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THE ALLEGHANY NEWS 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 VOLUME 2, NO. 24 $1.00 a Year in Alleghany County SPARTA, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 18, 1941 $1.50 a Year Out of County PUBLISHED WEEKLY Rain Slows Up Activities At Summer Resort Roaring Gappers Stay Indoors, But Dance, Have Teas And Luncheons.' Even California’s chamber of commerce could hardly have called the weather “beautiful” last week end at Roaring Gao, but there was enough sunshine to warrant a golf tournament, dance, and a number of beach lunch eons. A benefit bridge and tea was held last week for the proposed new children’s playground. Fami ly night was celebrated at the inn with the Ellers carrying out the family theme by walking off with all the bingo prizes. Friday af ternoon a putting tea was sche duled but putting was out of the question what with more rain. So everyone compromised with some tea. Saturday night a dance was held at the inn, with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Sims, the Arthur Murray cou ple, giving an exhibition. They did a conga, rhumba, waltz and tango. Accordisg to them, the rhumba and conga are all the rage these days and “if you don’t know how to do them you might as well start paying rent on one of the sideline seats.” But no mat ter what the dance masters say, the younger crowd is still hold ing forth for the jitterbug, with Marvin Ferrell the acknowledged master. Mr. and Mrs. Sims plan to give an exhibition at the regular week ly dance tomorrow night and also to have contests for the mountain crowd. Lessons are being held at the John Hanes cottage. The Ferrell-Struthers wedding party entertained at Roaring Gap on Wednesday. Ann Hanes was hostess at a beach luncheon and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bovard en tertained at dinner. Williams Struthers has been the guest of the Luther Ferrells. Mrs. John Hanes entertained the iUteiuLeis ■ *ti.e* Twf. City Gfarden club I t r..day at the (Continued on Page Four) AAA Compliance Checking Begins Supervisors Started Yesterday Determining Soil Build ing Practices. Alleghany county compliance supervisors started to work yes terday in various sections of the county and local fanners, coope rating with the farm program, are advised that their farms will be visited shortly, according to the county agent’s office. The supervisors are checking compliance with the agricultural conservation program on all co operating farms in the county. Their job will be to determine the number of acres, and the soil building practices which have been carried out on each farm. Checking on tobacco farms in' the county has been in progress for the past two weeks. There are 11 men employed checking compliance, one for each township, and two for the larger townships. Jess Moxley is the county supervisor. These men recently underwent a period of instruction given here by state AAA officials, and passed examinations on their course of study. RAINFALL OF EIGHT INCHES Dt 18 DAYS Jupiter Pluvius has been giv ing everyone in this section a full dose of rain tor several days. It has rained for 18 days and within that time the rain fall has been more than 8 inches. The constant falling of rain has made everyone feel like singing the old nursery rhyme, “Bain, Rain Go Away”. Many point out that if it keeps up there will be another flood. The rivers- and smaller streams are swollen and much damage has been done to wheat, oats and other grain crops. Many people, after studying their almanacs and signs, re port that “dog days” or rain tor forty days and nights, are now In toll swing. Whatever the days are, sunshine would U. S. Marines on Guard in London For the first time in history, U. S. marines line up in front of the embassy in London for inspection before mount ing guard. In all, 63 officers and men, including 11 who were saved when the Dutch ship Maasdam was torpedoed, have been sent to London for fire warden duty. Sportsmen Pass 8 Resolutions Meant To Conserve Game RETIRED MINISTER Dr. H. K. Beyer, of Charlotte, retired Methodist minister, who spends his summers in Sparta. Dr. Boyer is a native of Alleghany county and last week appeared as The News’ “personality of the week.” Two Tried Here On Past Monday Elmer Boyden Dunn, 25, and Isaac Watson Dunn, 21, who are brothers and residents of Mocks ville, were tried here early Mon day morning by Justice B. F. Wagoner following their arrest late Sunday afternoon. Charged with drunk driving, the former was bound over to superior court. The latter, charged with public drunkenness and driving with improper brakes, was fined $10 on the first count, $5 on the second. North Carolina ranked 24th among other states in wheat pro duction in 1940 and 23rd in value of the crop. Club to Offer Recommenda tions to Game Commission At Next Meeting. MET FRIDAY NIGHT Fcrty-two sportsmen met here in the county office and assem bly building last Friday night, enjoyed a fish dinner prepared and served by the Woman’s club, and following a short period of discussion, which featured an ad dress by Horton Doughton unani mously passed eight resolu tions designed to substantiate the protection and development of wild life in Alleghany county and adjoining area during 1942. Several sportsmen from neigh boring towns came here for the meeting, including T. N. Wood ruff, Joe Sailor, Charlie Haines and Leo Roberts, of Roaring Gap; Claude Doughton and Carlisle In gle, of North Wilkesboro; W. L. Jackson, of Low Gap; and R. C. Crowder, of South Hill, Va. Fri day night marked the first meet-, ing of the club since last Decem ber. Mr. Doughton, who is a new member of the state board of conservation and development, told the sportsmen that Allegha ny is one of only five counties in the state “doing anything about the promotion, development and protection of its fish and wild game”. He congratulated the club on its active organization. Long an enthusiastic sportsman, Mr. Doughton outlined briefly a number of steps the new board is planning to take relative to the further improvement of hunting and fishing in the mountains dur ing the coming year. Resolutions, as passed by mem bers of the club, are as follows: (1) That Little river be closed to all fishing—from Whitehead to the Virginia line—at the close of the present season, for one year. (2) That the hunting season in Alleghany county be opened when the state season opens (usually on Thanksgiving day) anjd be closed (Continued on Page Eight) Germans Continue To Make Serious Advances In Russia No conclusive German vic tory is in sight yet, bat the Ger mans are now making rapid progress towards Moscow, lat est reports reveal. The Red armies, however, are still intact and are lighting hard. As the fourth week of the war ends, Germany is still be hind the schedule Hitler first predicted. The Germans and Russians con tinue fierce fighting with both forces claiming success. The Ger mans are making advances at several points, several news sources report The Russians claimed yester day, however, to have virtually annihilated advanced German motorized forces striking at Len ingrad from the Pskov-Porkhov sector some 178 miles to the south and to have held f^st at the Red center about Vitebsk in violent fighting that cost many dead on both sides. Along the Ukrainian front, Moscow’s early morning communique pictured the Nazi drive on Kiev as halted and as serted, moreover, that German mechanized troops had got so far out ahead of the main forces as to be left “in a difficult situation.” This estimate of the situation was almost diametrically oppo site to that of the Germans, who claimed unofficially that their northern forces had reached near ly to Novgorod, which is only 100 miles southeast of Leningrad, and that the last, easternmost bunk ers of the Stalin line in the Vitebsk; area before Moscow had been occupied by Nazi troops. (Continued on Page Pour) Farm Families Asked To Apply For Loans Now Farmers May File Applica tions with FSA Office at Courthouse Here. Qualified farmers in Allegha ny county who at present do not own farms and who desire to ap-1 ply for a loan to purchase a fa mily size farm under provisions of the department of agriculture’s tenant purchase program should file their applications now with , the Farm Security administra , tion, Robert W. Fleetwood, coun ty FSA supervisor, said yester-. day. Seeking to give as many eligi ble farm families as possible an opportunity to own a farm of their own, the department of ag riculture is accepting applications for loans which may be made any time between now and June 30, 1942. Applications should be filed at once for loans to be made during the fiscal year, so that approved families will have sufficient time to select farms and make plans for the 1942 crop, the supervisor said. Farm families who filed appli cations after July 1, 1940 for loans this year, but which were not aproved because of lack of funds, will not have to file new applications. Mr. Fleetwood said that the county tenant purchase commitee, composed of Charlie G. Collins, Dillon Edwards and Jess Moxley, will review these appli cations again and notify the fa milies if additional information is needed. The Bankhead-Jones farm ten ant act passed by congress in 1937 authorized the Farm Security ad ministration to make loans to ca pable tenant and farm laborer fa milies to enable them to buy land of their own. These tenant pur chase loans are large enough to cover the cost of a family-type farm and the expense of repairing old farm buildings or putting up new ones. Loans a'H 'made only to citizens of the Edited States, and preference is given to those who own the livestock and equip ment to operate a farm. Qualified applicants are rec ommended for loans by a com mittee of three local farmers in each county where the program is in operation. These committee I men certify to the secretary cf agriculture the applicants whom they Consider most deserving and best qualified to make a suc cess of a family-type farm. The loans carry three per cent inter est and may be repaid over a per iod of 40 years, although the bor (Continued on Page Eight) Prisoners Are Still At Large Neither the escaped prisoners nor the thieves who released them from jail here on the night of July 6 have beeh apprehended by officers, according to the sheriff’s office. Keys to the jail were stolen from the desk of Sheriff DeWitt Bryan and the three prisoners turned out of their cells on the second floor of the courthouse. Thieves entered the sheriffs of fice after breaking the night latch on a window. Nothing else in the office was disturbed. The prisoners were listed as Earl Dixon, of Edmonds, jailed on a charge of drunjc driving; Bert Hendrix, of Hare, awaiting trial on a charge of drunkenness; and Bertha Atwood, of Sparta, await ing trial on a charge of vagran cy. Officers stated this week they have several clues, and are ex pecting to reclaim the escaped prisoners in a short while. Baptists Prepare For Celebration Plans are now well underway to hold the fiftieth anniversary celebration of Hie Laurel Springs Baptist church on July 27, a Week from Sunday, it was an nounced this week. Services are to be held in both the morning and afternoon. Din ner will be served on the church grounds. Dr. Walter N. Johnson will be featured speaker for the day. Many fonner pastors, as well as former church members and friends of the thurch, are expec Weapons For Uncle Sam’s Army 75 MM. howitzers for the U. S. army are shown being tested in an Erie, Pa., manufacturing plant. These guns will hurl a 14-lb. projectile a distance of 95,000 feet and are rated with the highest striking power of any army gun for its weight. A Field Man To Promote Dairying Is Assigned To Alleghany, Ashe & Watauga HEROES HONORED Mary Pickford and Gen. F. F. Howell, commander of United Confederate Veterans, break ground on Gettysburg battlefield for a memorial to Gen. James Longstreet, sec ond in command to Gen. Lee at the famous battle. Revival Meeting To Begin On Wed. Beginning next Wednesday ev ening at 8 o’clock, a revival meet ing will get . underway at the Sparta Baptist church under the direction of Rev. V. W. Sears. Assisting Mr. Sears in these meetings will be Rev. and Mrs. Herbert Miller, singers and per sonal workers. The general public is invited to attend each meet ing. The revival is scheduled to con tinue nightly for 10 ddys. CRAB CREEK CEMETERY TO BE CLEANED ON THURSDAY Next Thursday has been set aside as the day for cleaning up the Crab Creek cemetery, and all those who are interested in this work are urged to meet at the church at 8 o’clock a. m., bring ing with them the appropriate tools needed to do the job. Pro viding Thursday is a rainy day, the work will be done on Friday, it was stated yesterday. J. P. Ligon To Start Work This Week. Jefferson To Be Headquarters. To help promote the dairy in dustry in Alleghany, Ashe and Watauga counties, one of North Carolina’s leading dairy sections, the state extension service is as signing a full-time field repre sentative to work with the farm ers and milk purchasers in these three counties. J. P. Ligon, who has been with the extension service as the lead er in land-use planning, is expec ted to arrive in the Jeffersons to day to take up his new duties, according to an announcement yesterday by J. A. Arey, exten sion dairy specialist at State col lege. His salary and traveling expen ses will be paid by the state and federal governments and he will make his headquarters in Jef ferson, local leaders state. Mr. Ligon will advise and work with farmers in the three coun ties in an effort to improve and expand dairying. His activities will include the promotion of production of better feeds, better breeds of animals, more silos and j so on. It is understood that Kraft Cheese company. Coble dairies, and Carnation Milk company, as well as the three farm agents de partments, will co-cperate with him to the fullest. This dairy expansion work is being made possible by a special appropriation that was passed during the last session of legisla ture, and the assignment of Mr. Ligon here is the first step that has been taken in this connection in the state. The new field representative was born and reared on a grade (Continued on Page Eight) DRIVING LICENSES TO BE ISSUED ON SAT. MORNING State Patrolman Richard Griggs said yesterday that driving li censes will be issued here from now on each Saturday morning between 9 and 12 o’clock. Those persons desiring licenses are advised to secure them from Patrolman Griggs’ office in the courthouse here. Bible Schools Concluded In Alleghany Baptist Churches Bringing to an end the vacation Bible schools which have been offered by all the churches in the Alleghany Baptist associa tion since the middle of May, commencement exercises for each of the schools were held in the various churches last week end. The schools were taught by county pastors and church work ers, together with representatives of the Baptist State convention. Enrollments were good and a great deal of interest was shown in the work, officials stated this week. For the past three years each church in the association has had a Sunday school. This year every church has had a study course except one, and it is expected to have one before the next asso ciation convenes. Church workers said this week that the Bible schools and study courses conducted here have com bined to make the most Success ful movement in Christian educa tion ever undertaken in the county. After two weeks work in the Bible schools and study courses, the four state workers left here last Sunday for Ridgecrest, where they planned to attend Sunday School Week this week. Those assisting in the work at the churches in the association were as follows: Sparta—Mrs. V. W. Sean, Rev. V. W. Sears, Mrs. Wade Good man, Mrs. Glenn Richardson, Mn. A. O. Joines, Mrs. Sam Porter, Mrs. Ralph Parker and Mn. Ben Reeves. ' (Continued on Page Pour) Northwestern Bank Directors Met Wednesday Reports Showed Splendid Pro gress Was Being Made. Met In Sparta. Directors of the Northwestern Bank held a meeting in the office and assembly building here Wed nesday, routine business was transacted, and full reports made on each unit of the bank, up to July 1. These meetings are held quar terly and are generally held at North Wilkesboro, but occasional-' ly at other branches of the bank. The reports from the different units were very good, Gov. R. A. Doughton, who is president of the bank, declared. Following are the directors who were present: R. A. Doughton, M. E. Reeves, D. C. and Edwin Dun can, of Sparta; J. T. Prevette, Ralph Duncan and N. B. Smithey, of North Wilkesboro; W. D. Far thing, W. B. Collins and W. W. Mast, of Boone; Harry Bailey, W. C. Berry and G. W. Greene, of Bakersville. The following women, wives of directors or otherwise connected with the bank, were present for the meeting: Mrs. N. B. Smithey, Mrs. D. C. Duncan, Mrs. Edwin Duncan, Mrs. R. A. Doughton, Mrs. Clyde Harrington, Mrs. En nice McMillan, Mrs. M. E. Reeves, Mrs. W. C. Berry, Mrs. W. B. Col lins, Mrs. W. D. Farthing, Mrs. Alton Thompson, Mrs. Mamie Call and Mrs. W. W. Mast. It was decided that the next meeting of the directors should be held at Bakersville at the call of the president sometime during October. 10 Trainees To Leave For Army Men to Receive Final Instruc tions This Morning, Go to Fort Bragg. Early this rooming 10 selective service registrants from Allegha ny county are expected to board a bus which will carry them to ‘Fort Bragg for induction into the United States army. Listed here are the names of the selectees who are expected to fill the current quota: Leff Joe Caudill, Joseph Talmage Smith and Gaither Lee Evans, of Spar ta; Dent Bowie Pugh, Topia; Vin cent Alexander Cox and Page Dennis Parsons, Piney Creek; George Ray Long, Citron; Kemp Hillery Caudill, Whitehead; Em itt Ray Andrews, Ennice; and Carlie Leftwich Vernon, Strat ford. Parsons is the only volunteer listed, it was learned. James Reb Reeves, of Scottville, previously scheduled to go along with the above group, was deferred last week because of physical defects. After this morning Alleghany county will have selected 41 reg istrants for the army, including volunteers, through the operation, of the selective service military program. NEW SERIAL STORY STARTS THIS WEEK A thrilling new serial story, “The Road to Bagdad”, by Geo. Gibbs, starts in this week’s issue of The News. You will enjoy this story. Be sure to read the first installment and every installment each week. Gibbs is an outstanding writer and this is his best production so far. Turn to page seven now. Joe G//H
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