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jiet Paid 1,704 Coven Alleghany any News AND STAR-TIMES—(CONSOLIDATED ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1941) —ALLEGHANY COUNTY’S ONLY NEWSPAPER. Alleghany County Is . . , Outstanding Livestock, Agif culture and Tourist Center, With A Population of 8,341. VOLUME 58, NO. 17 $2.00 a Year in Alleghany County SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JAN. 9, 1947 $2.50 a Year Out of County Marshall Named Sec’y Of State As Congressmen And Senators Of .Two Parties Heap Praise On Both Men Washington—James F. Byrnes resigned Tuesday night as Sec retary of State and President Truman chose as his successor the man who guided America’s military fortunes in the war— General George C. Marshall. Byrnes declared the doctors had warned him he must “slow down” and that he couldn’t slow down in the job of Secretary of State. Marshall, Army Chief of Staff m the war, is presently ending a presidential mission to China. The announcement of his se lection to the Cabinet came at almost the exact hour, 7 p. m., eastern standard time, at which he was due to leave Shanghai, en route home. The Pennsylvania-born, Vir ginia-educated Marshall takes over the job of helping make peace secure at a time when Re publicans have taken over Con gress. In the army tradition, he has shown no political connec tions. This was not believed to be the reason for the change, how ever. The Senate, which rules heavily on foreign relations, al ready had shown a disposition to follow Byrnes’ policies. Congressional leaders were swift to heap praise on both men when the news reached Capitol Hill, Republicans and Democrats alike joined in. The change in the top diplo matic post was a surprise. It had been known that Byrnes had grown tired some months ago, but the 67-year-old South Caro linian looked to be in very good health lately. For Byrnes, the secretaryship was the last in a string of dis tinguished posts. He as a Senator, as a Supreme C Justice and as “assistaHPMigP [ dent” to Franklin D. FMlNWHu in the role of War Mobilizer. With Senate confirmation of Marshall—and no one doubted that it was surp—the change means that Marshall instead of Byrnes stands next in line for the presidency in the next two years. There is no Vice-President now and the Secretary of State heads the line of succession under law. Marshall turned 66 last De cember 31, having retired earlier as Chief of Staff. Hailed as one of America’s military geniuses, (Continued on Page 4) Divisional WMU To Meet In Elkin To Be Held On January 14; Several From Sparta Plan To Attend f — A number of people from Sparta are expected to attend the Wilkesboro divisional leadership conference of the W. M. U. to be held at the Y. M. C. A. in Elkin on January 14, at 10:00 a. m. The main address will be made by Mrs. J. S. Farmer, State Sup erintendent of Raleigh, it was an nounced. Lunch will be served at the noon hour at a nominal cost, it was pointed out Those expected to attend are a s s o c i a tional superintendents, young people’s leaders, chairmen of mission study, community studies and stewardship commit tees in addition to officers of the division. Mrs. A. O. Joines, of Sparta, was recently elected secretary and treasurer of? the Wilkesboro division of the W. M. U. meeting held at Mount Airy. Church Group Has Meeting Tuesday The Sparta-Glade Valley Pres byterian Auxiliary met on Tues day afternoon at the home of Mrs. Alton Thompson with Mrs. E. B. Eldridge, of Glade Valley, in charge of the program. Mrs. Eldridge conducted a dis cussion on foreign missions. Mrs. John Guerrant, music teacher and dean of girls at Glade Valley high school led the devotional. Following the program, the business session was held and a social hour followed 'with de licious refreshments being serv Plans For Polio Fund Drive Made Here; Schools Are To Help SEC’Y OF STATE General George C. Marsh all, who has been named as Secretary of State. AAA Reports Are Needed If Work Is Accredited Record Shouli Be Filed In AAA Office; May Receive Credit On 1947 Program A number of Alleghany farm not yet made their 1946 formance report. If have been carried a cash payment is eeessary that these pr; tices be reported and an ap] cation for payment be signed at once, it was announced this week. “Farmers who received 1946 lime and phosphate through the AAA office are asked to make a report of the use of same as soon as possible. If lime or phosphate has not yet been applied it can be transferred to the 1947 pro gram, if the farmer will make a report on it,” a member of the AAA committee said. “If no report is made, the pro ducer will be charged double for the material and placed on the register of indebtedness. Please don’t let this happen to you. Or ders for 1947 limestone are .now being taken in the county office and lime is now being delivered to farms on this year’s program. If you expect to use lime during 1947 you should place ^our or der at once. You may also make your farm plan for 1947 in the county office,” he added. “Come in at once and make your 1946 performance report, sign your application for pay ment, make your 1947 farm plan and place an order for 1947 stone. Producers who wish to file an application for a new grower tobacco allotment must do so by February 1,” he concluded. Mrs. Ruth J. Choate Again Chairman; County, Has Quota Of $300.00 Mrs. Ruth J. Choate has again been named chairman of Alle ghany county’s Infantile Fund Fighting Drive and the quota has been set at $300.00, it was announced this week. Some advance work is now be ing done on the drive which of ficially opens January 15 and continues through January 31. Ernest Edwards will serve as co-chairman with Mrs. Choate. Together they have worked out the plan for the drive, which will be conducted through organiza tions, clubs, schools and the soli citation of funds from business houses and individuals. The following county officials have been appointed to aid in the drive: Mrs. Ray H. Walker and Miss Clyde Fields, county chairmen of women’s activities; Mrs. Blanche J. Lewis, county publicity chair (Cbntinued on Page 4) Sparta To Have Stop Light Soon; Need Is Cited Dr. C. A. Thompson, Mayor Protem, To Act In Ab sence Of Wagoner At a meeting of the board of aldermen, this week, safety meas ures for the town were discuss ed and the members decided to place a stop light at |>n of highways nu 21. This has beer it is expected to bei l early date. A number of other routine mat ters were discussed and disposed of. Since the mayor, Amos Wag oner, has gone to Florida, where he expects to spend several weeks, Dr. C. A. Thompson, may or protem, will act in this ca pacity, it was announced. Alleghany Couple Has Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Kenny Andrews, pioneer Alleghany county citi zens, observed their 65th wedding anniversary at their home near Ennice on Christmas eve day. Mr. Andrews is 85 and Mrs. Andrews is 86 years of age. With them to enjoy the oc casion were: Mrs. Alice Edwards, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Andrews, Mr. and Mrs. Kyle Edwards, and two daugh ters, Mr. and Mrs. Odell An drews, Rudolph Edwards, Roy Lee Fender, Mrs. George Kenny, and son, of Salem, Va. Don Edwards, Kenneth Fender, Mr. and Mrs. Mack Fender, Mr. and Mrs. John Andrews, Mrs. Rose Blevins, Mr. and Mrs. Gene Blevins, Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Landreth. Truman Asks Congress To Curb Taxes; Reduce Debt i r *... Washington—Smiling and con ciliatory, Democratic President Truman Monday laid before the Republican 80th Congress a pro gram to curb strikes, and asked continued high taxes. His State of the Union mes sage, applauded frequently by the joint congressional session, call ed for legislation to outlaw juris dictional strikes and to check sec ondary boycotts and for a com mission to devise machinery for the prevention of “paralyzing” nation-wide strikes. The message was in large part a generalized one. It renewed only in broad outline many rec ommendations previously made in specific form, leaving details this time to Congress. Minimum wage, <arm program, health insurance, refugee immi gration and civil rights legisla tion were some of the issues Mr. Truman raised for Congress to consider without telling it in de tail what he feels should be done. Other problems, notably the Rent Control Act expiring June 30, were not mentioned at all. On the main courses of labor control. and taxes, where the G. O. P. already, has set sail, the Chief Executive’s tack was this: Labor—Mr. Truman proposed legislation to outlaw those strikes and boycotts by which unions may seek to defeat rival unions or win undeserved bargaining recog nition, and to provide arbitration for disputes over existing con tracts. None of this would cover wage disputes. Then for the “problem of nation-wide strikes in vital industries,’’ he urged Congress to provide a 20-man Study commission of Congress men and representatives of labor, management and public which he said could recommend legislation by March 15. A study commis sion is something Republican senators already have vetoed. Taxes—Without mentioning the 20 per cent income tax cut plan ned by G. O. P. House leaders, Mr. Truman declared he antici pate* a “substantial surplus” (Continued on t**ge Five) Join The March Of Dimes, Help In The Fight Against Polio M Five-year-old Roger Hawk, left, almost completely paralyzed for eleven months made so rapid recovery within five weeks that he is called the “miracle boy” of Kernan’s Hospital. Volunteer training courses, right, were sponsored by the Maryland Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, so that they could help Roger in his fight back to health. Osborne Voted Most Valuable * Yellow Jacket To Be Given Award At Chamber Of Commerce Meeting Friday Night Jack Osborne, voted the most valuable player of the year on the 1946 Sparta Yellow Jacket football team, will be awarded the trophy selected by the Sparta Chamber of Commerce for that player. The award, the first to be iade by the Chamber of Com and now dHMNo be ,uary meeting of the Corn group on Friday night at the community building. The ehtire Yellow Jacket squad, composed of about 30 players, and Coach Jo Bill Reed will be present for the occasion. Each member of the club will have a member of the football team as his guest. The speaker for the evening has not been announced yet but efforts are being made to secure a football coach from Raleigh. The meeting will be held at 6:45 and dinner will be served. Business matters will be discuss ed following the program. All members are urged to attend. Sentences Given In 3 Hearings In three hearings before G. Glenn Nichols, justice of the peace, on Saturday, two sen tences were given and one case was continued. The case against Dick Gentry, charged with assault by Brant Taylor, was continued until Feb ruary 4. Otho Edwards, charged with public drunkenness, was fined $50 and costs. George Hight was given a 30 days jail sentence, suspended for six months on the condition that he would pay costs of the trial. He had been charged with as sault 6n his grandmother. MRS. LEWIS IS ILL Mrs. Blanche Jones Lewis, ed itor of the Alleghany News, who returned Tuesday after being ill at her home in Canton, Georgia, continues ill and is now under going treatment in the Ashe Me morial Hospital. ~~———^—• JUNE IN JANUARY IN N. C. MOUNTAINS While other parts of the na tion were shivering from the onslaught of ice and snow and freeling temperatures, Alle ghany county had a breath of spring. Dandelions bloomed on the crest of the western North Carolina mountains and Mrs. N. C. Shepherd and Mrs. Jen nie Jones brought proof of it into the News office this week. On January 6 they gathered dandelions on the J. F. Cox farm in the Sweet Bollow sec tion of the county. USO Drive Is Now Underway; C. R. Roe Is Chairman; Quotas Assigned Each Community Seal Sales Total $143.00; Others Still To Report Schools Asked To Send In Reports; $42.01 Realized From Bangles there are still 17 people who have not as yet sent in the money col lected or returned the seals. Mrs. Madge Reeves, of White head school, led in the bangle group, having collected $5.00 of the total amount of $42.01. Mrs. Carrie Fender is principal. The chairman again urged the schools to turn in their money as j well as individuals who 'have not: reported as it is now time to make the final report. A list of the schools which have already reported is as follows: (Continued on Page 4) Stolen Property Given To Owners Two pieces of property, recov ered on the Murphy place and credited to some of Fred Mur phy’s numerous robberies, was identified this week and return ed to their rightful owners. A new two-horse wagon, which has been the subject of much controversy here during the past few weeks, whs identified by John Llewellyn, of Dobson, as the property of the W. E. Graham Construction company at Fries, Va., and also returned to them on Saturday. A tot portecH wards, * sell Chi I has been re Inie Lou Ed Fthe drive to ils, however, Drive, Postponed Until This Year, Is To Be Pushed To Completion C. R. Roe, chairman of the USO Fund Raising Drive announced this week that the drive original ly scheduled for November, but postponed until this year, had now been activated and every ef fort would be made to complete it at §n tuhMMje. Serving with Chajria||jPBpRfc co-ehairmaft is Thewunty has a quota of $500 and this has been broken down and assigned to special chairmen in the various communities of the county. The chairmen together with their quotas are as follows: Piney Creek, Jean McMillan, $50.00; Cherry Lane, Betty Joines, $10.00; Sparta. Mrs. Hazel Thomp kins, $100.00; Little Pine, Claire Wyatt, $40.00; Rich Hill, Ray Smith, $40.00; Cranberry, Ed Pugh, $40.00; Pine Swamp, Mrs. J. B. Reed, $30.00; Wolf Branch, Mrs. Johnny Dale Gambill, $30.00; Stratford, Mrs. Brantly Fender, $10.00; Whitehead, Mrs. Carrie Fender, $30.00; New Hope, Mrs. Laura Spalding, $10.00; Liberty Knob, Mrs. Nannie McCann, (Continued on Page 41 MOTHER OF SPARTA WOMAN DIES IN R. I. Word was received this week of the death a4 Mrs. Rose Bous quest, mother of Mrs. Bryan Wag oner. Mrs. Bousquest died on Monday night at her home in Providence, BvJ. She had been in ill health for several years. Mrs. Wagoner left on Tuesday for Rhode Island and at the time of her departure, funeral ar rangements had not been com pleted. Sparta Girls Lose Their First Game Tuesday At Flat Rock The unbeaten Sparta high school girls’ basketball game got their first taste of defeat Tues day night when the Sparta teams journeyed to Flat Rock for two games with that school. This was the Flat Rock girls’ team’s eleventh game and they are un defeated in their schedule thus far. The game was hard-fought and the final whistle found only a scant five points difference in the score, 23-18. The Sparta boys also lost, this making their third defeat. They have won two games. The boys game, like the girls game, was also close, the score, 23-19. Both Sparta teams met teams from Ronda here on Thursday night but when this paper went to press the results of the games were not known. The Ronda girls have an undefeated team and the game with them was ex pected to be a close one. On Tuesday night, both boys and girls teams will go to Piney Creek for the first game with teams from that school. The Piney Creek teams have been ac tively engaged in basketball since early in the fall and are expected to give the Sparta teams quite a game. This will be the first of several scheduled games be tween high schools here in the Coach Jo Bill Reed is putting his teams through the regular daily practices and expects to have a fairly successful season with the boys and a most success ful one with the girls. WADE BRYAN IRWIN NOW AT NORFOLK, VA. Wade Bryan Irwin, hospital ap prentice, first class, son of W. Carl Irwin of Route 1, Sparta, is stationed at the .naval air sta tion, Norfolk, Va. Irwin, who entered naval serv ice Jan. 23, 1946, received his re cruit training at the naval train ing station, Camp Peary, Va. Be fore this he attended Sparta high school. Winner Of Baby Derby Is Master Chas. Morrison Alleghany’s First Baby Of 1947 Is Bom January 1 At Sparta Charles Cry§el Morrison arriv ed early New Year's night to claim the title of Alleghany’s first baby of 1947. His birth was recorded at 8:12 p. m. after delivery by Dr. B. O. Choate. To Charles the News extends best wishes. The infant, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Morrison, of Sparta, is the second child of the Morrison family, and at birth weighed eight pounds. To date no other birth has been reported in the county during the new year. Last year’s winner was little Miss Doris Ann Sid den, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Sidden, of near Sparta. She was born January 4. In 1945, Wanda Lee Crouse was the win ner and in 1944, the young daugh ter Of Mr. and Mrs. Carlie John son, of Sparta Rt. 1, was the winner. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Morrison are requested to call at the News office and receive a letter which they may present to the partici pating stores for the prizes off ered by Sparta merchants who cooperated with this paper in sponsoring the First Baby Con test. Master Morrison will receive a special deluxe baby set from the B. and T. Drug company and a toy dog from the Western Auto Associate Store. Cash and Carry will give the newcomer one half dozen cans of baby food. Smithey’s Store will give the winner a sweater set and Belle's Department store and Edward* furniture will both give blankets. The Firestone store is giving a merry-go-round set and the Sparta Gift Shop is presenting Auto And Wagon Wreck Near Here Colored Man Is In jured| Vehicles Damaged In Accident, Sunday Two wrecks in Alleghany coun ty this week brought serious in jury to one and large damage to all vehicles concerned. Late Sunday afternoon, a car driven by Ray Sparks, of Trap Hill, N. C., crashed with a 1940 Ford driven by Harrel Joines, The crash occurred at the inter section of highways 18 and 21, right in the heart of Sparta. Neither of the occupants of the cars were injured but damage to both cars was large. The dam age to Sparks’ car was estimated, at approximately $200 and the damage to Joines’ car at approxi mately $115. Lynn Bryant, colored, was se riously injured last Wednesday morning when the wagon la which he was riding was struck by a car driven by Click Choate, According to Choate, tl\e wagon bore no light and as it was still dark, he failed to see it. Bryant suffered a cut over thi eye and chest injuries. Tho wreck occurred near the Pip* factory. The wagon was com pletely demolished and damage to the car was estimated at $300, !■- The pi I four thei tan theal the wii bank, granted ie Spar U. D. C. MEETING WILL BE SATURDAY An important meeting of the Alleghany county United Daugh ters of the Confederacy will be held Saturday afternoon at ] o’clock at the home of Mrs. C. A. Reeves. Important business is to be dis cussed and all members and for mer members are urged to be present. Grouse Season Ended On Jan. 1 Hunters were reminded this week that the grouse season for this section of the country ended on January t. The quail season ends on January 10 and the ralv bit season on January 31. Dewitt Bryan, district game protector, issued this announce ment and the statement that all violators erf the game laws wfl| be prosecuted to the full extant of the law. ' ;
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