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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-06-23
BatesriHe (Ark.) Guard
Odds IN Ends

DOR the benefit of all those who have a
hard time getting out of the bed, we pre-
sent word of new alarm clock for stub
born sleepers.
Lately patented by matchmaker in Ma
Piles, this alarm is unique If the sleeping
sluggard does. not arouse himself and
switch off the normal alarm, an electric
device incorporated in the clock starts a
tapped broadcast featuring the continuous
honking Of a car horn, the prolonged bark
ing Of a dog, several pistol shots, and fin
ally a lannon's booming report
If all this fails to arouse, call the coro-
ner.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-06-23

advance notice will be given. The
surprise attacks will come as sud-
denly as that on Pearl Harbor. In
the same way, our enemies will
strike while our delegates and
theirs are discussing possible peace.
Advantages of Small Cities
We're I looking for job today,
| should choose some small city or
town fifty to one hundred miles
from one of the ten big cities men,
toned above. My reasons: 10 Such
smaller places will never be targets
OF intercontinental missiles. ~
Their churches. schools, and clubs
are much better for your family's
future. - The cost of living is less
than in a big city. "a Your living
conditions whether in a small
house or an apartment will be
much better for the rent you paw.
~ Your children will make better
friends = especially if you join
some church and the children at
tend Sunday School.
Land Prices and Profits
The price of land varies with the
population Of the community. This
means you will get more real
health and joy for a dollar invested
IN a small city. Furthermore. land
II. most large cities is at its peak
Tor this cycle; while land in smaller |
cities should still be on the way !
up Be sure to settle in a progress
slve and growing location. not one
that has seen its best days.
When buying a home be sure to
get enough land. Buy small |
house, but get an extra adjoining
lot if possible. Buy them on the
hight side of well-dramed and
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-06-23
From Culpfper Star Exponent
Culpeper Is Blessed
By Their Presence
Il happened Friday evening.

! It happened Friday evening.
l was working on the ventilating
fan at the head Of the stairs when
heard clatter. | looked down
and saw my a-year-old son lying
across the bottom steps Of the stair
way called out. Are you hurt,
son?" There was no answer, but
suddenly the boy jumped up, stag
gered few steps and collapsed.
| rushed down and knelt beside
him. The boy gasped. My back,
can't bre II e." Precipitation
streamed down his face.
My wife ran into the room and
told her, call a doctor and the
Rescue Squad She did Waiting,
nassaged our sons diaphragm
while my wife gave mouth-tO-mouth
artificial respiration. Minutes later,
when the Rescue Squad arrived,
our sons breath was wheeling
through his mouth and his face
was white, almost blush. We feared
internal injuries.
Calmly. efficiently the trained
men Of the Rescue Squad took over.
A resuscitator was brought in and
held ready for use Our doctor ar
rived a few moments later and,
after examination, said the boy
could BE- moved to his office for
X-ravs. The squad members lifted
our BOY onto a blanket-covered
board with great care and then onto
a stretcher so no movement could
bring injury from possibly frac-
tured bones.
Out Of the house the rescue mem
bers went carrying the precious
load ever 80 gently. then to the
doctors office and into the x-ray
room The parents were treasured
by the calm, efficient and yet
warmly sympathetic manner in
which their son was handled.
Later. the xray report showed
that ~ bones we're broken. The
child was badly bruised. but a
tragedy had been averted. This was
your Rescue Squad in action last
Friday evening. Your editor and his
wife say, Thank YOU, Culpeper is
blessed by your presence
Editors Note: walter Potter
former Farmyii.e resident ana Her
aid staiier is editor Of the Culpeper
Star Exponent. His interesting edi-
torial is a tribute to The work OF a
rescue squad.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-06-23

Schools of two teachers average daily attend
ance OF fifty so;
Schools Of three teachers average daily attend
ance of seventy-five t75t.
Schools Of four or more teachers, average daily
attendance of thirty 800 per teacher
Certain exceptions are made for the operation
of oneroom for fifteen and sometime ten children
Of school
Warren County continued to operate the
Warren County High School, even for the
limited number Of Negro pupils, for reasons
deemed wise and expedient by parties who
know all of the legal facts. In other words,
the exigencies of the situation under the
emergency were such as to warrant contin-
ued operation" That was the answer given
Us By State official recently when we ask
ed for information.
1t does seem ungrateful, inconsiderate
and misleading to whip up racial excite
ment against Virginia under such circum-
stances.
Virginia. evidently, winked at Virginia
law and public school regulations, main
tanned faculty of 81 teachers for % pu-
pills contrary to its own Code and regula-
tions in an effort to educate this pupil,
only to be the butt Of ridicule by those re-
ceiving the benefit.
Breaches Of established Constitution and
Of law and regulation result in chaos. Re-
gardless Of consequences strict interpreta-
ton Of law is demanded. and if the law is
wrong change it by regular standard, law
ful processes.
These kinds of incidents produces I'M
easiness. You can't play the game unless
YOU know what the rules are
Prince Edward County is forced to stand
almost alone in what it believes the law to
be- looking to the time when order and sta
bilitv will be reestablished
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-06-23

growing city or town. Every COM
munity has its growing and most
ariStOcratic" portion Start out
with the prestige Of living in the
right section with the best neigh
bors-who own their homes.
Advantages Of college Towns"
Personally. if my wife and /
were a young couple, all else be-
ing equal, we would settle in the
college town" There are nearly
500 scattered throughout the nation.
These small cities and towns have
especially good families and attrac-
tive atmosphere. These always have
concerts and lectures which you
can attend. If you can find such
community on lake or river.
which will give you employment in
the line for which you are best
fitted. this may be the place to
settle.
What about the subdivisions which
are springing up from Richmond
southwark to Florida and from At
lanta westward to Texas, New
and Arizona? Many Of
these are attractive, but before buy |
ing see with your own eyes what |
you are to get for your money. In
slst upon good drainage, a fireproof |
house built Of sand blocks which is
also termite proof. Visit several
SUBDIVISIONS before you buy. Spend
at least month looking about in
the state which you select. One
more thought: Buy a house near 1.
enough to hotel or restaurant SO
that you can walk if you wish to |.
get out for a meal.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-06-23
1t Is These Things

AMERICA is being attacked from within,
= in addition the Cold War attacks from
without. Publicity, mass psychology I'M
mitigated politics. misunderstanding mis-
representation, etc, fill a vacuum when es-
tablished law is disregarded Strict intepre-
tations of the Constitution and the laws
may sometime do injury in specific cases
but in the over ALL long term all law be-
comes ineffective once exceptions Of inter-
pretatlons are made Certainly the nation is
reaping the whirldwind following a series
of decisions by the [. S. Supreme Court
since 1854
An example Of mass psychology, widen
ing breach between races and people. is
the tenth annual Citizens Achievement Day
celebration held in Harlem New York;
Saturday. Ann Rhodes II. of Front Royal,
Va, appeared in cap and gown. She was
the only senior among the p Negroes who
made up the student body at Warren High
School last term. She lacked one credit
point to graduate. At the New York cele-
bration. she received a ..diploma' from an
actress.
Senator Heating, (R-N.Y) criticized
Virginia school officials said:
Il say this to the State of Virginia Ann
Rhodes wasn't short one point. 1t was the
High School that was short one point"
Senator keating was arousing his consti-
tutents in New York, and using Virginia as
whipping boy
1t must be admitted that enemies of the
South have great way of emphasizing and
developing hate in the northern states 1t is
we'll known technique which in recent
times has been used Worldwide
This is not the first time nor the last
time that incidents in the South are used to
whip up hate of the South in Harlem and
other northern cities. The Emmett Till case
it will be recalled was used With all of the
moribund trappings to excite racial i'll will
in New York and Chicago and other north
ern cities. His body accompanied by his
weeping mother was exhibited to excite ra-
cial misunderstanding and hatred The
South may well blush in the breakdown Of
any law, but the entire country should blush
for the use to which such infractions are
put.
The truth of the matter is, sofar as the
Warren County senior is concerned, that
Virginia law and State Board Of Education
regulations were set aside in order to main
tain a school at Front Royal in which to
educate her
Number 22-6 of the Code Of Virginia d.
reefs the State Board of Education to pre-
scribe the minimum number Of pupils re-
quired in order to form and maintain 4
public school,
The minimum standards are:
Schools Of one teacher average daily attend
dance of twenty-five f25}.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-06-23
Double Check

Cumberland is On the ground and
level and hits been overrun with
visitors from the west people
who once lived here. 1t is a splen-
clid tribute to the county to have
folks return to The old home and
meet with those who knew them
when they We're here. The late jim
sloan's bows and their families
RIGHT many Of them when you get
them all together. I'm atellmg you
twas wonderful to see them. Mr..
Charlie Sloan bought himself a
brand new Dodge.
This is a good county but I've
always heard it said Change of
pasture was good for the sheep"
These bows have evidently found
good grazing IN Avon, Illinois.
Then this old sage had a visit
from the Queen Of CaIra. Mrs.
Willie AIndt who owns and oper-
ates the fine service and eating
place known as Willis River Service
Station. Just over the bridge Altho
ahe II 4 wonderful cook her husband
doesn't fatten a ounce but you
will fin YOU eat there. They're
'agoing to kill me for writing this,
but give the credit to whom credit
belongs.
Geneva talk has about gotten
down to a whisper. Ike is chanting
while they Wrangle- Congress marks
time
we know by now, that teachers
are under paid got the children
at home folks yelling l.. don't
close the schools it all makes
Us very unhappy in a slap-happy
country.
Thanks for reading.
Yours.
j. Marvin Brown
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-06-23
BabsOn Discusses Where To Locate

Babson Park, Mass, June 10.
With nearly 10 per cent of our popu-
latiOn changing locations each year
these people are faced with the
question. Where shall we estab-
lish our permanent home? l shall
not recommend any one state
Every state has its advantages and
disadvantages Much depends upon
the health of the parents and chill
dren-whether they should go to a
dry climate or a normal climate
to hot climate or a cool climate
This is something you should talk
over with your local doctor before
making a decision.
Large VS.. Small Cities or Towns
I. however. will take the respon-
sibility of advising you to avoid big
cities such as New York, Phila-
delphia. Chicago, st. Louis, Kansas
City. New Orleans. Cleveland. De-
troit. and perhaps San Francisco
and Los Angeles. If you have young
children, l would advise you not to
locate even in any of the suburbs
of these With total population of
over 10000, 600 people, they could
all expect destruction in event Of
World War III Only a few cities
might be destroyed; but no one
knows which ones.
I do not expect to see 2 World
War III for at least ten Or more
years, but the chances are that the
United States will some time be in
some major war. Such a war will
be fought by missiles Of various
kinds carrying atomic warheads.
This means that one or more of the
above cities will be wiped out dur
ing the first "a hours of the war. No
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-06-23
John Temple Groves
Eisenhower's Calm Approach

federal overturning of certain coin
Gliding state laws. Perhaps coinci-
dence is not the word for this. 1t
can be fate, Oh manifest destiny
Or the gray gigantic host " II can
have outlined again the alliance
which can save this country for
the Constitution and commonsense
against socialism, cenualism n q
sentimentality.
Fair is foul and foul Is fair :"
Using the mails to defile il worse
than using them to defraud, but
sometimes harder to stop.
Postmasters all over the country
have gone into action against the
merchants Of filth" who use the
postal service to sell their stuff to
teen-agers- This being a free coun-
try even 50 foul thing as this
must be handled in the free way
which includes freedom of the post.
But there are laws against our
obscenity and that under a new
federal statute signed last year the
laws can be applied in the com
munity where the material is re-
ceived as we'll as in the one from
which it is sent.
The cooperation Of home people
is required now if his law is to
be the boon it can be. IAN es-
sentlal first step that can put the
depraved mailer behind the bars \
says my postmaster lis that par
ents note the mail received at their
homes. preserve any obscene ma
terial and the envelope it arrives in,
and deliver it in person or by mail
to the local postmaster.
He says the mail order OBJ
scenity business is a $500 900 900 4
year industry and that only the
public. III the manner indicated. can
protect our children from crooks
who would feed them filth to make
dollar
Our postmaster feels strongly
about this.
I Ills not only the filth. he would
agree, put the profanity. us the
profaning of the creative force 81
the universe. the force which il
origin not only Of physical creation
but of all the dreams of mankind
and manners, tastes. beauty, love
ambition, art. passion. and PIANO
! rama Of civilization. 10 make il q
sneaking thing, hidden IN shame, It's
very existence treated III 4 Hin and
ugliness IL the real crime against
youth and life.
/ Not the ugnness it invokes but
/ the beauty il revokes.
you hate ID question a man wht
has been there but when Ernest
Dunbar II the current Look con
cludes his horror story Of the sta
tus Of conventional words about how
critical Africa is Of the way We
treat Negroes IN the United State
and how Little Rock has hurt i.
lot you question a man whc
has been there N comparison Witt
\ 7 h q g people In Africa whom
Author Dunbar describes. the very
worse that happens to colorec
people in the United States amounts
to such freedom. ease and gooC
living that Africans can speak B
America, including Little Rock
with nothing but enHE that any
where II the world their race SHOULD
have II y good
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-06-23
Cumberland Cancer
Crusade Tops Its
Fair Share Goal

Mrs. W. c. Carter and Mrs. W. VI.
French co-chairmen Of the fund
drive for the American Cancer So-
clety ii Cumberland county, nave
announced that Cumberland has
passed its Fair Share Coal Of
$500.
To date, s69u.3l has been re-
ceived by the Cumberland chapter
Mrs. Carter stated that her report
was not complete and some adj
ditional funds were still to be re-
ceiVed
The Cumberland chapter. accord
ing to the chairmen. wishes to ex-
press it's appreciation to the volun-
teer workers who served during the
crusade and to citizens who helped
Cumberland go over the top.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-06-23
Bible School Opens
At First Baptist
Church In Dillwyn

Bible School at the First Baptist
Church in DillWyn opened Monday
and will continue through Friday
with Mrs. W. A. Sprouse serving as
superintendent
The school begins at 9 each
morning and ends at noon. Mrs.
Sprouse i also in charge Of the
beginners Other members of the
faculty are: Mrs J. B. Hayes, pri-
mary; Mrs. j. 7. Nuckols, junior
girls, Mrs. George Dean, junior
boys. Mrs. J, Ernest Wrenn. i'll
termediates, and Mrs. Austin G.
Goode nursery The pianist IL Miss
Patty Haynes, and the secretary IS
Mrs. j. c. Dunkum.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-06-23
Can he ever be Ike again?'


Waterman, what of the mind and
heart of Dwight Eisenhower?
With some of our Southern edi-
toriallsts Wringing their hands in
anticipation of an Administration
lecture and admonition. the Presi-
dent appears before a national con-
ference sponsored by the govern
ments Civil Rights Commission
and speaks like a Southerner.
1t was exactly the wrong speech
in exactly the wrong place-by
NAACP reckonings.
He warned against "too m any
punitive laws" seeking to solve the
race question. He proclaimed his
little faith in the ability of statutes
to change hearts. He said some
problems seem to defy solution
And he went so far as to avoW that
all men are not equal, that our
American concept of equality has
to do only with opportunity.
It is the same Dwight Eisenhower
who has consistently refused to say
he approves the desegregation de-
cision.
1t is the same who goes carefully
out OF his way to speak against
discrimination but not for integra-
ton.
1t is the same who. alone among
national statesmen outside the South
has dared to offend the NAACP.
1t is the same of whom. in the
current issue Of the Negro Los
Ans es Tribune, an editorial
column by Mari Young on the Pop
larville lynching complains bitterly
that President Eisenhower doesn't
give damn"
| It is pretty certain now that the
President has never been sympathic
with the desegregation decision even
though he has been devoted to law
enforcement as he saw it, But is
the President going through a pro-
cess to livelier and more outspoken
feeling? And is this process part
OF whole one away from the
DeWeyites and Fair Dealers in gen
eral since the departure of Sher-
man Adams? And is the firmer
grip on his tasks abroad which was
forced on him when Dulles died
about to be in his attitude towards
a domestic race problem which he
sees 50 terribly dividing and weak
ening his country?
] These are questions to ask. and
hopes to hope. Time is running out
on the issue. Unless the President
/ genuinely moves. the mere ma
chinery Of a standing decision may
carry the issue beyond his reach
As the two federal judges pointed
out in the recent Atlanta decision.
the Supreme Courts decree CON
tinues to stand no matter what goes
on around about, and lower court
judges can do no other than auto
matically make decisions in It's
terms
OF course, the President cannot
order the Supreme Court to modify
or recall its decision. But he is the
nations presiding officer as well as
| chief executive He can throw enor
nous weight into the complicated
balances presently influencing the
issues ultimate fate
The same front page which an
nounced Mr. Eisenhower warning
against an excess of civil rights
laws last Wednesday reported House
Republicans Unexpectedly agreeing
to support Southern Democrats for
passage Of the Smith Bill against
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-06-23
CHUCKLEs

Those who keep their mouths closed when
angry, have less to be sorry about when the
cooling-off period is over-Sparta, Ca,
Ishmaelte.
Milford chronicle., 1959-06-19
1859 Budget Backward
BOggs Says

continued from page one)
the people of Delaware a fair
break"
The Governor listed six specific
reasons why he considers the Gen.
eral Assembly bill a very back
ward budget to offer the people of
our state.
First, it is a backward budget
bill because it has cut almost a
half million dollars from the
money / recommended to educate
our growing number of children, /"
he said.
Second, this is a backward bud
get because the General Assembly
has cut about $500, 900 from my rec
concentrations for mental health,
the blind, care of retarded children,
tuberculosis patients, help for the
aged and disabled, the polio pro-
lection program, juvenile delin-
quency programs, and assistance
for destitute people," the Governor
said. These are heartless reduc-
tions in human services, and it is
uncomfortable to me how the Gen.
eral Assembly can ignore these
problems"
The states chief executive said
the Legislature had also boosted
the Highway Department appropri-
ations by about $1.700.000 lat the
expense of education, health and
welfare needs" Although recog-
nizing the Importance of good high
ways to our progress, Governor
Boggs said I'VE cannot afford ex-
travagance in any area. We must
take first things first: and that
means the education and health OF
our people. We cannot sacrifice
these things for few miles of high
way maintenance and planning,
and we must hold down state ex-
penditures everywhere possible to
absolutely essential needs"
The Governors fourth objection
to the budget bill is the 100000
provided for the state and county
departments of elections, which is
"a needless expense at the state
level.
Fifth, this backward budget has
ignored the urgent request by the
State Tax Department for adequate
funds to do it's job" Governor
Boggs declared. 1.-THE Tax Depart
ment is terribly understaffed."
The Governor listed as his sixth
major objection to the Legisla-
lures proposed budget the cut OF
$4,000 from funds recommended
for the Family Court in Whining
ton. He said such a reduction
would result in more women and
children becoming dependent on
the state for support.