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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-03

DoWdy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Perry. of
North Adams, Mass. are visiting
Mr. and Mrs. Herman DoWdy and
other relatives in tie neighborhood.
Mrs. Perry was the former Miss
Frances Oaks, Of this neighborhood.
Recent callers of Nh. and Mrs.
Emmett Dunkum were the Rev. and
Mrs. Philip Thomas and Richard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Yancy Bailey, Mr..
and Mrs. Jimmie Leap. Mrs.
Reeves Phaup. Mrs. Bette MANS
and others.
+. MIR. and Mrs. Vernard Proffitt
visited Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. Han
cock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Dowdy
visited Mr.. and Mrs. David Wooten
in Tuggle and Mr.. and Mrs. Ryland
Dowdy and family in Dowdy's Cor
ner. Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Dunkum
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Barker
and Miss Alice Smith near Carriers
vile, Sunday afternoon.
Mems Club TO Meet
The Mems Club Of Smyrna will
meet Tuesday at the church. at s
pm. We hope many viii be present.
The WSCS Of Smyrna meets with
Mrs. Wesley Dunsum Wednesday.
July 3, at $50.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dallas Rainey
visited the Wingo family, Saturday.
Mrs. Dolly Taylor and Mrs. Frank
LYMAN. Of Richmon a. recently
called Oh Mrs. M. M. Julian.
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Leap we're
Farmyille visitors, FRIDAY.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Purvis are
patients IN the Soutnside Commun-
ity Hospital, Friends are wishing
them a quick recovery.
Russell and Yancey Bailey visited
their mother. Mgs- Matte Bailey
and sisters. Mrs. Maude and g. g
Bailey, IN Holland. Sunday.
Edward Lee Harris. who has beer
a patient IN the MCV Hospital. has
returned home. He Is not well a
this time.
Mrs Sweden Allen visited tht
Lindsays, Sunday
Enjoy Services
The Lindsay family ATTENDED
services Sunday at Chestnut Grove
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-03

visit with relatives.
Mrs. Robert Flora spent several
days during the week at her home
in Durham. N. C.
Mrs. Lula LleWellyn, of Rich
mond, is visiting with friends and
relatives here for a week.
Mrs. LinWood Lunsford and two
children, who visited with Mr..
and Mrs. Will Llewellyn for a week
have returned to their home in
Roanoke. Mrs. LleWellyn and on,
Wayne. returned with the Lunsfords
to Roanoke for a few days.
The Women of Maysville Presby-
terrain Church will meet July 6 at
7::30 pm. in the assembly room Of
the church. The Rev. Howard Wall.
pastor, will bring the devotional. A
social hour will follow All mem
bers Of the church are invited to
attend.
Mrs. Robert Gillian and Mrs.
Mamie Pitts, Of DillWyn. visited
Mrs. H. c. Lloyd in GoodvieW.
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Kernodle, Of
Hampden-Sydney. We're week end
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Hall.
Jr.
Back From Appomattox
Mrs. E. G. McCraw has returned
from a stay in A~ppomattox with
her son and daughter-in-law, Mr..
and Mrs. Emmett McCraW.
Mrs. Frank Webb and daughters.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-03

Mary Louise, Margaret and Fran
.ces. visited several days in Pros
.pect with MIR. and Mrs. NJ. d. Har-
.lis. Mrs. Webb and Francis re-
turned home, Friday. Mary Louise
and Margaret remained for an in
definite stay with their gfandpar-
ents.
Mrs. j. E. Gillian is a patient in
the University Hospital, Charlottes-
vile.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Ellis, w,
We're visitors in Richmond, Thurs
day. 4
4 Mr.. and Mrs. Neal Shannon, of
Arlington, are guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Willie Agee.
Rosens Have Guests
Visitors Of Mr.. and Mrs. Branch
Posen. for the week end were Mr..
and Mrs. Carl Rosen and family,
Of Stanton. and Mr. and Mrs. Nor
lis Thompson and family, of Lynch
bui-. They had just returned from
a week. vacation at Virginia Beach
Nj and Mrs. S. N. Stanley and
family LETT Saturday for a weeks
vacation IL Florida.
Mrs. Lois Rexrode, Of Raleigh.
n. G.. was a recent guest Of Mrs.
John Gordon.
Mss Linda Shepherd. of Mont
vale. is a guest of her brother and
sister-in-law. Mr.. and Mrs. G. c.
Shepherd.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-03
Occurrences In curdsviILe
Mrs. Harvey And Guests Have Fine
Time At Cottage In Cumberland

Dunkum and wesley Dunkum
visited him Tuesday. and he was
feeling much better.
Mr.. and Mrs. jimmie Leap and
daughter called on the Harry Wise
family.
Mrs. Bessie 1. Finch attended
Homecoming at Briery Church III
Prince Edward, Sunday. il being
her mothers home church.
Friends are glad that Paul Jones
is able to be home after quite q
stay in the hospital.
David wooten. u. Of Tuggle. re-
turned home Sunday after a week s
visit with Mr.. and Mrs. Herman
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-10-16

No doubt many American church
people, when they read about that
case. felt irritated and maybe even
angry. Those hooligans committed
murder, let EN- burn for it. What
business have those Koreans bring
ing religion into It But that's just
the point. They didn't bring "relig-
ion" into 1t. they brought Christ
into the situation. That is what
sharing Christ means, bringing
him into every situation Of need.
Christ 10 1--WE hope) in a church
situation, for instance in the wor-
ship on Sunday morning. Christ is
in the Offering we give to missions.
But the hard way e. and the best
way-to share Christ is not to sing
about him or to employ others to
talk about him. To share Christ is
TO make every situation. even trag-
edy and murder-dif1erent because
you have invited Him to help you
help others.
(nAssd On outlines eopyFiShted BY
the Division Of ChYistiaA Education,
Ne15enal Council u the Churches Of
Christ In the c. 8. 4. HAlAasea BY
0sAno1ity Press eeFvtee.)
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-10-16
John Temple Groves
mot where you stand but
where you face :"

Some who read that "Conserva-
tives'' have won in England will re-
sent the use of that name, although
who is more entitled than those who
make history with it. It is true that
Conservatism" of such as Harold
Macmillan and Winston Churchill is
nothing much short of socialism in
the sight Of American journals like
The National Review and The
American Mercury. Yet it is greatly
to be distinguished from socialism
and from New Deal-Fair Deal per-
petuals by the fact that no matter
how many social operations it en-
dures and even presideS over in a
world too small and round now for
all the privacies that once pre-
vailed. it does hold to the ideal Of
privacy and private enterprise and
is for preserving all it deems posi-
Bile.
It's not the stand but the direc-
0Oll llldL 0CtC1 llllIlcS Conservatism
in the political sense. it seems to
me.
We need our little group of ultras
for cherishing the full ideal, but if
we let them lead us politically all
conservatism this side of socialism
will vanish.
The full of the thing is gone with
the massives Of modern days, mas
sive communicating. m ssive
manufacturing and distributing,
massive transporting.
WHAT THEN is A CONSERVA.
TIVE TODAY? Every man writes
his own definition. Mine is one
whose face is turned towards all
that is modernly possible of limited
and decentralized government by
men who believe they are made in
an Image and under Constitution
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-10-16
Double Check

I like the way Chang XII Sheck
dropped flags over the China Coast
that was equal to the Dodgers
and the Summit meeting is
shaping up. pushing a cold war up
thar amt easy. At least Khrush-
chev helt to his word about Ger
many it takes so little to
benefit us we may realize some
thing after all And we can't even
settle a steel strike.
The COP is inventoring its past
and present SO it can 60 to the
people, who ever is the nominee
they can truthfully say they
never failed on their foreign policy
they never had one Much
amuddle they made but twill
take some of our Democrats to run
it out. The Democrats are crawl
ing with would be candidates ;.
they almost got to run a Catholic
NJ. and they ask Democratic Sena-
tors what they think Soon as he's
nominated even the Klux Klux goes
Republican and Independents
go wild so shut up
David Lawrence is doing the
picking there is always that
throw the South out atmos-fea1
around the Convention the
North never has yet really whipped
the South but they keep try
ing. We just couldn't beat 'em Sc
we jined EN- but we AIM
happy about it. There is a certain
feeling Of hate that won't stand nc
tanning, and they try to cram al
their hatrid in a bill they call "civil
rights" we know what It's its
accumulated wtongs and an
,nimosity -
Thanks for reading.
Yours,
]. Marvin Brown
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-10-16

based on the laws Of nature and
Of natures God"
This includes social mindedness
but leaves out the sOcialist-for a
socialist is only a communist who
doesn't know the facts of life.
1t embraces individualism but it
is the individualism of those who
see themselves made in an Image,
not the individualism of the beat
nik-the bum who has read book.
A new book Tom Waring is al
ways telling me about and which,
therefore. must be good, is South
Of Appomattox" fHarcourt, Brace
by Burger and Bettersworth. Mr..
Burger Mash K, is University
Of the South graduate and a book
reviewer for The New York Times
Mr.. Bettersworth is a Mississippian.
Aging Request:
When | grow too old to dream
Please don't call me a senior
citizen )"
MRS. ASHMEAD WHITE, PRES
IDENT general of the Daughters of
the American Revolution. has been
inspecting the Daughters famous
Kate Duncan Smith School for
mountain children in North Ala
bama.
There and in the other OAR
schools these young people are
learning things worth imitation by
other American youths and review
by American elders.
On the mountain tops they are
learning what tops the mountain.
They are learning that liberty is
not only more than a much-worn
name but more than being free. It
is being free-and qualified for it
in discipline, taste, intelligence, and
character, free and aware that
what most threatens freedom now
is too much government too far
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-10-16

said could cross the English Channel, or
cross fields, etc.
Another flying machine is about ready
to be marketed. 1t is a passenger hell
copter with sort of chair-seat arrange
ment which will fly at about ninety miles
per hour and is expected to sell for $500.
This contraption is being manufactured
in California, and is now about ready to 60
on the market in many sections of the
country. 1t probably comes closer to the
Buck Rogers one-man flying idea than any
thing else at the moment.
All of which proves that we are entering
an age when one-man flying machines are
to be expected with increased frequency It
will not be too long before rockets, flying
suits, or flying chairs, will be available.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-10-16
Frank Thomas Gains
State ASC Post

Frank e. Thomas. ASC county
office manager in Cumberland, was
elected president of the Virginia
Association of ASC County Office
Employees. at the statewide or
ganizational meeting in Lynchburg,
October 10.
Others elected at the meeting
which drew delegates from each of
the nine field districts were Joseph
v. Foley. Jr., of Luray, vice presi-
dent, and Ray Ownby, of Bucking
ham. secretay and treasurer.
The purpose of the organization is
to secure for the county office en-
ployees the same benefits and
privileges received by agricultural
workers doing comparable work.
A national organization was form
ed in the early part of the summer,
and at present 81 states are or
gained with ten additional states
in the process Of organizing.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-10-16
Conservatives Where You Face

from the governed. and, yet, free
and mindful that human welfare,
social mindedness and the doing Of
good are still American ideals in
spite of socialist abuses.
Most Of all. it is being free
under God"
THE PRESIDENT GENERAL
will find hospitality in the South
but no more than in her own New
England. It is only that the bases
differ. It's conscience in New Eng
land. fraternity in the West. social
bility in the South.
The New Highlander takes you in
because God is your father.
The Westerner because you are
his brother
The Southerner because there is
something he wants to tell you.
A DEMON STATISTICIAN IN
the New Yorker has computed that
tens of millions of American women
are entitled to be Daughters Of the
American Revolution. He overlooks
the big fact that membership is
supposed to be a matter not merely
Of blood but Of believing. Of noblesse
oblige, Of heart for the story Of
this land, mind for the meaning.
James Roosevelt recalls in his
current Saturday E vening Post
story the time when his father
"jolted that august society (DAR)
by reminding it that you and I are
descended from immigrants and
revolutionists.' -
How right and wrong! The colo
niSts "immigrated" to no land al
ready established in wealth. oppor-
tunity and culture. but to one unde-
veloped which had to be developed
by their own pioneering hands. And
their revolution was in the spirit Of
that pioneering. no populist outburst
J or socialist fantasy.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-10-16
Communist Propaganda

some selected fields, the key test Of COM
munism has been the example of both West
Germany and Japan.
We sometimes forget this, in refuting
communist propaganda, but it is fact that
Germany and Japan, both reduced to ashes
after losing the war; have made startling
and highly impressive recoveries as free
enterprise countries.
Perhaps West Germany is the best ex-
ample, or the best-known example, although
Japan's recovery has likewise been remark
able
One Of the great heroes of Germany, in
the postwar era, was Ludwig Erhard, who
advocated the free-market policy in Ger
many, and his policies worked a miracle
for that country The socialists denounced
Erhard's policies, and even the fine results,
for few years, and claimed that Ger
manys new wealth was built upon sand.
However, the working people accepted
the fruits and benefits and blessings from
this system, and it is so popular today that
the socialists in Germany are abandoning
their Marxst slogans, such as specialization
and Marxism, and are adopting new slo-
gans, such as free enterprise" free COM
petition" free consumers choice" and
equal access to education,' ETC.
This, of course is bad news for the Rus
SLAMS, but it shows, conclusively, that the
free enterprise system can do more for
people, and more quickly, than any other
system in the world.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-10-16
Letters To Editor
Old Timers Spurred
To "reminiscences
Editor Of Herald :

What a flood Of memories this
brings! Enclosed is advertisement
of sale of Prince Edward Hotel.
From the beginning II suppose
to 1896 when we left Farmville the
porch ran the full width of the
building and the basement, reached
by a flight of wooden steps to the
door on Second street was partly
occupied by Vaughan's Barber
Shop, three chairs with an impos-
ing array Of shaving mugs.
Vaughan. Henderson. believe how
about 1t old-timers?, il there are
any LETT was a handsome brown
colored man who lived on the edge
OF town On the right side Of the
Hampden-Sydney Road and diagon-
ally across from the colored school.
His was, in SO. the last house be-
fore you came to the cemetery
'Hurds?. He had an even lighter
assistant, who became his son-in-
law
One thing ! remember wildly
about the shop is that one day |
got visual proof Of what l had UP
until then considered the widest
kind Of legend 1t was bantered
around among us boys that the old
est Of the Noel boys daily spent 5
cents Just to get his hair brushed
there. AS cent was more than
most Of US saw. much less had, in
a month, it was incredible. Specially
since Trigger Scott had sworn that
ne had seen him do it. Trigger had
many talents and one of them was
a vivid imagination. But he was
right that time, because / saw it
happen and was awe stricken.
I have read somewhere but
breathe this very gently in Gath
that Grant spent a very hapless
night at the Randolph Hotel. He
had splitting headache. compli-
Gated by the fact that he had num-
erous bed-fellows. This was proba-
bly, started by some competitor, or
maybe some bilious Yankee Even
then they were Fostering Prince Ed
ward.
In '96 there were three COMPETE
tors. very feeble, two Of them Mrs.
Russell had a boarding hourse right
next to Porter's coal yard and
across the street from the then
depot. One of the Colemans in town
had a small af-boarding, half
hotelette Just across the street from
Walker home or maybe Dr. Whites
Drug Store. Another stood opposite
the Baptist Church, a very hand
some old 3-story brick building,
which had once been a hotel-still
had few rooms occupied. Also in
the basement another colored-man
barber shop. a one-chair affair, run
by Lew Bethel.
Lew was one Of the two men who
still wore the mans shawl which
was the rage In the SOS. The other
was Dr. Thackston.
It was such a mans shawl Incl
dentally. that gave rise to that alb
surdity that Jefferson Davis tried
to escape disguised in his wife's
Shawl-it was his.
hope I haven't bored you, but
how memories stir!! If you don't
want to be bored by me. stop bring
ing back old days. Haec ohm
meminisse juvabet.
Yours,
Old Timer
please excuse appearance of
this. l wrote it propped up in bed.
The old gray Ware amt what he
used to be and a disconcerting
thought probably never was.
Hopin' U. r. the Same)
II Archie Wade and Matte Leigh
Cunningham are still living give
EN- my best-in Matte LIS case,
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-10-16
KATY DID.

At close Of day in twilight dusk,
! could quite plainly hear
A little voice among the trees,
Say, "koty Did," quite clear.
Just "koty did, was all it said
And sold it. DER and DER;
As if, except for these two words,
1t knew not any more
In boyhood days, wondered what
It was that Katy did,,
But what it was thot she had done,
From me, she kept it hid.
And often when heard these words,
| would, the speaker bid
Please tell me was it good or bad
This oct that Katy did?
And then to please myself wrote
The lines give below
About walk that Katy took
One night, With her best beau.
The stors we're peeping midst the blue
But none say they, deserted,
Just brood enough the path for Two
If closely side by side.
He deity stopped, she cried, "AIock,
All kissing pray forego"
Said she, i must not kiss YOU back
But Oh, but oh, but oh,
KATY DID, KATY DID. DID, DID,
# that was all thot Katy did,
Why is it still hear
Thot little voice among the trees,
About this time each year,
AS for divuIeing her secret,
Let discretion forbid
And like the voice among the trees
Don't tell what Katy did
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-10-16

what you don't
want, cleaning
out your closets
and giving to Vol
unteers the bene-
At Of your junk,
10 some distance
yet from Chris
tian . h rim &.
sharing things
can be Christian;
inAAAA fhA Anna.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-10-16
Sharing
Lesson for October Is, 1859

CHRISTIANITY is ! religion OF
~ sharing. but not all sharing is
Christian. Sharing when you have
to isn't 1t, otherwise everybody
who pays taxes would be Chris
tian. Sharing very rarely is hardly
it, either, because Christian shar-
ing il Z constant habit, not an
occasional spasm. Giving away
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-10-16
HOW NONSENlCAL.

Didn't that lawyer know you
were a movie star?"
Hadn't the least suspicion. Why,
he offered to get me my divorce
without any publicity"
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-10-16

Chuckles in the Press
AS young lawyer in Georgia, the late
Senator Walter F. George was tireless
worker
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-10-16

An antique buggy Of an 1899 fire
chief was recently featured in the
lobby of a New York Bank. Re
ceptionists became SO intrigued they
dressed in costume to fit the period.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-10-16

The U. S. Nays new air-sea
base at Rota Spain, is only 40 miles
from the tiny port Of PaloS from
which Columbus sailed to discover
u 1ew world.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-10-16

The first y. S, destroyer develop
ed only 1000 hip. while DESTROYER
leaders Of today like the USS Viii
lis A. Lee develop $4,000 h.p.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-10-16

my love
Editors Note: Old Timer is
John Ware, Of Rome, Ca, who
lived in Farmville in the late
COS when his father was rec
tor Of Johns Memorial Episco-
pal Church.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-10-16
Flying Scooters

THE Princeton University James For
restal Research Center has developed
flying scooter. 1t has bicycle seat and
handlebars, and travels along at fifteen
miles an hour
The interesting thing is that it goes only
about fifteen miles an hour, but has only
horsepower engine and would probably
be relatively cheap to construct
Development of the scooter took two
years and required some 100000 - grant
from the Armys Transportation Research
Engineering Command.
The most interesting technical aspect of
the scooter is that it has more lift than
helicopter, comparatively, and it is thought
to be only the forerunner Of other more adj
vanced scooters, or flying discs While they
fly, they only remain a few inches above
the ground, because the power of the motor
is dissipated at greater height
The scooter is similar to one developed
recently in England, and which its builder
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-10-16

tie John inquiries whether we can
imagine we have the love Of God
In US II we do not share with the
needy Il John 3:17). But Chris
tan sharing Is something over and
beyond letting other people use
some Of the things we call ours,
some Of tho time.
Sharing Christ
It can all be put into two words.
At it, best and highest, Christian
sharing means sharing Christ. But
in order to understand those two
simple words, put together in that
way. we have to do some further
thinking. A short story in the book
Of Acts (chap. 81 helps to make
this clear. Peter and John have be-
come such famous men that we
forget how poor they actually
were. They had been fishermen.
and they had been away from their
lake : long time. When they told
the beggar they had no silver nor
gold, they were a. good as saying
they had nothing but pennies. Yet
they gave that beggar something
far better than money; they gave
him the power Of Christ. What
happened is recorded as a miracle;
and miracles are not in our times
granted to most men to perform.
Yet sharing Christ is still possible
Observe that the poorest Chris
tian, the one least able to share
money or things Of any kind. still
has what the wealthiest person
who is not Z Christian lacks:
namely Christ.
Al Amaylnf 0sse
Here 10 q spectacular case that
occurred less than Ave years ago.
= miracle too Of a sort. It illus
trates what sharing Christ" can
mean. In the city Of Philadelphia
a foreign student was walking
along doing no one any harm
Some young hooligans happened to
see him. They had just been talk
ing about how they would get
money to 60 to a dance hall that
night. So being hooligans they
rushed this foreign student and not
only took what little money he
had, only dollar or 80 as the news
papers reported it; but they muir
dered him then and there They
were arrested. and the State Of
Pennsylvania took steps to convict
them Of the murder and execute
them. All familiar pattern, too
familiar in big cities. Murder-ar-
rest - conviction - the pen or the
chair.
But the astonishing thing hap
pened. The family Of the dead stu
dent were Koreans, and Christians.
They wrote to the authorities in
Pennsylvania asking them not to
prosecute those boy murderers. but
to help them. More than that, this
Korean family went to the length
Of getting up = fund Gall by them
selves) to be used for the educa-
tion-ordinAry, and also moral and
religious, Of the boys who had
killed their young relative.