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STAR-TIMES—(CONSOLIDATED ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1941) —ALLEGHANY COUNTY’S
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VOLUME 58, NO. 9
$1.50 a Year In Alleghany County
SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, NOV. 14, 1946
$2.00 a Year Out of County
N. C. Women Are Now Serving On Juries
Yellow Jackets To
Meet Strong Elkin
Team Here Friday
Team In Top Form For Out
standing Game Of Sea
son; Have Won 5, Lost 1
In the top game oi tne loot
ball season, Sparta Yellow Jack
ets will meet a strong Elkin team
on the local field at 2 o’clock this
afternoon. The Yellow Jackets,
in the final stages of a most suc
cessful season, are in top form
for the felkin team and are eager
ly awaiting the game that they
have been pointing for all sea
son.
The Jackets have played six
games this year, winning five and
losing one. They lost their open
er to North Wilkesboro but have
decisively won the other five.
Their game scheduled for last
week with Rural Retreat Was
cancelled because of illness of
some of the Rural Retreat play
ers. So the Jackets have had two
weeks to prepare for the game
with Elkin. Elkin's last game
was with Mocksville and Elkin
emerged the victor.
Coach Jo Bill Reed is expected
to start his strongest lineup a
gainst the Elkin team. It pro
bably will be as follows: Caudill,
right end; Taylor, right tackle;
Holloway, right guard; Joines,
center; Bennett, left guard; Mox
lev, right tackle; Atwood, left
end; Osborne, right half; Reeves,
left half; Rizoti, fullback; a»d
Jimmy Davis, quarterback.
’When the Elkin players and
supportefs reach Sparta they
will be greeted by one of the
most unique displays ever ar
A&.pi—an idea from adispl
||t saw at Chapel Hill for one
of the University of North Car
olina games, Tommy Burgiss has
an entire field with twenty-two
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10,000 Released
* From OPA Work
12,000 More Expected To Be
Dropped By End
Of November
Washington—About 10,000 OPA
employees received 30-day, dis
missal notices this week, with
an estimated 12,000 more to get
the same news about Novem
ber 30.
The dismissals resulted from
decontrol actions taken prior to
last week-end. Those scheduled
for the end of the month will re
sult from the sweeping action of
last week-end When price con
trols were lifted from all com
modities and services except rent,
sugar, syrups and rice.
The notices must go Out about
November 30 to achieve Price Ad
ministrator Paul A Porter’s goal
of a staff reduction to 10,000 or
IZDOO by January 1. There were
34,700 on the payroll last, topnth
and 83,406 at OPA’s peak in 1945.’
In a tetter to all employees yes
terday, Porter gave assurance that
dismissal notices would not be
sent before November 30 except
thtee resulting from decontrols
announced before last week-end.
Those notified yesterday of dis
missal included employees who
had been engaged in administer
ing food controls, and 8,613 paid
employees of local price control
boards!; which were closed Nov
ember 4,
ranged for a visiting
Burner Plans Are
Made By P.-T.A.
the P'.-V. A. of Piney Creek
twill sponsor a thanksgiving din-1
ner on Friday, November 22, at
7 o’clock, according to announce
ment made this week by George
M. Van Hoy, principal of the
school. ,
A baby contest, including child
ren up to four years of age, will
be one of the features of the en
tertainment; Tickets are now on
sale.
The ticket entitles the holder
to enjoy a good program of negro
minstrel and string music be
auditorium at 7
clock.
Brother, Sister Shot
By Intruders; 2 Men
Suspects Are Sought
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HEADS SANITARIANS
Wade E. Eller, named to
head group of sanitarians.
Wade E. Eller Is
Chosen As Head
Of Sanitarians
Representatives From 29
Counties In Western Part
section of the North Carolina Pub
lic Health association, held in
Asheville last Friday in the court
house.
Attending as representatives of
29 counties were 35 .sanitarians
and other health officials. The
entire western division was rep
resented.
Wade E. Eller, district sanitar
ian of Alleghany, Ashe, and Wa
tauga counties, v/as elected presi
dent, Carl S. Gibson, of Ruther
ford county, was chosen vice
president, and Julian R. Taylor
was named secretary-treasurer.
It was decided to hold quarterly
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More Donations
Needed By School
A plea is being made this week
for chairs for the auditorium of
the Piney Creek school. Patrons
are trying to secure three hun
dred chairs at $6.70 each. In a
letter issued this week by Mrs.
Hugh Ralsey, chairman of the
chair comniittee, and John R. Hal
sey, treasurer of the committee,
the following request was made:
“There have been a number of
people working on this during
the fall monfiv£_.and they havese
cured, through cfottatians; arqun<^
100 chairs. Now our problem is td
secure two hundred fnore between
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the sanitarians
>cted at the or
id Meeting
Robbers Escape With $300.00;
Kelly Williams Seriously
Wounded By Shots
Two men are being sought in
connection with the robbery with
firearms Sunday night in the
Stratford community when Kelly
Williams, and his sister, Miss Mae
Williams, were injured. Mr. Wil
liams was shot four times and
his sister once, when they at
tempted to reason with the rob
bers.
According to information from
the sheriff’s office, Mr. and Miss
Williams were sitting in the liv
ing room of their home about 6:30
Sunday night when the intruders
entered. Both men were masked
and one had a gun in his hand.
The Williams were told to turn
over all the money they had in
the house. Mr. Williams at
tempted to reason with the men
and was shot. Miss Williams was
shot through the hip but was
able to go to the back of the house
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Brown Carries
Ashe, Watauga
And Alleghany
Given Total Of 888 Majority
According To Official
Eloction Returns
Official election returns from
Ashe-Alleghany and Watauga
show that Wade E. Brown, dem
ocratic candidate for the State
Senate, carried every county. His
total majority count was 888.
Mr. Brown won over his op
ponent, Paul Swanson, by two
votes in Watauga county, 3586 be
ing cast for Brown and 3584 for
Swanson. In Watauga county
returns, the Republicans won ev
ery office by a majorijy ex
cept the office for State Senate
which the democratic candidate
carried.
In Ashe, the official count was
4491 for Brown and 4269 for
Swanson, giving Mr. Brown a ma
jority of 222. In Alleghany Brown
received 1858 to Swanson’s 1194
and led by a majority of 664.
Foster Homes Are
Needed In County
By SWANSON EDWARDS
Superintendent of Public Welfare
Additional foster boarding
homes for children are greatly
needed in Alleghany county so
that children may be given good
care in them until arrangements
can be made for their permanent
$anfr Alleghany county has only
one Japproved home of this type.
-' There are today children in
need of a home outside of their
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Achievement Day Draws 125
Women, Girls For Meeting
One hundred and twenty-five
women and girls, representing 12
Home Demonstration clubs and
four 4-H clubs, gathered at the
community building Saturday for
the annual achievement day ex
ercises of the county clubs.
New officers were elected, Con
gressman R. L. Doughton spoke
and 14 exhibits were shown to
highlight the day’s activities. Mrs.
Fred Osborne was named as the
new president of the county coun
cil, to succeed Mrs. Champ Dun
can. Other officers elected were
Mrs. Van Miller, first vice-presi
dent; Mrs. Carl Edwards, secre
tary; Mrs. Tom Moxley, reporter.
The date of the, 1947 achievement
day was set for the first Satur
day in October.
In what he termed as his “first
address to a group of this kind,’’
Congressman Doughton stressed
the importance of women in the
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home. He said that without the
home and the church, this would
be a very worthless country. He
discussed the many improvements
that have been brought about in
recent years in farming and in
the' home and pointed to the
higher standard of living now en
joyed by the farmer and his fam
ily.
In commenting on the exhibits,
Mr: Dough ton said that farmers
are much improved by competi
tion and that the exhibits were
proof of this statement. He con
gratulated the women on their
work and reminded them that
“happy homes make fine chil
dren, a fine home,. a fine com
munity and a fine nation.”
Two 4-H clubs and 12 Home
Demonstration clubs had exhibits
and blue ribbons were awarded
to the New Hope Home Demon
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County-Grown Turkish Tobacco Moves To Manufacturers
Here is the first truck load of this year’s Turkish tobacco grown in county on
the way to manufacturers. Standing by is John Wilkins, agronomist specialist of the
State Extension Service, in charge of the experiment.
Randolph Pleads
For Scout Funds
At Meeting Here
C. Of C. Plans Award For
Outstanding Yellow Jacket
Football Player
Members of the Chamber of
Commerce Friday night heard a
plea from Bob Randolph, Scout
commissioner, for an increased
budget for the Scouts of Alle
ghany county. The Sparta Scout
troop last year operated on a very
small budget, too • small to ad
vance Scouting to any great ex
tent in the county.
Mr. David ..Lavites made the
motion that^'the Scout budget be
advanced to $500 and offered to
begin the drive with a contribu
tion of $50. Further discussion
was held and plans for a drive to
raise the funds is now under con
sideration. Further details will
be announced in this paper when
they are available.
The group also decided to
award a trophy, the type to be
decided later, to the outstanding
member of the Sparta high school
football team at the close of the
season.
The Rev. F. G. Walker was the
speaker of the evening and was
introduced by the president, Al
ton Thompson.
Marlin Favors
20 Per Cent Cut
In Income Taxes
Washington — Representative
Joseph W. Martin, Jr., of Massa
| chusetts, heir-apparent to the
speakership of the House of Rep
resentatives, came out flatly
Tuesday for a 20 per cent income
tax reduction “straight across the
board.”
He advocated also (1) dosead
herence to the congressional
“streamlining” plan approved last
summer, (2) an indefinite reduc
tion in government spending, and
(3) legislation putting the Speak
er of the House in line for the
presidency in the event of vacan
cies in both the presidency and
the vice-presidency.
And, at. his first news confer
ence since Republicans won con
trol of the House in the Novem
ber 5 election, the 62-year-old
bachelor-publisher indicated he
will follow a hands-off course in
the brewing fight over the post
of Republican House floor leader.
Family Reunion
Held Here Sun.
A family reunion was held at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. A.
Goodman Sunday and the follow
ing people attended:
Mr. and Mrs. Wade Goodman,
Mr. and Mrs. James Hoppers and
son, Billy, Mr. and Mrs. M. A.
Goodman. Jr., Clyde Goodman
and Miss Marjorie Curtis, all ol
Morganton.
Mr. and Mrs, Walter Bell, and
daughter, Susie Lee, Mr. and
Mri. Wilbom Goodman, of Sparta
Miss Leslie Goodman, of Boone
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Goodman and
son, Thomas, of West Jefferson
Official Election Returns
Give Majorities To Eight
Democrats On The Ticket
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R. L. Doughton
Has Majority Of
Over 7,000 Votes
Returns From Nine Counties
In District Show
Lead Of 7337
Congressman R. L. Doughton,
tor the past 10- years chairman oi
the powerful -yays and means
committee, • his opponent,
Clyde R. Greene, by 7,337 in the
ninth district.
His majority by counties is as
follows:
Ashe, 287; Alleghany, 885;
Rowan, 1380; Cabarrus, 1515; Ire
dell, 1996; Alexander, 49; and
Caldwell, 1225.
Mr. Greene’s majority for Wa
tauga was 418 and 494 for Stan
ley. These were the only two
counties which did not give Mr.
Doughton a majority. .
Because of the fact that the
past election gave the Republican
party a majority in congress,
Knudson is the heir-apparent tc
the chairmanship of the ways and
means committee.
' $700 Bond Posted
By Four Ashe Men
Three Ashe county men, charg
ed with assault and battery, gave
themselves up Tuesday to the
local deputy in connection with
the beating of Wiley Irwin, ol
near Stratford, on November 4,
Each of the men were released
under $700 bond and ordered to
appear before B. F. Wagoner,
Alleghany justice of the peace,
on November 25 at two o’clock
Woodrow Cox, also charged
with assault and battery, was ap
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Sheriff And Legislator’s Races
Are Close; Irwin Leads
County Ticket
Official election returns from
the seven precincts in Alleghany
county show that the Democrats,
who won every office, had major
ities ranging from 100 to 885.
Gene Irwin led the county tick
et in his unopposed race for clerk
of the superior court. His vote
was 1,928., Congressman R. L.
Doughton amassed . the greatest
number of votim, receiving 2.077
to 1,192 for his opponent, Clyde
Greene.
■ In the race for the state leg
islature, Ervin won over his op
ponent, Walter Johnson, by a ma
jority of 100 votes. Totals in that
race were Ervin 1408, Johnson
1308.
Glenn Richardson defeated Roy
Brooks in the race for county
sheriff with a majority of 190.
Richardson had 1779 to 1589 for
Bfooks.
In the county commissioner’s
race, Edwards had a count of
1828 to 1286 for his opponent,
Hoppers, giving the Democratic
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P.-T.A. Sponsors
Box Supper Here
The Parent-Teacher association
will sponsor a box supper at the
county courthouse on Saturday,
November 23 and proceeds will
be used to pay for the duplicator
which was recently presented to
the high school.
The prettiest girl and the ugli
est man will be selected and a
warded the customary prizes of
a cake for the girl and pickles
for the man.
■ In addition there will be a cake
walk and string music. The pub
lic is cordially invited.
Richardson Family Gives
Two Sheriffs To County
“Like father, like son” the old
adage goes and the Richardsons
proved it true this week when
Glenn D. Richardson was elected
as sheriff, an office his father held
some thirty years ago. The Rich
ardson combination of father and
son both holding the office of
sheriff sets a new precedent in
Alleghany county. They are the
first father and son to hold that
office ip the history of the county.
The present Sheriff Richardson
had quite a record set for him
by his father. The elder Mr.
Richardson is recognized as one
of the most popular men ever to
hold the office of sheriff in this
county.
Mr. Lemuel "Lemmy" Richard
son held that office back in the
good old days when bootlegging
was in its glory and when a sher
iff really had to go to quite a bit
of trouble to keep law and order.
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Pay Amendment
For Legislators
Is Turned Down
Light Vote On Both In
County; First Wins, Sec
ond Loses Here
With the passage of the amend
ment on November 5, giving
women in North Carolina the
right to sit on juries, Mrs. Flor
ence Roadcap, South Shelby
housewife, this week became the
first woman in Cleveland county
to serve in this capacity.
This amendment which fully
equalizes the rights of men and
women passed by a large ma
jority. Latest available return*
from 1,850 precincts in North
Carolina showed 178,353 in favor
and 123,713 opposed.
The other amendment to the
state constitution authorizing the
payment of $10 a day expense*
to members of the general assem
bly apparently was defeated in
the November 5 general elec
tion by the narrow margin of
916 votes, an unofficial compila
tion of election returns showed
today.
Returns from all of the 1929
precincts in the state showed that
a total of 143,014 voters favored
the amendment and 143,930 op
posed it.
Women served on juries in
some counties in the State some
years ago until a case was con
tested which was tried iifrith one
woman on the jury. And because
of the word “lawful men” desig
nating jurors, the high courts
held it illegal for women to serve
in this capacity. The last gen
eral assembly put the proposed
change ^."lawful persons", in aft.
kmendffient to be subnutted.to i,
vote of the people. It was thi*
amendment which was approved
by the voters on November 5.
Alleghany county voted for the
Bmendment favoring women serv
ing on juries but defeated the
one allowing increase in pay for
legislators. The first amendment
received 309 to 785 against. The
second one was defeated 794 to
641. Less than half the voters
in the county cast a ballot either
for or against the amendments.
The interest throughout the state
was also lagging.
Plea For Recount
Dismissed Here
County Election Board De
cides Against Petition In
Legislative Race
A petition for a recount of the
votes in the race for state legis
lature was dismissed at a hear
ing of the county board of elec
tions Monday. The petition was
entered by Walter Johnson, Re
publican candidate for the office
on the grounds that all of the
votes counted for Ervin, Demo
cratic candidate, were not offi
cial.
The board of elections, after
hearing statements from the
hearing statements from the prin
cipals involved, dismissed the
plea on the grounds that it was
not legally filed.
There was no definite infor
mation as to whether the Re
publican candidate or party would
appeal the decision.
Milligan-ASTC
To Play Saturday
Milligan College and ASTC,
age-old gridiron rivals, will clash
on the Bemberg Glandstoff ath
letic field in Elizabethton, Tenn.,
Saturday night at eight o’clock.
After the Mountaineers’ excel
lent showing against the Cata
doyped