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SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1947
$2:50 a Year Out of Countv
VOLUME 58, NO. 30
$2.00 a Year in Alleghany County
SUPERIOR COURT OPENS MONDAY
2 File For Mayor
t And 10 For Town
Board Of Sparta
Election Is Set For May 6;
A Total Of 317 Voters
Are Registered _J
Only two candidates remained
in the race for mayor when the
books were closed here on Fri
day, G. Glenn Nichols and S. W.
Brown. R. J. Randolph with
drew his name.
Those who have filed for mem
bership on the town council are
the following ten men: Beal
Poole, Charles R. Roe, Dr. N. D.
Fox, C. C. Castevens, Ben G.
Reeves, D. C. Bledsoe, C. A.
Miles, Dr. P. L. Choate, J. B.
Reed and J. D. Higgins.
G. Glenn Nichols, registrar, re
ported that around 300 of the
317 voters are expected to cast
their votes in the election, May 0.
Mrs. Thompson
Is P.-T. A. Pres.
Succeeds Ralph Gentry; Ofli
cers To Be Installed At
^ Next Mooting ,
Mrs. C. A. Thompson was nam
ed president of the Sparta Par
ent-Teachers Association to suc
ceed Ralph Gentry at the meet
ing held at the school, Tuesday
-night.
Named to serve with Mrs.
Thompson tor the coming year
were Albert Richardson, vice
president; Mrs. R. Floyd Crouse,
secretary; and Robert Allison,
Treasurer. The qflMers- will be
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DuSPaHM
ported that m
held at
ably
-. the i_,
A general
^need of ii
schools of
the pro
go to the
will prob
at a later date tor
it was stated,
of the
in the
was held
by those present, if was pointed
out by interested parents and
teachers that the buildings r<Jw
in use must be expanded and im
proved or new ones must be built
to meet the increasing needs of
the school children.
Special plans for the May
meeting of the association will bf
announced later, it was stated.
May 20 Is. Last
Day For Clinics
The remainder of the schedule
of the pre-school clinics being
conducted in the county for child
ren who plan to enter school next
fall is as follows:
Wolf Branch and Pine Swamp,
April .29; Cherry Lane and Glade
Valley, May 6; New Hope and
Stratford, May 13 and Little Pine,
May .20.
Dr. R. R. King, Jr., district
health officer, asked that the par
ents cooperate in’ getting their
children to these clinics. r
ELDER C. D. HALL
TO PREACH MAY 4
Elder C. D. Hall will conduct
the service at the Beaver Creek
Primitive Baptist church on Sun
day, May 4, at 7:30 o’clock, it was
announced this week.
The public* is cordially invited
to attend.
Eugene Fender
i| Now With F. B. 1.
—.— C. Fender, of Knox
ville, Tennessee, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Fender, of White
head, has been selected as a spe
cial investigator to train police
officers in various cities in East
ern United States, it was learnec
here this
Mr.
the
Henderson >fedal Winners
sj 5-‘ fef-ttfeinteV*'. -.'w«
Dr. l^ars O. Grondahl, left, research director, Pitts-,
burgh, and. Sedgwick N. Wight, Rochester, N. Y., who
have h*«n awarded the George R. Henderson medals of
The Franklin Institute for outstanding engineering de
velopment. Grondahl developed a practical system of
inductive train communication. Wight invented and de
veloped major railroad signaling system contributing to
the safety, speed and reliability. - _'
To Expand Turkish Tobacco
Experiment; Officials Make
Survey Of Progress In County
33 Farmers Ip Alleghany And
Ashe To Cooperate In
Growing Leaf «.*
The experimental efforts in the
Ml tobacco
this coun
ive proven
have been
id thiiusea
farmers in
mting this
type of tobaeeo.
And while the production is
still in the experimental stage,
those in charge of the project
point out that in quality and pro
duction the yield has been far
letter than anticipated and that
.he outlook for this season is bet
-er than ever before.
Dr.x F. R. Darkis, of the chera
stry department of Duke Uni
/ersity and Joe Few, from thr
Oxford Tobacco Experiment Sta
ion, are here today and with
ohn Wilkins, Extension agro
iomist, in charge of the Turkish
obacco project in this area, are
.naking a survey of the prospects
for the crop-this year. .They re
port that a large percentage oi
the plant bedj were seeded the
latter part of March and plants
are coming up in these beds.
FARMERS LIKE PROJECT
The survey reveals that a large
majority of farmers who grew
Turkish tobacco last year are do
ing so again as they like its pro
duction. This year, in addition
to experiments being carried on
in Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga,
Wilkes, and Caldwell counties,
an experiment will also be start
ed in Burke and Alexander, it
was learned this week. Other
counties in which the experiment
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War Relief Film
Will Be Shown
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“Sefd* Of Destiny” To Be
The motion picture “Seeds of
Destiny,” which won the Acad
emy Award for documentary
films produced in 1946 will be
shown here in Sparta, Bev. F. G.
Walker, chairman of the relief
clothing drive now underway,
stated this week.
The movie will first be shown
at the Sparta Baptist church,
Sunday, May 4 at 7:30 o’clock
and will later be shown on May
6 at the Lions club meeting at
8:00 o’clock at the community
building.
This picture is reported to be
the most graphic and accurate
film yet produced showing the
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Wildlife Club To
Meet Fri. Night
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Members of the Alleghany
Wildlife club are reminded that
the meeting will be held tomor
row night at 7:30 o'clock at the
community building when a mov
ing picture on Wildlife and Soil
Conservation will be shown.
Since sportsmen are now en
joying fishing season, it was
stated that the club hoped to have
several fisherman join as well
as other interested persons. All
members are urged by President
G. Glenn Nichols to attend.
Farrington In County Jail;
Chief Taylor Arrests Others
George Farrington, of White
head, allegedly reported to have
been critically ill in the Wilkes
lospital, is now being held in
-he county jail here on the
harges of forgery, issuing bad
--hecks and for forfeiture of bond,
pending trial in superior court
next week.
Farrington was released on
$100 bond last week following an
arrest by Chief of Police C. Brant
’aylor, on the charge of issuing
bad checks. He was ordered to
appear before Justice Nichols
last Saturday but was reported
to have been critically injured
jured when he was thrown from
a car in which he was passenger
and suffered several bruises and
cuts about his person.
Clarence Caudill, of Sparta,
was released on $250 bond fol
lowing an arrest by Chief Taylor,
Saturday night, on the charges
Of non-support and public drunk
enness. A hearing will be held
Friday before B. F. Wagoner, jus
tice.
Holton Taylor, 'of Laurel
Springs, was arrested Saturday
night by Chief Taylor on the
charges of breaking and enter
ing, carrying a pistol and public
drunkenness. In a hearing be
fore B. F. Wagoner, he was sen
to 30 days on the roads for
' * and the case
to court on the other
Dr. Burgiss To
Be Installed As
Pharmacy Pres;
Succeeds EL C. Daniels, Of
Zebulon, As Pharma*
ceutical Head
Dr. T. Roy Burgiss, incoming
president of the North Carolina
Pharmaceutical association, will
attend the annual meetings to be
held in Charlotte next week.
The association will begin its
meetings Sunday night-and will
continue through Wednesday,
April 30. Dr. Burgiss will be in
charge of the installation of the
following officers: T. G. Crutch
field, of Greensboro, first vice
president; J. C. Jackson, of Lum
berton, second Vice president; W.
A. Ward, of Swannanoa, third
vice president; and E. C. Daniel,
of Zebulon, the out-going presi
dent who will become a member
of the executive committee. He
will have an active part in various
other phases of the meeting.
Dr. Burgiss will be accom
panied by Mrs. Burgiss who is
scheduled to have a part on the
program of the Ladies’ Auxiliary
of the association. They plan to
leave here Tuesday for the meet
ings.
122 Students At
Sparta On Honor
Boll This Month
72 Elementary Grade Chil
dren Make Honor Roll;
SO In High School
'The honor roll for the seventh
month at Sparta high school has
been announced this week by
Ray H. ’Wtlkec principal. A to
tal of 123r*ludents made honor
grades, it was pointed out by Mr.
Walker,
The honor roll by grades is as
follows: first grades—Lorraine
Roberts, Shirley Anders, Dale
Poole, Rose Crouse, Juanita
Todd, Charles Hoppers, Betty Sue
Williams, Clayta Ann Fender,
Mattie Sue Bumgarner, Ronny
Hash, David Blackburn, Tommy
Edwards, Barbara Sue Busic, Bet
ty Lou Busic, Lois Edwards,
Patsy Miles, Kitty Walker, Mary
Jane Sturdivant, Larry Atwood,
Jimmy Finney, Joe Thomas
Hampton, Gracen Lucas, Homer
Miles.
Second grades—David Duncan,
Robert Fox, Joe Thomas, Ralph
Poole, David Truitt, Page Truitt,
Dorman Wooten, Marian Cheek,
Alice Crouse, Edna Jones, Peggy
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Plan Meetings
Of Sheep Growers
A special series of meetings
for sheep growers will be held
in the county beginning tomor
row, R. E. Black, county agent,
stated yesterday. A free movie
entitled ‘The Story of Pheno
thiazine,” which shows how Phe
nothiazine can be used to control
internal parasites of sheep and
other types of livestock, will be
shown. There will also be dis
cussions on sheep management,
marketing and other sheep prob
lems, Mr. Black stated.
The schedule for these meet
ings is as follows: Friday, 7:30
p. m. at the community building,
here; Monday, April 28, at 7:30
p. m. at Piney Creek high school;
and Tuesday, April 29 at 7:30
p. m. at the Laurel Springs
school.
Mr. Black stated that hS hoped
that as many sheep growers as
possible would take advantage of
these discussions and the movie.
Swanson Edwards
At Welfare Meet
Swanson Edwards, welfare sup
erintendent, will leave Sunday
America’s Pioneer Auto Builder
Death came to the famed auto industrialist, Henry
Ford at his home in Dearborn, Mich, With Mr. Ford was
his ever loyal wife. Born July 30, 1863, he was 83 at the
time of his death. He married Clara J. Bryant, daughter
of a Greenfield-farmer on April 11, 1888. She is shown
in center. The present head of the Ford Company, Henry
Ford II, is shown at the right.
To Install Machinery For.
Hay Drying Experiment At
Transou Test Farm Soon
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Many At Program
A| Piney Creek
Appredition Expressed For
New Seats Installed fat
School Auditorium
^ —
The 342 epffa-type seats just
installed in tiwuPtaey Creek high
school auditodiftn were all "fill
ed Saturday night and some in
terested patrons had to stand in
the aisles when a special musical
program was given to show ap
preciation to the donors of the
new auditorium chairs.
Music was furnished by Dale
Weaver and the '‘Alleghany Play
Boys.” Following the entertain
ment, refreshments were sold.
John R. Halsey, chairman of
the project to secure the seats
and a member of the Piney Creek
school committee, expressed his
appreciation to members of the
alumni and friends who so gen
erously gavp to make it possible
to secure these new seats. It was
inadvertently stated last week in
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Spring Practice
Is Now Underway
Spring practice continues as the
members of the Sparta Baseball
club swupg into action again yes
terday on the local field. Prac
tice Will be held each Wednes
day, Saturday and Sunday after
noons beginning at three o’clock,
Elgin Edwards, manager stated.
All members of the team, or
others who would like to join,
are asked to be on the local
diamond for practice.
Experiments In Hay Curing
For This Section Will
Be Carried Out
Plans are being made to in
stall complete, fully equipped
hay drying equipment in the.
; Beef Cattle ^arn at the Upper
Mountain Test Farm, located at
the old Transou farm near Lauref
Springs, it was announced today
by J. A. Graham, superintendent.
This is being made possible b\
cooperation of J. C. Pierce, Jr.,
of the Animal Industry Depart
ment of State college, F. E. Mill
er, Director Test Farms, C. M.
McCaslan, Agricultural' Engineer
of the Extension Service, and
Gywn Price, Director of R. E. A.
who will furnish all the elec
trical equipment necessary for
the demonstration, it was ex
plained.
In addition to the above, J. M.
Johns, of Farmville, Va., Agricul
tural Representative for the
Aerovent Fan Co. and the Ben
nett-lreland Co., has agreed to
furnish a large Aerovent fan anc.
an Ireland hay hoist for demon
stration purposes, Supt. Graharr
said.
The size of the barn, in which
the dryer will be installed is
36-66 feet and will be of slitted
floor type. Latest methods will
be used and all recommendations
by the Dept, of Agricultural En
gineering of State College and
the United States Dept, of Agri
culture will be carried out, it was
explained.
“It is hoped that some valuable
information will be gained from
this important demonstration
which will be of great value to
the mountain counties in this Vi
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Long Distant Calls Are Still
Restricted Because Of Strike
Local telephone users how
have the advantage over many
others elsewhere during the
present strike in which the Cen
tral Telephone company is not
taking part. In addition to local
calls, calls also are uninter
rupted over the entire Central
system, which means that Mount
Airy, West Jefferson, Elkin and
North Wilkesboro as well as oth
er points on this line may be
reached.
A representative of the local
Central office, said that calls
were still not bang accepted
by the Southern Bell System
unless they are^emergency calls.
She pointed out that on average
ing with strike leaders—prob
ably today. In addition, officials
are considering the reopening of
negotiations in Washington be
tween the telephone strikers and
two segments of the phone in
dustry—Southwestern Bell and
the long lines department of the
American Telephone and Tele
graph Company.
The union leaders have been
asking the Labor Department to
issue a public statement calling
upon the telephone industry to
make a wage offer. This the de
partment has refused to do.
At the same time the National
Federation of Telephone Work
ers:
1. Sought the help of state pub
lic service commissions, and got
aft 3teStoV™”
Murder, Assault
Cases And Others
ArerSt;heduled_
Judge J. H. Clement To Pits.
side; Walter Johnston, Jr.,
Is Solicitor
Alleghany county’s April fc^rm
of superior court for the trial of
criminal cases will open on Mon
day with Judge J. H. Clement
presiding and Walter E. Johnston,
Jr., as solicitor. With 32 cases
on the docket, including two
charges of murder and two for
robbery and assault with fire
arms with intent to kill, and It
continued cases, this term of
court is expected to last all week.
The cases of Dr. B. O. Choate
and S. W. Seagle, both charged
with murder in connection with
the death of Mrs. Annie Mae
Crotts Anderson found dead in.
the Elkin Hotel last August, are
expected to occupy the spotlight.
The coroner’s jury of Surry coush
ty found she came to her death
as a result of an abortion V
leged to have been performed
by Dr. Choate.
Another case expected to at
tract much attention is that of
John (Johnnie) Coy Evans
Odell Granville Evans, charged
with robbery and assault with
firearms with intent to kill in
connection with the robbery and
injury of Kelly Williams and his
sister, Miss Mae Williams, of the
Stratford community. They were
robbed and attacked at their
home on November 10.
fne cases the State vs. Ray
Anderson and B. O. Wagoner,
charged with manufacturing
liquor are on the docket. Other
cases expected to be tried, in
clude Crocket Poe, charged with
reckless driving and operating a
vehicle under influence of some
intoxicant; Walter Collins, alias
’T«n Harris, charged with forg
ery; Gilbert Johnson, charged
with assault and robbery; Ray
Hodge and Minnie Alley, -with
larceny.
Bennie McMillan is charged
with assault and Reece Hanks,
with destroying personal prop
erty, carrying a concealed weap
on and assault. Camerson Mus
jrove is charged with larceny,
and Glenn Shaw with non-sup
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Ply To Be Given
^At Piney Creek
Entitled ‘“The Green Light;”
To Be Presented Saturday
By Junior Class
Monday, April
at the courtho
the purpose of
buses, Afise Cl;
school superin
School Buses To
Be Sold April 28
The junior class of Piney Creek
high school will present a mys
tery play entitled “The Green
light” at the high school audi
torium Saturday, April 26, at
eight o’clock.
The play, which has just bean
released for amateur - perform
ances after a long professional
run, is expected to be an enjoy
able mystery from all reports.
The cast of characters are:
Mattie, the sleeper, Wanda
Young; Doctor Spaulding, her
physician, Howard Richardson;
Mary Marston, her niece, Joyce
Osborne; Jerome Forrester, her
nephew, Billy Halsey; Kitty
Carey, a novelist, Leta Foe
Woodie; Donald Rhodes, a news
paper reporter, Robert Caudill;
Trinka Andersen, a Norwegian
maid, Charlene Cox; Aesop, the
caretaker, Albert Pugh; Madame
Zenda, a mystic, Raline Barr; the
phanvom spinster, Susie Halsey.
The public is cordially invited
to attend.
m sale will be held
28, at one o’clock
surthouse
trpose of
pss Cly_,
superintendent, announc
ed today.
The b
viously
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