ALLEGHANY
STAR* TIMES
OVER HALF A CENTURY OF SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF ALLEGHANY COUNTY
52nd. Year. No. 15. Sparta, N. C. Thursday, November 28, 1940.
expenditures down, Denmark car
ried out its annual maneuvers
with firecrackers in place of mu
nitions, and Danish infantry
threw rotten apples for hand
grenades. The results of these
savings have been apparent for
some time.
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The Hamlet of European mon
archs—King Boris of Bulgaria—
has finally joined King Leopold of
Belgium as a vassal to Hitler.
What the people of Bulgaria will
say if and when Germany march
es its army through their country
in order to reach Greece is ano
ther story.
Bulgarians have applauded
every step of Russian aggression
since World War II started. A
Slavic people with pan Slavic
sympathies, the Kremlin is the
traditional Vatican of all Bulgari
ans.
Voted the most successful of
Britain’s non-career diplomats is
the Marquess of Lothian, bachelor
Ambassador to the U. S. Before
he inherited his uncle’s title, and
vast estates in Scotland and Nor
folk in 1930, the tall, sharpnosed
58-year-old Liberal was secretary
to David Lloyd George. One of
his closest friends is American
born Lady Nancy Astor, with
whom he shares a deep interest in
the Christian Science Movement.
Others include Geoffrey Dawson,
editor of the London Times and
Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax.
Ambassador Lothian is now
back in London with a glowing
account of the swing 6f American
public opinion. Though he
breathed not a syllable about the
real reason for his sudden depar
ture from Washington, wiseacres
in Whitehall send word that he
was ordered home by the War
Cabinet to escape involvement,
even by his presence, in the re
cent Presidential campaign in this
country. A shrewd judge of
America is he. On his advice, the
British Government declined to
establish a powerful propaganda
bureau in this country 4. Minis
try of Information headquarters
has since been set up in New
York, but it can function only
under control of the Ambassador.
Temperance Play
To be Given at
New Haven Church
The young people of the New
Haven Brethren Church, Twin
Oaks, will present their talent in
a temperance play entitled “What
Shall It Profit”, to be held in
their church on Saturday night,
November 30, at 7:30 o’clock.
The play portrays the tragic
consequences resulting from liqu
or drinking. It is the story of
a young newspaper editor whose
alcholic indulgences indirectly
cause the death of his pretty
young wife and make him an in
valid for the rest of his days. The
graphic, true-to-life story, bears
a message all its own.
Special music and readings will
be included on the same evening’s
program. You are invited to see,
“What Shall It Profit”, and there
is no admission fee.
Whitehead School
Honor Roll
Rheba Howell, principal of the
Whitehead Grade Sschool, is
pleased to announce twelve
names as eligible to grace the
third month Honor Roll.
In the Third Grade, Grace Cau
dill, Gladys Caudill and Hubert
Joines are listed, while the Fourth
Grade is represented by Evalena
Dowell and Ross Caudill. The
Fifth Grade pupils are Alda Rich
ardson, Ellabee Dowell and Zelda
Caudill, with two from the Sixth
Grade, Adele Blum and Marjorie
Abaher, and a pair of studious
students, John Blum and Parlon
Edwards topping the Seventh
Grade division.
Marriage*
PRUITT—WALKER
Verne Pruitt, 21, Springfield,
N. C., son of Charlie and Phoebe
Pruitt, married Grace Walker, 18,
of Hayes, N. C., the daughter of
Chariie and Danie Walker, Nov.
23, 1940.
DILLON—EVERSOLE
Edward Dillon, 20, Wytheville
Via., son of Carl Edwin and Janie
Dillon, married Bonnie Eversole
18, of Wytheville, Va., the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Ever
sole, November 24, 1940.
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Britain Appeals For Our Aid
London, Nov. 26.—Great Britain appealed “to the
shipyards of the United States” to help the empire
against Germany’s sea blockade last night, and at the
same time the British censor passed a dispatch say
ing these are Britain’s “darkest hours” since the battle
of Flanders last May. “By themselves, the resources
of the empire are not enough,” said shipping Minister
Ronald H. Cross. “I am not going to hide the fact
that the rate at which we are building ships does not
make up for our losses.” The British are confident
they have the men, but it is arms, planes, tanks and
more ships that they need urgently and must have to
battle the axis upon equal terms. Britannia still rules
the waves, but needs more American help to do it.
A considerable part of recent staggering shipping
losses can be traced to deficiencies in escort ships.
Those Tricky Greeks Worry Benito
Athens, Nov. 26.—Bayonet-thrusting Greeks were
declared today to have scattered fresh Italian troops
—thrown into action in a desperate attempt to bolster
the center of the sagging Albanian battle line. There
was no stopping their forces here or anywhere else
along the rambling, mountainous front, the Greeks
reported.
Hitler Wants Mussolini To Do It
Rome, Nov. 26.—Well-informed sources in Rome
said yesterday Nazi Germany was leaving the fight
against Greece entirely up to Mussolini’s Italian legions,
with no intention of intervening there to help her
southern axis partner. The Reich is only attempting
through diplomatic activity to keep Turkey from
entering the war on the side of her neighbor, Greece.
Britain Wants Bulgaria To Stay Neutral
London, Nov. 26.—Britain lifted a hopefully beck
oning diplomatic finger at Bulgaria today, promising
that if she would stay neutral this country would do
its best—when peace comes at last—to assure her
future independence.
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British Position Stronger In Near East
Cairo, Egypt, Nov. 26.—British army sources say
Britain’s position in the Near East appears stronger
today than at any time since Italy entered the war
June 10. They describe the Italian situation thus:
one army in retreat in Albania, a second stalemated in
the western Egyptian desert, a third cut off from sup
plies in Ethiopia. But situations change quickly and
the British say they are alert to meet any new develop
ment which might threaten their hold on the vital
Mediterranean.
Senate Takes A Firmer Standi
Washington, Nov. 26.—Action of the Senate to
day in passing the Walter-Logan bill over adminis
tration opposition is taken in congressional circles to
. indicate a solidification in the Senate of a line up that
may be carried into the new Congress in January
and endanger administration legislatioh. The bill,
as passed by the House a year and a half ago, provides
for judicial review in the proper courts of rules and
regulations made by the 25 to 30 Federal agencies and
commissions that have been set up in Washington dur
ing the last seven years.
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Military Contracts May Now Proceed
Downey, Calif., Nov. 26.—A 12-day strike at
Vultee Aircraft corporation—which tied up work on
military contracts totaling $8*4,000,000—ended today
with ratification by striking C. I. O. workers of a new
contract which will increase wages of 5,200 employes
by $1,400,000 annually.
Chilly Weather Hits Nation
Washington, D. C., Nov. 27.—Snow, sleet, rain
and cold plagued most of the nation yesterday. Mil
lions of easterners felt the sting of the chilliest weath
er of the autumn A snowstorm whipped through
the midwest. The fall, ranging up to a half foot deep.
OUR DEMOCRACY-—byMrfj
ITIhOMAS JEFFERSON,
WHO WROTE DECLARATION
OF INDEPENDENCE, SAID:
•70 SPEAK M/S THOUGHTS iS
EVERY FREEMAMiS RIGHT."
jjr IJIeFPERSONS PRINCIPLE
IS THE KEYSTONE Of
democracy in which
OtFFERCNT OPINIONS
m ARC HEARD SCPORC
■f ISSUES ARE DECIDED.
lUllCTATORS SMOTHER. FREE SPEECH,
SOMETIMES BY DEATH PENALTY—KEEP FROM
THEIR PEOPLE THE INFORMATION WITH WHICH
TO FOR.M OP/N/ON
Bob Donghton says
Nation Must Levy
New Taxes
Expressing- his opinion that
taxes will have to be increased,
Representative Robt. L. Doughton
of the Ninth North Carolina Dis
trict, chairman of the House ways
and means committee, said last
week after a conference with
President Roosevelt that a new
tax bill would be offered at the
next session of Congress in Jan
uary.
Representative Doughton stated
every effort should be made to
economize in non-defense expend
itures and to meet their cost with
new levies that would tend to
balance that part of the budget,
because the defense spending
could not be met with extra taxes
alone. Exclusive of national de
fense, the ways and means chair
man believes that taxes should be
increased next year to bring in
enough revenue to balance regu
lar government expenditures.
“Outside of increased national
defense costs,” he declared, “it
is my individual opinion that after
effecting every proper and reason
able economy we should raise
sufficient additional revenue at
least to meet the regular expenses
of the government.
“We shall not be able to meet
this $13 billion or $14 billion in
increased defense costs with in
creased taxes. But I don’t think
we should pass on to future gen
erations a dollar of indebtedness
that we possibly can take care of
ourselves.”
Mr. Doughton explained that
! it would be impossible to predict
now how much taxes would have
to be increased to meet regular
operating costs. The complexity
of the estimate, he added, is
heightened by the fact that
revenues are on the advance from
present tax laws on the basis of
improving business.
Today is Still
Thanksgiving Day
In 16 States
North Carolina is one of six
teen states that are celebrating
Thanksgiving on the last Thurs
day in November this year.
In thirty-two states the festival
was observed last Thursday, the
new national turkey day pro
claimed by President Roosevelt
one year ago, when the Chief
Executive advanced the date to
one week earlier, so as to allow
more shopipng days between
Thanksgiving and Christmas. But,
still adhering to the time-hon
ored day of thanksgiving on the
last Thursday in November, the
day our fathers kept, are North
Carolina, Tennessee, Florida, Ar
kansas, Oklahoma, Iowa, South
Dakota, Pennsylvania, Nevada
and the New England States.
A Piano Studio
In Sparta
After more than two months of
painting and decoration the room
in the Transou Building opposite
the Star-Times office is now ready
and Mrs. Genevieve Mead, recent-1
ly from Washington, D. C., is I
opening a Piano Studio this!
week.
Mrs. Mead comes (from the
Nebraska Conservatory of Music
and has had many years of suc
cessful music teaching experience,
both in colleges and in private
work. Also, by constant study
of the latest methods and teach
ing material she has kept thor
oughly up to date.
Mrs. Mead is affiliated with the
National Federation of Music
Clubs and plans to organize a
Sparta unit for the benefit of
her pupils, as she has done in
Washington for several years.
Mrs. S. G. Caudill
Is Recovering
Since Operation
Mrs. S. G. Caudill, of Sparta,
underwent an operation last Mon
day morning at the St. Elizabeth
Hospital in Pearisburg, Va. Mrs.
Caudill’s husband, Elder S. G.
Caudill, who w,as with his wife ih
Pearisburg, reports that her con
dition has improved since the
operation. Mrs. Grover Hall, her
sister, accompanied Elder and
Mrs. Caudill to the hospital.
J. A. Campbell in
First Draft Call
James Allen Campbell of Piney'
Creek is Alleghany County’s first 1
contribution to the Nation’s draft1
of men to train for their country '
in the capacity of soldier in the
U. S. Army.
Jimmy drew the number 638,
and then voluntered and he will
report to the Local Board in
, Sparta on December 4, and be
I sent to Fort Bragg, N. C,, the U.
j S. induction station for this dis
l trict.
i If this appointee should not be
accepted for training when he ar
rives at Fort Bragg, one of the
following three names will be se
lected as a replacement, William
Claude Farrington, Ray Columbus
Greene and Joseph Mack An
drews.
Lewis Wagoner
Attains Rank
Of Second Class
Ever since last March when
the Scouts were organized the
aim of the boys has been to ac
quire the degree of proficiency in
First Aid, Tracking, Signaling,
Knot tying and the various Scout
ing arts that would entitle them:
to the rank of Second Class
Scout. Various things have
hindered, one of which was the
lack of a local board with author
ity to test the boys and pass
them. The Scout Executive from
Winston-Salem, Mr. Vaughan
Lloyd, helped to settle that mat
ter on his visit to Sparta in Octo
ber; and last Friday Lewis Wag
oner, the tallest boy in the ac-l
companying picture, appeared be
fore the local board and success
fully passed the necessary tests.
He thus is the first Sparta boy
to become a Second Class Scout
in his home own. In three months
he can take the tests for a First
Class Scout if he wishes.
The Scouts in the picture are,
back row, Lewis Wagoner, Robert
Berry and R. C. Mitchell. Front1
row, Tommy Osborne at left, Bil
ly Carroll Choate, and Arga Rich
ardson. The whole troop, No. 53
of Sparta, consists of 11 members
under Scoutmaster Tom Haig
wood and assistant Scoutmaster
Robert J. Andrews.
Glade Valley High
Juniors to Stage
3 Act Comedy
The Glade Valley High School
Junior Class will present "Simple
Simon Simple”, a Three Act play,
in the auditorium of the Glade
Valley Academy at 8 o’clock,
Thursday night, November 28.
The students of the Junior
Class promise their domestic play
to be stuffed with more laughs (
than a Thanksgiving turkey. It
is predicted that the show will be
first class entertainment and if
you haven’t had a good button
busting laugh recently, you are
urged to witness the humorous
adventures of “Simple Simon
Simple.”
22 Shopping Days
Till Christmas;
Buy Seals Early
With another Thanksgiving over
and gone, can Christmas be far
behind? The yuletide season is
just 22 shopping days away. And
speaking of Christmas shopping
one naturally should think o(
Christmas seals. The money re
ceived from the sale of Christmas
stamps goes to the worthy cause of
pushing on the fight against the
dread disease tuberculosis.
Christmas seals will be on sale
throughout the county, beginning
Red Cross Roll
Call Nears One
Hundred
The latest available statistics
on the Red Cress Roll Call mem
bership drive show that member
ship this year is nearing the one
hundred members mark in the
present campaign, according to
Rev. V. W. Sears, chairman of
the Roll Call committee for
Alleghany county.
To date $63.18 is reported as
the total cash amount received,
with §42.18 of that sum coming
form Whitehead district.
The Red Cross Roll Call which
was launched November 11, will
close definitely this week, on Sat
urday, the 30th. Everyone who
has not yet obtained a Roll Call
membership button is urged to do
so before the campaign ends.
Boone Market Bids
For Alleghany
Tobacco Crop
The Boone Mountain Burley
Tobacco Warehouse played Santa
Claus to Alleghanians last Friday
by passing out between thirty
and forty lucky number prizes at
a meeting held in Sparta Court
Honse designed to encourage lo
cal tobacco growers to sell their
crops at the Boone market.
Forming a motorcade of more
than 25 automobiles, led by the
screaming siren of police escort,
the Wataugans rolled into Sparta
at 12:30 p. m. Friday. The
bhie-and-gold-uniformed musicians
of the Boone High School band
marched down the County Seat’s
main thoroughfore and lined up
in front of the Court House
where they offered several bril
liantly played marches under the
able direction of Prof. Gordon
Nash.
Inside the Court House, “Gov
ernor” R. A. Doughton extended
a hearty welcome to the visiting
Burley Warehouse company and
called Boone the “best town in
the whole north-west portion of
the state.” He expressed his de
sire that Alleghany leaf growers
would take advantage of the
Watauga County market.
The program of the afternoon
was presided over and enlivened
by genial W. H. Gragg, former
mayor of Boone. Mrs. J. K.
Andrews of Alleghany county
was presented as a tobacco rais
er, and testified that she was
"pleased” with the treatment re
ceived when she sold her tobacco
at Boone last year. Frank
Jones, Mountain Burley Tobacco
Warehouse operator, invited Al
leghany farmers to Boone, where
he promised they would get their
“top dollar” for tobacco. Har
ry Hamilton, Watauga county
agent was introduced to the au
dience and gave a pointed two
minute talk.
And then the lucky numbers
were drawn and approximately
40 happy number holders re
ceived various gifts ranging from
lead pencils, socks, and red neck
erchiefs to overalls. The pres
ent bayor of Boone, Mr. W. R.
Lovell concluded the meeting by
eloquently urging the importance
of an inter-county reciprocal
trade between Alleghany Coun
ty leaf growers and the Watau
ga County market. Mr. Lovell
said that the spacious Mountain
Burley Warehouse was heated
and provided with cots for farm
ers who desired to stay over
night. Declaring that growers
from this county would receive
none but the best treatment,
the Boone mayor virtually handed
over the key of the city to the
local tobacco raisers. And fin
ally, he reminded his hearers that
the doors of the Boone warehouse
are open already for the receipt
of tobacco and that Dec. 4 has
; been set as the probable opening
•f the current season.
Preaching at
Shiloh Church
Next Sunday, December 1st,
at 11 o’clock, the Lord permit
ting, Rev. Lee A. Hampton will
preach at Shiloh Church. The
public is invited to attend and
worship.
Monday, December 2, says Christ
mas seals chairman, Rev. V. W.
Sears. So when you purchase
your Christmas packages don’1
forget to buy Christmas Seals
too.
Sparta Library
Gets New Stock
Of Late Fiction
“Reading maketh a full man,”
n>'.- an oid proverb, and the place
to go. for good reaing in “these
• parts” is to our own Sparta
library.
The local library has just added
a score of new volumes of popu
lar fiction, according to the
librarian, .Marie Perry. This new
instalment of books was obtained
by Mrs. Crystal Hines, chairman
of the Sparta library committee.
For those who like the tingling
adventure of the wild and wooly
west there are three new novels
by that celebrated western novel
ist, Trane Grey, namely, “Thunder
Mountain,” “Fighting Caravans,”
and “The Desert of Wheat.”
Among the collection are three
new children’s books, “Heidi’s
Children,” “Heidi Grows Ups” and
“Pat of Silver Bush.”
Other interesting books, pang
ing from romance to aventure
are:
Rainbow Cottage, The Substi
tute Guest by' Grace and Mari
gold Livingston Hill ; Winner Take
Al] and Week-end Woman by
Ruby M. Ayers; Career by Proxy
and Hotel Hostess by Faith Bald
win; Hawk in the Wind and Land
of Tomorrow by Shirley Siefert;
i Uncle Caleb’s Niece by Lida Lar
;rimore; Make the Man Notice You
by Maysie Grieg; and James Oli
'• ver Curwood’s Nomads of the
North.
Now that the evenings are long
er and the weather coloder you’ll
spend more time around the stove.
There’s nothing like a good story
to make you forget the whistling
winds outside. So, the library
‘staff invites you to visit its
shelves. It is your library, and
you owe it to yourself to avail
yourself of al] its advantages.
Hunting Season in
Alleghany Begins
This Week
It is time for every little Bun
ny cotton-tail who values his life
to run for the nearest air raid
shelter, because hunting season
opens with a bang this week in
Alleghany County.
Rabbit season opened on Mon
day, with grouse and quail hunt
ing getting under way Thursday,
Thanksgiving Day.
The local game warden, Dick
Gentry, warns all hunters to be
sure and obtain their license be
fore they start gunning through
the fields and woods. Hunters
may bring down as many rabbits
as they wish, but are prohibited
from selling them. Sportsmen
are also cautioned to remember
| the bag limits of ten quail per
; day and two grouse.
i Draft Advisory
Board Appointed
For Alleghany
j Seventeen Alleghany appointees
j to the selective service advisory
j board for the cloud-land county
j were sworn in as board members
■ last Saturday, at a meeting held
I in Sparta Court House.
The group assembled in Mayor
j Floyd Crouse’s office. Mayor
Crouse has been appointed chair
man of the board. The members
of the new advisory board were
instructed in their duties to assist
county draft registrants in filling
out their questionnaires, which are
now being mailed.
Those named in Alleghany
county to serve on the advisory
board in each of the seven town
ships are as follows:
Gap Civil—Ernest Edwards,
! Paul Swanson, Miss Wilma
Crouse, Mrs. Wayne Waddell and
Mrs. Mexa Phipps.
Glade Creek—Mrs. Cecil Gib
son, Mrs. Elizabeth Easterling and
T. P. Franklin.
Cherry Lane—Mrs. J. T. Ins
keep and J. K. Andrews .
Piney Creek—L. K. Halsey and
Joe Bill Reed.
Prathers Creek—L. E. Edwards
and Eugene MitchelL
Laurel Springs—Reece Miller
and R. G. Taylor.
Whitehead—Mrs. Ruth Ed
wards.