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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-03
Amelia Watershed
Project Approved

Approval Of the Nibb's Creek
watershed project in Amelia county,
with priority. by the State Soil Con-
servation c m m t e e has been
made. according to j. E. Dodson.
chairman Of the Piedmont Soil Con-
servation District
The project which would take in
1850 acres. not far from Amelia
Court House in the central part of
the county, received unanimous en-
dorsement of the Amelia board of
supervisors when P B. Childress
first explained it at the June meet
ing Of the board Childress is
Amelia county soil conservatonist.
One hundred and five landowners
will be involved in the watershed
development. the supervisors we're
told. Easements of right of way
would be required Of some 80 or 40
landowners to initiate the project.
Development Of the watershed
was endorsed earlier by the Young
Farmers organization Farmers
Union, Farm Bureau Soil Conser-
walton Committee. and the Develop
ment Association in Amelia county.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-03

The hidden taxes are applied all
along the line on nearly every
everything you eat Or use. They
are concealed in the prices YOU pay
Typical Case
Take. for example. the Sill IN
taxes S345 visible and 1866 hid
dem on a $1,000 car. The invisible
part includes Federal excise taxes
on the radio and heater. a weight
tax on the rubber tires. the dealer S
property. income and other taxes.
the license and title fees and a host
of others.
The Tax Foundation estimates
that there are Isl separate taxes
represented in an ordinary loaf Of
bread. They range from the trans
portation taxes paid by a mid
western flour mill and the license
plates on its salcsmen's cars TO the
grocer telephone tax All are
passed on to the consumer.
Counting hidden taxes. Prince
Edward County residents paid tax
collectors an estimated S6.840 900 in
the past year, according to latest
figures. 1t came from gross earn
ings of $2l $50 900.
The average family. it develops.
turns back about a third of its
income for taxes rather than the
one-fifth it thinks it does.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-03

s6.s4o, 900 Lost Yeor
Average Prince Edward Family Turns
Back One Third OF Income For Taxes

Bewildering to the average wage
Garner in Prince Edward county.
whose income has risen consider
ably in recent years. is what hap
pens to all that extra money How
can it disappear so fast?
One thing is .known-at the end of
the month there is precious little
left.
The answer, dear Brutus. is two
fold. For one thing. you are liv-
ing better than you did way back
there and are paying more for what
you buy
The other is that you are being
nicked for more taxes-Federal,
state and local than you realize
Hard To Trace
You thought that about a fifth of
your income was being taken for
taxes. That was what was asked of
typical Prince Edward County
family. whose income last year ave-
ragged SIS, $50 gross. before taxes.
Actually. because of hidden
taxes" much more is siphoned off.
In your case, these extras boost
the payments for your family to
approximately $1,000 a year. &C
cording to a study made by the
Tax Foundation, a nonprofit or
ganization devoted to more effici-
ent government.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-03
Parched Area Relieued By Light Rains

Area farmers and everyone else
IN general got a little relief from
the weatherman Wednesday night
with a rainfall Of % inches that
succeeded in lowering the mercury
a few desired degrees.
The rain Wednesday night and
showers Tuesday night and early
Wednesday morning produced
total just under half-inch. Scat
tered showers are called for Thurs
day night.
In the meantime temperatures
continue to hover around the Code
gree plus area. but not quite in the
range reached here last week end.
A high of 103 degrees recorded in
Farmville Sunday by E. F.. Strip
I'm, official weather observer. was
the hottest temperature since 1854
when the thermometer registered
l05 on June IA and 1903 on July 81
Dry for % DAYS
The month of June had good
beginning as far as rainfall is con
cerned with most Of the months
total 2-O8 inches falling on the first
two days. Except for a trace Of
showers two days in the middle Of
the month, the area went dry for
almost a 30-day period. Normal
tall for the month is ASS inches.
Hit hardest at the present by the
month of dry and hot weather are
ilue-tobacco growers. according to
Dudley L. Peery, Prince Edward
county agent. The tobacco is about
foot high, and is the worst thing
suffering now from lack of rain. !"
he said.
The damage to pastures has
been done already" added Peery.
Dairymen have been feeding hay
for some time since pastures are
bare except in bottom lands.
Advice for Dairymen
a word OF advice. to the dairy
farmer comes from the county
aeeht-Tdont rush cattle to the
market II you have the hay to feed
them because slump in price &C
companies rushed market
Peery said several things could
De done to make up for the hay now
being fed: namely. seed temporary
pastures; Craze alfalfa fields; re-
fertlllze pasture areas to encourage
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-03
Veto Hits Industry Plan
Bright Leaf Price Battle On

by natural. market means.
Legislators from most tobacco
producing states have expressed
concern over the presidential veto
Rep. Watkins M Abbitt. Of h e
Fourth Virginia District. said he
was tremendously disappointed "
He added. Everyone familiar
the tobacco bill knows that it would
have reduced the cost of the sup
port program and expanded our
foreign markets
Rep. William M Tuck. Of the
Fifth District, also was a strong
advocate OF the bill. He called it
necessary to save our foreign
market" He hopes Congress win
override the veto.
Both the Bright Belt Warehouse
Association and the Flue-Cured To
bacco Cooperative Sterilization
Corporation. representing warehouse
and growers interests have been
warned that further action now is
necessary TO save the situation.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-03
Putney Street
Gap Points Up
Road Dilemma

The last 5O0-feet unimproved sec
ton Of Putney street lying within
The municipal limits Of Farmville
was Widened and surfaced this
week
The town council had earlier
aulnorized a S 400 appropriation to.
finance the municipal improvement
A 200-feet stretch of the road.
connecting the improved section
with Catlin street. remains unim-
proved and that points up the di-
lemma Of roads which plaques the
county board Of Supervisors
Outside Of Town
That short, unimproved stretch
lies outside Of the east corporate
limit Of Farmville and within Farm
vile Magisterial District Of Prince
Edward county
The dictates Of simple good bust
ness would have indicated the wis
dom Of completing that 200-foot sec
ton while equipment and personnel
were at the site. However. super
visors have considerable more than
the dictates of good business to
consider.
First Of all, they began this week
with start Of the l959-6O fiscal year,
the second successive summer with
out penny to spend for new road
construction. The Highway Depart
ment. which calls the road fund
shots, said all such funds would be
used to repair damage sustained
by existing roads last winter.
Repairs Come First
The Highway Department stead
tasty maintains that it is economi-
cally advisable to preserve what
you already have Otherwise. con-
tinuing deterioration of winter-hit
highways would in the end be too
costly.
Even if funds we're available, the
backlog Of projects elsewhere in the
count ~. with their flrst-come
priority, would have used up 1889
SO funds.
Supervisors now have a backlog
Of approved priorities going back
Continued on page ~
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-03

Under the new program approved
by the State Board Of Education
last week for the l959-6O school
term both the State and the 10
calities participate in the cost Of
the scholarship grants. The maxi
mum grant will be $3.50.
School Boards Handle
State Department Of Education
officials emphasized that parents
should apply to their local school
boards for grants on forms which
will be provided to the local
boards by the Department. A De-
partment spokesman said the forms
will be printed and sent to local
school board officials just as quickly
as possibly, probably BY July IS or
90
In line with the legislative act,
the scholarships are not available
for attendance in sectarian schools
klndergartens or any grade CLASH
fication not recognized in the II or
II year system in Virginia schools.
They also will not be available for
students attending commercial bust
ness schools, colleges or technical
schools. home study courses, cor
respondence cours s, extension
classes or summer schools.
Time of Payments
The Boards regulations provide
for grants to be paid in two equal
installments. The first will be made
as soon as practicable after re-
ceipt Of evidence Of enrolment and
entrance in a private nonsectarian
school or in a public school in
locality other then that in which
the student lives The second pay
ment will be made at the end Of
the fifth month of the school term
for which the grant was approved
Local school officials will receive
and process applications. In til e
Continued on page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-03
APVA Branch
Seeks Members;
Dupuy Is Director

The Prince Edward County
Branch Of the Association for the
Preservation of Virginia Antiquities
APVA Will open a.. membership
campaign m the near future. R W.
Dupuy. newly elected director, an
nounced today,
Dupuy was elected director sue
ceedIng p n Atkinson, at a mem
bership meeting last week in the
lounge Of the Student Building at
LongWood College.
Elected to serve with the new di-
rector We're Mrs. A. M DeMuth,
first vice director. Miss Carrie
sutherlin. second Atce director;
Mrs. Ruby Redd, -&hlrd vice di-
rector. Mrs. Joseph Goode. record
ing secretary; Mrs, Marshall Wat
kins, corresponding secretary, and
John C. Steck, treasurer.
The new director said the branch
Will seek memberships to obtain
funds to maintain the historic and
valuable Debtors Prison at Wor-
Court House. and to advance other
plans Of the Prince Edward APVA
branch.
Members commended the retiring
director, p T Atkinson for his
work On behalf Of the successful
observance Of Prince Edward
County Day. and for the program
Of restoration at the old prison at
Worsham.
Mrs. Anne Atkinson Chamber
layne presented the Nominating
committee report on new officers
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-03
Normally Slow, Record June
Construction Totals $93,54O
First Six Months
Building Totals
Only $339,544

Building activity in Prince Ed
ward County spurted up to S93. $40
during the busy month of June
This is quite an Improvement over
the scant Sl5.275 recorded in May
The construction and renovation
underway at LongWood College
plus the renovation at the Farm
vile Baptist Church are not re-
Elected in this report These three
projects are estimated at nearly a
million dollars total, but these or
CARNATIONS do not have to take out
building permits
Construction for the first six
months Of 1859 is slightly behind the
record year Of 1883 and the ex-
cellent year Of 1856. The first six
months total is $3.50, 544, compared
with 1914 1873 last year and S462, 282
in 1856
Eleven permits were issued this
month. Only two Of these were
issued in the town of Farmville
These were issued to Rudolf Dos
well for a dwelling on South Main
Street; and Newcomb Auto Parts
for a storage building behind their
place of business at 217 West Third
Street.
In the county five permits we're
issued in Farmville district as fol-
lows: Albert Page, dwelling on back
Hampden-Sydney Road: Thomas H.
and Belle ~ Snead. dwelling on
Wildwood Road: L. G. Atkins. serv-
ice station, just west Of Farmville
on Routes 400 and IS; Jack M. Keel
ing, addition to dwelling; and Kya-
mite Mining Corp, dwelling on Pros
pect Road
One permit was issued in Lockett
district to George R. Thorpe, for
adding one room and asbestos sid
ing.
Theree permits in Hampden were
issued as follows: Edna NJ. and
Charles w. Rice, water and sewer
age system for trailer park north
Of Worsham; Mrs H. D. Dickerson,
renovation Of living quarters and
store at Old Abilene: and Mrs.
Matte M. Wilkes, addition of alumni
mum siding.
New homes continue to add
strength to the local building pic
ture as the June permits are ana
lyzed. Throughout the past few
years of booming building in
the area, new homes have furn-
ished the strong backbone of steady
growth.
June this year is one of the high
est on record It is almost ridicu-
lous to compare June this year with
June Of 1856, when only two per-
mits were issued for a total of
ST 800. June Of 1857 was better with
nine permits and S39 $50. June of
1858 was very good with II per-
mits for S66.7O0. which compares
very well with the nine permits
and 500, $40 recorded this year.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-03
Carburetor Fire
Gets Two Calls

An automobile fire called the
Farmville Fire Department out
twice Saturday. June 20. The first
call came about 2 pm. A carbur-
etor fire in the automobile of B. F
Ballowe. Route 2. Farmville. was
quickly extingunshed. but damage
to the motor was estimated in ex-
cess of $50. The car caught fire
just west Of the underpass.
An air cleaner tossed to the side
Of the road was the cause of the
next fire. Fire from the air cleaner
spread to the nearby grass, and
about 80 minutes later, the firemen
we're called back to the scene.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-03
Holiday Observance
Here Saturday

independence Day will find Farm
vile quiet town on Saturday. The
majority Of the business firms, the
banks, ABC store. post office. and
town and county offices will OBJ
serve the holiday with closinss on
Saturday.
Business and office hours will be
observed as usual here on Friday
with the exception Of the Virginia
State Employment Service, which
will be closed.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-03
Abbitt Disappointed
Tobacco Association
Election Is Called

Directors to represent the coun-
ties of Prince Edward. Buckingham
and Cumberland in the Virginia
Dark Fired Tobacco Growers Mar
ketlng Association will be elected
this month
On July II, Association members
viii meet at pm. at the court
houses in the respective counties to
make nominations On Saturday,
July p, members viii 20 to the
same meeting places to cast ballots
for the candidates Of their choice.
On the latter date, the hours Of
voting will be from to 5 pm.
according to j, H Garnet. Associa-
ton secretarytreasurer
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-03

July could still make a good crop
of corn in the area.
Harvest Of small grains in Prince
Edward are between 80 and IS per
cent completed, according to Peery
The dry season has been perfect
for harvesting a bumper yield Of
wheat and barley. Spring oats is
the only small grain remaining to
be harvested in any quantity.
Gardeners and lawn keepers
breathed a sigh Of relief with ar
rival Of light rainfall, but more rain
will be needed before the hose can
be stored or the lawn mower
brought out of the garage.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-03

quick comeback when it does
rain, and complete plans for seed
ing winter pastures now. John
Shoulders, tension agrono-
mist from VPI, who was present
when Peery was interviewed. said,
1T is not too late to seed pearl
millet and sudan grass for a tenn
porary pasture that will be avail
able for grazing in six to eight
weeks
A critical stage in the growth of
corn joined the ranks Of tobacco
and pastures suffering from lack
of moisture when the crop started
tasseling early this week. A wet
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-03
School Personnel
Hired Temporarily
By Cumberland
Answer Awaited
On State School
Fund Use Here

Pending determination of h W
Prince Edward county NAV spend
some $4,000 in school funds due
from the Commonwealth Under con
stitutional requirements. Supt T. j
McIlwaine is temporarily retaining
core of office and maintenance
personnel through arrangements
with Cumberland county.
The school office here serves in a
two-county divisional capacity. and
Supt- McIlwaine continues in the
post of division school superintend-
ent
In addition. j. D. D S h m n.
Prince Edward school mainten-
ance chief and Martin E. Roach
transportation maintenance chief
have been employed on a temporary
basis by Cumberland county, the
superintendent said
That action will retain the two
men in what the superintendent con
siders vital posts should disposition
Of funds received later provide for
their employment in Prince Ed
ward.
Constitutional Office
The office of school superintend
ent is a county constitutional one
and the question of whether the
fund cutoff which started in Prince
Edward Wednesday can abolish
such post is yet to be determined
Localities pay 40 per cent of the
basic salary Of superintendent in
the same manner that they share
salary burdens with the state for
other constitutional offices such as
commissioner, tres surer and
sheriff.
The Virginia Constitution requires
the state to maintain a public
school system to the extent of pri-
mary and grammar grades first
through the sixth grades, and it
is this legal requirement which en-
titles Prince Edward county to
about $40 900 for the 1880 fiscal
year which began Wednesday.
No one at the Commonwealth
level has rendered an opinion on
how the funds must be used for
operating going classes. or may
be used for maintenance of closed
buildings and holding a core of key
workers.
State Opinion Clouded
It is presumed that Attorney Gen
eral Harrison will rule on the mat
ter voluntarily. or upon the request
of local school authorities seeking
to understand their status in a
county devoid of local school funds.
The Attorney General said re-
Gently that it would require state
local fund cooperation to maintain
the efficient" system required by
the State constitution. He added
that he could not presume the state
would do vain thing by at
tempting to operate a system made
ineffective by lack Of funds.
There the matter hangs for the
time being. Customarily. the Com
monwealth makes the first of quar-
terly payments of state school funds
to localities by August Is. Specula-
ton has arisen on whether an
Continued on page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-03
Adult Swim Glass
Students Summoned

Prospective students for the adult
swimming class At tho Farmville
pool arc requested to meet at the
pool at s pm, Monday. July 6.
Pool Manager Stokeley Fulton re-
ports that attendance is urged so
that the size of the class can be
determined, and because students
will be requested to make a joint
selection Of regular time for the
weekly instruction.
Fulton said he hopes to arrange
for an afternoon instruction period
this year. The night hours are too
cool for the slow pace Of instruc-
tonal activity. he feels.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-03
Bass, Hix Renamed
To School Board

B. Calvin Bass, Of Lockett Dis
trict. and T. Cook Xix. of Prospect
District. incumbent members. be-
gin new terms on the Prince Ed
ward county school board this week.
They were reappointed by the
School Trustee Electoral Board late
last week.
The new terms are for four years
commencing July l.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-03
Ry. BILL WALL

The Prince Edward School Foun-
datlon officially opened its office
this week and settled down to the
serious business Of organizing a
system Of private schools through
out Prince Edward County With
an untold number Of nanhours of
planning and work already spent
the Foundation clearly has ire
mendoas Job cut out for the future.
Paper plans must be converted to
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-03
ARCoffice Open

The new Prince Edward county
Red Cross chapter Offices in the
former Armory building Oh Main
street opened this week. The office
viii be open daily, Monday through
Thursday from 8 m. to noon. The
phone number is ppm.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-03

nounced dissatisfaction with its pro
visions The Agriculture secretary
wants flexible price support pro-
gram undergirding tobacco. The
crop is the only surplus one now
with fixed price supports.
Abbitt Disappointed
Benson said preventing tobacco
prices from going still higher TO
recapture declining sales abroad
was not good enough. He wants to
remove fixed support props to have
prices reach a supply demand level
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-03
School Standards Set
Education Board Adopts
Tuition Grant Regulations

scholarships children
attending schools public schools locality
which they live
Board 0
possible
special Assembly
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-03

/, A national controversy IS SWlrllng
over the hundreds the flue-cured
tobacco growers in The Herald area
as the tobacco industry, Congress,
Agriculture Secretary Benson and
President Eisenhower continue the
tug of-War over the support price
program.
Behind the tugging. of the tobacco
industry and Congress on one side.
and the secretary and president on
the other is the issue both sides
agree on: the dwindling world mar
ket for igh-priced American to-
bacco
The disagreement stems from dill
fering views on how to achieve
favorable competitive atmosphere
for American growers Bright to-
bacco produced in this country far
in excess Of U S. requirements
must find and hold export outlets
! to remain healthy as a going com
modify.
Industrywide Meeting
A meeting of representatives of
growers. warehousemen and ex-
porting companies will be held at
Richmond on July 6. From it is
expected to come a plan of action
4 to be taken as result Of Presi-
dent Eisenhower recent veto Of
the tobacco bill recently passed by
! Congress.
+ With lndustrvWlde endorsement
Congress last week passed a bill
which would have held flue- cured
tobacco prices at 1858 levels for
/ the next four or five years The
1858 support average was SAG cents
I per pound. The general average for
all Old Belt sales for the 1853 sea
son was a record high of S57.87
per 100 pounds.
Holding the price line was the
lndustry's answer to fears I h a {
American leaf would price itself
out of world markets A long time
price Sterilization would have pro-
vided exporters and foreign buyers
with steady and known values. as
against the unstable. rising price
! trend of recent years.
President Eisenhower vetoed the
bill after Secretary Benson had an
Arkansas State press., 1959-06-12
:. OUR OPINION :
Oh Yes, That? Minnijean Is Negro :.

Last Friday June day that will always be
bered and cherished in the mind of Mnnean Brown the girl
who kicked cursed souped and finally elected from the
highly refined element of Central high school here in Little
Rock Mnean made the target of these abuses not from
the heahens of darkest Africa the unChrsan ele
ment of the Soviet Union but from the ntegentsia
premacy of white America elected from Central high
school by of Americas highly educated men, who has
Gently turned author with articles running
one of the nations leading weeklies
Mlniejean is not alien, she is not incorrigbe she
is not unsanitary neither she physically or mentally
ILL., She is an American girl dedicated to the principles of de-
mocracy the only principles that have been taught her.
She and still is accepted in New York and
tions of the nation
She was accepted in the New Lincoln high school in New
York and graduated last week with honors
Minnijean eted by New Yorks best and honored
and publcized every carrying medium of the
ton. She did what thousands of her Central high
school mates would like to do, but will never do
Then why was she elected from Central?
Oh yes, that Minnijean is intelligent Negro girl and
Central hi is in Little Rock, Arkansas.
ead repeat of editorial of February q, 1853 which
appeared in this column.)