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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-12-19
THE cordial appendage


This drive to tie the South hand
and foot to the national Democratic
Party for 1850 takes many forms.
An example is the business OF
calling them the Eisenhower Nixon
Civil Rights Act" and the "Eisen-
hover Civil Rights Commission.
without the least respect to the fact
that this legislation was passed by
a Democratic Congress and that the
President made half the Commits
sion Democratic Southerners. In my
Alabama. there is sly move to
undo our great victory last spring
against loyalty oath" Democrats
and to re-capture the state machin-
cry for them.
Some fine Southerners believe the
state Democratic parties must be
loyal at all costs to the national
party.
But nothing is more important
than that we not be loyal--or. at
least. not known In advance to be.
Our hope is that. by being doubtful
we will be a major minority and not
a mere caudal appendage.
Or should ! say cordial appen-
dage. as The Shreveport Times mis-
printed me last Summer without
going far wrong at that?
You could say a wagging tail is a
cordial" appendage and that is
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-12-19
The Night Before Christmas

"A FIRE PREVENTION EDITORIAL IN VERSE;
Twas the night all through the house
Not creature stirring. a mouse.
When down through the chimney all covered with soot
Came the Spirit Of Fire ugly galoot.
His gowed like embers his features stern
AS he looked all around for something TO burn
What he made him grunble his anger grew higher
For there wasn't thing that would start good fire.
No door had been blocked by the big Christmas tree
II stood In the corner leaving passageways free.
The lights that glowed brightly for Betty Tim,
Had been hung with precaution touched a limb.
And wet sand at its base kept the and green.
The tree had been trimmed BY mother insstent.
That the ornaments used be fire resistant.
And mother had known the things to avoid
Like cotton and paper and plain celuod.
Rock wool. metal icicles and trnkes OF glass,
Gave life to the tree: 1t really had class
And would believe II right next to the tree
Was a suitable box for hold debris.
A place to throw wrappings Of paper and string
From all Of the gifts that Santa might bring.
Az climbed up chimney disgust.
the folks in this home had paid close attention.
70 all the rules OF good Fire Prevention.
Branch 4o4A Installation Squadron
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-12-19
Double Check

Now the Democrats cannot agree.
One trouble Is X-President Harry
keeps butting into things like con
versation and he wants to become a
Senator. Pretty low for a man who
was tops sOrter backsliding my
guess. but you know he come up
from habberdashery selling and
there is a longin 10 travel back in
that direction. Hes now top man on
the Totem Pole but In keeping with
how he got there he'd like to slide
down. The Democrats are really en-
titled to at least one x-President liv-
ing and cussing. and 1t would raise
the morale Of the whole gang Of
Jeffersonians if Harry would just
be satisfied but this l doubt
Congress is not in session and
good 1t amt. We folks are getting
scared TO death Of most anything
and really Doctors should be
compelled to take physical and
take their own medicine too boot.
We need more Doctors, surely. We
have none TO lose.
We never had any thing that
somthing else didn't come along
and take 1t away plastic flesh
took place Of the old rag doll. posi-
lively unbelievable. But politics
and M.Ds are here to stay
neither shows any marked inn
provement: they are just what they
are who can measure success
until the end?
It's no trouble to keep cool these
days.
Thanks for reading,
Yours.
j. Marvin Brown
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-12-19
Letters 70 Editor
u. S. Never Ready
For Own Defense

Editor. The Herald:
I'VE viii need billion dol
lars more for defense next
year"
News item
When we went to war In Cuba.
back in 1898 tThe cubans are still
fighting.). we remember saying
I'VE have waited much too
late we've reduced our stand
ing Army. and the way 1t now APP
pears and from what McKin-
ley'S saying we must call for
volunteers.
When the First World War got
started. We were In the same sad
mess and conditions weren't
much better in the Second War
guess i. yet we're such a mighty
nation that It doesn't make
good sense to be long in con-
versation and so lacking in
defense.
It reminds us Of an uncle .
who was on our Fathers Side)
who. In life. walked on that
highway \. that is sinful. smooth
and wide he used language
that was awful and he often
came home high but al
ways got religion at camp
meeting in July and gave up
his sinful doings and behaved like
decent men but along Sep
TENDER he was back in the
clink. again.
II the guilt by association"
theory Is sound !. anyone who
associates with people is bound ;.
TO be more or less guilty OF the
same crimes II true. we hope
it's not our luck to be caught In
some off season when repent
ance Is paSse.'
Cordially yours.
Everett A. Trent
Twin Oaks" R. 2
Powhatan. Va.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-12-19
NARROW ESCAPE

Toledo While they were driv-
ing to local garage for repairs,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Rossman's
automobile stalled on a railroad
crossing. A fast train was approach
ing. The couple scrambled from
their car. As they dashed away, a
step on one Of the coaches caught
Mrs. Rossman's coat and tore it
off. but left her with only minor
bruises. The Car was demolished.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-12-19
John Temple Graves
COLD WAR ON THE SOUTH

what some OF our patronage minded
politicians and sentimental states
men want us still to be faithful dog
to Fair Deal Democrats who des-
pise us.
It is understandable in politicians
dependent on pap and patronage.
but it can have no appeal to South
crn rank and file To warnings that
the South may lose committee
chalrmanshlps IN Congress if it
doesn't stand by the national party,
the complete answer is that the
South hasn't lost any chairmanships
yet-and has been refusing to stand
by-on the national level for 10
these 10 years.
Trying to associate Southern re-
sistance with d c ense Of the
National Democratic Party is as
bad as trying to associate it with
the cause against rock and roll
music or the anti-Semitic cause /"
The two parties are TWeedledum
and TWeedledee in this war they
make on the South but the Fair
Deal Democrats are more deadly
because their program has more
socialism and centralism in it to
boot
However Southern lines held at
Montgomery on the legal and con
stitutional from against the Civil
Rights G m m i S 0 n, they were
broken tragicaly on the more crltI-
cal p little a and psychological
fronts Alabama was put in a bit
terlv bad light before the country,
and, what's worse, before the IN
coming Congress Just as Coy.
Battle warned
Television should not have been
allowed The allowing indicated
propaganda purpose in the hear
ings But televlsion told the truth if
not the whole truth when it showed
all those highly educated Negroes
denied the ballot and that elderly
white registrar who couldn't even
( remember how 10 say he Wouldn i
testify and had to be prompted in
the middle Of a sentence.
| The unfair but photographically
correct picture was Of stupid whites
depressing literate and even CHARM
| ing Negroes
| Our Attorney General and gov
/ ernor-electl Patterson s stand was
/ firm and his statement fine, but he
4 could have used his nationwide
/ audience for more legalisms, it
/ seems 10 me. His youth, earnest
1 and intelligence quietly and without
the least demagogy making Ala
bama's case against domination by
bloc voted Negroes outnunbering
whites by many TO one. could have
taken the television initiative away
I from the NAACP and it's national
broadcasting friends Especially if
he had spoken of plans for special
treatment Of those highly qualified
colored people at Tuskegee Insti-
tute.
Treasurer and Chairman James
E. Simpson. Of our Putnam Letter
Committee, 81 North Goth Street.
Birmingham wonders that h Q
letter hasn't been printed III New
Orleans. Memphis, Nashville, and
Atlanta. and several other large
Southern papers If YOU happen to
own any OF those papers | hope
you'll beg them TO print this clas-
sic. 1t means much to the South.
First report on the Embarrassing
to run the Putnam letter as an adj
vertisement in Northern and East
ern periodicals will be made in the
next few days.
\ It's good enough to be better.
This piece of literature is worth
all the money we can spend on it.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-12-19
Distorting the Facts

displaced" pupils and forgotten young
sters" The persons who wrote these news"
stores evidently tried to convey the impress
sion that Front Royal and Warren County
were deliberately depriving these children
Of an education This is a gross misrepre-
with the type of news coverage 80 often
given by Washington newspapers to mat
tiers relating to the race problem.
THE Washington Post and Times Herald
quotes Washington white woman, who
apparently is one Of the leaders of the
movement. as saying Their parents decid-
ed on the move after efforts to employ
qualified tutors at Front Royal failed be-
cause of extremely tense race relations, in
timidation, threats and reprisals." This
statement is without the slightest founda-
ton in fact There is no tension in Front
Royal. There has been no disorder. no
threats, no intimidation - certainly none of
sufficient Importance to be known to the
average citizen. 1T is a quiet, homely, livea-
bic town, with no outward sign of race
hatred. Somebody has deliberately misrep-
resented conditions in Front Royal"
The people Of Prince Edward county
readily understand and sympathize with
Warren county in the ordeal through which
they are going. Distortion Of facts is not an
unusual tactic for the biased press and
northern agitators
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-12-19
For Mems Minds

&TRUGGLES to control the minds of men,
which have been underway internation-
ally tor many years can assume national
proportions unless the people Of America
do some sound hard thinking for them
selves. 10 Hindman, a West Coast research
er and conservative writer has an article in
the current Human Events news letter, IT,
tied Social Engineering for 1884, in which
he discusses the new technique known as
group dynamics" whereby in the White
House Conference on Education in 1855,
committees studying various educational
subjects were manipulated into coming up
with predetermined conclusions.
The principal danger writes Mr.. Hind
man, of this engineering" movement -
and of such of its subdivisions as mental
health - is that it equates certain political
opinions with sanity and right" thinking.
and brands their opposition as sickness.
Here for example, is classic definition Of
the symptoms Of developing mental illness.
new style. DR. II. A. Overstreet. in his "The
Great Enterprise = Relating Ourselves to
Our World states:
man. for example. may be angrly against
racial equality. public housing the IVA financial
and technical aid to backward countries organized
iaoor and the preaching Of social rather than sal
Vauonal religion Such people may appear
normal in the sense that they are able to hold
100 and otherwise maintain their status as mem
bers OF society; but they are. We now recognize
well along the road toward mental Illness
Political mental illness" appears to
plague everyone who fails to go along with
the leftist ideas Of One-Worldsm, and 9TH
er such gobbledygook, which some Of the
engineers" are planning for us in the FL
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-12-19

your merchandise merely ny rails
ing the price.
Nevertheless, as a parable, or I
starting point for meditation. that
is worth several minutes serious
thought.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-12-19

As an ad for
perfume. that was
obviously silly. 1t
would appeal
only to the kind
OF person who
does OF ask,
III ow good is
this 2" but "how
expensive is it ?"
You do not raise
the Quality of
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-12-19

ture. This would be only one step from the
well-known procedure in Communist ma
tons Of incarcerating the mentally ill., or,
as in Russia "liquidating' those opposed to
your political or social PHILOSOPHERS.
The thought is interesting if nor dismay-
ing. Mr.. Hindman's article in full may be
obtained from Human Events, 4O8 First
Street, S. E. Washington 3. d. G.. The cost
20 cents, or 10 copies ST.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-12-19
. Joy


"A MAGAZINE which advertisee
expensive things cufY1inlu
for 500 and over, cute little ear
rings for $500, mems shirts for
SIS each carried once a full page
advertisement with exactly eight
words besides the manufacturers
name. It read: "JOY--the mns3
costly perfume In the world"
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-12-19

work Churches were reasonably close, and
only the minister was particularly incon-
venienced. Furthermore, Sunday services
provided an exchange of news. There was
no radio and television to trace the move
ment Of high and low pressure areas nation
wide. to keep people jittery. Few had heard
Of barometer and thermometer was ex-
ira equipment in most places.
Yes, snow tied things up then, but it made
far less difference than in these days.
We take lot of things for granted. which
if we lose for only few days would make
life unbearable Electric power for exam
pie Truck deliveries from distribution
points upon which most people are depend
ent for food How many others can you
think Of?
Well take the SHOWS this winter in stride.
do the best we can. and be thankful that
electric power particularly can be depend
ed upon. lncidently the highway forces and
the maintenance department Of the Town
Of Farmville, did an exceptionally find job
in keeping traffic moving. An orchid to
them.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-12-19
LIFE INSURANCE ON DOGS

Copenhagen-Danish dog owners
will be able to take out life insur-
ance for their pets. II they allow the
dogs noSeprintS to be taken.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-12-19
When Christmas Comes

In childhood days, year. 10 me,
Seemed like passing oges;
But now It seems years come ond 90
BY more ropid stooes.
The time between each Christmas doy
Seemed or. 50 long, back tt,en
And weeks and months, tney posed 50 sIo
Til Sonto came oooin.
There wos no doy in the whole year
Thot brought to me more Joy
Than Christmas doys thot came back when
! wos Q little boy.
A little boy with childish toith
In Sonto in his SLEIGH,
Who left for me, beneath our tree,
His gifts FOR Christmas doy
No words Of mine con half express
Ny Joy and ecstosy,
When Christmas morn, saw thsese gifts
Under our Christmas tree
When Christmas doy IS drawing near,
1t serves to remind me
That Christmas days my childhood knew,
Are oil for behind me
Nov Christmas time but little means
Since am old ond groy
And toith thot filled my childhood heart
Is for less strong today
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-12-19

EMPTY POOL: NO BAPTISM
Charlotte. N. G. Thirty candi-
dates we're ready for baptism by
immersion when the pastor an
nounced the ceremony would have
to be postponed.
Someone had forgotten to fill the
baptismal pool.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-12-19

Although we can't vouch for the truth Of
this incident, it will pass as a buc-ribbon
goofer.
At meeting Of a certain organization,
the newlyelected secretary was asked to
read the minutes of the previous meeting.
Equal to the occasion. she arose, cleared
her throat impressively, and said
The minutes Of the last meeting were
20 minutes and seconds
Then she sat down.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-12-19
Snow Ties Things Up

THE completely of modern living is point
ed up by the recent nine inch SHOWS.
Schools were closed, to the enjoyment Of
many children: business came to stand
still. to the disgust of many store man
ayers: absenteeism in industrial plants
brought loss Of production to the economic
vanishing point; church peWs were notice
ably vacant. and just about everything in
the community was tied up. Most Of the in
convenience was because of our modern
complex way Of life.
In 1914, if memory serves us rightly.
there was Is inches of snow and 1918 the
ground was covered with snow and ice from
Thanksgiving to the Ides of March. Schools
continued to operate because pupils were
in walking distance and hadn't forgotten
how to walk. Business was based on profits
rather than volume and the business man
knew that trade would return double fold
when customers dug out Of the snow. The
few industries then operating were manned
BY employees within walking distance -
not dependent upon motor transportation
to negotiate 25 to 80 miles to reach their
Distortins
IN an editorial, "Why Sander Front
Royal" the Northern Virginia Daily.
published at Strasburg, tells the story Of
how Warren County school board has edu-
Gated the Negro pupils of the county for
many years. At present AZ are transported
to school at Berryvile % miles away, and
56 are boarded five days-a-a-week at Man
assas As miles away. Both of these schools
are accrediated high schools. Until recently
there were not sufficient number of pu-
pills to maintain an accredited school IN
Warren County. When this condition was
found to exist the board Immediately took
steps to provide an accredited school. Dis
regarding this fact % pupils petitioned to
attend the Front Royal High School, which
closed this school, and forced establishment
of provisional private schools for the white
pupils Of the county. These % pupils had
the same opportunity to attend Berryville
or Manassas, and still have. Instead they
have purported to be instructed by private
tutors.
Now these % pupils will go to Washing
ton d. c., to attend schools, and the north
ern newspapers and agitators are making
much propaganda of it.
Says the Northern Virginia Daily:
1--WE have no hope of ever correcting the
grossly biased reports carried in the Wash
ington newspapers, which portrayed the
group as "schoolless Negro children" and
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-12-19

IN childhood days. old Santa CIous
Brought 70 me Joy and thrills;
But now, for gifts that Sonto brings.
! have 70 pay the bills
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-12-19

Arthur r. burns president of the National
bureau OF Economic Research:
Our situation would be better still if we
could devise politically acceptable means
Of automatically varying tax rates with the
ups and downs Of economic activity"
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-12-19

BENJAMIN +. Fairiess, American Iron and
Steel Institute executive:
Our race with Russia will not be won by
q LOT 81 average students, average scientists.
or average production workers."
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-12-19
Bdfesriiie (Ark.) Guard

Ircs ST. Laurent, French fashion designer:
You see more beautiful women on the
streets of American cities than YOU do in
Europe"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-31
Jim Brown Looks
For Better Year

HIRAM, Ohio. July 81 R.-
Sophomore Fullback Jim Brown
Of the Cleveland Browns is ex-
pected to be even more valuable
this season.
With one season behind him
he'll have more confidence, al
though he had plenty of that as
a rookie" Coach Paul Brown
says. THAT experience can't
be overestimated. I'm expecting
Jim to be an improved player"
A look at Jim's 1857 record
shows that will take some
doing. The swift Negro from
Syracuse led the league in
rushing and was selected as the
rookie of the year. He also set
a new league mark for yards
gained rushing in one game.
with 237 against the Los An
geles Rams.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-31

TOPEKA, Kans., July 81 (R
"A bevy of teen-age champions
are entered in the National
AAU senior women's outdoor
swimming and diving cham
opening here tomor-
row for three days.
Meet officials say the star
studded field. which includes
all but two of the 1857 titlists,
may give the record books a
battering if the weather is good.
Three members of the 1856
United States Olympic swim
ming team and one who repre-
sented Hungary are included
among the 1853 individual en-
trantS.
Paula Jean Myers. 10. In
dian Spring, Calf, who in 1857
became the second girl in his
tory to win all indoor and OUT
door women's diving titles in
one year, will defend her cham
pionships.
Nancy Ramey, is, Washing
ton Athletic Club, Seattle,
Olympic runnerup in the 100
meter butterfly. is the defend
ing National titliSt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-31
Elliott to Race
Fading Ibbotson
For World Title

LONDON. July 81 R.-Eng-
lands Derek Ibbotson will
defend his fading reputation
Saturday against the miller of
the year, Herb Elliott Of Aus
tralia.
The two athletes clash for
the first time In the Emsley
Carr Invitation Mile at the
British games.
The race is seen here as a
decider for the unofficial mile
championship of the world.
Ibbotson pounded out a 3:57.2
mile in London a year ago-a
mark that never has been bet
tered or ratified.
Elliott has broken 4 minutes
seven times. and at 20 is recog-
nized by many experts as the
finest miller the world has seen.
They clash at London's White
City Stadium-scene of many
historic mile races. Ken Wood
Of England and Merv Lincoln
of Australia are two other sub-l
minute miller in a top class
field Of 10 runners.
Ibbotson, 6 years older than
the Australian. is of form. His
best clocking this season is
4:05.2.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-31
Grudee Nat Bout
Tops Tonight's
Card at Capitol

A pair Of tag team matches
and a grudge battle between
Cowboy Rocky Lee and Johnny
Valentine feature the weekly
wrestling show tonight at
Capitol Arena.
The Lee-Valentine affair,
which grew out of a dispute
last week when the Cowboy
was refereeing a match be-
tween Valentine and Kit Fox,
will open the show at $3.50
O'Clock.
The tag team matches list
Mark Levin and Don Curtis
against Steve Stanlee and
Bozo Brown and the Australian
Kangaroos = Roy Heffernan
and Al Costello-against Tony
Cosenza and Luis Martinez.
Other matches are Chief Big
Heart against Skull Murphy,
and Buddy Rosen against Irish
Jack Donovan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-31
REDSKINS
Continued From Page Ale

Continued From Page A-l6
Dictated his ailing knee prob
ably wouldn't stand up for a
full season. He must undergo
an operation II he ever hopes
to play football again.
Rudy Bukich signed his con-
tract with no further debate
about a bonus. giving the club
four paSsers. Scooter Scudero
also signed. after shaving of
the whiskers he so carefully
cultivated to obtain a role in
"The Miracle" Scudero said
he won the part, but there
would be an indefinite period
of waiting until shooting be-
gins, and then he wasn't GER
tain how long his services
would be required.
Those who missed yesterdays
drill because of injuries or ill
ness we're Don Bosseler. Jim
Podoley, Norb Hecker and Tor
geson. Hecker and Torgeson
were two of eight players whose
bad knees we're examined. All
but Luppino were okayed until
further notice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-31
Two Colts Hurt
During Workouts

WESTMINSTER, Nd, July
81 (R.-The Baltimore Colts
had what Coach Weeb Ewbank
called a couple Of good work
outs yesterday but two play
ers pulled up lame.
At the morning session,
Bobby Jordan. rookie halfback
from Virginia Military Insti
tute. had to have an ailing
foot X-rayed. But the X-ray
showed no serious damage and
he was back in camp by after
noon. The Colts plan to use him
to do some kicking.
Leo Sanford. linebacker re-
Gently acquired in a trade with
the Chicago Cardinals. came up
with a pulled leg muscle in the
afternoon session.