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Spart&iis* Again
| Havls Water Atyer
3-Day Shortage
Town Pumps Are Repaired;
School' To Begin
Regular Schedule
Sparta i* today alggrty
ering from the acute water short
age which came about" ai'’a re
sult of a water pump break down,
here, Saturday.
One pi / p ceased operation on
November 24 and remained idle
until Saturday when the second
pump broke down*' The entire
towp of Sparta "ivas out of water
from Saturday night nutil Tues
day afternoon and even yester
day the supply remained low. •
Town officials pointed out,
however, that as soon as the re
serve could be built up that the
town should have the usual
amount.
School in Sparta was unable to
continue on Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday due to the acute
shortage. Small quantities were
used in the lunchroom yesterday,
however, it was not enough to
continue operation of the school
throughout the day. It is hoped
by school officials that they will
be able to continue on regular
schedule again today.
Ray Rector was named super
intendent of water w&rks at a
meeting of the town council,
Monday night. He succeeds Lee
Woodruff.
It was pointed , out that an au
tomatic switch had been attach
ed to the two pumps and in the
evetot that one should refuse to
operate, the second one can be
put into operation without in
conveniencing the town of Sparta
by having to do without water.
Greeting C a r d s
To Be Stamped
Rural Mail Carriers Ask
partment does not require rural
carriers to accept for mailing any
first or third cleSs mail or greet
ing cards which do not have
stamps affixed.
mail
Alleghany county rural
carriers in expressing apprecia
tion for response ir the past of
the rural patrons in observing
this regulat on v’ated thft since
the mail will y the heaviest
during the coming holidays than
it has ever been that they stamp
all first class mail and greeting
cards. When possible if a num
ber of cards are being mailed at
the same time, if they are ti«d
neatly in bundles, it will speed
up delivery service.
It was pointed out that if cards
and letters were not stamped
that the local carriers would not
be responsible for delays caused
by the mail not being stamped.
SERVICES GIVEN
FOR CHURCHES, SUN.
Rev. William C. Crummett,
pastor of the Laurel Springs
Methodist*charge, has announced
the following appointments for
Sunday, December 7; Mount
Zion, 11:00 a. m., and Scottville,
7:00 p. m.
The public is cordially invit
ed to attend.
Windows Will
Be Judged Fri.
PRESENTED AWARD
R. Emerson Black, county
agent, who received the dis
tinguished service award of
the national county agents as
sociation in Chicago, Monday.
Black Is Given
Distinguished
Service Award
Honored At Annual Conven
tion Of National County '
Agents’ Association
Chicago, 111. _ R. E. Black,
county agent of Alleghany coun
ty, received the distinguished
service award of the National
County Agents’
College. He
came to Alleghany county in
1935. During this 12 years of
work he has organized the sheep
growers of the county, shipped
cooperatively 16,911 lambs, sold
cooperatively 203,655 pounds of
wool, placed 72 pure breed beef
bulls, 30 pure bred dairy bulls,
45 pure bred rams, and completed
87 4-H beef projects.
Mr. Black has also carried on
an extensive dairy program. In
935 there was not a market in
the county for fluid milk and
the income from dairying was
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work to Begin
On G. V. Bldg
The building material for erect
ing the Glade Valley high school
gymnasium have been received
and work will begin this week on
the laying of the steel frame
work, E. B, Eldridge, superin
tendent, stated yesterday.
The new building is to be 70 by
100 feet and concrete or cinder
blocks will be used.
This is' the first unit of the
new building program for Glade
Valley high school. Construction
work is beidg done by A. A
CaShion and Son, construction'
company of North Wilkesboro. |
Mack Craven, 34-Year Old
Wilkes Man, Found In
Smoke-Filled Cell
A fire, which started perhaps
from' a carelessly dropped cig
Craven, 34-year old Wilkes coun
ty man who was housea in t.ie
Alleghany county jain, Tuesday
night .on a public drunkenness
charge.
Craven was locked in his cell
by local officers around eieht
o’clock, at'd shortly p*t-»r tpn
o’clock when the sheriff tried
to enter his cell. he was met by
a cloud of smoke found to be
com ire from the mattress in
Craven’s cell. Craven, however,
was not burned, but asphyxiated
by the smoke fumes , it was
learned after the coroner’s in
quest. Artificial respiration was
used, however, it was unsuccess
ful. Craven never regained con
sciousness. '
One otljer inmate, James D.
Fender, was in another cell at
the time of the accident, how
ever, the fumes did not reach
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Election Of Soil
t.
Committee Ends
In County, Sat.
All Fanners Urged To Vote
To Name Soil Conserva
tion Committeemen
Allgehany farmers will con
tinue to vote for candidates of
the Alleghany Soil Conserva
tion Committee through Satu
* Collins and M. E.
Reeves.
As was pointed out, th* three
men receiving the highest num
ber of votes will be chosen. The
Soil Conservation Committee will
have the responsibility of rep
resenting the people of this coun
ty and developing and directing.
The chairman of the committee
will represent the county on the
New River Soil Conservation
Board of Supervisors.
Candidates are nominated by
submitting a petition to the State
Soil Conservation Committee in
Raleigh. The signatures of 24
qualified voters residing within
the county are necessary to place
a name in nomination.
School Buses For
County Use Only
' Much interest has been shown
by school children in seeing the
“Freedom Train,” in its cross
country tour. Miss Clyde Fields,
county school superintendent,
pointed out however that schools
buses could not be used for any
purposes outside of the county.
The announcement came from
Paul A. Reed, compitroller of the
State Board of Education, who
Stated thht the use of school buses
for any {purpose outside of the
county; was prohibitive.
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Laurel Springs Woman Shoots
Brother'In-Law, T. C Miller
Laurel Springs, — (Special) V
Miss Myrtle Woodie, 42, of the
Laurel Springs section of the
county, is being held in the
Wilkes county Jail, charged with
fatally shooting her brother-in
law, Tan Calvin Miller, 4?,
shortly sitter six o’clock on Mon
day.
Sheriff C. G. Poindexter of
Wilkes county and Coroner I. M.
Myers said that date for a pre
liminary hearing had not been
set, pending further investiga
tion. The coroner added that Miss
Woodi* had indicated she might
[waive the preliminary hearing.
The slaying took place on the
road between their homes, which
are
Rid
near each other on the Blue
ge Parkway in Wilke* county
r the Wilkes-Ashe line,.
rifle bullet entering just back
of his left ear.
Miss< Woodie, dressed in blue
jeans, said that Miller had been
abtlsinghis.wife and children for
some time, and that she had told
MiUer if he didn’t stop she’s stop
him,” Sheriff Poindexter said.
The sheriff added that Mias
Woodie also said that Miller had
threatened her life, and had made'
threats against his wife, whom he
had beaten repeatedly.
Millet; apparently was on his
way home when the shooting oc
curred, Sheriff Poindexter said,,
j and had gotten into an argument'
| with MiSs Woodie when he passed
her house. Preliminary investiga
tion showed, the sheriff reported,,
thgt Miller left and Miss Woodie
went into her house, got a .22
rifle, came back out and shot Mil
walked up the road to
own house.
Rnssia^Reported To Ilave Set Off Atom Bomb In Test
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Report from Prague that Russia is makn^j sample atom bombs and has already set
off one in a test in Siberia, is being questioned in some quarters. The map above, indi
cates by a cross, where the baby “a” bomb is supposed to have been exploded, June
15th. which was heard for 20 miles around the proving ground. A large gathering of
Russian academy of science men and high officials were present, according to the re
“E” Bond Sales
Totaled $6,022
In Alleghany
S+ate Sales Increase Ten Per
Cent; Suggest Bonds '
For Christmas
Alton Thompson, county chair
man of the U. S. Savings Bonds
Committee for Alleghany county,
announced todajr that, according
to information received from Al
lison James, State Director of
the U. S. Savings Bonds Office
boro, sales of U. S. Sav
ds for the period Octo
ough October 31, for Al
courif> totaled $6,022.25.
sales of Savings Bonds
for North Carolina for the same
period were: Series E, $3,689,
749.50; Series F. $362,933.00; Ser
ies G, $1,564,200.00. total sales
for the three series were: $5,
598,882.50. This was a 10% in
crease over total state sales in
September, reflecting not only
seasonal increase in Bond buying!
in many farm counties, but in the
industrial counties as well, the
report stated.
County Chairman Thompson
said that although counties had
not been assigned sales quotas
in 1947, the state as a whole has
a sales objective of 94 million
dollars as its share in the plan
for managing the national debt
in 1947. Mr. Thompson said that
Series F and G Bonds are ex
cellent investments for indus
trial and business concerns as
well as for individuals and re
commended that firms check to
see whether they have as yet
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Piney Creek To
Have Movie, Wed.
1 Piney Creek high school will
present a movie entitled “Gent
leman from Arizona,” on Wednes
day nigh*. December 11, it was
announced this week.
Also a special Coristmas movie
will be shown December 17. The
public is cordially invited to at
tend. A small admission fee will
be charged it was announced.
Auto Kills Cow
In Mishap Sat.
A ’41 Chevrolet driven by Clate
Edward*, of Sparta, was damag
ed approximately $200 when the
driver struck a cow around 7:30
o’clock Saturday night on U. S.
highway 18.
The cow was killed as a re
sult of the blow.
. Raymond Hall, of Indepen
dence, Va.; was arrested on a
charge of reckless driving and
driving without an operator's
license, and a hearing will be
held Saturday before Justice G.
Glenn Nichols.
Fred Roberts, of the Bullhead
section, charged with public
drunkenness, will be tried before
Justice Nichols, December 13
A hearing will be held Jan
uary 2 before Justice B. F. Wag
oner, for Glenn-Shaw, of Cherry
Lane, charged with non-support.
Farm Committee Elections
To Continue On Saturday;
Other Results Are Given
County Schools
To Attend Child
Education Meet
Special Program Is Planned
For Saturday; Will Have
Special Exhibits
Members of the Association for
Childhood Education will meet
at the Boone Demonstration
School Saturday. December 6 at
11:00 o’clock for their annual re
gional meeting. Each high school
in Alleghany, Alexander, Ashe,
Mitchell, Surry, Yadkin, Yancy,
Watauga and Wilkes counties is
requested to send a representa
tive from the elementary depart
ment.
Dr. W. Theo Dalton, Principal
Curry Training School, the Wo
man’s College and A. C. E. State
Advisor, will be the speaker for
this occasion. Other outstanding
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Teams Divide
Honors Tuesday
The Sparta girls and boys’
basketball teams divided honors
with the visiting Flat Rock teams
here on the local court, Tuesday
night.
The local girls played to a 24-24
tie with the visiting lassies and
the boys lost to a hard-fighting
Flat Rock team, 38-29.
Tentative plans have been
made to play East Bend here
Tuesday night, December 9,
Coach Joe Bill Reed stated, pro
viding arrangements can be made
with Piney Creek to cancel their
game scheduled for that night.
The games should begin at seven
o’clock.
Following Elections, 194 8
Farm Plans Will
Be Executed
The elections, of Agricultural
Conservation Community Com
mitteemen and delegates to the
county convention in foe seven
remaining communities, will get
underway on Saturday, Dejember
6. Voting will take place in
| Cherry Lane, Cranberry, Sparta,
Vfolf Branch, Barrett,. Blevins
Cross Roads , and Whitehead. j
Thte nominating meeting will
get underway at nine o’clock and
voting shall begin immediately
after the completion of the nom
inating meeting and continue un
til six o’clock. All farmers are
urged to be present in order that
farmers who are best suited for
the work can be chosen.
Also during the meeting, 1948
Farm plans will be executed it
was pointed out.
The voting places are given as
follows: Cherry Lane, Odell Ev
ans’ store; Cranberry, F. O.
Richardson’s store; Sparta, AAA
office; Wolf Branch, Andy Ev
an’s store; Barrett, Barrett; Blev
ins Cross Roads, S. J. Spurlin’s
store; Whitehead, W. L. Ed
; wards’ store.
j Results of the election in Stra
ford, Twin Oaks and Piney Creek
1 were not available in time for
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'Bazaar To Open
Next Thursday
Ladies of the bazaar are urged
to have their donations for the
! Methodist church at the com
1 munity building, Thursday night,
December 13, at nine o’clock, it
was announced this week.
Each article should have the
name of the makers as well as
I the price on it, it was stated.
W. Jefferson Tobacco Market >
Open; First Sale Monday
Went Jefferson, (Special)
The Tri-State Burley Tobacco
Warehouse of West Jefferson
opened yesterday to receive to
bacco on the floor in preparation
for the sales which open here
Monday, December 8.
As soon as it was announced
that the market was open, far
mers of this section, who has been
waiting for the good news started
tp bring in their tobacco.
The new warehouse, recently
completed, with * 55,000 feet oi
floor space, is one of the best
buildings of its kind in the state,
Here every effort will be mad*
to give the farmers the best oi
Buyers from the larger tobaccc
tmpaniea will be on the mar
tot^whlch is to be operated bj
get the most money (or the far*
mere," Steve Taylor said,
“Cafes, store and other bust
ness establishments are ready to
cooperate in every way with the
farmers bringing their tobacco
here. We want to welcome you
to West Jefferson,” Sharpe S.
Shoemaker, president of the West
Jefferson Merchant’s Associa
tion said.
Eastern Stkr To
Hold InAfttfte
. Meeting Friday
State Officers To Be Present
For Installation Of
Chapter Officers -
The institute meeting of the
newly organized Alleghany’ coun
ty Chapter of the- Orderbf the
Eastern Star will be- held to
morrow night at seven o’clock at
the local Masonic lodge. Dr. J.
Howard Brown, worthy grand
patron of Tarboro, will be present
for the meeting as will a number
of other state officers.
Expected to attend are Mrs.
Nell Porter, worthy grand ma
tron, Mrs. T. Ward Guy, district
deputy grand matron of States
ville and a number of others
from North Wilkesboro and In
dependence, Va. A large number
is expected since this is the first
time a county chapter has ever
been organized and the group of
ficers will be indoctrinated at
the meeting.
Temporary officers appointed
at the opening meeting are: Mrs.
Isom Wagoner, wortny matron;
Ed Pugh, worthy patron; Eugene
Higgins, associate patron; Mrs.
Hugh Choate, conductress; Mrs.
Kathleen Maxwell, associate
conductress; Mrs. Hazel Tomp
kins, associate matron;- Mrs. Na
da Joines, secretary; Mrs. Louise
Evans, treasurer; Mrs. Amos
Wagoner, chaplain; Mrs. Wilma
L. Hor^ s, marshal; Mrs. Ed
Pugh, organist.
Points of star are Mrs. Anna
Rose D. Higgins, Odah; Miss
Faye Caudill, Ruth; Mrs. Ruth
Edwards, Eather; Mrs. Ruth J.
Choate, Martha; Miss Blanche
Pugh, Electa; Cleo Caudill, War
din; and Bob Allison, Sentinel.
Much interest is being shown
in the organization of the coun
ty chapter and it is hoped that
it will continue.
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TfoHciav Parties
Annual Christmas Parties To
Be Held December
8 Through 11
Special Christmas club parties
will be held during this month,
Mrs. Isom Wagoner, home demon
stration agent, announced this
week.
The schedule for the parties has
been . announced as follows:
Monday, December 8, at 7:30
o’clock, the Pine Fork, Laurel
Springs and Meadow Fork clubs
wlill aold their annual picnic
event at the Laurel Springs
school.
On December 10, at 7:30 o’clock
the New Hope club will hold its
annual Christmas party at 7:30
o’clock at the home of Mrs. Dan
Jones.
On December 11 at one o’clock,
the Bledsoe Creek club will meet
at the home of Mrs. Champ Dun
can. On December 12, at 1:30
o’clock, the Turkey Knob club
will meet at the home of Mrs.
Clarence Kennedy with Mrs. Mc
Dale Kennedy as joint hostess.
WOODRUFF INFANT DIES
^ohn Robert Woodruff, ghe In
fant son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy
Miller Woodruff, was buried in
the Miller cemetery at Laurel
Springs, on November 10.
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Xmas Season Has
Good Opening
Shopper* hurried to Spurt*
|Mt week when the Chriat*