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VOLUME 58, NO. 21 AND STAR-TIMES—(CONSOLIDATED ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1941) —ALLEGHANY COUNTY’S ONLY NEWSPAPER. $2.00 a Year in Alleghany County SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, FEB. l: $2.50 a Year Out of County Keterendum On Liquor Is Given To Legislature Wage And Hour Bill Is Before! Body; Gas Tax Refund ^ Bill Killed By Staff Writer Raleigh — (Special) —A State wide referendum bill to delight the hearts of most North Caro lina prohibitionists was introduc ed in the General Assembly yes terday. It would let the people vote to outlaw liquor and every thing but farm-fermented wines, give up $3,250,000 a year tax and $5,000,000 profit on beverages and turn the pages of North Caro Ilina history back to the days of the old Turlington Act if passed. The bill was certain to pitch the 1947 Legislature, already split by dissension on everything from teachers’ pay to rabbit propa !gation, into the midst of another bitter battle. Stamped with the approval of prohibition forces, it was headed for heavy legislative opposition, spearheaded by the 25 counties which vote, as well as drink, wet and reap substan tial profit from ABC stores. Defeat Predicted Experienced observers last night predicted nothing but de feat for the referendum measure, but admitted that a point might have won by introducing it first Ain the Senate instead of the WHouse. Even leaders in the pro hibition fight have predicted that no referendum bill will ever reach the House this session. Wage and Rw Bill A State minimum wage-hour bill, backed by the Department of Labor, was introduced in the General Assembly Tuesday in the wake of the movement to outlaw the closed shop in North Caro lina, but there were indications that newer and even more dras tic laws to curb dictatorial labor union tendencies may bo pro posed in Legislature. \ Other bills, with more taefh than the anti-dosed shop meas ure introduced by three ex-G. I.’s last week, are known to have been drawn. Whether or when (Continued on Page 8) Chatham Talks Tar Heels Confer On Elkin Man’s Possibilities As New Ambassador Washington—Thurmond Chat ham, millionaire blanket manu facturer from Elkin and Winston Salem, visited Washington Wed nesday and conferred with Con gressman Robert L. Doughton, of North Carolina, who is booming him for appointment as ambassa dor to Great Britain. Chatham, who lost a close race for Congress in the Democratic primary last spring, visited sev eral other friends in the capital, Doughton said. Asked by a reporter if he had urged President Truman person ally to nominate Chatham, Doughton replied. “Not yet.” He indicated such action might fol ^Jlow a meeting of the North Caro lina congressional delegation next week, when Senators Hoey and Umstead return from the state. Several prominent men are be ing mentioned as possible nom inees to succeed Ambassador O. Max Gardner of Shelby, N. C., who died in New York a week ago on the eve of his departure for his new post at the Court of St. James. # ;h Doughton Dan W. Miller To Be Buried Today — Funeral service for Dan Witt Miller, 30, of Laurel Springs, will be held this afternoon at two o’clock at the Peak Creek church. JRev. J. W. Luke will officiate and Qnterment will be in the family cemetery. Mr. Miller succumbed in the Baptist hospital in Winston-Sal em Monday after a brief illness. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Miller, and the following brothers and sis ters: Mrs. Bert Miller, of Rex burg, Idaho; Mrs. Clark Blevins, of Laurel Springs; Mrs. Dovie Woodie, of Landis; Mrs. Joan Miller, of Nathan’s Creek; Mrs. Herman Alexander, of Landis; Nancy Miller, of Laurel Springs; C. J. Miller, of Petersburg, Va.; i and Tom C. Miller, of N. Wilkes- i boro. USO Fund Drive Now Nearing Quota; Want All Gifts Reported SILENT CARL SPEAKS Sen. Carl Hayden (D-Ariz), recently made his second sen ate speech in 21 years. Back in 1926 he staged a filibuster on the issue of certain phases of the Boulder Dam bill—that speech lasted six weeks. Sparta Girls Win In Semi-Finals; Lose To Mt. Airy Two Girls Named On All* Tournament Team,* Sparta Boy Also Named t A fourteen point lead was the wumiog acore over the Sparta girls when they battled with the Mt. Airy girls and lost the cham pionship title of the Elkin Invi tational Jaycee tournament Tues day night. The score was 27-13, though the Sparta lassies played a hard fought game. Osborne set the pace for the home town girls, ringing up a total of seven points. Two of Sparta’s girls were named on the all-tournament team following the finals. They were Tommy Sue Moxley and Uptie Andrews. The girls were awarded $100 following the semi-finals Monday night when they defeated the Union Grove girls by a close mar gin of 34-31. Uptie Andrews ran up the score for her team by scoring 16 of the 34 points. Mitch ell led a close second with 11 points and Osborne scored 7, points. In an earlier game in the con (Continued On Page 4) Richardson On USS Stormes O. B. Richardson, seaman, first class, son of Oscar M. Richard son of Stratford, is serving aboard the destroyer USS Stormes. Richardson, who entered the Naval service in March, 1946, and received his recruit training at the Naval Training Center, Norfolk, Va.. has been aboard the Stormes since June. 1946. Alleghany Is One Among Few Counties In State To Reach Goal It was announced this week by Miss Minnie Lou Edwards, as sistant to county chairman C. R. Roe, that the USO drive quota would most likely be reached this week. Miss Edwards explained that there Were still some contributors and workers to be heard from and asked that all contributions be turned in to her or Chairman Roe this week in order that the drive might be concluded. Alleghany will be among the first counties in the State to reach its USO drive quota as many have fallen far behind. Chair man Roe was out of town yes terday and it was explained that other contributors not previously announced would be published in this paper next week. The county’s quota is $300.00. Car8 Damaged In Accident Mon. Near Twin Oaks Car Driven By Crockett Poe Collided Wtih That Of Army Colonel Lt. Col. William Preston and wife, en route to Parrisburg, W. Va., were slightly injured in an accident hererfoonday, at 3:00 p. m., when a ’M Chevrolet driven by Crockett Poe, of Sparta, col lided with them cm the highway near Twin Oaks. ■ Poe was en route to Sparta and was reported by local officers to be driving under the influence of some intoxicant when he collid ed with the ’42 Chevrolet driven by the army -colonel en route to Sparta. Poe suffered several face lace rations and Lt. Col. and Mrs. Preston were reported to be Blightly injured. Preston’s car was damaged approximately $300 worth and that of Poe’s $100. Poe was taken to the county jail and later released on $300 bond. A hearing will be held Saturday before B. F. Wagoner, Poe being charged with drunken driving. Lt. Col. and Mrs. Preston were en route to a funeral in Parris burg, W. Va., and were taken there by a taxi later Monday. Drive Contest Winners Given Winners in the school contest in the March of Dimes drive just completed have been announced this week by Mrs. Ruth J. Choate, county chairman. In the elementary grades, Miss Iva Zell Taylor’s room was win ner with Mrs. Rebecca Choate’s fifth grade room as runner up. In the high school, Miss Min nie Lou Edwards’ eleventh grade room collected the largest sum of money for the drive. Pictures of “Blue Boy” were awarded winners. Many Here Favor Separate Game And Fishery Division Sportsmen of this section were among thfe wildlife federationists, who turned out 300 strong for Tuesday’s hearing in Raleigh by the House Committee on Conser vation and Development to advo cate a bill that would separate the Division of Game and Inland Fisheries from the Conservation Department and place administra tion of the game and fish laws under a new wildlife resources commission. It was recalled that it was in West Jefferson that Gov. srnor Cherry in an address be fore the Rotary club and others, aefore he was elected governor, aid that he would favor the sep iration -of the two. The committee heard only argu nents in favor of the proposed livorce of the division from the lepartment. Opponents of the neasure will be heard Thursday, and Representative J. V. Whit | field of Pender, chairman of the | House group, announced that thereafter both sides would be given an opportunity for rebuttal. The wildlife speakers, who were applauded enthusiastically by their supporters, asserted that they represented 20 000 members J of 102 wildlife clubs in 96 coun- i ties and that they had the sup-1 port of an “overwhelming ma-, jority of the people of N. C.” They served notice that they were opposed to a compromise proposal offered Monday night by Senator Rudolph Mintz, of Brunswick, under which a wild life resources commission would set up within the present De partment of Conservation and De velopment, and they promised that “if the separation bill is de feated in this Legislature as it (Continued on Page 4) War Hero Is Now Training To Be A Movie Star I Audie L. Murphy, 23, Kingston, Texas, came out of World War II with the title of the most decorated GI. His gallantry won for him the Congressional Medal of Honor, three Purple Hearts, two Silver Stars, the Legion of Merit and the Croix de Guerre and nine other decorations. Here he is shown receiving the Congressional Medal of Honor—and his present occupation, training to be a movie star. Another County Still Raided By Sheriff Thursday 100-Gallon Double-Boiler In Operation When Found By Richardson Deputies Sheriff Glenn D. Richardson and deputies made another raid on one of Alleghany county’s stills last Thursday. The double-boiler 100-gallon still, located in the C|Mrry lane township cyi Bull He$d -Moun tain, was in operation when the sheriff and his deputies arrived on the scene. Approximately 1200 pounds of chop were captured and 1500 gal lons of beec.destroyed, the sheriff stated. One of &e operators was cap tured and will be tried at the spring term of Superior court. The other operator escaped, how ever. • This is one of the many raids made here in the county by Sher iff Richardson since he began his tenure, and is evidence that the county is being rid perma nently of the stills. Alleghany Men Are Discharged Three more Alleghany county men were honorably discharged from the U. S. Army and have reported to the local draft board, Sam L. Davis, local clerk, stated this week. Those discharged were Odell C. Smith, of Enrice; Thomas Jackson Andrews, of Whitehead; and Louis Brinegar, of Sparta. RITES HELD MONDAY FOR KENNEDY INFANT Funeral service and burial rites were held at the Mt. Carmel cemetery for Julia Ann Kennedy, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mac Dale Kennedy, of Sparta on February 7. The infant succumbed a few hours after birth. Week Of Cold Weather Here After a week of bitter cold weather throughout the county, the temperature arose into the thirties for the first time, yesterday. More snow predieted by those claiming to be weather prophets, Wednes day. failed to materialise. During the past week the mercury hovered so near sero for so long that a number of water pipes were frosen as well as automobiles. In addi tion to the temperature, whieh dropped as lew as 4 degrees below sero in some sections, snow blizzards also added to the uncomfortable weather. So welcome was the sunshine today that it received almost as much favorable comment as if it were unusual. Bill Introduced By Rep. Ervin Regarding Allowance Of County Sheriff, Ratified 9/ ' Valentine’s Day Popular; Many Cards Are Sold Schools And Other Groups As W«ll As Individuals There is perhaps no'^l|pl||M more popular among er folks than St. Valentine’s Day. Those of Alleghany are no ex ceptions. School girls and boys have been busy for days select ing valentines, making them and then deciding to whom they will be sent. In many of the school rooms there will be held the opening of the traditional val entine boxes. Others will have parties and all in all there will be few who do not take some notice of the day. From the large number of val entines sold there are going to be exchanges among the youth of the county. But those lacy cards and red heart-shaped boxes of candy sent on Valentine’s Day have nothing to do with St. Valentine, accord ing to Britannica Junior, the en (Continued on rage 1) Scout Troop To Go To Elkin, Sat. "■ 1 - Members of the local scout troop will journey to Elkin Sat urday morning for a special field day program at the Gilvin Roth Memorial V. M. C. A. A special program including a rally, weiner roast and moving pictures has been planned for the group. The program will be gin at 10:30 o’clock. The troop will be accompanied by H. E. Singletary, acting scout master. Gives Report Of Other Ac tivities In The N. C. Legislature House Bill 28, “to fix certain allowances for travel and trans portation expenses of the sheriff of Alleghany county,” introduced early in January by Representa Sheriff in monthly installments, annually $500.00 travel allowance beginning January 1, 1947, was first referred to the committee on Salaries and Fees. It was reported favorably by the senate committee last week after which it passed the second and third readings last Thursday. It was ratified on Friday. The resolution introduced early in the session relative to the death of Honorable Rufus A. Doughton and Honorable Eugene Transou was a joint resolution introduced by Representatives Ervin and Brown. Earlier in the session Repre sentative Ervin also introduced a bill that would make it legal to kill grey foxes at any time and would offer bounty payments. Concerning this he recently wrote The News the following: “I have decided not to try to (Continued on Page 4) A. C. E. TO SPONSOR GRAND OLE OPRY SHOW A show will be given at the Alleghany courthouse in Sparta on February 18, at 7:30 p. m. it was announced here this Week. Robert Lunn, the talking blues artist, will be featured with his WSM Grand Ole Opry gang, from Nashville, Tenn. The show is be ing sponsored by the American Confederation of Enlisted Men. A small admission fee will be charged. Vets Wanting To Take Farm # Training Must Enroll Now Alleghany County veterans of World War II, who desire to take co-operative farm training under provisions of Public Law 346 (the G. I. Bill), must be enrolled for instruction by a vocational agricultural teacher prior to March 1, 1947, in order to receive tuition and subsistence allowance payments under the Veterans Ad ministration training program,” Gene R. Irwin, county service officer announced this week. Veterans not enrolled by the end of February cannot enter the farm training program until 1948, as new procedures require all enrollments to be made dur ing January and February of each year in the future. This means that farm training—a co-opera tive program of organized in struction and actual on-farm training—will always start at the beginning of the crop year. “There are already some 8,000 veterans in the state taking farm training. They, and others en tering before the new deadline, will have teachers and VA agri cultural training officers. Evi dence of satisfactory progress will be required" to permit contin uance of subsistence allowances at that time.” LION’S CLUB WILL MEET TUES. NIGHT The regular meeting of the Sparta Lion’s club will be held Tuesday night, February 18, at the Shell Cafe, Roy Ellison, presi , dent, announced yesterday. All members are urged to be present. AAA Community Comm i 11 e e men Are Making Plans More Than Half Of Farmers In County Now Signed Up For 1947 Plans AAA community committee men, now working with the farm ers of the county report that ap proximately half the farmers of the county have signed plans for 1947 practices. The others are expected to be contacted this month, and have their plans com pleted. It was pointed out that all farmers who expect to par ticipate in the 1947 AAA program must execute a farm plan by March 1. Attention was called to the fact that Saturday, February 15 is the last day for making 1946 reports on lime and phosphate received for that year. For the convenience of the farmers who have not made their 1947 plans, the list of community committeemen serving them is published here: Cherry Lane—Chairman, Les ter Woodruff: vice-chairman, Burt Crouse; regular member, H. J. Spicer. Cranberry—Chairman, Robert Joines; vice-chairman, Charlie Roberts, regular member, Major Mabe. Sparta — Chairman, Champ Duncan; vice-chairman, Arol C. Choate; regular member, Parley Truitt. Twin Oaks—Chairman, G. C. Reeves: vice-chairman, C. G. Fen der; regular member, L. C. Hamp ton. i Wolf Branch — Chairman, Ar j thur Gambill; vice-chairman, El ! mer Edwards; regular member, Robert Taylor. | Barrett — Chairman, Lonnie Davis; vice-chairman, Hurst Hif I gins; regular member, James -ir—._ I Blevins X Roads — Chairman, W P Rvanfi' tri * Hash; re] lier. Turkey Knob—unairman, r. t. Landreth; vice-chairman, Harry Young; regular member, Fred R. Brown. New Hope — Chairman, D. J, Jones; vice-chairman, F. G. Weav* er; regular member, E. K. Tent* pleton. Stratford — Chairman, Georg* Finney; vice-chairman, C. E. Ed. wards; regular member, C. ft, Mitchell. Whitehead — Chairman, RalpH Joines, vice-chairman, Lonni* Edwards; regular member, Mack C. Edwards. School Secures New Equipment Sixteen Millimeter Projector To Be Added To Voca« tional Department i Among the new equipment Ml* j cured for the vocational depart* | ment at Sparta high school is a sixteen millimeter sound mo via projector, Ralph Cheek, vocation* al teacher, stated this week. Blackout shades have already arrived and have been put up and the projector is expected to ar* rive in the next few weeks, it In connection with the farm training program, approximately $900 worth of equipment has been secured for the department, it was stated. Health slides were shown at the school last week by Dr. Rob* ert King, Jr., health officer, and plans are being made for futur* pictures. Former County Woman Passes News has been received her* this month of the death of Mr*. Nannie Bowman, former Laurel Springs resident, who succumb* ed at her home at Germantown. She had been ill for several months, it was reported and ■» death was not expected. Last rites were conducted at Germanton Methodist church and interment was in the church cemetery. Survivors are her husband and two sons; twin brothers, Will Wagoner, of Washington, D. C., ’ and Carey Wagoner, of Piney Creek; and her mother, Mr*. Florence Wagoner Pruitt, q| Laurel Spring* ' - ' - *•?...
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