The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-05-08

D u o46llt JuSl INV a lllCO
bandit took my quarter and stared
me down It isn't the five dollars,
it's the humiliation The spirit Of
free enterprise and American in
dividualism can't hold up against
helplessness like this
1t isn't like betting on your own
judgement or faith or strong right
arm or hearts desire.
Neither is it like letting chance
decide for you something about
which you can't make up your mind
or don't care.
It's slavery. IT. shuman bondage.
One hotel gives you a free roll of
nickles when you register. Another
ticket good for a free drink at
the bar But the humiliation re-
mains. Me, Id rather bet son Au-
burn. Or the weather. or Kennecutt
Copper. or the woman l love.
But suppose | hit the Jackpot
with the first quarter tomorrow
w ha then, philosophers and
pietists, to say? III be king!
This community belongs to chance
and Kennecutt Copper. The com
panys Liberty pit here is a mile
long and fiveeights Of mile wide,
man-made Grand Canyon Com
mercial planes circle it just to let
passengers marvel In Ely, Tex
Richard once owned the hotel and
Jack Dempsey fought his first fight
A security minded humanity
grows less secure all the time, it
seems. You can't even bow or turn
your head A turn can do you in
if it puts your brain in line with
certain high radio frequencies used
between airplanes and in special
televislon set-ups. Ten monkeys
were recently killed this way In
the same days news we learn that
a mere bow Of the head as when
going to sleep sitting up, may OBJ
struct the blood flow through the
neck, causing strokes. SO might pro
longed sleeping on your stomach
with the head to the side. So might
holding the head far back as when
looking at things in the air or hay
ing the hair washed
Why. ) then, do not spectators at
tennis matches, turning one way
and the the other to watch the
ball, produce more strokes than the
players The quick turns stlmu-
late blood flow. not obstruct it. It'll
the prolonged obstruction that ~
dangerous
When | vas a reporter in New
York in stiff collar days there were
several cases of DRINKS found dead
from having fallen asleep sitting up,
checked by the collar when the
head Topped down on it. bringing
on heart attack, suffocation Or
stroke
The small-sized automobile which
bears the proud device Made III
Texas BY Texans" il matched iii
pride and passed in ingenuity BY
one whose device il Made in Las
We a 5 from old Slot machine
parts.
The wild of Las Vegas is not
that of the so-called wild West"
but there was an empty rifle cart
ridge shell on the sidewalk outside
the airport entrance yesterday at
dawn II was just lying there.
Determined to be more and more
convention city. Las Vegas isn't
sure whether its main business A
gambling helps or hurts. 1t IN
interesting to note that among pre-
sently scheduled conventions are
those Of Jehovah's Witnesses and
the National Council of Catholic
Women
Another is the International AS
ISOLATION of Fire Chiefs. fire-eaters
all, who will take Las Vegas in
stride. And still another is Kiwanls
International kiwanlans. Of course.
are happy anywhere especially
when they can Come where
good cheer and Kiwanis abide. II.
Nelson Rockefeller may not be
running vet but they've cot his
campaign slogan ready. 1t is WHO
else but Nelse?' The negative for
this. no doubt will be NIX on
Nlxon. The Presidential slogans
OF this era seem to have been all
Republican We had Keep Cool
" tn Coolidge" and Who but
Hoover?" And the world beater. Of
course. was II Like Ike" Are
Democrats too dlgnificd OF haven I
they caredo They could start now
with Mop up with the Mophcad. !"
over the Hump with Humphrey. \"
Say 1t with Symington, I" Lead
with Lyndon, or "Once More with
Adlai"
Or Get Hep with Humnon.''
Out last night upon the stair
saw q little man who wasn't
there
He wasn't there again today;
Oh, how wish he'd 60 away ]"
Salt Lake City He's there again
this morning in Salt Lake Tri-
bune editorial avowing there SIS no
such thing as little initiation. 4
You think Of the many who say
there is no such thing as "a little