in Iredel, Cabarrus, Rowan, Caldwell, and Alexander, with Stanley and Watauga as the only counties in the district in the Re publican fold, according to un official returns. Unofficial esti mates placed the Congressman’s majority in the district at more than 8,000. Complete and official returns will be published by this paper when they are available. Welfare Board Holds Meeting Considers Plans For Coming Year; Monthly Budget Is Announced On Monday, the county board of public welfare met in a- called session to consider revision in the administrative budget for the de partraent for the current fiscal year. On the same date ihe reg4 ular meeting was held |is local welfare office, s boaad include flowing action was taken for old age assistance: 4 new ap plications approved for payment effective December: 11 grants in creased effective December; one grant transferred from Virginia effective next January; 3 appli cations rejected; and 2 grants terminated. The board also in creased 7 aid to dependent chil dren grants. It was announced that for the month of November, $1446 were expended to 125 old age assist ance recipients in the county at an average grant of $12.73; for aid to dependent children, $716.50 to 25 recipients at an average grant of $29.38 per family. Prisoner Escapes From County Jail Fred Murphy, being held in the Alleghany on charges of robb^iVd Wednesday night aboutattflBuc and according to inforqjjpy jfreceived Thursday, he had^HfijjMMn apprehended. Accoi^H^Ht the report from Bfltice Muhphy stepped ■MpVtt <door when Geo. papier and his wife ■pMfefto the jail, with ■K ol^Mpf'%1 his hand and ■tened Mr. and Mrs. Hards. Hj§|ggii He waik«|p*t the jailer and H wife HElSftished before Kip could Hk .i*|pQ(ioned. CALENDAR 'HT ||VENTS FRIDAY. lH HkER 8 The Chamb#p§ CStmmeree will meet atl||E| RRununity bulldipg at 7:3iji|i| F. G. Walker iB ne Rev. SATURDAY. MM Ker 9 4-H Club AcU BMgit Day will be held at K iWdihit unitv building at lb oH EH an all day session. ■ The Big VietHj r^.,aL sponsored by the ■ Si Le glon, will be giH 1 the I **e after* In Uw co«m| lug. J»w MONDAY, NOVI aSBfiSS H1 I Here Are Some Of The Candidates Given Majorities By Alleghany Voters In Tuesday’s Election R. L. DOUGHTON, U; JL Congress WADE E. BROWN, State Senate C. W. ERVIN State Legislature GLENN D. RICHARDSON County Sheriff GENE IRWIN Cleric of the Court Congressman R. L. Doughton Observes Birthday Following Victory In Election, Tuesday Deplores Loss Oi Democrats In Nation; Cites Record Of His Party B*r Blaadtt Lewi* Congressman Bob Dough ton celebrated his 83rd birthday in hi* Sparta home yesterday, rest ing oh his laurels of. another landslide in Tuesday's election, concerned^ Kore concerned, however I lean nothing ta M gressman—he feels fine, hiMI Is good, he Just finished an ac tive campaign and is not “tired, sleepy, hungry nor mad.” This is the Congressman’s 20 th consecutive race. He ran for the State Senate in 1908 when the county was a Republican strong hold. In 1910 he made his first race for Congress "in an effort,” he said, “to redeem the county from the Republicans.” Since then he has run every two years, only once without opposition, and this year amassed the greatest majority in his home county, of Alleghany and in his home pre cinct that he or any other candi date has ever had in any race. He is very proud of that as he feels that it speaks of the confidence and trust that his own people place in him. Pleased as he is with his own campaign and with the results, he is not pleased with the results of the election throughout the na (Continued on Page 4) EXTENSION WORKERS TO ATTEND MEETING Emerson Black, John Burch and Mrs. Isom Wagoner, all mem bers of the Agricultural Exten sion Department, will be in Ral eigh all next week attending the Farm and Home Agent confer ence. ' Sessions are scheduled to be gin on Monday and continue through Saturday. Broughton Cites Many Gains Made In Recent Years Former Governor Spoke Be* fore Large Crowd At The Courthouse Saturday a record crowd in &e iy coifltty tourthapse, «w _. former Governor J. M. ton effect with pride the recoitl made'by the Democratic party during the past 14 years. He stressed the fact that the few shortages and inconveniences that we are now undergoing in material things were only tem porary and were minute when measured against the broad social gains made under the Democrat ic party. “These include secur ity to the aged and dependent, highest standard of living for those who labor with their hands, and the greatest gains in history for the farmers of the nation,’’ he said. He cited too the fact that under the Democratic administration there have been the fullest pro visions ever attempted for war veterans. “Not only have they been given financial assistance, rehabilitation and hospitalization but the Democratic administra tion has done something never before attempted, education is be (Continued on Page 4) ELDER EDD DOUGLAS TELLS APPOINTMENTS Elder Edd Douglas has an nounced that he will fill the fol lowing appointments: Peach Bot tom on Saturday, November 9, at 11 o’clock; Little River, Sat urday night at 7:30; Elk Creek, Sunday, November 10 at 11 o’ clock, and Piney Creek, Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock. The pub lic is cordially invited. County Achievement Day Is Scheduled For Saturday Community building with an ad dress by Congressman R. L. Doughton, and a picnic lunch. • Mrs. Champ Duncan, president of the council, will preside at the meeting which will be opened with the singing of “America.” Mrs. Nora Wagoner will give the devotional, after which the busi ness meeting will be held. At this session reports will be heard on 4-H club work, by Reha Ed wards; on the curb market by Mrs. ,Harmon Joines: outline of farm and home week by Mrs. Achievement Day for Alle ghany county’s 4-H and Home Demonstration clubs is set for Saturday here in Sparta at the o’clock and all those who plan to attend are asked to bring picnic lunches: The main feature of the after noon’s session will be the address by Congressman Doughton. Mr. Doughton will speak on some phase of the club’s activities. He will be introduced by Mrs. Champ Duncan. Following the address, reports will be heard from the nominat ing committee, the time and courtesy committee and the blue ribbon winners will be announc ed An auction sale of farm pro ducts will close the day’s activi ties. An invitation is extended to all those interested in the work of the county clubs. Contest Plans Are Discussed At USDA Meet, Mon. To Compete At Elkin In Event With Representatives Of 45 Counties The USDA board, composed of two members from the Farm Se curity office, two from the Soil Conservation department; one from the AAA, two vocation teachers and three from the Ex ; tension department met on Mon day afternoon at the community i building to discuss plans for the month’s work. Thfigint Mooday^in each month wa/ selected as the regular meet ing day for the group. Plans for the speaking contest were dis cussed and the following infor mation concerning it was releas ed. The contest for 45 counties. (Continued on Page 4> NEW PASTOR THE REV. W. H. YOKELEY, who assumed his daths as new pastor of the Sparta Methodist church here two weeks ago. Mr. Yoketey holds services here four times each month, twice In the mornings and twice in the evenings. Sparta Loses In League Contest At a meeting of the umpires and managers of the teams of the Mountain Baseball League Fri day night, Sbottville was pro claimed winner of the series by a score of 8-7, over Sparta W. L. Hughes, president of the league, stated. The meeting had been called by Sparta due to the fact that the last inning of the game had been played under protest by Sparta here on the local diamond October 27. The decision of the umpires was made in accordance to* the observance of the grounds rules under which the two teames played, league officials pointed out. The winning team will receive a $90 check. Umpires for the series were S. W. Diggs and Guy Spencer. Republicans Win Control Of Both House And Senate In Tuesday’s Election Final Rites For Mrs. K. Doughton Held On Sunday Member Of Prominent North Carolina Family Pied At Home Friday Afternoon Funeral jjervicw^, were held Sunday afternoon. at ^'o'clock for Mrs. J, Kemp Doughtoaa, who died Friday afternoon, at z»0 at her home here in Sparta. The Rev. W. H. Yokeley, pastor of the Sparta Methodist church conduct ed the final rites at the Shiloh Methodist church. Interment was in the Shiloh cemetery. Mrs. Doughton's death came as a shock to her many friends here and elsewhere. She had' been in ill health for some time but her death came as the result of a heart attack which she suffered on Friday morning. Mrs. Doughton was a member of a prominent Raleigh, North Carolina family, the former Miss Josephine Brown, daughter of the late Joseph G. and Alice Burk (Continued on Page 4) Special Service Sunday Morning Special services will be held at the Sparta Baptist Church Sunday morning in observance of Armistice Day, it was an nounced this week. The Rev. F. G. Walker said that plans had been completed for the services to be held at 11 o’clock. A message, dedicated to the valor and bravery of American service-people in both world wars, will be a feature of the service and special music will be rendered. A cordial invitation is extend ed to the public to attend this service. First Time Party Has Been In Control Of Congress Since 1930 A triumphant, revitalized Re publican party wrenched control of both Houses and Senate from Democratic hands Tuesday in an overwhelming election victory tlyrf ordained major changes within the American, government. , ■ The Q. O. P. elected at least 23 ..senators, 2*3 i*pr*igQtf»tives and 26 governors. The congressional voting gave them ttiree , more seats than needed for a majority in the Senate, and 25 beyond a majority in the House. Republicans hit the political iackpot for the first time in 15 years. With their winnings, they prom ised to cut individual income taxes 20 per cent in 1947, lop perhaps $10,000,000,000 off gov ernment spending, balance the budget, revoke the presidential war powers, and undertake a number of investigations. Millions of people, obviously fed up with controls, strikes and shortages, gave them an irresis tible “Yes" to their “Had En ough?" campaign slogan—a land slide vote that toppled Democratic strong men from Massachusetts to California and even crunched in to the edge of the still “Solid South.” This is what it means: The widest possible split be (Continued on Page 4) Quiet Armistice Expected Here Armistice Day is expected to be quietly observed here with no special programs being planned. Schools will bt in session as usual and most business houses and offices are expected to be open. The Northwestern Bank, how ever, will observe the holiday. FHA In Operation In County; Replaces FSA; Explain Loans The Farmers Home Adminis tration, as authorized by the Con gress, began operation in North Carolina November 1, says Thom as H. Sears, FSA supervisor for Ashe and Alleghany counties, who recently attended a meeting at Asheville of personnel who will direct the affairs of the new agency. FHA replaces both the Farm Security Administration and the Emergency Crop and Feed Loan section of Farm Credit Adminis tration, and takes over the per sonnel and assets of . both agen cies. Mr. Sears said that for the time being FHA offices will be maintained with the same per sonnel at all points where FSA and ECFL have operated. Both agencies have made loans to small farmers and the new agency will continue to serve this group. Also attending the meeting at Asheville were Miss Lenna F. Gambill and Van F. Miller. Dis cussions were led by J. B. Slack. Vance E. Swift, J. H. Rosher, and Ralph Turner. Two types of loans will be made by Farmers Home Administra tion, Mr. Sears said. Farm pur chase loans will be made to ten ante, sharecroppers, farm labor ers, and veterans with agricul tural experience and training. Loans may be made for the pur chase, development and improve ment of family-type farms. The interest'rate is 3% per cent and loans are repayable over a 40 (Continued on Page 4) Unofficial Count Gives Office To Seven Democrats Contests For Sheriff And Legislator Are Close; Ed wards Is Commissioner Incomplete and unofficial re turns from, Aleghany’s seven pre cincts gave leadis to all the Dem ocratic candidates in Tuesday's election'. Congressman Robert L. Doughton was reelected by a wide majority. :• Vt. Glenn D. Richardson had a 190 vote lead over, his opponent, Roy L. Brooks, Republican candidate, in unofficial figures from all the precincts. According to incom plete reports Brooks carried Cherry Lane, Glade Creek and Whitehead. The other four pre cincts went for Richardson. In the race for the state legis lature, C. W. Ervin had an un official majority of 100 votes. He was opposed by Walter Johnston. Johnston carried Cherry Lane, Glade Creek, Whitehead and Cranberry. In the other races, Wade Brown had a substantial majority over Paul Swanson for the state sen ate. Returns from Watauga coun ty indicated that it had gone Re publican but Brown’s majority in Alleghany and Ashe was enough (Continued on Page ♦) Yellow Jackets Game Cancelled Defeated. Rural Retreat Last Week tl'lSj Now la Class Of Five To Oae scheduled idVWF cancenea, qt was' learned late Wednesday, because of the serious illness of the Walkertown football coach's wife and injuries to several of the players. An other game was in the offing for the Yellow Jackets but there was no definite information concert*' ing it. The Yellow Jackets are now in the 5-1 class, having defeated five of their six opponents. They have lost only to North Wilkesboro and that in the first game of the season. They have rolled up a score of 150 points to 47 for their opponents. In Friday’s game with Rural Retreat, which the Jackets won 26-13, spectators indicated that the game was not as close as the score. All of the scoring wax done in the first three quarters, (Continued on Page 4) Dewitt Bryan Is Game Protector Dewitt T. Bryan, of Glade Val ley, has been appointed district game protector of Alleghany county, effective November l, It was announced this week by Wal ter F. Edminston, district leader. Mr. Bryan will have full charge ed this1 county and all land own* ers and sportsmen are urged to cooperate with him. He served as sheriff of Alleghany county for four years and is well trained in law enforcement. Warrants Issued For 7 Ashe Men Warrants were issued Tues day for seven Ashe county men who are charged with assault and battery. The victim was Wiley Irwin, who lives near Stratford. According to an eye-witness. Fay Cox, who was at Mr. Irwin’s home when the fighting occurred, the men arrived just before dark on Monday night in two cars, de manded that Mr. Irwin cast his vote in a certain way. When Mr. Irwin refused all seven were skid to have entered into the melee. Mr. Irwin was very severely beaten about the face and head and suffered a broken nose in the fracas. He was brought to Sparta for medical aid. *.r.TlW. men. from Ashe county were,-Mated-*? Jack Cox, Wood Davis, Junior Lillard Davis and _ it’-#* r\-•>siMiM
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