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Alleghany RUN — 2,02s AND STAR-TIMES—(CONSOLIDATED ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1M1) —ALLEGHANY COUNTY’S ONLY NEWSPAPER. 58, NO, 22 $2.00 a Year In Alleghany County Alleghany County b... Outstanding Livestock, A**, culture and Tourist Cantu, With A Population of MIL SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, FEB. 20, 1947 $2.50 a Year Out of County Many At Hearing On Co-Operative I Levy Proposal Anti-Fireworks Measure Is Passed By North Caro lina Senate By Staff Writer Raleigh— (Special) — With the exception of senate passage of a rigid anti-fireworks bill, the leg islature worked principally in committees the first of the week -and made what its leaders consid ered good headway. Hearings were concluded on a highly controversial wildlife bill, which would separate the division of game and inland fisheries from the department of conservation and development. The house committee planned to vote on the measure tomorrow; the senate committee, later. Cooperatives Tax Proposed levy of income and franchise taxes on farmers’ co operatives Monday occasioned the largest public hearing in North Carolina’s legislative annals. Over 3,000 proponents and op ponents of a proposed amendment to the revenue bill, which would tax co-operatives the same as pri enterprises, attended the hearing before the House Finance Committee in Memorial Audito rium. unairman nerr uraige Kam sey, Representative frOln Rowan, allotted each side one hour. Willard L. Dowell,* executive secretary of the North Carolina Merchants’ Association, supported the bill which, he said,, was aim ed at “giant money-making co operatives who’re’doing big bus iness and are able amply to pay jge-’gaatafeBgnreSentative Hen business between $50,000,000 and $75,000,000 annually. “By 1950, co-operatives will capture at least $100,000,000 of North Carolina’s business volume.” Fisher spon sored the blH. Safer Driving Sought HouSc Judiciary one directed (firman Frank Taylor of Wayne uRftame a sub-committee to re vise, if it considers it necessary, a measure to cause proof of finan (Continued on Page 4) Dr. Pugh Named To Head Hospital Former Alleghany Man Elect ed Chief Of Staff Of Gaston Hospital Dr. C. H. Pugh, prominent Gas tonia physician, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Pugh, of Lau rel Springs, was elected chief of staff of Gaston Memorial hos pital at the recent annual busi ness nieeting of the staff for elec tion of officers. * Dr. Pugh, who succeeded Dr. J. Lee Robinson, has been prom «nt in local and state circles a number of years. He has been secretary of the Gaston County Medical Society for the past 20 years, and previously served as secretary of the Sev enth District Medical Society, composing a number of counties in the section in which he re sides. He is a member of the N. C. Medical Society and the American Medical Association. Active in the civic, religious and fraternal life of Gastonia, as well as its medical professional work of Main Street Methodist church, is a member of Gastonia Civitan Club and is a member of the local and state Masonic bodies, in which he held numer ous positions. Driver’s Permits Issued On ^ue s. Alleghany county residents who would like to secure learner’s permits or driver’s licenses should contact David G. Hatcher each Tuesday. Mr. Hatcher's office is located in the courthouse and the office is open each Tuesday from 9:00 a. m. until 4:00 p. m. Those who wish to secure a li should apply for a driver’s _»1 and then take the writ eye, road sign and driver’s Tommy Tunks On A Toot!! He presses the first key down and the music goes round and round and comes out a deep bass note. Al though Tommy Tunks himself is a soprano, being only one year old, the horn belongs to his dad, who is a pro fessional musician. $52,000 Included In County’s AAA Program; Farmers Must Complete Plans Before Mar. 8 Urged To Consult Community Committeemen On Farm Practices > While more than half of the fanners of Alleghany county have already made plana to par ticipate ’in the AAA program which, offtrs $52,000.00 in im? proved farm practices in .the couafrr the* myiSify that hive not completed th@lr plans yet. Since these must be in before March 8, they are asked to con tact their community committee men and complete plans at once. The county AAA committee men have selected the following 12 important farm practices for the 1847 program; Liming ma terial, phosphate, potash, winter cover crops, plowing under red clover, permanent pastures, mow ing pastures, contour strip crop ping, open ditch drainage, tile drainage, forest planting and hay crops. It was pointed out that while all farmers would not want to carry out all of these, that they were varied enough so that some of them were adaptable to all farms. The community committeemen are as follows; Barrett — Chairman, Lonnie Davis; vice-chairman, Hurst Hig gins; regular member, James (Continued on Page 4) MRS. DELIA CROUSE, 69, DIES AT HOME Funeral service for Mrs. Delia Crouse, 69, who died at her home Monday, was held at the Zion church Wednesday afternoon. In terment was in the church ceme tery. She is survived by two sons, Earl Crouse, of here, Plat Crouse, of South Carolina; and one daugh-. ter, Mrs. Robert Edwards, of ] Alleghany, and 12 grandchildren. Alleghany USO Quota Surpassed Here This Week More Contributors Are An nounced; Schools Give/' , Coition < Alleghany this' week surpassed its USP quota of $300 and is re ported to be one of the fiqtt coun ties in the state to reach its quota. Miss Minnie Lou Edwards, co chairman of the drive with C. R. Roe, stated this week that a total of $324.00 had been reported. Contributions not previously reported are {is follows: Sparta Pipes, Inc., $25; Pine Swamp, $10.03; Piney Creek school, $6.00; B. & T. Drug Co., $5.00; Farmers Hardware, and Irwin Motor com pany, $2 each; Modern Dry Clean ers, $1. ... !« Mr. Roe said he was well pleas ed with the response and wished to thank everyone for their co operation. 4-H Club County Council To Meet The officers of the twelve 4-H clubs of Alleghany county which make up the county council, will meet at the community building here March 1, it was announced this week. One of the main purposes of the meeting is to name officers of the council and all club officers are urged to be present. Mrs. Isom Wagoner, home demonstration agent, and John Burch, assistant county agent, will assist the county council in making their plans and setting up objectives for the year. Mid-Piedmont Tournament Entered By Sparta Girls Sparta girls have entered their second tournament of the season and have been asked to play in the Mid-Piedmont Tournament which opened last night at Bar ium Springs and will continue through Monday, February 24. The girls will be opposed by Stanley, who defeated Berryhill 28-23 last night. Playing will begin at 4:30 o’clock. The Sparta teams divided hon oi£ at Boonville Tuesday night when the girls won a 27-25 vic tory over the Boonville girls. Clarice led the scoring for the home town girls scoring 14 of the 27 points: Boonville boys were the victors on their own court defeating the hard fighting Sparta boys 3S-I6. Setting the pace for the local boys was Bill Reeves and Boonville held only a two point lead at the r ; 7 • •• - • .. •• - half when the score was 13-11. The Boenville boys, defeated only once during the basketball season, proved strong opposition for the local boys. Castevens scored 8 points for the winners, Sheriff Names 2 New Deputies Two new deputies have been named by Sheriff Glenn D. Rich ardson in addition to the four who are already serving. Wade Hoppers, o& Piney Creek, and Wayne Hoppers, of Sparta, are the new deputies. Others serving are C. Brant Taylor, of Sparta; Ross Richard son. of Whitehead; George Royal, of Roaring Gap; and floe Dickens, of Eunice , Leaders Hope To Continue School Lunchrooms Here Federal Funds Allotted For Projects Will Be Ex hausted Soon Alleghany county children as well as any others may be eating cold biscuits at noontime instead of the usual appetizing hot lunch es served in the school lunch rooms, if some plans are not worked out to continue the pres ent system, by the end of this month. Miss Clyde Fields, county sup erintendent of schools, along with others in the State, has received an announcement from the State office pointing out that because of the limited allotment for lunch rooms and the greatly increased number of lunches served, there will not be sufficient funds in the present allotment to continue the program much longer after the end of this month. The State office has suggested various plans for continued op eration including the raising of prices and the cutting down of the number of school lunches served. Because of the number’ of chil dren now included in the lunch room program and the benefits derived from it, Superintendent Fields said she hoped plans for its continuance throughout the school year could be worked out. Rey* Eli Long, 78, Buried Tuesday Rev. Eli A. Long, Laurel Springs, 78 years old, died early Monday mprnfeg ajt-a Ideal hos pital, after a lingering illness of several weeks. Funeral was held at Meadow Fork Baptist church, near Laurel Springs, at 2:00 p. m. Tuesday. Following this, burial was in the family cemetery. Rev. Shade Caudill and Rev. Charlie ^Kilby officiated. Nephews and grand-nephews served as pall bearers. Surviving him is his wife, Mrs. .Ruth Long, Laurel Springs, two sisters, Mrs. Sallie Thomp son, Laurel Springs, and Mrs. F. W. Cheek, Whitehead, also a num ber of nieces and nephews. Julian Hyde Is Prize Winner Julian Hyde, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hyde, was the win ner of fourth place in the district Soil Conservation contest held in North Wilkesboro last Thursday when winners from the counties in this area competed with each other. Julian, a student at Glade Valley, was presented with $10.00. Alton Weaver, of West Jeffer son high school was the Winner of the first place. 92 Sign Up For Farm Training | Ninety-two Veterans have en rolled at Sparta high school to take co-operative farm training under provisions of Public Law 364, Ralph Cheek, vocational teacher, stated this week. The maximum enrollment is 54 and Sparta has already exceeded this number by 38. Recapping Shop To Open Tuesday A new retread shop featuring Firestone factory methods will have its grand opening here on Tuesday, February 25, it was an nounced this week. The new shop, to be called the Firestone Tire Service, is owned by Miles, Waddell and Thompson. Tha shop will be equipped with the latest Lodi equipment assur ing quality recapping, Claude Miles pointed out and all tires will be steam cured to give max imum protection and long wear. | The public is cordially invited to visit the new and modern re j capping plant and see the equip ment in operation. Make Plans For Red Cross Drive; Carl Irwin Is Chairman NAMED DRIVE CHMN. "—T Carl Irwin, who has been named chairman of the Red Cross Fund Drive. Stills Captured Near Bull Head Mt. By Sheriff Richardson Released Under $500.00 Bond; To Be Tried Next May Two Alleghany county stills, located in the Qfcerry Lane town ship, were and- his deputies end. John Richardson,!! ry Lane, was arrested when he was found at the still located in the Bull Head Mountain section about 4:00 p. m. Friday afternoon. The 50<tgallon still was in oper ation at the time of the raid and 800 gallons of beer were destroy ed. Also found were one and one-half gallons of liquor. Rich ardson was turned over to the Alcoholic Tax Unit authorities. U. S. Commissioner Edney Ridge, of Greensboro, announced that Richardson, Alleghany coun ty, was released under a $500 bond after a preliminary hear ing on a charge of operating a still. The case is to be tried in the May term of District Court at Wilkesboro. The second still, also in the Bull Head Mountain section, was raided about noon Saturday. The still, located near the home of Jim Wall, near Cherry Lane, al though not in operation when the sheriff and his deputies arrived, was reported to have been in op eration that morning. The 50 gallon still was destroyed as well as 1,000 gallons of beer, the sher iff reported. In a report, Sheriff Richardson stated thie week that approxi mately 12,000 gallons of mash had been destroyed in raids on ten stills in the county since he began his tenure in office as well as 30 gallons of whiskey. Community Chairmen Are Named; Quota Is Set At $390 For Alleghany — Tentative plans were made this week to officially open the Red Cross fund drive in Alleghany on March 1 and Carl Irwin was named drive chairman. The coun ty’s quota is set at $390 for the drive. The following community chairmen have been named to serve with Chairman Irwin and have been given quotas: E. J. Pugh, Cranberry, $50.00; Mrs. Eu gene Mitchell, Prather’s Creek. $40; Mack Woodie, Piney Creek, $70; Bill Sprinkle, Gap Civil, $100; I. W. Wagoner, Glade Creek, $70; Ralph Gentry, Cherry Lane, $30; Mrs. Ethelyne Richardson, Whitehead, $30. Attention is called. to the fact that 65 per cent of the funds raised remain in the local chap ter to take care of the necessary work here. The remainder goes into the national headquarters fund. “Because of the many calls on the Red Cross in disaster work, home service and for men still in service, I believe we will have no trouble in raising our quota,” one official said. Activities Of School Filmed Moving pictures of the activi* the of school and ents school in the' fall and were color shots. Here especially for the showing of the films were J. A. Kellenberger, chairman of the Board of Trustees; Dr. Chester Alexander, pastor of the Burling ton First Presbyterian church, O. T. Anderson, director of the school’s campaign for raising building funds; and Mr. Jones, who was in charge of showing the films. VFW Meeting To Be Held Tonight The meeting of the local VFW Post will be held tonight at 7:30 at the community building. Commander Amon Edwards urges that all members be pres ent. Any veterans who would like to join are also asked to at tend. . $25.00 MORE ADDED TO POLIO FUND DRIVE Little Pine school this week turned in a total of $25.00 to be contributed to the March of Dimes campaign. The contributions by rooms are as follows: Mrs. Cecil Gibson’s room, $3.00; Mrs. Eula Truitt’s room, $5.00; Mrs. Mallie Handy’s rooms, $3.50; and D. C. Wyatt's I room, $13.50. Former County Man Active In Wash. State Senate Affairs W. Howard Roup, former Alle ghany man, senator from the tenth district in Cloverland, Washington, has been named chairman of the Senate Interim Committee on Agriculture for the twenty-ninth legislature of Washington. Mr. Roup, Asotin county wheat farmer and president of the Lew iston Grain Growers association, with members of his committee has done much research in an ef fort to thoroughly examine the work of the State Department of Agriculture and the agricultural functions of the State College of Washington as directed by the Senate. The interim committee, so call ed because it will function in the interval between the close of the last legislature and the opening of the new, one year from now. (Continued On Page 4) Nearby Test Farm Is Chosen; Plans For Work Studied Several Officials Visit Farm To Discuss Possibilities Of Development The State Test Farm at Tran* sou has been selected for research for Turkish tobacco for the west ern part of the State, it was learn ed here this week. This new department will be operated in connection with the experiments being carried on here under the Extension Department of which John Wilkins, agronom ist, is in charge. It was pointed out that the selection of research here was made because of the progress made in this area in the experiment. In discussing the per acre av erage for all the counties, Wil kins said that the per-acre aver age for all counties in 1946, based on the nine acres contracted, came to 1,202 pounds. Multiplying this yield by the price the farmer re ceived for his crop 75 centa a pound—the value per acre if $901.50. me 10 acres aesignaiea to DC planted in Western North Caro lina in 1947 have been taken by farmers who made early re quests," Wilkins said. During the past week a num ber of officials have visited the test farm at Transou, discussing the various possibilities of the de* velopment of projects underway there. Among the visitors were F. E. Miller, director of N. C. Test Farms end Professor J. C. Pierce who is in charge of beef cattle and sheep research. Dr. Luther Shaw, tJSDA, burley tobacco n« Waynesville, was alM delist, is a possibility that some hay drying equipment may be secur ed for the farm soon. All officials were pleased over the prospect of the proposed ex perimental work to be carried out this year. There is a possibility that some of the work may be curtailed be cause of lack of funds available, it was learned. Caudill Hearing Set For March 8 Charged With Assault; Buster Murphy Wounded By His Brother In Stabbing Warrants on the charge of M’ sault were issued for two men this week and one arrest wU made by Sheriff Glenn D. Rich* ardson Clarence Caudill, of Sparta, who was reported to have M* saulted his father, Philo Caudill was arrested early Sunday morn* ing and released on $200 bond . pending a hearing set for March I 8. The hearing will be held be* fore G. Glenn Nichols, justice of the peace. Caudill was reported to have assaulted his father with a shov* el \ A warrant was issued for Handy Murphy, of Ennice, who was re* ported to have stabbed his broth* er, Buster Murphy, with a pocket knife Saturday night. Buster ia now undergoing treatment for hit wounds in the Mt. Airy hospital The Murphy brothers were re* ported to have been in an argu ment at the home of Kyle Rig* gins at the time of the assault. Kyle Higgins, of Ennice, ia be* ing held in the county jail on the charge of possession of nob-tax paid liquor. Hearing Held For Poe Saturday ,In a hearing before B. F. Wag oner, justice of the peace, Sat urday, Crockett Poe, of Sparta, was bound over to the next term of Superior court The hearing was called follow
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