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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-29
Postmaster Since 1914

J l.. Jones has been postmaster
of Sheppards for the past 43 years.
Upon reaching the compulsory re-
tirement age of 20. Mr.. Jones is
stepping down from his familiar
post office position in the P. NJ
Jones Sons Store at Sheppards.
However, the change will hardly
be noticed by the Sheppards pat
rons. since Mr.. Jones will still be
in the store as much as ever, and
his son, NJ Cleveland Jones. will
assume the duties Of postmaster
Mi Jones has been running the
store at Sheppards since 1908 and
he took over the Job as postmaster
on March Il. 1914.
He came by his interest in the
mercantile business naturally. as
his family has had a store in the
vicinity since about 1902
Mr.. Jones father is still remem-
bered in the present name. of the
store. p. NJ Jones Sons. P M
Jones started his store in 1887 at
New Store. This was a continuation
Of the store of his father, L. D.
Jones. who had operated a store at
New Store since 1870.
II was L. D Jones father that
got the family into the mercantile
business. and he started w. D.
Jones store about 1902 w. D. Jones
was son of Michael Jones. who
owned a large tract of land near
Toga, and had settled there and
fought in the Revolutionary War
Michaels father was one Of the first
settlers in this section of the state.
J L Jones has been active in
the community during the last half
century He was one Of the persons
who helped organize the Southside
Community Hospital, and stlll
serves as a member Of its board Of
directors. He is treasurer and lay
leader IN the Farmville District
Methodist Churches. which includes
81 churches He is also steward
OF Smyrna Methodist Church. past
chairman OF Buckingham county
Red Cross. past president Of Buck
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-29

Individual farms are restricted
in amounts that can be put into
the 1857 reserve: fire-cured. sum
cured and hurley farmers may
designate one acre or 80 per cent
of their allotment. whichever is
larger: flue cured and Maryland
growers, three acres or 30 per
cent. whichever is larger.
By leaf types. reserve funds
available for distribution here III
1857 arc: fire. cured, s23.345,
flue-cured. s21866; sun-cured,
SALT: hurley, SLIT and Mary
land type, sl49, A per pound basis
Of payment provides Is cents for
flue-cured, IS cents. fire-cWed.
and u cents sun-cured.
For the 1856 crop season, l08
individual farm agreements were
made covering the 1899 acres
idlcd
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-29
serves In Golden Anniversary Year
Inf ''ustry Got More Than Dairyman
N EIecting Palmer States No. Man

Roanoke He has been a member
since 1885 and director since 1912.
He had b e EN- proprietor of
Palmer's Store at Green Bay for
nearly % years when he sold out
TO concentrate or Robinlawn Farm
in 1916 The dairy farm enterprise
was started in 1927,
Legislative Terms
The people Of: Leigh D is tri c t
elected him to the board Of super
viSors in 1914. He served until l949
when he was elected to the State
Senate, representing the old Ninth
District of Amelia Lunenburg, Not
toway. Powhatan and Prince Ed
ward
B efore legislative redisuicting
brought county realignments and
the. election OF 1885 in which he lost
bid for a House of Delegates seat
with John H Daniel, he had chalked
up a number IF legislative sue
cesseS calculated TO benefit farm
and rural populations.
He sponsored She Livestock Mar
ket Auction Bill. which when passed,
provided frightened control of weigh
ing and sales procedures at live
stock markets. With Senator Charles
T. Moses, he was co-sponsor of the
bill to permit organization of rural
telephone cooperatives. He did not
sponsor. but joined Fundamentally
in the successful fight in getting
the Seed Corn Bill enacted which
set up crop seed standards.
Back at RobinlaWn Farm in the
Continued on page g.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-29
Buckingham Man
Guilty OF Murder
In First Degree
50 Year Sentence
Delayed To Hear
Defense Motion

Frank Thomas Boiling. So, was
convicted Of first degree murder
Friday night about $50 p. m. aft
er day-long trial at Bucking-
ham Court House
The 10 man. all white Bucking-
ham Circuit Court jury deliberat-
ed about IS minutes before re-
turning a verdict Of guilty TO
the first degree murder charge
end they fixed his punishment at
80 years in prison.
On a motion by the defense
counsel that the verdict be set
aside. Circuit Court Judge Joel
w Flood. postponed imposition of
the sentence until the defense
motion could be argued before
him. He set the date Of the argu-
ment at February 5.
Boiling vas charged with the
Christmas night murder Of Ed
win Mitchell Dowdy. 50 year old
white laborer, who died Of the
severe beating and kicking he re-
ceived that night Also charged
with the murder is Edward Her
bert Brown, 81 The two Negroes
also are charged with highway
robbery.
Commemorative attorney. A.
Laurie Pitts. and John r. Snod-
dy, Jr. prosecuted the case. De
Tense attorneys were John B.
Boatwright and j. B. Wall. Jr.
The largest crowd in recent
years attended the hearing Of the
murder case. The crowd. about so
per cent Negro and so per cent
white. listened attentively as the
various witnesses testified during
the trial Once during the testi-
mony of Herbert Brown ripple
of amusement stirred the audi
ence. but the stern threat of
Judge Flood TO clear the court
room held further noise to a min
imum
According TO the statement of
Boiling given to Buckingham
Sheriff H. B. Adams the day fol-
Continued on page y
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-29
S0uthside Bankers
To Meet At Amelia

Twelve banks in this area viii
be represented at the Southside
Virginia Regional Clearinghouse
Association meeting Tuesday at 7
= m. III the Amelia Methodist
church
Joseph A Jennings vice. reSl :
dent Of State Planters Bank Of
Commerce and Trust in Rich
mond Will speak on investments,
following a dinner 10 be served by
the Amelia Methodist WSCS.
The organization which CO.
ordinates the activities of the
banks III this area. was re-organ-
lied a year ago. with E. II. Shelf
field Of Crewe. as president. New
officers are to be elected ait the
Tuesday meeting.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-29

If heading TIP the 2,500-membar
Virginia State Dairymen's Associa-
ton will be hard work, George w
Palmer, Of Green Bay. who got the
Job last week, has a considerable
font of experience to draw on
The owner Of 800-acre Robinlawn
Dairy Farm has 20-year back
Ground in dail-ying. supplemented
by a 25-year record as merchant
a fiVe-year stint as county super
visor and three-term. six-year serV-
ice as state senator.
Old Dominion dairymen chose
Palmer for their president during
the organization Golden Anniver-
sary.I convention last week end at
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-29
'WOodmenaires'
To lay for Public
Dimes March Dance

The Woodlnenares" will play
Thursday night at march Of
dimes benefit dance at the Mod
ern Woodmen Of America center.
All proceeds Of the dance viii go
to the march of dimes.
The dance. the Woodmen's con-
tribution toward the march Of
dimes effort. viii be open TO the
public 1t will begin at p. m.
Earlier, the Loyal Order of the
Moose held a march Of dimes
benefit dance at the Moose lodge.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-29

Inc RDtarlanS nave greeted the
annual dimes campaign here since
1t was started in 1910 Thursday
nights group incubation was not
voted with the hope that the club
may get rid Of an arduous yearly
task, but to prove something
That members believe. with their
own arms and systems as proof,
that the 1857 slogan-Let's Finish
the Job can be a reality with &C
ccptance and use Of the vaccine. 1t.
undersigned their endorsement of
shots for adults, as recommended
BY the NFIP
Doctof -Rotarian j. H Smith adj
ministered the doses, with the clint
cal assistance of Rotaryanne Mrs
Tucker Doyne. il, and Allen Fore
and A, NJ DeMUth
Ro.arians Armstrong Smith and
Tucker Doyne, Jr, headed up the
club committee arranging the com
munity's filst civic club clinic. Fur
Their endorsement to the program
was provided by Rotarian-druggist
Allen Fore, who provided the vac
cine at cost, and by Southside Hos
pital, which provided clinical ma
terials to sterilize needles and ad
miniStef the shots.
Between the supper and clinic. the
club welcomed H, S Whitaker as
a new member, and heard reports
from March Of Dimes leaders Of
considerable "drag" to the cam
paign over It's position at tho same
time a year ago
c. H. Goodwin. Jr. county leader,
SAID the national Foundation reports
$4,000 (. S, cases requiring reha-
blltation They wore struck before
the vaccine was available. he said.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-29
Postmosfer sInee IYI4
]. L. Jones Steps Down, Son Steps In
AS Postmaster Changes At Sheppards

ingham County Ruritan Club, among
othet honors.
Cleveland Jones viii assume &C
tive postmastership Of the post of
flee as Of February i, 1857. He has
been acting as leave replacement
in the post office since 1945 when
he Joined his father in the operation
Of the store.
Cleve is a 1910 graduate Of VPI
and spent five years in the army
during World War II, where he
served in Europe following the
Normandy invasion.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-29
10 Per Cent Leaf
Cut $4,000 Loss!

A 10 per cent acreage cut in
dark fired tobacco in Prince Ed
ward county will reduce the land
in that crop TO less than 1000
acres-from the present 1,047
acres TO about 943 acres.
There are now 1871 individual
farm allotments for dark fired
tobacco, ana che average farm has
1.3 acres. A 10 per cent cut for
each would bring the average al
lotment to about I.04 acre. Dol
lar wise. 10 per cent cut repre-
sents loss Of about S45 1000 in
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-29
Clothing Donations
To Be Left at Church

Farrnville Council Of Church
Women quarterly clothing drive
Will be held this week end A
truck from Church Work Service
vii PICK up all donations Febru-
airy 4.
Clothing donations for the
drive may be left at Farmville
Presbyterian church. Directors OF
the drive have asked that all do
nations be bundled ready for
shipment.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-29
Child Bruised In One-Story Fall

A 5-year-old colored girl fell
one story through skylight last
week and suffered only bruises
and injuries.
She was Janice Randolph. who
fell through a Skylight at Dis
count Furniture company Thurs
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-29

A4A-FN6AG iOl Cklf "a GU tCo0SAA
The Prince Edward county Of
flee of the Agricultural Stabiliza-
ton and Conservation Service re-
ceived notice by Telegram Friday
to begin calculating individual
farm allotments on fire-cured to-
bacco for the coming planting sea-
son on the basis of a 10 per cent
cut for each.
Cites Garry Overs
The USDA. supported its or
der with the usual addenda :
carry-overs of unused stocks.
These were listed as Of Oct. /,
1856. as;
Fire cured. l37,700,000 pounds,
with the 1856 crop estimated at
67,1o0000 pounds,
Dark air cured. 10000 900
pounds. with any carry over from
the 1856 crop Of 28,4000o0 to be
added.
Supplies OF Virginia sun-cured
tobacco are described by the De
partment as about in line with
demand"
The 1878 quota for fire-cured
tobacco has been set at Sc million
pounds, which includes all types
grown in several states, in addi-
ton to Virginia Total acreage
available for allotment is 1920
agrees. compared with $1,000 acres
for 1856.
Virginia Objects
Virginia, which produces Type
u dark-fired leaf, annually has
been growing a 10 TO - million
pound crop, which is Jumped with
types grown in other states in cal
culating both acreages and carry
overs
Despite repeated attempts by
Virginia interests, USDA officials
have not been willing to separate
types for purposes Of calculations
Virginia claims that Type Fl is in
more demand and has less carry
oyer than types in other states
and should be treated according
~.
The 1878 quota for dark
cured tobacco is % 100000 pounds
which at present production rates
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-29

day, She was yaken to Southside
Community Hospital for observa-
ton.
Dr.. H b Hoisinger, the attend
ing physician. said Monday that
the child probably would be re
leased from The hospital Tuesday
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-29
Amelia Drops 625
Voter Registrations

Amelia county added $50 new yot-
ers to its poll books in 1856, at the
same time dropping about 625 by
purging. deaths and transfers. &C
cording TO W. R. EIam, registrar of
elections
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-29
EDITOR J. b. WALL PRESENTS
COPELAND TROPHY

Mr. and MIS-. j. B. Wall and MIR.
and Mrs w B. Wall were in Rich
mond during the week end where
they attended the Virginia Press
association conference. Mr.. j. B.
Wall presented the Copeland edi-
torial award for community service
to the Loudoun Tinles-Mirror, Mr..
Wall won the award in 1856.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-29
Whistles to Herald
Mothers March
On Polio Thursday

Mothers Will march on polio
Thursday
Members Of the Junior and
Senior Woman's clubs plan to Vi
sit every home IN FarmVllle
Blowing whistles will herald
on polio Thursday evening. Of
ficials of several Farmville
manufacturing concerns have
agreed to blow their whistles to
start the drive to raise funds for
polio.
Thursday beginning at 1880 p, m.
The women viii be raising
funds for the march Of dimes and
encouraging the use Of Salk polio
vaccine. Mrs. T. J. Fulcher, il.
is in charge Of the junior volun-
teers, and Mrs. Fl F, jenkins and
Mrs. E. w, Hoppe are co-chair-
men for the seniors.
They have requested that all Of
those women taxing part in the
mothers march meet on time, at
80 p. M, In the Fire House
Thursdays mothers march on
polio Will continue until all homes
in the area have been visited.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-29
Rotarians Cite Barred Arm Support
To Use Of Anti-P0liO Sdlk Vaccine

The Fornvie Rotary Club Shot through" With enthu-
for the March Of Dimes fight polio and otter Thurs
day night thot expression gurqtivey ond literally
Thot the night the cIuben nlasseroIed up its COL
ectlve sleeve to receive SoIk ontpoio Voccine shots
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-29
USDA Orders 10 Per Cent Cut In 1857
Dark Fired Tobacco Acreage Allotment
Sun-Cured Left Unchanged
DARK Air-[ured Also Cut

A per cent cut in marketing quotes and oereoee oot
for 1857 dorired tobocooordered Friday by the
Agriculture Department at Woshin9tonwilI Toxic another
lO4 ceres owoy here.
The Department also ordered IS per cent
for dork ooured but left unchanged the 1857
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in North Wet Nam. headed BY
Ho Chi Mini.
Mr.. Diem also is in difficulty
at present with Chinese inhabi-
tants of his country and the
Nationalist Chinese government
on Formosa. His governments
decision to make some 800. 900
Chinese born in Wet Nam take
out Wet Namese citizenship
caused a riot in Saigon just be-
fore he left. Chinese newspapers
in San Francisco greeted him
yesterday with critical editorials.
To Speak in Congress
Mr.. Diem is scheduled to ad-
dress a joint meeting of the
Senate and House of Represent
atives at 1890 pm. tomorrow
Friday noon he is to speak at the
National Press Club.
Saturday morning the Wet
Namese President plans to visit
Fort Belvoir, Va. to see a mock
assault on fortified positions al
Lorton Range. He also will meet
Wet Namese students and off,
GERS stationed at the fort.
This afternoon Mr.. Diem will
visit the Tomb of the Unknown
Soldier at Arlington National
! Cemetery and Mount Vernon.
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|NAT0 Farley
|E|ates Dulles

Secretary Of State Dulles re-
turned to his State Department
desk today after a week in Bonn
and Paris and another NATO
foreign ministers meeting, this
one Sin many respects the
best I have ever attended"
His plane alighted at the Mill
tary Air Transport Terminal at
midafternoon yesterday and he
drove Immediately to the White
H ouse with Undersecretary
Christian ,Herter to report to
President Eisenhower. They
talked for 20 minutes about the
MATT meeting.
At the airport Mr. Dulles said
in a prepared statement that
the NATO foreign ministers had
agreed that NATO must be in a
position to use all available
means to meet any attack which
might be launched against it.
This referred to NATO's in.
sistence that 1t be free to use
atomic weapons for defense.
I'VE will not be DETECTED BY
recent Soviet objections thu
Secretary said. I'VE did not adj
nit that a nation which has it.
self been guilty of aggressive ex
pansion. and which only recent.
attacked Hungary, could proper
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President of Wet Nam
Greeted by Eisenhower

guard the party drove to Blair
House where Mr.. Diem will stay
on his four-day visit.
Thousands of District and
Federal Government employees
given time off to witness the
parade. lined the reception route
bedecked with flags and bunting
Among the officials who greet
ed the visiting 56-year-old presi-
dent were Wilhelm de Morgen.
stierne. ambassador from Nor.
way. and dean of the diplomatic
corps. and Ambassador Carlo,
Romulo of the Philippines.
President Diem was scheduled
to attend private luncheon a.
Blair House after he takes leavt
of President Eisenhower.
Before going to the airport
President Eisenhower praised
Mr.. Diem at his news conference
as a truly very great" man ant
"staunch patriot" who ha
shown great courage ant
craftsmanship in developing hi
country and government"
The President said the Natiol
welcomes Mr.. Diem with in
terest and enthusiasm"
Mr.. Diem, a Catholic in a pre-
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Idominantly Buddhist country,
lived in this country from 1851
through 1858. In 1854 he took
over control of the free half Of
Wet Nam from Emperor Bao
|Dai, pushed out French influ-
ence, EN- braced the United
States, Tended of politico-relig-
ious sects and gangsters who for
awhile plunged the nation into
civil war. won a special presi-
dental election, and finally
brought stability to the country
New Pact Doubted
American officials say they are
not expecting any new agree.
Iments from the high-level talks
with the Wet Namese visitors
Some in Mr.. Diem's party of II
have indicated to newsmen. how
ever, that they hope to convinct
President Eisenhower and Sec
rotary Dulles of their need fol
increased economic aid.
At present Wet Nam get
about 5000 million a year. rank
ing third behind Korea ant
Formosa among the worlds prin
cipal recipients Of American
help.
The United States has becom'
South Wet Mans principal for
eign supporter since the de
parture under pressure of Frencl
political and military overseer
two years ago.
President Diem's principa
lIgoal is the development Of tn
free democratic process in Soutl
Wet Nam, to offset the attrac
.tions OF the Communist regim
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River Dragged
For I'd Body

Prince Georges County rescue
squads and the Coast Guard to-
day were dragging for the body
of a second man believed tt
have drowned Monday afternoon
while boating in the Potomac
River off Fort Washington.
Park police identified the
missing man as John Lane. 81
of Accokeek.
The body of the first man wa,
brought up from the river bot.
tom at LAS pm. yesterday, al
most "a hours after he was las
seen disappearing in the water
near his boat. The victim wa
identified as Cecil Gilbert Ale
shire. jr., 80, Of Accokeek.
DR.. James I. Boyd, Primo,
Georges County medical ex'
|aminer, listed drowning as tn,
tentative cause of death, buT
said an autopsy will be per
formed since the victim wal
reported to be a diabetic. polic'
said.
! Police Pvt. George C. Du Lane!
said it was after Mr.. Aleshire'
body was recovered that he wa
told Mr.. Lane probably had beef
in the boat and apparently hat
drowned too.
! The report came. he said, from
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Policeman SIushed
IBy Youth in Alley

A End precinct policeman was
slashed deeply on the right hand
last night by one of two youths
he was questioning in an alley
behind the 900 block of Rhode
Island avenue NV.
Pvt. Henry r. Roge, 80. of
1402 Gladstone drive, Rockville.
had halted the youths. is to 18
years old, to ask them about
their loud swearing.
While he was searching one.
the other struck at him with a
knife. Throwing up his hand to
protect his face. Pvt. Roge suf-
fered a cut which required 10
stitchse at Emergency Hospital.
The youth who slashed him was
described as colored. about 5
feet 8 inches, wearing a striped
coat and tie. Both boys fled
through the alley and escaped.
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Continued From First Page

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wearing a grey suit, responded
that he hoped the visit of state
would improve the already
friendly relations of the two
nations.
After this welcome. District
Commissioner Robert McLaush.
lin presented Mr.. Diem with g
key to the city. Photographers
Immediately shouted for Mr.
Diem to hold up the key. hole
UP the key"
Referring to the photograph
ers' shouts, President EisenhoweI
said:
They're very dictatorial. thes'
boys"
Inspect Color Guard
Following the ceremonies Pres
ident Diem inspected the colo
guard turned out for the occa
sion. And as he began march
ing up and down the lines of as
sembled Marines. sailors, airmel
and soldiers, an Army band brok
out in Tales of the Viennj
Woods" a Straus waltz whicl
seemed pleasant enough though
a bit incongrous.
After inspecting the colo
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Miss Clara Frederick. a waitress
in the Front Line Tavern. Pts
Getaway. who said both men had
talked to her Monday afternoon
and mentioned they were going
boating. Other friends and rela-
tives Of the two men say both
were probably in the boat to-
gether, Pvt. Du Laney said.
James T. Miles and William
Ruddell, seamen assigned to the
Sd Division at the Anacostia
Naval Air Station, told county
police they were standing on the
shore Monday when they heard
Mr.. Aleshire call for help to gel
his boat motor started. They saw
him jump overheard and start
swimming before disappearing ir
the water. The seamen did not
report seeing a second man ir
the boat located about $50 yard:
/ of shore.
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Youth Music Concert
AT Willard Tonight

The National Symptoms
Music for Young America con-
cert at 7:45 o'clock tonight has
been transferred to the Willard
Hotel ballroom. The concert
was originally scheduled at the
Pan American Union.
The concert series, for out-of-
town high school students, will
resume, at 7:45 pm. at the PAU
Friday. The concerts will con-
Itinue there daily through May
81, except for May 10.
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Homecoming Elects

LONACONING. Nd. May
R.-Wilmoth L. Garlitz wa
elected Mayor and former base.
ball great Robert M. lefty
Grove was reelected to thu
council yesterday in Lonacon'
Iing's biennial election.
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ly dictate the defensive policies

ly dictate the defensive policies
of the free"
Mr.. Dulles met in Paris with
i3 chiefs of American diplomatic
missions in Europe following the
NATO conference in Bonn. He
also had private talks with. West
and French Premier Mollet.
The Dulles party stopped off
in Bermuda for a swim on .he
way back from Europe. the Sec
Iretary told British Ambassador
Sir Harold Caccia and other
NATO ENJOYS who greeted him
at the MATS terminal.