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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-03-12

Watch if they use your store to kill
time by reading or talking to friends
while waiting for pay day.
When you have thoroughly screen
ed the applicants and found honest
and efficient help. you will be able
to pay such employees more money
because you will need fewer clerks.
Your well-paid employee is an asset
to your business. From the custo-
mer's viewpoint, nothing is more IL
ritating than to be given dis
courteous or unintelligent answer.
And since bad publicity travels far
Their and faster than good publicity,
one unhappy customer can do lot
of harm. Your well-paid clerk who
studies the stock and price-marks 1t
will not let this happen.
More Intelligent Advertising
Advertising is very important be-
cause it has to many facets. A
clean, well-arranged store with at
tractive window displays is good
advertising as is anything at all
that causes people to mention your
place favorably, such as friendly,
courteous. efficient help Material is
frequently furnished with nationally
advertised merchandise. but is too
often ignored and put in corner.
Actually. such signs, placed to adj
vantage, catch the eye and bring
customers inside.
| Do not resent the man in your
line of business who is using every
means of advertising. He realizes
Advertising is most important. Many
Of the ads have clever and unique
ideas. You will find thay have not
used trickery, nor is there any
'gifnmick. but honest. clever
"knowhow" A new highway which
may bypass many cities need not
be d menace. 1t may be a booster
The retailer needs to WAKE UP
| Selecting a Location
Often the highest rent is the
cheapest rent. The brightest re
tailers will get located as near as
possible to an off-street parking lot
1t also helps a small retailer to be
close to a big store with a lot o.
customers. The best location for al
most any retailer is adjoining {
surermarket: the important thing
is to get traffic into your store I
often pays to buy out some sleepy
retailer who has a good location
you have good location, make q
long lease: but if you have a poor
location. lease only by the year.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-03-12

Babson Park. Mass. Mar 7, Re
tailers nowadays seem to have two
ouestionS-where and why? If they
would look at the stores where Gus
toners are going in and out all day,
or follow the customers down the
highways and see them going to
ether towns and cities. they would
know where Then if they would
take a good look at their own bust
ness establishments. they would find
the answer to why" In these days
OF clever advertising together with
easy transportation, customer
thinks nothing Of travelling miles for
a good bargain
Examine your store. your stock.
your employees. and your adver-
Using Is your store neat and attrac-
tive? Can your merchandise be
easily seen or is it so jumbled up
that even you do not know where
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-03-12
Letters To Editor
YOU Should've Stopped

To The Man Who Killed My Dag;
don't see why You had TO run
ever my puppy. You could have
stopped if you wanted TO or you
could have gone on the other side
of him. And you should have
stopped anyhow and told my Mama
why YOU ran over him.
I'm going to look for your car
every day because | saw you run
over my puppy. 1t was a kind of
gray, maybe darker color, and
it was like our car except for the
back. Your car didn't go straight
back like ours. Your trunk was
sort Of bent up like hump on the
back, and | think it was about six
or seven or ten years old. But any
how will stand on my bank and
look for you every day to come by
my road and when | see you. you
had better stop and tell me why
you ran over my dog and killed
him.
Anyway. my Mama says | can't
have another dog because people
just run over them. She said it was
one good thing thOugh-at least it
wasn't me you ran over.
Stevie Musulin
Six years Old
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-03-12
Unseasonably Warm

We still have some time to go before one
can say that an early Spring is certainty.
1t seems certain that severe cold will hit us
again before Spring arrives, except in the
extreme southern parts of the nation.
Therefore, chances appear to be certain,
unfortunately, that much of the n e W
growth and blooms, in many sections, will
be killed and costly damage done.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-03-12
Too Close For Comfort

safer than the lighthouse and they made a
strategic withdrawal as soon as arrange
ments could be made.
From the Navy came apologies, although
we doubt if they meant very much to the
lighthouse keepers Although the incident
seems somewhat amusing in retrospect, it
was deadly serious affair at the time and
could have resulted in tragedy We could
not imagine place we would like to be in
less than in lighthouse when being attack
ed with rockets.
Perhaps on top of flagpoe or atop a
church steeple might be more precarious,
but we cannot think of pleasant place to
receive rockets, and looking down on them
striking the base of lighthouse from above
is certainly melancholy way to spend an
evening.
At last reports, the two men who evac-
uated the lighthouse were operating it
from boat standing by. They repeatedly
received only minor scratches.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-03-12

WEATHER in many areas of the country
" in recent weeks has convinced some of
the experts that we are in for a very early
Spring Time unseasonably warm weather
of February, in many sections, caused pre-
mature blooming of many flowers and
while delightful to many, could result in
severe damage to fruit trees, flowers and
other plants later if a sudden hard freeze
should hit these blooms and new growth.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-03-12

4 near tragedy with amusing overtones,
- took place recently on the Chesapeake
Bay 1t concerned a Coast Guard lighthouse
and two lighthouse keepers and several Ma
w planes which were firing rockets. 1t
seems that the Navy planes, in fading light,
overshot their target and several rockets
found their way to a Coast Guard light
house.
Two men were stationed in the lighthouse
as the rockets arrived without notice, and
the missiles apparently went drought part
Of the lighthouse and ripped holes about
Is inches in diameter in the sides of the
structure.
Fortunately, the rockets did not detonate
on striking the building, according to re-
ports, and no fire occurred, even though
some of the tanks in the lighthouse con-
tanning fuel oil were opened by the impact
of the rockets striking the lighthouse and
drenched the area with fuel. In spite Of the
fact that no fire occurred, the lighthouse
attendants decided that the water was bit
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-03-12

This is TIE last in series oil
articles on dental health being pre-
scented by The Herald, in coopera-
ton with Prince Edward dentists,
in observance OF National Children s
dental Health Week.
One of the worst results of So
called crooked teeth is the impact
of ridicule upon a child who may
be tainted by his playmates or the
psychological stress borne by a
teen ager who is miserably self-con
scious about appearance.
In addition to emotional
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-03-12
Band Concert At
Aryonia School
Friday Evening

The Buckingham Central High
School Band will give a concert
On March Is at p. m. at Ai'vonia
Elementary School.
The program will include a var
iety of popular and classical Sc
lections The Arvonia Elementary
Band will also participate. A
modest charge will be made
with the proceeds going to the
Band Uniform Drive.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-03-12

One Of the outstanding members
Of the United States Navy Band is
Richard Balm. Known as the nation s
youngest concert harmonicist, he
has been featured with many Of the
country's leading symphonic organi-
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1957-02-27

exemption II you are the wife
of a man who receives gross in
come during the year Of less
than $500, but you must be pre-
pared to show that you have
furnished more than one-half
the support for yourhelf and
your husband during the year,
North Carolina law requires
your husband, in this instance.
to file an income tax return
claiming $1,000 exemption, al
though. of course, he would owe
no tax with his return.
In determining whether you,
the wife. would be entitled TO
the $4,000 exemption, the A.
torney General has interpreted
the law to mean that the $500
maximum income of the huS-
band shall be figured as his
gross farm take if he is farm
er, gross sales profit if he is A
merchant dealing in sale of per
Sonal property, the net distribut-
ed partnership earnings if his
income is from a partnership
and the amounts received from
salary oy services performed
The total income from rents.
anuuitiCS. pensions. and like
sources must be included in ar
irving dt the $500 maximum
figure. II YOU find that you arr
entitled TO the head Of house
hold exemption. you should take
care to show on your return or
by a schedule attached thereto
that your husband actually had
less than $500 income. under
the conditions described above.
and that you actually furnished
more than one-half of the sup
port for you both.
You may also qualify for the
$4,000 exemption If o. you are
A widow or widower with chill
trcn under 81 years OF age. or
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1957-02-27

lows an exemption OF $1,000 to
/ single person or married
with separate income and allows
an exemption OF $4,000 TO mar
ried man living with his wife, a
head of the household and GER
tain other individuals as de-
Scribed below.
The term head Of the house
hold" should not be confused by
taxpayers in filing North Caro-
lima income tax returns with the
term as il is used for Federal
income tax purposes. The head
of the household Tor Federal in
come tax purposes IS taxed at a
lower rate than single Indivldu-
ais while for North Carolina in
come tax purposes the head of
the household receives a $4,000
exemption. double that of =
single individual.
You may qualify for the
North Carolina observation-disclosures
hold exemption U. $1,000 if you
are d single person maintaining
q home and supporting therein
a dependent relative who is un-0
der IS years old or is incapable
Of Sglf-SUppOrt because of being
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1957-02-27

, (2) you are totally blind. or
(3) you are divorced person
who has the custody of a minor
child and you furnish more than
one-half the child's support.
The Federal income tax pro-
visions allow a $500 exemption
for a qualifying dependent.
while the North Carolina in
come tax provisions allow only
a $500 exemption. This North
Carolina exemption for a de-
pendent applies to each ipdivid-
ual, other than husband ana
wife, dependent upon and re-
Iceiving chief support from the
tax payer.
To claim an individual as your
dependent on your North Caro-
lima tax return the individual
must be under l8 years of agc.
or If over lS years of age. must
be regularly enrolled in an &C
credited school or college or be
mentally or physically defective
70 the extent that he or she can
mot be self-supporting.
Chief support" for North
Carolina purposes means mo,c
than one-half of total support
FOR the year. In addition, the de
pendent must be receiving such
support from you on the last
day of the tax year.
Children OF marriage whl
Iqualify as dependents must b.
claimed by the husband in ever
instance, unless the wife ca,
qualify for the $4,000 head o.
household exemption under thu
circumstances explained above.
However, if the wife has a child
by a former marriage for whom
she can show that she is furn-
IShlng major support, she may
claim the $500 dependency ex-
ynpIon for that child.
Where the parents are Separ-
ateG. the child may be claimed
by the parent who has custoday.
provided that parent furnish :
major support. she may claim
the child as a dependent.
Special provisions apply where
income is earned partly in North
Carolina and partly in another
state. II you have moved into or
put Of North Carolina during the
tax YEAR, you may not have :
pay income tax to North Caro-
Ina on your total income. II So,
your North Carolina exemption
VIII be reduced by the percent
age OF income not taxed bv
North Carolina. For example. Z
you earned p per cent of your
income while you We're a Y,,.-
dent OF South Carolina. ~.
would claim rs per cent OF your
personal exemption since Nor'h
Carolina would tax only Is p.r
cen; Of the total years income.
For further information cor
cern.ng this phase of person.
exemptions or other problems in
connection with filing State It.
turns. contact the Revenue De
partment IN Raleigh or one 5t
the branch offices. which are
usually located in the county
courthouse buildings. The Re
venue Department urges YOU 10
consult a properly qualified All
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1957-02-27

Both the Federal and the
North Carolina income tax laws
provide for certain amount Of
an individuals income to be re-
ceived income taX-frce. This a
mount is known as u personal
exemption" and is deductible
from net income TO arrive at
taxable income. There is con-
siderable difference between the
personal exemptions granted by
the Federal income tax laws
and those granted by the North
Carolina income tax laws. This
article will explain the North
Carolina personal exemptions
and contrast them with the
Federal personal exemptions
The basic Federal personal
exemption is $500 per indivIdu-
al. North Carolina, however, al
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1957-02-27

VISOR II you decide 20 seek OUT
side help.
III, next article III Tins series
will deal with basic differences
IN State and Federal deductions
allowed Tor taxes. corporate
dividends. interest. medical en-
p,">". anG gains and losses from
sales of homes or business prop
rvty
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1957-02-27

Miss Janctte Stevens daughter of Mr. and Mrs A. Stevens
and Mr. Jack Parker of and Charleston
Parker united Fri
day night Fcbruay the home of the bride The couple enter
cd the living where wedding spok
the the immediate families.
Hughes uncle the bride the double
Mrs lcneau Todd urnhhcd the wedding music The bride
length dress blue silk with white She
carried white Bible topped with Lilies white
carnations Immediately the reception
held after which the couple left short wedding through
Virginia For travel the bride
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-16

Not because company Is there, but because
Mrs. Harris uses her best" china daily.
When her children were very young. Mira.
Harris always kept them In her workroom
with her In their Arlington home. for, she
says, "One cannot be creative unless one
has peace Of mind, and could feel at ease
only II knew the children were with me-"
Now her studio Is q sunny four Widowed
room near the kitchen Of their Massachu-
sets avenue home The automatic electric
kiln, q gift from her husband. fires q COM
plete service for II. It occupies . corner
In q hall.
Several years ago minor tragedy, one
of the risks Of china painting, occurred
when q kiln full Of china went aMiss during
firing. Some Of the brick had been broken
away, letting hot air escape. In an effort
to reach the proper temperature, the Their
mostat kept the heat on too long. Dozens
Of dishes. representing many months OF
work, were ruined.
Another mistake experienced by Mrs.
Harris. not as serious. Is one common
among beginners at the special technique
Of gold painting. Gold dust enters the
pores Of the fingers and Is invisibly trans
ferred to the china. When she removed
q plate from the kiln after firing. she saw
her delicately and permanently etched
gold hngerprint adjoining her work Of art.
With gold now priced at $4S an ounce
Tor $l25 for q tiny drop that comes In
thin layer between two small pieces OF
glass;, Mrs. Harris has curtailed her gold
painting. Like other painters who buy
and use gold, she buys 1t from dealer
who has a special Government permit
allowing him to sell the metal to artists.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-16
To A Queens Taste
Bv MARGARET MACNESS

RMOSr OF US find our hobbies satisfy
IV1 a personal creative urge. We don't
expect our homemade products to be used
In European palaces.
But Mrs. Wesley Harris. whose hobby Is
china painting, has decorated a coffee set
for a Queen And, equally satisfying to her.
she uses her talents to benefit her church.
Last year a visiting Dutch friend 50
admired q particular coffee set that she
asked Mrs. Harris to paint one for Queen
Juliana Of the Netherlands.
Mrs. Harris decorated the set with
traditional design OF violets. wild roses and
forget-me-nots, and the dower-loving
Queen had her private secretary write Q
letter. Of appreciation.
Mrs. Harris has given away hundreds OF
plates, cups and saucers, and bowls to her
friends during the Is years that china
painting has been her hobby. Her church,
FOUNDRY Methodist in Washington. Is the
recipient of many dollars worth Of hand
painted objects for its bazaars.
Sometimes she donates to the church
money she has earned by giving lessons to
members who see her work and want to
learn this centuries-old art And two
summers ago she applied gold leaf, at her
own expense. to the cross vases. and candle
holders used on the altar.
In a home where every shelf, cabinet.
and drawer seems to bulge with beautiful
award-winning china, 1t Is not surprising
that even the cat should drink his milk
from q handpainted saucer. And SON
Wesley, a junior at Wesley College, knows
that when he brings friends home for week
ends. dinner viii be served on some OF the
most beautiful dishes available anywhere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-25

added, "they are all dead now
anyway"
After service in France dur
ing World War I as commander
of the 35th Artillery Brigade.
Col. Hams was assigned to the
Sd Corps Area Headquarters
in Baltimore, in charge of the
organized reserves.
He was the senior officer on
Mai. Gen. Douglas MacArthur's
staff.
"A wonderful man, a won
derful man." says the colonel.
He was the most brilliant Of
flcer in the Army. and now, how
that Army has treated him."
Col. Hams. a bachelor. has
made his home here since he
retired in 1929. Still alert and
active. despite a nagging ar
thrills in one leg. he now lives
at 1902 Eighteenth street NV.
in a Sprawling second-fioor
apartment filled with reminders
Of his long military career. A
niece. Miss Mary Hams, lives
with him.
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in the TOO block Of G street
NV.
1T had just been assigned here
as a lieutenant in the Sd
Artillery" Col. Hams recalled
in an interview. My father
said, Jack, we're organizing a
real Army club. You'd better
belong I said, Sure, I'll join !"
His father was Maj. Gen.
Peter C. Hams, who had charge
of filling in the land that be-
came East Potomac Park.
Hams Point is named for him.
1889 Graduate
Col. Hams, who stands sew
enth in the roster of the Mill
tary Academy's oldest alumni,
was graduated In 1889. After
two years here. he served at
various posts and, in 1898, he
sailed for Cuba. After the
Spanish forces surrendered, the
Sd Artillery was sent to
Puerto Rico, and Col. Hams
was wounded on the last day
of the fighting.
II was about q quarter of a
mile in front Of my battery on
the road between Coamo and
San JUAN" he recalls. THE
bullet caught me in my left side
and went through my liver, my
diaphram and my right lung.
If I had been bending the
other way. it would have gone
through my heart"
He recovered fully from the
wound. but the doctors issued
a lifetime order: No more
liquor. 1--WE been on the water
wagon for SO years." sighed the
colonel. That's o terrible
thing"
Decorated for Calamity
For his heroisrn. he received
the Silver Star with an inscrip-
tion-"For gallantry in action"
Col. Hams was stationed at
Fort Mason in San Francisco
when the Boxer Rebellion broke
out in China. His battery was
alerted. and the night before
they were to sail, he went into
the city to tell his friends
goodby.
THE next day. the captain
told me the trip was off," Col.
Hams says. Il wondered why,
and it finally turned out the
captains wife had paid the
general a visit and persuaded
him not to send us.
Go ahead and print it." he
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Legion Crub Feast

Potomac Post No. 40 The
American Legion viii hold its
annual crab feast Sunday Sep
TENDER / at the summer home
of Mr.. S. Binstead at Long
Beach near Solomon's Island,
Md.
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Army Navy Club Dean,
Col. Hams, Reaches 81

The oldest member Of the Army Navy Club has passed
another milestone
Col John Hains USA, retired, who celebrated his 92d
birthday yesterday Joined the club $780, year before
got its In those days. it the
Club and CHARTERED two Kotz Restaurant
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FORD '61 Suniincf convertibls I
eylindsEs: FoEdemetle. radio end
sss lsS am ana s S.es e ssSs' ses ya
pARKWAY-EORn
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asas Wilson BlYd,, Afl,, "a. b-se22
PONTIAC 'bS chiefttin rs. Dc
luxe sedan; hydra. and other ex.
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AUT0MOBILEs F0R SALE

PLEMopEH :sa s-s5a s.!e. yLooD
PONTIAC sbf club coupe, looks
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KAPLAN q CRAWFORD
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PACKARD 81 ciipoef: 4-dr.: ogis
matte. sess. 10. e-5ooz. -
PArKARD 1881 AZ iuxe 4-df. I
priced 20 sell quickly; only S9As'
Kenyon-Peck Chevrolet
at4Q Lee Hwy. Ariineton. Va,
IA. 2-9Oo3 Open tn $50
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-16

''oe" Holiday Hardtop cevps.
7-iens finish. light green body,
block sop, e. end H., 8. towers,
hydro. Dr., enc. eo0k
Only ----------- VOOO
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81 FORD

cvssemlins 6-eyl. Tudor; 7-tons
finish, .. end H.. ferdomasie dr..
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PLYNoUTH k6 savoy 5-doof: VS.
motor, pnsh.h button trans, ., and
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