AND STAB-TIMES— (CONSOLIDATED ON SEPTEMBER VOLUME 58, NO. 23 $2.00 a Tear in Alleghany County SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA —ALLEGHANY COUNTY’S ONLY NEWSPAPER. THURSDAY, FEB. 27, 1947 $2.50 a Year Out of County Red Cross Campaign Fund Drive Opens Saturday House Would Outlaw Closed Shops In State Many Liquor Bills Before Body; Cherokee Bill Turned Down By Staff Writer Raleigh—(Special)—With a def inite affirmative vote, the house of representatives Tuesday pass ed and sent to the senate a bill to outlaw the closed shop in North Carolina. The vote followed more than two hours of debate during which opponents of the measure pleadr ed that the record of labor in North Carolina “does not war rant this slap in its face.” Other opponents asserted that the bill would have no effect on the great majority of North Caro lina industries and hence would be “nothing but an idle gesture.” 29 Proposed Liquor Laws The perennial row over liquor has resulted in introduction in the general assembly of 29 pro posed laws. The bills range from one offer ed by Senator George Penny of Guilford «*iyng for a state-wide refffendum on the prohibition Question to one sent forward by the Wake delegation providing for, a referendum 1h Middle Creek township in Wake oh the sale of wine and beeL ^ i A I'Ty* ucaung uu wic pbsfcd state-wide referendum has been scheduled for March 4 and 5 by the taint finance committee, prior to the Rearing, a bill similar to lhe Penny measure probably will be introduced in the house. Among ftajfifa£££ related « ■**$" would' •A* ■‘■It jfe- -Mthi sales w ... elections in Ashe and Transyh ; ■ Another would provide for an sale of wine and boor. Opposition resulted in an un favorable senate committee re port for Rep. Dan Tompkins' res olution memoralizing congress to emancipate the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. The senate-education commit tee voted an unfavorable report after 10 Indians from the Cher okee reservation voiced their pro test at an hour-and-half hear ing. Senator Parker arranged for the public hearing and made the motion for the unfavorable report Only Swain’s Senator Baxter Jones voted against the Parker motion. Truck Hearing Started The Joint utilities Commission opened this week the first in gk* probably will be a long aerie* £»• hearings on a bill to rewrite thd frOCk laws and de fine, classify and regulate motor carrier*. yChief opposition to the measure (Continued on rage 4) Jb Arrested » On /"taor Charge Edison Evan County Jai Of Non-* James Walls, ot l « * the arrested last Wednesda \ illegal charge of poasession of U the whiskey in connection wi. guB raid on a still located in the *$£ Head Mountain section. She. Glean Richardson and his depu tic* destroyed the 50-gallon still and 1,000 gallons of beer near his home near Cherry Lane, last week. Walls was released under $300 bopd. and will be tried at the April term of Superior court. Edison Evans, of Cherry Lane, is being held'in the Alleghany a county Jail on the charge of non " support Evans war confined to the Jail Tuesday. A hearing has a* yet not been set. PEGGY ESTEP DIES IN MOBILE, ALABAMA News was received here this Week of the death of Peggy Estep, three-year old daughter of Dr and Mrs. John H. Estep, of Mobile, Alabama. Peggy succumbed at her home on February 15 as a result of acute leukemia. She had only been ill for a short time; it was County Has Week Of Severe Winter Weather And Snow ISSUES PROCLAMATION Truman, , proclaim* IfOfcs Mouth. Lunchroom To > Be Continued U ~•** At Sparta H. S. Other County . School* Also To Continue Operating At, Increased Prices of next month, school lunch rooms throughout the county, as well as throughout the state, Will be^on their own. Miss Clyde Fiends, county school superin tendent, reminded the public this week that the federal funds which have been used for oper ating the eounty’s lunchrooms will be exhausted the early part of March; School unita will have to now assume full responsibil ity for their own lunchrooms, she pointed out.1 Alleghany county schools are planning to continue to serve (Continued on Page 4' Name Committee For Merchants At a meeting of a group of the majority of the merchants of Sparta last week it was decided to name a committee to pass on our solicitations, contributions and special advertising promo tions not in local publications. Before making a canvass of the town an individual sr organiza tion is expected to get the ap proval of the committee, it was pointed out. Members of the committee are Kerns Wagoner, chairman, c. R. Roe, Bill Sprinkle, Waste Choate, and Judy Womble. Travel Badly Hampered; Schools Are Closed; Few Accidents Reported Following snow which started a week ago Wednesday morning, Alleghany has experienced a week of bitter winter weather, with the temperature dropping to as low as two degrees above zero and scarcely rising to as high as thirty. Added to the low temperature has been daily snow blizzards. As a result many of the county roads are still im passable and some sections of the main highways are covered with ice and snow\ An official reading of the measurement of the snow, which fell Wednesday a week ago, was nine and one-half inches, and with the low temperature much of this still remain* on the ground. Slight blizzards almost every day since than have added some tQ the original snowfall which has bee* whipped by winds to leave same spots totally hare and to drift as much as eight feet in others. Schools closed last Wednesday but expect to reopen Monday. - (Continued on Page 4) County Spools To Re-open Mon. ^ Roads Blocked Alleghany county schools will re-open Monday provided weath er conditions do not become worse and the county roads are cleared. Miss Clyde Fields, coun ty school superintendent, stated this week. Ross Richardson, State highway supervisor, hopes to have all county roads cleared by Monday, it was pointed out. Schools have remained closed since last Thursday and it was thought that they could be re opened today, however, the roads are still icy and drifts prevent safe travel. Principals, teachers and stu dents are asked to listen to news broadcasts over WBT, Charlotte, and the Galax station in case there should be any change in plans. 4-H Club County Meet Postponed The meeting of the 4-H club county council which was to have been held at the community building, Saturday, has been postponed, John Burch, assistant county agent, stated yesterday. ~ The date will be announced later. The meeting was to have been held especially to name offi cers of the council. Rep. C. W. Ervin Writes Of Visit To School For The Blind the gymnasium, I didn’t see them smile. They have an infirmary and a trained nurse. One little boy was sick in the infirmary. When 1 passed by his bed, 1 said, “How are you, bud?” He didn’t say anything. They have some good musicians, too; some that play the piano, the clarinet and violin, and some of them can sing. One little boy twelve years of age has a won* derful voice. It is a good school and the State appropriated over $300,000 every year to run this school. Some of them learn to make mattresses and some of them irarn to tune pianos and some them, like other schools, don’t wj anything. They gave us a \ booklet. •r. tHf two hours to read K ‘ Hsnces, but 1 wonder why ^■/didnVt smile, not when they ,^ed the*.®#"1® nor when they ayed their: games. The Red Cross Is On The Job Serving Veterans During the fiscal year the Red Cross expects to spend $80,000,000 in behalf of servicemen at home and abroad and for veterans and their families. This service merits your generous support. Special Appeal For Red Cross Is Made By Irwin County Chairman Of Drive ' Asks The Support Of Every Citizen Of Alleghany C«4 tfWto, chairman of the Red Cross' 6d«jji!igtt Fund Drive yesterday issued *He following statement urging the support of March 1 and continuing through the month, you will be asked to donate to the 1947 Red Cross Fund. “It is useless to try to enum erate the inany things the Red Cross has done for our men and women in the service. But I will remind you of a few things the Red Cross is still doing. Thou sands of men who were wound ed in the service, many of them with their bodies or minds ruin ed for life; thousands of our men and women who are still in for eign countries with the armies of occupation; thousands of young men who have not been discharg ed in this country; thousands of widows and orphans and other near relatives, are being aided and comforted by the American Red Cross. “In the various disasters all over the world, the American Red Cross is being called on to assist. Within a few weeks the lifeless bodies of those great American heroes, who died on foreign soil,—that we might live and enjoy the fruits of happi ness,—will begin arriving in the United States, to be buried at the place chosen by their near rela tives. In that sad hour the Amer ican Red Cross will be on hand to aid and comfort the bereaved (Continued on Page S) Thieves Enter B. & T. Drug Store, Take Safe And Other Valuables; Reward Is Offered Farmers Musi Complete Plans , Before March S AUeghatiy farmer! who haw not already signed plans in con nection with the AAA program for this year are remirfd*4 that these plans must be completed before March 8, if they are to participate in the payment pro gram which offers $52,000.00 in improved farm practices. The county AAA committee men have selected the following 12 important farm practices for the 1947 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 (Continued on Page 8) Lions Club To Meet Tues. Night The regular meeting of the Lions club will be held at the Shell Cafe, Tuesday night, March 4, Roy Ellison, president, an nounced. The meeting will begin at 7:30 o’clock. All members are urged to be present. Enter through Back Window Last Night; Believed To Be Narcotic Bing What was believed to be a , ot narcotic thieves entered n penny earrtm a sale away with them, In addi tion to the S#fe UTi4 #H of its contents, includWg fiSfsotics, bonds, insurance and other valuable papers as ha around $500.00 in cash, fft# thieves also took a large amount of valuable merchandise includ ing any number of fountain pen sets. Because of the disorder a complete inventory was not im mediately available. No discovery was made of the theft until around seven o’clock this morning when the back door was discovered open. In' addi tion to the general disorder' in the drug store the thieves cut the telephone wires. Or. T. R. Burgiss, owner of the store, said this morning that a reward was being offered for information leading to the return of the bonds and other valuable papers in the safe. This is the second time this store, located on Sparta’s main j street, has been broken into,: this year. On January first, thieves cut the glass from the front door, entered and ransack ed the prescription room evident ly looking for narcotics, but un able to find any, took a radio and some other valuable merchan dise. No trace of those robbers has been found to date. Alleghany Boys And Girls To Celebrate 4-H Club Week _—— March 1-9 will be celebrated by the boys and girls in the 4-H Chiba in Alleghany county along with the rest of the country. J, P. Burch, assistant county agent, stated that the main theme witt be “Working Together For A Better Home and World Com munity." Emphasis will be placed on strengthening and expansion of 4-H club work by the club members in getting ready for a successful year, Mr. Burch stated. Parents are being informed in regard to the 4-H dub program and the clubs are selecting their neighborhood leaders. Some of the points of interest in regard to the organization of 4-H clubs are pointed out by Mr. Burch: “The 4-H club is set up on a school, county, state, and na tional basis, and are organized groups- of young people between ages of 10 and 21 yean, who are engaged in farming, hwuamak ing and community activities who have agreed to learn to do by doing.’ "The 4-H club had its origin n the State of North Carolina more than a quarter of a century ago. It grew from a small or* ganized group of rural boys known as the ‘Corn Club,’ to the largest youth organization in the world. There are 1800 in dividual clubs in North Carolina with more than 93,000 members. Alleghany county has 12 organiz 'd clubs with 400 boys and girls aking part in club work. “This organization has for its objectives,- first to stimulate a zest for life and living and gives us a will to work toward visions and possibilities of a greater Ag riculture that was beyond the reach of our fathers. 4-H club members by cooperating, and in doing so create a desire for com radeship with other people. It (Continued On Page 4) Need Is Great; Cooperation Of Everyone Asked Township Chairmen To Moot Drive Chairman Carl Irwin Friday Night Alleghany county’s Red Cross Campaign Fund Drive will offi cially open on Saturday, March 1, with Carl Irwin as drive chair man. The county’s quota has been set at $390, and the cooperation of everyone is asked in raising this. The quota has been broken down and divided among the va rious townships and their chair men. All of these chairmen era to meet at Twin Oaks at 8:00 o’clock on Friday to secure sup plies and to discuss further plant for,the drive. The various chairmen and their respective quotas are as follows: E. J. Pugh, Chanberry, $30.00; Mrs. Dan Jones, Prather’s Creek, $40; Mack Woodie, Piney Creek, $70; Bill Sprinkle, Gap Civil, $100; L W. Wagoner, Glade Creek, $70; Ralph Gentry, Cherry Lane, $30; Mrs. Ethelyne Rich' ardson, Whitehead, Attention is efcUei to the fact th»f 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 headquarter*^ fund. “Because of the wonderful service the Red Cross has ren dered and is still rendering I feel that we win have no trouble in raising oil?