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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-28
DR.. McClung Continues As Head OF
Chest-Affiliatcd Red Cross CHAPTER
classroons

Dr.. WI Otis McClung was re-
elected chairman Of the Prince Ed
ward chapter of the American Red
Cross at the annual board meeting,
July %
Other officers elected at the meet
ing were T. j. Fulcher, Jr., vice
chairman: Mrs. j. T. Clark. trea-
surer; and Mrs. H. B. Overcash,
secretary. Announcement was made
Of the recent appointemtn Of Mrs.
Adelaide z. Edwards a. executive
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-28

Johns Equipment Company at
Farmyille has chalked UP an i'm
presslye record Thursday it
shipped the largest irrigation sys-
tenn sold and installed anywhere in
the world during 1899 to Caledonia
Prison Farm. near Halifax, N. c.
It took three fullyloaded trucks
to transport the five miles Of alumni
mum piping and 436 revolving
sprinklers in the system.
The system, consisting Of eight.
six and four-inch lightweight alumni
mum pipe with quick couplers for
each 20-foot length. will be used to
produce vegetables for the North
Carolina State prison system.
Feed IL, 900
The Caledonia Prison Farm pro-
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-28
County Administrator Asks Help
To Complete School Enr0llments

Enrolment applications nearly 80 cent OF the
anticipated potential school population have been
School Foundation
the Of the
applications important job now reports Roy Pearson
Foundation administrator.
application for their children All sube
planning Pearson added today
following application
The second table headed
Of pupils which had been estimated to attend
year n a public school made in April:
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-28

When Liberty Lower School at
Green Bay opens for the school
term in September it won't lack
any important educational facility
a determined and united COM
munlty is seeing to that now.
Just across the street from now
ldled Green Bay School is a we'll
kept threestory frame structure.
It's exterior grooming and interior
finish show the place it occupies in
the hearts and and minds Of the
Green Bay Community.
The spire-topped structure is
Liberty Christian Church. 1t will be
the community educational center
for five days a week; its center for
worship on the Sabbath The people
agree unanimously that the two
uses are closely allied.
w h e Green Bay Elementary
School ended its last session there
were 80 pupils enrolled in its seven
grades It's successor for the 1889
so session will provide facilities for
that number, or more if the en-
rollment increases.
Outsider Impressed
With a unanimity that impresses
the outside observer, the Liberty
Christian Church congregation has
authorized interior renovations to
the church to fit it for its through
the-week role Of educational center.
/ There were four home rooms at
Green Bay Elementary School,
There will be four at Green Bay
Lower School. even if, where there
was formerly a wall, double doors
must be cut and a sliding parti-
ton inserted Every room will have
an outside door after Workmen
finish cutting through exterior walls
to provide two more.
Convectors are being installed ia
carry heat to the second floor. from
the system which already heats
the basement and first. or ground
level. floor An exterior fire escape
is being built on the southern side
to safeguard children on the second
floor
Toilet facilities. doubling those
already in use are being added,
100 racks for overcoats and rain
coats are being installed.
Backed BY Congregation
These changes will be the gift
OF the congregation. I'VE have
agreed that every necessary change
may be made None will hurt the
church. and what better weekday
use can we make Of the church
than to provide for the education
Of our young people" says Mrs.
George w. Palmer, church mem
Der.
The Green Bay School will have
four teachers, three Of whom served
in the public system last year. The
fourth will be assigned by the
Prince Edward Education Founda-
ton. Mrs. Maude Wilson will again
serve as principal. with Mrs.
Juliette M Highsmith and Miss
Mary Lou Raiford returning
The church basement will be
used for special purposes such as
the dark room for films, and the
home rooms will be on the upper
two floors. The church sanctuary
will be used for all-school assem-
lies. The basement of the G. w.
Palmer home nearby will be the
recreation center for the school
Continued on page y
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day.
R. Melville Johns, a partner IN
the company here. said that the
claim regarding the largest system
sold throughout the world thus far
in 1859 is we'll founded.
Claim eIl-Founded
It is based on reports from pro-
cessing and fabrics ing firms
throughout the u S.. all familiar
with the international manufactur-
ing situation. that the Johns order
is the largest placed during the
Continued on page y
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'PTA EVENTS CALENDAR

print for the Puturev at . pm.
tomorrow.
Business sessions win begin
at $3.50 am. Tuesday. and the
conference win close wednes-
day with a banquet at $50 pm.
The Forest Heights Elemenr
tary PTA win hear a talk by
Or. John b. whitelaw. Of the
Department Of Health. Educa-
ton and welfare's ONCE Of
education. at 8 pm. Tuesday at
the school.
DR.. Whitelaw. a member Of
the first ofiicial United States
mission 10 the Soviet Union last
year. win discuss the Russian
education system.
Other PTA events this week,
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w. and Janet L. nysu, 10. soe
and kdna n. WALKER 81, xsliwood.
Hs!ssEl ness, r. 90 apa Catherine
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all Al 9 pm. unless otherwise
noted. are;
.plsrnIcT
Ihur1daF
ahaass Isals--Ths gfonps nsv 10.
reTY Wll Be dedicated Al pm. 81
ne synnlosas. tos nista 3D. ne a
.,t senss = sp. a sa =. s re
school Euclid d. between oeorsia and
sherman afea. nv.
MARYLAND
Nemofrow
enlllan6---An explanation Of the tn
nereuloala ttai.ng nroelam planned foI
nrat-efadeFn this month VII bcgin At
$3.50 pm. ~ lhe school.
Tuesday
chliluIh Election and installation Of
ne ef Ne gehool year a. ne school.
tlresnd.ls = Election Of ofsesrs win
BE- hrN ~ the school
Happy Acrss-Misa Marion Lobell.
Of The Board Of Aducation. viii epeak
On pgpll pleneemrnt AZ the school
Lnsialiation Of o1hcers WI also Dc
Wsnssts-Dr. Herbert O. Espy, as
,lsiani TO lhs commlssioner Oh Edu.
catlon IN ths United States once o.
Eda r. ossa wlll discuss education soah
VIRGINIA
Monday
wsysneheA Eseglar meetins VIII
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American U. Students
Will Tour Europe

American University students
win tour European countries
this summer as part Of the
School Of Government and
Public Administrator Com
parative Government Work.
shop Abroad.
The tour win cover Holland.
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MARRIAGE
LICENSE
APPLICATIONS

Under d. c. Lao couples
must apply for a marriage
license on one day. matt three
fun days and receive the
license on the MN day. Sun
days and holidays are counted
the same as other days.
Joseph Z. Klllan, %, 1854 Calvert a
nv and socorro n. DE Alba. "a
1875" Calvert 81, nv,
John J. Turner. "a, PHILADELPHIA, ane
Rltshie I. Martsii. IS, zoos cIsVs'
land ave, NV.
nols ave. W. and Nirisns L. simon
4, .023 Nicholson a, ne
Daniel oruppo III. ~, 32ee .Hth a.
re- and Juanila 8. Pack, -, iot
MISSISSIPPI ave, Sc
Hrampton Mathews. %. 35 q 81, NV
and sarah Fielder, 81, 81 Florida
D BsusFa.slsa. e. 40 v.ll,,
ave 81, ana Shelby G. Davis, 81
1873 ConGreae o., Sc.
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fifty crOss-stitch
embroidery
BuciHa
quilts

Destined to become on heir
loom lovely cross stitch
quilts in Monticello" or
"Rombler Rose" designs.
Stomped on fine white per-
cole, reody to enbroider.
Art TeedIeWork-3rd r.,
Washington. fst. IL,
Langley Park
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Great Britain, Yugoslavia.
Liechtenstein and Vatican City.
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iMecfln0 announcements
NTH the address OF the sessioH
must be ~ the hands OF the
PTA Calendar editor bp noon
Thursday OF each meek TO
insure publication IN the
columns OF Sunday. Those
received too late 10Th not be
used separately unless there
Il some special news sionif-
The District Congress OF Par
ents and Teachers three-day
annual State convention viii
open tomorrow at the Sheraton
Park Hotel.
Opening the meeting win be
q talk BY Or. Carl F. Hansen,
District Superintendent Of
Schools. on Education, Blue
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famous designer
fashion cOttOns
usually N e.
8Sc-II9 I'D. III
yd.

. from q famous maker
of high priced sports.
wear
. woven seersucker check
. woven IenO giHghams
. w0ven SeeFsuclxer check
. fine e0mhed high count
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. woven stripes and pIaids
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cotton
. crease resistant---IittIe
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imported Swiss novelty woven
COtfOmS
OrIOnt and cotton hairIine
checks
. screen printed cotton
brOadcIOth
. crease resistant screen
printed lawn
pure silk prints
. screen printed Arnelo
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screen print viscOSe rayOn
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Ten a 9 pm. unless otherwise
noted. are;
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VIhdINIA

!. y s.ls q tSs school, EssSl'r m'''in' viii
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. imported from Holland.
West Germany, Japan
. fine e0mbed cotton with
the look of silk
dramatic color c0mbi.
nations and designs
fI0rals, geOmlefrics.
conversation prints
. washable, crease
resistant
little or no ironing
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dren because they are excluded
from Jewish sororities and fra
ternities where much of the So
cial life of the teen-agers of the
community centers. And here in
our own community we learned
recently of labor union in Vir-
ginia that led the fight to con-
tinue segregation.
One thing more: Do we recog-
niZe how close we come to ex-
plicit communist philosophy in
calling for equality? 1t was
Marks teaching that in the So
cialist phase of the revolution the
economic principle would be
From each according to his abil-
ity, to each according to work
performed. In the final or COM
munist phase, the economic prin-
ciple would be, From each ac-
cording to his ability, to each ac-
cording to his need" Here we
have the true doctrine of equal
ity. But it has become the equal
ity of servitude to the state;
equality of condition ordained
by a society that admits of no
distinctions between persons ex-
cept those whom the dictatorship
chooses to elevate.
Are we, then, pursuing an i'm
possible ideal when we make the
equality of men one of our goals?
Is this what Jefferson was do
ing? Perhaps we had better recall
what he said he was doing. In
speaking of equality, he believed
himself to be making a declara-
ton about the nature of man. eve
hold these truths to be self evil
dent" he wrote, "that all men are
created equal" What he meant
was perfectly plain from the
words that followed, for he add
ed, ''that they are endowed by
their Creator with certain in
alienable rights; that among these
are life, liberty, and the pursuit
of happiness.
There can be no question of
meaning here. Jefferson and the
other signers of the Declaration
of independence were saying,
Cali men are to stand alike G.e.,
they are equaD in their right to
live, in their right to be free, in
their right to pursue happiness.
These rights are SO much a part
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THURSDAY, AUGUST ~, 1859

lence in every choice they make.
AS inalienable rights rise from
the equality of men as brothers
of one another, so inalienable du-
ties rise from the same condition.
Among these duties is the duty
to pursue excellence, and this
duty impinges upon everything
we say and do and every decision
we make in the exercise and en-
joyment of the freedom we have
been given and the equality Of
condition we so highly prize.
If we are to do our work in
our time, we shall have to stop
talking about an equality we nei-
Their want nor can have. We shall
have to begin talking instead
about the elimination of this or
that privilege and the elimination
of this or that obstacle lying
athwart the path of deserving
American citizens.
Specifically, we will support
desegregation wherever it occurs;
we will demand it where it has
not yet come. We will support
aid to education, especially where
that aid makes possible opportu-
nifty for those who would other
wise not have them. We will sup
port aid to housing in order that
men, women and children may
have a better environment in
which to live. We will fight dis
elimination in jobs, in working
conditions and wherever else we
find it. All this we will do, and
much more besides, because we
believe in the elimination of ar
bitrary privileges and handicaps
among men.
Alexis de Tocqueville wrote:
''It is evident to all that great
democratic revolution is going on
among us ;. 1t seems irresistible
because it is the most uniform,
the most ancient, and the most
permanent tendency that is to be
found in history :. The gradual
development of the principle of
equality is universal, it is
lasting, it constantly eludes all
human interference, and all
events, as well as all men con-
tribute to its progress"
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business when the new govern
ment was set up. That promise,
as you know, was kept and the
Bill of Rights was added to the
Constitution soon after its adop-
ton. You can see what the old
abuses were when you read these
amendments. They show clearly
enough the privileges that pre-
vailed in 18th-century Europe.
The advocates of a bill of rights
had three types of abuse in mind:
l. The administration of JUS
tice. This included arresting and
imprisoning a man without trial.
The remedy for this abuse was
found in the writ of habeas cor
pus.
2. Use of arbitrary government
tai power. This included unrea-
sonable search and seizure, the
issuing of warrants without prob
able cause and without a descrip-
ton of the premises to be
searched.
3. Personal freedom. This in
cluded freedom of speech and
freedom of the press; freedom for
political criticism and freedom of
religion.
This is what equality meant to
Jefferson and his contemporaries,
and I suggest to you that this is
what it still means-not the at
tempt to equalize men, but the
elimination of privileges whereby
some men, quite apart from their
personal merit are set apart from
other men and made artificially
unequal In their minds equality
meant the elimination of handi-
caps placed by malice or brute
circumstance upon some men,
but not upon others.
The time has come when we
need a second statement to place
beside Jefferson's great doctrine:
1t is self evident that all men are
created equal. Let us give this
affirmation our full support
against the apostles of privilege
who still linger in our midst. But
then let us assert a second prin-
ciple to go along with the first.
1t is this: We hold it to be self
evident that all men are to be
| guided by the standard of excel
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East Side
blossominq thereI


Oh YES we can be proud of oureNes Indeed can hold
up heads We don't need more industry we need less fewer
brains and less liberalism need fewer with intelligence IN
matters of business we need of those great political lead
ers who tell US they are from behind the pow just ordinary clod
hoppers And note please they know about finance that
the combined brains of Wall Street; they know about gov
eminent than the combined brains of Washington including the
Supreme Court of the United States Yes need more men like
these men to shout and and rant about the crime OF
"Back Monday May 18TH 1854 We need these men who think
that because feowman believes in National Honor he is tool
of the NAACP Brother if we do need them, we got hem
We have become poorer onere and meaner than SPAWN
kick we don't care damned to build up wish to tear down.
if it means having our "Od Southern Customs"
Through loud mouthed rabble rousing baggy pants,
GREASY fzzIed councils let tell the world where to headn
We've got them by the tail with down hill pull Why raise the
standard of living for the Negro making him able to buy pro-
ducts? Let him raise his standard brother
keeper? No. let the lowest per capita income in the nation hold
rein over US from Let state ideal be high We not
in need of respect of our feowan let kick in the teeth of
any man who advocates intelligence.
Let's drive from the state those sxyve percent Of college
graduates but let's not stop here let's get all serespecng
sons on the rum Let's encourage the greats among po
cal leaders, They talk and that's what need talk
More money! industry is nonsense let's keep the money
power out by keeping them afraid of Instead of raising per
capita income let's raise members for the citizens councils In
voices!
Is it true what they sally about Dixie? Indeed there more
truth than Just what they say!
Is something really wrong here in the land of cotton?
Well not much! Nothing really, that couldn't be cured by
sending off sxtyfve percent OF political leaders and other
natives and inducing the sxve percent of college graduates
TO remain!
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Letters

game of living - The Ten Com
mandments as given us by
the Supreme Judge of the
World"
Let us once again return to the
principles of our forefathers and
keep our Country free from evil
PHILOSOPHERS.
Let us give our children the
opportunity to develop substan-
tial characters through God-given
principles and not force them
into shadowy characters through
purely selfish, egotistic and ma
terialistic detectives.
Let us take God and His rules
into our Councils and into our
schools.
Let us place on the front wall
of our c1assrooms throughout our
Country and thereby, indelibly in
our minds, The Ten Command
ments.
William L. Bennett. MD.
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Equality

any philanthropic group-an at
tempt to apply the principle OF
equality spells death to the or
ganization. You cannot, in the
name of equality, elect to office
anyone who happens to desire It,
or even to deserve it by reason of
faithfulness. You have to elect
the best leadership you can get,
and if you do not, the entire
group suffers.
There is another difficulty
about this matter Of equality. 1t
appears to belong to the nature
of man not to want equality I'M
less he, himself, is to benefit from
it. It is the underdog, not the
overdog-if there is such an an
imal: I never seem to have heard
of him, but there must be one
with few exceptions, it is only
the underdog who wants equality.
And what could be more natural!
What he wants is to be the over
dog himself. 1t is the nature OF
the human animal to reject rath-
er than to practice equality. Hens
have their pecking order, and SO
do human beings, IT l appralse
them correctly.
We in this country tend to
think of the consciousness OF SUI
periority as belonging to whlte
Protestant Americans OF British
descent. 1t belongs to humanity.
It all depends on who is IN the
majority and who is IN control
Back in New England where l
come from there are several areas
of dense Roman Catholic popula-
ton. This is particularly true OF
Boston. The children IN those
neighborhoods have phrase you
NAV not have heard before. Did
YOU ever hear of "Black Protes-
tants"? That is what Protestant
children are often called in pre-
dominantly r m a n Catholic
neighborhood.
In the outer rim of so-called
ssnice" suburbs, there is often
bitter criticism on the part OF the
Jewish community that Jews are
excluded. And they often are.
But in Brookline, which IS now
predominantly Jewish, there IS a
resious problem for Gentle chill
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of what it means to be a man that
no man may for any reason take
away the rights of another, nor
may he give up his own, even, if,
in moment of weakness, he
thinks he wants to. These rights
are inalienable."
This is the doctrine of equality
made explicit in the French Rev
olution, incipient since the Rem
aissance, stated by Cicero and
the Stoics in Rome and by po-
litical thinkers in Athens in the
5th century BIC. It's equivalents
are freedom and democracy. 1t
is no accident that the battle cry
of the French Revolution was
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"
The three go together. They are
but different aspects of the same
thing.
Equality can be understood
only if it is seen to be one of
those peculiar concepts of con-
tent of which appears to be mega
tive rather than positive. 1t rep
resents what the founding fathers
stood against, more than what
they stood for. There were many
evils out of which the 18th CEN
fury was growing that are not
real to us today. 1t was against
these evils that the concept of
equality was directed. In that
sense, it was not abstract; it was
concrete. These evils included the
stratified society that helped to
bring on the French Revolution
and that still exists in England
to some extent even to this day.
In such society, men were
born to wealth and privilege as
aristocrats and there they re-
NAMED throughout life, regard
less of their personal qualities.
The same divisions prevailed as
between the bourgeoise and the
third estate, or proletariat AS the
French Revolution was protest
against this state of affairs, so
was the Declaration of Indepen-
dence. 1t was the statement of an
ideal increasingly put into prac-
tice in colonial America, yet by
no means fully applied at the
time the Declaration of indie
pendence was written.
How far eqalitarianism was to
be pushed was the central issue
in the early Federal period. It
came to focus in the battle over
the Bill of Rights. Alexander
Hamilton, George Washington,
James Madison and other mem
bers of the old Federalist party
opposed the inclusion of such a
bill in the American Constitution
and, as you know, it was omitted.
But the promise was made that
the proposal for such an amend
ment would be the first order of
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EDITORS NOTE: In case any
of you have forgotten what the
Ten Commandments say. see the
box at the bottom of Page l. They
read pretty well. we'd say.