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~t: -V- . .■ AND STAR-TIMES—(CONSOLIDATED ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1941)—ALLEGHANY COUNTY’S ONLY NEWSPAPER. VOLUME 58, NO. 24 $2.00 a Year in Alleghany County SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, MARCH 0, 1947 Senate Passes Wild Life Bill; Considers Funds ropriations Body ichers Pay Prob Joint Faces By Staff Writer Raleigh — (Special) — Bills to /create the State Wildlife Re sources commission and to out law manufacture, sale and use of fireworks passed final legis lative readings Tuesday, while dry forces presented arguments before a committee for a state wide liquor referendum. Pas^ge of the wildlife bill was completed by the senate. The anti-fireworks measure, proposed by Sen. Weathers of Cleveland, was passed in the house. Study Milk Production The house joint agriculture committee voted favorable on a joint resolution authorizing the governor to appoint a 17-member commission to study production, processing and distribution of milk in North Carolina. The commission would be di rected to meet with the governor within 60 days of the resolution’s ratification, and its final report would be drawn in time for || presentation to the 1940 assembly. The resolution was introduced after official charges were' made here that some milk sold in the state had been watered or other wise adulterated. The charges led to grand jury action in Meck lenburg county. Hearing Set For Saturday, —** Charged .With Assault Am Disarderly Conduct charged with drunk and disor derly conduct were arrested by (^Sheriff Glenn D. Richardson and C. B. Taylor following an argu ment at the Shell Cafe here Mon * day night around eight o’clock. Ralph, Donald and Howard Green, brothers, of Ennice, and Dillon Sidden, allegedly entered the fcafe and after disorderly con duct were asked by those in charge to leave. The disturbers refused and an argument began. Howard Green, charged with as sault on Earl Richardson, was re leased on $50 cash bond as were the other two brothers, and Sid den. Sidden was also charged with assault on Bill Barnhart, of Sparta, who was in the cafe at the time of the disturbance. A hearing will be held before G. Glenn Nichols Saturday morn ing at ten o’clock. .School Head Is ♦ At Meeting, Tues. E. B. Eldridge and Rev. E. W. Thompson, of Glade Valley, meet with stated clerks Of the Win ston-Salem • and Orange Presby teries at High Point Tuesday. The purpose of the meeting was to formulate plans and work out a program for a joint meeting of the two Presbyteries which will be held at Glade Valley school on April 15-18. Plans for the meet ing will be announced later, it was pointed cut. Osborne Church Plans Services - A group of special services will Wbe held during the month of Match at the Osborne Memorial Baptist church, it was announced this week by Rev. E. B. Barton. Special singing will be furnish Four Alleghany county men, Walking In A Winter Wonderland? wttwswKWRoR-sp.vjkwkwwwx-v .. 11 ' ' '. But we doubt if many motorists who had to leave their can parked sang the song as they walked. The \ above scene shows the depth the snow reached in many sections of the county. B. & T. Drug Company’s Safe Found Sunday Off Highway 421 Near North Wilkesboro Officers StlU Woking For Thieves Who Robbed «t WednCsds Store Lost ley The 400-pound Mfe stolen from the B. and. T. Drug company here last Wednesday «ontaining bonds, cash, checks, narcdtks and «H highway -lived $1500 as well as sc totalling around $258.00, i and most of the other valuable pa pers were recovered according to information received here. The safe was discovered by Richard Jones, where it had been thrown off of an enbankment and had landed within a few feet of a creek. It is believed that it was the original intention of the robbers to roll it into the creek to prevent its discovery. Jones first thought it was some metal junked, but on closer examina tion found it was a safe and still contained valuable papers. He went to North Wilkesboro at once and informed State High way Patrolman Sidney Carter of what he had found. Sparta officers and Dr. T. R. Burgiss, owner of the drug store, were called and identified the safe and its contents. The safe had been pried open and the hinges chiseled apart by the thieves. It was believed to have 1 been dumped Saturday or earlier as it was covered with snow which fell Saturday night. When the store was entered, last week, the thieves literally (Continued on Page 4) Milk Plant To Be Opened Here Sat., March 15 Bceeifll^: And Cooling Sta tion Located Here By Selected Dairies, Inc. < Plans are being completed in order to open the new local re-' ling plant of Se ine,. at Wlngtoh manager of Daictes, Inc, stated this week. The new plant, to be operated by local 'personnel, is to be lo cated in the completely renovat ed building next to Choate Mo tor company here. New and modern equipment is being in stalled and Mr. Connelly pointed out that they should be ready to open by Saturday, March 15. The new plant is built to re ceive Grade-A milk, which will be distributed by Selected Dairies, Inc, in Winston-Salem as well as in surrounding terri tories which it has served for a number of years. Two From Sparta Make Honor Roll Two students from Sparta are among the group of those mak ing the honor roll for the fall semester at Wake Forest college, it was learned here according to an announcement from Grady S. Patterson, registrar. They were Charles Dean Choate and Doris Richardson, both of Sparta. Senate Votes To End OP A And Other Restrictions By June 30 Washington—The Republican dominated Senate, overriding Democratic protests, voted 58-29 yesterday to end OPA and other wartime control agencies toy June 80 •; : :W : A little fear lief t a Senate bapk ing subcommittee voted 8-2 against Democratic opposition to authorize a general 10 per cent boost id rents. Under this bill rent controls would be taken from OPA and left to the courts to enforce. The decision to send OPA to the graveyard df governmental wartime agencies took the form of a stipulation in a $180,000,000 deficiency appropriation for va rious Government bureaus. The stipulation marked death the Office of Temp Controls and its constituent include the renu only of OP Production ..Winded powers dur the Office of ing War Mobilization of Reconver sion. The appropriation bill, passed by the Senate yesterday, goes back to the House for action on amendments. It contains about $17*000,000 to enable OPA to wind up its du ties, which now consist mainly of enforcing controls over rents, . sugar and rice. Fleming said he had already begun to “dissolve” OPA, the Civilian Production Administra tion and the Office of War Mo bilization and Reconversion, but declared that Congress should provide the necessary operating funds fpr them to continue "until Congress itself decides what it wants to do with them.” Moreover, he said, the- OPA is carrying on a large number of activities necessary to the veter ans housing program, and he de clared: f !"' ’ “It is obvious that the veterans housing program cannot continue without these supporting activi ties.” ■ ■■■• - ' Plans Made To Re-open County Schools Monday Buses Unable To Travel Some Roads Even After Snow Begins To Melt miegiutuy t'uuiny suiuuis ic mained closed again this week due to the impassable conditions of the roads and plans are now to re-open on Monday morning, Miss Clyde Fields, county school superintendent, stated yesterday. Although the State Highway division is to be commended on its efforts in trying to clear the roads, it has been an impossible task to open all of the roads which school buses must travel. It was pointed out by officials that any aid given by individuals in clearing the roads would be appreciated. It was hoped that not only for the school children’s sake that schools may be opened but that the schools will not have to op erate any later than is necessary in the Spring. Principals, teachers and stu dents are asked to listen to news broadcasts over stations WBOB, Galax, and WSJ3, Winston-Salem in case it becomes necessary to again postpone the opening, Miss Fields stated. Wagoner Rites Held Yesterday tor oi and interment Was in the cemetery Mrs. Wagoner succumbed in me Ashe Memorial hospital at Jef ferson Sunday night at 8:30 o’clock after an illness of several weeks. The daughter of Mrs. Katherine Warden and. the late Andrew Jackson Warden, she is survived by her husband, Henry Wagoner, of Nathan’s Creek; one daughter, Mrs. Ruth J. Choate, of sisters, Mrs. Myra Gordon, Nebraska, Moxley, of Inde one brother, R. G. warden, of Stratford. The following step-children also survive: Dwight, of Pyles ville, Md.; Eugene and Hoke, of Baden, Pa.; James A., of Oteen hospital; Wing, of Muckogie, Okla.; Myrtle Hage, 0f Winston Salem; Pressie Jenkins, of Joppa, Md., Mrs. J. F. Cox, of Furches, and Robert, of Della, Pa. The body lay in state at the Wagoner home at Nathan’s Creek Tuesday night and at the church prior to the service. The Woman’s Missionary So ciety of the Sparta Baptist church forme^ the choir, the soloist was Mrs. Matthew Reynolds, of Grassy Creek. Vets To Receive Free Dental Care Alleghany county veterans of World War 11 are reminded this week that free dental care may be secured from local dentists, provided they have dental work done within one year after dis charge. Those interested may contact Gene Irwin, county serv ice officer, for additional infor mation Mr. Irwin also pointed out that he would be glad to assist vet erans in filling out terminal leave blanks. He may be con tacted at the office of ; the clerk of court in the county courthouse. REGISTERED COWS BOUGHT IN COUNTY Several purebred registered Guernsey cows have been pur chased by Alleghany county men, it was learned this week. Arthur Gambill, of Sparta, purchased six registered Guern sey cows from Abe Mayes, of Surry county. Clark Higgins, of Ennice, purchased a registered Guernsey bull calf from Fred Collins. Learns Fundamentals Of Tree Sniping Marine Private Wilmer Pruitt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Pruitt, of Laurel Springs, is learning the funda mentals of tree sniping at the combat training area at Parris Island, S. C., during his seventh week* of boot training. . r~'.r ' Sparta Girls Win Yadkin Valley Tournament; Defeat Flat Rock In Finals 24-23 Sheriff Called To Shooting At Twindaks, Fri. With 'Assault, Drank ini Disorderly Condnct Hoit lead scattered the high way in front of Mack Atwood’s apd Carl Irwin’s at Twin Oaks Friday night around 7:30 o’clock wb-.n two boys from Ashe coun ty were arrested for disorderly conduct, public drunkenness and assault with a deadly weapon. R. D. Barker, of Warrensville, and Harold Harless, of West Jef ferson, were arrested by Sheriff Glenn D. Richardson and D. B. Taylor, Sparta chief of police, following the fracas. Harless al legedly threatened Cecil Murray and extracted a 12-gauge shot gun from his automobile. Barker was then reported to have taken the gun and fired, wounding both Colonel Brown and Louis Rec tor who were standing nearby. The gun contained number eight shots, it was reported. Harless was arrested for drunk and disorderly conduct and as sault, and was released on $250 bond. Barker was charged with assault with a deadly weapon, and also drunk and disorderly conduct and was released on $5Q0 bond. A hearing will be held before G. Glenn Nichols, justice of the peace, on March 14. Place Two Girls On All Tournament Team; Extra Periods In Finals In the two most thrilling finals games in history of the event, the Spwta girls and cajgfcred the ference town; 'Tuesday night in d time battle ,and test. The Sparta sextet nosed out Flat Rock, which had upset West Yadkin Monday night, 24-23, af ter playing a scoreless extra pe riod and getting a field goal in the second overtime. It was a great defensive battle. Franklin boys upset Pilot Mountain, 32-31, in the boys’ bat tle after the two teams had tied, 28-all, at the end of regulation play. At the end of the half the score was Flat Rock 15, Sparta 14. At the end of the regulation game the score stood 22-all. At the end of the first overtime pe riod the score still stood 22-all. But at the end of the second pe riod Sparta was on top with the score of 23-24. The lineup was as follows: Pos. Sparta (24) (23) Flat Rock F-Andrews 7 -_5 M. Midkiff F. .Osborne 13 ...S_5 Allred F. .Mitchell 4_.... 13 Moser G-.Moxley ......j_... Pruitt G. .Miller___Shelton G-.Pugh___Brim Substitutes: Sparta — Bennett; Flat Rock, Reeves. ' (Continued on Page 8) Different Kinds Of Income Tax Jl£t!irn$ Are Discussed As the deadline for filing in come tax returns, March 15 draws near Washington experts point out that there are three kinds of individual income tax returns for 1945 income. They are: 1. The wage withholding state ment. 3. The short return on form 1040. 3. The long return on form 1040. If a person’s income last year totaled $500 or more, he must file one of the three returns with the collector of his internal revenue district not later than March 15. {Certain exemptions for members of the armed forces and dis charged veterans were mention ed in the preceding article and will be explained further in a later article). Withholding Statement , The withholding statement, which employers are required to give employes, is an extra-simpli fied return. A person is allowed to use it if his income was less than $5,000 last year and consist ed entirely of withholding wages, or if it consisted of withholding wages and not more than $100 in other wages, dividends and inter If, a' person received any in come front rents or royalties, or from the, side- or exchange of property, lie must use either ths long return or the short return on form 1040. Washington—There are three hinds of individual income tax returns for 1046 income. They are: If a person uses the withhold ing statement as a return, one simply states his income, name'of wife or husband, his occupation, and names and relationship of his dependents. Then file the state ment with the collector but don’t send any money with it. The collector figures the tax. He gives credit for tax already paid and sends either a bill or refund check for any difference. (Continued on Page 4) That's the a return, i to make has un Township Chum. Urged To Turn In Quotas Early County’s Quota Is Set At $390; Everyone Is Urged To Assist In Drive The Red Cross Campaign Fund is now underway in Alleghany county and the quota has been set at $390.00. Carl Irwin, drive chairman for the county, said that while the drive officially opened last Sat urday, work had been delayed because of the severe winter weather and the hampered trav el conditions. “Now that the snow has prac tically gone and most of the high ways are open I hope all town ship workers will go to work im mediately and raise their town ship quotas so that the county’s quota may be reached,” he said. He again pointed out the serv ice- the Red- Cross is rendering veterans.as well as in disasters and urged the support of every one. "Make your contribution as generous as you can,” he said. He pointed out that there has been some slight change in the quotas of some of the townships. They are as follows: E. J. Pugh, Cranberry, $30.00; Mrs. Dan Jones, Prather’s Creek, $40; Mack Woodie, Piney Creek, $70; Bill Spridkle, Gap Civil, $120.00; -I. W. Wagoner, Glade Creek, $70; Ralph Gentry, Cher ry Lane, $30; Mrs. Ethelyne Rich ardson, Whitehead, $30. Ed Anderson At Senate Hearing In Washington In Ke|int T| ghany News and thrti weekly newspapers In' Western North Carolina, is testifying -this week at a special meeting of (Si* Senate subcommittee on new»> < print and paper ^ortag^g.'in Washington, D. C, with Chair man Homer E. Capehart, (R), In diana, presiding. At the invita tion of the Senate committee, Mr. Anderson is the first witness. While it was originally plan ned to start the subcommittee hearing with a study of the over all newspaper situation, it was decided that the opening days of the hearings would be devot ed exclusively to the specific newsprint shortage and every ef fort is being made to relieve the crisis which is endangering the publication of the smaller news papers of America^ Because of hi® expert knowl edge of the newsprint situation after serving during the war years on the War production board in the paper and newsprint field, Mr. Anderson was asked to testify first. Chairman of the legislative committee of the Na tional Editorial association and of the N. E. A. newsprint com (Continued On Page Five) County Farmers At Elkin Today Approximate county tel county agent, assistant those to al at S5 Alleghany atfd R. E. Black.. ■ John P. Burch, trill be among Farmers Day an soil and 'other farm practices has been planned for the farmers. Stolen Car Is Recovered Mon. A 1946 Chevrolet was recover ed by Deputy Sheriff George
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