Alleghany County h
Outstanding Livestock,
cttltare and Ton list Centar.
With A Population of HML
VOLUME 58, NO. 48 _ $2.00 a Year in Alleghany County_SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, 'SEPT. 4, 1947
$2.50 a Year Out of County
DRAWN FOR JURY
Better Service |
Wanted, Express
Mnch Concern
Sparta People Want Better
Local And Long Distance
Service From Company
A number of telephone patrons,
who have expressed dissatisfac
tion over the telephone service for
sometime, said they were sur
prised at the announcement of an
increase in rates. Several local
business men pointed out that the
proposed increase in view of the
service is “preposterous.
Amos Wagoner, who operates
hardware stores here and in
Boone and West Jefferson said
that he found the service “im-:
possible.”
“I do not know what the com-,
pany means,” he declared and ad
vocated that the citizens do some
thing about It. “If the company
now serving this area can not
give better service, we might as
well take the telephones out,”
Mr. Wagoner said. He cited sev
eral incidents when, after plac
ing a long distance call to Boone,
he was notified, that the operator
would call him back. Mr. Wagflner
stated that he made a trip to
Boone and as yet has never been
“called back."
' “What we need worse than any
thing else is long distance ser
vice,” Dr. T. R. Burgiss, declared
and also pointed out his surprise
at the announcement of the in
crease in rates. 0r./Burgiss, said
Choate, Seagle
Case To'Be Tried
Pair Charged With Abortion
Murder, Scheduled To
Be Tried In Surry
Mount Airy — Scheduled for
trial at the September term of
Surry County Superior Court at
Dobson are Dr. B. O Choate of
Sparta and William L. Seagle of
Charlotte, charged with the ab
ortion-murder of Mrs. Annie Mae
Anderson, in August, 1946.
The case, which has been pend
ing foi several months, was
transferred last Spring from Al
leghany county to Surry county,
where it was originally scheduled
to be tried.
Mrs. Anderson died at Elkin, in
Surry, after an abortion was al
legedly performed near Sparta,
in Alleghany.
Jury list for the term was pub
lished recent1-' by Mrs. Bertha
M. Shinault, clerk to the board of
County Commissioners. Two
women are slated for duty on the
initial list.
A civil damage suit has also
been filed, in connection with
the death of Mrs. Anderson..
Vets Rush Tues.
To Cash Bonds
J-arrell Arrested
On Assault Charge
In Bowman Shooting
AFFIRMS PEACE PLANS
President Truman, who
spoke before die Inter-Ameri
can conference in Brazil this
week,
of the U. S. for
;efi the desire
Will Open At Crab Creek
Church Fri.; Elder S. P.
Roberts Is Moderator
A record crowd is expected to
attend the one hundred and for
ty-ninth annual session of the
Mountain Primitive Baptist as
sociation scheduled to open at
the Crab Creek church, ten miles
Northeast of Sparta and U. S.
Highway, No. 18, on Friday and
continue through Sunday.
Elder S. P. Roberts is modera
tor, J. M. Rector, clerk and Lon
Me. Reeves, assistant clerk.
According to a report, a num
ber of visiting elders are expected
to be present as are a larger num
ber of visitors from all over the
state.
SPARTA LIONS HAVE
PICNIC TUES. NIGHT
Members of the Sparta Lions
club enjoyed a barbecue supper
at the Duncan Farm on Tuesday
"ight, when their wives and fami
lies were guests.
The picnic was held in place
of the regular meeting.
Charged With Shooting On
June 9; Released
On $5,000.00 Bond
Dave Jarrell, of the Ennice com
munity, was arrested by Sheriff
Glenn D. Richardson, Tuesday,
in connection with the shooting
of Mrs. Peggy Bowman, 47-year
old widow, on the morning of
June 9. Jarrell, housed in the
County jail Tuesday on a public j
drunkenness charge, was released
yesterday afternoon on a $5,000
bond after being charged with
assault with a deadly weapon
with intent to kill.
, A hearing for Jarrell has been
set for October 3 before G. Glenn
Nichols, justice.
Local officers have been mak
ing an investigation ever since
the shooting. Mrs. Bowman, who
received as many as 100 shots
as she was picking strawberries
in her garden at Ennice on June
9, was treated for sometime at
the Memorial hospital in Mt Airy.
As a result of the shooting, she
lost the sight of one eye and the
sight of the other was also im
paired.
Threats made to Mrs. Bowman
by the suspect, Dave Jarrell, led
to his arrest, local-officers pointed
Week Of School
All Lunchrooms In Operation;
Sparta Serving 400 s
Daily
With the schools of Alleghany
county going into the secoj>’. week
of operation, the attendance ia
reported to be exceptionally good,
Miss Clyde Fields, county super
intendent, stated yesterday.
A more regular and even an
increased enrollment is expected
by the third Monday, Miss Fields
nointed out. Mrs. C. R. Roe is
the extra teacher alloted Sparta
for the increased enrollment.
* All of the lunchrooms in the
county are now in operation. The
Sparta lunchroQjn opened Mon
day under the new management
of Mrs. Henry Edwards and Mrs.
Marie Ivev and is now serving
around 400 students daily.
R. H. Walker, Sparta high school
principal, stated yesterday that
he hoped a music teacher could
be secured for Sparta by/ next
week. An announcement con
cerning the music lessions will be
made jiext week.
19 Republics Sign Rio Pact
For Keeping Peace In West
Rio De Janerio — Representa
tives of 19 of the 21 American re
publics acting in a concerted ef
fort to outlaw war in the West
ern Hemisphere, signed Tuesday,
the mutual defense treaty framed
at the Ipter-American conference
at Quitaadinha. .
The statesmen signed the his
tory-making pact in the paneled
reception hall of Itamaraty pal
ace, Brazil’s Foreign office.
Secretary at State George C.
Marshall was the first United
t States representative to affix his
signature to the document. The
other American signers were Sen
ator Arthur H. Vandenberg, Re
publican of Michigan; Senator
Tom Connally, Democrat of Tex
as; Warren R. Austin chief Uni
ted States delegate to die United
Nations; Representative Sol
Bloom. (D) of New York, and Wil
liam Pawley, United States s
to Brazil.
nations in the
'
order of their signing were:
Dominican republic, Guatema
la, Costa Rica, Peru, El Salva
dor, Panama, Paraguay, Venezue
la, Chile, Honduras, Cuba, Boli
via, Columbia, Mexico, Haiti,
Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, and
the United States. The United
States was to have signed far
ther up the list, but its delega
tion was absent from the chamber
when its name twice was called,
and finally penned the last signa
tures on the document.
The only two American repub
lice which did not sign the treaty
were Nicaragua, which did hot
receive an invitation to the Inter
American conference because of
the Pan-American union’s dis
satisfaction with its current re
gime, and Ecuador, now in the
throes of a counter-revolution
against its new revolutionary gov
that an ar
any of
.
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Babe Ruth Meets A Few Of Hi, Many Junior Champion Fans
The American Legion Junior baseball c lampions of the mid-west, meet the man
who personifies the national pastime to th ;m, Babe Ruth. He is shown surrounded by
the inevitable mob of youngsters during the pregame ceremonies.
Dairy Show Will
Be Held On Wed.5
Farnura To Judge
red and gra
ded Guernseys are expected to be
shown at the dairy show t® be [
held at the Sparta horse show
grounds, September 10, R. E.
Black, county agent, announced
this week. 4-H and F. F. A. mem
bers are requested to have their
calves at the grounds by nine
o’clock. 1
Plans are being made to have
a parade of the carriers at eleven
o’clock and judging will be at
two o’clock. F. A. Farnham, Ex
tension dairy specialist will act
as judge.
Prizes for the show, totalling
$150, have been donated by the1
merchants of Sparta. Thirty-two
different pri: ^ will be awarded,
it was explained. Six to eight of!
the b^t registered Guernsey
calves will go to two district
shows one in Statesville on Sep
tember 11 and the other at Lex
ington on JJeptembr 13.
All dairymen are urged to come
out to the show to witness the
work done by the boys and girls
who have calves to be shown. If
enough interest is shown, the
event will be made an annual
affair.
Mrs. Jones Now
Back At Library
Mrs. Carrie H. Jones resumed
her duties as county librarian at
the. Alleghany library Monday,
after completing a twelve week’s
course in library science at A. S.
T. C.
Miss Maybeline Richardson act
ed aa assistant during her absence.
Mrs. Jones has announced that
the story hour for children, ages
ranging from five to ten years
will begin Saturday at 10:30 and
continue to 11:30. ' Games and
stories will be told’and a party
will be held each month.
C Of C. To Meet
Friday; Sept. 12
The' Snarta Chamber of Com
merce will hold its regular month
tv meeting at the community
building on Friday night. Sep
tember IS when R. F. Crouse
win be the guest speaker.
The dinner wi# be served by
the ladies of the Westeyap Guild.
The meeting was previously an
nounced, to be held tomorrow
night __
Coble Wants More Grade A
Milk From This Section; Is
Giving Barn Demonstrations
ml ■ v , . --
■pPoundsjDf
r Found At
Saddle Mt. Home
Discovered By Sheriff In
Granary Belonging To
Mrs. Ida Moxley
One thousand oounds of sugar
were confiscated by local officers
following a raid 'in the Saddle
Mountain section on Sunday.
The sugar was found in the gran
ary on the property of Mrs. Ida
Moxley near Saddle Mountain
and nearby, officers discovered
three gallons of whiskey.
A hearing for Mrs. Moxley
charged with possession of illegal
whiskey, was.waived until court
and she was released on $300
bond.
Thcge men and one woman
were arrested by local officers
on public drunkenness charges
this week. Roosevelt Spicer, of
Pinev Creek, and Robert Spurlin,
of Sparta, were both fined the
cost of action. Catherine Jones,
of North Wilkesboro. was housed
in the county jail Monday night,
and fined $5 and cost of action at
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Farmers Vfg^b' Jo Get **
Grade A Milk Production
By Hancock
Gaylord Hancock, production
manager of Coble Dairy Products
Incorporated, announced this
week that his company was now
in the market to buv all grade-A
milk available in this territory.
i He also pointed out that Coble
plants in Sparta, Lansing and Su
Jar Grove are now ready to re
ceive grade-A milk. In order to
encourage production of this
grade milk, this company is also
| helping farmers to build neces
I sary barns.
“In order to assist dairy far
| mers to quickly equip their
farms to produce grade-A milk
the Coble milk products,, in co
operation with Sears Roebuck
Co., are now contracting to build
these grade-A barns and com
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COMMUNION SERVICE
PLANNED FOR SUNDAY
Communion service will be
conducted at the Osborne Mem
orial Baptist church on Sunday
j at 11:00 o’clock, it was announced
this week by the pastor, Rev.
' E. B. Barton.
Truman Pledges Might Of
Nation For World Peace
Petropolis, Brazil — President
Truman closed the Inter-Ameri
can conference here Tuesday with
a speech reducing basic foreign
policy of the United States |o >
desire for permanent peace but
emphasizing that to carry it out
the nation was determined to re
main strong.
Reiterating the fidelity of his
country to the United Nations, the
President noted that the world
organization had since infancy
been embroiled in conflict grow
ing out of an unintended role of
trying |o make peace rather than
to maintain it
“We must be careful not to pre
judge it by this unfair test,” he
said. “We must cherish the seed
ling in the hope of a mighty oak.
We shall not forget our obliga
tions under the Charter and we
shall not permit other to forget
theirs."
hailed as an example to the world.
Although Mr. Truman went be
yond the Americas in the general
scope of his address, he had ser
ious words for representatives of
Latin nations who had already
been warned by Secretary of
State Marshall that the needs of
Europe came first.
Going beyond this, the Presi
dent noted that the nations of
“free Europe" would soon make
their needs known.
“I hope that the nations of free
America,” he. continued, "will be
prepared, each according to its
ability and in its own manner, to
contribute to a lasting peace for
the benefit of mankind,"
At the same time the President
gave “solemn assurance” that
Washington was not oblivious to
needs for further economic col
MayServe For
F i r s t Time Here
In Coming Term
Superior Court Scheduled TV>
Open September 20 With
Armstrong Presiding
Two Alleghany county women
have been drawn for jury ser
vice for the fall term of superior
court, scheduled to open Sep
tember 29 with Judge Frank M.
Armstrong, of Troy} presiding,
and these women, who serve, will
be the first in the county to take
on this duty.
Women’s names were added to
the jury box recently and those
drawn on Tuesday by the county
commissioners for jury service for
the coming term of court were
Mrs. J. K. Andrews and Mrs. J.
R. Hawthorne.
Other jurors drawn were: Cl
eo Edwards, Clate Wagoner, Her
man Crouse, Elmer Edwards,
Bruce Wagoner, G. C. Reeves,
Reid Poole, J. K. Doughton,
Claude Miles, Carl Sheets, George
Sturgill, George Pugh, Clay
Joines, Coy Mabe, Wayne War
den, Van Miller, Clinton Busic,
Millard Phipps.
C. V. Hoppers, John Beeves,
Fred j. Halsey, Clifton Edwards,
Preston Cox, Glenn Miller, Hur
ley Blevins, Chester Killon, Clyde
Johnson, Roy Brooks Hort Ay
ers, Floyd Billings, Click Stoker,
Howard Jones, Alph Joines and
J. R. Wagoner,
Angus Cattle To
uBe SoM Sepiu^
Complete Dttperstl Sele Of
Eijgene Transou Herd Te
Be Held Neb Sparta
Fanners of this section will
have an opportunity to buy some
of the fine Aberdeen Angus cat
tle at the dispersal sale to be con
ducted at the locust Grove farm,
near Sparta, on Friday, Septem
ber 12, at twelve noon.
This is the noted herd of the
late Eugene Transou and is being
sold by the administrators to set
l tie his estate. The sale consists
of 40 cows and heifers; 30 calves,
and 10 bulls, including the herd
bull, Epponion, 3rd, of Le Baron,
This herd was established twenty
five years ago and all the cattle
are purebred, however, due to
loss of ' records, approximately
seventy-five percent will be sold
without registration papers.
Farm machinery and supplies
will also be sold.
The sale is being conducted by
W. M. Transou. sales manager,
and Harry Hamilton, Jr., of
Boone, auctioneer, and John M.
Cheek, Co-administrator.
Reeves Family
Holds Reunion
Around 75 people were present
at th'e annual Reeves reunion,
•held Sunday at the home of Mr.
and M?s. Lon Me. Reeves at Twin
Oaks.
A picnic dinner was served on
tables on the lawn for those pre
sent. A number of out-of-town
visitors were here for the an
nual. event.
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Licenses Issued
Now Total 90