y News
AND STAR-TIMES
The NEWS established February 16, 1940—
The TIMES, 1925 and The STAR, 1689.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
At Sparta, N. C.
THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1S47
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Paper'Supply
Fifty years ago this wfcek, the fifst
business of “top-industrialists” was held
at the White House, and President Theo
dore Roosevelt wa& 4fiv$n Infinite notice
that there would* tc a ‘tiiftrer famine in
this country before 1950. Emphasis at
that time was laid upon forest fires. But
that seemed to have turned out to be only
the “half of it.”
Now comes statements from the United
States Tarriff Commsision showing that
our newsprint paper is coming almost en
tirely from Canada and that our neighbor
to the North, “is the world’s largest news
print producer—that country having made
about two-thirds or more of the world’s
total of newsprint in 1946.”
In 1905, every one believed that the sup
plies of United States lumber, paper and
other products of the forest were “inex
haustable.” • ^
Federal reports show that the news
prini industry in the United States has
been badly flatiened-out by the diminish-,
ing supply oi available pulp timber and
that domestic costs; are sky-high.
Our own Southern States ar^ still pro
ducing pulp timber, but the rising costs
of labor, competition by other wood con
suming industries, and the ability of Can
ada to compete in the mos*»important sea
board market have created a crisis in pa
per.
The total capacity of the 13 paper mills
in the United States in 1927 is estimated
at about 850,000 tons. In comparison, the
capacity of the 34 Canada mills is nearly
4,350,000 tons. The Canadian industry is
now supplying the United States market
with newsprint with about 75% of Cana
da’s total output.
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Highway Unity
The most casual reading and compari
son of highway regulatory measures of
the various States discloses their ineffi
ciency and ofter their ineptness: For high
ways in adjoining States, often a part of
a continuous Federal road, such as U. S.
1, or U. S. 20, were constructed under speci
fications approved by the United States
Public Roads Administration. Neverthe
less, in operation—for allowable uses, they
vary as much as 65 percent. '
To illustrate: The length of a single ve
hicle in Virginia is 33 feet, in Maryland
it is 55 feet; Ohio permits a combination
of vehicles of tractor, semi-trailer and full
trailer with a total of nine axles and a
length of 60 feet; while in the adjoining
state of Kentucky no combinations with
more than four axles or a length of more
than 33 feet is permitted. The approxi
mate allowable gross in Ohio is 76,000
pounds; that in Kentucky is 42,000 pounds.
This, in effect, is restraint in trade to
the detriment of the public. There exists
a total of 301 of these interstate highway
trade barriers. Some may have justifi
cation. Most do not. These same res
traints effect the full use and enjoyment
by the public of interstate highway traffic.
Mrs. Choate Is
Hostess To Group
Mrs. Lula' Choate was hostess
to Circle Wo. I of the W. M. S.
of Sparta Baptist church at her
home, Thursday afternoon.
Mrs C. A. Reeves presided in
the absence of the president and
Mrs. G. D. Richardson read the
^iwiit^s of the previous meeting.
Mrs. M. Stamper was in charge
of the Bible lesson.
“Meet the Chinese” wa| the
topic of the month, which was
lead by Mrs. A. O. Joines, who
gave a brief history of the Chin
ese people. Religion was discus
sed by Mrs. Lillian Bott; relief
and rehabilitation was given by
Mrs. Amos Wagoner. Chinese in
America was told by Mrs. F. G.
Walker and Mrs. C. A. Reeves
impersonated a Chinese woman
wearing a beautiful silk Chinese
tirnmn, told of Baptist work in
China. Other articles from China
were exhibited including clothing,
jewelry, vase and Chinese charac
ter alphabet.
Mrs. Russell Armentrout rfen
dered a special piano music, “Noc
turne” by Chopin.
Delectable refreshments were
served at the close of the meet
ing by the hostess and Mrs. Arm
entrout.
ELD. ED DOUGLAS
TO PREACH SUNDAY
Elder Ed Douglas, of Galax,
Va„ will preach at the home of
Eld A. L. Presnell, Sunday, at
2:00 o’clock p. m.
The public is cordially invited.
Topia News
Mrs. Lena Black visited.Mrs.
Myrtle Tolliver, last Sunday.
Several young people from
here attended the Quarterly Con
ference at Chestnut Hill last Sun
day afternoon.
Robert Glenn Dixon of Latael
Springs, spent last Sunday night
with Albert Pugh.
Mrs. Lorene Sturgill, P*ney
Creek, spent a few days last
week with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. O. E. Moxley. * M’
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Osborne, and
daughter, Rose, of Piney, Creek,
were dinner guests of Mr.v and
Mrs. Dent B. Pugh, Sunday. *
Mr. Jarvis H. Blevins.' of Bel
Conservation
Farming News
H. E. Singletary and
T. R. Greene
Wiley Maxwell is taking over
the home farm in the Whitehead
community. The Soil Conserva
tion Service assisted Wiley last
week in sampling his fields to de
termine the fertilizer needs. He
is also planning to rearrange his
fields and change his fences.
Russell Armentrout, of Sparta,
had .soil samples taken on his
pasture and meadow fields. Rus
sell is planning to seed some al
falfa this fall on one of his fields.
Kenneth Bedsaul, of the Little
Pine community, has been treat
ing his pasture fields with lime
and phosphate for the past few
years. White clover and good
grass is beginning to show up. He
is now planning to increase the
number of dairy cows, and begin
a strip crop rotation on his crop
fields.
Soil erosion is the chief enemy
of good top soil. Robert Edwards,
of the Sparta community, is doing
a good job of fighting this enemy
by strip cropping his crop fields.
Edwin Maines, of the New Riv
| er community, was assisted re
cently by the Soil Conservation
Service in sampling a field to be
seeded to alfalfa. Edwin has a
bout two acres of first year ladino
clover. He plans to fertilize his
ladino heavily each year which
will be necessary for full growth.
Cathryn Perry
Honored At Party
Mr: and Mrs. Walter Perry
gave a birthday party, Sunday
afternoon in honor of their daugh
ter, jCathryn, on her fourth blrth
day.
Games were played by the
auests which included Mary Lou
Bonnie, Betty Sue and Ellen
Grubb: Shirley Maxwell. Robert
and Billv Debo-d. Geraldine and
Wilma Jean Williams; Sadie and
SuSle Hill. Allen and Timmy
Blevins. Other visitors were; Mr.
and Mrs. David Perry and son.
Mn. S E. Smith. Mrs. Maude
Gntb. Mrs. Viola Williams and
I - A large white cake with nink
rpndles centered the table from
.which other refreshments were
Miss Harris Is
Married In Va.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Harris
of Sparta, North Carolina, an
nounce the marriage of their
daughter, Miss'Bertha Mae Har
ris, of Hampton, Va., and Edward
Lee Hoffman, Hampton son of
Mrs. Edward L. Hoffman, of Bal
timore, Maryland, * and the late
Mr. Hoffman.
The ceremony was solemnized
on Thursday, July 3, at five o’
clock in the afternoon, at the
Hampton Presbyterian church
before a background of palms.
Rev. Raleigh M. Engle, pastor,
officiated.
A program of pre-nuptial mu
I sic was presented by Mrs. F. L.
Thompson.
The bride, who wak given in
marriage by John R. Dawson,
wore a street length dress of
White silk jersey with white ac
cessories. Her flowers were a cor
j sage of red roses. Miss Martha
| Warren, maid-of-honor, wore a
dress of pink silk jersey with
| white accessories. She wore a cor
sage of gardenias.
Lloyd J. Fisher served as best
isage of gardenias.
Mrs. Hoffman, mother of the
: groom wore a printed silk dress
and her corsage wa§ of gardenias.
After a trip through the west
ern part of Virginia and the .coast
of North Carolina, Mr. and Mrs.
Hoffman are making their home
on Chesapeake Boulevard, Hamp
ton.
Cherry Lane News
Miss Gay Nell Truitt spent the
past week end with Betty Ann
Miles.
Alfred Caudill is operating a
grade-A dairy barn.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Miles visi
ted Mr. and Mrs. John Royal at
Traphill last Sunday.. ' ,
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Miles
had as their Sunday guests Mr.
and, Mrs. Junior Miles and chil
dren, Arlene Miles, Mrs. Cliff
Evans, and daughters, Sandra
and Margaret Ann.
ORGANIZE CHAPTER
FOR POUO CONTROL
(Continued from Pace ll
Randolph, Alleghany county had
the benefit of so much more hos
pitilization than the money raised
in drives for the purpose of rais
in* money to help control polio,
called far.
served. j
The honoree was presented
with several nice gifts. > * • ■
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MMB
(Continued from Page 1)
was announced.
It was explained that aU lambs
not sold on that day could be
sold on Tuesday in the lamb pool.
It was explained that there
will be four classes as follows:
Pen of three laihbs; set of twin
lambs; individual lambs; and
county group of five.
/tr fitoofc HTTVfrn must be docked,
and castrated and ewe lambs
must be docked in order to show.
Personnel will be available the
morning before’the show to help
any boy to trim around the dock
of his lamb, it was pointed out.
FIVE GUERNSEY
ANIMALS PURCHASED
(Continued from Page 1)
Bailey, of Mocksville.
The sale, which was sponsored
by the N. C. Guernsey Breeders’
Association and the N. C. Ex
tension Service, was attended by
more that 200 interested farmers
and agricultural leaders.
3,000 EXPECTED TO
VOTE HERE SATURDAY
(Continued from Page 1)
ships are: Cherry Lane—Walter
Spicer, C. C. Gentry, Sam Mc
Knight, Dewitt Bryan, Raymond
Miles.
Glade Creek—Mrs. Joe Combs,
W. C. Evans, D. C. Wyatt, W. C.
Higgins and Gwyn Truitt.
Piney Creek—V. - B. Phipps,
Clinton Busic, Bob Landreth,
Dean Halsey, Herbert Osborne.
Prather’s Creek—George Fin
ney, Dan Jones, Frank Roupe, A.
O. Joines and Bruce Finney.
Cranberry—T. C. Osborne,
Jones Tilley, Posey Pruitt, Mrs.
Tom Moxley, Charlie Roberts.
Whitehead—Bert Edwards, W.
E. Hoppers, Robert Rector, Clease
Joines and M. L. Richardson.
Gap Civil officials had not been
named in time for publication.
$1640.36 RAISED
FOR VFW BUILDING
(Continued from Page 1)
Paul Higgins, Carlisle Edison
Joines and Coy E. Mash.
Members to renew member
ship were Grant Harless, Troy
D. Sanders, James F. Settle and
Cleve W. Stoker.
LOCAL HORSES ARE
WINNERS IN SHOW
(Continued from Page 1)
Judging the events was W. O. i
j Bowie, of High Point, H. G. York J
I served as ringmaster, and Har
! old Craven, of High Point, was
master of ceremonies.
Five trophies were awarded
entries in the championship']
classes. StPflinff Phiof /\xxrnoH ■
Sterling Chief, owned
by C. L. Hashberger, of Norton, (
Va., and ridden by Corbett Wil-|
liams, was the first place winner,
in the five-gaited championship
and was awarded the trophy.
Trophies were also presented
Wilson Merry Boy, champion
Walker, owned and ridden by Dr.
M. S. Martin, of Mt. Airy; Little
Greyhound, in the championship
roadster class, ridden.and owned
by R. A. Covington, of Vinton,
Va.; Heels Up, in the children’s
horsemanship class sponsored by'
D. F. Sturdivant, owned by
Christy Peeler, of Salisbury &nd
ridden by Spunky Fisher; and
Dusty, in the ‘ three gaited
championship class, owned by
Florence Gildea, of Silver Pines
Camp at Roaring Gap. and rid
den by Mary Van Waidback.
The names of the winners, hor
ses, riders and owners in the
various classes are as follows:
Class 1- Open three gaited pony,
12 hands and under—First. Su
gar Candy, ridden bv owner Kit
ty Craynor; second, Tony, ridden
bv Franklin Sturdivant and own
ed by Grover Reeves, third. Kate,
ridden by Jimrov Sturdivant and
owned by W. C. Chambers: four
th. Champion, ridden by owner
Wade Hampton.
Class 2- Open pleasure horses—
First, Pat, ridden by owner Link
Spainhour; second, Stormy
Weather, ridden by owner Tom
Greene; third, Natural Style Dan,
ridden by Mrs. Paul Joines and
owned by Mrs. Robert Joines?
fourth/Flicker, ridden by Keith
Caudill and owned by E. J. Rich
ardson.
Class 3- Open jumpers—First
Starwood, ridden by Edd- Daniels
and owned by Chuck Haywood;
second, Heels Up, ridden by June
Fisher, Sr., and owned by Christy
Peeler; third, True Heart, ridden
by Spunky Fisher and owned by
Betsy Murphy; fourth, Claim A
gent, ridden by Chuck Haywood
and owned by Mr. and Mrs. C.
V. Hinkle.
Class 4- Local three-galted—
First, Starlight, ridden by Gay
Pettit and owned by Nancy
Thornton; second, Nellie, ridden
by owner, Robert Joines; third,
Melody, ridden by Barbara Fas
%
dea, fourth, Lady Fee vine,
den by Janies
ed by Tom Wi
Tim, ridden by
r and
i Clark add
owned by Florence Gildea.
Class 9- Local five-gaited—
First, Uncle Walter, ridden by
owner, Mrs. Charles P. Waugh;
second, Fair Acres Chieftan rid
den by Wayne Osborne and own
ed by Mrs. Clark Williams; third,
Prince, ridden by owner Frank
lin Sturdivant; fourth, Natural
Style Dan, ridden by Mrs. Paul
4»ines and owned by Mrs. Rob
ert Joines;-fifth, Stormy Weath
er, ridden by owner, Tom Greene.
Class 6- Junior Walkers, 3 years
and under—First, King, ridden
and owned by W. A. Woodruff.
Class 7- Open hunters-*-First,
■Starwood, ridden by Edd Daniels
and owned by Chuck Haywood;
second, Gold Star, ridden by
Spunky Fisher and owned by
Mrs. Thomas Zachery; third, Red
Fox, ridden by June Fisher and
owned by Billy Patterson; fourth,
Claim Agent, ridden by Chuck
Haywood and owned by Mr. and
Mrs. C. V. Hinkle.
Class 8- Open roadsters—First*
Little Greyhound,, ridden and
owned by R. A. Covington, Sr.;
second, Volatile, ridden by H.
E. Beatty and owned by H J
Childress; third, Nellie, ridden
by owner Robert Joines.
Class 9- Open fine harness—
First, Roan King, ridden and own
ed by H. A. Johnson.
Class 10- Local Walkers—First,
Pat, ridden by owner Link Spain
hour; second, Lady Eleanor, rid
den and owned by C. H. Todd
--' wme Alien, ridden by
James Craynor and owned by
Tom Williams; fourth, Jim, rid
fey . °wner Walter Newton;1
«fth, King, ridden by W. A.
Woodruff and owned by Bill
Musgrove.
Class 11- Open five-gaited_
First, What A Surprise, ridden
bv Rex Watts and owned by
John Francis; second, Sterling
Chief, ridden by Corbett Wil
liams and owned by Dr. C L
Harshberger; third, Prince, ‘rid
den by owner Franklin Sturdi
vant; fourth, Natural Style Dan,
ridden by Mrs. Paul Joines and
owned by Mrs. Robert Joines;
-L,chn ydak dwr noid.fift deann
fifth, Lady Lucy, ridden and own
ed by G. L. Robertson, Jr.
Class 12- Best draft team hor
ses or mules—First, Duck and
Tuck, ridden and owned by H.
A. Johnson; second, Frank and
Kate, ridden and owned by E. C.
Truitt; third, Betty and Blue,
ridden by Jess Todd- and owned
by Dr. P. L. Choate; fourth, Sam
and Tom, ridden by Dean Belt
and owned by Hardin Bell; fifth,
Pearl and Black, ridden by Parley
and Foster Truitt and owned by
Foster Truitt.
Class 13- Best saddle horse
colt—First, Tony, ridden by Tom
Greene and owned by Roscoe
Collins.
Class 14- Children’s horseman
ship—First, Heels Up, ridden by
Spunky Fisher ’and owned by
Christy Peler; second, Prince,
ridden by owner Franklin Sturdi
vant; third, Tiny Tim, ridden by
Wylene Clark and owned by
Florence Gildea; fourth, Dusty,
ridden by Mary Van Waldback,
owned by Florence Gildea.
Class 15- Knock down and out
^-First, Starwood, ridden by Edd
Daniels and owned by Chuck
Claim
Agent, riaaten by Chuck Haywood
and owned by Mr. and Mrs. C.
V. Zachary; fourth, Gqld Star,
ridden by Spunky Fisher and
owned by Mrs. T. M. Zachary.
Class , 16- Five-gaited stallions
and geldings — First, Genius
Times, ridden by Rex Watts and
owned by John Francis; second,
Natural Style Dan, ridden by
Mrs. Paul Joines and .owned by
Mrs. Robert Joines; third, Prince,
ridden by owner Franklin Stur
divant; fourth, Fair Acres Chief
tan, ridden by Wayne Osborne
and owned by Mrs. Clark H.
Williams; fifth, Fleet Foot, rid
den and owned by John R. Smith.
Class 17- Hunter hack—First,
Starwood, ridden by Edd Daniels
and owned by Chuck Haywood;
second, Gold Star, ridden by
Spunky Fisher and owned by Mrs.
Thomas Zachary; third, Claim
Agent, ridden by Chuck Hay
wood and owned by Mrs. C. V.
Hinkle; fourth, True Heart, rid
den by June Fisher and owned
by Mrs. Betsy Murphy.
Class 18- Open roadsters—
First, Little Greyhound, ridden
by owner R. A. Covington; second,
Volatile, ridden and owned by
H. J. Childress; third, Nellie, rid
den by owner Robert Joines.
Class 19- Open three-gaited—
First, Starlight, ridden by Gay
■Pettit and owned by Nancy
Thornton; second. Tiny Tim, rid
den by Wylene Clark, and own
ed by Florence Gildea.
c-iass zu- upen walkers—First,
Wilson Merry Boy, ridden arid
owned by Dr. Moir S. Martin;
second, Carolina Pride, ridden
by Rex Watts and owned by John
Francis; third, Lady Eleanor,
ridden by owner C. H. Todd; four
th, Shine Allen, ridden by James
Craynor and owned by Tom Wil
liams; fifth. King, ridden and
owned by W. A. Woodruff.
Class 21- Open five-gaited—
Anne Royal, ridden by D. F.
Sturdivant, and owned by Mrs.
D. F. Sturdfvant; second, . Lady
Lucy, ridden and owned by G. I
L. Robertson; third, What A Sur
prise, ridden by Rex Watts and
owned by John Francis; fourth,
Gypsy Jean, ridden by owner
Thaddeus Williams; fifth, Stormy
Weather, ridden and owned by
Tom Greene.
Class 22A- Alleghany pleasure
shown in hand—First, Roan
King, ridden by owner H. A.
Johnson; second, Natural Style
Dan, ridden by Robert Joines
and owned by Mrs. Robert Joines.
Class 22A- Alleghany pleasure
horses—First, Sweet Susie, rid
den by Owen Maines and owned
by Mrs. Bill Musgrove; second,
Stormy Weather, ridden by own
er Tom Greene; third, Flicker
Bill' Burgin, ridden and owned
by Bill Musgrove; fourth, King,
ridden by owner W. A. Wood
ruff.
Class 23- Open pone race —
First, Champion, ridden by owner
Wade Hampton; second, Little
Joe ridden by Carl Chambers and
owned by W. C. Chambers; third,
Tony, ridden by FranVin Stur
divant and owned by Grover
Reeves.
Class 24- Open five-gaited
mares—First, Stormy Weather,
ridden by owner, Tom Greene.
Class 25- Professional horse
;' :--—
men trophy class—First, Red
Fox, ridden by June Fisher and
owned by Billy Paterson; second,
Not Vet, ridden by Spunky Fish
er and owned .by Camp Arrow
head; third, Starwood, ridden by
Edd Daniels and owned by Chuck.
Haywood; fourth Claim Agent,
ridden by Chuck Haywood and
owned by Mr. and Mrs. C V,
Hinkle. BhhR
Class 26- Fine harness champ
ionship—First, Roan King, rid
dea by owner H. A. Johnson. ,
Class 27- Three-gaited champ
ionship—First, Dusty, ridden by
Mary Van Waldback arid owned
by Florence Gildea; Second, Tiny
Tim, ridden by Wylene Clark
and owned by Florence Gildea;
third, Starlight, ridden ,by Gay
Pettit and owned by Nancy
Thornton; fourth, Melody, ridden,
by Barbara Fassett and owned
by Florence Gildea.
Class - 28- Hunters champion
ship—First, Starwood, ridden by
owner Chuck Haywood, second.
Seels Up ridden by Spunky Fish
er and owned by Christy Pelert
third, Gold Star, ridden by Spun
ky Fisher and owhed by Mrs.
Thomas Zachary; fourth, True
Heels Up, ridden by Spunky Fish
owned by Mrs. Betsy Murphy;
fifth, Claim Agent, -ridden by Edd
Daniels and owned by Mrs C
V. Hinkle. ■
Class 29- Championship road
sters—First, Little Greyhound,
ridden by owner R. A. Coving
ton; second, Volatile, ridden an<T *
owned by H. J. Childress.
Class 30- Championship Walker
—First, Wilson Merry Boy, rid
den and owned by Dr. M. S Mar
tin; second, Carolina Pride, rid
den by Rex Wdtts and owned; by
John Francis; third, Lady Elea
nor, ridden by owner C. H. Todd.
Class 31- Five-gaited champion
ship—First, Sterling Chief, ridden
by Corbett Williams and owned
by C. L. Harshberger; second,
Genius Times, ridden by Rex
Watts and owned by John Fran
cis; third, Prince, ridden by own
er Franklin Sturdivant; fourth,
Lady Lucy, ridden and owned by
G. L. Robertson; fifth, Anne Roy
al, ridden by D. F. Sturdivant
and owned by Mrs. D. F. Sturdi
vaAt.
For Sale
350 Acre Farm
200 acres of pasture land,
100 acres of improved” pas
tures and 80 acres in mea
dow and crop land.
Located on U. S. 21, two
miles North of Roaring
Gap.
This farm is in high state
of cultivation, lots of good
level land and extra wat
ered with good springs, al
so electricity and running
water iu house' and barn.
This farm can be divided
in three good farms. Will
sell together or separate.
J. C McCann
Glade Valley N. C.
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