ALLEGHANY
STAR TIMES
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J THE STAR, established 1889 — THE ALLEGHANY TIMES, established 1925.
Vol. 16. No. 10.
Sparta, N. C.
Thursday, July 18, 1940.
Washington, D. C.—The 240
educators and professional men
who have signed a declaration a
gainst compulsory trqmjng are no
less eager than are tJLg! advocates
of military training To do what
they believe to be in the best in
terest of the country. What these
educators seem to have overlook
ed, however, is the fact that we
now only have a one-ocean fleet
and an inadequate air force. Also
that we have a hostile Japan at
our back and a great many dis
contented and unstable republics
to the south, in which German
influence has already acquired a
foothold.
If that picture is real—and
foreign experts believe it is—it
seems wholly unrealistic to insist
that our volunteer system can
provide sufficient personnel to
man the defensive weapons Con
gress has voted to appropriate for
our national security. ,
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The obituary of the French
Third Kepublic has now been
written. The picture that emerg
es from the meager reports filter
ing in from France is one of a
people dazed and benumbed by
events they cannot yet realize,
Whatever the French are not,
they are infinitely resourceful
and have proved in the past how
quickly they can recover from
any defeat. The Fascist state
formed at Vichy under pressure
of the swastika may prove to be
purely provisional and transition
al. It represents but a stopgap
device to placate the conqueror.
Wendell W i 11 k i e, successful
business man, showed sound pol
itical judgement by selecting Rep
resentative Joe Martin as chair
man of the National Republican
Committee.
We may be prejudiced since
the Washington correspondents
voted Mr. Martin the ablest man
in Congress. Furthermore, we
may be unconsciously affected
by the fact that Joe Martin was
a newsboy at 8, a twelve-dollar
a-week reporter at 20 and a
country newspaper publisher at 24.
The ex-owner of the North
Attleboro Chronicle, as leader of
the minority in the House, has
a wide acquaintance with national
key figures, and holds the res
pect and admiration of his own
party, as well as the Democrats.
Willkie has chosen a winner.
Women are in
politics deeply
—and on the basis of reports it
appears that there are more than
twice as many women at the Dem
ocratic Convention as there were
at the Republican gathering in
Philadelphia, where there were
78 Republican women delegates
out of ^n approximate total of
30.0 women accredited to the
Convention.
In some states, including Flor
ida and Utah, 50 per cent of the
Democratic delegates are women.
Utah women, in their determina
tion to get a 50 per cent repre
sentation at the Convention over
reached their quota and actually
elected 9 women out of a total
of 16 delegates. Fifty per cent
of Michigan’s delegates-at-large
are women.
North Carolina has 14 women
in its delegation as opposed to 6
in 1936. Idaho, which sent 6 wo
men delegates in 1936, sent 12
to the Chicago Convention. Nine
Wyorping women are in Chicago
as accrediated delegates. There
were only four at the 1936
gathering. Probably the largest
feminine delegate constingent is
—from Missouri, which sent 32
women out of the total delega
tion of 84.
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Our wo r I d
Roosevelt Popular At Convention
Chicago, July 16.—President Roosevelt dramatic
ally informed the Democratic national convention that
he had no “desire or purpose” to be renominated, a
declaration which decreased not one whit the de
termination of Roosevelt forces to draft him. The
chief executive’s message was delivered to a boister
ous convention—which previously had cheered the
mention of his name for a good 25 minutes.
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Germany Remarkably Confident
Berlin, July 16.—Informed German quarters pro
fessed to believe tonight that Adolf Hitler’s decision
for a mass onslaught on Great Britain might come any
time now, but there were indications it would be pre
faced by a “last chance” peace terms offer. Sure of
victory, Nazis began erecting grandstands and loud
speakers on Berlin’s famed Unter den Linden and in
other German cities to welcome returning troops. They
are convinced that England’s fate will be sealed with
the same swift success Germany had in knocking out
Poland, Denmark, Norway, Holland, Belgium and
France.
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Japan Wants A Firmer Grip
Tokyo, July 16.—Japan moved swiftly toward
more energetic action in the far east tonight. The
cabinet of Premier Admiral Matsumasa Yonai, recently
criticized for failing to seize the “golden opportunity”
created by the fall of France and Holland, resigned
en bloc, apparently to make way for a new regime.
Sparta Personals
Miss Ila Osborne of Raleigh
spent the week-end here.
Mrs. D. J. Whitener and son
Jack of Boone spent the week
end here.
Mrs. R. L. Berry and Robert
visited relatives in Pilot Mountain
a few days last week.
Marjorie Mac Millan was host
ess to a group of Sparta young
people at a picnic on Thursday
rtight. Rain caused considerable
rearranging of plans but the
Carolina Moon in Laurel Springs
provided shelter for the picnic
dinner and dancing.
Clay Cox who has been vaca-!
tioning for about a month at his I
home in Scottville returned to his j
work in Detroit, Mich, on Tues-1
day, July 16.
Mr. and Mrs. James Perkins i
of Providence, R. I. are visiting:
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Wagoner.
Miss Lavinia Elliett of Greens- '
bOro1 is visiting Miss Josephine
Inskeep.
The “Lucille Ford” circle of
the Sparta Baptist W. M. U. met i
Tuesday night at the home of!
Mrs. Clennel Richardson with
Miss Shirley McMillan taking j
charge of the program.
The Rev. V. W. Sears gave the j
devotional service and those tak-1
ing part were Mrs. Hugh Choate,
Mrs. Walter Taylor, Mrs. Jimmy
Mitchell and Mrs. T. Roy Burgiss.
After the program delicious re
freshments were served by the
hostess. The August meeting will
be held at the home of Mrs.
Jimmy Mitchell with Miss Faye
Joines taking charge of the pro
gram.
Maple Shade
Maple Shade, July 15.—Mrs.
Allen Willard and so 1, Johnny,
and Mrs. Stella Lowe. Winston
Salem, N. C., are spending this
week with Mrs. Verdie Halsey.
G. W. Kirk visited his mother,
Mrs. Rosa Kirk, near Gold Hill,
Sunday,
Mrs. V. B. Phipps and Mrs. i
N. F. Phipps spent Saturday with I
Miss Maxine Parsons.
Raymond Halsey, Newark, Del.,
is visiting his parents, Mr. and |
Mrs. Ahart Halsey.
Gid Cox, Mouth of Wilson, is j
spending a few days with his
grandfather, C. E. Cox.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Halsey
spent Sunday with Mrs. Verdie
Halsey.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd McMeans
and children and Mr. and Mrs.|
Bill Halsey and small daughter,
all of Fox, visited Mrs. Lelia
McMeans Stinday.
Talmadge Cox saw a rattle
snake Friday near his home.
Mr. and Mrs C. M. DeBord
and daughter, Ira, were visiting
in the A. J. Halsey home Sunday.
THE GREAT
GALAX FAIR
SEPTEMBER 9 TO 14,1940
BIGGER and BETTER
THAN EVER
For Premium List Write Or Phone
• W. C. ROBERSON, Secretary, 193-J
Galax, Virginia
North Carolina’s
miracle crop
—has developed from an insigni
ficant place, as improved Japan
Clover, to more than 1,000,000
acres of Lespedeza, since the
World War. Thus,, it ranks second
in acreage of crops.
Since 1930 our Lespedeza acre
age has grown tenfold. It is still
spreading rapidly in the coastal
and mountain counties. North
Carolina’s crop last year ranked
second in seed and fourth in hay
production.
The leading counties for total
cultivated lespedeza acreage are
found in the southern piedmont
or central part of the state. The
seven leading counties in the area
total more than 44,300 acres
average, as compared with 34,300
acres of corn for the same coun
ties. Thus, their chief crop is
lespedeza, even surpassing corn.
'The miracle shows up in the
following features. It is generally
sown in grain crops, thus utilizing
such land in a double capacity
without extra labor or fertilizer.
It is used for seed, hay, grazing,
soil improving and soil erosion
prevention purposes. It is easily
planted and easily harvested for
seed or hay, and certain varieties
stand heavy grazing while reseed
ing itself.
The eye clinic
was a success
—last Saturday when 32 child
ren were examined by Dr. Mat
hew S. Brown, Optomertist, and
23 of them were fitted with
glasses by J. B. Wynne. For
some of the children it was rec
ommended that diseased tonsils
should be removed before getting
glasses.
The clinic was sponsored by the
State Commission of Raleigh and
was brought to Sparta through
the efforts of Mrs. Greene of the
Health Department.
Baseball League
TEAM STANDINGS
Fries Weavers 15 2 882
Results of Saturday’s games:
Fries Weavers 7, Fries Ma
roons 5.
Galax 3, Independence 2.
COMING GAMES
SATURDAY, JULY 20
Sparta at Independence.
Ivanhoe at Galax.
Hillsville at Fries Maroons.
Fries Weavers at Austinville.
Jackson Ferry at R. Retreat.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 24
Galax at Sparta.
Austinville at Hillsville.
Ivanhoe at Fries Weavers.
Fries Maroons at J. Ferry.
Independence at R. Retreat.
W L Pet
Ivanhoe
Fries Maroons
Austinville
Rural Retreat
Hillsville
Galax
Sparta
Independence
Jacksons Ferry
11 4 733
11 5 687
11 6 648
7 8 466
5 8 384
6 10 375
5 9 357
6 13 315
2 14 125
July Bride
i MRS. WINTON C, PHIPPS
i
Miss Luemma Phipps, daughter
of Dr. and Mrs. Z. Glenn Phipps
of Galax, became the bride of
■ Winton Cornette Phipps, son of
Mrs. Edgar Phipps, of Bridle
Creek, in a small but impressive
ceremony at the First Methodist
Church of Galax, July 3, at
5 o’clock.
The Rev. W. M. Bunts officiat
ed.
■ Music before the ceremony in
cluded a solo, “Because” sung by
Miss Emmaline Hawthorne of
Sparta, N. C.
The bride, given in marriage
by her father, wore a navy sheer
ensemble With white accessories,
and had one attendant, Mrs,
Louis A. Houff, of Clifton Forge,
Virginia.
The best man was Joe Phipps
of Bridle Creek, brother of the
bridegroom, and Little David
Painter of Independence was ring
bearer,
The Methodist
Bible School
awarded
—36 certificates to those who had
attended the three classes. Mrs.
Robert Gambill’s class received
14, Mrs. Harry Vaughan’s class,
10, and Miss Wanda Choate’s
class 12.
Following the Sunday morning
sermon by Rev. F. W. Kiker three
persons indicated their desire to
join the church and were admitt
ed to fellowship by Rev. Mr. Stra
|der. At the evening service one
more was admitted.
THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF
WINDSOR WILL USE
—a clipper plane to tty to New
York from Lisbon, Portugal, en
route to the Bahamas, where the
former Prince of Wales will serve
as governor-general of the islands.
Sparta’s Post
Office showed
good increase
—in the total amount of
business done in the first six
months of 1940 as compar
ed with the similar period
last year. Figures announced by
the postmaster, G. Glenn Nichols,
yesterday, give the total amount
of stamp sales and postal receipts
for January to June this year as
$2,271.00, which is above last
year by $288. In the money
order division the total amount of
orders issued from January to
June was $14,042.00, which is
above the first six months of
last year by $3,375.
“Town House”
won the $5
for Joan Mead j
—in the contest to find a
new name for the former
Greenland Cafe, which was
destroyed by fire in Febru
ary. The new manager, Bill,
Thompson, offered five dollars
for the name which would meet'
most nearly the ideas for the j
new eating place and recreation
center, and many names were
suggested. Miss Mead suggested
some 20 names and “Town;
House” proved to be the winner.;
So today Sparta has a nice ■
new eating place, which Bill
Thompson says, is THE place to
eat.
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Mt. Zion Church
Decoration and Memorial ser- j
vice at Mt. Zion Church on Sun-J
day, August 4th.
All those interested in Mt. Zion '
cemetery are asked to come and;
help clean up on Thursday, Aug- !
ust 1st.
Robert Wadlow,
the “tallest man
in the world,” died
—Monday in Manistee, Mich.,
j where he had been seriously ill
for several days with a foot infec
tion, according to a radio dispatch
| at noon. Wadlow, who was eight
feet, nine and one half inches
tall, and weighed 491 pounds.
This view, which appeared in the Star-Times of
June 6, is one of the series of six local views that
have been published on post cards by the
Alleghany Star-Times and are available at eight
for a dime, postpaid, or 12 for 15 cents. They
are on sale also at Kays’ Dime Store and Smifheys
in Sparta.
Outstanding
LEROY BARNES
Adjudged the outstanding jun
ior in agriculture, at State Col
lege, LeRoy Bame-, above, has
been awarded the. Dan forth Fel
lowship providing two weeks of
study at a St. Louis feed plant
arid two weeks of summer camp
on the: shore of Lake Michigan,
during the month of August. He
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. G. R,
Barnes of Oxford, Route. 5. LeRoy
is a self-help student .and he will
be § senior in poultry science
next year.
Evangelistic
meetings all
this week
—are being conducted at
the Sparta Presbyterian
Church by Rev. W. C, Coop
er, of Mocksville, in con
nection with the Vacation Bible
School being held from 9 to 11 r30
each morning. Mr. Cooper’? topic
for Friday night is “Beating the
Devil,” and for Saturday night
is “Grasshoppeis.” Next week
Monday night he speaks on “The
bed is too short, and the cover
too narrow,” and Tuesday night
on “The Sit-down Strike.”
Glade Creek
Glade Creek, July 15.—Mr?.
Mack Johnson, who has been ill
at her home for some time, pass
ed away Friday, July 12. Funeral
services were, held Saturday at
Glade Creek Church in the pres
ence of a large crowd by Elders
W. H. Handy, Absher and Walker.
Those visiting Mrs. J. A. Jor
dan Sunday were Mr. and Mrs.
Wheeler Nance, Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Smith, Morene McKnight,
Louise and Betty Joe Royall and
“Aunt Cindy” Greear
Mr. and Mrs. Nick McKnight
visited Mrs. McKnight’s sister,
Mrs. Jack Wiley, Sunday.
Ray Smith, Jr., rode a bicycle
from Roaring Gap to Hooker Sun
day to see his grandmother, Mrs,
J. A. Jordan.
“Aunt Cindy" Greear was a
guest of Mr. arid Mrs. Everette
Handy Saturday night.
The Colored Community
Mrs, Paul Wagoner and child
ren of Gary, W. Ya., who have
been visiting here, returned home
Monday.
The little daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Faist Jackson had her
thumb caught in a car door last
week and it was badly crushed.
Ruben Hash and son, Clarence,
returned home from W. Va. Sat
urday.
The West Virginia Quartet en
tertained a large crowd at Mt.
Nebo Saturday night. They went
to North Wilkesboro Sunday to
sing twice and returned to Gary,
W. Va. Monday morning.
England took
the French
fleet to protect
—the United States, British
Prime Minister Winston
Churchill declared last
(Sunday), night, linking
America’s defense directly with
Britain’s fight for life, in- a radic
address delivered in London. He
said the British navy put the
French fleet out of action be
cause that fleet, in Adolf Hitler’*
hands, would have ‘’‘endangered
the security both of Great Brit
ain and the United States.”
“We are fighting by ourselves
alone, but we are not fighting for
ourselves alone,’’ the. prime min
ister asserted; in a broadcast to
the empire and to America.
As for Britain, he .said in his
familiar bellicose mood, “we
would rather see London laid in
ruins and ashes than that it
should be tamely taken and en
slaved.’’
In drawing the teeth of the
French navy, he said, “our pain
ful task is. now completed, al-.
though an unfinished battleship
still rests in a Moroccan harbor
and there are a number of French
warships at Toulon and in var
ious French ports all over the
world.
“These are not in -.condition
or of a character to derange our
preponderance of naval power.
(Nevertheless, the' British have
been reported maintaining a vir
tual blockade of the French West
Indian island of Martinique, where
some French warships are an
chored ),
“Perhaps it will come tonight;
perhaps it will come next week;
perhaps it will never come,” he
said. “We must show ourselves
equally capable of meeting a sud
den violent shock or, what is
perhaps a harder task, of a pro
longed vigil.”
Guy Snow from
Surry County
j —-is manager of the new Buick
j agency just opened opposite the
I Post Office in N. WilkesborO.
i Mr, Snow has had previous exper
ience in Buick sales and his ad
i on another page, of this issue
; should attract many.
Live Stock Market
WYTHEV1LLE, VA. JULY 9
Total receipts 1,940 head.
1 Good to choice ewes and weathers
i 80 to 84 lbs- 10.00
| Good to choice buck
i lambs, 90 lbs. 9.00
| Med, ewes and weather lambs
70 to 76 lbs.;. 7.90 to 8.35
! Light ewes and weather Iambs
j 60 lbs...-.—- 6.95
Med. buck lambs, 77 lbs 7.55-7.85
Light buck lambs, 75 lbs., 6.15
I Gld sheen . 1.75 to 2.85
!Top hogs . - 7.30
Light and heavy ... 6.30 to 6.90
1 Sows . 6.2.0 to 6.60
Top calves, avg. 189 lbs., 9.50
j2nd calves, avg. 160 lbs., 8.90
i 3rd calves, avg. 135 lbs., 8.30
:4th calves, avg. 114 lbs., 7.50
Light and corn'll calves ... 6.00
Choice vearling steers,
550 lbs...r.. 9.60
Beef steers, 1,000 to
1,100 lbs... 7.60 to 8.80
; Heifers, 700-900 lbs., . 8.50
Med. to good heifers .... 6.00-7.50
! Good beef cows .... 6.00 to 6.60
i Med. beef cows ...... 5,00 to 6.00
tCanners and cutters, 3.60 to 5.00
--—
: Best bulls . 6.40 to 7.30
I Med. to good bulls... 5.50 to 6.00
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