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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-04-09

Mr. and Mrs Wesley Foster at
brakes Branch, Sunday
Confined TO Room
Mr. and Mrs Martin Roach and
children visited her brother and
sister-i n-laW Mr. and Mrs. Alton
Cakes, at Chatham. Sunday Mr..
cakes. who has been i'll a long
time. is now confined to his room
Other visitors i'll the same home
were their mother Mrs Wade
Cakes, MI and Mrs. C p Shell
ton and Mr. and Mrs r. H
Cakes Of LeaSbug, N c
Mr. and Mrs. w. T Ford of
Church Road. were Sunday dinner
guests Of Nh and MIS- Bobby
Wilson
Miss Nancy Taylor and Miss
Audrey Moss, of LongWood Col
lege Miss Margaret Wilson. Of
Baltimore. and c F Mcfarland.
u of Alexandra. were week end
guests Of Nj and Mrs r. B VIII
son
Misses Anne and Sena Camp
ben Of Richmond We're Sunday
quests of MIS- Lucille Nunnally
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-04-09
T'usgssle

The windows of the home Of Nh
and Mrs c 0 Williamson look
like spring with the many African
Wolets IN bloom Mrs Williamson
sure has a green thumb when it
& mes TO growing varieties. Of
African yiolets
The Women Of Dsyis Memorial
Church met with Mr., e H Paul
son last Monday night Mrs Bell
Marshall gave an Interesting re-
port on the Presbyterian meeting
She attended last Wednesday,
Others from this group who at
tended We're Mrs r II Paulson
and MIS- Bob Booker
The Women Of Appcmattox
Church win meet .his Thursday
night with Mrs Earle Moore
Those from this group Who at
tended Presbyterial4 last Wcdnes-
day in Orange We're Mrs p KEEL
sey Mrs Ruth Simpson Mrs.
Willie Welchhn ms Charlie
Simpson Mis-. Lucille Gee Mrs
w A Dave and Mrs Charles
Southall
MIS- Q M Oliver visited her
daughter. MIS- Herman Hudson.
Of Richmond last Sunday who IS
i'll at this time
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-04-09

Mr,,Pn1 Alrs. II. NJ Iana visited
AIRS. & 4 L4rry and llmily, at
Fllerspn. last week Whtle there,
Mrs Ions attended 4 STANLEY
meeting at the John MARSHALL
Hot>l]
Miss Matte Jane Swami visited
her parents, Mr. ana Mrs Jack
Swami. last week end
Visitors Of Mr and Mrs f. c.
Scuthau Sunday We're, Mr. ana
Mrs CLYDE Thackston and child
ran Of Betleham Charles Andet-
son, Mrs N r Southall, Mr. ana
Mrs H M Lang and Joyce Car
ter
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gaunce, of
Fishefsville, visited relatives here
last week
Many from here attended the
play where's Grandma? held
at Worsham High last Friday
night The performance was
greatly enjoyed
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-04-09
W'orsIlalll

f L Dupuy ana dauehter Su-
zanne. Of MartnEliue spent The
past week end with his sister and
brother Miss Mans ana r w Du-
puy
MI and MIS- George William
Redo have moved to Newbury. N
Y Mr. Redd. WIG is still in serv-
ice, expects TO be stationed there
Tor some time
Nh and MIS- Haul DeHan and
children. Of Durham. N c.. were
week end guests recently Of MI.
and Mrs Greed HeHart
Attend Funeral
Relataiyes thatsWere called here
last week by the illness and death
Of A NJ Stoves Wood brother
Of Garland Wooa Of this place
were Mi and Nys K Jamad
Of Norfolk. MI and Mrs Harry
Wood and daugi4ter OF Halifax
Mr.. and Mrs Charlie Moore. Of
pamplin: MI and Mrs Kenneth
McClenny and Miss Betty Nc
Clenny of Farmylle, Mr. and
Mrs Tom Wood and family Of
Pampln Mi and Mrs Earl Wood
Of Winchester
'Alho Mrs s n Wood Mrs J.
w StInette MI and Mis- T d.
Brightwell Nh and Mrs Homer
Eubank Clarerce, David and
Clayton Wood sam Worley Mrs.
Evelyn GowenSs Mrs. Raymond
Hamilton. Mr. and MIS-. James
Morton and family all of lynch
burg. MI ana Mrs GEORGE
Brookes. of Wilcoc w Va. and
Ma and Mrs Milton Wood OF
Buckingham
Mrs. Pe4tus Dies
Word was received on Mon
day Of the dea1h of Mrs B +
Pettus in Richmond Mrs Pcttus
is the aunt Of Mrs c L Irvine
Mr. and Mrs Neal Bedlneer
Jr., and sons Neal III and Bruce.
of Durham. N. e visited Mrs. 0.
A. Southan Miss Ollie Pcrterfeld.
and Nh and Mrs. Robert Porter
field on Sunday
Recent guest. Of MI and MIS-
7. w. Garter. sJr... wre Nh and
Mrs. Irvine Westbrook Of Rich
mond
Hugh Cabell Garland had the
misfortune to sprain his arm
while playing Monday
Nh, and Mrs Henry Hickman
of Burkeville, spent Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs Don Spencer
Mr. and Mls Raymond Cher
nault and Johnpy visited MI and
Mrs. B NJ Mccourt and MI and
Mrs Alex Motley IN Buckingham
Sunday
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-04-09
Meherrirn

Mr. and Mrs Leroy Collier Jr..
of Blackstone, spent the week end
with Mrs Ola Fowlkes and Mrs.
Ila Marks.
Richmond Visit
Mr. and Mrs Frank Hollander
visited Mi and Mrs. Kenneth
Johnson recently in Richmond.
H. L. Queensberry has return
ed home from Mcclure Hospital
Mr.. and Mrs c. r. Hurt. Of
Pleasant Grove Mr. and Mrs.
Aubery Hurt Of Richmond. and
Mr. and Mrs Gordon Hurt of Mt
Pleasant visited MI. and Mrs L.
b. Hurt this week
Miss Evabelle Dean of Balti-
more. Md. spent last week With
her mother, Mrs. Mary Dean
Rev. Bruner Speaks
The Rev B r Brunel, minister
of First Baptist Church Of Farm
vile was the guest speaker at The
Meherrin Ruritan Club on last
Thursday night. All members OF
the club enjoyed the fine. cultur-
ed talk. His theme was indiffer-
ence. ignorance, and iniQulty Ac-
cording to r 2 Dunkum Jr-
president of the Meherrin Club
Nh Bluner gave one Of the best
talks that has ever been given to
the club
The Southern Jewish weekly., 1954-01-29

prehension of the average mortal.
but we know they cannot be junk.
How can one say for instance that
no one understands Elm. when we
know that all of atomic science is
based on Einstein's equations.
And Epstein's statues too no long
er face the challenge they once
encountered. AS a matter Of fact.
the entire trend Of modern sculp-
ture seems TO be along the paths
he pioneered.
Queen Elizabeth has really hon.
ored the East Side. Out of New
York's squalid tenement section
where the pushcarts roam-has
come great touch of art!
The Southern Jewish weekly., 1954-01-29
Worlds Most Famous Beach
DaytO1la Beach, Florida

The Bible frowned upon sculp-
tufe. It forbade the making Of
craven images. The very prohibi-
ton perhaps indicates some strong
Jewish drive towards that form
of art.
We know that while Moses was
mediating on Mt. Sinai, the chill
dren of Israel insisted on making
and worshipping piece of sculp-
ture-a golden calf.
The Yiddish writer. I. M. Dick.
once explained the reason why
the Jews made a golden calf. It
was all due. he explained. to a
gold shortage. If the Jews had
had more gold. they wouldn't
have made a golden calf. they
could have made a golden cow.
The Biblical prohibition on en-
craven images was of course not
motivated by any hostility to the
art of sculpture. What Moses op-
posed was not the art, but the
fact that they kneeled and prayed
to these images. How strong this
feeling for idolatry was, we can
ascertain from the fact that idol
airy was the subject of continued
denunciations by all the major
prophets. CAS- many as thy cities,
are thy gods, o Israeli"
II seems strange to US today.
We cannot understand how pso-
pie really attributed deity to
things made by their own hands.
Yet you can set up a whole stable.
full Of golden calves today and no
CONTINUED on Page 27l
The Southern Jewish weekly., 1954-01-29

An English wit once gagged:
A wonderful family in Stein
There's Cert and there's Ep and
there's Elm. &
Gert'S verses are bunk,
Fps statues are junk,
And nobody understands Elm!
Today. we know better of
course. The Stems are profound
and somewhat beyond the COM
The Southern Jewish weekly., 1954-01-29
THE WORLDS
GREATEST SCULPTOR
BY DAVID SCHWARTZ

Copyright 1854, Jewish Teegraphic Agency 1nco
Epstein sculptor entitled to be called
Epstein knighted by Queen Elisabeth
will make particular difference to
sculptor Side of New York and
generally the worldIs greatest sculptor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-04

By Victor Canning
Illustrated b. Dam Noonan

almost and il just wags its tail at me friendylle"
Artemus does everything. He takes the money from
the till letting the be ring loudly and while he Is doing
policeman walks by outside and notices nothing Only
professional decency keeps Artems from shouting to him.
And so it goes on with Artemus getting and more
worried He wants to be caught and no is taking any
notice Of him.
He told ME. II filed my pocket with the till money.
fixed myself up with cigars and then went through
the back to the kitchen and got myself cold supper and
made pot Of tea. couldn't find the tea caddy, at first
And swear toyou that Il I'd called up the stairs to the
tobacconst to tell me where it was he wouldn't have
woke up That the kind Of luck was having Always
have had. for that mates"
He has his supper and he bangs about m the kitchen
and he feeds few scraps to the friendly dog and then.
short Of going up to the tobacconist and waking him.
which again professional ethics wouldn't let him do he
knows he has done everything. So he decides he had
better leave the place and find other shop to ransack
There grocers shop next door to the police station
So Areus starts to leave the tobacconist But when
he is about to go out Of the door his luck turns Not the
way he wanted it. of course But does the trick for him.
He has one foot the threshold when the friendly dog
changes its mind It goes for Artemus like lion.
1t bites his arm and his leg tears his clothes ribbons
and there Arteus lying on the pavement screaming his
head of He showed me some Of the scars He m the
prison hospital for two months and he's walked with
slight limp ever since
OH. YES the police got him. The noise he made woke
practically the whole town.
"Six MONTHS" said Artemus. was what thought
should get knew the magistrates in the district
pretty enient. But it didn't turn out that way You
Alderman Staveey was chairman Of the bench and the
old boy I've got to say this for him was usually
quite decent But with him being dead they had new
chairman, and he was real martinez ] got eighteen
months
Still on the whole didn't mind. When came out.
the jewels would be waiting. And the main thing any
way was that nobody ever connected me with the jewel
robbery at Stayeleys place
Artemus got some time Of his sentence for good con-
duct and while he was in made up his mind that once he
was out and had caed the jewels he going to give
up the profession, egrate and settle down somewhere
comfortably.
Well he comes out But like said he was clever. He
doesn't go dashing back for his jewels right away. He
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waits month and he grows mustache and eventually
he goes back TO the place.
He tests himself by going into the tobacconists he'd
robbed and buying some cigarettes. The tobacconist
doesn't recognize him. The dog never gives him
second sniff.
50 THAT night. beautiful moonlight night Il was
Artemus stroils out toward Alderman Staveleys place
It's about eleven O'Clock There's about. and he
isn't even worried about having to climb down the well
and gope in two feet Of water for the jewel box though
he knows with his luck that viii certainly give him
streaming head cold for weeks.
Yes said Artemus Il was feeling good. II had been
long time but worth waiting for The jewels the old
Alderman had sat on for 50 long going to 90 back
into circulation. But what do you think? turns the
corner and goes up the grass patch in the fork roads
and there the Alderman As large aslie larger In fact
and stil sitting on his jewels"
There was bit Of tear in the corner Of Artemus eye
as he told me this He took Of my cigarettes and -
he struck match to light II. the burning match head
broke OF and scorcted hole in his hospital sheet
Yes plumb over the place where the well had been was
q statue Of the Alderman sitting ID chair; statue
erected BY the citizens 81 the town IN gratitude for his
many services and philantMopies
And to give it a good foundation, Artemus learned
later they'd just poured concrete into the we'll little
fortune buried securely under tons Of concrete and the
Alderman sitting pretty on top The End
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-04

long to realize that he dead The poor old boke must
have been sitting at his desk and had stroke or
thing Anyway. he has gone And there Is nasty cut
his face where he's hit the desk in falling
Now Artemus is upset about this naturally It's not
nice thing to happen But he is upset about the
way things may look far he is concerned If he IS
caught and with his luck there fair chance Of that
the police may argue that the old boy had come IN and
found him robbng the SAFE and the sight had given him
heart failure
You see normally the old boy didn't open his safe and
check his jewels from one months end to another. Ate-
mus has been banking on this to give him plenty Of time
to cover his tracks But now. Artemus argues. the first
thing the police would do when the Ademans death
discovered would be to examine the safe Atemus doesn't
quite know how - if he is caught he win stand in law.
But manslaughter he thinks, may be the least he'll get
Out he goes from the house and heads back for the
town and Artemus is very worried man. But like said.
he's clever and his brain is working fast and he soon
knows what he must do He must hide the jewels and
give himself reasonable alibi.
lTS at this moment that Artemus comes to some fork
roads just outside the grounds Of the house and there m
the middle Of the triangular patch Of grass where the
roads meet IS an old well Artemus knows the district
like the back Of his hand and he knows this well It's
brokendown affair with little wall round it. about
twenty feet deep, and with never than about two
feet Of water in the bottom Just old rainwaer well
that no one ever used.
So Artems drops the box with the jewels into it. The
heavy boz sinks and Artemus makes for the town. When
things have blown he knows that he can come back
and get the box.
He feels bit happier now, but there is still lot to do
The safest place for him. Atemus works out. Is to be IN
the hands of the police What he wants to be caught
doing some smaller job in the town. the police nab him
doing that they win never think he's had anything to do
with jewel robbery at Alderman Staveeys the same
night. It just isn't reasonable
In the main street. Artemus picks tobacconis shop
about two doors down from the police station. The
tobacconist lives over the shop
When Artemus came to this part Of his story. he really
sounded grieved. and don't blame him.
Know what did," he said Il chucked brick right
through the glass Of the door, Hell of noise It was just
after midnight And not soul took any damned notice
So put my hand in unlocked the door and banged It
open There's dog yingby the counter Big a. horse
Evening star., 1954-11-07
metropolitan Scene
Whether You Can Sue Depends
On Whose Ambulance Hits You

A person struck by an Army
or Veterans Administration
ambulance can, if the driver
was negligent, recover dam
ages from Uncle Sam.
A person struck by q Dis
trict of Columbia ambulance
cannot collect damages from
the city. In fact, he has no
recourse except to sue the am
hulance driver who might not
be financially responsible.
This distinction. according
to District Court Judge Alex
ander Holtzoff, seems unfair
and incongruous."
The reason: The Federal
Government. in the Federal
Tort Claims Act, has waived
its immunity to such personal
damage suits. The District.
though a Federal area, was not
included in the statute when it
was written.
Judge Holtzoff recommends
that Congress consider whether
the District should not. by
amendment of the act, be
placed under the Torts Act
provisions.
Government immunity from
suit" he observed in a ruling
Evening star., 1954-11-07

pital and activities Of a health
department are governmental
functions. But paving and
cleaning Of streets are con-
sidered proprietary. The city
thus could be sued for dam
age arising from these latter
activities.
Apart from the fact that
distinctions between govern
mental and proprietary. func-
tions are not always clear,
Judge Holtzoff thinks they are
archaic" Since there are
decisions on both sides Of the
question whether running q
hospital Is a governmental or
proprietary function, he sug-
geSts the defendant ask the
; Court of Appeals here for pos
sible reconsideration of a new
ruling on the issue.
Obviously, the municipal
corporation benefits both from
its exclusion from the Torts
Act and from the lack Of clear
definition. If Judge Holtzoff Is
correct, between functions. It
a. na,.k !, syrI a.. Atm 3,n&M,sna& -
Evening star., 1954-11-07
By John w. Thompson, Jr.

By John w. Thompson. Jr.
the other day, sis an obsoles-
cent and dying doctrine"
The case in point involved
an attempt to recover dam
ages from the city for alleged
negligence at District General
Hospital resulting in the
death Of a patient. The Dis
trict moved for dismissal on
the ground that operation Of
the hospital was a Govern
ment function and the city
was immune to suit for dam
age arising from this activity.
The jurist reluctantly ruled
in favor of the city because
the weight Of legal opinion
supported its pleas.
Judge Holtzoff also took
time to point up another
legal curiosity about the Dis
trict's status. While it cam
not be sued for damage
arising from performance Of
governmental function, it can
be for damage incurred in
performance of proprietary"
or service function. For
example:
The law generally has held
that the operation Of Q hos
Evening star., 1954-11-07

Campbell. who Stunned speak
ing engagements. Not so Bill
Cramer. He talked-on TV,
radio and at rallies.
The incumbent also was
handicapped by an undistin-
guiShed one-term career in
washington. He was Ill through
part Of his stay in the Capital
and never quite got under
way.
Mr.. Cramer's rise in Florida
has been jet-aSsisted since
1850, when as campaign chair
man for Pinellas Republicans,
an entire slate Of four State
G. o. P. legislators was elected.
Another Florida first.
Even though most Of Flor
ida hewed to the traditional
line, Mr.. Cramer's victory
spelled out an important les
son to both parties.
Florida is gaining in pop
ulation In its newest boom
and the new imports aren't
prone to follow the rockin'
chair voting habits Of Old
Dixie. Thus, the candidate who
gets out and stumps can be
the victor-while the man
with an apathetic party may
find himself staying out Of
Office.
Evening star., 1954-11-07
G. O. P FIobbergosts Dixie With Florida Victory

41.431. In the South, however,
many voters of G. o. P. per-
suasion register as Democrats
to be able to vote for Cover
nor In the one-party primaries.
In. his home county, Mr..
Cramer had more than a TO-
000-vote advantage over his
opponent, offsetting Represen-
tative Campbell's hoped-for
gains in the three other coun-
ties.
Proof Of Republican soli-
darity here showed up dra-
matically in the Governors
race, which was actually
awarded to Democratic nom
inee Leroy Collins in the May
primaries. Republican can
didate j. Tom Watson, how
ever, who died 10 days before
the Tuesday election got a.
$50 votes to Mr.. Collins 34,761
in PinellaS County.
But 1t was more than
G. o. P. straight ticket voting
that won for Bill Cramer. The
young campaigner "a Phi Beta
Kappa and Harvard Law
School graduate) made q
spikes-high slide for congress
sional home base. overshadow-
ing the weak display of
his opponent, Representative
Evening star., 1954-11-07
Congress-: 1855

The most significant-as
we'll as the most obvious
fact about the new 84th Con-
gress will be the change in
party control. No longer will
President Eisenhower have
Republicans in charge of his
legislative program.
House and Senate leaders
and committee chairmen will
be the Democrats who, the
President and Vice President
said during the campaign,
would run the Nation into
the ditch.
Key man on Capitol Hill
will be Sam Rayburn of Texas,
sure to be the new Speaker of
the House.
On the Senate side-where
the leaders cannot use an
iron hand - Vice President
Nixon will still WELD the
gavel, but Democrats, under
Majority Leader Lyndon john
son of Texas, will direct the
flow of legislation.
Evening star., 1954-11-07
By Jerry BIizin

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla
Florida Democrats nearly
strangled themselves with
their string ties late Tuesday
night after they discovered
the 1st congressional dis
trict had elected William G..
Cramer. 32-year-old st. Pc
tersburg attorney, to be the
first Republican Congressman
since carpet-bagger days.
But in Pinellas County. Mr..
Cramer's home base. q. O. p.
Joy reigned unconfined as they
swept 13 Of II local political
offices-in most cases by sound
margins.
Why such an overwhelming
Republican victory here, while
elsewhere In the South Demo-
Gratis were being elected with
dull regularity?
First, the four-county LIST
congressional district has q
solid Republican element es-6
tablished In Pinellas County
(St. Petersburg), composed In
large part Of retired people
from other sections Of the
country.
This, combined with tradi-
tional Democratic apathy in
Hillsborough (Tampa), Pasco
Evening star., 1954-11-07

Air Force and q pro-UMT man.
Dewey Short Of Missouri gave.
the administration no trouble
on service size. but opposed
Universal Military Training.
Banking and Currency
Brent Spence Of Kentucky Is
for q large public housing pro-
gram. Jesse p. Wolcott OF
Michigan was not.
District Of Columbia. John
L. Mcmillan of South Carolina
has opposed home rule and
racial integration. His prede-
cessor. Sid Simpson of Illinois,
! was more in harmony with
the administration.
Foreign Affairs. James p.
Richards of South Carolina
will support the President,
with some economic reserva-
tions. His predecessor was
Robert B. Chiperfleld Of Illi-
nois.
Commerce. J. Percy Priest
Of Tennessee may give the
President a hard time on power
policy. He replaces Charles
A. Wolverton Of New Jersey.
Judiciary. Emanuel Celler Of
New York is more liberal on
civil rights, immigration and
anti-Red legislation than snis
predecessor, Chauncey w.
Reed of Illinois.
Post Office and Civil Service.
Tom Murray of Tennessee and
former Chairman Edward H.
Rees of Kansas favored Gov.
ernment pay raises combined
with general salary reclassifi-
cation.
Rules. Howard w. Smith Of
Virginia Is a conservative who
will be more adamant against
the overall. middle of the
road, Eisenhower legislative
program than was Leo e. Allen
Of Illinois.
Un-American Activities.
Francis E. Walter Of Penn
sylvania has said he wants to
be chairman so he can preside
over the dissolution" Of the
committee. He may lead q
move to put the group under
the Judiciary Committee
something Harold H. Velde Of
Illinois would never have con-
sidered.
Ways and Means. Jere
Cooper Of Tennessee will try
to give the tax breaks to in
dividuals. Daniel A. Reed Of
New York had fought for quick
reductions for all.
Evening star., 1954-11-07

Unofficial spokesmen in Brit
ain frequently find 1t neces-
sary to remind the world that
this globe is not divided SIM
ply into two parts--the Amer
ican and the Soviet spheres.
These voices insist there is q
third great force to be reck-
oned with: The Common
wealth Of Nations.
The Queen. In her frequent
travels abroad. helps to tell
the commonwealth story. And
the Queen Mother. who came
to Washington last week. does
her part. too.
It is not q simple story to
tell. It involves the answers
to these questions:
What Is the commonwealth?
What is it after? And what
is its future?
The Definition
The first question is per-
haps the most difficult to an
Swer. For the members of the
commonwealth have gone to
q great deal Of trouble to
avoid writing down precisely
what their organization is.
To make rules for an asso-
citation Is to weaken It,, they
believe Great Britain has no
constitution-only q body Of
laws, practices and symbols
which are ever-changing as
conditions change.
So with the commonwealth.
It is whatever the members
agree it is. BY being eternally
free and flexible, they feel. the
time will never come when
they will want to make a
break for complete separa-
tion.
Commonwealth m m b ers
have only one tangible thing
in common. All formally
recognize the Queen as head
of the commonwealth. The
United Kingdom, Canada,
Australia, New Zealand, the
Union of South Africa. Pakis-
tan and Ceylon also recognize
her as their sovereign, and all
government business is carried