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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-01
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES (. TRACEWELL

''It still wouldn't take much
food, but I did the best / could
with it, and at this writing it
is alive, though not eating as
I think it should.
What do l do now?
II would like to bring this
one up, and a friend Of mine
took in a blue jay. and de-
clared it the most intelligent
thing she ever had in the pet
line.
Sincerely. j. L. K"
= 49,
Feeding every hour is all
right.
1t is about the best the aver
age human can do. along with
the press OF other affairs in our
too busy world.
In nature, birds feed their
young at about 10-minute in
tervals. and even this keeps
the parents hustling.
Worms and tiny insects are
the baby food of birddom.
This gives us a pointer.
What we must feed a foun-
ding is food with much pro-
tein in it.
Therefore, milk, bits Of
ground meat or scraped beef,
yolk of hard boiled egg, and
brewers yeast, are in order.
Later. pieces of seedless
raisin may be used at inter-
walls. and some of the smallest
worms that may be found,
along with any old ugly beetle
you can find.
Even the youngest birds are
intrigued to eat by them
selves at the sight Of a crawl
ing beetle, and the throat of
even the youngest is well able
to handle beetle or other
bug"
You can't make a bird eat,
when it doesn't want to eat.
but you can do great deal to
intrigue it into eating Of itself.
by forcing a few feelings down
the hatch.
Brewers yeast is high in
protein. and has vitamins and
minerals in it. 1t mixes we'll
with milk, and the mixture
helps in raising baby birds
fallen from nests.
How young birds sometimes
get where they fall. is a mys-
terry. There seems no way
they could, since no parents
are in the vicinity, but there
the baby is. Birds. after all.
are mysterious creatures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-01
IAutomotiYe Murder
WAStitNGTora STAR

Well, we're still killing them,
aren't we?
One after another, right
down the line, day after day.
Young men just starting life.
girls who never reach woman
hood, children who never get
as far as the first day of school.
We kill the grandmothers
when they venture away from
home. and we jerk the babies
out of their mothers arms.
We hire highly trained en-
gineers to design newer and
better weapons for us. Nothing
but the best will satisfy us.
We've got to have the fastest
and most efficient devices that
science and industry can dream
up, so that we can do our
killing in style.
We're cultured and civil
lied race, and so we insist on
having streamlined beauty
and soft pastel colors even
when we go out to do murder.
Life is cheap. There aren't
many of us nowadays who'll
come right out and admit that.
But we all know it; we all be-
lieve it. You can tell that by
the way we act.
And there's no real harm
done, is there? We kill of a
good many people each year,
yes. But natural increase
more than takes care of that.
The population goes on in
creasing in spite of our muir
derous activity.
But the rest of us don't seem
to mind. If we really disap-
proved of automotive murder,
we'd stop it, because it can
be stopped. 1t might put us
to a little inconvenience NOW
and then, but that's about all
it would cost us.
Get yourself your copy of the
D. c. Traffic Laws. Read it
from cover to cover. Become
familiar with all its require
mentS. and live up to the letter
of the law. Temper your
thinking while driving with
honest : to goodness human
kindness. Dedicate yourself to
the idea that no error on your
part will ever cause injury
or death to anyone.
We are all in on it. Some
Of us are murderers and the
rest OF us are accessories be-
fore and after the fact. A few
OF us do the actual killing, but
we're all equally guilty.
Let's not pretend we're
civilized, because as long as
we keep murder as a national
sport, we're still in a state of
barbarism.
A. Julian BryIawski,
Chairman, Public Educa-
ton Committee. Com
missioners Traffic Ad-
visory Board.
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Q STREET

VI . NEE
Dear Sir:
THE other day, hot and
humid, I heard a couple of
robins making a large cutlery.
ut being nesting time. the
birds were calling. ! thought.
to draw attention to something
going on.
Il looked, and saw a bird
down fiat on its back about 2
feet from the edge of the road.
1T must be a baby robin, l
thought. and went over to see.
1T was a baby blue jay.
y 4 4
"Once the robins saw was
interested. they flew away. and
that was the last ! saw of them.
THE young jay seemed dead,
but actually was alive. though
it lay perfectly still on its
back, a good deal of white
showing.
THE head was in good con-
dition, and after ! picked it up,
the young bird came to life, as
it were.
II took it home, and tried
to feed it with a medicine drop
per full of milk, but didn't
have much success.
THE jay would not eat.
what do you do. in such
circumstances? Circumstances
is a pretty big word. for such
a little bird, but life is life,
and death is death.
This fellow finally per-
mitted me to get a few drops Of
milk down it. but it didn't seem
to enjoy it any.
4 ~
II put the bird in a large
basket in the garage, and
tried my best to feed it every
30 minutes. but other duties
made me go on an hourly
schedule.
THE bird now could perch
on the edge of the basket. if
I put it there. but it still
wouldn't eat by itself.
1T wouldn't even permit me
to get much down its bill, but
at each feeding / managed to
trickle a few drops of milk
into 1t, and finally several
crumbs of hamburger.
When night came, I de-
sisted. and thought that next
morning the bird would be
dead
when light came, / hur-
ried out to see how my charge
was. and was delighted to find
it still very much alive.
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New

The sky Is not familiar yet
To her. not casual the grass.
And she is shy Nth daisies still
While the new days OF sum
mer pass.
! mould not be a child again
To learn the nays Of fowers
aud skies,
But mould liUe dlDdvs near a
child
With unknown heduens In
her eyes.
jane MeFchont
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-01

I favor construction of a
small airport for private and
business airplanes in Mont
gomery County and believe our
citizens should better under
stand their relationship to
aviation.
The young pilot and friend
who landed in Rock Greek
Park treetops on July were
in that embarrassing situation,
because Montgomery County
had failed to provide a fenced
and properly managed airport
where planes could be parked
without danger of being tam
pered with. 1t is reported that
sand and other foreign matter
were found in the fuel tank of
that plane and could only have
been put there by someone who
tempered with the gas tank
while the plane was parked on
the old Congressional Airport.
This would not have happened
on a fenced county airport
where an attendant would
watch airplaneS, as automo-
biles are watched in a we'll
managed parking place.
The public right of transit
by air is set forth in Section
3 (49 United States Code
403): There is hereby recog-
nized and declared to exist in
behalf of any citizen of the
United States a public right
of freedom of transit in air
commerce through the navi-
gable air space of the United
States"
Many hundreds of airplane
flights are being made through
the airspace of Montgomery
\ County every day - private,
business, airline, military. The
Montgomery County citizen
who believes that he can keep
airplanes from flying over his
house by keeping an airport
out of the country is much like
the foolish ostrich with its
head in the sand. The air.
planes are over our heads
every day and will be over our
property in increasing num-
bers. 1t will be a protection
to all of us and our homes to
provide a public place for air.
planes to land in the event Of
some emergency.
To use a private or business
airplane in the airspace over
the county or anywhere in the
United States of America, ev-
cry pilot must hold a pilot GER
tificate which he can get only
after Is hours of dual instruc-
ton and 25 hours solo fight
time. including 10 hours of
cross-country experience. This
amounts to about 1000 miles
of flying. The applicant for
such a pilots certificate must
pass a physical examination
which covers eyesight, heart
condition and other essential
physical tests. He must take
a physical examination every
two years to keep his certifl-
cate from being cancelled.
Commercial pilots must take
physical tests every year and
airline pilots every 6 months.)
All new airplanes ARE in
spected and licensed by the
Civil Aeronautics Administra-
ton before they can be flown
and every airplane in use must
be inspected once every year
or be grounded.
A well-managed airport, with
experienced personnel watch
ing the conduct Of all those
who use 1t. is a valuable safety
insurance to any community
in this day of rapidly growing
air age transportation. / hope
the County Council will expe-
dite the airport project.
Richard ID. Stimson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-01

depends upon a superior mill
tary force, a sound economic
system. great productivity and
a strong government.
]. J. Sperry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-01

@. What was Perle Mesta's
maiden name and where was
she born?-S. N.
A. Mrs. Mesta. former Min
lister TO Luxembourg and inter-
nationally famous hostess. was
born in Sturgis, Michigan, the
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
B. Skirvin. The Skirvins. in
Michigan for the summer, we're
then residents Of Galveston.
Texas, where Mr.. Skirvin was
in the oil business.
q. How much sugar does q
sugar beet yield? What is done
with the pulp that remains?
p. G. w
A. Each beet Cabout 2 feet
long, yields about IA tea
spoonfuls Of sugar. By-prod-
ucts include cattle feed and
beet molasses--the latter used
in several manufacturing pro-
cesses. Beet and cane sugar
are identical products.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-01
Successful Tree Surgery
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used If
letters carry 1DriterS' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
Sdtion.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
BY THE HASKIN SERvIC

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Montgomery Airport

Woodstock, Va.
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No Mixer

Burke, Va
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-24
Tobacco Market holds its own

Tobacco Market holds its own
The sales for last week were
$4,000 pounds. and the average
price was $3.50 per 100 pounds.
Newman Chevrolet Sales Corpo-
ration offers q new Chevrolet
Roadster for $475. Other styles up
to $3.50.
H. E. Boswell OF Prince Edward
county. is among the sixteen out
standing farmers of the State
who received master farmer"
medals. c. B. Robertson. of Char
lotte county. also received medal.
Greenberg's Department Store
Of Farmville has Going Out of
Business" sale.
Sydnor c. Newman was named
by the Farlnville Town Council to
replace j. w. Huntington. whose
resignation was regretfully accept
ed this week . Mr.. bennington
is completing his goth fyear as q
member of the Council.
Leaf sales up e. Sales this week
ran 983, 036 pounds for an average
of $33l5 per 100 pounds.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-24
Article TX. Nullified
BY Supreme Court

Editor of The HeraldA
Late Honorables John Good. Hal
Flood. Walter A. Watson. Sena-
tors Carter Glass. Senator John
w. Daniel. and others worked for
large part Of two years to pro-
duce the fifteen Articles Of Vir-
ginia's Constitution.
Each Article was made COM
plete whole. Each Section of an
Article was essential to complete
a whole article
The State can revise as it
chooses. When the Federal SUI
preme Court negates a Section like
40 it also nullifies that whole
Article 1X) nine. That is because
the Constitution was made tc
have the parts of an Article inter-
locking. coherent, and co-eXistent
one with another.
Those solons never would have
dreamed Of Sections 1879. 14l ano
others if they had been told that
Section l40 could not exist.
The conclusion is: ALL FIJI
TEEN SECTIONS OF ARTICLE
NINE ARE NON EXISTENT"
Only a Constitutional Convention
can restore those fifteen Sections
In doing that Virginia can easily
change its School system from
PUBLIC SCHOOLS to that o,
State Cooperative State Schoo
System.
The Cooperative State Schoo
System. is clearly not PUBLIC
FREE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
| 1Sham T. Wilkinson
Kenbridge, Va.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-24

1906
1t is reported. that a COW has
been sent by mail under the
Thanking privilege of a congress
man. but there Is no limit to the
exalted ideas a Congressman has
of his privileges.
Advertisement of N. B. David
son offers regular $500 Overcoats
for $3.50.
Briery-"Our farmers are get
ting uneasy leaA. we have no ice
next summer stree winter is half
gone and none has been gotten so
far. Nearly everyone in this Sec
ton is busy preparing tobacco for
market. A good portion of the
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-24

over their own most Cherished powers may next
be ifnperiled their prompt and deliberate ef-
forts to check this qnd further encroachment
by the Supreme Court. through judicial legis-
lation. upon the reserved powers OF the States
The Governor is requested to transmit
copy OF the foregoing resolution to the govern
ing bodies of every county city and town in
this State to the executive authority OF each OF
the other States: to virginia's representatives
and Senators in the Congress. and to the
Supreme Court Of the United States for its
information"
With IS of the 40 senator's patrons or
favoring this resolution of interposition
it's passage is relatively certain. Action will
probably not be taken before Tuesday of
this week as Governor Stanley has called
conference of the governors of four South
ern States whose legislatures have under
consideration measures to prevent racial in
tegration of public schools.
The time is now for Virginians to speak
in unmistakable terms. There must be no
equivocation. The principles of the Re-
public are a main concern; the preserva-
ton of public education is of immediate
necessity. The line is being drawn clearly
between those who would compromise and
Commonwealth. the preservation of pub
lie schools, the integrity of the races and
the future progress of the community
So far as this newspaper is concerned,
we advocate immediate passage Of the res
olutions of interposition, a call upon the
sister states to resolve the dispute, and
clearcut issue as to the powers delegated
to the Federal Government in the immediate
matter of public education. Let's decide the
issue now, and preserve or rebuild system
of schools to serve best all of the people,
rich or poor, white or Negro.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-24

There may be number of valid reasons
why someone who hits dog or any dumb
creature doesn't stop to investigate, orr if
there are nearby houses, to inform some
one. We can't think of any at the moment,
however.
All we can think Of is the memory of
Chips tears. That, and resolving once
again to slow down our own driving when-
ever there is reasonable cause to know that
sudden emergencies may arise.
This time it was lads pet dog. Another
time child might dart just as unexpected
ly cross the road or from behind a car or
tree. The next time it might be a mothers
anguished sobs, and all of us need to re-
mind ourselves that the privilege of the
open road carries with its the responsible
ity of reasonable care.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-24

SClAullArN CtlNC.
IN LOOK MAGAZINE the TIL
murder is, resurrected now with
an article. BY william Bradford
HUE called The Shocking Story
Of Approved Killing in Mississippi
pi." The notorious author Is per-
emitted to say that the majority
Of the white people Of the state
either approve the murder or
don't disapproye enough Ito rick
giving their enemies" the salts
faction Of a conviction
The record low blow Is this one
Of Looks. \
With ghastly artists concept
that recalls Dante's Inferno,
HUE Is allowed to tell the murder
story as he imagines it-and he
is mastery and dastardly inn
aginist. He tells It as the true
story and Look prints 1t as such.
The defendants are made guilty
In unknowable detail. with no
chance overlooked to incite feel
ing.
Nothing In the HUE recital lets
the reader know jury acquitted
the defendants. Perhaps they
were guilty. but for an accred-
tied national magazine to let a
renegade Southerner tell an i'm
agined story as If it were true
story-and with every hateful
trimming he can invest disgraces
the magazine world.
THE BENIGN seedsmen here
at Biloxi are being reminded
that in spite Of race and labor
trouble ahead. the South IS moi
only a nations economic promise
but a nations political and eco.
nomic balance Of power. In thai
balance Of power, if Mississippi
and the South will exercise it. car
be answer to what impedes II!
from the golden round
The time has come to tell thu
Democratic Party We won't stant
without hitching.
The time has come to tell tn,
Republican Party we won't com,
without calling
The time has come 10 tell tn,
national magazines behind thei
paper curtain we can read ant
write.
Looks address is 488 Madison
Avenue. New York City.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-24
Do YOU REMEMBER
(FrOm Files of The FurmriUe Herald)

crop has been marketed and in
nearly every case prices have been
satisfactory. Several plant beds
have been burned and planted.
Observation-Disclosures are busy
stripping tobacco tho not much
can be stripped at time on ac-
count of the scarcity of labor.
1881
Failing from a ladder while
working on boiler at the S. T. c.,
last Saturday. w. E. Noel, we'll
known plumber. was painfully in
jured. In the fall his chin hooked
on projection and his jawbone
was broken and his face badly
cut"
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-24

Moving coal is a big job that
requires big equipment. At Cadiz
O.. Hanna Coal Co. depends on
55-ton capacity tractor -trailers tc
carry coal from its Bradford OPEN
cut mine to its Georgetown prep
aration plant. These diesel-pow-
cred giants are SIS feet long. IL
feet wide. nearly IL feet high and
can move 40 miles an hour.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-24
Babson Discusses Best Opportunities In 1860

Babson Park. Mass. Jan. IL
Young people who entered college
last fall will have a tendency to
major In what looks good notC.
This may be mistake. I suggest
instead. that they look ahead four
years to 1860. and plan accord
ingly.
Make Use OF Your Abilities. But
The difference between a col
lege graduate who gets promoted
on job, and one who just gets
a job, Is that the successful climb
err looks ahead. The student who
takes what appears to be a good
job no,0 may be sorry later. The
careful career planner. on the
other. hand. finds out where he is
going. The first step In career
planning is an appraisal Of ones
interests. abilities. personality. and
value goals. There is little success
or happiness II one does not like
the job he is doing.
A fellow is just buttfng his head
against the wall II he tries to
compete in q Job for which he has
neither the aptitude nor the per-
sonafity.
The desire to make money. serve
mankind. or lose oneself in re-
search will usually determine
success or failure. The success
fun person = one who develops
his assets and does work for which
he is fitted. 1t . Job which gives
him happiness. Yet. while these
steps are essential. they do not 60
far enough. Seldom. I find. do
lob hunters include in their search
the probable future growth OF
industries.
4 Look q Our Ec0sBsmy in 19oe
BY 1860. our population will
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-24
Education More
Than Information

Editor, The Farmville Herald:
In our complex and unsettled
time. possible stations and car
GERS are multiplied. We ponder
this embarrassment of riches
and have some misgiving about
the old order Education begins
with life, and before we are aware
the foundations of character are
laid and if you have built your
character upon solid and sound
principles you will in most in
stances be able to withstand the
storms of passions and tempta-
tons of the time in which you
live.
This involves and requires edu-
cation and wisdom. We often
speak of a person as being well
educated.
usually we mean that the per-
son has been through college and
perhaps has studied a profess on.
Or we may mean that the per-
son is professional scholar. Yet
no educational procedure can ever
OF itself produce in any one the
slightest bit of wisdom. Wisdom
means not the possession of in
formation but the ability to use
information.
There are people who can
answer correctly almost any ques-
ton put to them. who seem to
move from one field Of knowledge
to another with the greatest ia
cility Some of these people are
truly wise and some so stupid
that they make a botch of their
lives. Someone has wisely said:
Wisdom is knowledge acting
Alright" The moral factor is al
ways present in true wisdom. An
education which trains the mind
and does not discipline the will
prepares one not for usefulness
but for the preparation of much
evil. Character should be one of
the great aims of education that
youth may know how to live COM
pletely.
Wisdom is the capacity to use
knowledge. and to use it toward |
ends which will be universally
helpful. An educated man is a
useful man. No matter how many
degrees he may have if he is not
uesful he is not educated. He
may be well informed. but he is
not educated. Wisdom is knowl-
edge acting right"
Cordially Yours.
EVERETT A. TRENT
Clayville. Va.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-24
Double Check

MI. Eisenhower now wants the
Government to go into the bond
business. buy county and city
school bonds. One Billion two hun
bred and fifty millions is asked
OF Congress How much he gets
will depend upon how the repre-
sentatives feel, not only towards
the Administrator but to the syS-
tenn at large. Personally l have
very little faith in the plan. that
States matching Federal outlay
is a killer.
There is seemingly some doubt
about Mr.. Eisenhower being
candidate for reelection. T~hayc
never doubted this in any way.
It's the only proof of any party's
appraisal of its great adminiStra-
tive ability to elect for another
term the man who has led the
country 10 what they call success.
If they fail, then boom. boom for
that party.
That great story ION the brink
of war" is about TO backfire and
its by 1.-The greatest secretary of
State / ever knew" Ii so happens
that the others Ike had acquaint-
ance with were Democrats. and so
it shows to go you-that If you
are a Republican every thing is
! o. x. but Democrat No.
Benson's push button farm plan
hasn't started yet. The lack of
safety belts" is holding up the
works. 1t is advertised to be so
kWick that you must have your
safety belt on and adjusted be-
,ore you press the button.
| Thanks for reading yours.
j. Marvin Brown