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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-05-07

50 Get corners DAY after day
For the "a cs1ldren who lcft Farm
VILE ID tho 4 nj. darkness Of sat
urdsy morning. there also was a
s ght-seel3g tour topped b. visit
to the WASHINGTON Zoo
The + one-day parade-yisit was
financed hy the Elementary P-TA
which appropriated five dollars for
each yetllester making the trip.
Parents drove TIC children to Rich
mond where they boarded Grey
hound buses for the final rim to
the national capital Lunch was pro-
y ded By the sponsoring Automobile
Club Of Virginia
Ace panyinF the delega-
ton were Miss Lacy Adams. princi-
pal and Miss Halle McCraw. fac
ulty sponsors, and patrons, Mrs. L.
M Carries. Mrs Lamar Williams
and G II Dowdv Jr Who had
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-05-07
Total OF s79e25
April Building Hits High Point For
The Year With 7 New Homes On Order

People National Bank which took
about half Of the total
III April or 1854. II permits were
issued rejecting a s62,550 build
ing boom.
This year found seven nsw
homes going Up in the county,
three additions and four CONNER
cial buildings NEW homes we're
estimated Ut SCORES additions
$500 and commercial Sl1 500
The new homes are being built
as follows Buffalo district, frame
home BY William Womack Pros
pect district. brick home BY Paul
%. Johnson Lockett district, ten
amt house BY D. A Gates. Hamp-
den district. frame dwelling BY
Earl and Marie Y, Reece, Farm
VILE district, brick home in Putney
subdivision by Maynard Stoddelt,
and brick home on Germantown
road BY RerbeTt Al Covlngton. and
town Of Farmville brick home Oh
S. Bridge street, by John j Wal
den.
The remodeung 81 additions a-e
being made as follows Lockett
district Thomas % B3ndurant.
Leigh district James w Nunnally;
and town Of Farmville. Mrs. Price
Wikerson of $40 Park Avenue.
Commercial buildings are being
started as follows: Leigh district,
cinder block bullying by Julian III
Price; Lockett district. sIo and
addition BY d A. Gates, Farm
vile district. cinder block building
BY c II Franklin and office
building by Gilbert n. Wood.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-05-07
County Stands To
Lose $4,000 In
U tiIity Taxes

4 proposal by the chairman Of
the STA Z Corporation Commits
lon, Ralph II. Catterall to sub
tItute local assessment ratios for
the 40 per cent formula now in
use in taxing public service corp
Grafton would reduce tax income
In Prince Edward county approx
imately $1,000
Catterall made the revolun-
tionary proposal in an official
memorandum sent to J. c. Mas
ten, director Of the commission
public service taxation division
April %.
The proposal issued by CATER
All viii change the basis on which
public service corporations are
taxed. At present. the sec fixes
the assessment of public service
corporations at 40 per cent Of the
corporations appraised value The
corporation then pays its county
taxes at the local rate on the as
sessed evaluation.
For instance in Prince Edward
county, there are II public service
corporations paving taxes These
include railroads, electric light
ana power companies. telephone
and telegraph companies. ana all
/ express company These compa-
MES are assessed by the sec at
49 per cent Of their appraised val
re They pay 81 80 her Sl0O as-
sassed value III local taxes
On the other hand real estate
owned BY other corporations Of
individuals in the county is as
ssssed by the county at 90 per
cent OF the true value and they
pay local tax Of SEQ PEI 500 81
+ the assessed value.
Thus tfe public service coIpor-
ation pays it's tax on a 40 per cent
assessment and the others pay on
20 per cent assessment
Could be Worse
lii his memorandum. Catterall
said lhere Is nothing To Keep all
enterprisine county from adopt
ing a l per cent assessment ratio
end $50 tax rate, 1t makes no
difference to the tax payer
whether he pays l per cent ofss50
or 100 per cent of 50 cents.
Last year public service corp
orations in Prince Edward county
we're assessed at s2.526473. With
a $500 tax -aate. public service
corporations paid s7292o to the
county IN taxes.
About one-half Of the tax fig
ure came from railroad right-of-
way through the county. and this
viii be unchanged by the sec
proosal.
Therefore about one-half came
from the real estate tax. If the
proposal Of Cattarall Is put into
effect for 1853 it viii reduce the
tax on public service corporations
exactly one-half OF the real estate
tax or approximately Sl7 10000.
Some Losses High
The loss in Prince Edward
county viii not ba very large com
pared to the loss estimated i'll
some counties. Giles and PULASKI
counties estimate losses will be
approximately 100000 and sl2o,-
GOO respectively
Continued on page IN
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-05-07
The Other Side
Heard In Capital
Tobacco IIearii.ig IS


TIE other side had its day last
week IN the Congressional hearinps
on the Ahbitt bll to make Virginia
Type q dark-fired tobacco a separ-
ate kind of leaf for allotment and
price support considerations.
The other side consists of the
Spokesman for Tennessee Kentucky
Tvprs q end q darkfirod tobacco.
and the side was vigorous il oDpns-
ing the bill In substance the oppo-
sition claimed the bill implies special
favor to Virginia g owers and would
be detrimental to the dark tobacco
industry
The House Of Represented ves'
Tobacco subcommittee headed BY
Congressman Watkins NJ. Abbitt,
had earlier heard Virginia growers.
They testified the present Jumping
Of all types into one general classi-
flcation Of dark-fired tobacco was
unfair to Type q which they claim
has greater demand and disappear
ance records. The types aren't inter-
changeable. either, they say. Vim
ginia type having special qualities
the others lack
No Action Yet
No action has been taken by the
subcommittee since both sides of
the long-standing (at least u years.
controversy were heard in Wash
lngton The matter rests presently
with the subcommittee which will
either report the Ahbitt bill out
favorably' and start it UP the long
run of Congressional action, or Kill
it,
Virginia tobacco industry spokes-
men attending the hearings for both
sides look for some possible action
but do not know what it may be
The expected action stems from
the opinion of Department Of Agri-
culture spokesman that there is a
legislative need to meet a crisis
for dark-fiIed growers. However,
Joe r Williams, director Of the De
partment S tobacco division, testified
that the department opposes separ-
ale voting for Type 81 growers on
whether they remain under the TO-
bacco program.
The contention is that this would
result III splintering off. resulting
in disastrous competition, with one
type free of controls. competing
with controlled types. Holmes Ellis.
general manager of the Western
Dark Fired Growers Association,
Murray. KY, testified on that in
this way.
Run0us Result Seen
The bill. he said, would put Viz
ginia growers in position next time
they have a referendum TO vote out
the tobacco program entirely and
grow unlimited quantities Of Type
~ Ii is not necessary for me to
tell you gentlemen what would hap
pen to the likelihood Of growers Of
Types % and % in the event double
Continued on page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-05-07

orchesis, the modern dance
student organization at Longwood
College, Will present modern
dan7e concert Thursday evening
o'0looE in Jarman Hall.
Ihlrty-five students viii take
part IN a varied program, which
IS the outRrowth Of work in two
dance classes: modern dance class
ana dance IN education.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-05-07
H-SC VS.. W&L GAME
MOVED UP ONE DAY

Hampden-Sydneys b a c b a J !
game with Washington and Lee,
originally scheduled at Death
VALLEY Friday, has been moved up
ITO Thursday afternoon at go,
according To Coach Louis Miller.
The change was made because Of
Fridays Little Eight track meet
also at H-SC.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-05-07

The fret tax increase since 1852,
when the Jump was from 81 80 to
$500, also applies 70 machinery
and tools at the rate placed on
real property.
Record Budget
Behind the increases were
record high budget Of $685. $50 for
the II months comm nc.ng Ju4y 3,
requiring about $4,000 more lib
income, and an expected deficit III
about $4,000 on June 30 when
the fiscal year ends.
Prior to the action on taxes, the
supervisors approved unanimously
the budget as it pertains to gem
eral county government and to
welfare They gave tentative abb
proyal To the school budget. moor
porated into the total budget. by
stipulating that transfers be made
from the general fund to the
school fund only as and when au-
thorized BY the board, and that to
be from month to month.
The budget combining local
state and federal funds. apporhons
1924, 361 to schools, S81 .S85 to well
fare and the remaining $4,000 to
general operations Each division
4 is up over tn present year
Local Tax Totals
The county's income in local
taxes is estimated at s394.365, IN
Guiding the higher levies. with
that total apportioned as follows
to schools. s348.276 welfare S1S,-
426 and $4,000 general operating
expense
The remaining sources of rev.
enue state ana federal supple
ments amount to S483 600, with
apportionments aivided among
schools. welfare ana county Coy
eminent.
The deficit expected next month
when the year ends is an accumu-
ation Of recent years. according
to supervisors calculations Taxes
should have been raised earlier,
but a savings bond nest egg of
about s65 900 was cashed to pro-
vide operating funds. With that
gone, the lcvies were raised to put
income and outgo on equal foot
ing
The tax increase for Farmv.lle
i, siden.s viii ID 40 cents To S3 30
since the town provides far IT'S
own financing, and has had rate
ten cents, below that for the eoun-
" since handling welfare in that
fashion.
Break Deadlock
A voting deadlock occurred ATT
first Oh the issue Of the tax TIL
crease when supervisors got to
that action Thursday. Supervisors
Bruce, Dillon and Carter wanted
the increase on real and personal
property only Supervisors Gates.
Vaughan and jenkins wanted the
increase to all sources Of revenue
Eor several hours il appeared
that a tie-breaker might have to
y caned IN. rhat would have been
w c. Fitzpatrick. appointed by
Circuit Court Judge Noel Flood for
such an emergency However. after
the debate, Supervisor Dillon con
sented to vote for the across the
board increase, and, on new
tally, The count was four to one
il favor Of the three increases.
with Chairman Carter abgtaining
Supervisor Bruce O. the vote
against increasing the tax on
merchants capital
In other actions. the board APP
proved a 1957-58 secondary high
way budget Of S307o07 and de5ig
Continued on pace n
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-05-07

ny fIcSlutilt anu MIS-. Joseph 4.
Robert at Middlecourt from 10 TO
II m, for coffee to open the day.
The general meeting of the organi-
zation will follow at ii o'clock i'll
Johns Auditorium
Visitors viii be guests of the col
lege for a luncheon in the Commons
at noon, with the baseball game
between the Tigers and the visiting
Ashlanders starting at 2.30 b m.
For leisurely viewing during the
day. there will be exhibits Of his
torical material in the College IL
brary and of SC entfic material in
the~science building. Bagby Hall.
Music Festival
The Hampden-Sydney and Mary
Washington College elee clubs, with
four visiting soloists from New
York, will present Mendelssohn s
oratorio, Elijah, in C m m 0 n
Gymnasium. at 8 pm.
The visiting s-oloists win be
Florence Manning. soprano. Edwina
Eustis, contralto, Charles Bressler
tenor, and Robert Falk, bass.
Dr.. 7 Edward Crawley viii di-
rect the musical production.
During their annual meeting. par
ents are expected 10 discuss the
scholarship program they nav I
sponsored the past several years.
Last year, five 5000 scholarships
were provided to help worthy stu
dents.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-05-07
Supervisors Vote To
Increase Real Estate
And Merchants Taxes

Prince Edward Countys boord Of supervisors Thursday
solved the issue OF cutting costs or taxing il ooo9tor -
pensss with the only the members feel is eobled
tax increase across BOARD
re evies on real end persona property were rosed so
CENTS 90 voulton from 81 Nv So 40 The lew
copol Business vas tipped 20 ID 30
cents for ecca 500 SO invested
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-05-07

The Spring Rally Of the men Of
West Hanover Presbyterv will be
held at Hampden-Sydney College
Church sunday afternoon. May IL.
Al pm
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-05-07

The campus visitation IS spon-
sored by the fouryear old organi-
cation. Parents and Friends of
Hampden-Sydney College A. W
Embrey, Jr., Of Fredericksburg, is
chairman Of the arranging Parents
committee.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-05-07
Campus Visitors Can Hiss RIM Jackets
Applaud New York Sol0ists Saturday

music festvo baseball invasion by Rondoph-Mocon
coffee Ct the presidents home and unvene Of historic eduoo
ono heiroors Will provide full round Of octivty for the
fourth annual Porents and Friends Day HompdenS ydney
Coteqe SATURDAY.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-06-21

This, he continued, has led to
a "veritable revival of religious
faith" even among sections of
the working class that once were
hostile towards the Church. He
cites the increase in religious
vocations and the growing prac-
tice of making religious retreats
as evidence of this revival.
"Only with the help of Cod"
he adds, was it possible to "sur-
mount successfully trials anu
dangers such as those that have
confronted me in the past 40 years
of my life"
In saying that Spain Is planning
to give greater opportunity for
freedom to the people and study
ing means to redistribute the
wealth, Generalissimo Franco re.
plies to questions based on re-
cent statements by The Spanish
Bishops. The Hierarchy had
declared that the restrictions
placed on the freedom of Span
iards, although necessary follow
ing the Civil War, are no longer
needed. 1t also called for re-
vamped tax laws to spread the
wealth more justly among the
Spanish people.
Speaking of the communist
danger, the Generalissimo notes
that the ''re-establishment of :.
liberties has to be accompanied
by guarantee that they cannot
be taken advantage of by those
who are constantly scheming
from abroad to destroy them"
1--WE have done everything pos
sible to bring liberty into har-
mony with authority and order
he says, "but we have not wished
to reach the point of endan-
gering all liberties"
Continued Next Week.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-06-21
The Yardstick
Little Publicized Industry
Council Has Papal Approval
By Msgr. George e. Higgins

A recent visitor to NCWC
casually inquired whether or
not Catholic theorists and So
cial actionists are still as i'm
terested as they used to be in
promoting the so-called Indus
try Council Plan. He himself
Is inclined to think that they
are not. II is his impression,
he said, that during the past
four or five years very little
has been written about the
subject by Catholic academ-
icians and that one hardly ever
hears it mentioned any more
at public meetings or forums
under Catholic auspices.
The record will show, /
think, that our visitors analy-
sis of the situation is substan-
TALLY accurate. In Catholic cir
cles there has been consider
ably less discussion about the
Industry Council Plan during
the past four or five years
than there was during the pre-
ceding decade. AS a matter of
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-06-21
Making Marriage Click
Wives Should Be Partners
And Continue To Learn
BY Msgr. Irving A. DeBlanc

Woman is more than the
flavor of a mans life. For
thousands of years she has had
to survive by being able to
Judge human nature and out
guess men. II would be sur
prising if she had not learned
plenty in that length of time.
Scientists agree that women
have more social intelligence,
better understanding of char
acter and motives than do
men. They are also better dis
posed to religious develop
ment than men. And some say,
that if this world is a mans
world, women may take con-
ISOLATION in the thought that the
next world Is a woman's world!
II is waste and stupidity for a
man who is married to an in
telligent lady not to capitalize,
even economically, on this part
nership. Women are not para
sites. They despise the thought.
They are partners. Just the
other day ] happened to read
that the average widow loses
all that her husband leaves
her within seven years. Wheth-
er this is true or false, a man
can hardly say that he intelli-
gently loves his wife and chill
dren If he does not also help her
TO get some business exper-
ience. About 1879 of our women
will become widows.
That Sixth Sense
Wives need education more
than condemnation. That is OBJ
vious. Wives should occasionally
be introduced to a conference
table and to their husbands
associates, especially to strang-
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-06-21
ALI | Hear Are Lame Excuses!

Excuses, excuses All | hear are lame ex.
cuses!" We can imagine how we would have re-
acted if we were in the place of the man in Sum-
days parable. Imagine! Preparing great sup
per, sending out invitations, then sending serv-
ant to remind the guests personaly-only to
have the invited guests reply with such trumped-
up excuses i have bought farm and must go
look over it. i have bought five pair of oxen and
| must try them Why don't they just say they
don't want to come? Why do they bother max
ing those awful rationalisms? l bet I'll never in
vite them again!"
1t must have been a painful experience for
Christ to tell the parable of the man whose
guests would not come to supper Christ could
see himself in the place of this man, he could
feel the same hurt of rejection that the generous
man in the parable must have felt. In His time
less vision as the uncreated God, Christ could
forsee the Eucharistic Banquet He had prepared
for His friends. He knew the trouble this Banquet
had cost Him, The price He had to pay for it upon
the Cross. Christ knew the excellence of His
meal: the Food was His own Flesh, the Drink
was His own Blood More than this, He knew
the immense need His friends had for such
Banquet how they needed His joyful compan-
ionship, how they were literally starved for the
supper He had prepared Christ could see the
folly of His guests in refusing to come. His burn
ing vision could pierce their flimsy arguments
and lay bare their real motives. AS He told this
pathetic story to the Pharisees He was thinking
of them and their rejection of His Kingdom.
This much is certain. But He must have been
thinking of us also, all of us who refuse to re-
ceive Holy Communion at Mass when, in fact we
have nothing to hinder our taking full, active
part in the Eucharistic Banquet of the Mass.
Unlike the man in the parable and unlike us,
Christ does not become enraged. Though His
human heart is pierced by such thoughtless in
gratitude, He does not strike back He makes no
hasty threats. He has the patience of the Eternal
God, the generosity of Infinite Love. He looks not
with scorn but with pity upon His foolish guests
with their ridiculous excuses. He invites again,
and again, and again.
Speaking through His Church. Christ never
tires in explaining to us the magnifcence of His
Eucharistc Banquet and urging us to partake of
this lifegiving Supper by receiving Holy
Communion. Through the ages the Church has
taught that the Eucharist is the center of wor-
ship and of life, that unless We receive the Body
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-06-21
Fr. HeaIey's Inquiry Corner
Movie Commandments
Raises Readers Questions

is to absolve from the personal
guilt and to aid people by
personal counsel to avoid evil
and practice virtue in the fu-
ture. When he meets with gen
uine mental cases, he fulfills
a great work of mercy by ad-
vising them to consult a NOR
ally reputable and profession
ally competent psychiatriSt."
@ What is the meaning of
the intprimatur in q book? The
n5hil obStat?
A. Church law requires In
spectjon of certain types of
books before publication.
There are some liberals who
feel that it is all right to have
meat inspection and pure food
and drug acts but that poison
for the mind, heart and soul
should not be controlled. Gen.
Sorship is an unfortunate ne
cessity since the Fall and the
Catholic Churcn Is the divine
agency for guiding the spirit
ual life of its members IN all
that pertains TO faith and NOR
ais. The rihil obStdt indicates
that the book in question has
been censored and approved
by qualified authorities. Then
the book is submitted to the
Ordinary (the local bishop for
his approval or permission
and the imprimatur is the in
dication of his permission to
print the book. 1t does not
necessarily indicate that the
book is official but simply
serves to inform Catholics that
they will not find therein mat
ter dangerous to faith or NOR
ais. Books which must have
this inspection are editions of
the Bible, books dealing with
sacred theology, canon law,
prayer books, etc.
@. Is Priscilla a saints
name? Phyllis?
A. Roman Martyrology lists
st. Priscilla with her husband
on January 18th. He was the
senator Pudens and according
to tradition they were both dis
ciples of st. Peter and leaders
of the Christian Church in
Rome. Phyllis is another form
of Felicia. st. Felicia was q
martyr at Nicomedia during
the early prosecutions and her
feast day is April 9th.
Send questions to Father
Edward F. Healey, Inquiry Cor
ner, The Catholic Times, Box
636. Columbus (16) Ohio
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-06-21

and Blood of Christ we cannot hope to keep the
life of grace alive within u.s.
During these days our minds turn to Pope
Urban ~ who in 1864 established the feast of
Corpus Christi in order that Christians in the
Middle Ages might not forget about this sacra-
mental Banquet. We think of ST. Thomas Aquinas
who was commissioned by Pope Urban to as
semble the Mass texts and Divine Office and
We admire this masterpiece of liturgy reSplend-
ent with sublime poetry that has come from
the pen of the Angelic Doctor whose love for
the Eucharist was SO great.
The very mention of love for the Eucharist
suggests the name of st. Plus who is respon-
sible, in our times, for the practice of frequent
Communion. And who can estimate our debt
to our present Holy Father for his instructions
on the Eucharist his making the Blessed Sacra-
ment easily available to all by relaxing the fast
regulations and permitting Mass to be offered
at times convenient to all? If there is any man
who has robbed us of our excuses for not re-
ceiving the Holy Communion it is Pope Plus XII
So Christ continues to preach and exhort
through His Church. Bishops and priests from the
pulpit tell us the conditions for receiving Holy
Communion: We must be free from Mortal sin;
we must be fasting three hours from solid food
and alcoholic beverages one hour from liquids
Time and again we hear that it is not necessary
TO go to confession each time before Holy Com
munion as long as we are not conscious of mortal
sin. We are urged to go receive Holy Communion
during Mass, each time we 60 to Mass The Popes,
Bishops and priests are like the servants in the
parable who 60 personally to remind the guests,
to invite them to come. And despite the swell
ing crowds at the communion rail- how many
there are still who will not come
More worthless excuses: Il don't feel wor-
thy" Il just can't force myself to take coffee
before Communion, yet l can't get along without
my coffee" mot me, won't go to Communion
until ! go to confession-though I'm certain
have no mortal SIM" THAT isn't the way we were
trained" "You can't teach old dogs new tricks"
AS long as people are human they will be
making excuses for themselves. AS long as there
is Generous Host there will be those who are
ungrateful. But during this time of Corpus
Christi we ought to check ourselves and our
faithlessness to the Blessed Sacrament And il
our excuses for negecting Holy Communion are
not valid let us see them for what they are
We are fooling no one but ourselves. JIG.