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Farmers Urged To Keep Within Leaf Acreage County’s Allotment Is 218-6 Acres; Around 175 Acres Grown Last Year Herbert Osborne, chairman of the Alleghany Agricultural Con servation association committee, today cautioned all tobacco grow ers in the county agaiifct over planting their farm acreage al lotments this year. The allotment for this year is 218.6 acres as compared to 175 grown last year. "Growers who harvest any acreage, of tobacco in 1947 in ex cess of their: farm acreage, allot ments are subject to marketing quota penalties and will not be eligible for full participation in Government price support loans,” Mr. Osborne stated. Growers who plant within their farm acreage allotments pan mar ket all their tdbacco without pen alties and are eligible for full Government grt<fe‘ feupport loans, lie added. In connection with price sup port loans, Mr.' tTShbrne empha sized that any acreage harvested in excess of the iarip acreage al lotment will make all: the tobacco produced within the allotted acreage on the farm ineligible for any price support loans. “This Agronomist Is Speaker, Here Dr. R. P. Moore, specialist in agronomy at State College, spoke to the ninety veteran members of their regular class meeting un der the farm training program last Friday. Dr. Moore spoke to the group on the growth of hybrid seed corn in North Carolina. In the vocational training pro gram the veterans enrolled at Sparta school are shown films covering all phases of farming. R. B. Cheek is the vocational teacher in charge. year there will be no acreage tbC erances in establishing loan elig ibility, as contrasted with the 1946 tolerance of the lesser of three-tenths acre or 5 per cent of the allotment. Any acreages harvested in excess of farm al lotments, however small, will disqualify growers for full loan privileges and subject them to marketing quota penalties.” The health services of the Red Cross include (1) Disaster relief (2) home service (3) nursing ser vices (4) first aid, water safety, and accident prevention (5) blood donor services (6) nutrition ser vice. r «i BSSS r m i. H LOOK j PENNSYLVANIA FIRST! Mon than your monoy’t worth PENNSYLVANIA TIRES Judy’s Service Station Sparta N. CjL T" --—~ Plumbing Worries? Call The NU-WAY Electric and Plumbing Service WE ARE EQUIPPED TO SERVE Your Plumbing and Electrical Needs WE HAVE IN STOCK Bathroom Fixtures Showers WE ALSO HAVE Vacuum Cleaners Toasters Irons AND MANY OTHER . Electrical Appliances Electric Hot Water Heaters IN ALL SIZES f AKE AVAILABLE HERE NU-WAY Electric and Plumbing Service on Whitehead Street directly across from Sputa Fost Office — TO rax YOUR WATER rent here \-u>- " c*“““ Harry S. Truman, the Mis souri southpaw, inaugurated the newly-installed bowling alleys in the basement of the White House and threw the first ball with his left arm. The alleys were installed as a birthday gift to the President. Piney Creek To Give Programs Two programs will be present ed Saturday night, May 10, at eight o’clock at the Piney Creek high school auditorium. The primary grade children will present a play entitled “Old Mother Goose,” and the grammar grade children will present a play entitled “Miss Molly’s Girl.” A small admission fee will be charged and the public is cordial ly invited to attend. Hampton Infant Rites Are Held Funeral service for Sylvia Jayne Hampton, two-months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Reid Hampton, was held Sunday after noon at two o’clock at the Shiloh church. Officiating was Rev. W. H.Yokeley, pastor of the Sparta Methodist church. Burial was in the Shiloh cemetery. • .'iimn . 1 The infant succumbed on Sat urday after a brief illness. She is survived by her parents and one brother, Carl Gene. Wooded Area Is Destroyed By Fire Approximately 77 acres of timber in Alleghany county has been destroyed by fire, George Royal, county fire warden, re ported this week. Fifty acres of timber in the Saddle Mountain section on the property belonging to Boyd Car penter and others was caught from burning stumps, it was learned. Approximately 27 acres of tim ber on the Van Choate place was caught from burning brush. Mr. Royal asked the cooperation of the people of the county in being most careful when burning trash. They are reminded also that permits must be secured be fore any brush may be burned. FUNDS NEEDED FOR CEMETERY UPKEEP Those who have relatives buried at the Union cemetery at Whitehead are asked to send their contributions for the upkeep of the cemetery to Charlie Edwards at Sparta or W. E. Hoppers at Whitehead. It is honed that all interested people will contribute, no matter how small. BASF** \IM. REASON TO OPEN HERE, SAT. (Continued from Page 1) at Sparta; Sunday, May 11 Sparta at Bridle Creek; Saturdav May 17, Flat Ridge at Sparta; Sunday, May 18, Hosiery Mill at Sparta; Saturday, May 24. Bridle Creek at Sparta; Sunday, May 25, Sparta at Flat Ridge; Satur day, May 31, Sparta at Grant; Sunday, June 1, Sparta at Elk Creek; Saturday, June 7, Grant at Sparta and Sunday, June 8, Sparta at Hosiery Mill. ' Members,of the Sparta team are Mack Caudill, Clay Nichols. Earl Lee toumt, Boyden Atwood. Held The annual ju banquet for was held Friday night at the com munity buildihg when the theme “Memories” was carried out. The community building was decorated in pink and white, sug gestive of the senior colors. May polls showing the class colors were used to center «ach table. Special music was presented by Pat Edwards and Mary Frances Smith. Also on the program was Miss Clyde Fields, county school superintendent, and J. B. Reed and Roy Ellison, who made humorous talks. «, ***** C. R. Roe, former school prin cipal, as well as others, was a specially invited guest. SUPERIOR COURT ENDED THURSDAY (Continued from Page 1) of one year. The case of reck less driving against Testerman was nol prossed. Gilbert Johnson, charged with assault and robbery, was called and failed. Bennie McMillan, charged with assault, was fined $10 and costs. The second charge of assault was dismissed. Ray H6dge and Jimmy Alley, charged with larceny and setting a wooded area on fire, were plac ed on probation for a period of 12 months. Camerson Musgrove, also charged with larceny, was given 12 months’ probation. The cases of R. A. Baldwin, charged with damage to personal property and assault, were dis missed, and the case of cutting a landmark was nol prossed, R. A. Baldwin and Mamie Baldwin, were ordered to pay cost of action in regard to not appearing in court. Cases continued were that of Ivan Welborn, Bledsoe Watson, Odell Roten, Ray Anderson, Frank Choate, Ford Baugus, Ar len Cole and Rotten Taylor. Judge J. H. Clement presided and Walter E. Johnston, Jr., serv ed as Solicitor. SPARTA TEAM TO JUDGE LIVESTOCK (Continued from Page 1) ble for the district contest, Sat urday. Waybome Mitchell won high individual score over all the 36 other boys who were compet ing. *'i >• “The judging contest is a na tion-wide eRmination contest and winners of. the district meeting are eligible to compete in the state coiitest which is to be held at a later date," Mr. Cheek stated. State contest' winners will com pete in the national contest which is to be held in Kansas City, Mis souri, he stated, when the win ners will be given an all-expense paid trip. *The team will be taken to Statesville by Mr. Cheek. Farmers hauled 13 million more tons of milk over rural roads last year than in prewar years. Americans are eating more cheese than ever before, accord ing to USDA figures. Civilian consumption of cheese reached seven pounds per capita in 1946 —the highest in Wstory. ANNIVERSARY OF LIBERATION . . . Garbed to the etrtped prison uniform of the Nash’ dread Bnehenwaid concentration camp, two Frenchmen who were former Inmates mark the second anniversary of their liberation by placing a wreath on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Paris. Ray Richardson Now Held In Jail Charged With Assault; Other Arrests Are* Made By Officers Sheriff Richardson and deputies continued to make arrests here this waek> -Claude Maines, Sparta, charged with selling mortgaged property, is now being held in the county jail pending a hearing be fore G. Glenn Nichols, Saturday. Maines was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Wade Hoppers on Mon day night. Ray Richardson, of Sparta, was arrested last Thursday on the charge of assault on his wife, Mrs. Kathaleen Richardson, of Eng land, who joined her husband here, February 8. Richardson is being held in the county jail in default of $800 bond, pending a hearing. George Hights, of Ennice, ar rested by Deputy1 Roe Dickins on public drunkenness charge, was given suspended sentence of six 'months upon payment of $5 and costs. Kyle Higgins, of Ennice, ar rested Tuerady on entering home of James Adders and theft, was released oh. CaBh bond pending hearing before Nichols Saturday afternoon at three o’clock. Joseph Rector, of Indepen dence, Va., caught speeding on highway 18 Friday by Deputy Hoppers, and also charged with failure to stop at sound of siren, was fined $35 and costs at a hear ing held Friday before Wagoner.. Chief Taylor and Sheriff Rich ardson returned Fred Murphy to the Dobson jail on Friday. Mur phy is to be tken to Raleigh to continue serving his present sentence. During the war the Red Cross has assisted in the development of many blood banks for trans fusion services. This blood is used in hospitals and on the battle field in time of war and peace. Planning To Build Remodel or Repair? Building Suppl Cinder Blocks Lumber Cement and Windows and Doors THEN SEE US FOB ALL YOUB SUPPLY YOUB BUILDING NEEDS 15' ^'BH The American Red Cross is at present putting on its annual drive for funds. Many people wonder what the status of the Red Cross and how it fits into our community life. The Red Cross is a voluntary agency which was incorporated by Congress in 1900 to provide voluntary aid to the sick and wounded in time of war and peace. m Given ..aft* Raleigh—Uniform retail ceal ing prices on sugar will become effective in North Carolina to day, William A. Linehan, branch office director of the U. S. De partment of Agriculture’s sugar rationing administration, an nounced. The ceiling prices for North Carolina are: granulated cane sugar, bulk, 11 cents per pound in group I stores, 10 in group II stores; granulated cane, in five group UL 51 cents; granulated cane in lb-pound, factory-packed paper bags, $1.08 per bag in group I, group II, $1.01; powdered sugar, 4-X, in one-pound cartons, 12 cents in group I, 11 cents in group II; brown sugar, in one pound cartons, group I, 12 cents, group II, II cents. At the same time, Linehan an nounced that restaurants, hotels, hospitals and other institutional users would receive increased sugar allotments averaging 25 per cent for the May-June, period. Cooperative agricultural exten sion work with the United States Department of Agriculture was established by an act of Con One out of every hundred homes will be burned to the ground or damaged by fire this year, reports the National Fire Protection Association. SEE US For Feeds Priced Right Red Dog Middlings bag $3.80 Special 16% Dairy-$3.35 “ 24% Dairy-bag $3.75 Delp Hardware Go. SPARTA N. CAROLINA gvetvA' HAVE y60 REMEMBERED MOTHER With A Gift On Her Special Day? We Have Gifts Already Beautifully Wrapped Ready to be Given OUR SELECTION INCLUDES Nylon Hose Slips Stationery and Handkerchiefs Panties Special For Mother’s Day Only BEAUTIFUL CHENILLE BEDSPREADS Pl»in or designed, only---$7.50^ CANDY, TOO, MAKES A NICE GIFT We have BOULEVARD’S CHOCOLATES and PEACOCK’S ASSORTED CANDIES
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