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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-03-30
The fastening Feet

All around the world this Easter
churches will be ringing with song
and bright with flowers In tho
most unlikely places, there arc
Christians. You viii find that those
churches in far places were start
cd there by mon and women who
believed IN and knew the risen
Christ. II there is church which
calls itself "Christian" but docs
not believe in the Resurrection. its
Christ is as dead as any other by
gone hero. Such church viii not
send many missionaries A dead
Christ hurricS no man $ footsteps.
eases no man burden, lights no
mans hour of sorrow Only the
living Christ kindlcS the burning
heart opens the blind eyes. sets
mems feet upon rock. and sends
them out. like the first Christians,
TO challenge world in his name
The feet Of the two men Fastening
from E,mnsus were but the first
Of billions. eager with God good
news
tessrd en- outline ishteH nv IN
Division Of Christian FdUsa;Ion. ~
teral Council Of the Ctprchee Of r
in the 4. $. \. Released r, Cow, ne,.4
Press Servicep
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-03-30
Double Check

Practically everybody excepting
the Democrats Will feature in the
Easter paraCe last heard Ad-
lal flew back to California getting
an edge on that Coon Cap guy
from Tennessee the EisenhOW-
er campaign has the main line so
far thar is some talk of 60
ing back to Missouri and pull SEN
ator SymingtOn out to run as a
dark horse although from Mis-
souri, he does not have to be shown
and he's no fireball but just has
the right text. nothing that has
come out of the Democratic
stables so far bears any marks OF
even a hopeful. not even Harri-
man. with Hearst support regret
table but true he old hen left
her nest some years ago and tho
hatch was failure but tNO
or three more arguments with the
heads Of the parties will fetch en-
out OF hiding We got. OF VIC had
1872 Convention vote. with lo3
pledged should leave enough to
lick the Weaklngs uncertainty
hangs most noticeable among the
Democratic ranks they arc
Wnippcd whenever a Democrat
votes Republican ticket he is
whipped. As the British say, it
a beaStly feeling, amt it, had
most wonderful visitor Mr. John
Warmer of the First National Bank
of Farmville. He lifted my adding.
multiplying and satisfaction pow
err wonderfully him and his bank
as 500 nice to deal with. Thanks
for reading.
Yours for a Happy Easter,
j. MARVIN BROWN
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-03-30
A Look Backward

HISTORY is always interesting and
sometimes it makes. sad reading. Take.
for instance. the history of the individual
income tax. In 1929, the tax on a $4,000
with two children and a $4,000 income
il was a mere $40
Now the tax begins al 20 per cent on the
lowest taxable income levels. From there
II goes swiftly up the ladder. reaching 81
per cent at the top.
It's no wonder that people still talk.
old days. Who dares to predict what taxes
will be 25 years hence, with government
functions being expanded like the pro-
verbal green bav tree
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-03-30
Meherriin

MIS-. Rebecca Stricken author
of Brandon Lane Was the
guest speaker at the Mehel1' n
Rulitan Club meeting last Thurs
day. According to Rev. r. E
Dunkun, he president Mrs
Stricken spoke on chang ne
moods"
Mrs. Curtis Waller, daughter Of
Mrs. M S. Price spent the week
in New York attending a Nation
al conference on superv sion and
curriculum Development.
Mrs. NJ. S. Price who has been
VS. ting her daughter and SON
in-law, Nh and MIS-. Curtis Wal
Ter. of Henderson. N C., is nov
visiting her daughter and Son-in-
law Rev. and Mrs Frank G
Koohler. of Hopewell
ms. Frank Price Of Richmond
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-03-30

without party to support with any en-
thusasm. For better than II years grow
ing feeling of political bewilderment has
beset the voters in the Southern states. In
addition there are many, literally humid
reds, of conservative patriotic organza-
tons in the North and West, whose vast
collective memberships have been studying
the political situation in the nation The
conservative south and the conservatives
in the balance of the the nat on can become
a formidable political force. Much de-
ponds upon the political leaders in the
Democratic party at the state level, and
more depends upon the people in the
"grassroots." Now is the time for the
voters to make wishes known to those who
will 60 to the various state conventions.
and more especially to those who will be
delegates to the national convention State
political leaders have a difficult problem
and will be wise to listen to these who will
cast the votes. The debate now brewing in
Congress will be particularly significant.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-03-30
Our Little Visitor

She shows US oil her precious dolls,
This doting little mother;
Her foniy wos large, and then
At Christmas came another.
And we must close examine them
Remorkino on their beauty
We must ogree thot every one
IS lovely ond cutie
Sometimes our hospitality
Requires much fortitude,
For we, to pIeose, must Join with her
In kissing oil the brood.
Those dolly foces, hard and cold
Don't thrill US very much!
And neither does her eddy bear
Have skin we love to touch.
We've even kissed her einghom twins,
A sister ond brother;
When oil we really wont to do
Is kiss the little mother
The while watch this mother small,
1t tokes me back to when
Ny Jeanne wos little girl
And loved her doIies then
l. D WHITAKER
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-03-30
The DelusiOn of Federal Aid

means all the people. The South accepted
the federal aid because it was instituted
as a national policy, and the South re-
manned Democratic because the Republican
Party offered them no real alternative
but it was mainly the influence of South
ern members of Congress, algning them
selves with those of like mind from other
parts of the country, that prevented our
nation from going all the way down the
road to state socialism in the following
years.
In the meantime the South has been
gradually closing the gap in per capita
wealth and income. Nor is this due in any
way to federal aid. All the reasons for ma
terial prosperity have existed in the South
all along-it simply takes time to bring it
about
AT the same time. though. the cancer
GUS delusion of federal aid has been gradu-
ally eating away at the financial and moral
responsibility of the people Until now we
are seeing a strange thing happen. The
Governor of Michigan and the Governor Of
New York-two of the richest states in
the unon--have both agreed that their
, respective states must have more federal
aid for schools and for such other things
as housing and highways.
Now that's pretty hoW-dc do. Where 5
the money coming from? Well. where
else can it come from except the states Of
Mississippi and Arkansas. whose per capita
wealth and income are still the lowest in
the union? And from the other fortv-four
states. all of whom arc less wealthy thgn
New York and Michigan. SO now we are
begging from each other.
All Of which very clearly shows up the
fallacy OF federal aid Ii all indicates how
the getting something for nothing habit,
like the dope habit, gains an nsidious con
troll over people until they lose all sense
of moral values
Carried to its ultimate end, Of course,
federal aid means complete state social
ism. And state socialism carried to its
ultimate end means communism. The pco-
pie of this country DO not want that.
What the states of this nation need
South or clsewhere--is not federal aid but
economy in the federal government. Then
they would have all the money they need
to provide their own wants with their own
money.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-03-30

spent the week end with her
ster Mrs. F. G. Redmond.
Mrs. j. w Grafton is on the
sick list We wish her a speedy
recovery.
Mr.. and Mrs. ArlCn DeHart of
Wash NJ on. D. c. Ms P. L.
Fowler and children Joyce Ann
and Melvin Fowler of Victoria
visited MI. and Mrs. Jul; an Price
Sunday.
Miss Evabelle Dean of Balti-
more spent the week end with
her mother Mrs. Mary Dean.
A ham shoot, VIII be held
Saturday, March 81 for benefit
of the Meherlin Volunteer Fire
Dept.
MI. and Mrs. Joe jenkins
spent a week in Richmond with
relatives.
MI. and Mrs. L. B Hurt visited
his parents Mr.. and Mrs. c. R.
Hurt Of Pleasant Grove last
Thursday night
Odell Grafton of Richmond
spent last Thursday with his
parents Mr.. and MIS-. j. w. Graf
ton Mrs. Grafton is in the sick
list.
Nj. and Mrs Macon Vaughan
attended the funeral in Norfolk
last Saturday of his brother in
W, FLOYD Gowen husband of
Mrs. Nettie Brent Vaughan Cow
eth.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-03-30
Brewing, Debate

ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT by
products of the recent Southern mani
festo in Congress might be a speeding up
OF the trend toward third party.
While it is too early to predict with as
surance that third party will emerge
from a divided Democratic Party, it was
interesting to note that the presentation of
the Southern manifesto to Congress re-
Gently was a most solemn event, so grave
that neither supporters nor opponents of
the resolution spoke bitter word.
1t is certain that no such manifesto, in
volving a reputation of Supreme Court
decision by one hundred members of
Congress, has been placed on the record
in recent years. Not only does the mani
festo reflect upon the Supreme Court de-
cision, but it lowers the prestige of the
court. A hundred Senator'S and Congress-
men cannot all be included in the hair
Drained category.
Millions of Southerners find themselves
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-03-30
Christ Lives
Lesson for April l, 1856

N(NRIST is risen" The words
~ will be said and sung many
thousand times this Easter What
do they mean? Let us leave out Of
sight all those to whom the words
mean nothing but vestige of
superstition at the worst. a pictur-
esque symbol of something alto
gether different. at best. What do
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-03-30

these words mean
to those who do
believe them? 1t
is possible to be-
lieve this sem
tence literally and
firmly, and yet be
as dead to their
joyous meaning as
if they were a
weather report OF
40 wears ago They
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-03-30

Rising coal production in 1855
contributed to an IL per cent
climb in the value of mineral out
put in the United States last
year. to a new record high OF
s15e h,lliicn
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-03-30

portend a miracle; but ycster-
days miracles may not be espc-
cially interesting. Do you feel a
kind of rapture on reading about
the frogs in Pharaoh's palace. the
miracle-frogs? Does it help your
malaria to read about the cures
ST Paul did at Ephesus9
Yesterdays miracles may even
be discouraging, just because they
are yesterdays The Resurrection
of Christ is not in a Class with any
other miracle For the early Chris
tians it was THE event Of history
The Opened Eye
1t is no accident that the church
says and sings. Christ is risen
more often than Christ rose.
The Resurrection is kind Of con
temporary miracle. 1t has many
meanings, but consider three of
them, in the lives of the plain poo
pie who first experienced the truth
OF it. Remember. the Resurrection
was nothing they had been look
ing for. nothing they had the Wit
to invent. It came as a shock It
upset all their ideas. it rcmade
their world First of all and IN
GLIDING everything else. the Res
direction means the presence.
here and today not less than there
A..
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-03-30

Surface mine production of BIZ
luminous coal at the - leading
mines In VISIT Virginia exceeded
IT million tons in the first half Of
1858, statistics have revealed
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-03-30

The first really big Bass that
I've heard of being caught, was
six and three-quarter FOUNDER
taken in a private pond By Deputy
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-03-30

THURMAN SENSING, nationally known
: economist, has stood four-Square for
years for conservative, constitutional
government. In recent monograph he
sums up the nations condition and the de-
fusion of federal aid.
We quote
Federal aid is, in effect. the federal gov
eminent saving to the states:
'The people in your states need some
aid. SO we are going to tax them, bring the
money to Washington. deduct the eX-
penses of administering the aid. and then
provide the aid they need with their own
money"
1t is just as if doctor said to his
patient:
you need blood TRANSMISSION. am
going to take some blood out of your left
arm: | am going to put it back in your
right arm. will spill some in the process,
but | am going to give you blood trans
fusion with your own blood
There is, actually. no such thing as fed
eral aid. The best that can be said for it
is that it is redistribution of wealth.
In fact, it was on this basis that the
New Deal first attempted to buy the
South. The South generally never has
been, and is not. sympathetic to state con-
troll and RECOMMENDATION Of the individual.
When the advocates of these practices got
in control of the Democratic party. to
which the South has additionally be-
longed. they therefore did not find a sym
pathetic response in the South
The New Deal thcreupon hit upon the
device of brbing the South with federal
aid, knowing full wcll--as has later been
ruled by the Supreme Court-that what
ever the government subsidizcs it has the
right to control.
The South was susceptible to this en-
ticcmcnt. The South had not yet fully re
covered from the loss Of large part of its
assets during civil war nor from the hard
ships of reconstruction that followed. Its
per capita wealth and per capita income
We're still considerably below the national
average. The New Deal government
through federal aid-promised to remedy
this discrepancy by transferring money
collected from the weather. states to the
poorer states of the South.
This bait was swallowed by many people
in the South but not-and for this the
whole nation may be gratefully any
Under No Control?
COME OPTlMISTS BELIEVE that we
= can have federal aid to education with
out federal control of education.
The Reporter. of Sardis, Mississippi.
puncturcS this balloon by pointing out that
1T is only natural that the federal govern
mcnt should control that which it sub
sidizes. II then cites the Hughes Act. pas
scd in 1916. providing federal aid to voca
tlonal education. It's proponents insisted
that there would be no federal control in
vovcd
But now a rule requires that each state
wanting this aid lis required to submit
plan which must meet with the approval of
the Federal Office of Education"
Those who pay the bills will always call
the tunes.
Arkansas State press., 1956-02-17

r.a dog foods that contain all
Inc elements necessary for the
health and happiness OF mans
b. friend.
"a the coursc Of their studies
&C. canine food requirements,
tie dog experts come up with
..~r intcrcStin. observations.
Fof example, Or. Z. NJ. Gill
dow director OF Friskies Re-
s,-rrl Laboratory and an IN.
tsi1aiional authority on the
subject Of dog uGtrition, points
out hat neither meat alone nor
sc-.us from the family table
make "a good diet for dogs.
C'v-u only these things to eat,
tho family pup won't be as well
OF as his wild brothers who
ro-m the plains and prey on
smaller animals. In devouring
t..l victims, wild animals OBJ.
tain minerals and vitamins to
Nae. almost all their nutrition
Environments. in addition TO
muscle meat.
Arkansas State press., 1956-02-17
S;s3Sif's dogs life
Some Pups Eat Better than Owners,
Kennel Research Experts Report

According TO DR.. Gildow, com.
monty used raw or cooked meats
for dogs are deficient in Vita
minis 4 and d, and minerals
such as calcium and phos'
.phorus.
Meeting these and other diet
AIRY problems for pets has been
"a continuing job for pet food
scientists, however, and they
now know just what elements
to combine for best results. An
example is the addition Of fish
to dog meal, which, according
to DR.. Gildow, has good effects
in dog breeding and helps a
mother dog produce milk for
her puppies.
Kennel research has shown
that fine litters Of pups can
result when both parent dogs
have been fed a diet Of pre-.
Arkansas State press., 1956-02-17

Ray. and Mrs. Mary Byrd. Mrs.
Curry. pres dent
Senior HI school observed Ne
gro History week. Feb. Is with
an assembly program
eta met Wednesday at Jones
elementary scheol.
Basketball game Jones VS.. Al
theimer. Wednesday IN Altheimer
Jones ys Texarkana. today GFIi-
day. at go and 8 p. m. in the
gym.
Five students represented Jones
az the Career conference hek at
AAd&N college this week The
students are joyce Byrd. Maxine
Webb. Margaret Wilson. Sylvester
Dupree and Lucille Young Their
ehaperan vas Miss Victoria Pierce
The Adult division and Veter-
ans division sponsored an annual
reunion and rededicatiol tea on
Sunday.
f. II Hunter. principal; Mrs
C. p Marshall. reporter
Arkansas State press., 1956-02-17
PhiIander Smith

DIR. James S. Thomas. associate
director Of secondary and higher
education, board of Education. the
Methodist church; and DR.. Donald
c. Viets, minister Of First Meth
odist church, Hoisington. Kansas
and official representative from
the Central Kansas conference
have been among the recent VS.
itors to the college.
Speaking to the faeulty-student
assembly from the subject, The
Full Life, Dr. Thomas urged his
listeners 20 Seek not security
but intelligent exposure TO life
where learning is often costly, but
valuable AT the vesper hour on
the 5th, Dr. Viets spoke from The
subject Its in the Stars, At
which time he told the audience
to Aim not for the shooting
stars, because they are soon burnt
out and lose their usefulness
but aim for those stars which are
always a little beyond our reach.
On February 18th the four So
rorities. under the auspices Of the
Pan-EIellenic council. presented a
panel on Service to Humanity
at the vesper hour. The speakers
were as follows: Miss Margaret
Arkansas State press., 1956-02-17

The eliminating events viii be
ihe assembly OF February II al
80 a. m. The program will con-
slSt Of talks on Negro progress
and achievement. two vocal So
los, music b. the choir and a
native dance number b. a jana
elan member Of the class. Prizes
VIII also be awarded.
Members of the Negro history
Class with Mrs. Scott as instructor
are Maurice Austin. Jeanette
Bradford, Rosine Bradford. Doris
Blanks. Mildred Clardy. Alma
James. David Jordan. Shirley Jol-
~ Matte 10 Kirby. Thresa Mil
Ter, Perry Taylor. Mary ]. Walk
er and Joselyn Williams.
FLAf The immortal lines lrom
Shakespeare Hamlet. The Paws
the Thing were true Friday mite
at the Dramatic tournament at
AM&A college when Nobody
Sleeps directed By Mr.. King.
Won first place and a beautiful
trophy for our school Students
Who appeared in the cast were.
Peggy Williams. Gloria Vinson.
Annette Taylor. Gloria Todd and
George Mays.
sPoRTS-The IntramuraI basket
pall league provides an opportun-
ny for every student to partiei-
pate In sports on a non-varsity
basis to create interest and en-
lhusiasm for athletics. To provide
feereatiohal opportunities that
VIII lead TO physical. mental and
social development.
The teams are sponsored by or
CARNATIONS concerned with stu
dent activities. Those represented
are, Montorial staff. Beareat Flash
STAFF Band. Farmers. Junior team.
Boys council, Flieretts and the
sportefs. These teams play the
preliminary games before the fea-
lure game. All games start at 100
p, m.
Arkansas State press., 1956-02-17
Carver Elementary

The 3-3 pupils Of Mrs L Il
Phillips room found It quite m
teresting to observe the weather
for the month Of January. Sym
bols were placed On a chart To
indicate the type Of weather for
each day. Weather clippings were
brought TO class from daily news
papers. From this observation.
the group enriched their voeabu-
larry with words connected with
the weather, learned 70 read the
Thermometer and 10 appreciate the
importance of the weather bureau
The 80 group of Miss Il n
Johnson's room has three pupils
who belong TO the Sixty Cents
club for Polio donations. They
are Elisa Sims. Dewayne Mccoy.
and Vinita Hale. The entire class
helped 10 make a ksal-l bortef
q aDples, peas. pe1ehes. sad
New Years special tran hIsl
with cool wishes To- Is56.
Officers for the Game aad F.z-
a. elu5 are. pres.dsll. Eide VII
ilEs; vice president. Stephen
Chandler; secretary. Danny Moses:
assistant secretary. Jennie Harvey;
treasurer. Paulette Rose: reporter.
Preston Robinson. Mrs. Z. Smith.
sponsor.
Arkansas State press., 1956-02-17
YeTaaI a;ea Sshoc!

nOpE-a.uae.ils OF Merger m
who made the honor roll for the
first semester are.
SEVEN-B:
Douglas Williamson
SEVEN-c:
Uzziah Grigsby
Oscar Lee Milus
Martha Allen
Mary Jefferson
Mary Ann MeFadden
NINE-A:
Thomas Colbert
Jerry Dell Dennis
Carlotta Grigsby
NINE-B:
odell Dennis
TEN-A.
Lorene Straughter
TWELVE-A:
Shirley Robinson
ozie Williams
Robert Tyus
Benjamin Dennis
Willie Hamilton
George Stfaughter
Rosie Briggs
Jewel Martin
Georgia Martin
TWELVE-B:
Myrtle Allen
OTene Dennis
Annie =, Latin
Vivian Lloyd
Joanna Lowe
Euniee Monroe
The following students made all
AS:
Georgia Martin
Willie Hamilton
George Straughter
Ozie Williams
Arkansas State press., 1956-02-17

week.
The members Of the committee
believe the girls might get one
thought. listen to the person who
Is talking, and keep quiet"
One Of the boys who is usual
ly absent has not been absent OF
tardy this week. He was a part
of the planning committee. !
thought: One neyr knows Just
how well a child can do when he
has never been given the oppor-
tunity TO demonstrate his abilities.
All people can't be leaders. but
too often We delegate the honor
10 the precious few. | apologized
TO my boys for this oversight.
The boys who served on the
eommlttee and the program were:
clenard Bonner. John Colding.
Charles Coleman, p II. Gilkey,
James Hunter. George Hightower.
and Ronnie Robinson.
Basketball Game
The Bobcats defeated Hot Springs
February 8 by a score Of 1927.
Dunkey Anderson was hi point
man with p points The game
was played in Hot Springs. Plan
not TO attend the Bobcats biggest
game of the year They will play
the Hot Springs Bulldogs Wednes-
day
Edwin L. Hawkins. principal.
Arkansas State press., 1956-02-17
Jones Hi

The Jones hi school marching
and concert band, after making
all Of the l954-55 football games
and presenting It's mid-winter
band concert, has settled down
TO do some hard work in order To
try and develop an understanding
OF some OF the more complex
problems Of music theory. This
study will take US into the elassi-
feation Of rhythm from simple
to the more complex problems ef
doration, and the seven basic
scales along with key signatures
The band welcomes John Moore.
Ia studeat-teacher in instrumental
Music from Philander Smith col
lege Mr. Moore will be working
with the department for nine
weeks.
J w Cannon, sponsor.
The Student council presented
lis annual Valentine social. Febru.
ary II, in the Mulu-purpose room
where the Valentine Swee,hearts
were crowned for the year l)55-
Sc The sweethearts were from
both, the junior and senior hi
school divisions
The Parent Teachers association
Of Jones hi school observed it,
Founders day, Tuesday in room
7B. The past presidents were hon
ored. Some OF the past presidents
are Mrs, Blanche Handy. Mrs. VI
Arkansas State press., 1956-02-17

liver and fish, animal and vegc.
table protein, and BIZ supple.
ImentS.
With this kind Of food, a
family can feed an average-size
dog we'll for just a few cents a
day.
For a free iiiustroted booklet,
you and Your Dog" write
Friskies. Box SOS. Hollywood 2s,
Cdlif.