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SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1947
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Alleghany County b . * .
Outstanding Livestock,
culture and Tourist
With A Population of
$2.50 a Year Out of County
EVANS BROTHERS FOUND GUILTY
Products To Be
Sold Tues. And
Fri. Each Week
Around 75 Home Demonstra
tion Women Are Expect
ed To Cooperate
The Roaring Gap curb mark
et, sponsored by the home demon
stration club women of Allegh
any county, will open on Tues
day, July 1, Mrs. Isom Wagoner,
home agent and director of the
market announced this week.
When the market opens on
Tuesday, it will begin its fourth
year of operation, marked by
steady progress each year. Mrs.
Wagoner stated that approximat
ely 75 women are expected to
participate in selling on the mar
ket this year which is to be op
erated two days each week, Tues
and Friday.
Here dairy products, fresh
fruits and vegetables, eakes,
breads, home canned goods,
k meat, flowers and many other
articles will go on sale to the
public, thus giving people an op
portunity to buy many farm pro
ducts not offered in the usual
market channels. And the home
demonstration women will like
wise have an additional market
for their surplus products.
At a meeting of the club women
last Thursday, the (rule com
mittee, composed of Mrs. Arol
Choate, Mrs. Henry Edwards, and
Mrs. McDale Kennedy, set up
the following rules for operating
the market: 1. Members must
pay 3 per cent of earnings for
priyUjge of selling s.-White uni
fornjs must bfe worn by all wo
men selling. 3- Members are
not permitted to buy and re-sell.
4. Members are not snlowed to
solicit business. 5. All prepared
food must be covered for pro
tection. 6. Display tables should
be painted white. 7," The market
must be kept' in order at all i
h times. 8. All members should be j
at the market by 9:45 a. m., on
Tuesday and Friday in order to
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Should Apply For
Terminal Leave
Veterans Should Make Ap
plication Before Sept.
1, Irwin Announces
Enlisted veterans gre again re
minded that 60 days from now,
they will loose their terminal
leave pay unless they apply be
fore September 1, Gene Irwin,
i service officer few Alleghany,, sta
M ted this week.
> He pointed out that veterans
should apply at once because ap
plication forms will not be avail
able if they wait until the dead
|) line. Leave blanks may be sec
9 ured from the Sparta post office
and Mr. Irwin will assist vet
erans in filling them out, it was
explained. Mr. Irwin may be
found at the office of the clerk
of the court each day from
9:00 a. m. until 4:00 o. m.
In V formation released this
week- Mr. Irwin stated tha^there
are still 5.000,000 veteran* ft* the
United States who hive i*>t ap
plied for their terminal leave.
Also 88 per cent of guardians fop
Incompetent veterans and 90 per
cent of next of kin of deceased^
veterans have failed to ..make
plication for this pay, Mr- Irwin
pointed out
.K
Laurel * ^
Man Is Burned
Ray Lorta, of Laurel Spring*,
suffered second degree burns
the crane which he was
g near the west city limits
_ rta on Tuesday, caught fire.
Gasoline and oil spilled on the
seat near the driver caught
f*re when the carburetor burst
into flame* and in trying to
drive the vehicle past the nearby
houses, he sustained the burn*.
Long then jumped off and the
crane stopped in the ditch off
the road. Little damage was done
to th*
July 18,19 Are New
Dates For Sparta’s
Annual Horse Show
COMPLETES LAW WORK
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Leo H. Irwin, who was re
cently graduated from the
law school of Georgetown
University.
Wreck Is Fatal
To Piney Creek
Youth, Thursday
William Enorier 7, Fatally
Injured ^tn Auto
Collision
William Jfarland Ehopier, 7
year old son of Mr. and Mrs:
Grover Knopier, of Piney Creek,
met his death as a result of an
automobile' collision on the Pin
ey Creek road nine miUs from
Sparta last Thursday, about 11:
30 a. m.
Young Enopier was riding in
the back seat of the two-door
’37 Buick sedan, driven by his
father when it collided with the
’46 Nash coach, driven by Paige
the Piney Creek road. He was
thrown against the front seat ‘of
the Buick and' as a result suf
fered a crushed chest and brok
en bones. The impact of the blow^
made the child suffer convul
sions and he died from his
wounds. Mrs. Enopier suffered
bruises and cuts about the face,
but neither Mr. Enopier or Mr.
Graham were injured. Mrs. Eno
pier was taken to the Waddell
hospital in Galax for treatment.
Funeral service for Farland
was held Sunday afternoon at
two o’clock at the Piney Creek
Methodist church. Officiating was
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Big Event Rained Out Last
Weekend; Entries
Are To Return
July 18-19 are the new dates
set for Sparta’s annual horse
show, originally planned for last
week end, but was postponed be
cause of continuous rains.
There were 100 entries for the
show last week and all of them
agreed to come back July 18, 19.
Tom Greene manager of the
show and Roy Ellison, president
of the Sparta Lion’s club, spon
sor of the show said they talked
to all having horses scheduled
for the show last week end and
that they Dromised to come a
gain in July.
Many of the horses had ar
rived last week end and it was
hoped that the show originally
scheduled for Friday and Satur
day could be moved up until Sat
urday and Sunday, but the con
tinuous rains made this impos
sible.
Collins Named
On Welfare Board
Here This Week
Select*)® Tuesday 'To Replace
R F • Stiirdiywit
Who Resign**
C. G. Collin*, of Sparta, was
named a member of the Alle
ghany Welfare Board, here at
a meeting Tuesday night. Mr.
Collins replaces D. F. Sturdi
vant who resigned and Mr. Col
lins will assume his hew duties
July 1.
Mr. Collins, was formerly
chairman of the AAA comittee.
He has been in Florida for some
time and only recently return
ed to this county.- He is well
known throughout Sparta and Al
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Bible School To
Close Here Sun
A picnic will be held Friday
at 12 o’clock on the lawn of the
Sparta Baptist ohurch for the
children who have attended Bi
ble school and for their parents.
Commencement exercises for
the Bible school will be held Sun
day evening at seven o’clock
at the Sparta Baptist church.
The public is cordially invited to
attend.
Pres. Has Veto Overridden By Senate
They Will Be In The Big Ball Game Here Next Wednesday
inese iuex*c«n mans will be the foundation ol the baseball flayers in the big. game
next Wednesday night, sponsored by the Jfctuce Wayne Osborbe l*ost 7034, Veterans
of Foreign W*rs.--'
Fans To Witness
Donkey Baseball
Game Here Wed.
VFW Members To Clash
With Rural Mail Carriers I
On Local Diamond
—a_
The Bruce Wayne Osborne
Post No. 7034 <ff the V®
tof foreign Wars will
a donkey baseball game
th£ local diamond We<
July 2 at’ eight o’clock,
members of the post and the . _
al mail carriers are expected
to clash.
Expected to start for the lo
cal post will bg Gene Irwin, J.
D. Tucker, Jack Thompson, Ted
Porter, 4»aige Bare, arid Cecil
Murray. Also expected lo play
will be J. M. Bfnnett. Some of
the t>layers who plan to Djav
for the carriers will be Carl Ir
win, Isom Wagoner and Lon M.
Reeves.
The VFW post has already be
gun its campaign for contribu
icoiiunueu on .rage -tj
Dr. L. A. Martin
To Speak Sun.
Dr. L. A. Martin, executive di
rector of the Allied Church
League, Inc., of North Carolina
and editor of ‘Tomorrow,” the
official paper of the organiza
tion, will speak at the Alleghany
county courthous; Sunday after
noon at three o’clock. Dr. Mar
tin, because of his position with
’he league is in a position to
know facts about the A. B. C.
stores and their effects on the
counties which now have them
and have tried this means of con
‘ro'iw the di'nensstio" »nd con
'HTonfiou 0f .Voholic beverages,
"’ev. W. H. Yokel°v. member of
he county organization affiliated,
vith the leaeue, stated.
An invitation is extended tp.
:ounty to attend this meetiiS
and hear Dr. Martin, Rev. Yo^
ley concluded.
Leo Irwin Gels
Law Degr
Leo H. Irwin, of Twin C
'“ft Tuesday for Asheville 1
’ew weeks’ bar review prii
aking the State Bar examinj
it Raleigh in August, it
earned this week.
Mr. Irwin, who is the sd
■Mr. and Mrs. Carl Irwin, j
■ated from Georgetown tin
'ity law school at WasfcMi
T>. C.. on June 9. Mr. Trfin
ved four years in the U. s j
receiving his discharge witt
-ank of H“ut?nant and retn
♦o hi. studies at Georgetown
To Start Re-Issiting flfc G
Diners’ Licenses July 1;
New Law Applies To All
Announcement
Of Registrars
. Two new registrars have been
appointed to replace those who
have resigned, G. Glenn Nichols,
chairman of the county board
of ejections, stated this week.
The registrars had been named
for the election regarding the es
tablishment or an A. B. C. store
for the salg of liquor.
Bert L. Edwards was named
for Whitehead township to re
place M. C. Edwards and, Mrs.
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Home Coming Is
Planned For Sun.
A hdme coming celebration
will be held at the New Haven
church on Sunday when an all
day program has been planned.
Rev. Fred F. Dancy will conduct
the morning service and other
ministers have been invited to
speak. A group of singers from
Galax are expected to be present
to render special music.
The public is cordially invited
to attend and bring a picnic
lunch.
dule for re-examinations
on Tuesday. July. 1,
time until December
holders whose ■ surnames
with the letter?,
apply for re-issuance
As far as it cOuld
yesterday, the selecti(
person to give the examinations
for re-issuance of licenses in
Alleghany had not been an
nounced. This, along with the
hours, will be announced at an
early date.
According to the law* the op
erator s license issued under the
1947 Safety Act shall automati
cally expire on the birthday of
the license in the fourth year
following the year of issuance,
and no license shall be issued to
any operator after the expiration
of his license until such operator
has again passed the required
examination.
Everyone will get a complete
examination. The examination is
made up of four parti. These
parts are: (1) An Eye test (2)
Highway Sign test (3) Driving
Rules test (4) Road test.
The poorest visual reading
that will permit passing with
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Sparta Wins Over Both Flat
Ridge And Independence
& The Sparta baseball club, still
holding second place ip the Vir
Khtfa league, was twice victor
jgfg& last week defeating both
*1|®P Ridge and Independence
^Sunday, on the local field, the
^piling team from Independence
Hid a 5-2 lead over Sparta Until
the .eighth inning when Wood
fP* Richardson, Sparta’s third
basetnan, hit * double over the
ripht field bank, sending home
Joiries. who was on second base,
and Thompson wh’o was op first,
That began the rally and Tom
Reeves then hit a 4oubh in the
Hchtii field snoring, Richardson;
Reeves stole third and scored on
a wild throw from third ba«e.
»r *eR=ved
t'hth inning,
last Wedr
n«*d F>»t F
lOls held F
-Ridge was Wayi^p
The' schedule *
end is as follows:
dle Creek at S]
Sparta at Flat I
Get Sentences
Of 12 To 18 Year*
In Penitentiary
Superior Court Adjourn**
This Morning; Some Cas
es Are'Postponed
Odell and Johnny Evanv
charged with robbery with tire*
arms were given a sentence ot
from 12 to 18 years in the State
penitentiary this morning, fol*.
lowing a verdict of guilty brought
in yesterday afternoon by a jury
after less than an hour of de
liberation.
This was the second time
these two men of the Stratford
section of Alleghany had been
tried in conection with the rob
bery and shooting of Kelly »iy|
his sister Miss Mae William*
also of Stratford, on November
10. A mistrial was ordered in
this case, when it came before
the court in May, due to the fact
that the jurors could not agree.
There was some delay on Mon
day in the selection of the jurors
and court was adjourned before
noon by Judge J. A. Rousseau,
presiding judge, at this special
term of court, in order to sum
mons a special venire for Tues
day. The case went to the jury
around 4:40 Wednesday. Final
adjournment came this morning
at 10:30.
Selected to serve on the jury
were Frank Murphy, Glenn Rob
erts, Garnet Smith, W. C. Bot
tomly, Kyle Caudill, Floyd
Combs, A. R. Murphy, Bale Todd,.
Clell Caudill, Hardin SpiCec,
of claimant, Laura Murphy. One
divorce seas granted, Ed Casey
and_ M4e Casey. Other cases
scheduled were postponed until
the next term of court.
Name Principals
For High Schools
Some Other Vacancies; Want
Certified Teachers Fur
All Schools
Principals for Alleghany coun
ty’s two high schools have been
named and the positions have
been accepted, Miss Clyde Fields,
county school superintendent
stated yesterday. R. H. Walker
will return to Sparta high school
for his second year as principal
and C. R. Roe, former Sparta
high school principal and owner
manager of the Western Auto
Store, here, will be the princi
pal at Piney Creek.
The only vacancies In thn
county schools, Miss Fields Sta
ted are in the elementary grades
at Sparta, New Hope and Laurel
Springs. Each school has one va
cancy. Stratford, at present, htt
the required amount of teachers,
however, if a certified teacher
should apply, one of the ones
now employed will be relieved.
Applications are continuing to
come in, Miss Fields' pointed out
and a number of them has al
ready been received.
Mrs. Lillie Cox
Succumbs In Va.
Funeral service for Mrs. Lillie
F. Cox, 70, was held Tuesday
afternoon at two o’clock at the
First Methodist church in Galax.
Interment was in the Peach Bot
tom cemetery.
Mrs. Cox, Who was well!
here, was the Widow of
Emmett F.
denly at her
Sunday morn
Survivii
and one
Norfolk;
eston,