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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-31
Area Assemblyn,en
Back Resolution
OF Interposition
Only IL of 14O
Members Abstain
From Approval

All delegates and senators in
The Herald area are among the
1928 General Assembly members
who are signator.es on the reSo-
luton of interposition now under
consideration. Only IL of the AS
sembly's l40 members have ex-
pressed opposition.
Delegate John B. Boatwright, OF
Buckingham. is chief House pat
ron OF the resolution. drawn up
by Senator Harry C. Stuart. who
was chief patron in the Senate.
In the Senate. the Courts OF
Justice committee last week voted
without dissent to report the reso-
luton to the Senate floor for
final consideration there. 1t is
expected to get action there by
Tuesday.
.AltBut IL Sign
In the House, SO of 100 men,
bers have signed the resolution
thereby endorsing it. while in the
Senate. lit contained 35 out of 40
possible signatures. BY the legis-
latlye process. the resolution must
win final passage by votes of the
entire assembly after floor debate
before it has the force of the
Assembly and Commonwealth be-
hind it.
Essential portions of the reso-
luton declare:
That by its decision of May
II. 1854, in the school cases, the
Supreme Court of the United
States placed upon the Constitu-
ton an interpretation having the
effect of an amendment thereto.
VIII c h, Interpretation Virginia
emphatically disapproves;
That the State of Virginia did
not agree. in ratifying the Four
tenth Amendment, nor did other
states ra.ifying the Fourteenth
Amendment agree. that the power
to operate racially separate
schools was to be prohibited to
them thereby:
Right To Oppose
That until the question here
asserted by the State of Virginia
be settled by clear Constitutional
amendment. we pledge our firm
intention to take all appropriate
measures honorably. legally and
constitutionally available to us. to
resist this illegal encroachment
upon our sovereign powers"
The resolution further urges
sister states to seek Ito check this
encroachment by the Supreme
Court.
Under the theory of inter
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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-31
Salk Polio Vaccine
Clinics Next Week
For Children Ito

Public Clinics will be held the
next three successives Tuesdays
at the Cumberland Health Center
to dispense polio NEGOTIATIONS.
The clinic will be held February
7. IA and 81, each beginning at
/ p. m.
The NEGOTIATIONS have been ear
marked for those children age
one through 10 who have either
received no injections or have had
one dose but missed the second Of
the series.
District Health Officer DR.. H.
E. jenkins urged all parents to
have their children inoculated
through the clinics before the be-
ginning of the polio season,
Parents may also take their
children to their family physician.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-31
Extension Service Committee Busy
All Manner of Skills VIII Be Tested
When Hundreds of 4-H'ers Compete Here

foods preparation, general foods
preparation, frozen food hand
ling. poultry consumption, dress
revue laundry techniques. home
Improvement, public speaking. egg
grading. tractor operation, dairy
Judging. poultry judging. livestock
Judging. land judging, sheer
shearing. poultry production ano
forestry.
Contests for young ladies will be
held at centrally located farms
With livestock transported to such
sites, through arrangements by
the Chamber Of Commerce.
The Chamber will also provide
ribbons WHICH will be awarded in
dividual and club team winners.
Committees Selected
The Extension Service steering
committee meeting in its planning
session here included. r. S. Ellis
Couilts dStiIt dN bNtSh lllS Ildlll, Mis-.
Frances Gee. home agent. and
Bailey wilkins, assistant agent,
Prince Edward Mrs. Mary Will
liamS. Amelia home agent. and E.
w. Carson and Miss Lucy Blake,
district agents. =
They named the following COM
mittee chairman to supervise
events here April 10:
Dairy, E. F. Striplin, Prince Ed
ward; livestock, r. S. Ellis. Buck
ingham; sheep shearing. L. w.
Morton, Charlotte: tractor opera
ton, Kermit, Barbour. Charlotte;
Forestry. E. c. Truett. il. Gooch
land; land jud ing, Hiram
Holmes, Amelia; boys public
speaking, d. L. Peery. Lunenburg,
and poultry production and egg
grading, H. B. Powers, Lunenburg
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-31

Reading and quiet meditation
are essential to purposeful living
and necessary to people today if
they are to share in the great
tasks Of developing the mind.
creating ideas and searching fol'
the truth. Dr. Joseph c. Robert
declaryd in his Rotary Club
Ladies Night address here Friday.
I'VE need cool. precise thinking
but get precious little of it,, he
declared. TOO often we are as
muddled as the housewife who fir
: ed her cook because she stole those
nice hotel towels tucked away in
the closet"
Life is akin to a ride in an Gle
vator. the Hampden-Sydney Col
lege president told his audience.
You are free to decide what floor
to take. and in life We can pick
what level we will live on. LAS
Your preacher will tell you. God
gave you the power Of choice-in
a sense divesting himself of that
power. You can live on the lower
floors or the higher floors. he
declared.
Bars To Thinking
But look at the devices used to
circumvent the painful exercise of
thinking" he asked. we swallow
everything we hear; we PREJUDICE
people and institutions, we con-
veniently dodge mental processes
by tacking label. a bad name on
somttnlng we don't like"
We must allow the right of
speaking to various alternatives
+ in moving toward the truth. Some
of these will be valid, and some
invalid. A free platform. free
press and free classroom are
those things without which liberty
cannot long endure. Dr.. Robert
warned.
Il hold up praise for the gift of
discomfort. Out of that virtue
comes progress. The restless,
searching soul points out that
which can be improved and that
which is archaic" Out Of this has
come the abolition of slavery: the
acknowledgements Of women: im-
movement in treating the insane
and other unfortunates. the pub
lie school system and SO on, he
added.
Cultivate High Spots
There are high spots in your
life now: you can multiply them"
DR.. Robert pointed out. "Appreci-
ate the beauties of nature; let
you. soul soe-' i. scs.g; let yoG
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-31

area sessions, on the same SUBJ
leC.s and. Strlpl;n reports. farm
ers in the counties of Amherst
AppomattoX, Amelia. Bucking
ham. Charlotte. Cumberland
Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Motto
way. PoWhatan and Prince Ed
ward are especially invited to the
one here.
Striplin also reports the meet
ing will be valuable to business
and service organization personnel
whose work is connected with
agriculture.
In Circuit Court
The meeting. with sessions oil
about As minutes devoted to the
various subjects to be covered
will be held in the Circuit Court
room in I hlc Prince Edward
County Court House. Farmvillc.
Stl1plln today urged farmers
and businessmen 10 make note Oh
the February II day and make
plans now to attend. Every sub
ject covered is vital to successful
farm operation. not only to feed
and forage management. but fol
those interested in getting the
most productive use Of their soil
He added that specific time.
and subjects for each will be list.
ed in the newspapers in the nea,
future.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-31
L. E. Andrews Cited
For Bond Service

For patriotic service" on be-
half of the U. S. Savings Bond
program. of the U. S. Treasury
Department. L. E. Andrews, bond
chairman for Prince Edward
county. received a silver medal
lion here Friday.
The handsome, silver dollar
size medallion. inscribed with the
words For Patriotic Service, was
presented by Roy C. Childs, of
Richmond. Childs is area director
of the Savings Bond Division
Treasury Department.
The presentation was made
during the Ladies Night program
of the Farmville Rotary Club. Of
which Andrews is member and
ChildS former member. County
sales during 1865 were $275,042
against quota Of $275,000.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-31
Lease N. Main Property
Sp0tIess Stores To Open
10th Unit Here In April

1t will be the 10th unit in the
Spotless Stores group, which was
established in Richmond in 1905.
The building for the store has
been leased from F. G.. Baldwin
and the property, containing H.
500 square feet of floor space. is
now undergoing extensive altera-
tons for the new tenants.
Merchandise Lines
SpotleSS Stores carry a full line
Of hardware. housewares. paints
and o her building material.
sporting goods, toys and sport and
work clothes.
The Farmville Spotless Store,
the announcement states. will be
unconditional. have tile floors,
flourescent lights. aluminium and
plate glass front and the latest
fixtures.
A rear entrance door will be
provided for customers using a
large asphalt-surfaced parking lot
at the rear of the property.
Mail Order Start
In its early years, the Spotless
concern was a mail order eStab-
lishment, offering general mer-
chandise in Virginia and other
states. With the coming Of mod
ern transportation facilities. the
mail order business was discon-
tinued, and retail stores establish
ed.
OF the Spotless stores, II are
located in Richmond and others
in Hopew Fredericksburg
Charlottesville and Petersburg.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-31
Restore Cut In Full Request
For Dark-Fired Leaf to be Made
Decision Made
At Trade Session
Here Saturday

Virginia dark-fired tobacco in
terest will ask the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture this week to
restore in full Is per cent acre
age cut for 1856 because: %
there is strong likelihood it will
drive many growers to eliminate
tobacco from their farm enter
prise. and 90 it has been ordered
at time when demand for top
quality Virginia Type 81 leaf is
unmet.
While making their requests in
Washington. Virginia dealers. buy
erS and warehouSemen will renew
their decade-old appeal for separ-
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-31
Leaf Meeting Set

A telegram this morning Mon
day. from Congressman Watkins
NJ. Abbitt announced that Thurs
day at 10 a. M. was the time des-
ignated for the cut restoration
meeting in Washington. accord
ing to T. B. Hall, who received the
wire -
Abbitt said he had been sue
cessful in arranging for a confer
ence at that hour with Clarence
Miller. chief of the ISDA's To-
becco Section, and a delegation of
dealers and warehOusemen.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-31
1874 Pounds
OF Tobacco Sold
For Heavi lest Week
Grower Earnings
Now S932.637
After 7 Weeks

The heaviest week of the sea-
son. with 590.252 pounds of dark
fired and 1922 pounds of sum
cured tabacco. going under auc-
ton. marked the seventh week Of
activity on the Farmville Tobacco
Market.
The general floor average dip
ned again, falling $2l6 to $28. SO
for the week. With an estimated
70-75 per cent of the 1855 crop
marketed. some growers are sell
ling tag ends of their crops to
cut into the average. The sea-
son now is 5000.
The weeks dark leaf sales
brings to 2633,750 pounds the
seasons total here, At the end Of
the seventh week least year. the
1ark-cured sales had totaled g.
416.640 pounds - some $4,000
pounds more.
Dollar Results
Last weeks dollar results for
growers amounted to $l69. 37l.05
For the season they have received
FOR their dark-fired tobacco $685.
o95. That contrasts with $1.l76,-
343 at the time year ago.
In addition last week here.
132.722 pounds of the rapidly
dwindling sun-cured crop were
sold. netting growers $29.942 dol
lars. The weeks general average
was $2256 down from $24.28 the
week previous.
Sun-cmed sales are running
about 100000 pounds under last
wear here, and the season avearge
now is $24.29.
Warehousemen now believe the
weekly poundage will fall into
medium wei G hi classification
since SO much of the crop has
been marketed. There are reports.
however. of considerable leaf still
in barns to be taken down for
marketing.
No Closing Reports
Last year the Virginia dark
belt markets closed after the
eighth week, but later re-opened
for four extra days sales spread
over two weeks This was SER
vice to growers delayed in mar
keting by unseasonal. weather. No
agreement has been made rela-
tive closing this season, however.
Last weeks better sales indi-
Gated continuing strong demand
for quality tobacco. with sales in
the S50's, S60's and S70's reported
frequently at all three ware
houses. All tobacco in this cate
CORY in addition to being of good
quality. had been carefully pre-
pared for market by color. length
and quality, warehousemen re-
minded. ..+.
Sales Reported
Some of the better sales report
ed We're:
j. S. Pearson and Son. Char
lotte c. H.. $50 pounds for S349.O2.
from S34 to $50 averaging $60l8:
w. w. Parsons. Charlotte c. H.
$50 pounds for S3O282. from $40
to SIS averaging $6l46; w. B.
Walker. Cumberland, l.l09 pounds
for $5l5.l2. from $25 to S62 aver
aging $4649.
Also. Mrs. j. L. Blackwell. APP
pomattox. $50 pounds for $326.o8
from $38 to ST. averaging $5907:
A. O. Allen. Jr.. Prospect. 442
pounds for $22440. form 500 to
$50 averaging $5077; Mrs. J. G..
Gardner. Appomattox. 564 pounds
for $27l.36 form 500 to SCI aver
aging $48.ll.
Also. Elmo Goodman. Cumber-
land, 786 pounds for 1881. from
$25 TO SOS averaging $48.48; H.
NJ Lang and Charles Carter.
Pamplin. 358 pounds for l6482.
Continued on Page y
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-31

Newport News Ship Building and
Dry Dock Company when he felt
the call to the ministry.
After five years at Newport
News he entered Southern Baptist
Seminary at Louisville. KY. grad
uating IN l947. He went from the
seminary into Training Union
work where he has remained
SiOoe
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-31

the Virginia Extension Service and
the Farmville Chamber of Com
merce. Club youths will be DEM
onstrating all manner of skills
learned in home and school pro-
jects in the following contests
here:
Bread -making. canning. dairy
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-31
March Of Dimes
Dance Tuesday Night

A benefit March Of Dimes
dance. with all proceeds going to
the polio fund. will be held to-
night Tuesday in the Woo6men
Center. Route 400. Farmville.
Dancing starts at $50, with
music for the occasion furnished
by the Woodmenaires.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-31

alton Of Virginia Type 81 dark
fired from Types % and % to-
baccos grown 300 miles away and.
they claim. comprising the heav-
lest proportion of the excess stocks
of tobacco already in government
storage.
Agreement to make the Wash
ington appeal was reached at
meeting in Farmville Saturday
afternoon of about IS dealers.
buyers. and warehousemen with
Fourth District Congressman Wat
kins M. Abbitt. The session was
held in the offices of Huntington
Tobacco Company.
Too Much Says Abbitt
! Congressman Abbist. already on
record as opposed to the cut as
too much. since it comes on
top of 10 per cent slash on the
1855 crop and makes a IS per cent
cut within "a months. will arrange
the meeting in the capital.
Abbitt. chairman Of the Tobac-
90 Subcommittee of the House
Agriculture committee. will re-
quest hearing for the Virginia
delegation with Clarence Miller,
thief Of the Tobacco Section of
the ASC, which administers the
USDA's price support and acre
age controls program.
The appeal for restoration of the
cut carried the full endorsement
Of the Virginia Dark Tobacco
Warehousemen's Corporation, the
Virginia Dark Fired T O b o,
Growers Marketing Association.
Virginia belt buyers and dealers.
all of whom had representatives
present for the Saturday talks
with Congressman Abbitt.
Restoring Possible
Although the cut has already
been passed along to farmers by
order Of county ASC offices. the
conference pointed up the fact
that it isn't too late for restoring
move which successfully has
been accomplished in other years
after similar appeal.
The dangers seen by tobacco
men apparently are quite real.
Prince Edward county. for >ex-
ample. after the Is per cent cut.
has 776 allotmentS for only 89l>
acres. making an average allot-
ment OF LA acres. Sixty per cent
Of the allotments. about 400. are
for less than an acre Below that
size the tobacco enterprise is too
close to the break-even point to
interest the efficient growers
which the industry must have.
With the cut the Prince Edward
ASC this year for the first time
had to calculate some allotments
in hundreds of an acre. some be-
ing as small as .O3 of an acre.
Tobaccomen also say study
OF the USDA's claim Of 202 mil
lions pounds Of tobacco ON hand
better than three-year supply
is composed chiefly by Types %
and % grown in Kentucky and
Tennessee.
They point to the low percent
age of Type 81 going into the
government pool this year-l4
per cent-and to $50. $50 and
$40 prices for quality Type 81
being paid this year.
Exporters. including Dunning-
ton Tobacco Company. say they
have had difficulty filling require
ments at present acreages. and a
cut might further deprcSs the ex-
port trade There is likelihood. they
report. that foreign trade mtrr-
csts may turn to European and
African tobacco II the more de-
sirablc Virginia leaf can't be had
in required amounts.
The USDA. which humps Types
Il. % and % in one classification
dark fired tobacco-when calcu-
}ating supplies on hand. claims
the 202 million pounds meet the
6O-mlllion pounds annual domcs-
tConttnued on poge y
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-31
Curdsville Grange

Officers for 1861 will be in
stalled at meeting of Curdsville
Grange tomorrow night tWednes-
day, at 8 o'clock. The meeting
will be held in the Community
Center 1t CucdS,.,.s
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-31

Spotless Stores of Richmond
will open retail store in Farm
vile early in April in the North
Main Street building formerly oc-
cupied by Farmville Grocery Com
pany, management announce
ment today states.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-31

The contests are sponsored by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-18
Casey, Ryun Head
u. S. Civil Division

Assistant United States Attor-
neys E. Riley Casey and Joseph
M. F. Ryan, jr., yesterday were
appointed joint chiefs 81 the Civil
Division of the United States
Attorneys Office.
The appointments were an
nounced by United States Attor-
ney Oliver Gasch. Frank H.
Stricken resigned as head of the
division last week to enter pri-
vate practice.
Mr.. Casey will be in charge Of
administrative matters in. the
division. while Mr.. Ryan will
control research.
Robert J. Asman, 80, an as
sistant United States attorney
who resigned his post last Feb
ruary "a. yesterday was re-
appointed to his former position.
He will be assigned to the GRIM
inal trial section.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-18

the Baltimore Annual Confer
ence. the Methodist Church
declared yesterday.
DR.. Robinson asserted the
Methodist church in East Ger
many, although small. is a
dynamic force in the life Of the
country.
He spoke TO more than 10C
clersymen at the Washington
Methodist Preachers Meeting in
the Methodist Building. The Rev
Thomas Ehlers. president of the
group, presided.
DR.. Robinson, who returned
recently after spending five
weeks in Germany, said the
ministers there are well trained
and loyal to the church. He also
reported the attendance at serv-
ices was between 90 and 95 per
cent of the membership.
There is a sharp contrast in
atmosphere and attitude between
East and West Germany. the
minister observed. The latter
has an air of prosperity and in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-18
Friendship Objects
To Liquor Permit

Members of the Friendship
Citizens Association last night
opposed an application for issu-
ance OF a Glass C liquor license
in the area.
The motion to protest the per-
init was made by a holder Of a
Glass C license in the neighbour
hood.
In other business the associa-
ton voted to:
/. Notify the Montgomery
County Council of its opposition
to rezoning the property across
from the Woodward g. Lothrop
store at Wisconsin and Western
avenues NV. from residential
to commercial.
2. Ask that the zoning Com
mission change the proposed
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dustrial activity. Wages are
high though living costs are
even higher.
you become aware that the
people lin East Germany are
not free" he explained. "They
are not outspoken and do not
say the things We do. There are
numerous restrictions. For ex-
ample. people in the country
need permits to go from town
to town or city to city. II
a group wants to meet, they
must have permission"
DR.. Robinson also reported
that food is still rationed and
that children over 6 do not
get milk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-18
Lincoln Park Fovors
Keeping Streetcurs

The Lincoln Park Citizens
Association last night opposed
the plan to eliminate streetcars
in the District.
In other business, the asso-
citation asked for the replace
ment of trees from Eleventh to
Fourteenth streets on East Cap
itol street.
The meeting, conducted by
y. w. Flanagan. president. was
held in the Epworth Methodist
Church, 1906 East Capitol
street,
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strip coming" area between Rod
man and Western avenues to
commercial" coming not to ex-
coed one block.
Robert Bingham, a represent
alive of Harold Lewis, coming
consultant, spoke on proposed
new coming laws.
The meeting was held in the
Janney School. Wisconsin ave-
nue. and Albemarle street NV,
1t was conducted by T. w. Mer-
mel, president.
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Methodists Hear Report
On East German Church

The Methodist Church in East
Germany is maintaining its
unity and its program despite
obstacles, Or. Orris G. Robinson
East District superintendent OF
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ACC0UNTANCY
BUSINESS ADMINISTER
TRANSPORTATION

Evenins courses co educa tIonaI sm
degrees Major IN Accounting. VI
graws, Experienced Instructors
proved Write or call for cataIog.
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Temple speeializes in INTENSIVE I
81 ABC shorthand In 9 weeks.
t4l Bfush-uu courses. (5l Sten0i
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-12-04

officials and for the public. The re-
suits have been most gratifying
so much so that there is an indica-
ton of an evident need for great
er education in these matters a
mong the youth.
Only the surface has been scrat-
ched in the attempts which have
been made to cooperate with the
school administrators But with
the limited personnel, limited bud
get and limited facilities enough
schools have been contacted to in
dicate that teachers are grasping
for assistance in the portrayal of
important election procedures in
their overall studies of govern
ment.
We are certain that the Boards
of Elections and many civic groups
are interested in cooperating with
us in greater efforts to be of as
sistance to schools in ways that
best fit the schools schedules and
curriculum.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-12-04
Madison South In
Two Victories OF
Week End Games

Madison South High Schools
basketball team took two victor
les over the week end at the ex-
pense of West jefferson and
Southeastern. And in each game,
the opponents expected little op-
position from the new Madison
South team.
In the West Jefferson Game
played Friday night Madison scor-
ed AZ points to West Jefferson s
81. They went on to defeat South
eastern Saturday night by score
of 51-44.
Bill Justice racked up 19 points
in the West jefferson Game to
lead the score for Madison South
and the game. In the Southeastern
game Madison South's Baird
counted 20 points to carry the lead
Both games were strictly man
to man defense by Madison South
and the boys are showing indica-
tions OF becoming one of the areas
top teams before the season ends.