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eminent aftorneYSl was a :
Association.
Judge Herman E. Moore
was the principal speaker
and addressed the lawyers on
the subject of the part that
the Bar Association should
play in our community and
civic affairs.
Judge Moore was scheduled
to speak on the new rules of
the District Court, but at the
last moment changed the sub
iect matter to something
which he felt was more inter
esting and vital to the mem
bers of the Association.
Although his speech was i'm
promptu. his remarks were
well considered observations
from one who has given con-
siderable thought TO the part
that a lawyer should play in
the affairs of the government
and the community. He strong
" urged the Virgin Islands
Bar Assoc. might sponsor
active interest in enlightening
the public with regard TO the
laws that affect the daily
course OF man ana business.
He even suggested that the
Bar Association might spon-
a series of radio talks and en-
courage its members TO parti-
cipate in open forums. de-
bates. and other forensic ac-
tivities.
The past President of the
Association, Louis Hoffman,
then made his annual report,
which summed up the activi-
ties of a very busy Bar Asso-
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cation during the year 1856.
It was during this year that
the Bar achieved its integral
ed status, an accomplishment
Of great Importance to the jul
dietary in the Virgin Islands.
Bascally, integration means
that membership in the Asso-
citation is no longer voluntary
or optional. It means that a
lawyer, in order to practice
law in the Virgin Islands,
must be a member of the Bar
Association and must con-
tinue to be a member in good
standing. The end result of
such Indignation is that the
lawyer is compelled to parti-
cipate in taking on many OBJ
legations which rightfully be
long to the profession. The
Presidents annual report also
summed up the new rules Of
the Courts Of the Virgin Is
lands, all of which have been
modified and put in step with
the more liberal Code of Fee
.deral Procedure.
Attorney Harry Dries then
gave his report on the accom-
plishments of his committee
on Legislation and Law Re
form and told about the par
ticipation of his committee in
obtaining Social Security for
lawyers. Prior to 1856, law
yers were not eligible for the
Social Security benefits. 9th
er committee chairmen then
made their respective reports,
Continued on page
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-08
Editorial from Richmond Neps Leader
The Wrongs Of Civil Rights

ONCE more the Congress Of the United
~ States goes into session to the accom-
painment of battle cries over 'civil rights"
From the White House comes an announce
ment that the President will push for such
legislation Senators Humphrey and Doug
las meet with Republican liberals to plan
their campaign. Senator Byrd and his col
leagues plan counter measures.
Because the smoke of battle shortly will
obscure the issue altogether it would be
useful now, before argument begins, to re-
state as clearly as possible the reasons
which underlie the opposition Of Southern
States to these proposals. They are valid
reasons, entitled to respectful considera-
ton throughout the country
The first of these is that the civil rights
bills" offered in the Eightly-fourth Con
gress and soon to be introduced anew, sim
ply are not necessary enactments.
One bill, for example, would authorize
an additional Assistant Attorney General
who would direct a new Civil Rights Dl-
vision within the Department of Justice;
but the plain truth is that Assistant At
torneys General can be assigned from one
division to another without congressional
sanction, and there already is a civil rights
section" within the Attorney Generals Of
flee
Another bill would undertake to punish
any single individual who interfered with
another's civil rights, but there already lies
on the statute books { Section 594 Of Title
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-08

All debating machines, however,
now need a pretty girl to take the
material from the wax cylinder. or
the fiat record or the electronic
tape. and transfer it into written
words on a sheet of paper by use
ot a typewriter. Great efforts. how
ever, are being made to eliminate
the need for this typiss so that a
person can dictate directly into a
machine and have something come
out which anyone can read. This
would not require q typist.
Returning 40 Phonetic Spelling
Some years ago there was a fine
hotel at Lake Placid, New York.
which promoted the Dewey Phonetic
Spelling Mr.. Dewey wrote all his
advertisements. circulars. letters.
and even menus with phonetic spell
ing Whether he did it to anuse the
guests or to promote the phonetic
idea, / do not know. One thing Ger
tain is that for any Of these revo-
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-08

that the Soviet Union is making real pro-
gress in gaining power in the Syrian Gov
eminent. Although earlier reports that
Russia actually controlled the Syrian Gov
eminent, were inaccurate and exaggerated,
Syria is steadily increasing its drift to the
left, and new government has been form
ed in addition to National Front"
The National Front is a typical Com
munist front and now counts most of the
Syrian Congress among its members. They
are from the Left-wing parties although
the Conservatives have not yet joined The
Conservatives have been hurt by charges
that many prominent members of their
parties plotted to overthrow the govern
ment.
In fact, since November, the Leftst Sy-
rian government has arrested dozens of
prominent Conservative leaders, and their
trial is now underway. Included in this
group are four members of Parliament
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-08

knitted, and dropped into a vat of
scalding water to die. Poultry.
are also scalded to death. Meat
isn't fit to eat from animals that
suffer SO.
I appeal to readers of this pa
per to write to their senators and
representatives asking them TO
vote for Humphrey Bill in the
coming session of Congress.
I am inclosing the following
article copied from The Virginia
Union Farmer Sept. 1856
The National Humane Society.
Washington D. c. is continuing
to campoign for the use Of hui
maine slaughtering methods in
the Nations commercial abattoirs.
A bill introduced in the 84th.
! Congress by Senator Hubert
Humphrey to compel the meat
packing industry to render live
stock and poultry nsensible to
pain. by approved methods, be-
fore Stacking, hosting knitting,
bleeding. scalding, or SHINING
| was revised by the senate agricul-
ture committee.
AS passed by voice vote in the
4 Senate July 23) it declared it to
be the policy Of the Congress
to encourage humane slaughter of
meat animal and poultry
The bill was not acted upon by
the House. The House made plans
! for an. investigation, during the
recess, of methods used in COM
mercial abattoirs.
In a statement to the Senate
Subcommittee on Hum a n e
slaughter which held hearings on
Senator Humphreys bill. The Ma
tional Humane Society gave the
| following three reasons for urg-
ing enactment Of a compulsory
humane slaughter law
l Methods Of slaughtering an
imals now in almost universal use
in American slaughter houses
cause intense suffering and con-
stitute a cruelty repugnant to our
national moral code,
2, Practical methods of killing
animals humanely are available
3. It is evident that the pack
ing industry will not end the
cruelty without compulsion OF
law.
The National Humane Society
publishes a leaflet describing the
methods used in Am eric r
slaughter houses, and listing the
meat packing plants that are u.s.
ing humane methods. It is availa-
BILE from 1873 Fifteenth street, N
w. Washington 5, D. c."
Chester A. Ogivie
Blackstone
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-08
Syrian Infiltration

THE British French invasion of Egypt
counteracted, for the time being, a
strong Soviet arms build-up in the middle
East
1t caused Egypt serious military losses
and will cause her grave economic pro-
blems. The withdrawal Of the British and
French left a sort Of vacuum, after some
what checking the military buid-up in that
country and the United Nations, backed by
the free world must move into it now or see
Russia resume her activities there
From London come reports that the Brit
ish are deeply disturbed by the unwilling
ness Of the United States to take decisive
action to halt the growth Of Soviet power
in the Middle East. The British claim they
bought time in going into the Canal Zone,
although they had to withdraw, and now
ask what the United States is going to do
with this time.
British concern is backed BY intelligence
reports from the Middle East indicating
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-08
SPORTS
AFIELD
BY Ted Resting

On the one hand. there is a de-
mand for feather lightness in weap-
ons; on the other hand, the demand
is for greater power in the cart
ridge. If the shooter should ever
get the two extremes on the one
hand. there's liable to be some mis-
placed anatomy.
Super powered cartridges. ay
Pete Brown, arms editor of Sports
Afield magazine, would beat a
shooter to death if chambered in
what is now considered light
weight weapon. This brings up the
subject of butt-end reaction-namely
recoil, or kick
Recoil can be calculated with a
reasonable degree of accuracy. But
what do we mean by "kick?" Let's
say that kick is what we personally
feel wether it's applied to the
shoulder by a gun or to the seat of
the pants by a Well-directed boot.
Because of their individual make
up, physical and mental, people feel
recoil differently.
| 1t is hard to say Just how much
re oil the average hunter is willing
to take. Some are willing to take
added recoil in order to have a
ligh. weapon. and I would say that
the greatest emphasis at the pres
ent time is on lightness. Others viii
accepted added recoil in the inter
est3 Of more power
When hunting game such as the
big African trophies, the hunter
should be willing to accept more re,
coil along with a heavier rifle
Shooting at dangerous game. a go
foot-pound recoil energy is not out
of place Bird shooting, however
frequently calls for overhead shots
where the recol tends to pile-drive
a shooter to the ground instead Of
permitting him to roll with the
punch.
/ Possibly you have heard talk con
corning mininized recoil effect with
the autoloading guns. You may won
der if the reduced recoil effect is
accounted for in reduced balliStics
at the lnuzzle end The answer is No
One thing is certain If you want
to follow the modern trend toward
weapon lightness for our most popu
lar American hunting, you viii fine
/ it necessary to leave some of the
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-08

speakers. Photography experts will
not be satisfied until they can photo
graph thoughts, as well as words.
Eiectronic Shorthand" Method
OF the different systems, the cleo
tronic system interests me most al
though it requires forgetting the
present alphabet and returning to
the use Of script writing. First came
the telegraph with the dash and dot
system; then came the telephone
and TelAutograph: then followed the
electronic- photograph and the mag
netfc tape Few persons realize the
wonderful 'electronic machine that
is In their latest photograph. When
Thomas Edison invented the orlgi-
nal monographs. they were purely
mechanical. Every spoken " or d
made wavy indentation on a wax
cylinder, after which these Wavy
movements were exaggerated by
levers which. at the other end,
mored thin metal diaphragm and
family reproduced these spoken
words. With large horn the sound
increased so that anyone, nearby,
could hear them.
The modern monographs, how
ever. turn the waving motions which
have been produced by the spoken
words into electric waves which
through the use of tubes, are greatly
magnjfied. Radio Corporation Of
/ America is already transferring
these words into wayy lines which
some experts can read This would
be the ideal system; but it would
require the use of almost new
written script something like short
hand" which could be taught tc
every child. Even this, however. is
not 50 revolutionary when you think
that the score" of music is an en-
tirely different alphabet which
millions Of young people Of all ma
tiens have learned to read and en-
! joy
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-08

ness Of every State.
Another measure would permit the At
torney General to bring civil suit on behalf
Of any person who complained not merely
that his rights had been violated, but who
complained prospectively that his rights
might be violated. The result would be that
individual citizens no less than State Off
Gals, would find themselves at the mercy
of Federal judges-denied the right Of trial
by jury.
Now, there is third reason for the OPP
position of Southern States, well under
stood by politicians, which should be made
plain to the people generally: Our spokes-
men in Congress resent these bills, and OPP
pose them, because of the cynical political
motivation behind them.
We of the South are keenly aware that
Senator Humphrey and Senator Ives. to
name only two, are not interested in rights
but in votes. They are playing to Harlem
grandstand. In the frantic bidding for
pivotal Negro support in key congressional
districts, both Democrats and Republicans
are agreeable to sacrificing every principle
Of sound legislation and constitutional pro-
priety.
Actually, they are willing to sacrifice
even more than this: They are willing to
Great new swarm of Federal agents and
bureaucrats, each determined to justify his
job by officious acts Of busy-ness at untold
cost to taxpayers everywhere. The propon-
ents would create vague new crimes, to be
prosecuted by political within and enforced
by judicial caprice, simply to demonstrate
their full-hearted love FOR the Negro
which is to say, the Negro vote.
It is no easy task for Southern spokesman
to oppose these bills. CiyilArights, in them
selves, are affirmatively good; and anyone
who may be placed in position Of appear
ing to oppose something good thereby is
identified with supporting something evil.
That is the false position thrust upon
Southern Senators and Congressman.
No responsible person in the South, we
may assume, is against civil rights What
our spokesman oppose is a package of I'M
warranted unsound and malicious bills,
conceived in political sin. And the sight of
Dwight Eisenhower supporting these bills
is a pathetic sight to see.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-08
Double Check

Only $50 more days until
Christmas. Shop early, this is not
a leap year you know! Had more
marriages in Sc than we will
have in ST. look who was asking,
but this year will be q great year
for divorcing. 1t used to be loudly
proclaimed ANY one having any
objection speak now or forever
hold their peace" now its year
or more afore they start object
ing. Always did think every wo-
man should have at least three
Husbands SOFAS she could form a
better opinion of mankind The
opinion they get of just one has
never been printed .agin the law
II guess.
Saw where one bubble busted
that went up during the last poll
tical campaign, The way it reads
now NO tax relief for the small
business man
President Eisenhour became the
man of 1866" .recheck gave the
Democrats one more Governor
The really big surprise comes in
the opening of Congress and the
State Of the Nation you watcl,
it. This is where the Northern
politicians are going to strut. ..anc
woe be it to the Southern people
of all races. In the past twenty
years the South has progressed a.
breathtaking stri d e.-this t h {
North cannot stand. they will dc
anything to turn our dampel
down. | say you watch them guys
Asking Congress for seventy bill
lion is only the beginning.
Happy and Prosperous may
your year be..we will need it,
Thanks for reading.
Yours,
]. Marvin Brown
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-08

! lutionary debating machines to sue
coed. al children must be taught
phonetic spelling At the present
time. three large corporations are
trying to develop these new ma
chimes. Let me explain their three
different methods of approach.
The International Business Ma
chimes Corporation is hoping to have
Its machine use the same alphabet
we now use in letters. The Eastman
Kodak Company may bring out a
Photographic method. OF course, the
Photography OF still images was
really wonderful invention; then
followed the photography of moving
pictures. II is possible that these
gan be. developed so that the spoken
word viii be photographed like
object. This is almost ap-
preached now by showing in tele-
vision the expressions on peoples
faces; in fact. many listeners have
the ability to read the lips of
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-08
Letters To Editor
Advocates Humane
Strengthening Methods

Editor Of the Falmville Herald
It is nauseating to hear and
read so much pious criticism OF
some other nationality Of people
or their governments barbarouS
acts mo I am not holding with
any Of it, when we can't or don't
try to keep our own house in ord
er If we can't keep our own
house it i'll behooves us to tell the
other person how he should keep
his.
The cruel methods used in
slaughtering domestic animals in
our nations commercial abattoirs
are a national disgrace and re-
pugnant to all civilized people.
Even Communist Russia couldn't
go one better on ours.
Beef cattle, veal calves, and
even little baby calves are shack
led. hoisted and knitted and then
skinned They don't give them
time to die before they start cut
ting on them Hogs are hoisted,
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-08
Babson Discusses Revolutionary Inventions

Babson Park, Mass. January 3
The greatest efforts will be made to
develop a small safe reactor which
viii enable homes to use uranium
for fuel instead of OIL or gas, OF
coal Next there viii be more use
Of electronics to take the place OF
workers in factories. This is known
as aut0nation
Steuographers Beware:
The use of elecuonics which in
terests me most is to have a ma
chine into which I can talk and
have writing come out the other
end There are now several sue
cessful dictaphone machines which
transfer the Voice onto receiver"
Sach as blank flat monograph rec
ords. OF the standard wax cylinders.
or eiectronie magnetic tape. / am
told that the Soundscriber Company
is perhaps the most progressive,
but all are doing good work as far
as they go.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-08
SURVIVES 1900 VOLTS
7 Y VI D
j. Marvin Brown

Alameda. Calf Although a $4,000
volt power cable burned off John D
Banks left leg at the knee. Banks
survived the shock; but was taken
to the hospital in a critical condi-
ton Banks. together with several
other electricians, had worked all
day clearing out old equipment in
the municipal power plant They
had stepped over a power line,
which all believed to be dead When
Banks stepped on it there was a
flashing explosion and his clothing
bla2ed into flames, which fellow
workers put cut with a fire extin-
guisher.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-08
Salary Changes
To Be Considered

Costs OF law enforcement and tax
administration in Amelia and Pow
hatan counties may go up sharply
if their boards of supervisors APP
prove new salary and expense bud
gets allowed by the state compen-
sation board
Officers affected by the law pass
ed by the 1856 general assembly
raising the maximum allowable
salaries by 20 per cent are the
sheriffs. commonwealth attorneys.
commissioners Of revenue IN d
county treaSurers.
Raises granted by the board av-
eraged 1906 per cent on the state
/ level.
1 In Amelia county, the commits
sioner Of rcvenugs salary of $4lo0
was left at thai level, and the
! treasurer salary was raised from
4 $462O to $4920 subject to approval
Increases were also granted the
sheriff, from $500 to $3.50 and the
commonwealth attorney, from $2376
to $27G0.
4 PoWhatan county is listed for an
increase in the commissioner Of
revenues salary, from $4,000 to
$1,000, and in the treasurer's. from
S42G0 TO $500. The sheriff is to re-
/ ceive S2780, a raise of $3.50, and the
/ commonwealth attorney is to get
$500
Action on the state boards recon-
mendations is expected to be taken
at the January boards of super
visors meetings
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-08

speakers. Photography experts will
not be satisfied until they can photo
graph thoughts, as well as words.
Eiectronic Shorthand" Method
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-08

Premier Mollet declared the Brit
is'l-French invasion had uncovered
Soviet intrusion in the Near East
that had developed underground
for many months.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-08

modern power behind, unless you
want to take a lot Of recoil punish
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-03
Louis" viii play through May 8
at the Metropolitan and Ambas-

Louis" win play through May 8
at the Metropolitan and Ambas-
sador theaters. A couple Of
Hollywood's classics adding up
to the longest movie bill around
open today at the Dupont thea
ter. They are "a Tale Of
Two Cities" starring Ronald
Colman. and Marie Antoinette. "
the latter with Norma Shearer
and Tyrone Power. Arena
Stage again: In preparation for
its next season. it will addition
and interview actors, actresses.
technicians and others Of the
community interested in partic-
ipating in the theater. Dates
for these sessions viii be May
1925, inclusive. and applicants
are asked to write, not telephone,
for appointment. Letters
should be addressed to Miss Cay
Knockey. Arena Stage. 26th and
ID streets, Washington Z. and
should state area Of applicants
interest. Appointments will
be set up by mail. Open
ing last night at the Arts Club.
THE White Sheep of the Family. u
directed by Jane Plummer Rice.
It will run through tonight
and tomorrow night with cur
tain time $3.50 PM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-03
WHERE
AND WHEN
Current Theater Attractions
and Time Of Showing

Stage
Arena Stage-"Witness for the
Prosecution" $3.50 pm.
Catholic University - "Belin.
d." $3.50 pm.
National-"Fanny":: $50 pm.
Shubert-Dark.
Ambassador The Spirit O,
st. Louis: las. 4:05. 6:45 ant
$3.50 pm.
Capitol-'Boy on Q Dolphin,
HIS am. 1880. 1885. $40. 7:45
and $50 pm.
Colony - Fire Under He
Skin; $50. $40 and Gas pm
Columbia - "Guns at For
Petticoat";; 1880 am. 1855, 3:35
$40. 7:45 and 9:45 pm.
Dupont - "A Tale Of TwC
Cities: 1915. ASS. and ga
pm.
Keith's - Cinderella: I'LL!
am: l, 2:46. 1880. Sis, sos ant
o:55 pm.
Macarthur - "The Greer
Man: $3.50, $40, and 9:55 pm
MetrOpolitan-"The Spirit O
et. Louis; 11:25 am, 1:55, AIS
o:55 and $3.50 Pm.
Ontario-"Funny Face: l:2O
S:25. $3.50. TAO and 9:45 pm.
Palace-"The Bachelor Party"
HIS am. los, ass, 4:45, 6:35
S:25. and 1915 pm.
Playhouse - "The Ten Com.
mandments"; 10 an. 2 and
pm.
Plaza-"Bed Of Grass; 1910
2:35. AIS. 6:15. sos. ant
e:55 pm.
Trans-Lux - "The Strangl
One: l1:25 am: 1880. $3.50. $50
TAO and 9:45 pm.
Upt0wn-"Around the Worle
In 30 Days: 2 and $50 pm.
Warner - Seven Wonders o.
the World; 2 and $3.50 pm.