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Meherriin

Mrs. j. E. Ghermap and daugh-
ter. Mrs William Whitehead, of
Jacksonville. Fla. spent last
Thursday with friends at Colonial
Beach
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Schmidt and
family and Mrs Annie Pollard, ]
all Of South River, N. j.. spent
the week end with Mrs. Stephenia.
Pollard and other relatives here.
H. ]. Winston had all of his
children here for the week end.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. j. Anderson
and family of Richmond. spent
the week end with Mr.. and Mrs.
w. r Berry and Mrs Grace An
derson
Mr. and Mrs James I. New.
man and family visited Mr., and
Mrs. j. 0. Newman. and othef
relatives at Martinsville Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Hester Clark and
family. of Washington, D. C..
ofStfie WIG WIN ciiQ Will Nil4 anu
Mrs. LinWood Clark
Mr.. and Mrs. Lenard Fowlkes
and family. of Pals. Va, spent
Sunday with Mrs. Ola Fowlkea
and Mrs, Ila Marks
Easter Visitors
Mrs. Robert Ball and family, o.
Glen Allen. visited Mr. and Mrs.
L b Hurt, Sunday.
Vernon Priddy, of Portsmouth,
spent the week end with Mr.. and
and Mrs. F. O. Priddy. Y
Rev Frank CT. Koehler ana
family, of Hopewell. and Mr.. and
Mrs Curtis Waller. Of Henderson.
N c., spent the week end with
Mrs NJ. S. Price.
Mr.. and Mrs Sharp Davis, If
South Boston, were Sunday guests
OF Mr. and Mrs Macon Vaughan
Waymon DeHart, of the Uni
versity Of Virginia, spent the Eas-
ter holidays with his parents hefe.
Miss Ethel Dodson. of Danyi>le
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-04-23
At Baptist Meeting

Mrs. John Howard. Mrs Hol-
lmgsWorth, Mrs. H Coast and Mr.
ana Mrs Noah Templeman, at
tended the APpomattox Baptist
Association April II AT Worsham
Baptist Church.
MIR. and Mrs It L. Young and
granddaughter. Mrs Albert Nor
ris spent Saturday with Mr. and
Mrs Allen Young and family in
Richmond
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Franklin
and children. OF Charlotte N c.
spent the week end VITA his par
ents MI and Mrs Charlie Frank :
lin
Mrs. Ed Waddel is much inn
proved and has gone back to her
work ut brakes Branch
Mrs. Lyle Waddell spent the
past few weeks in Tennennsee
with relatives.
Mrs. c, f. Franklin is home
after being away nursing the sick,
drought the winter months.
Baptist w. Nj. S. met with Mrs.
Stella Bagby last Friday night.
With good attendance The next
meeting will be held with Mrs.
Tom Metcalf
Hartman Goats. Who works In
Richmond, spent the week end
at home with his wife and child
rem
Mrs. F. L Cogineton visited
Mr.. and Mrs. F'lave DrlskIl and
Mr. and MIS- J. NJ CoYington.
Saturday
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-04-23
Movie Guide
BY the Motion Pictur, Committee
Of the Farmville Woman's Club
The State

KNIGHTS Of the Round Table"
This pageantry of the age Of
chiyalry gives cinemascope a most
colorful subject in the authentic
setting Of southwestern England
and Ireland The script is based
on Malory's Lie Moret d'Arthur'
yet it differs in plot from the
"Idyll's Of the King" the charac-
terizatlon is Tennyson's Lancelot
Robert TAYLOR is victorious in
battle and single combat With
beautiful Queen Guinevere Ava
Gardner and loyly Elaine ,Maur-
cen Sevansonl you get striking
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-04-23

Meherrin and Tussekiah Baptist
Churches will be held at Tusse-
kiah Church on Friday. April 30,
at 7 p. M. with Tussekiah Mis-
sionary Society as host. Mrs. H
l.. Stricken and Mrs. r. E. Dun
KUN will teach the book In Evan
seline's Country by John Cay
lor. The public is invited to this
service
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-04-23

GU get completely net0 kind of driving ease
when you take the wheel of new Dodge truck
Steering is breeze with Dodge's new steering
system. You can turn tighter, too, because Dodge
is the sharpest turning truck Of them all New 49,
degree turning angle and short wheelbase design
let you make U-turns in less space than 999o OF
today's passenger cars See us today for an eye
opening demonstration. Wen show you what
real driving comfort is!
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The Lee

Above and Beyond The
strain, the tension. the dire need
for top secrecry and the grueling
discipline demanded by prepare
ton TO drop the first atomic bomb
are shown here in compelling hui
man terms Although the scenes
and testing of the B29 are au-
tnentic and absorbing, the film TO-
cuseS on ten toll in terms of hui
maan beings and their personal
relationships. Superior photogTa-
ply With the explosion over Hiro-
sllima as an awsome climax -
Adults and young people.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-04-23

a PORTABLE x-ray unit, which has
potential uses In medicine and in
dustry. has been developed at the
Argonne National Laboratory OF
the Atomic Energy Commission at
Lemont. Ill The active component
OF the instrument is tiny part of
radioactive thulium- II provides
rays which are comparable to a
100. 900 volt x-ray machine, thus
eliminating the use of electrical
power. Above. Eleanor Baran
holds the new unit which weighs
less than 10 pounds. She is stand
ing by standard x-ray machine.
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pictorial aspect OF the 9th cen
fury court life A sub-plot treats
the quest of the Holy Grail with
delicacy and reverence. This film
Of extraordinary achievement is
gwen an excellent rating.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-04-23

MurI Keiser.
Nj and Mrs Harrey Edward
have teleNls0n now.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-04-23
Abilene

The WSCS met at the parson-
age Thursday With Mrs J S.
King New Officers for the year
We're elected Mrs King presi-
dent; Mrs Wayne GGyder. vice
president Mrs. FlaNe Drisklu,
treasurer Mrs A + Dennis. for
eien missions treasurer. MIS-.
Thomas Driskill Secretary. Mrs.
r L. Drisklu Spiritual Life chair
man Mrs w B Nelson Litera-
ture and Publications chairman;
Mrs Albert M. Davis. Missionary
Education ana Service chairman.
and Mrs. J w Chappen, Supply
Work The new Officers will be-
gin terms in June Refreshments
and a social hour concluded the
meeting Miss Bessie Franklin as
sisted the hostess. Mrs. King
\ The next meeting Of the WSCS
wlll be Thursday May 10 and a
group meeting Will be held May
6 al Charlotte c. H.
Children Of Beulah Sund q VI
School enjoyed an Easter egg
hunt Mond day, given BIZ their
teachers.
Pvt. Walton Anderson. Of Geor-
Ella, spent the past two weeks oh a
furlough visit with his parents.
ma, .1I Mo- 1.t-,. H.-1--.
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more than enough IN frankly ncn-catholic publica-
tions
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Democracy As Propaganda

Democracy as unifying concept has come TO
be- in fact little better than semantc evasion To
some it means a political system under which the
government depends upon the uncoerced will of
the people in such way that it can be peaceably
changed whenever the will of the people changes.
To others il means anything down to system of un-
restrained mob rule in which everyone is declared
by fiat to be equal in merit and influence to every
one eIse in which minority has rights that
majority is bound to respect; in which anyones
property can be confiscated at will and distributed
to those who did nothing to earn it, in which IN
comes are to be equazed in spite of glaring in
equities in ability effort and contribution. This
second concept of Democracy must lead inevitably
into a Communist system and not toward free one.
THE FIREMAN., FEB. 23. 1889
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Inquiry Corner
HeGley.

@. Is there any authentic ac-
count of lghat really did become
of the Cloak of Christ? During
World War III read that IL tUaS
taken from one church in Ger
many to one at0ay from the dan.
ger zone. Hoa0 did it get there?
A. Relics associated with Christ
Himself include pieces of the
Cross, the veil of Veronica, the
Holy Nails in the iron crown of
Lombardy tMonza, italy,, the
Holy Lance (St. Peters, Rome),
The Holy Coat or Cloak (Trier,
Germany. As Catholics we are
not required TO believe in the au-
thenticity of any particular relic,
but all of these have been widely
accepted for a long time. The
Holy Coat of Treves, as it is call
ed. is The chief treasure of the
celebrated Cathedral in Trier
and the rare exhibitions (1344,
1891, 1889 have been the occa-
sions of huge pilgrimages. This
Cathedral was built over a fourth
century BaSilica, and Trier Tor
Treves1 was ranked first among
the cities of Gaul, being the i'm
perial residence in the fourth
century. Perhaps the Emperor
brought il there; it may have
some connection with the finding
of the True Cross by ST. Helena
in the same century, but there
seems to be no definite informa-
ton available.
Q. Does Christian Science
haze true miracles? Ho,U do they
differ from the miracles of Lo1tr-
des?
A. Christian Science, establish
ed by Mary Baker Eddy in 1875,
teaches a system of healing and
rejects doctrinal belief as a basis
for religion. II could not have
true miracles for they come from
God, Who does not manifest such
extraordinary approval of any
organization which rejects His
teaching. The healing" of Chris
tian Science can be explained by
auto-suggestion, but the miracles
of Lourdes include a great num-
Der of immediate and permanent
cures of organic disorders for
which there is no such natural
explanation.
@. Which has more potCer "a
regard 10 marriage, the Church
or government?
A. The Catholic Church be-
lieves that we should render to
Caesar the things that are Cae-
Sar's" and that includes the civil
effects of marriage. 1t also be
Iieves that the State should ''ren-
der to God the things that are
Gods" and that includes the
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LOUIS +. BGDENZ
Shall We SaUe MOscOU Again?

in effect that the Soviet-controll-
ed lands are under the blight of
a great depression. Through
out this speech he complained of
the lag in agriculture, which
has become most serious, the
lag and neglect in all sections
of our social construction" and
the need for ''the utmost rise in
labor production in all fields"
Significant of how truth is being
kept from the American people
by much of our general press is
the fact that a reprint of this
document appeared solely in the
United States NelUS and World
Report March 26) In publish
ing Malenkov'S admissions, the
editors of that national weekly
made an excellent contribution
in bringing out. with charts, the
bad conditions existing under So
Wet power. But it is interesting
TO note that these editors observ-
ed. in connection with introduc-
ing Malenkov'S report, that here
was something rarely seen this
side of the iron curtain-an of
ficial report by the Kremlin on
what is going on In Russia"
Such reports are rarely seen
by the American people, and
rarely analyzed for them, because
much of our press does not seem
interested in giving us a true
account of the weaknesses of
Soviet Russia. This report by
Malenkov appeared in the Com
inform organ March 19l. as do
other reports of the Soviet lead
ers, and was easily audtlable TO
the general press.
Hint From MsIenkov
When we understand the
Kremlin's dire straits, We appre-
ciate many current happenings
and what we should do about
them. The United States cannot
wait for Moscow TO collapse of Its
own huge weaknesses. Malenkov
has q ''remedy"-as Stain had
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moral and religious aspects Of
marriage. The Commandments of
God especially the Sixth and
the Sacrament of Matrlmony are
the business of the Church. Man
as person and the family as \
social unit do not belong to the
State, and the Church which is
the custodian of the moral law
and the Sacraments speaks with
authority on marriage questions
which relate to either. The early
Church fought against free
love- brought about the right of
slaves to marry and established
the dignity of woman in mar
riage. 1t has always fought to pre-
serve Christ's commands and re-
sisted the power of emperors and
kings who sought to put aside
their lawful wives or change the
nature of marriage as instituted
by God. Mark 40
@. Hoto did the Stations Of the
Cross start?
A. From earliest times Chris
tians made pilgrimages to the
Holy Land and walked the way of
the Cross. In the fifth century St.
Petronius erected a number of
chapels in st. Stephens monaS-
terry in Bologna modelled on the
chief shrineS in Jerusalem. Bless
ed Alvarez in the fifteenth CEN
try erected a similar set upon his
return from the Holy Land, but
the stations as we now have them
in our churches were not COM
monty used until the late seven
teenth century. At that time Pope
Innocent XI granted special in
dulgences to the faithful who
would follow Christ in the Way
of the Cross.
Q. Do zoe haze to giUe up our
de0ottons ift order TO get into
the titurgicaL spirit? Is there a
real conflict bett0een pri0dte de-
UotionS and liturgy?
A. Any private devotion which
is approved by the Church GER
tainly is consistent with the Lit
urgy. There can be no real con-
flict between the two, for Pope
Plus XII in his encyclical on the
liturgy states that they are wrong
who feel that all other religious
exercises not directly connected
with the sacred Liturgy
should be omitted" He mentions
especially meditation, examina-
tion of conscience, retreats, Wis
its to the Blessed Sacrament and
the Rosary among the private de-
'Votions..
Send questions to Father Ed
ward F. Healey, The Inquiry Cor
ner, The Catholic Times, Box
$50, Columbus 10. Ohio.
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WASHLNCTON LETTER
To Weed Out Reds In U.N

is a creature of the Soviet gov
ernment and, wherever it may
be found, is engaged in an effort
to destroy the governments of
non-communiSt nations"
Senator Jenner also said that
'the interest of the United States
in preventing the employment of
American communists by the
United Nations is two-fold. The
United States certainly cannot
yield jurisdiction over its own
citizens no matter where they
are employed. Furthermore. as
member state, the United States
is concerned with the dangers
inherent in the employment of
secret communists or pro-c0m-
munists in the United Nations
secretariat.
In the conclusions" of its re-
port, the subcommittee says the
same considerations of national
interest which dictate that a com
munist shall not be considered
desirable for Federal employ
ment are the basis for the con-
clusion that American nationals
who are communists must not be
allowed TO assume positions in
the United Nations from which
they can harm their country. We
believe it can be demonstrated
that citizens of any nation en-
gagged in a conspiracy to over
throw that nation by force and
violence are per Sc unfit for EN-
ployment by the United Nations
or any other international or
ganization."
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which is foreign to our thinking.
He can simply make a chief po-
liticsl opponent, such as Lsvrenti
p. Peria, the scapegoat and, at
the same time, send millions of
people to slave labor camps or
TO death. We must By firm pol
scg give the Soviet regime push
into complete dotUnfdlL.
Malenkov gave us strong hint
of what we should do in his now
famous report of October, 1882:
On the Threshold of Communism.
He outlined breathing
spell" during which Moscow
could consolidate its iron rule
over the discontented satellite
regimes and strengthen its de
fense might" against the United
States. But the Kremlin under
stands that such breathing
spell" is not obtained by stand
ing still. On its part, such re-
spite is won by befuddling the
United States and eUen Leading
It through penetration Of opinion
to further stlrTenderS, such as
took place at Berlin.
We can now appreciate why
the fifth column has been so
fervent in inStigating others to
join the current uproar against
"McCarthyism.' 1t will lead to
paralysis in American thinking.
II is being accompanied right
now by rising number of artic-
les in the secular press, led off
by the NetC York Times, indicat-
ing that the recognition of Red
China is inevitable" The Com
munists are piiing fuel upon the
fire, and have issued a whole ser
les of new pamphlets against
"McCarthyism." Two of these
come from the Labor Youth
League, today's substitute for
the Young Communist League
These widely distributed book
lets assail everyone toto is try
mo to shoac that Communism
pterdces America.
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ops with reference to the posi-
tion they have taken on the sub
ject of the United Nations. They
are moralists, not moralizers.
A moralizer is quickly dis
illusioned and easily tempted to
throw the baby out with the bath.
The Bishops, on the other hand,
following the realistic lead of the
Holy See, recognize the i'm
portance of changing the water,
but they are prudently concern
ed lest the baby-in this case the
United Nations be abandon
ed in the process. They have re-
Trained, in Father Gilby's termi-
nology, from attempting to die
tate the procedure of politics.
They have postulated certain
moral principles designed to inn
prove and strengthen the Unit
ed Nations. But they recognize
full well that politics, especially
in the virgin territory of inter
national relations, is the art of
the possible; that craftsmanship,
as Father Gilby puts it, cannot
be treated as a mere prolonga-
tion of ethics, for it is a quasi
Independent art. working in its
own proper medium"
Official Statement
The position of the Bishops
with regard to the United Ma
tions has been publicly stated
several times but never more
clearly than in their official
statement of November 18, 1945,
six months after the completion
of the U.N. Charter:
"our peace program envisag-
eS a world organization of ma
tionS. The charter which emerg-
ed from the San Francisco Con
ference, while undoubtedly an
AAApA ONEhhSAii Oti AltC DuhlOdl LOn
Oaks proposals, does not provide
for sound institutional organi-
zation of the international soci-
ETY.. The Security Council pro
visions make it no more than a
virtual alliance of the great pow
erS for the maintenance of peace.
These nations are given status
above the law. Nevertheless our
country acted wisely in decid-
ing TO participate in this world
organization. II is better than
world chaos. From the provision
IN the charter for calling a con-
stituent assembly in the future,
there comes hope that in time the
defects may be eliminated and
we may have = sound institution
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from ITS serious inner difficult
ties.
Our country now has a great
opportunity TO decide the imme-
diate future OF mankind. II 1t
we're to take strong stand ~
against all relationship with the
masters of the Kremlin and their
SatelliteS-it could eventually
send the Soviet regime into col
lapse. What are we doing at the
present time is almost the very
opposite-helping to build up the
standing of Malenkov by dealing
with him.
To the world beyond the iron
curtain, Soviet propaganda rep
resents the internal condition of
its empire as triumph of So
Wet socialist democracy We are
being fed with statements. many
of them getting into the general
press, that the Red regime is CO.
lossus of military, economic, and
political might. When Dictator
Malenkov has to discuss what is
happening within his domains,
We are given a different picture
"a picture that presents things
as they actually are.
Depression Blight
On March II of this year, Nal
enkov made an address to the
Leningrad election district of
Moscow IN which he confessed
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from the fact that hearings held
by the subcommittee were in
strumental lin revealing and Sc
curing the dismissal of a num-
ber OF Americans with cornmun-
iSt records employed by the
United Nations" the report indi-
Gates.
Senator William +. Jenner of
Indiana, chairman of the sub
committee, accuses the UN Gen
eral Assembly of "pussyfooting"
on the question of backing up its
Secretary General.
Instead OF facing up TO the
issue and refusing to pay damag-
es to American employees dis
charged after their refusal to
say, under oath. that they were
not communists" declared Sen
ator Jenner, the Assembly sent
the question TO the International
Court of Justice as though 1t
doubted its own position as the
dominant agency of the United
Nations"
The Senator also took issue
with the view of the AdminiStra-
tive Tribunal, as he expressed it,
that the communist conspiracy
is no more than a political par
ty."
IF this were true" he said,
there would be no need for
these people TO plead the posi-
bility of Self-incrimination in re-
fuSing to answer our questions.
THE fact is, as our record will
show, that the Communist Party
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MONSICNOR HIGGINS
Christian Optimism.

al organization Of the information
al community, which will devel-
op not through mere voluntary
concessions of the nations, but
from the recognition of the
rights and duties of the inter-
national society"
Charter revision, as recon-
mended by the Bishops in the
above statement, is the intelli-
gent via media between Utopiari-
ism on the one hand and cynl-
cism or defeatism on the other.
II would be mistake, however,
to center all of our attention on
the political, technical, and
psychological problems involved
in bringing about an adequate
revision of the charter. An eff
fort will have to be made stimuli
taneously to dramatic the I'M
spectacular but tremendously
important accomplishments and
potentialities of the specialized
agencies of the u.N., particular
ly those which are directly con-
cerned with problems of social
justice and economic betterment.
Corporal Works of Mercy
The American people, even
those who are currently cynical
about the United Nations con-
sidered as a purely political in
strumentality are traditionally
the very opposite of cynical when
they are made aware of problems
of human misery whether at
home or abroad. If anything.
they have erred on the side of
Utopianism rather than cynicism
in the field of human welfare.
They are capable, however, of
becoming cynical about the In
ternational Labor Organization,
the Food and Agriculture Organ
ization, and other specialized
agencies Of the U.N. because
they are not sufficiently aware
of the humanitarian work which
these organizations are attempt
ing TO do. If they knew the facts
of the case, there is reason TO
believe that their native gener-
oSity and their religious heritage
would incline them to say
amen" to the encouraging mes
sage which Pope Plus XII re-
Gently addressed to delegates at
tending the seventh session of
the FAC.
What the Holy Father was say
ing, in effect, is that the FAC
and other specialized agencies
of the U.N. working in related
fields of human welfare are a
very important, if not an indis-
pensable means of carrying out
the corporal works of mercy in
the spirit of the Gospel under
20th century conditions. His em-
phasis on the spiritual aspects
of the U.N. and his unflagging
spirit of Christian optimism in
the face of many disappoint-
ments should serve to dispel the
fearful misgivings of many re-
iigious-minded men and women
who, with the best of good will.
have ironically. but let us hope
only temporarily, become cyni-
cal about the United Nations in
the name of abstract disembod-
led moral principles.