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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-22
Agents to Distribute
Farmers Tax Guide

Free copies of the farmers tax
guide for income and self-employ-
ment taxes may be obtained from
most county agents in this area,
according to Hiram A. Holmes,
Amelia county agent.
Some of the material covered
in the guide was explained to the
76 people who attended tax
meeting in Amelia Wednesday by
w. j. Nuckolls, VPI extension
economist.
Particular note was made Of
the regulation which requires any
one who employs someone for 20
days or more to pay social
security. If a dairyman hires a
high school boy to carry milk for
him for an hour in the evening
and the boy does so for more
than 20 days, then the dairyman
must pay the social security, des-
pite the fact that the boy may
have worked less than 20 hours
altogether.
Employers are required to pay
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-22
Babson Discusses Where To Live

with railroad ticket
l. however, should be an authority
on the best places to get a job. If
you mean now. the answer is prob
ably Southern California or wher-
ever airplane plants are located"
But, when the fear of World War
III is over, these same sections will
suffer much unemployment In fact,
directly after a previous world war,
80 per cent of the bus and taxi
drivers of Los Angeles were said to
be college graduates.
Wages and Investments
Wages are higher when work is
plentiful in some cities, but such
work is likely to fluctuate more.
Statistics indicate that the total
yearly take home" wages. ad-
justed according to living costs. are
about the same in all as states.
Again / say that in the long run a
family does not better its total in
come by moving One can get more
comforts in Miami, Florida, than in
Bismarck, North Dakota; but l am
sure the latter is a better place to
bring up family Of children.
OF course the future value of land
va ,,iac tr-i4t different ctafoc Drob
ably the lest purchases for specu-
lation are in the West Coast States
and the Southern States. In making
purchases of homes, however, put
more money into the land rather
than into the house. Well-located
land in any part of this wonderful
country should continue to become
more valuable from year to year,
but any house is becoming less
valuable each year unless money is
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-22

constantly spent to keep it up to
date
Three Recommendations
To those who are determined to
move, l suggest you consider for
investment or employment capt.
tai city of one Of the 48 states. None
Of these AZ cities have ever de-
faulted on their municipal bonds.
Owing to the large number en-
ployed by the various state depart
ments. there is very little unem-
ployment even during a depression
Due to pension systems. which most
states have adopted, almost every
family feels secure about its old age
or the possibility Of sickness. Most
important of all is the fact that
taxes can be collected from the en-
tire state to support the capital
city, whatever general business con-
ditions may be elsewhere.
Cities having state universities are
also to be chosen. These likewise
are supported by taxes from all the
state, They are rapidly growing.
Your children get a college educa-
ton at low cost-as well as
good boy or girl friend" also
like cities which have non-fluctuat-
ing but constantly growing indus
tries. The insurance. business is
good illustration. Business is always
good in such cities as Hartford.
Conn. Every state has one or more
of such cities. However. your future
depends upon you, rather than upon
where you are located. Hence, my
advice is to avoid being rolling
stone. but make good where you
now are
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-22

No person who lived in Prince
Edward left a more lasting impress
sion upon its people than the Rev.
Daniel Witt, DID,. for "A years pas
tor of Sharon Baptist Church. And
no person ever loved the old county
with a deeper and more abiding af-
lection than Samuel Brown Witt, his
youngest son, who for "a years was
judge of the Hastings Court of Rich
mond
Many a person in Eastern Prince
Edward grew up, as this reviewer
did. on delightful stories about the
inin1itable Sam" Witt. From boy
hood Sam" Witt displayed a Iowa
BILE personality which did not forget
and was not readily forg Q e n.
Schoolmates remembered his Vi
Vacious school days and told rernin-
iscences of them with delight. Judge
Witt welcomed his boyhood friends
to Richmond with a cordially which
none of them ever forgot but which
made them eager to return.
Consequently, with such a back
ground of interest, this reviewer
ordered this memoir of Judge Witt
as soon as he knew that Miss Ellen
Witt had written it. And what happy
reading it has proved to be! It is
like a visit to old Prince Edward
and old Richmond and old Fauquier
Judge Witt married Miss Mariana
Foster of that county, but especially
it IS like travelling back and forth
from Prince Edward to Richmond
and return in the period between
the War Between the States and
World War I. Many of the old Prince
Edward families are mentioned
among Judge Wits friends by nc
means limited to the Sandy River
Community. along with numerous
Richmond people
Judge Witt delivered the address
at the dedication of the Confederate
Monument in Farmville. Had this
reviewer known that a copy Of the
speech was in existence, he would
certainly have tried to get it to use
as one Of the appendices for his
History of Prince Edward County "
Judge Wits address is a roll call
of Prince Edward people in Con
federate days. family after family
mentioned 1t was a speech notable
for. eloquence and knowledge of the
Prince Edward background, Though
Judge Witt had been away from
Prince Edward for years. he did not
appear to have forgotten any of its
people. Such memory has its roots
in great love. and when one reads
this speech he is not surprised to
hear that Judge Witt once said,
Most people want TO go to heaven
when they die, but as for me. Just
take me back to Prince Edward :"
Among the stories Of Judge Witt
are those which concerned Prince
Edward people who happened to get
into trouble in Richmond It was a
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-22
Editorial From NeIcs & Courier, Charles ton S. c.
Asking For Trouble

In Montgomery, the bombing of Negro
churches and ministers homes is an ex-
IRENE that no law abiding citizen can APP
plaud This violence is a direct outgrowth
Of prolonged agitation in the Alabama cap
ital People cannot ask for trouble forever
without getting it - deplorable as the out
come may be.
The News and Courier misses no oppor-
tunity to plead with white people to re-
frain from violence. White ruffians are
among the most serious elements of the
race dilemma. Their very roughness is an
argument for racial separation.
We plead also with Negroes to use mod
Grafton, courtesy and sound judgment in
their struggle to enjoy more of the priv
leges of life in blessed country. No per-
son, no matter what his race or personal
aptitudes gets all he wants all the time
Negroes have progressed further in the
United States than any others Of their race
in history irresponsible Negro leadership,
abetted by foolish or sinister forces among
the whites, is creating disorder in the South
and endangering public safety.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-22
Powhatan Squad
Purchases Ambulance

A 1947 ambulance was purchased
by the Powhatan Rescue squad
last week for $3.50. The ambu
lance was purchased largely for
its equipment, but it can be used
as a second rescue unit.
The original unit. a re-vamped
1857 station wagon donated by
Dunn Chevrolet Sales corporation
Of Powhatan, is expected to be
ready for service soon.
Nearly $1,000 for the rescue
squad and its equipment was col
lected in drive late last fall +
Richmonder matched the first $1,000
donated with a contribution OF
$1,000. The rest came primarily in
small sums from individual con-
tributors.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-22

Seaton doubts that the U S. win
ration gasoline.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-22

IRON Alabama and Georgia yesterday
the news Of race disorders was distress
ing to people Of good will Thoughtful
Southern citizens for years have warned
that such things would happen, but the
agitators would not listen.
Perhaps the most distressing thing is the
part played by Negro clergymen. In sey-
eral cities they are ring-leaders in a move
ment designed not to improve their flocks,
but to create civil disturbances.
Whatever their motives, these clergymen
are selling their people down river filled
with perils.
In Atlanta, a group Of singing, praying,
Bible-reading Negro ministers" deliberate
ly provoked an incident aboard a bus Six
of them took seats in the front section, de-
flying Georgia law and custom, and abusing
their clerical calling. The action was
breach of good manners. 1t serves no use
full purpose, The governor of Georgia has
ordered the National Guard to stand by in
case of serious treble growing out of
needless gesture.
Regardless Of the merits of indignation
on a bus, this is no way to go about it.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-22

foregone conclusion that they would
be released. Miss Ellen Witt tells
some of these stories in her book.
My father used to tell that Justice
John Crutchfield once dismissed
colored man. brought before the
Richmond Police Court. upon learn
ing that he came from Prince Ed
ward.
Get out Of here. If / send you
up to Sam Witt, he'll turn you loose,
SO I'll save him the trouble.
Do not be deceived by such &C
counts; Judge Witt was an able
Judge. and his court highly res
pected During his "a years on the
bench, he had only one decision re-
versed by the State Supreme Court.
But it is doubtful if any community,
at any time in history ever had so
aOle, so distinguished. and withal SO
entertaining a bench as Richmond
had in Judge Witt and Justice John
Crutchfield Both men were greatly
respected, and what is more, great
ly loved. Both had the highest
standards Of justice, and both were
judicious in flavoring it with mercy
I recommend Miss Wits memoirs
Of her father enthusiastically to
Prince Edward readers. How many
delightful memories it will revive!
How glad l am that she has pre-
served this record of her father No
man deserves more to have his
story made a part of written history
than Samuel Brown Witt Miss Witt
has written with great love and
understanding, which is as it should
be, for Judge Witt was above all a
man Of love and understanding
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-22
Moral Force

OVERLOOKED in the recent visit of
y Prime Minister Nehru to the United
States, was the Indian Prime Minister'S
proposal to the United Nations
In a major speech before that body, Mr..
Nehru proposed that all present military
alliances be scrapped. The Prime Minister
would substitute moral force, as a means
of the worlds problems
Anyone familiar with the efforts of the
moralists to curb Communist activities in
recent years will readily realize the ridicu-
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-22
Things To Come?

RgRS Jeanne Dixon, of Washington, has
- an imposing list of successful predic-
tons to her credit The real estate execu-
tive, Of Washington, D. c., has aroused
worldwide interest by her successful flash
els of intuition.
AS 1857 begins, it is interesting to note
some of Mrs, Dixon's latest predictions.
Among other things, she believes that Ger
many will boone a monarchy again, and
that a strong third party will come about
in the United States
In addition, she says the Russian satel-
lites will achieve freedom and that the
United States will have more trouble with
Red China than with any other country
And, looking at the domestic political
scene, ne believes that Vice-President
Richard Nixon is the man of destiny in the
United States.
It will take some years to determine the
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-22

Babson Park, Mass, Jan II. I am
much interested in Gallup Poll on
six questions of where to live. /
Will not discuss the answers to three
Of these, namely which is the
most beautiful state"-or which
is the healthiest or which is the
best for q winter or summer va
cation The answers to all these
questions are most interesting l,
however. am not qualified to pass
thereon.
The Ten Most Popular
OF the SIX questions. Mr.. Gallup
gives the ten first choices. Based
upon the Law Of averages (in which
] have great faith. the following
ten states appear in the answers to
most Of the six questions. These are
California Florida. Colorado. Wash
ington Oregon, Texas, New York,
Michigan, and New Mexico or
Arizona.
Based upon my extensive travels
and the opinions of thousands of
friends, l honestly believe that every
one Of our AZ states possesses to
some extent all the six advantages
mentioned in this poll. This means
to me that every reader should con
time to live in the state where he
is now located.
Lei Us Look al the Record
Statistics show that death rates
and health conditions depend 90 per
cent on the heritage and habits of
as individuals and not upon where
we i've The joy which We get from
vacation depends far more upon
the people we meet than the scenery
We see None Of the things which
We rally want can be purchased
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-22

lous nature of this unbelievably naive pro-
posal Nehru must be living in dream
world and is either being led, unconsciousy
by his Communist aid - Khrisna Menon -
or he is living in pink cloud.
While we are inclined to think he is in
a pink cloud, the result for the world would
be the same if he were being led by his
Communist friend, Menon
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-22

the social security tax by January
81. or face a 10 percent penalty.
Farmers are required to file their
income tax returns by February
IS, or face a similar 10 percent
penalty.
Holmes added d recommended
ton that a social security number
should be Obtained from an en-
ploye at the time that he is hired
to save future difficulties.
Social security taxes are now
Az percent on employees and
212 percent on the self-employed.
The later figure is a 3I8 percent
increase.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-22
Double Check

Then came the cold spell, even
oil wouldn't burn. Nobody ordered
it but we got it Just the same.
The snow was beautiful, if'n you
like snow. The most listened to
programs are the weather fore
cast, which are hardly ever right,
but we 60 on for the next one.
Congress is getting set for the In
auguration that you havn't heard
much about these days, but it's
a coming and if'n it wasn't sorter
compulsory we'd Just bypass this
one. But its one of them things
that what's going to be will be,
and this one will be painless and
simple
There will be little of interest
to the public about this extrava-
ganza. no thrills of the usual kind
when the Nation changes parties
same old grind with the
same old faces that try to smile
and fail Just fade out on what
was a blue horizon, Hope where
art thou?
While the dear public messes
around with Vitimins and rock
and roll waiting for the tide to
change, the only futurama is a
lipstick and some oily hair do
and a mirror you are afraid to
look into.
So here We are into fifty seven.
glory bel! It's cold amt it?
Promises of any relief from
that we deplore dies in the hatch.
What you have to sell goes lower
and what you have to buy goes
up You just got to be jet pro-
PEELED this exauSt will kill
you.
Thanks for reading.
Yours,
j. Marvin Brown.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-22

accuracy of Mrs Dixon's latest predictions.
At least she is willing to go out on a limb
and put her prophesying powers on the
line.
To her credit, in the past, are successful
predictions as to the 1913 election, pre-
monition that Carole Lombard would be
killed if she boarded the plane on her last
and fatal trip, premonition of heart at
tack business associate would have, the
premonition of plane crash concerning the
plane her husband was about to board,
which crashed, premonition about the
rise of Russa's Premier Bulganin, and
foreseeing letter which arrived days
after she had had vision of it, and naming
the exact score of a golf match between
President Eisenhower and Bob Hope.
Therefore, Mrs. Dixon's latest predic~
tons are we'll worth watching
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-22
speeioI HeroId Book Review
Memoir To Judge Samuel Brown Witt
Recreates Visit To Old Prince Edward
BY II. @. BRADSHAW

THE QUALITY OF MERCY Memoir to
BY Ellen Caske Witt Whte and shepperson Richmond 1877
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-22

Tongue Twister-A group of words that
get your tang all tonguled up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-04

zone reason perhaps, was its
name" he added. 1T was called
the Martini"
Back home. Bob Combs, man
ager Of the Reno Sky Park at
Colonial Beach. Va. is announc.
ing a free air show and oyster
roast with a fly-in set for Feb
ruary 16. Rain date is February
%. One of the only two
Alta Romeo station wagons ever
built, custommade in Milan by
Castagna, is on display at Man.
haitian Autos Merrifield, Va.
branch, a veteran Of African
safaris. :. Trans World Airlines
credits its $50 transcontinental
excursion fare with a A per
cent increase in overall coast-to-
coast tourist business last year.
. American Motors has been
awarded a contract to build ro-r
tary mine bay doors for Martins
Navy Jet Seamaster. Cour.
tesy OF Scandinavian Airlines,
you'll be able to hear the first
worldwide broadcast from d.
rectly over the North Pole at
4:30 pm, Eastern Standard
Time, February "a.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-04

operated but not in competition
with privately-owned lines,
hasn't had a major accident in
81 years.
This was the record then,
when Mr.. Benz pulled up too
close to the curbing in front of
the La Palma hotel and banged
into a no-parking sign.
Never a bus addict, partic-
ularly after a fast and coy H.
hour ride from Idlewild to
Zurich via Swissair's DC-7C, /
was left with the opinion that
buses. particularly Swiss buses
with the ready made scenery.
really have something.
With their obvious talent for
precision machinery. turbines,
electric motors and bus engines,
the Swiss do not have their own
auto production. When the ques-
ton was put. one official ex-
planned that the nation. with
under five million population,
could hardly absorb enough
Swiss-built passenger cars to pay
the tooling-up costs.
I'VE had q domestic auto
mobile once" he said. But the
company went broke about IA
years ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-04

may use them. The Government.
operated mail and passenger
system gets scores of requests tc
buy the horns and is perfectly
willing to fill the order. providing
the instruments are not used in
Switzerland.
Down through Majola Pass,
already neatly cleared Of last
nights heavy snow. the road is
a hair-raiser despite Driver
Beinz's def handling. Hairpin
turns look into 1000 foot
chaSms.
Through the Bregaglia Valley,
past Lake Como and Dongo,
where Mussolini was captured
and onto the lush, sub-tropical
Magodino Plain, where Locarno
nestles in its palm-treed splen-
dor. To the California-like con-
sternation Of the natives, there
was snow on the palms this day
"a most unusual thing"
1t was the end Of a normal
run for Driver Benz, another
lap in Is years of accident-free
driving. Many a driver back
home can claim a similar record,
but he doesn't ply these awesome
mountain roads on snow and
ice. The system itself, federally-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-04
WINGS & WHEELS
BY CHARLES YARBRoUGH

LOCARNO-Down from the
snowy ramparts Of the Alps. the
Swiss Postal motor coach blares
repeated tributes to Rossini. dead
these 80 years.
The coach itself is an amazing
vehicle. its vast expanse of glass
windows and roof built to make
the best Of the breath-taking
vistas its routes afford. Built
by the precision talented Swiss,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-04
American Bohumus
Names CUMMINGS
Managing Director

Jack S. Cummings has re-
signed as southeastern sales
manager for Norris Thermador
Corp. to become managing di-
rector for American Bahamas
Corp. here.
American Ba h a mas was
formed recently to provide an
incentive travel plan for indus
try using as a focal point its
new Seafarers 400 Club on
Bimini in the Bahamas.
Mr.. Cummings reports the new
company's program will center
around the clubs attraction as
a deep sea resort to provide
extra sales effort for distributors,
dealers and statesmen. Club ia
cilities include a luxury yacht
and deep sea fishing craft.
He was eastern regional man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-04
Greenfield Succeeds Gordon
As City Stores President

A series of executive changes
was announced by City Stores
Co., which owns and operates
Lansburgh's department store
here and the branch at Langley
Park. Md.
Because he desired to engage
in other activities, B. r. Gordon
resigned on January 81 as presi-
dent of the retail chain. He made
known his wishes to the board.
Chosen president to succeed
him was Albert M. Greenfield.
He will continue also as board
chairman. He has held this post
since 1892. Gustave G. Amster-
dam was elected chairman of the
executive committee and the
operating committee.
Designated senior vice presi-
dents and members Of the oper-
ating committee are: Max Robb,
Isidore Newman II and Gordon
K. Greenfield.
Mr.. Amsterdam is president Of
Bankers Securities Corp. major
stakeholder of City Stores Co.
Mr.. Robb is president OF Lit
Bros, Philadelphia. Mr.. Newman
is president of Maison Blanche,
New Orleans. and G. K. Green
field is president of City Special
ty Stores. which operates the
Franklin Simon and Open
heinz Collins fashion chain.
During the incumbency of Mr..
Greenfield as board chairman.
sales of City Stores chain
jumped from s33 million to up
wards of 1912 million for the
current fiscal year.
Ten branch stores have been
opened by City Stores Co.
during the past year. The Lans-
burgh unit is reported to be in
veStigating the site for another
branch store in the Washing
ton metropolitan area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-04
sY SYLVIA PORTER

Since the reelection of Eisen-
hover. business confidence has
'ebbed, not increased as most peo-
pie thought it would. In travel
ing around the country, I've
come across surprising number
of corporations which already
are privately lowering their fore
casts for sales and profits in 1857.
Manufacturers are turning
out goods in immense quantities.
and in plenty of fields they can
turn out more than they are.
But will the goods be sold? Will
the consumer absorb all our pro-
duction?
THE crucial point is not at
the production line any more. 1t
is at the distribution line-which
means the marketing and selling
line"
Salesman Holds Key
And that means the salesman
has moved into a key position
because he is the link between
the makers of goods and us, the
consumers.
Yet, II my experience is typical
and I'm positive it is-selling
today is far from what it should
and could be. In many stores,
I've bought despite the sales
clerk-not because of him or her.
I can't count the times I've
turned away from a sales counter
because OF the indifference or
inefflciency Of the sales person.
THE best physicians go back
to school to learn new tech
niques and to be reminded Of
old Ones" said Motley. Surely
what applies to medicine applies
to selling"
I'll go along with that. 1t won't
be nearly as easy to "sell" us
this year as it has been in most
Of the past Is years. If the
American salesman doesn't know
how to move all the goods we're
producing smoothly and rapidly,
we'll be heading for trouble.
tcopyriEht. 1857. Hall Syndicate. Ine.D