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AND STAR-TIMES—(CONSOLIDATED ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1941)—ALLEGHANY COUNTY’S ONLY NEWSPAPER. VOLUME 58, NO. 50 $2.00 a Year in Alleghany County SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, SEPT. 25, 1947 $2.50 a Year Qut of County TELEPHONE HEARING SET FOR OCTOBER 2 •• ^ ^ ★ ★★ + + 4r A A A- A A A A a a " Armstrong Will Preside; Many Cases On Docket Both Civil And Criminal Cases Scheduled; Some Divor ces To Be Heard The fall term of Superior court for the trial of criminal and civil cases will get underway here, Monday morning with Judge Frank M. Armstrong presiding. Fifty-one cases are scheduled to be tried on the criminal docket and nine civil cases, one of which is a divorce case. If all the dockr et is taken up, a four day session is predicted. Serving as solicitor is Walter E. Johnston, Jr. Cases scheduled on the criminal docket are: Ivan B. Welborn, Giles K. Adams, Bledsoe Watson, Ross Edwards, (two charges) Lon nie Blevins, Samuel Trimble and Rufus Joe Long, all charged with operating a vehicle while intoxi cated. Charged with larceny are Odell Roten, Paul Shumate, Robert Pol lard and Gilbert Johnson. Charged with assault are Clyde Murphy, Gilbert Johnson, Ford Baugus, Arlen Cole, R. D. Gentry and Coy Bobbitt. Robbery cases include Gilbert Johnson, Ford Baugus and Arlen Cole. Reckless driving charges in clude Frank Choate, Lonnie Blev ins, James Jennings and PaqJ Washington. Carrying a conceal ed weapon charges are Bert Mabe and Holten Taylor. Charged with manufacturing liquor are Ray Anderson, Ernest Evans, Hortie Crouse, Robert Williams and Steve Loggins. Im personating officer charges are sc lied u led to be tried* against Walter Edwards and R. T. Fender. Charged with speeding are Lon nie Blevins, Ray K.' Felty, Jr., Letcher E. Hash, James Miller, Ted Porter, Billy Hardin and Ed win Duncan, Jr. Other charges are Samuel (Continued on page 4) Edwards Resigns As Welfare Supt.' Left Monday For UNC; Miss Lois Reeves Is Act ing Superintendent Swanson Edwards has resigned his position as superintendent of the Alleghany County Welfare Department and left Monday 'for Chapel Hill where he will take some advanced courses in'special work at the University of North Carolina. Miss Lois Reeves, who has been working with the welfare depart ment since January, has been ap pointed acting superintendent un til the position can be filled. Mr. Edwards first served as welfare superintendent in Febru ary, 1944, and left for the army in September of that year. Upon his return from the army in July, 1946, he again assumed his duties and has held that position until his resignation last week. Miss Doris Wagoner, who has been connected with the welfare department this summer, left last week end for Nashville, Tenn., where she will again study in the School of Social Work. akti Alleghany Men Buy Baby Beeves Two local businessmen pur chased Alleghany county grown baby beeves at the Elkin Fat Stock Show and sale last week. Amos Wagoner, of the Farmer'* Hardware and Implement Co., bought the 92# pound animal from Jimmy Poole for $342.2#, averaging 87c a pound for the Strong Protest Voiced Against Rationing Of Food j 8 .**£. Prot®st against additional restrictions issued by the French government on food rationing, brought about by the critical shortage in Europe, workers and employ ees left their factories and offices and gathered in a huge meeting on Paris, Champ-de Mard park. Their theme— “we want to live.” Farm Profit Need Is Cited By Doughton Before District PMA Meeting In Greensboro '* I -■■ ■ i ■ . ., -3 Points Out That Farm Must Be Profitable To Be Attract ive To Young Men R. L. Doughton of Laurel Springs, Representative from the Ninth Congressional District, told committeemen attending a P. M. A. conference in Greensboro this week that the farm must be made attractive in order to hold intel ligent young men and women. “To make it attractive,” the Congressman said, “it must be made profitable.” Doughton’s speech to the 100 P. M. A. workers was the con cluding feature of a two-day ses sion held for Guilford and 25 nearby counties. “Contentment on the farms of our nation," declared Representa tive Doughton,” in my opinion, is the nation’s greatest asset.” Urging the Agricultural Con servation Association committee members to do a good job in 1948 despite reduced appropriations, G. T. Scott of Raleigh, State P. M. A. director, said: “Grow the things we know we need.” “Don’t grow tobacco don’t grow cotton; grow food and feed,” Scott implored. Pointing out that too much tobacco was grown this year, Scott told the men to direct farmers to use their soil for con servation purposes during years when a product is not needed. Baptists Plan * To Raise $1000 For Wake Forest Alleghany Baptists Meet Yes terday To Discuss Plans; Rev. J. W. Costner Heard A luncheon meeting of re presentatives of the Missionary Baptist churches ! in Alleghany county was held yesterday at the community building to discuss plans for raising funds to move Wake Forest College to Winston Salem. Rev. J. W. Costner, of Newland, was the guest speaker and discuss ed the past, present and future of Wake Forest College. The Allegh any Baptist Association voted to raise $1000 to aid in the moving, program. Eight of the eleven Missionary Baptist churches in the county were represented and the follow ing chairmen of the committees were appointed to help carry out the work in their respective churches: Rev. F. G. Walker, Sparta and New Hope; T. S. Mox ley, -Laurel Springs; Rev. Fred Blevins, Liberty, Mt. Carmel and Pine Fork, Miss Phyllis Nucholls, Scottville; Rev. Lee Woodruff, (Continued on page 4) Gordon Gray Is Named As Assistant Secretary Of Army Washington — Gordon Gray, 38-year-old publisher of The Winston-Salem Journal and Sen* tinel, who volunteered as an army‘private in May, 1942, will be sworn in today As Assistant Secretary of the Army. The oath of office will be ad ministered by his new bom and fellow ' North Carolinian, Ken neth C. Roy all, of Goldsboro, Secretary of the Army, in Roy all’s Pentagon Building office. Gray's appointment—on rec ommendation of Secretary Roy all—was announced by a presi dentMiJlide , ‘ “ 11 Tuesda|§H sworn in over US : between the army 1 etas. ' fll In a statement issued after the announcement, Mr. Gray said that he was very deeply honored at the appointment and grateful “for the opportunity to serve our country in these difficult times.’’ “It seems tq. ipe that of para mount significance is this addi tional recognition of the State of North Carolina," he said. The Journal and Sentinel pub lisher laid that it was planned to designate W. K. Heyt as act ing publisher for the Piedmont Publishing Company, with Mr. Hoyt to b| ultimately responsible for all operations Of the newspa pers and'radio station WSJS.De * heads will temain un he said. ;• said he did not know whether it would be necessary for him to resign from the State Advisory Budget Commission and State Board of Purchase and Con tract, to which posts ha was nant (Continued on Page 8) Sidney Royall Struck By Car; Leg Is Broken Sidney Royall, 65- year old Alleghany county man, suffered a broken leg and other injuries, when he stepped in front of a ’40 Buick driven by Mary Bovard, 16, of Roaring Gap, who was en route to Sparta about ten o’clock Saturday morning. Royall was reported to have walked from behind a truck park ed on the left side of the road, near the Shell Service Station. Miss Bovard, was said to be driv ing at the'rate of approximately 35 miles an hour when she struck Royall. Royall’s left leg was brok en b«Vw the knee and he’suf fered hand injuries. He was taken to the Wilkes county hospital where he is now undergoing treat ment. No charges have been pre ferred, it was learned. Investiga ting officer was State Highway Patrolman W. H. Hogan. Duke C. Bledsoe Properly Sold The house and property of the Duke Bledsoe estate located in Sparta, containing about 5 acres, was sold to W. F. Gaddy, of North Wilkesboro, for the sum of $22, 000.00, it was reported. The Bledsoes have purchased the Coy McCann farm, known as Tea Pot Dome, at Roaring Gap. The property was purchased fon. $15,000.00, it was learned. PICNIC CALLED OFF The picnic which the teachers of Alleghany had planned for last night was called off on ac count of rain. Yellow Jackets To Clash Friday With Boonville Eleven To Play There; Win Easy 31 12 Victory Over Cove Creek Here Last Fri. Fresh from the 31-12 victory over Cove Creek last Friday, the Sparta Yellow Jackets will jour ney to Boonville tomorrow after noon for their third game of the season. The .kick-off is scheduled for 3:30 o’clock. The Yellow Jackets were in fare form last week and Coach Joe B. Reed ran in the second and third stringers to win the easy 31-12 victory here on the local field. Dwayne Andrews broke awav from scrimmage for a 40 yard dash to make a touchdown for Sparta. Holloway intercep ted a forward pass and carried it through for a touchdown. Jimmy Mast, Cove Creek star, intercepted a pass and raced 60 yards for a touchdown. The remainder of the schedule for the season is called to the attention of the public. Two home games are scheduled for the first two weeks of October. The schedule is: October 3, Rural Retreat, here; October 10, Jonesville, here; Cotober 17, Flat Rock, there; October 24, Walker town, there; Ooctober 31 and Nov Need $6,000 To Complete Local | VFW Post Bldg! Additional Contributors An nounced; Meeting To Be Held Thursday Actual construction work on the local VFW post building js now at a standstill due to the fact that the buildings funds have hit an all-time low, Gene Irwin, quarter master, reported this week. As much as $6,000 is needed to com plete the building. Mr. Irwin-said he would be glad to discuss plans with anyone interesting in mak ing this loan. Additional contributors this week are Mrs. Carrie Inskeep, $25; Dent B. Pugh, $10, Walter Wyatt, $5 and Edgar Mabe, $1. Plans are now underway to sponsor a street dance in the near future in order to raise more money for the building. The reg ular meeting of the post will be held next Thursday at Twin Oaks, at 7:30 o’clock. All members are urged to be present. AFTER PRESIDENCY Sen. Robert Taft, (R. O.) smiles during this western trip as he began a series of campaign speeches. He would be happy to learn that the west will back him for the presidency in 1948. Choate, Seagle Trial May End Friday Mon By Staff Writer Dobson—The trial of Clarence W. Seagle, of Charlotte and Ta bor City, and that of Dr. B. O. Choate, well-known Sparta doc tor, on charges of manslaughter and abortion in connection with the death of /Mrs. Annie Mae Anderson, of Charlotte, in an El kin hotel August 23, 1946, is ex pected to go to the jury late this afternoon or early Friday morn ing. Just how long the jury will deliberate, remains to be seen. Choate, who was on the witness stand one hour and forty minutes yesterday, denied, the charges. He stated that he had no part in per forming the abortion, which ear lier witnesses testified as the cause of the death of Mrs. Ander son. He stated that he was not in Sparta at the time it was al leged to have taken place and that both £eagle and the victim were unknown to him prior to Satur day before her death on Sunday. He stated that Seagle had brought her by his office and introduced her as his wife and asked for some medicine to ease her. > Seagle, who was on the stand on Monday ■entered a plea of nolo contendre (no contest). He told the -jury that several days before (Continued on page 8) Rattlesnake’s Bite Fatal To 32-Year Old Va. Man Jefferson T. Brown, 33|-year old Elk Creek man, died Friday in a Wytheville hospital after hav ing been bitten Thursday by a diamond-back rattlesnake on the headwater of Dry Run in the Iron mountain south of Speedwell Brown was reported to have come upon the rattler along the Lakes-to-Florida highway ««< had picked it up and handled it for sometime before it bit him on the hand. The snake, said to be the lar gest seen in that section this sea m and a I that the snake after he gone back to rattles. first-aid treat naent. His condition became worse, Thursday night, however, and he was taken to Wytheville for treat ment Friday morning where he succumbed two hours later. Funeral service was held Sun day morning *t the Lebanon Me thodist church and interment was u> the Sunrise cemetery at Elk Creek. He is survived by his wife M»d his parents, Mr, and Mrs. Hugh Brbwn, of Elk Creek, and two brothers and six sisters. cota^sc. dpproyed as K. V. Smith,_ *or part of two days to audit the county Groups Expected To Be Present To Protest Service Hearing Will Be Held Before Utilities Commission In Raleigh Next Thurs. Following a request for increase in local telephone rates by the Central Telephone Company in Alleghany and Ashe counties, the N. C. Utilities Commission has ordered a petition set down for public hearing at the meeting of the body next Thursday, October 2, at 2:30 p. m., in the offices in Raleigh. As this is a public hear' ing, representatives from Sparta, Jefferson and West jjefferson, as well as other citizens are plan ning to attend and express their views on the matter of increase as well as service, it was pointed out this week. The Central Telephone Com pany is asking in the petition for the authority to establish the fol. lowing rates for business service in Sparta, individual line, $3.00; two party line, $2.50; business ear* tension, $0.75; rural multi-party line, $3.00. For residence service, individual line, four-party line, $1.25; residence extension, $0.65; rural multi party line, $2.00. A full notice of the telephone company is published in a legal advertisement elsewhere in *hi« paper. Grand Master Meeting Held Grand Master Luther T. Hart* sell, Jr., was heard by Masons representing the thirty-fourth district of the A. F. and A. M., at the meeting held here last nigfrt. Also present for the meeting was Grand Secretary Wilbur L. Mc~ Iver, of Raleigh. The business session of the of' ficers was held earlier yester day afternoon at the lodge, fol lowing which the men were hon ored at a dinner at the community building prepared by the wives of the members. Grand Deputy Ed Pugh, presid ed at the meeting during the afternoon. Officers of the Ashe Lodge 8M were present as was Will Pugh, of Tennessee. The meeting was fairly well attended despite wea ther conditions yesterday. School To Raise Athletic Funds The students of Sparta high school are sponsoring a magazine subscription to raise funds in or der to buy additional athletic equipment for the school. The drive, which is being held! through the Curtis Publishing company, features both new end renewed subscriptions to numer ous publications. Watches will be offered a* prizes for the two students soli citing the largest number of sub scriptions. Football Field To Be Improved '*■ __■ .. Possibilities ot an improved football field for Sputa t««* jiffiintil at tht fint meeting of the Parent-Ti achara Association for the new arimet
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