The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-12-23
East Is east and west is west
But the birds fly south and
they know best I. -

Some Southerners." writes Edi-
tor Waring In The Charleston News
and Courier. charge that sugges-
tons 70 fruin from resistancel. are
themselves a form OF economic
propaganda. repetition Of the
threat. they say. could create fears
that do not now exist land, might
be stirred deliberately in an effort
TO prevent plants from deserving
the North for better climate. mar
kets and labor conditions ]"
II continues TO seem to this
column that there are five points
against the loud alarms One is the
increase In Negro purchasing power
In the South and the promise that 1t
will con tinue. With puchas-
ing power here still below the
national level but moving constantly
towards II. the South is the biggest
potential new market In the Western
Hemisphere. all things considered
And the Negro potential IL an i'm
uleHse element.
A second point is the check on
Walter Reuther and other monopo-
listic- socialistic elements OF labor
ieaaersnip Their efforts 10 force
Indignation on Southern Unions are
meeting 4 resistance and resent
ment that definitely limit the pros
pective power OF these leaders here.
A recent red hot letter OF defiance
written Reuther by our big Hayes
Aircraft Corporation union In Bir1n-
inRham is an example.
A third point IL one which leads
this column TO gradual realization
that racial disturbances Of the peace
which disrupt industrial life and
activity are now provenly more
likely in the North, East and Far
West than III the South. There's not
only more experience here. but
there's no hate here. only resolve
against mixed public schools.
A fourth point is the developing
vogue Of private schools and col
leges here as a result OF the int
grafton threat This II attractive 70
industrial officials and their fami-
hes and should attract employees.
too. as industries are encouraged
TO help such private schools.
A fifth Is the one behind the
South's present relative standstill In
population while its economy out
runs North and East In all induces.
Machinery and migration. under
spur Of our Peculiar problem. are
taking away population to replace
y With a better and happier one.
= an citizen Of no mean city"
In true report St. Paul said this OF
Rome. There was no Time in st.
Paul's day to libel whatever it dis
likes.
Times picture Of Birmingham last
week was mean with the maya
zines psychopathic hate Of both the
gentle and the robust South.
II was horror picture. OF dyna-
mite and flowing blood: the Ku Klux
Khan team you remember that or
ganizatlon?) all over the place:
business men prosecuted for any
least "moderateness' on the race
question. preachers snenced. even
housewives ostracized: White"
Citizens Council blanketing the city
with Chain telephone system"
thave YOU been called. neighbour:
a gentle mayor forced to resign.
And Bull Conner over all
The magazine called ours a
"smelter economy stamped onto
Shades Valley. on Shades Mountain
and vestayia.
The incompatible city on the
other side. its million night lights
an inverted heaven. it, miracle OF
coal. iron ore and limestone to- |
gether. gifts of nature and works OF
man. far-flung economic contacts,
financial associations. Vulcan and
Electra presiding. Liberty's God
dess come TO chaperone.
You hear symphonic music. the
Metropolitan sings. the ballet is
danced. Arts treasures flow to the |
museum. Literature's to the library.
Science is searched in top company
on shining campus. a college on
hilltop reasons with the highest in /
the land. public schools have ma
tional rank, newspapers outrival /
others in nteracy and orlentauon,
tradition survives in sea change,
God is Worshipped in everlast-
Alabama 5 rural culture melt
ing pot Of raw mon as well as raw
materials city keyed to VIC
lence. whether labor troubles in the
1905 or desegregation In the l950s'
In the death Of leadership. the
silence Of fear. the bomb blasts Of
hatred, vulcan's crucible is the
toughest city in the South and
likely to get tougher !"
Great SCOTS!
Would ha Times bombastic,
vcnomous. unconprehending cores
pondcnt might be sentenced TO life
imprisonment in some such city as 4
be bad-dreams ours to be.