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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-09-24
Ground Conquest

1T is reliably reported that the use of
armor in modern armies is being heavi-
" emphasized by General Matthew B.
RidgWay, Army Chief of Staff. There is
little doubt that RidgWay is emphasizing
the tank more than some Of his predeces-
sors, and, therefore. the question of the
future role of the tank in atomic warfare
has been raised
We call attention to this at this time,
because the L. S. Army is now expanding
its armored divisions at a ve-y mild pace
to three Regular Army and three National
Guard armored divisions. OF the three
Regular Army divisions one is in Germany
and two are at Fort Hood, Texas.
The California, Texas and New Jersey
National Guard divisions are either al
ready. or being made armored divisions
The present controversy over the role
of armor in modern warfare reminds us
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-09-24
For Safety Sake

THE brisk autumn season is now upon
us, and the time of the year for football
week ends has also arrived. At the begin
ming Of this football season, we take coca
sion to warn local citizens about the
dangers to be encountered on football trips.
Not only does fall bring the first win
ter weather, but the nights are continually
growing longer from now on until Deem
Der 2lst and therefore, two factors which
work against the automobile driver are
entering the picture increasingly as the
football season wears on.
Moreover the gay crowds, and huge
crowds which often travel to football
games constitute menace of their own
peculiar variety. Some are prone to cele-
brate and this will take number of lives
this year and others are in too much of
a hurry to get to the game for the open
ing kotf-havng started late.
Still others, who have enjoyed the
fruits of victory too much will lose their
lives returning from the game, in dark
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-09-24

OF that which ranged in the 1905. 1t will
De remembered that, at that time the Ger
man otatt was badly split on the role armor
should play IN modern warfare.
Rldgway, who has had considerable ex-
perlence recently in Korea, values the tank
very highly and thinks the U. S. Army
should be more heavily mechanical In this
view we are in complete accord with him.
In tact, we would like to see the day when
at least fifty per cent of the Army's divi-
SONS were armored divisions. The argu-
ment that anti-tank weapons have increased
IN efficiency to the point where the role
of the tank is debatable leaves us unim-
pressed
In the future, the tank will play an en-
larging role in warfare, and the tank which
can be carried by large aircraft will be
able to create more havoc behind enemy
lines than ever before.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-09-24
Self-Suhciency

4 subcommittee of the Senate Commit
tee on Interior and Insular Affairs
reported recently that the United States
system of stockpiling critical raw ma
leflalS might be the wrong approach to
preparedness. ne 4l5-page report repre-
SCENTS an intensive study of the problem,
and includes letters from such experts as
former President Herbert Hoover.
The hearings were carried on over A
ten month period and at least $50 witness
were heard, mostly distinguished engi-
heefS' military authorities and other ex-
peftS. One OF the main contentious of the
STUDY IS that the United States-hy build
ing up stockpiles of critical raw materials
TENDS TO fetard the development of syn
thetic industries and new industries which
could produce these materials. The report
concludes that II this country is caught in
MAYOR war without facilities to produce
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-09-24
Old Folks Relied on Values

HAVING recently averted what once
would probably have been a serious ILL
ness, by being shot full of miracle drugs, we
are led to ponder the complacency with
which we accept the wonders all about US.
While our memory reaches back far
enough to recall when some of these won
ders were nonresident, it still strikes us
as surprising that there are people alive
today who We're born before the use of
electric power, the telephone, automobile
and radio not to mention teleVision
and the whole host of medical i'm
provements and discoveries that have re
lieved the human race Of an untold bur
den Of suffering.
Sometimes in the eyes of very old folks,
we think we catch CLINT of amusement,
an indication that they possess some secret,
some key to living that has been swallowed
up, steamrollered-over, as it were. in the
tremendous advance of material comforts
and pleasure during the last century
The old eyes seem to say SO much is
handed to you, Yet you fret and complain;
50 little was handed to me, yet strove and
survived.
Perhaps the secret goes back further
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-09-24

ness, in bad weather, or at the hands of
someone else, who may be suffering from
any one of the conditions fatal to SO many
drivers each year.
This editorial is request for mature
behavior by all readers this football season.
While there are some perennial college
playboys who never seem to grow up and
who take every football game as an oc-
casion to celebrate as if they were eighteen
years DID, we hope that this example will
not be followed by many of our citizens.
Too often it is these high school
"Charies" who are involved in accidents
and killings, instead of the students whom
one might expect to possess immature
judgment. Some of those who read this
editorial will not be alive at the end of
this football season to check up on their
behavior Every year football trips take
their toll Be sure you are able to reflect
upon your behavior late on the night of
January 1st-at the end of the football
season.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-09-24

yet-say to the eyes Of the present old per
sons grandfather who had nothing but
an axe and rifle to work with and whose
every day and every night in the wilder
ness would to us now be as strange, as
insecure and as threatening as fearful
dream.
We are not so silly as to want to turn
the clock back and we are quite happy to
receive the benefits of modern comforts
yet we have the feeling that not one of US
can afford to receive these benefits com
placently
Should we not, occasionally, shut off
the teleVision, and turn to the old folks
and say: what was it you learned way back
there in the lamplight or the freight, or
when you were sick and no miracle drug
to ease you or maybe even no doctor, what
was it that took you through are there,
beneath the sickness and the ease and the
comforts, some values we might be miss
ing !. something we should know and pre-
serve something that is more important
something that must not be lost?
Would we learn something? We might
ask and see.-The Pilot (Southern Pines.
n. CD
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-09-24
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By Ted k<s&a

Weight for weight. bluegius
are the most consistently good
fighter of any fish, at least in
our fresh water" SO insists ia
son Lucas, angling editor of
Sports Afield magazine. Another
thing that he likes about blue
gills is that there is no other
fish which shows such decided
preference for artificial flies Ex-
cept in very late fall, when they're
down in 30 feet Of water, flies
will invariably get a lot more
bluegills than will live bait
Using flies for bluegills doesn't
call for the long study that some
other types of fishing do. Any
fly rod is OK. Lucas suggests
dry-fly trout rod between 7
and feet, moderately power
full. 1t is important to have the
line heavy enough to bring out
the action OF the rod. Here are
the lines that work best on such
a rod
The c level is much the least
expensive, and is perhaps the
easiest to learn with. Consider
ing the tapered lines, you'll find
that an HIGH Gouble-taper casts
fine with this type of rod. A
double-taper is attended for dry
flies, works fine with smaller wet
flies, but is not suitable for bugs
or large streamers. A CsBF line
gives the most distance after you
learn to shoot" line.
With bluegill flies you should
use a tapered leader. Try one Of
7l2 feet. The point or tippet-
the front part-should be about
the liehtest that you can find.
There are only three secrets
to catching bluegills on flies: II
Use small fly. q Fish it deep.
81 Fish it slowly For really big
fish, the rule is: Fish deep.
Many fisherman make the
mistake of using larger than No.
10 for bluegills. Sometimes small
Ter ones are more productive.
even down to No. 49, Mo- only
should the hook be small but.
usually. the dressing too-remem-
Der that a bluegill has a very
small mouth Wet-fly wings, ly-
ing back along the body, do no
harm; but erect dry-ly wings,
except in the smallest sizes. aren't
so good Dry flies work we'll for
bluegills only in the late evening
Nymphs sometimes work fine on
them.
Don't fret about patterns. but
the general color Of fly is often
rather important Get some that
are mainly black, white, med
ium gray and medium brown.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-09-24

critical materials in the Western Hemis-
phere, the result might be as bad as not
having an adequate stockpile
The new theory on national defense and
critical materials is sound AS we have
pointed out in the case of decentralization
OF Y. 5 industry Cittle of which is being
done), we believe this Government should
take quick action to develop facilities to
syntheticaly produce critical materials
which must be brought from distant lands
and to explore fully the raw materials re-
sources of this hemisphere
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-09-24

IN minutes to places hours away.
You can do magic
Yet in the blink Of an eye. in
the tick of your watch. I can turn
deadly killer I can snuff out the
life Of kid still full of Iife-may-
be your kid.I can twist a smile
into tears. I can wreck and Grip
pie and destroy I can deal out
death like the plague. And I'm
no respecter Of persons. A child.
grandmother even you. my
friends its all the same to
me.
I'm sensitive I respond instant
ly to the hands you give me. Give
me calm hands, steady hands.
careful hands and I'm your
friend But give me unsteady
hands, fuzzy minded hands. reck-
less hands then I'm your enc
ny a menace to the life, the hap
piness. the future Of every person.
every youngsters riding, walking.
playing
was made for pleasure and
usefulness Keep me that way. I'm
in your hands. I'm just steer
ing wheel. And you're my captain.
Behind me you're the lord and
master of a miracle or a ira
eedy It's up to you he Ameri-
can Oil Company In the interest
of highway safetyO
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-09-24
Living Witness
Lesson for September 26, 1854

81 a GAINST the Stream" is the
title Of recent book by
Karl Barth The title means to sug-
gest that Christian living has 20
be against the stream of great
deal Of what the world thinks and
admires. Many people think that
Christian faith simply helps a man
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-09-24
Guest Editor
Just a Steering Wheel

I'm just a wheel. A steering
wheel. And you're my captain.
Behind me you're the lord and
master Of a miracle. You can
make me take the kids to school.
You can turn me down the sunny
road toward town. With me you
ket place you can rush the
can guide your goods to the mar
sick to be healed You can go
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-09-24
Rsdeemlng the World


What a Christian is and does.
is determined both by the kind of
world we see around us. and the
kind Of God we have above us and
in us II it were a different world,
or different God, our tasks would
no doubt be different. AS we look
at the world. we can see two facts
about it which are pretty unpleas-
ant, but true. Poets and policemen
know these things are true, even
If lot Of us try TO dodge the facts.
One is the world is fiat and taste
less, especially tstrange as it may
seem) to the very pers ons who try
their hardest to get kick" out
Of life The other is the world is
decadent, which is polite word
for rotten The Bible word is cor
rupt, which means the same
thingD In such q world Christians
are called on to be different
Jesus words about salt and light
will always be remembered by
Christians. They are expected to
give taste and zest to a stale
world; TO keep rotting world
from decaying entirely As light,
they are to bring to the world what
sunlight does to dark cold places.
Christians are to share in God
work of redeeming the world, just
by being different from the world,
not merely different, like sand
in the soup. but savingly different,
like salt.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-09-24

If no one planted vioIets
Petunios, gIods Or phIox,
IT no one soIed q ship at seq
Or berthed them in our docks,
We d have no gardens in the foil
Or things from foreign londs OF all
If no one built bridge for is
Or laid our highways out,
And no one roised q girl or boy
20 laugh and run about,
How drob our land would be, how dreor,
Without small children playing here
If no one wrote q song of love,
Whot then would lovers do,
7 3 tell each other all about
Their love SO fond and true?
For poems ond music have way
OF voicing things we Wish to say.
If no one ever built q church
Where those who will moy knee
10 ask Of Him who loves US OIL
There broken hearts to heal,
How lonely folks would feel without
Our churches scattered round about
So let's be glad thot people still
Down in their heart deep core,
Keep love Of oil thot's pure ond GOOD
Of LIES abundant store
Honor and foth and flowers Coy
10 help US travel Iife's highway
l. D Whtoke
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-09-24

If you are one of those fair
weather fishermen who usually
put away their fishing tackle at
the end Of summer. take my ad
vice and don't do it yet awhile
Now that the lakes in this re-
glen have all been lowered six
or eight feet to allow the first
froStS TO kill the vegetation along
the banks-there are naturally
more fish per acre Of water area
than when the ponds were filled
with water. and fishing will def
nitely be better after the fish have
accustomed themselves to the
change.
These cool nights will have the
silvers schooling up and the
bass will be foras.ng around for
minnows. Most any day now word
should come that nice catches are
being made at winston. Bear
Greek. Goodwin, and Holiday
Lake Small minnoWs will be the
favorite bait for the silvers. and
either large minnows or under
water plugs should prove success
full for the bass.
So don't let cool weather or
even a cold drizzle of rain. keep
YOU from going fishing. 1t has been
proven time and again that all Of
us miss some of the very best
angling of the year by allowing
the weather to keep US off the
ponds and creeks
News came today of a really
fine catch of bass down at Trice's
Lake in the early morning hours
of Sunday the 18th One bass is
said TO have tipped the scales at
better than eight pounds.
Several of us were back in the
James this past week end and
though they ran smaller than
usual, three of US caught half a
dozen small mouth bass and
plenty Of perch The showers
which have fallen all morning
should improve fishing over this
entire area.
Dove shooting proved variable
all Of last week While doves APP
peared to be plentiful early in the
week few large concentrations
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-09-24

TO do better what
everybody in the
world wants to do.
Men want success,
m oney. power ,
pre- stige; and be
ing a Christian"
helps one to get
these things ia ster.
No, that is not it.
When Christ comes
into a life that life
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-09-24
Double Check

Harry Humans telling Prcsi-
dent Eisenhower he needs a Dem
ocratic Congress IS like the ser
pent telling Eve to cat the apple
The way things have started
shaping up its hard to tell if this
political crop will ever be harvest
ed or not maybe another one
We pillow under So far they have
outmoded the National Conven-
tons Of both major parties, and
with Ike and Stevenson already
running its only left for the 1865
convention to nominate the vice
president Of the two tickets
No sooner did the Democrats
start charges than the Republic
cans began to deny it's gong
10 be so good we may Just set
back and let her rip Even for
get the war Quemoy has cooked
up all together some are still
worried about Maine.
The party might be all right but
we got the worst crop Of politi-
clans We ever had they even
accuse each other Of being crook
ed If democracy holds through
this one its likely to be the worlds
standard for keeps
I had Mr. Garter. from Car
tcrsville. Of State Highway fame,
and Brother Stout. of the Draft
Board. to see me and boy was I
happy to see them Walking up to
a Christian is like approaching a
red hot stove you can feel the
heat and in Brother Stout
it's there.
Thanks for the visit thanks
for reading.
Yours,
MARVIN BROWN
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-09-24

Three years ago thousands of
Koreans living in the area north
Of the 9th parallel fled to escape
the communist aegressors. Today
they are retaining to their homes
penniless and with no possessions
To assist them in their resettle-
ment, CARE, $50 First Avenue.
New York, or your local CARE
office, has available for immediate
delivery agricultural hand tool
kits. ST. and ,ploWs. $40.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-09-24

50 long as your money holds out, you
will have plenty of friends" to help YOU
spend it.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-09-24
Gods Attack on Man


A crank-sided philosopher once
called Christianity Gods attack
on man" That is both a long way
from the truth. and close to it, de-
pending on how you take it. It is
long way from the truth that God
SO loved the world that he gave
his only Son; long way from the
prophets saying that God desires
not the death of the wicked, but
rather that he shall turn from his
way and live Ezekiel Bid
Christianity is all that happens
when God comes to the rescue of
man. On the other hand, there is
something in man that God does
have TO attack When a swimmer
starts to drown, and the life-saver
goes in after him. one Of the first
things the life-saver may have to
do is 10 knock the fellow out. A
drowning man will fight his rescuer
and sometimes only Knockout
will save him Now the world. that
is to say the world outside OF God,
is a hostile world 1t carries on
kind OF war against God. II does
not ask for help, it is proud self
satisfied. 1t always associates God
with what is unple asant or cruel.
such as death or disaster God does
have to attack mans pride, his
satisfaction, his mental slam
dering OF God himself God does
not need to be reconciled 10 man,
but man does need to be recon
ciled TO God. So the business OF the
Christian is to give testimony TO
this. As Paul puts it. the Christian
is an ambassador for Christ, q
messenger Of reconciliation.
When Love Controls
So the Christian Is expected to
be living witness, both in what
be is and in what he says. Could
real Christian be perfectly con-
tent with being saved" himself,
without worrying over other people
in the least? II ever there had
been a generation Of such self
centered Christians" our religion
would have died out One thing
is certain: as witness. no one
is convincing if his attitude to his
lost contemporaries is one OF scorn.
The effective witness, in word or
in life, comes from the heart
moved by the same compassion
that only Jesus fully had. and
only he can inspire. The growing
Christians, the contagious Chris
dtians, the witnessing Christians,
have always been those who could
say as Paul did: The love of
Christ controls us.
Biased on outlines copyrighted by the
Division Of Christian Edueation Ma
tional Council Of the Churches Of Christ
In the U. s. A. Released by Com m unity
Press Servlee1
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-09-24

Let us have peace" are the
words inscribed on the tomb of
General Ulysses S. Grant in New
York City.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-09-24

An executive is one who cannot
work unless he has assistants
The Bexter Bulletin Mountain
Home, Ark
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-09-24

Molly Pitcher took her nus
bands place in the battle of
Monmouth in 1889, as he lay dy-
ing beside his cannon.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-09-24

The people who take their work seri
ously are usually the ones who have the
permanent Jobs.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-09-24

will not have the same aims as be
fore The Christian does not swim
with the world only faster
He has to swim upstream.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-09-24

Scripture: Matthew 513-1e; John
l40-42a Acts 4:13-20: B4-8 300
II Corinthians 5;ll-2o: | Peter BIB 10.
Devotional Reading: Romans l0:4~5.
Evening star., 1954-01-05
By The Asseeioted Press

DETROIT, Jan. 5.-Backfield
Coach Wally Fromhart today
was named head football coach
at the University of Detroit. sue
ceeding Earl H. CDutch) Clark,
whose resignation was accepted.
Clark. who served in the dual
role as football coach and ath-
letic director. handed in his res
ignation December 20, it was re-
vealed today. He said he will
continue as athletic director un-
til someone else is named to the
position.
Clark, who is attending the
NCAA meetings in Cincinnati,
said he decided to leave the uni
versity to enter business in De-
troit.
The 4O-year-old Fromhart had
been backf1eld coach of the Ti-
tans for the last three seasons.
He was Notre Danes regular
quarterback in 1934-35.
Clark, former star quarterback
and coach of the Detroit Lions in
the 1030's, leaves the school after
leading it to a tie with Oklahoma
A. & M. for the Missouri Valley
championship last season. He
once coached the Cleveland Rams
before that pro team was trans
ferred to Los Angeles.
Clark, who Is Al, said hSi de-
Evening star., 1954-01-05
BY the Assoeioisd Press

NEW YORK, Jan. 5.-All sorts
Of schemes have been advanced
for almost a week on how the
United States can win back the
Davis Cup from Australia. but
Jack Kramer. one of Americas
greatest stars. today came up
with a new one. And it might
work.
He wants to give his time and
money to developing new talent.
The former amateur ace offered
to contribute $500 and two
months of his time in an effort
to develop young players.
Kramer figures he will visit
about IS cities on his pro-
fessional tour the first five
months of this year. At each
stop he would like to have the
local professional or school coach
bring a group OF the most tall
ented youngsters to him. He.
along with Pancho Segura. Pan
cho Gonzales and Don Bulge,
would look them over and pull
out the best for special attention.
Lets face it," Kramer said.
before taking his troupe to Phil
adelphia for a two-night stand.
"some of the coaching in this
country is very bad. The only
thing that is going to make a
kid good is practice. If I can
get a look at his shots. ! can
give a boy advice on what parts