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*=*■ I THE ALLEGHANY NEWS is first .in news, first in lo cal pictures, first in circu lation and first in advertis ing in Alleghany county. V The Alleghany News A NEWSPAPER DEDICATED TO COVERING THE NEWS AND PROMOTING PROGRESS IN ALLEGHANY COUNTY VOLUME 2, NO. 20 $1.00 jj Year in Alleghany County SPARTA, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 20, 1941 $1.50 a Year Out of County PUBLISHED WEEKLY Annual Income From Dairying In Alleghany Is $81,000 Prof. Roe To Open Western Auto Store Here Tomorrow New Store to Feature Auto Parts, Accessories. Pub || lie Is Invited. Under the ownership and man agership of Prof. Charles R. Roe, a Western Auto Associate store will be opened here tomorrow morning in a brand new brick building located on main street next door to Gov. Doughton’s of fice. “Undoubtedly there are many people in Alleghany county who are already familiar with the Western Aqto Associate stores in Elkin, Galax and West Jefferson,” Mr. Roe stated. “In this new West ern Auto store you can purchase the same high quality, low-priced merchandise which is offered at other Western Auto stores. Western Auto Supply company, the largest organization of its kind in the world, is wholesaling this widely accepted, nationally ti advertised merchandise to more • than 1,800 independent merchants such as Mr. Roe. This locally owned store offers a general line „of merchandise, including auto supplies, accessories, tires, radios, tools, bicycles, sporting goods, electrical appliances and so on. Among the many other features offered by Mr. Roe at his West ern Auto Associate store here is a guarantee of “satisfaction or mo ney back”, whereby any item you buy in this store which proves to be unsatisfactory will be prompt ly adjusted by him or in any Western Auto Associate store in the United States. Mr. Roe extends a cordial in vitation to everyone to visit his new store this week end. Jess M o x 1 e y Is ► To Head Legion Dean Parrish Post Holds Fish Fry, Meet at New River Picnic Grounds. Members of the American Leg ion in Alleghany county held a fish fry and meeting last Satur day evening at the New river pic nic grounds and elected officers for the ensuing year. Jess Moxley, of Sparta, was elected commander of the Dean Parrish post. He succeeds Dillon Edwards. Sheriff DeWitt T. Bry an was re-elected adjutant. A. V. Choate was named athle tic officer; Dillon Edwards, Americanism officer; and Carl Douglas, membership chairman. C. W. Higgins, of Greensboro, Pjvho is a member of the local post, was appointed chairman of a delegation which will attend the state convention in Durham yon June 23. Other delegates are A. V. Choate, Dr. C. A. Thompson and W. W. Cheek. GIGGING OF FISH AGAINST LAW, SAYS GAME WARDEN ^Gigging fish in New river or in any other stream in Alleghany county is unlawful and punishable by a fine of not more than $50, County Game Warden Dick Gen try said yesterday. The practice of using fish-gigs in county streams is becoming al armingly prevalent, the game warden declared, and prosecutions are going to begin immediately. Brother Of Mrs. - GambOl Is Killed Mrs. Robert M. Gambill re ceived a message Saturday in forming her of the death of her brother, Charles F. Reeves, of Spokane, Washington* on Friday, June 13. He was an engineer and was killed in a train wreck. He is survived by his widow; a daughter, Inez; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Billie Reeves, Grassy Creek; three sisters: Mrs. Gam bill, Mrs. Arch McMillan, of Crumpler; Mrs. Sidney Gambill, Washington, D. C.; and one bro ther, Lester Reeves, Cloverland, Wash. Hazel, the only daughter of Mr. Reeves, passed away on June 3. Mrs. Arch McMillan and Mrs. fj Sidney Gambill left by plane Sat r JiKteJ to attend the funeral CHARLES R. ROE Raising Funds To Buy Small Bass For Co. Streams To Supplement Work of Hat chery. Sixty Dollars Is Already Pledged. To improve bass fishing in Al leghany county, a group of Spar ta sportsmen are now raising funds to purchase a quantity of small bass from a hatchery in North Georgia, and all interested fishermen in the county are invit ed to co-operate. According to present plans, the bass will be fed at the Roaring Gap hatchery and turned loose in local streams next fall. It is pointed out that the hat chery at Roaring Gap is- primari ly concerned with raising trout and does not produce enough bass to stock all streams in this sec tion. “Ninety percent of the water in Alleghany county is bass water and we want more bass put into our streams,” Floyd Crouse, one of the leaders in the movement to raise funds, stated. He said that the price for 100 small bass is $10 and that the goal is to buy at least 1,000. To date around $60 have been raised for this purpose. Interest in fishing this season seems to be greater than in pre vious years and most local fish ermen are having “good luck”. Five Licenses Issued In June June being the month of brides, Ernest Edwards, register of deeds, announced yesterday that his of fice had already issued five li censes to-date. Licenses were issued to the fol lowing couples: Albert F. Tan sey and Jennie R. Bliss, of New ton; George Julian and Eleanor Hall, of Asheboro; Cleo Crouse and Hazel Crouse, of Cherry Lane; Gerald Rector ahd Lucy Turner, of Glade Valley; and R. E. Davidson and Gertrude Cope land, of Cripple Creek, Va. Graystone Inn Ready To Open Up Inforaially Roaring Gap, Inc., to Begin Receiving Guests Tomor row Morning. COTTAGERS ARRIVE Facilities are in complete readi ness at Roaring Gap for the in formal opening of Graystone Inn tomorrow morning, together with most of the property adjacent to the hotel. Although the formal opening is not until June 28, it is expected that many guests will arrive at the hotel tomorrow and through out next week. Owners of cot tages have already begun to ar rive. Guests who arrive before the formal opening of the inn will be given the choice of any and all rooms at the regular minimum rates, according to Manager Wal ter Bovard, who is expecting a huge crowd at the inn this sum mer. Dancing An announcement concerning dances at the inn will be made next week, Mr. Bovard said. A new couple direct from the Ar thur Murray school in New York will teach dancing at the inn this summer. E. P. Hagler, golf pro, promises that the big 18-hole course will be in tip-top shape this week end. Mrs. Sarah Rainey arrived last week with her horses. The lake committee has an nounced that fishing will be lim ited to members of Roaring Gap and their guests. “We request you to sign up at the inn for guests from now until July—after this date at the boathouse,” Mr. Bo vard said. rooied Wool Is Sold To Chatham Weighing Schedule for Tues. and Wed. Is Announced By Agent. County Agent R. E. Black an nounced yesterday that, follow ing a meeting of county agents and farmers held in Independence last Saturday, the pooled wool in this county has been sold to the Chatham Manufacturing compa ny for 52 cents per pound. The following is a schedule of weighing, as released by the county agent’s office: June 24—J. H. Douglas store, 8 a. m. to 10 a. m.; Elk Creek, 10:15 a. m. to i2 noon; D. J. Joines, 1:30 p. m. to 3:30 p. m.; Copper Mines, 4 p. m. to 6 p. m. June 25—Laurel Springs, 8 a. m. to 10 a. m.; Whitehead, 10:30 a. m. to 12 noon; Smithey’s store, 1 d. m. to 6 p. m. The wool this season is said to be of an exceptionally good quali ty and sheep raisers are more than pleased over the price they are receiving. DRUG STORE PAINTED Painting on the interior of the B & T Drug company here has just been completed and this work, plus the installation of mo dernistic lighting fixtures, great ly enhance the appearance of Sparta’s up-to-date drug store. Axis Hints At Reprisals On U. S.; France Bombed With this week marking the an niversary of the surrender of France, the British are showing more strength than they did a year ago. Fighting continues on both land and sea, but in spite of fierce attacks the attention of the world is centered on the U. S. and German relations. Germany announced Tuesday she was taking immediate retalia tory “necessary measures” against American assets in the Reich, and lodged a "sharpest protest” against the American order dos-. ing Nazi consulates. This was the specific reaction to President Roosevelt’s order freezing German funds in the Uni ted States, although there was no concrete indication of what the German measures would be; there was no hint of possible German reprisals against United States consulates in Germany. British bombers flying in a sandwich formation between lay ers of fighters attacked French coastal objectives Tuesday night in fierce continuation of the R. A. F.’s new super-bomb offensive, stepped up by the increased flow of American-built planes. Authoritative sources said that 13 German planes had been des troyed over the English channel and over Nazi-occupied France against the loss of 10 British craft. The battle resulting from the British thrust into Libya devel oped fiercely yesterday with hun dreds of tanks employed on both sides and American-made air planes declared by the British to be holding German dive-bombers at bay. Hie British appeared to be at (Continued on Page Four) Draft Quota Of 73 Is Assigned Alleghany Board Number for Remainder of Yr. Includes Young Men Al ready Drafted. HAVE NEW SYSTEM State selective service head quarters announced this week that Alleghany county has been assigned a quota of 73 under the selective service act. The quota for the remainder of this year in cludes also the young men who have already been drafted. North Carolina’s quota under the conscription act is 34,643. Al leghany has already sent 31 reg istrants to camp, leaving 42 to be inducted between now and Jan uary 1. This area has been given credit for five enlistments into i the regular army. Major Hugh Upton explained I that the method of handling draft calls had been changed from the old system of issuing periodic calls with specific time limits to a system that is similar to a “bank account.” Under the new system, Major Upton continued, the army may draw on local boards for draftees until quotas are exhausted but may not exceed these quotas un til new ones are set. When draf tees are needed, selective service hadquarters will notify local boards to have so many ready on certain dates. Alleghany county has not been given another quota for this month. Plans are now underway to hold another draft registration on July 1. Bible School To Begin On Monday - *. Miss Nancy Houston To Have Charge of Classes At Presbyterian Church Beginning next Monday morn ing at 9 o’clock a daily vacation Bible school will get underway here in the Presbyterian church under the direction of Miss Nan cy Houston, a trained worker sent out by the Presbyterian Commit tee of Religious Education. Miss Houston will be assisted in the school by Rev. R. L. Berry, pastor of the church, and several other workers. The classes are designed for children of all de nominations, who have not yet reached their seventeeth birth days. Any parents desiring to send their children to the school but who are unable to provide trans portion, are urged to contact Rev. Berry this week-end. The school is expected to last twg.weeks. On the evening of June 30 a revival meeting will begin at the church. Rev. Joe H. Carter, pas tor of the First Presbyterian church in Anderson, S. C., will conduct the services. Oscar Andrews Buried Sunday Body Of Man Is Discovered by Bryan Cox Saturday Near New River. Funeral services were held at Shiloh church last Sunday for Oscar Andrews, 48, of near Spar ta, who, according to physicians, had been dead for possibly 24 hours when his body was discov ered by Bryan Cox early Satur day afternoon. Mr. Cox found the body near the old Nile schoolhouse along New River and immediately went after Jess Moxley, who informed the relatives of the deecased. Mr. Andrews’ death was thought to have been the result of a heart at tack. Revs. L. F. Strader, Lee Hamp ton'. and J. R. Toliver conducted the funeral services. Burial was in the.church cemetery. Mr. Andrews was well known and well liked in and around Sparta, where for a number of years he was employed as an au tomobile salesman. Surviving him are his father, William Andrews, of Sparta; and four brothers, Arthur Andrews, of the state of Washington, C. G., Fred and Charlie Andrews, of Sparta. Governor Broughton Extends Greetings To Dairy Farmers “I am proud of the splendid progress made by the citizens of Alleghany and desire to commend them particularly for the promotion and development of Dairying,” Governor J. M. Broughton stated in a letter to the publisher of Hie News this week. Special greetings were extended to Dairy Farmers. GOVERNOR BROUGHTON Uovemor Brougnton recently issued a proclamation, pro claiming: JUNE as DAIRY MONTH in North Carolina and urging the entire citizenship of the state to give “more consid eration to the importance of the dairy industry and of the nu trit'.onal value of milk and its products as wholesome, health ful, and strengthening foods for human consumption, and bring to the attention of the people of the State the immense eco nomic benefits which would re sult from an increased con sumption of milk and its pro ducts, in the hope of stimulat ing the use of more milk, but ter, cheese and other dairy pro ducts in the daily diet, to the end that the health of the state may be enriched and added stability may be given to this important industry”. Dairymen’s Association Is Organized At Meeting Here SILOS ARE ESSENTIAL In solving the winter feeding problem, dairymen state that the silo is one of the essentials. Al leghany has a number of upright and trench silos. Shown above is the large upright silo on W. B. Austin’s outstanding fa*m at Lau rel Springs. (Staff Photo). BERT EDWARDS IS OPERATING STATION Bert Edwards, Alleghany coun ty’s representative in the last ses sion of the General Assembly, is now operating the Shell service station number two, located on West Main Street here. Upon returning from Raleigh in the spring, Mr. Edwards was associated with the Alleghany Mootr company. A short time ago he resigned and leased the Shell station. He is being assisted in its opera tion by his son. Charlie Collins Elected Initial President of New Or ganization. / -■—-~~ Following a meeting of farm ers and dairy Officials in the courthouse here Monday night, a county dairymen’s association was organized with Charlie Collins of Sparta as its initial president. Other officers of the * associa tion include Lon Mac Reeves, of Sparta, vice-president- and Fred Collins, of Glade Valley, secre tary-treasurer. Singled out as the most important officer of the as sociation, the secretary-treasurer is expected to handle most of the work pertaining to the newly-or ganized group. Primarily, the purpose of a dairymen’s association is to bring the dairy farmers together in a closer union, it was pointed out, and by means of monthly or bi monthly meetings to discuss their problems and needs. Board Of Directors Elected on the board of direc tors of the association were the following representatives from each township in the county: Charlie Edwards, Gap Civil; W. M. Douglas, Piney Creek; Will Pugh, Whitehead; Rush Thomp son, Cherry Lane; Boyd Higgins. Glade Creek; Oscar Moxley, Pra thers Creek; and Hort Miller, Cranberry. Present at the meeting, in ad dition to more than a dozen dairymen, were Prof. D. E. Good ale, instructor at Clemson college and summer representative of Co ble Dairies F. R. Famham, ex tension dairy specialist of State college; John Brown, field repre sentative for Coble Dairies; Sam Rich, field representative for Co ble Dairies; G. F. Messick, super intendent of the REA; and R. E. (Continued on Page Four) New River Soil District Has Been Approved By Dept. Approval of the proposed New River soil conservation district by the department of agriculture has' been announced by Alton Thomp son, secretary of the board of sup ervisors. W. O. Hooper, of Danville, Va., formerly with the Tri-Creek dis trict at Elkin, has been assigned by the department to work with the New River ditrict as conser vationist in Alleghany county. He will maintain an office in the courthouse. Mi*. Hooper, who is a graduate of Appalachian State Teachers college, has been connected with the CCC camp in Surry county and has worked with the state department at High Point He and his wife will live in Sparta. Mr. Thompson and Dillon Ed wards, another member of the board of supervisors in this coun ty, have held a meeting with County Agent R. E. Black and considered the best method of reaching the farmers with the work of the district. Plans are to work with one farmer in each township, first to establish a demonstration, and then to acquaint a representative farmer with the work of the dis trict so that he might pass the in formation along to his neighbors. It has been decided that in the future invitations for the work will be accepted from any com munity having three or more farms interested in the work, pre ferably adjoining farms. Work will be done in these com munities in the order in which they apply, Mr. Thompson de clared. Information may be ob tained concerning the work of the district from either the county agent's or .JtgSpfe Eight Million Pounds Of Milk Sold Last Year | Carnation Co. is Largest Pur chaser. Around 400 Farm ers Sell Milk. LEADER IN STATE During the past 10 years rapid progress has been made in the development of the dairy indus try in Alleghany and today this county, in proportion to its size, is one of the leading dairy coun ties in North Carolina. According to the best estimates available, approximately 400 Alle ghany county farmers sold near ly 8,000,000 pounds, over a mil lion gallons, of milk to the Car nation Company, Coble Dairy Products' Kraft Cheese company, Smithey’s store, Clover Creamery or the Garst Creamery for a gross total of around $81,000.00. The Carnation Company at Ga lax, which operates several routes throughout the county, purchased the largest quantity. Their pur chases totalled over 2,500,000 pounds and amounted to nearly $45,000.00 expenditure. This com pany has been buying milk in Al leghany since 1937. Kraft Cheese The Kraft Cheese company, es tablished at West Jefferson 12 years ago, has more or less pio neered the development of the dairy industry in this section. This concern buys over five million pounds annually, but the majori ty of its patrons live in Ashe county. Another pioneer in the pur chase of surplus milk in Allegha ny is Smithey’s store here. It star ted buying cream in 1935 and has continued the purchase since that time. This is done more as a ser vice to the farmers rather than of being in the milk, basis ess. Cream is bougttt by %Sis fififf e^V ery Tuesday and Friday and good prices are paid. A year ago this month, Coble Dairy Products opened a receiv ing station in Wilkes and at Lan sing and has been buying milk in Alleghany since that time. This company recently started a grade A route in the county. (Continued on Page Four) USO Raises $77 In County Drive United Service Organization Still Has Not Realized Its Quota of $125. While the United Seryice or ganization in this county has not yet realized its required quota, it is rapidly approaching that goal, according to Rev. C. W. Ervin, who disclosed yesterday that the local organization has raised $77. Literature for distribution in the various communities of the county has not yet arrived, Rev. Ervin said, and because of this the drive is being handicapped. “Those persons who are unable to pay now,” Rev. Ervin, who is publicity secretary, declared, “may subscribe to so much and pay on November 1. We want ev eryone of our citizens to have a part in the drive.” Purpose of the USO throughout the country is to raise the morale and provide proper recreational facilities for soldiers, sailors and others connected with the national defense program. %T SEEN. I UK£ TH'FQIKS totio APPREC/ATE TH'SALVE a TmewiAosr are. those THAT NEVER HAVE Art..
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