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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-01-13
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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-01-13
Boast or Fact9

THE latest report on Russian rockets
brought back from Moscow BY Senator
Humphrey, is that the Russians have
long-range rocket capable Of carving nu-
clear warhead over 5000 miles This could
we'll be true.
If the boast is not exaggeration or propa-
ganda, then the Russians are capable Of de-
livering a nuclear weapon on almost any
part Of the United States. This, of course, is
the goal of Russian rocket builders, and
the Russians will need rocket of longer
range to penetrate the farthest reaches Of
the United States than we will. This is be-
cause u. S. bases encircle the Soviet Union,
to some degree, and we can even use in
termediate-range rockets today in deliver
ing nuclear weapons on Russian targets.
The mystery which surrounds the Rus
sian rocket program is why the Russians
have not achieved success in placing a sate-
lite in the moons orbit. Their tremendous
rocket engines, which have been far more
powerful than Z. S. rocket engines for over
year, should have possessed the power to
send a rocket into the vicinity of the moon.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-01-13
Letters To Editor
What Quality
Education Now?
Editor, The Farmville Herald

Editor, The Farmville Herald
IF ignorance is a bliss. its folly
to be wise That IS quotation
from one of the Old books that !
cleaned up from second hand stores
in quest Of knowledge. The book
must have been very old as the
examples in arithmetic included
such things as: The rule Of g.
simple proportion, THE Pansas-
sonorum, Bridge of asses and
FOOLS where the delinquent student
could not cross. a proposition IN
Euclid This may seem crude to-
day although this earth is dotted
with monuments that only a brush
with Halleys Comet could erase,
made possible by such source Of
education could have devulged
Today. our elementary Q | s
are not even providing our children
with vocabulary sufficient to state
and solve d problem Of the simplest
" OJOl liOllS. ain Specializing dSV dli
interested party because I have TWO
boys in fourth grade and a Girl III
second grade.
While in the naval service. l IT,
ceived hundreds Of elementary and
high school graduates who could not
figure their own pay on carry d ten
word message from A to @ without
cabling its meaning Many Of thesA
boys made the equivalent Of a high
school graduate in year al s0
while doing their regular duties.
If the actual teaching time i'll out
school is 80 hours d week minus
about 10 hours for recesses the TIL
ton time dwindles to about 70
hours week. The service man viii
have to pitt in about 50 hours d
week on actual duty and in addition
must spend about IS hours a week
to make up for time lost in his
home grade school.
Why? The school boards and tha
supervisors should supply The an-
sWer
Matthew Kenny
Gainesville
PS Soc ct tuen.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-01-13

school system passed in the 1856 session
and subsequently, are predlcated upon
these two sections of the Virginia Constltu-
ton Each Of them was designed to main
tain AN efficient system Of public schools,
which in Virginia is a racially separate
SCHOOL
Schools in Norfolk, Charlottesville and
Warren County were closed by the U. 5.
Supreme Court, through the usurpatlon of
authority contrary to legal, historic and
judicial logic In order to maintain public
schools and the system in other sections OF
Virginia as provided by the Virginia Con-
stitution, Virginia has been forced by Fed
eral District Courts to close certain schools.
Up until now the problem has been kept
on high plane, namely the rightness and
legality of the decision of the {. S. Supreme
Court. In the maze of legal maneuver let
Us not move to the low plane, namely, the
operation of schools in manner such as to
cause the loss Of their efficiency and its
attendent evils of racial stress. tension
and Tor conflict
The results Of the first battle will be
come known next Monday. when the Nir
einia Court Of Appeals will render a de-
csion principally upon the question Of the
validity Of section 1919 and 40 No one
knows the decision Of the Virginia Supreme
Court. Never in the long history Of this
court has any advanced information Of
their decisions been known prior To the
formal announcement. The questions are
fundamental TO constitutional government,
not only for Virginia but for every state in
the Union, (49 states now. we believe).
Save the public schools, ves, but i'll do
ing 50 let Us not lose or weaken our system
Of constitutional government.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-01-13
NO COMMENT
By JAMES W. nouTHAT

sless enacted in full the programs
advocated 10y the AFIrCIO. III y
Americans nor Democratic Action,
the Democratic Advisory Council
and bY Senate Democratic Leader
Lyndon johnson
Mr Aleorn 5umed Up tile sitlla-
ton IAN warning tnat title fiscal
Stability ot TIE nation WIN be On
thp block n the next two sessions
1f Congress
Many other groups also are urg-
ing vast spending programs And
new ones are being formulated
rom DAY 70 day by the New-Fair
Dealers Their Imagination seems
10 IA unlimited when it comes to
/ dreaming UP ways 10 spend other
peoples money
/ 4 general idea Of the program
Confronting Congress is presented
in the Ast Of legislative proposals
advocated by The four groups men
toned bg MT Alcorn
\ An four favored legislation for q
new farm program. aid to depress-
ed areas an expanded housing pro
gram, urban renewal expansion,
amt carbing labor racketaerlng.
\ Except for Senator johnson who
explained that HIN program was hot
Il complete. the other three also
favored federal aid fol- school con
stluctiQn. medical aid for the eld-
cry, natural resources develop
meat, 4 boost iii the minimum
wage, more jobless benefits. and
I repeal Of the section Of the Taft
Harley Act permitting tates to
prohibit compulsory unioniSm
Many more proposals were urged
Y either separately or III combination
Most of them involved spending
either directly Or indirectly, :
II is obviously therefore, that a
titanic Congressional struggle lies
ahead between the spendtrs anc
the economy forces over new i'm
road- Ill the federal treasury and
orer reducing the present level u
expenditures
sEh3ta BMd p. Va. VINO HAS
cal.d FIR q national crusade from
A w#ss root7 aganst RastefuI
aaa ma 4ential spending believes
rasNc.lan- can b+ n3de III
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-01-13

door bicycle to ride, and discharge
five of your six servants. including
the chauffeur" In about a week
came bill for one thousand dol
lars.
Something Do Know About
Africa is most wonderful con
tlnent. rich in all natural resources
except oil. 1t has four strong banks
with hundreds of branches: these
pay four and one-half per cent in
terest on time deposits. Africa has
wonderful stores and factories of
all kinds in such cities as Cape
Town. johannesburg. Pretoria, and
especially Salisbury in Southern
Rhodesla- In johannesburg, sixty
i've years ago, there we're only
lew people and they all lived in
tents. Today the population is six
hundred thousand, and there are
dozens of skyscraper buildings.
II | were young man, I would
seriously consider settling in Africa
lol Health ana a fortune. l would
forget diamonds and gold, but in
vest In either the copper industry or
the chemical industry. am sorry
TO say that Africa. unlike Canada
IS on the pound-shilling- pence basis
winch handicaps Americans who
would like to invest therein. When
however. Africa goes on the deci-
mai system, like Canada, there viii
DC even greater opportunities, for
both investment and profit. In con-
clusion. let me say that one need
not take sea trips to Africa for
either health or investment. Many
states in the good old U.S.A. Offer
both to those who are thrifty, hon.
est, and patient.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-01-13
BABSON DISCUSSES HEALTH

Babson Park. Mass, Jan. 5.
Every reader of my weekly column
knows two things: first, that / have
just returned from a 2O.OOO-mile
trip to Africa; and secondly, that
! am not physician and have not
the right to speak with authority on
health.
Report of Doctors
l have had some rheumatism in
my left leg, and Mrs. Babson has
had some bursitis in her shoulder
We have been to nine doctors and
all have told us: Forget it. Almost
everyone your age has aches and
pains" The above doctors com
ments may be true but this is what
l know! After two weeks on cargo
steamer of the Farrell Lines. dur
ing which time I had no mail. no
cables, and no telephone calls. my
rheumatism went away entirely and
Mrs. Babson had no bursitis.
I exercised considerably, walking
on deck. and went to bed early leav-
ing my portfolios wide open. In fact.
my cabin had good cross ventila-
ton. During the time spent on the
ocean and in the wilds of Africa, we
we're free Of all aches, we late like
pigs. and slept like babies" Upon
returning home. found my desk
piled with mail: whether my
rheumatism will return do not
mowl But my guess is that many
such aches are due to the unneces-
sartly busy and nervous lives we
lead. Doctors should tell us to take
our religion more seriously and
practice more Of Jesus teachings
against strugg1es and worries.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-01-13
Il :.
-.--s -A1
West Again

Tile honest and natural affinity
between t ne antisocialist South
and West is moi to be confused. as
a1fne u ON Southern Fair Dealers
~ With The alliance they are talk
ing between What they call the
NfN South aud such radicals and
Socialists ii the West and Midwest
aa MOI se Neiiberge1, Humphrey.
Far Grown aud soapy Williams
Tile lines ol i true national dlvl-
SION ale beng drawn. beyond a
doubt. There WIN be cynics and
ideaAsts GA both sides. extremists
Cn both Republicans and Demo
cfatH. Southefners and non-South
ernels but the figure of a vast
batrIeline between .socialist-central-
ISIS and freemen begins to come
ont Ut the fogs.
WI Southern Democrats who pro-
pose 10 be free on Presidential
levels in 1860 must confess that the
Truman Democrats of l948 We're
smarter than Eisenhower Republl-
cans OF 1858. The other party was
n control Of Congress in each in
stance But Truman practically got
himself elected in l948 by calling
The Republican controlled Con-
X eresS q ido-nothing' Congress. Yet
the Eisenhower Republicans have
let The civil rights and other messes
\ under a Democratic controlled
N Congress be called Eisenhower
4 Nixon Next thing YOU know we
may even hear Paul Butler de-
4 scribed ais "the Eisenhower Nixon
Butler
With the South life at stake,
those who seek in the civil rights
situation political capital for
Democratic Party more faithless
b uS than the Republican has had
q chance TO be hug our slavery.
Some Of them are ''eyeless in
GAIA. some merely out for pap
and patronage at any price.
The Jackson, Miss, State-Times.
discusses the constant sell-out sta
tus Of Boris Pasternak s Dr. Zhi-
waco III Jackson. They can't keep
enough copies on hand. This is
true III Birmingham. too 1t is
Aood news Dr. Zhivago's message
j. against American socialism as
Well al Russian communism. Both
another the Individual and tn e
IlnaEe in which he is made. The
indicated heart Of an American re-
turn to mdividualIsm is the South
unless our Southern fascists and
foolish knights make it too rugged
MY taXi-dliyer to hotel in Chi
" eago the other day spent the whole
time telling me how he hated
alggerS When YOU consider that
only II the South is the Negro
really Mixed and wanted and when
NAN see how the professional adj
Fancers are making it impossible
f0f The South to express this liking
ana need almost you wonder that
tle c0lored people OF the South do
0o turn on the NAACP and rend
IL limb from limb. A from A and
G. from p
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-01-13
SNACK NEEDS OF TEENAGERs

Snacks are important to teen
ayers since they have higher nutri-
tive needs than their parents.
Snacks they eat should provide
these extra nutrients. High calorie
snacks and starchy foods are not
the type of snacks these growing
eenagers need. Make sure h e
teenager in your home has high
protein, low calorie snacks made
available for him and his friends.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-01-13

The latest L. s. efforts. in such an at
tempt, failed only by a slim margin, and
the official reason given was that the rock
ets did not obtain the necessary velocity
or speed. to break away from the pull Of
gravity of the earth.
In summary. if the Russians have rock
ct capable Of travelling more than 5000
miles and landing accurately on the target
at which it IS aimed, they are still ahead of
the United States in their rocket and mis-
siles program Was Mr. khrushchev boast
ing, knowing Senator Humphrey to be a
good propaganda medium, or is it a fact?
Our intelligence service should have the
answer.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-01-13

Editor. The Herald
THE ideal man is his own
best friend and takes de-
Light III privacy
aristotle
Matthew Kenny
Gainesville
rs Soc at tllenl.

As We come to the portals Of
a new year, We find ourselves re-
Numbering the past Then. as these
enchanted days Glide BY, the mir
acle Of vision ba@inS I'd swing
from past to future You aud / are
standing in this split second at the
meeting place Of two eternites-the
vast past that has endured for
ever and the future that Is pllme-
ing Oh to the end Of time.
Alfhough5Wc struggle to prevcat it.
most of us occasionally encounter
a stubborn THOUGHT that stirs lib
the hardpan Of unconscious idea
about life which We carry around
with Us in place Of a real philoso-
ply. Such thought came to dur
ing the rush in the stores durina
the Christmas buying spree The
hectic tempo and mass activity VI
he business world have spread N-
0 all phases Of modern l-fe People
ave forgotten how to slow down.
Tow to take il easy.
We are fortunate when we haye
he privilege Of being in the pres
nee Of those who are 50 strong hi
haracter that they can 5e calm
n almost any situation.
There are such people and two
Of them greatly influenced nv Own
life. Philips Brooks and George
Washington. Philips Brooks. vas a
Bishop. George Washington, i
colored day laborer. They h d d
serenity which Is a. great gift that
must be cultivated. however. 1t
springs from faith and faith. Ill
turn, gives sureness, Weak persons
are prone to give way to petty
anger and irritation, to "fussing"
and determinations.
But you don't know what | have
to put up with. That is true. Prob
ably no one else knows. But | To
know that the great souls men
toned above had plenty OF causes
for irritation, as most Of us do.
They simply did not allow them
selves to be overcome by what lav
outside themselves. They had that
inner assurance which forms thu
title OF one of the best sellers
Peace of Mind. without which
neither riches nor power nor -silr
cess nor poverty can prevent or
bring anyone happiness.
Be We angry and sin not is a
Scriptural injunction and the only
anger which does not scar those
who give way to it is righteous
which is usually
protest against injustice to others
and is not personal affront over
some offense to ourselves. it is
easy to fall into the habit Of BEING
and that leads to confuls-
ION IN our thinking and whites
doWn our capacity to act object
lvely and wisely We never are at
our best when we are mad" at
anyone Or anything Take it easy
1t pays in efficiently and helpfpl-
ness-and in Inability.
Cordially yours,
Everett A. Trent
K. 2, PoWhatan, Va.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-01-13

Propaganda is the art Of making other
people think as YOU think, regardless Of the
reason.
The best laid plans in the world will not
produce dollars unless they are backed by
energy and hard work.
You can get free advice almost any day
Of the year and work out of the difficulty
for the next six months
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-01-13
Save Public Schools

MO Individual or group is more interested
in saving the public schools than the ed
itor Of this newspaper. That has been our
purpose from the beginning of this contro-
versy. This problem must be kept into the
proper perspective, however. The people Of
Prince Edward County have never taken 4
position against public schools. In fact, the
record Of this county and its people histori-
cally has been toward the strengthening
and development of public school system
for Virginia. Early recognizing the press
ing need for trained public school teachers
the State Normal School was established
at Farmville, chiefly through the efforts of
Influential citizens Of this county.
In order to have an efficient system Of
public schools racially separate system is
imperative. Of this fact we are sure and
there is abundant evidence locally and ma
tionally to prove the point.
When Section 129.
The General Assembly shall establish and
maintain an efficient system Of public free
schools throughout the State
became a part Of the Virginia Constitution
Of 1902 Section 40.
White and colored children shall hot b
taught in the same school
also became a part of the Virginia Consti-
tuition. No one can gainsay that Section l29
would never have been placed in the Nir-
ginia Constitution, without the qualifying
Section 14O
If the decision Of the u s Supreme
Court in effect ruled Section 40 unconsti-
tutional, then Section l29, its companion
section. by all legal. historic and judicial
logic became ineffective and uneonstitu-
tional. This newspaper maintained this po-
sition from the beginning
The laws governing Nirgnia's public
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-01-13
nr. I,ank ford 40 Talk
70 Teachers Group

Lohewood Cotla ge President
Francis e. Landlord, Jr., wi'l adj
drass 4 meeting of tie King
George County Education Associa
tiou today TUESDAYS at tlae Shi-
ioh Elementary School
flis topic Mia ba -Devalapiaa In-
la5AndeHce iA Arithmetic
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-09

setting Of water standards for various
sections of the river, to guide the States
and local communities in adopting con-
troll measures. 1t would be unrealistic to
set a single standard of river quality
applicable throughout the length OF the
river. For example, a standard that
would be reasonable and enforceable far
upstream would be neither reasonable
nor enforceable in the Washington-Ar-
lington- Alexandria area. Yet regional
standards should be available toward
which communities In particular area
could aim in their efforts to reduce con-
tamination.
OF course, an expanded program
for the commission would involve an
expanded staff and more money. The
commission today is required to operate
within fixed budget of $4,000 year
contributed by the various SignatorieS
to the compact. The budget limit ought
to be raised. All of these changes would
require new legislation, Federal as well
as State. Since ratification of the
changes would require action not only
by Congress but by four State legisla-
lures, the reorganization movement
should be started now. And it will take
bit of selling to obtain unanimous ap-
proval of the program by all parties to
the compact.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-09
Mallory Bill Revived

:. The 262-to-138 vote by which the
House, for the second time, has passed
the Mallory bill leaves no room for argu-
naent as to the Importance which the
legislators attach to enactment of this
measure. And the same thing preSum-
ably is true of the Senate, which passed
a similar bill by a decisive margin last
year only to see it die on point of order
in the closing hours of the session.
The interests of justice, and par
ticularly the interests of justice in the
Nations Capital, will be served if NAL
lory bill is finally enacted this year. The
purpose of the legislation is to clear up
the confusion which followed the Su-
preme Courts reversal of conviction
in a rape case in 1857. 1t would provide,
subject to certain safeguards, that a
mere delay in arraignment of suspect
would not invalidate an otherwise vol
untary confession. This is not Gee
Stapo" bill or an "un-American" bill.
Such charges are absurd, as any study
of the measure will show. In view of the
clearly expressed sentiment in both
houses of Congress, we hope that the
bill will be brought up for final action
in timely fashion, so that it cannot
again be killed by resort to technicali-
ties or Stalling tactics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-09
For Better River Control

The broader jurisdiction sought by
the Interstate Commission on the Poto-
mac River Basin is necessary pre-
requisite to the agency's plans for an
expanded program of stewardship over
the river. Under the original compact
the commission is limited to advising on
pollution abatement. But treatment of
sewage dumped into the Potomac is but
one of many problems involved in devel-
oping proper use of the river for water
supply, irrigation, recreation and the
like. The commission, composed of
representatives of the Federal Govern
ment, the District of Columbia, Virginia,
Maryland, West Virginia and Pennsyl-
vania, is the logical agency to supervise
and advise on all aspects of river pro-
lection and development.
:; Perhaps the most important step
which the commission could take under
an enlarged authority would be the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-09
Peiping Reops q Reward

1t was widely predicted last spring
that Communist China'S needless cruel
ties in Tibet would leave deeply I'M
favorable impression upon the nearby
neutralist peoples of South Asia. There
was, in fact, immediate evidence Of
this reaction from the areas foremost
spokesman of neutraliSm, Prime Min
lister Nehru of India, as he granted
asylum to the Dalai Lama and spoke out
against the suppression by Peiping of
people who "are not Chinese"
The disclosure now that the govern
ment of Burma, at the height of this
Red oppression, requested resumption of
United States economic aid grants pro-
videS further evidence of the disillusion-
ment and alarm aroused in the area by
the Communist behavior. For six years,
while Rangoon had spoken only softly
of communism and more firmly of neu-
tralism, there had been an inf1eXible
policy of accepting no American gift aid.
Responding to the reversal of this policy,
our State Department has announced
that 81 million will be made available
Immediately for engineering studies on
two major projects and that, subject
to congressional appropriation of the
funds, up to $36 million more will be
provided over four-year period. Con-
Struction of a new Burma Road" this
one highway for economic development
purposes rather than for war, and ex-
pansion of the University of Rangoon,
one of South Asia's foremost educational
institutions, are the beneficiary projects.
1t is not to be expected, of course,
that Burma and its 20 million people will
begin now to speak in belligerent tones
to a powerful Communist neighbor. At
its own doorstep, however, Rangoon has
seen communism in action-relentleSS in
it's wholesale dissertation of everything
pertaining to the religious and political
freedom of an inoffensive people. 1t has
been grim lesson and its impact may
yet spread further and deeper upon
many more millions in the great sub
continent of Asia.