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THE ALLEGHANY NEWS is first in news, first in lo cal pictures, first in circu lation and first in advertis ing in Alleghany county. The Alleghany News A NEWSPAPER DEDICATED TO COVERING THE NEWS AND PROMOTING PROGRESS IN ALLEGHANY COUNTY SPASTA NEEDS NOW ... an industrial plant, a mo dem hotel, a federal post office building and a civic club. Let’s go after them! VOLUME 2, NO 13 $1.60 a Year in Alleghany County SPARTA, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 9, 1941 $1.50 a Year Out of County PUBLISHED WEEKLY Women Ask County Commissioners For Home Dem. Agent p People YOU KNOW In Alleghany By Staff Writer R. G. WARDEN Numbered among the successful farmers and cattle raisers in Al leghany county is R. G. Warden, of Stratford, who has served as justice of peace in his native community for the past 20 years and was until two years ago tax collector. Though he has been in occas ional ill health for the past year, he is now well along the road to recovery and looks after all the business on his big farm at Strat ford. All this is in addition to his duties as justice and as -a general p celleeWrf a job he Has followed for ffie past two decades. Mr. Warden was tax collector first when he served as deputy sheriff under Sheriff John R. Ed wards, father of John Mac Ed wards, of Sparta. But he has held the job twice since ^hat time. Born in. Stratford in 1882 to the late Andy Warden, he first at tended school in his native com munity. Later on he came to Sparta. Went To California Following his school days he struck out for California and se cured a job in a logging camp in 1906. That year he will never forget, he declares, for he was in California during the time of the disastrous earthquake. In 1907 he came back to this county and has been on the farm here ever since, i (Continued on Page Four) Edwards Pays Fox Bounties The drive to “weed out” some •of the foxes in this county, as well as to rid this section of a num ber of “pests,” thought to be res ponsible for the destruction of much wild game and farm crops, is now well underway and boun ties are being paid by Ernest Ed wards, register of deeds, and Dick Gentry, county game warden. Fox heads may be turned in to Mr. Edwards, who will pay a bounty of $2 on each head, in ac cordance with the law passed in "the recent session of the legisla ture. Heads of the other three creatures on the list — crows, hawks and groundhogs—are being handled by Mr. Gentry. Mr. Edwards reported yester day he had received, and paid bounties on, the heads of nine foxes in the last 30 days. Dental Work In County Goes On During the coming week Dr. E. T. Koonce, state board of healtfi dentist, will give dental examhn tions to the pupils of four coun ty schools. All the work will be done at the New Hope school. Other schools on the schedule are as follows; Stratford, May 13; Irwin, May 14; and Prathers Creek (col.), May 15. Dr. Koonce is working this week in the of fice of the county health depart ment here. Schools receiving at tention are New River, Turkey Knob and Gap Civil (col.). County-Wide Delegation Ap peared Before Group At Meeting on Monday. A large delegation of leading women from various sections of the county appeared before the board of county commissioners at their regular meeting held last Monday afternoon and made a strong appeal for the employment of a home demonstration agent in Alleghany. The delegation was led by Mrs. A. O. Joines and Miss Rowe, dis trict home agent supervisor, both of whom stressed the vital im portance of having a home agent. Miss Rowe explained the work of an agent in the copnty along the lines of health, conservation and general improvement of living conditions. Mrs. Joines pointed out that this is an ideal time to secure a 'home agent from defense, health and economy standpoints. She al so explained that the state and federal governments are ready to pay their parts of the cost in volved, with the federal govern ment paying one-half and the state one-fourth, leaving the coun ty only one-fourth to pay, or about $600 annually. Other women speaking in favor of the proposal were Miss Iva Grace Doughton, of Laurel Springs; Mrs. C. A. Thompson, Sparta; Mrs. Pearl Hash, of Piney Creek; Mrs. Gwyn Truitt, of En nice section; Miss Ann Truitt, Ed wards Crossroads. With one ac cord, they expressed their person al desire, as well as that of the sections they represented, to se cure an agent for Alleghany. A home agent usually carries on an adult educational program through the organization of com munity demonstration clubs which meet regularly jat .various members* homes. At ttiese meet ings, she gives lectures and dem onstrations on cooking, clothing, home furnishing, food conserva tion, and so on, Miss Rowe stated. No definitg-action was taken by the commissioners, but the mat ter was taken under consideration and a proposal was made that the county would put up half of the $600 needed if the ladies and var ious communities would raise the other half. According to present plans, the agent would be em ployed July 1. SEVERAL INJURED IN AUTO ACCIDENT Independence.—A serious auto mobile accident occurred Sunday night near the home of L. C. Wingate on U. S. 21, south of In dependence, when a car driven by James McKnight, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. D. McKnight wrecked, causing injury to the occupants and a total wreck of the car. Curtis Todd and James McKnight are in the hospital, Todd with a broken leg and jaw and McKnight with possibly a fractured skull. Others in the car who were less seriously injured included Edwards Thomas, Tho mas Sturdivant, Claude Morton and Reeves Edwards. It is not known what caused the accident. Mr. Horton Doughton and She riff Claude Doughton, of North Wilkesboro, were among the ma ny persons who attended the dedi cation ceremony here last Satur day. Big Sheep Shearing School Is Being Held On Doughton Farm A big tri-county sheep shearing school and demonstration is being held at the farm of Congressman R. L. Doughton at Laurel Springs, which is being operated by Hor ton Doughton, yesterday and to day and is being conducted by E. S. Bartlett, of the Chicago Flexi ble Shaft company. All custom shearers and sheep owners in Alleghany, Ashe and Watauga counties are invited to attend this free school. This afternoon a shearing contest %rill be held and mer chandise and cash prizes award ed to the winners. ,JiMr. Bartlett has had years of experience in shearing and it is worth a long trip to see how easi ly and quickly he can undress a sheep”, L. I, Case, extension ani mal husbandman at State College, Doughton Urges 64All-Out” Aid To England In Address Last Saturday was a big day in the history of Sparta and Alleghany county when a large crowd assembled to dedicate the beautiful new two-story, native-stone, WPA built county office and assembly building. Shown in the picture above are Congressman Doughton delivering the dedication address; C. C. McGinnis, state WPA administra tor, sitting directly behind the Congressman, who made the presentation address. Others shown on the front row, read ing from left to right, are Ed M. Anderson, master of cere monies; Mayor Floyd Crouse, who delivered the welcome address; Revs. L. F. Strader, V. W. Sears and R. L. Berry. Visible also in the picturd are James Mac D. Wagoner, John Gambill, Ben Reeves, Mrs. Edwin Duncan, Mrs. C. A. Thompson, Walton BlacV, WPA engineer; W. R. Copeland, WPA employment officer; Lester Stump, building foreman; and V. D. Guire, of Lenoir, new division highway commis sioner. In his dedication address, Congressman Doughton praised the WPA and its officials and issued a sharp warn ing that “we are faced with the greatest crisis in our his tory”. He urged all possible aid to England. (Photo by Fred Cohn.) Baseball Season Opens May 16th; To Play Ivanhoe Pre-season Game With Moun tain View Scheduled Here Sunday P. M. Players who expect “to make” the Sparta baseball squad are now practicing and getting in shape for the opening of the sea son next Wednesday afternoon, at 5 o’clock. ' The local club will open the season at Ivanhoe and the first home game will be played here the following Saturday. In a pre-season game, Sparta will play Mountain View on the local diamond this Sunday after nooix at 3 o’clock. No admission charge will be madq. ' A number of players have been practicing this week and all oth ers who are" interested in making the t«ftm are requested to report at once, A starting line-up for the Opening game will not be chosen until tfie first of the week. An organization meeting was held Wednesday night. The Sparta club already has good equipment and the initial expense will be much less than last season. Work is also under way getting the local diamond in good condition. The season official schedule will be announced next week. Commissioners Meet Saturday The Alleghany county board of commissioners plan to meet in special session tomorrow to draft up a tentative budget for the next fiscal year, which commences on July 1. Last Monday they were busily engaged with routine business matters and with appeals from a delegation to employ a county home demonstration agent. The county’s present valuation is a little over $3,600,000 and the valuation for the next fiscal year will be around $4,000,000, Ernest Edwards estimates. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Hamby, Jr., of Boone, spent Wednesday with friends in Sparta. wrote farm agents in the three counties. “We want just as many' custom shearers as we can get from all parts of the state to enter our con test on Friday. Do your part and bring your best men,” he wrote. “It may be that we can arrange to send the winner of the contest to the International Stock show next winter to enter the national sheep shearing contest.” Horton Dougbton has a large flock of the finest purebred sheep in the state. All sheep growers ‘should make plans to attend this school and demonstra tion, county agents urge. Mr. Doughton has also extend ed a most cordial invitation to everyone. The farm itself is out standing and is well worth in specting. Dedication Program Outstanding Event In History Of Alleghany SPARTA HONOR STUDENT Miss Mildred Wagoner, of Spar, ta, who in addition to being sec retary and salutatorian of her graduating class led the girls in the election of superlatives. She was voted the cutest, best dressed and girl possessing the most school spirit. 8 Civil Cases Tried In Court Here Last Week Five Other Actions Continued Until Fall; Three Divor ces Granted. Decisions in several civil cases tried during the recent session of county superior court were re leased yesterday by Clerk of Court Alex Reeves. In a case involving a suit for failure to pay a note of $444.15 in 1919, a settlement was agreed upon and Mrs. Mary Joines will recover from Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Hoppers, defendants, a sum of $1,050 and the costs of the action. Suing on a mortgage for a store at Piney Creek, James M. Hash will recover from Mr. and Mrs. J. R. McLeod, the defendants in the (Continued on Page Eight) Boys May Still Enroll For CCC Applications for enrollment in the CCC will be accepted by the welfare department during the next 10 days, for this county has just received an unlimited quota of enrollees for May, Miss Lillie Ervin, welfare superintendent, announced yesterday. Boys who wish to enroll must be between the ages of 17 and 23%, of good character, unmar ried, out of school, physically and mentally fit, and able to do work. Youths who have only been out three months may now re-enroll. It is understood that only a part of the youths enrolled here will be stationed at the Laurel Springs camp. Others will be transferred to camps in-other parts of the na tion. Congressman R. L. Doughton’s Speech Carried in Papers Over the Nation. Before a large crowd of peo ple from this and surrounding counties, Congressman Robert L. Doughton, chairman of the house ways and means committee, called last Saturday for all pos sible aid to England and enthu siastically endorsed the results of the WPA and the manner in which it ,5s'Administered. The occasion was the dedica tion ,of Alleghany county’s new WPA-built office and assembly ^building. The crack Hickory high school band, consisting ot 85 boys and girls, furnished music for the occasion. It was an out standing day in the history of Soarta. “We are faced with the great est crisis in our history,” said the congressman. “We (are in an in evitable emergency brought on by no fault of our own. The American people are beginning to awaken to the seriousness of the situation. With our people Waked up, there is no task too great for them to meet. “Nation Is United” “England is our only ally and friend. She is fighting with her back to the'wall, and she may possibly survive and emerge suc cessfully from this war. But she cannot survive without our wholehearted support. This na tion is now united. Everybody is behind it. Willkie, Knox and Stimson are walking hand in hand with the administration. There is some division of opin ion, it is true, but none of it is along party lines.” The congressman declared that “there is no question as to the in tent of the diabolical/ fiendish dictators. They are trying to make the rest of the world and us their bond slaves. England is fighting to preserve our way of (Continued on Page Eight) CCC At Laurel Springs To Hold “Open House” Today Officials of the CCC camp at Laurel Springs, Company 3420, announced yesterday that in con nection with the nationwide “ac quaintance” program the camp is inviting the public of this section of the state to an open ^puse cele bration to be held at the camp today. A program begin ning at 11 o’clock in the morn ing and showing a cross-section of actual camp-life will be scheduled to take place before and after lunch, which will be served to visitors at 1 o’clock. The program is for the purpose of better acquainting and inter esting the public in the CCC and it’s work. “We want the general public to realize the value of this great organization—what it meant to our youth in the past depres sion period, what it means to our youth today, and, more especial ly, what it means to our demo cracy and American way of liv Democrats Pick John Folger To Take Lon’s Seat Nominated in Reidsville Tues day. Election to Be Held In the Near Future. The fifth district Democratic congressional committee Tuesday nominated John H. Folger, Mt. Airy attorney, as the party’s can didate for election to serve the unexpired term of his brother, the late Representative A. D. (Lon) Folger. The vote was unanimous. Action followed a motion by Gilbert L. Shermer, Forsyth’s member, that the committee call for a primary to select a nomi nee. The motion was not second ed. The selection of Folger was not unexpected since it had been free ljysredicted that the leader of Roo|evelt third-term forces in North Carolina would be the Democratic choice for the , post made vacant . by the untimely death of his brother, in the event a move by Forsyth political lead ers to secure a primary failed. McDonald Likely to Run in 1942 Coupled with the Folger selec tion yesterday were definite indi cations that Dr. Ralph McDonald, defeated candidate for governor in the Democratic primary in 1936, would be a candidate for the con gressional post in the primary next May. Following the committee’s ac tion Dr. McDonald said, “If there had been a primary, I probably would have been a candidate.” Although he would not allow him self to be quoted directly, he 'made definite indications that he would be a candidate for Con gress from the fifth district in the next primary. The Republican district commit tee is to select a Republican no minee this week and Governor Broughton will then set the date for the election. TO CLEAN CEMETERY Those who are interested in working on the Elk Creek ceme tery are urged to meet at the church on May 12-13 and be pre pared to work on same. A new fence will be built around the cemetery and the grounds cleaned up, it was announced. ing in these perilous times,” Ray mond J. Kiddoo, camp educational advisor, stated yesterday. “Some pepple seem to have the idea that in the CCC we are training men for the army, but that is erroneous. We do train men, that is true; but we train them to be better men morally, physically and mentally than they ever were before. We train them in vocations varying from cooking to operating heavy power machin ery, and in academic training from learning to write their own names to college courses. Work and Experience “So, you see, the CCC is really a school of work and experience, and when jk young man enrolls in the camp, he has the same privi leges and rights as a civilian when it comes to the question of joining the army or being drafted.” In the Laurel Springs camp (Continued on Page Four) Questionnaires To Be Mailed To All Registrants Draft Forms to Be Sent Out to All Eligibles In County By July 1. 3 TO LEAVE WED. Draft officials disclosed yester day that selective service ques tionnaires will be mailed out in quantities to all county registrants before July 1 in order that all registrants except those subject to class 1-A may be classified. A total of 100 questionnaires were mailed out of the local draft office early Wednesday morning, bringing the total to date to 450. This means that approximately one-half of the registrants in Al leghany county have received their questionnaires. Unly those who list no physical defects and have no dependents, indicating that they will be sub ject to immediate induction, will have to wait to be classified. The reason for this, it was explained, is because the board does not think it advisable to give regis trants physical examinations until immediately before a particular quota of men is required. First Negro--trainees from this area to be inducted into the army through the operation of the se lective service program are sche duled to leave here next Wednes day. Of the three registrants re quired in the current quota, two are volunteers and the third a draftee. Volunteers are John Sol oman Choate, of Sparta, and Ce bert Maxwell, of Furches. Lonnie Finley, of Sparta, will be con scripted. One new volunteer has entered (Continued on Page Five) School Board To Sponsor New NYA Girls’ Projects According to an announcement yesterday frdm the offiee of Sup counfjr board of eduction is plah ning HR sponsor the next NYA girls’ project here, the present project having been discontinued this week. On this project the 27 girls, now working under the supervis ion of Mts. Clennel Richardson, will make clothes to be distri buted to underprivileged children in the county. Mrs. Harold Hig gins will also assist in this work. Residents of the county are urged to contribute old clothes and cloth to the NYA office here, located upstairs over the D. W. Motor company, so that these con tributions may be turned into ser viceable clothing for children. Girls who are interested in working with the NYA may make applications at the local office. TTiey must be between the ages of 17 and 25. . Roe, Richardson Buy New Building Sparta’s newest building, a red brick structure which will house a Western Auto and Supply store, has been purchased from Ben Reeves by Charles R. Roe and Clennel Richardson, it was an nounced yesterday. The cost of the transaction was not disclosed. Having already completed the outside, workmen are now busy on the interior and the building is expected to be ready for occu pancy by May 20, Mr. Reeves an nounced. J. N. McAllister, of Marion, Va., will operate the stojg; here. %msm ISfOOO COLT AWT SO MUCH HOW WELL YA CAN PLAY, VUT HOW WELL YA CANT COUNT. •• • yjjp,* -'X: — --—— * ..
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