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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 pur VOLUME 2, NO. 22 $1.00 a Year in Alleghany County SPARTA, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 4, 1941 $1.50 a Year Out of County PUBLISHED WEEKLY People YOU KNOW In Alleghany By Staff Writer While U W BIIUI •friends and ability to steer gen eral topics of conversation into any channel combine to make Dalton Warren a personality in < and around Sparta, it is his for P mer business connections here, not to mention an especially ac tive interest in the civic life of his chosen community, that have succeeded in establishing him as a popular and valuable citzien. For him, this business of being a useful citizen and a likeable personality as well may have be gun at home, but it has. spread far and wide, even outside the district which in 1934 elected him as state senator. All of this be cause Mr. Warren is at present a successful salesman for the Strat ford Hosiery corporation, of Bur lington, and travels over a ter ritory which includes the states of Mississippi and Tennessee, 21 counties in western North Caro lina, 14 in southwest Virginia, and all those along the Tennessee ■bor/tpr of Kentucky and Alaba ma. t. Mr. . Warren’s boyhood was spent in Olive Branch, Miss., where he was born in 1893. Until he was 14 years old he attended a county school which had been financed largely by his grand father. He graduated from the Olive Branch high school. Legislator At 21 The following year he entered Mississippi Heights academy, a junior college, and two years la ter graduated into- the Universi ty of Mississippi. At the Univer sity he studied law and was a member of Pi Kappa Alpha fra ternity. ► i While still a junior at the Uni versity he ran for the state house of representatives, and upon be ing elected he became the young est legislator in the state of Mississippi. He was 21. As repre sentative he served in the regular sessions of 1916 and 1918, and also the special session of 1917. In spite of his youth and inexper ience in legislative work he was appointed on a committee of five to investigate state institutions. From the end of his term until 1924 he was associated with his father in building and contract ing. In 1924 he came to Sparta and accepted a job as mathema tics instructor in the high school, i Put Up Hardware During the summer of the fol lowing year he built the first regular hardware store in Spar ta, a business which stood on the comer now occupied by Belk’s Department store. By the fifth year his volume of business had been built up to $17,000. He was in the hardware business fbr 10 years. (Continued on PageEight) Offices, Stores' Are Closed Today Alleghany county and Sparta will join in with the rest of America in celebrating July 4 by declaring a holiday from their routine duties, in most cases. Practically all business houses, stores and offices will be closed the entire day today. The post offices will observe holiday hours. All county and town offi ces will be closed in celebration of the nation’s birthday and the bank will be closed on both to day and Saturday. « All store!, however, will be open here tomorrow as usual. tjL A record number of people is k; expected to visit the Parkway. The Land Of The Free! 1776 1941 On July 4, 165 years ago, Americans thrilled to the ring of freedom, the tidings of the birth of our republic. This year Americans will again keenly feel this thrill of freedom blacked-out in many nations; for world condi tions have deeply etched the ideal&and aspirations of hu man liberty in the hearts of our countrymen. $20,289.50 Spent In This County During Past Year For Public Assistance Aid Nearly $12,000 Went to 140 Old Persons, and $4,781 to 89 Children. Public assistance payments for Alleghany’s aged, needy and de pendent children totaled $20,289. 50 for the fiscal year ending this week, according to Nathan H. Yelton, director of the public as sistance division of the State Board of Charities and Public Welfare. Yelton said $11,858.50 was spent during the year for old age as sistance in the county with 140 persons receiving grants from this fund during the month of June. In addition, 11 widows of Confederate veterans received $3,650 for the 12-mcnths period. Dependent children received $4,781 during the year, with 89 being given checks during the month of June. Grants in both categories were paid from com bined federal, state and local funds of which the county paid one-fourth the cost of gfapts and vvjdja. state making up anothefTourtlwmd the national government providing one-half the total outlay. Yelton said the total expendi ture for the state during the fis cal year was $6,416,528. The public assistance director, who has managed the program for four years and two months 1 leaves the state welfare depart ment this week to take over as secretary to the State School Commission. Mrs. W. T. Bost, State welfare commissioner, announced the ap pointment of R. Eugene Brown, assistant to the commissioner since 1930, as acting director of the public assistance division ef fective July 1. Brown will serve as division head until a director is chosen from the merit system register to be set up following merit examinations this fall. It will be the first prominent post in the state government to be filled from a merit register. , Public assistance expenditures in adjoining counties f*r the year were as follows: Watauga county spent a total of $28, 636 with $17,656 being for old aged, $9,030 for needy children and $1,950 for Confederate wi dows. Wilkes county had a total of $89,040, with $60,747 for old aged, $24,593 for needy children and $4,700 for widows. Avery county total was $3(1,953, with $22,713 for aged needy, $6,980 for needy children and $1,260 for wi dows. Revival Service To Start Sunday Rev. H. F. Duncan, of Elkin, to Conduct Methodist Meeting Here. Revival services are expected to begin Sunday evening at 8 o’ clock in the Methodist church here and continue each evening throughout the coming week. Rev. Herman F. Duncan, pastor of the Methodist church in Elkin, will conduct the services. There will be no morning ser vices, Rev. L. F. Strader said yes terday, but a daily vacation Bi ble school will be held in the church each morning for two weeks, beginning at 9 a. m. Mon day. Mrs. Harry Vaughn, Miss Josephine Inskeep and Mrs. Dal ton Warren will teach the school, assisted by Rev. Strader. Special song services will pre cede the meetings each evening. Regular church services will be conducted as usual on ; Sunday morning by Rev! Strader. Interest Is Shown In Meeting Here Having begun here on last Monday, revival services .at the Presbyterian church will continue each evening at 8 o’clock through out the remainder of this week. The meeting is being conducted by Rev. Joe H. Carter, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, Anderson, S. C. A great deal of interest has been shown in the services this week. Rev. Carter is being assist ed in the meeting by Rev. R. L. Berry, pastor of the church. Song services precede the meeting each evening. Miss Nancy Houston, a trained worker sent out by the Presby terian Committee of Religious Education, is conducting a daily vacation Bible school each morn ing at 9 o’clock. REVIVAL AT SCOTTVILLE CHURCH STARTS MONDAY Beginning next Monday night at 8 o’clock a revival meeting will get underway at the Scottvilie Baptist church and continue each evening throughout the week, it was announced yesterday. Services will be conducted by the pastor, Rev. W. H. Caldwell, of Sparta. The public is cordial ly invited to attend. I Agriculture Building Project Seeks Federal, State Approval With the future maintenance of the Sparta high school agri culture department hanging in the balance, plans for an essential, workshop and claSsnom build ing were forwarded early this week to C. M. Crutchfield, dis trict WPA supervisor, of North Wilkesboro, who promised Super intendent W. C. Thompson that necessary steps will be taken im mediately to secure state and federal approval of the proposed project. Plans for the building were drawn up by J. M. franklin, of Elkin, in compliant with sug gestions made by msfibers of the board of education, ipd are sub ject to approval by the bounty commissioners. The state department of public education has notified Mr.| Thompson that an agriculture, teacher cannot be retained here unless adequate classroom, and workshop facilities are available by the beginning of school this fall. Plans call for a brick building, 30x50 workshop and cabinet space, 30x50 workshop and cabnet space, a classroom and an instructor’s office. It would be built near the present high school building. Before work can get underway, the project must be aproved by WPA authorities in Raleigh and Washington, it was stated. Wood burns because it ha* the proper stuff in it; and a man be comes famous because he has the proper stuff in him.—-GOBTHE i Ask Teachers To Notify Supt. Of Stand On Law Retirement System Offers Payments to State Em ployees, Teachers. PASSED BY ASSEMBLY Non-election blanks, which when signed by teachers notify the superintendent’s office of their desire not to become a mem ber of the teachers’ ar.d state em ployees’ retirement system of North Carolina, are being mailed this week to 65 teacners in the Alleghany county school system. The retirement system for teachers and state employees was passed by the last session cf the legislature. Payments are avail able to teachers whei they have retired at the age of 30, a certain percentage having been deducted from their salaries each month. A list of the teachers in this county, together with their sal aries, has already been forwarded to Raleigh, Superintendent W. C. Thompson said yesterday. If a teacher decides not to be come a member of the retirement system, and does not hereafter apply for membership and be come a member or. or before January 1, 1942, he or she will lose credit for all service ren dered prior to July 1 of this year. Teachers who have rendered a part of their service out of state must have a certificate of ser vice claim signed by a commit teeman, superintendent, or an other authority. Announce Second Clinic Schedule Vaccinations Are Being Given Against Tynhoid, Small pox, Diphtheria. Another schedule for the cli nics which are being offered by the county health department at various points throughout the county, was announced yesterday by Miss Ola Collin*, Health nurse, who declared that a giifeat deal of interest is being shown in the work, among adults and children alike. Vaccinations are given against typhoid fever, smallpox and diph theria. At each point the clinic is held for three successive weeks. Typhoid vaccinations will not be given at the schools this fall, Miss Collins said, and it is im portant that those children need ing the vaccine secure it during the summer. * The schedule, running through July 24, is as follows: July 9. 16 and 23—Furches, 9:30 a. m.; Scottville, 11 a. m.; New Hope, 1 p. m.; Stratford, 2 p. m. Twin Oaks, 3 p. m. July 10, 17 and 24 —Chestnut Grove, 9:30 a. m.; Roaring Gap, 11 a. m.; Cherry Lane, 1 p. m.; Rich Hill, 2 p. m.; Glade Valley, 3 p. m. County health department in Sparta each Saturday morning from 9 to 11 a. m. Alleghany Wool Brings $7,171.99 Described by County Agent R. E. Black as “the best ever sent out of this county,” the pooled wool which was weighed at des ignated points last Thursday and Friday, brought Alleghany sheep raisers a total of $7,171.99. The wool, weighing 13,860 pounds, had previously been sold to Chatham Manufacturing com pany for 52 cents per pound. Far mers have agreed that the wool this season is of an exceptionally good quality. The price received is higher than in a number of years. Sunday School Convention Held Alleghany Baptists gathered at the Mt Carmel chittch last Sun day afternoon for their annual convention, which proved to be one of the most successful ever held. Highlighted by an address by Rev. R. West, of YadkinviUe, the program included also an address of welcome by Rev. Blackburn, reports from the various Sunday school committees, special music and devotional exercises by Rev. Local Window Tells Dramatic Story There is quite an art to creating and arranging merchan dise window displays and in this connection Sparta mer chants really “know their stuff”. One of the most impressive windows that has been featured here recently was the one at Smithey’s store, advertising shoes. Shown above is a pic ture of that window. Copy on the sign over a large pile of wool read, “In 1932 it took 16 pounds of wool to buy this shoe”. On the other side of the window was another sign over a small pile of wool. It read, “Today 6 pounds of wool will buy the same shoe. That is a true story, dramatically pre sented. In the recent wool pooling, Alleghany farmers sold 13,860 pounds of wool for $7,171, or 52 cents per pound. In 1932 wool was selling for around 14 cents per pound. (Photo by staff photographer.) 61 Youths Register Here On Tues. For Military Training 4 Young Women Are Conducting Bible Schools Workers Are Also Teaching Sunday School Study Courses for Baptists. Four ypbng women arrived last Saturday preparatory to begin ning work in Alleghany Baptist Sunday schools, working under the direction of L. L. Morgan, state Sunday school secretary, of Raleigh. Each is conducting a daily va cation Bible school in the morn ing and teaching a Sunday school study course in the evenings. Miss Alma Carlton, of Bowling Greene, Va., is at Scottville; Miss Edith Hayes, of Leicester, is at Chestnut Grove- Miss Mildred Davis, of Pendleton, is at Bel view; and Miss Mattie Stinson, of Goldston, is at New Hope. The young women are expect ing to work in other churches in the association next week. Addi tional workers are expected to arrive this week end to assist them. A special group meeting will be held tomorrow afternoon at the Baptist church here at 2:30. All those who are interested in the work of the Sunday school are in vited to attend. Gratifying reports are coming in from the splendid work these teachers are doing, Mrs. A. O. Joines said this week. CIRCLE WILL MEET TUESDAY The Lucille Ford circle of the Sparta Baptist WMU will hold its regular monthly meeting next Tuesday night at 8 o’clock at the home of Mrs. J. G. Mitchell. All members are urged to be present. Registration Was For Young Men Who Had Become 21 Since October 16. 50 FROM ALLEGHANY Men newly come to age, some 61 in Alleghany county, . regis tered for compulsory military service last Tuesday with the chan®e« increase. JLit v:R be called to th^cowTs wit*- • the year. Tuesday’s registration was for all young men who had become 21 since the initial mass enroll ment of last October 16 and for men between 21 and 36 who failed to register then. The sup plementary registration was han dled entirely here by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gambill, who kept the local draft office open until 9 p. m. Of the 61 men who registered here Tuesday, 11 gave their ad dresses as being outside the county. Previously, it had been estimated that only around 30 men would sign their #names to cards in the current registration. Lottery Soon Sometime this month a lottery is scheduled to determine the se quence in which the new enrol lees will receive questionnaires. Probably this week end selective service headquarters plan to an nounce the method by which the new registrants will be inter spersed with those already en rolled to give all mathematically equal chances. Revising original estimates, se lective service officials calcula ted Monday that the army pro bably would ask for recruits at the rate of 75,000 a month from now on. The revised estimate of induction was based on the ex ecutive order by President (Continued on Page Four) Alleghany And Wilkes Library Boards Decide On Bookmobile Meeting Wednesday in the courthouse with a delegation of library officials f r aim North Wilkesboro, members of the county library board went on re cord as favoring ■the procurement of a bookmobile for use in Alle ghany and Wilkes counties. In order to obtain the $900, a sum which is available to any county in North Caroliha for li brary supplies, it, will be neces sary for Alleghany and Wilkes each to raise $300 locally. Wilkes county was said to have raised its $300 already. Expenses of maintaining the bookmobile would be divided be tween the two counties in pro portion to the service rendered, it was pointed out at the meeting, sSttaac: 1 mm » tghany would secure the services of the “library on wheels” only one week out of each month. Members of the Alleghany li brary board attending the meet ing included Mrs. J. T. Inskeep, chairman, Superintendent W. C. Thompson, Miss Ivy Grace Doughton and Mrs. M. F. Parsons. James Mac D. Wagoner is also a member of the board. The delegation from Wilkes in cluded C. B. Eller, superinten dent of public schools, W. K. Sturdivant, Mrs. Reins and a Mr. Story. Board members from this coun ty decided that action would be taken as soon as pMpible to se cure contributions fe*n individ uals in the town and county. The Activities Now Well Underway At Roaring Gap Graystone Inn Filled to Capa city; Golf Tourney Is Set For the Weekend. ORCHESTRA ARRIVES Rain and fog failed to dampen the spirits of the people at Roar ing Gap last week end as the sea son got formally underway, but this week end, with Graystone Inn filled to capacity and the cot tagers practically all moved in, activities are expected to reach a peak. Out on the golf course Dumpy Hagler is making jjlans for a mammoth Fourth of July week end tournament. With a great deal of talent to choose from, the golf pro is planning to work up another Roaring Gap junior team to try its hand with some of the other resort teams. Last year the Roaring Gap crowd cleaned up Linville in fine style. Even the women are going to be counted in on the tournament. Hagler has been after them all week to keep score so that handi caps can be set up for some real high class play. Jack Barnes and Marvin Fer rell will head the lake this year and be in charge during the hours swimming is permitted. No fancy plans as yet, they declare. First problem to be worked out is how Jack will keep up his golf and water activities both. Having two of them on the job will make it a lot easier. Plans at the stables are still in the formative stage. Silver Pines campers are hard at work over signs to mark the riding trails so that motorists will know to keep a weather eye open for the horses. They are also planning to make signs for the horses’ stalls, realizing that 11 horses look pretty much alike. Harold Mickey and his orches tra arrived at Graystone Inn, ruesday to play at the hotel for the summer. A couple frdm the Arthur Murray studios arrived -be «« JvswwJ £WQU-. mer da'jrmg. Tt fiM tetS** pi" is tSuy'twkiHr jrmerly vat,; Hot Springs, Va. Openings In CCC Camp Announced Applications to Be Received by Miss Ervin at Wel fare Dept. Here. Boys who are between the ages of 17 and 23%—who are unmar ried, unemployed and in good physical condition — may enroll in the CCC camp at Laurel Springs next Tuesday or on July 18, Miss Lillie Ervin, welfare sup erintendent, announced yesterday. An applicant, if previously en rolled, should have been dis charged from camp at least three months, and is expected to have served not more than 18 months. Several of the enrollees may be transferred to other camps throughout the United States, Miss Ervin said. Enrollees are required to allot $15 a month to dependents, and deposit $7 a month, leaving them $8 a month for spending money while in camp. Those having no dependents are required to de posit $22 a month, which will be repaid upon release from camp. All boys who are interested in enrolling in the CCC should ap ply at the welfare department in Sparta, which is located in the of fice and assembly building, and if eligible they will be inducted into camp on the above dates. mum) , i nstvl cotNem 'SAYf H£ ALU/S
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