ALLEGHANY
STAR+TIMES
THE STAR, established 1889 — THE ALLEGHANY TIMES, established 1925.
Vol. 16. No. 13.
Sparta, N. C
Thursday, August 8, 1940.
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Washington, D. C.—If Hitler
were rash enough to try conclu
sions with the United States,
where would he attack? Britain’s
Navv ensures that no Nazi as
sault need be feared via the
North Atlantic. Experts instead
turn to Latin America.
The Germans have for some
time been invading Latin Amer
ica. The invasion’s present form
is political, designed to produce
revolution in key South American
nations. Its eventual form—in the
event of German victory—would
be economic and then military.
Threatened troubles about which
President Roosevelt is concerned
are two. First is the threat of an
uprising in Mexico. Germans are
reported ready to fan the flames
of any outbreak there. Second is
the threat of armed uprising in
some South American nations, in
spired and supported by organ
ized Nazi groups there.
General George C. Marshall, U.
;S. Army Chief of Staff, lately
told members of Congress that
the situation was serious and that
he expected trpuble within a
month or two. Other Army, Navy
and State Department officials
have informed Congress that
through diversions in the West
ern Hemisphere, Germany hopes
to distract American attention
from Europe. The longer-range
purpose is to gain a stronger
foothold for operations in the
event of a German victory.
Snap Shots
and
Sun Spots
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What with the Galax Old Fid
dlers Convention this Friday and
Saturday nights, and the White
Top Folk Festival next week,
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday,
surely, “We Shall Have Music.”
It is the seventh annual conven
tion in Galax, and the ninth fes
tival on White Top Mountain.
Galax is so near anyone can go
on one or both nights in these
days of automobiles. And. White
Top being less than 40 miletf frdm
Sparta, is easily accessible. It is
a delightful place and grand for
camping. The charge is $1 for
car and $2 for a truck or bus.
Alleghany County has a wealth
of beauty spots, and on the 30
miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway
that runs in Alleghany County
are to be found some of the
grandest views between the Shen
andoah Valley and the Great
Smoky Mountains. Along by the
Bluffs, between the Route 21
bridge and Laurel Springs is as
pretty a drive as can be found in
eastern U. S. A.
And for pretty spots, don’t rush
past Clennel Richardson’s house
too or you’ll miss a yard and
lawn that appear as though they’d
had the loving care of the dry
cleaner, the hair dresser and the
manicurist. The whole place is a
delight to the eyes. You know
where it is just beyond the bridge,
near the dam.
New surface on Highway 21
through Sparta surely makes the
town smell like it was indeed
part of the Tar Heel state. And
you’ll carry tar on your heel if
you walk across it. Wotta mess!
But it improves the street great
ly
Our poem on page 2 this week
is old fashioned, and someone has
suggested that we print more of
the old-time Mountain Ballads. It
is a good idea, and we’ll be glad
to receive such. Send them in, and
along with them send a word as
to what you may know of the
Our world...
Britain Takes The Offensive
London, Aug. 6.—Britain plunged her air force
into the offensive tonight as hard-hitting raiders
brought back word of Nazi troop and equipment con
centrations just across the English Channel. On the
eve of the August high tides, which from tomorrow
through Friday will afford the Germans their best
chance of sea-borne attack, British pilots told of
machine-gunning troops at Abbeville and bombing
lorry convoys, an armored train and barges near
Gravelines and Dunkerque.
• • •
British Fliers Perfect Their Aim
London, Aug. 6.—Germany’s great Krupp arma
ments works at Essen have been heavily bombed and
the port of Hamburg, second largest city of the Reich,
lies “practically in ruins” as result of a blasting British
aerial offensive aimed at more than 100 German cities,
British spokesmen said today. At Bremen, Nazi sea
port second in importance only to Hamburg, shipyards,
quays, docks, oil refineries and munitions factories
have been “pulverized time and time again.”
• • •
Italy On The March
London, Aug. 6.—Italy’s offensive to wrest Egypt
and northwest Africa from Great Britain has begun
with the invasion of Egypt and British Somaliland by
the legionnaires of Mussolini’s Roman empire, playing
for the highest stakes they have sought since ancient
Rome ruled the world.
Britain’s Aircraft Production Grows
London, Aug. 6.—Britain’s aircraft production
now equals Germany’s, it was declared authoritatively
today. Supporting evidence was offered in increasingly
violent aerial smashes at potential continental hopping
off places for the Nazi invasion attempt, believed close
at hand.
• • •
And After War, Famine
i London, Aug. 6.—Great Britain, it was indicated
tonight, probably will refuse an implicit plea by the
United States ambassador to Belgium that the blockad
ing British navy permit shipment of food from Amer
ica to avert starvation in Belgium and elsewhere in
Europe. An informed British source said it was
“unlikely that Britain will allow any food into Ger
man-occupied Europe.” The envoy, John Cudahy, had
declared that conditions “close to famine” would pre
vail in Belgium by mid-September unless American
shfpments get through.
• • •
j General Pershing Speaks Plainly
Washington, Aug. 4.—General John J. Pershing
urged tonight that the United States send a minimum
of 50 destroyers to aid Great Britain, asserting that
“we shall be failing in our duty to America if we do
not do it.” The World War commander of the Ameri
can expeditionary forces, now in his 80th year, said in
a broadcast address that “by sending help to the
British, we can still hope with confidence to keep the
war on the other side oi tfuf Atlantic ocean where
i the enemies of liberty, if possible, should be defeated.”
i
author or history connected with
it. Also where you learned or
read the ballad.
Omar Edwards’ house, that
burned to the ground June 4th,
I merely made way for the new
' home that has been built and
1 which is now occupied. Alleghany
Motor Co. is in their rebuilt build
1 ing. Town House is the new name
for the cafe that was Greenland,
and it’s now under David Higgins’
management. The new Assembly
Building, just back of the Court
House, is engaging the attention
of a score of workmen. Ground
is being prepared for the founda
tion of the new Baptist Church,
to stand just below the Presby
terian parsonage, or “manse”, to
be more correct.
—
| The Commodity Stockroom, a
| branch of the Welfare Depart
Iment, has recently been moved
jfrom the Farmers Hardware ware
house to Glen Edwards’ old fur
niture store on Route 18 just
i opposite the corner where the
jnew Assembly Building will stand.
| Well, and what do you think
'of our newest features, Coming
Events and Sparta Business Direc
tory? The response to our recent
poll of readers was very inter
esting indeed. And then there’s
that dime you were going to
send us so you could get in on
our club of Yellow Jackets. We’ve
| sent already and are now making
I up another club. Come on if you
' want plenty fun for a dime.
SMITHEY'S
LUNCH COUNTER
SPARTA
-JUST OPENED
Hamburgers.5c
Hot Dogs..5c
With All The Good Coffee
You Want To Go With Them.
ALL SANDWICHES — 5c
Registrations for
the tonsil clonic
—should be made promptly, and
those wishing to register and have
physical exams for tonsil clinic
at Roaring Gap in September
should do so on Tuesday, Aug 13
or Tuesday Aug. 20, from 1 to 4
o’clock. These are the last days
for examination for the Roaring
Gap Clinic.
Those who have not been noti
fied otherwise are expected to
come in to the Health Office on
one of these days. Those who
have already registered will re
ceive cards of notification stating
the time for coming to the exam
inations.
Coming Events
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Old Fiddlers Convention
Galax, Aug. 9-10
Bretihren Church Conference
Twin Oaks, New Haven Church
Aug. 8 to 11
White Top Folk Festival
White Top, Aug. 15 to 17
District Masonic Meeting
Sparta Courthouse, Aug. 20
Metboidist Quarterly Conference
Potato Creek Church, Aug. 25
Sparta School Opens
Aug. 29
Antioch Association
Antioch Church, Aug. 30-Sept. 1
Great Galax Fpir
Galax, Sept. 9 to 14
Northwestern Fair
N. Wilkesboro, Sjept. 10 to 14
Alleglhany County Fair
Sparta, Sept. 27-28
Mattie Lee Doughton spent the
week-end at home.
A good snake
story came in
yesterday
—and as it is vouched for
by six witnesses it is un
likely all six had partaken
of the same beverage to the
same exact extent.
W. B. Carpenter of Ennice saw
a hen fly up off in a field, some
75 yards from the house, and sup
posed she had a nest hidden out
there, so he went to investigate,
and found one with 13 eggs. He
called his wife to get the eggs,
and ere he had reached the
house she called him back to kill
a snake. He caught up a rough
i branch and soon had the snake
[killed—a rusty garter snake a
i bout three feet long.
' Again, before he had gone far,
i his wife called him back to see
the snake. In killing it the stick
'had torn open the snake’s side,
land here were 20 small snakes
I coming out one by one and start
ling off. So he killed the 20 little
| fellows, each about eight inches
[long, and decided to call his
daughter, Farrell, and a neighbor,
Mrs. Coulson, so that the snake
story should have some credence.
Then, in the presence of all
these, as well as two others, Boss
Anthony, and Mrs. Coulson’s daug
hter, he just gave the dead snake
a poke, and lo, another little
snake squirmed out. Another poke
and two more came out the torn
side. More pokes and more snakes
—until there was a total of 37
dead snakes lying about being
| gazed at by six grown people.
I One large one and 36 small ones
was the day’s bag.
So now, what has become of
the stories about snake eggs?
Alleghany-Oddities chalks up a
good snake story this week.
Mr. Carpenter told another
story about his experience with
two rattlers sonjie four feet long,
| but no two raWlers sound -very
j interesting when the tale of 37 -is
i being told.
White Top
Folk Festival
will begin
—Thursday, August 15, and
continue three days, with
programs starting at 10
o’clock each morning, and
.ending with a square dance at i
8 o’clock each night:
To those who have been to1
White Top ind enjoyed its brae-1
ing air at 5500 feet elevation |
no recommendation is necessary. :
To those with hav fever White!
Top is a haven of refuge. And to j
those who enjoy the folk music I
of these mountain highlands, this,
the ninth Whate Top Festival, i
needs no urging. It is exclusively!
an amateur performance. Three ]
days, Thursday, Friday, and Sat
urday.
j of Ashe County
was a suicide
- —Tuesday morning, when
he shot himself in the head,
according to reports current
j in Sparta. Mr. Miller was
! well known in Sparta where he
| spent many years as a contractor
j and builder. Several of Sparta’s
| good buildings stand to his credit.
The last two sheriffs in Ashe
i County have found the strain
i severe.
--
Reba Doughton, daughter of
Congressman R. L. Doughton, is
suffering from a broken collar
bone, as a result of being thrown
! from a horse near Wilkesboro.
She is now in Davis Hospital,
Statesville.
_ . Q. T. Dallentine, of Spruce
Pine, spent the week-end in
' Sparta.
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Carolina holds
many records
—and Doctors who removed, by j
actual count, 5,334 gall stones j
from a 50- year-old Wilson coun-;
ty negro woman Saturday, said
today that the woman was getting
along all right and would re
cover from the operation.
The physicians searched in vain
today through medical records for
a case that came anywhere near
the one here.
Mrs. Eugene Mitchell and Mrs.
R. D. Richardson left Wednesday
rn the Greyhound Bus for Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, where they will
idsit relatives and friends for a
while.
A conference of
the Brethren
Church begins
—today in the Twin Oaks New j
Haven church, and it will con
tinue through Sunday the 11th.
This conference comprises Virgin-,
ia and both Carolinas, and dele- j
gates from 24 churches are ex- >
pected at this meeting. The Bre
thren are essentially Baptists in
doctrine; but share with Quakers,
and Mennonites an absolute ob- j
jection to war.
The Old Fiddlers
Convention beginsj
Friday night
—in Felts Park, Galax, and
as it is the seventh annual
event of its kind, and the
prizes offered amount to
$132 it should draw a lot of
interest, and from a wide area.
Music is a sort of universal lan
guage, and the old home-spun j
things^ have an appeal that goes
deep into human hearts. So, off
to Felts Park Friday night and.|
Saturday night, and admission is1
15c and 25c. In case of rain the
adjacent High School building
will be used.
Baseball League
TEAM STANDINGS
Fries Weavers
vanhoe
Austinville
Fries Maroons
Hillsville
Galax
Sparta
Jacksons Ferry
Wytheville ha
a the league to take the
>f the. Rural Retreat team, which
withdrew from the league several
days-ago.
Results of Saturday’s games:
Fries Weavers 12, Jacksons
L
4
4
10
10
9
12
5 11
2 18.
entered a
W
19
17
.15
13
11
11
Pet
820
809
600
505
550
478
312
100
team
place
Ferry 0.
Independence 13, Hillsville 1.
Ivan hoe 0, Fries Maroons 5.
Galax 3, Austinville 1.
SATURDAY, AUGUST TO
Austinville at Sparta.
Fries W. at Independence.
Galax at Jacksons Ferry.
Ivanhoe at Hillsville.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14
Sparta at Austinville;
Hillsville at Ivanhoe;
Jacksons Ferry at Galax.
Independence at Fries W.
A. successful
cooking school
!was held by
'—-Mrs. Lois Shelton, home ser
vice director of the Standard Gas
; Equipment Coroporation of New
j York for ladies of Sparta on
Tuesday afternoon. Among many
subjects considered she demon
strated the making of a pie crust
that was “perfect”, a meringue
i that kept its “shape”, and how
•to get maximum service from a
| broiler. Valuable prizes were
given to those who attended, from
I merchants of Sparta, The Woman’s
Club and Farmer’s Hardware and
| Implement Co. sponsored the cook
ing school. The Cash and Carry
j Grocery Co. furnished the food.
On Wednesday evening the
, Woman’s Club sponsored a chick
en dinner at the High School, and
| the proceeds went toward the
new Assembly Building.
j Misses Edith Hash and Evelyn
j Pettyjohn spent Sunday after
noon With Ella and Barbara
I Phipps.
| Mrs. Joe Heeps has returned to
[her home in Maryland after spend
ing some time with her parents,
iMr. and Mrs. S. M. Mitchell.
The Oxford
Orphanage group
delighted Sparta
—last Saturday night at the
High School auditorium with
their wholesome and sincere
program. When they sang
they opened their mouths arid
pronounced English words which
people could understand. In their
singing they used their voices in
unity to produce harmony and
sweet melody. When they sang a
whole noje they all held it for
a whole note. And with all they
were a healthy,, happy, wholesome
and natural bunch.
Their “In a Dutch Garden” was
sweet, while “The Bee and the
Butterfly” was clever. Jessie Lee
Childress from Surry County
showed ability as she dressed the
“Portrait.” And Alien Johnson,
in the portrait, had real self-con
trol.
Gaddis McDonald knows his
lines arid says them, and in the
“Little King of Toyland” he
knows how to act trie part to
perfection. •
They all acted so naturally and
so happily, and that smile of Nell
Rose Mills sprang up so easily
and so often it inspired many
another to cheer up.
Since the Orphanage was es
tablished in 1872 it has helped
more than 7000 to get an equip
ment of health and education for
living.
Glade Valley
Bible School
opened Monday
—with 40 children present,
and will continue for ten
days, from 9 to 11:30 each
morning, under the direction
of Ralph Buchanan of Plumtree,
N. C. and Rev. R. L. Berry, as
sisted by Sam Patterson of Ark
ansas and Miss 'Georgia Bryan of
Glade Valley.
At night revival services are
being held ii the Glade Valley
Presbyterian Church by Rev. Mr.
Berry and Sam Patterson.
Dan D. Rhodes and E. B. Eld
ridge of Glade Valley attended a
Laymans Missionary meeting at
Glendale Springs last Friday night,
at which C. M. Norfleet of Win
ston-Salem was the speaker.
Dan D. Rhodes made a business
trip to Winston-Salem Tuesday in
the interest of Glade Valley
School.
Haywood Job and family of
Raleigh were visitors at Glade
Valley last week. Mr. Job is a
former student of Glade Valley
and has been connected with the
; State Department of Public In
istruction for several years.
Candidate Willkie
gave the nation’s
farmers his pledge
—today that, “if elected Presi
dent, I will not take away any of
the benefits gained by agriculture
| in the past few years.”
! The Republican presidential
j nominee made the statement at
: Des Moines, shortly before fly
ing back to his vacation retreat
after a conference with midwest
Republican governors and farm
: leaders.
“I do not favor changing the
present farm program unless a
better one is gradually envolved,”
Willkie asserted.
Mrs. L. F. Stradej- is in John
son City, T-enn., visiting.
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