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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-10-16

Ernest PalmOre.
delegates to the James River
Baptist Association from the Co
shen Baptist Church to be held at
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-10-16

dren. Gwendolyn. Tommy and YER
non, called on Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
old Snoddy and family Sunday aft
ernoon.
Evening star., 1959-11-01

Entire Donio CorreIoted Collection, bed
stored, furniture and tobIes----------
Evening star., 1959-11-01

X NOT JUST ANY STORE-BUT WELL KNOWN
KNOT JUST FURNITURE-BUT MASTERPIECES
NOT cLosE-oUTs OR DISCONTINUED STYLES
ONLY THE FINEST, THE NEWEST FURNITURE
Montana farmer-stockman., 1959-10-01
Check Farm Homes
For Fire Hazards

DEFECTIVE HEATING EQUIP
MENT and faulty chimneys were two
of the main causes of farm fires last
year that resulted in farm property
losses of more than $155 million, the
National Safety Council says.
To minimize the danger of fire this
winter the Council makes these recon-
mendations:
Repair cracks or other defects and
replace rusted or burned out stove
pipes. Never use petroleum products
to start a fire. Combustibles should be
stored in protected places where they
are unlikely to catch fire.
Check gas burners and pilot lights
for accumulated carbon or plugged ORR
fices Remove dirt and lint from
burner air intakes. Check automatic
safety devices to see that they are
operating properly.
Use metal or asbestos floor covering
under coal or wood-burning stoves. A
spark arrester in the chimney will
eliminate the risk of roof fires. Be sure
that dampers in stove or furnace pipes
are never closed enough to force dead
ly carbon mOnoxide into the room.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1959-10-01

Of wood. He run his old fIea-bitten grays
into the barnard that's when Alex
ander encountered troubles.
s'To hear Alexander tell it: I'm
blamed if / could figure it out. That
team never acted that way before.
Every time I'd throw the harness ON
their backs, they'd buck it off. They
lust went mad, tell you; yet I fought
it out with them. They snorted and they
launched and they reared, till they
broke down the stalls, and they pulled
back and broke their halter ropes and
smashed down the barn door and ran
out on the prairie.
'''You see, it didn't come to me right
away. Bragg had jobbed me. 1t was
that bear smell on the harness. / should
of known that. A horse is mortally
afraid of bear. Anything that smells
like bear sets horse crazy, and that
oil that used on the harness smelled
pretty strong. I can't say for why is
a bear hereditary enemy of the horse,
maybe it's a natural fear, maybe it's
imagination of the horse; since the
horse is a grass eater, he knows the
bear is carnivorous, and he knows the
bear would eat him; only the horse
hates to think that he would be eaten
by an animal that smells as foul as
bear.
"'Well, says Alexander, I was SO
mad that I rode over to Breed Creek
Gulch and I finds old Bragg home all
right in his cabin, and I gets him by
the whiskers with my left hand and
pokes my gun barrel between his eyes
and pull the trigger. And old Bragg,
blast him, he never played a dirty
trick on a neighbor again."
.''There was some derisive laughter
and 'Sun'' pointed upward and said:
Boys, that's just as true as you see
the sun up there! :"
Montana farmer-stockman., 1959-10-01
'|Sy,ln' \
elQ
Sun Irwin Tells
A Bear Story
By TOM FONTAINE

WE WE'RE ON ROUNDUP in the
Sweet Grass Hills and we were driving
a bunch of roundup cattle ahead of us
toward camp. Sun" Irwin was with
our outfit. Charlie was his right name
but he ID told so many hair-raising yarns
about the old West that he often had
to take recourse to pointing UP at the
sun in an effort to make his listeners
believe his yarns, and he'd say, s'That
story, boys, is just as true. as you see
the sun up there That was how Char
lie got his nickname.
We were driving the cattle along.
like said, when Sun pointed toward
a little ranch about mile away to the
west under a high hill.
'sSee that log house, log barn and
corrals? Little creek running right
through the place. Well, old Alexander
lives there Held that squatter's right
since way back in 1884. Was the first
settler in the Sweet Grass Hills. Came
across the prairies in the early days
right through Indian country all by
himself and his family, his wife, Nancy;
his daughter, Rosie, and a boy, Johnny.
Came from Louisiana.
Everybody says Alexander is the
biggest liar in these here hills. But
don't think so. He told me story once
and know it's true. And know, too,
that he was a fearsome old codger
when he was mad.
s'Well, you see that high bunch grass
ridge on the other side of his place? 1t
runs right up to the shoulder of the
mountain there. Well on the other side
of the ridge is Breed Creek canyon.
Old Bragg, an old prospector, used to
live over there. He lived in his cabin
at the head of the gulch all alone. AT
that time, everybody knew that there
was bear on this mountain He was
the only bear left in these hills.
swell, old Bragg came over the ridge
to pay Alexander a visit one day, and
he tells him about the bear. He's right
around there close to my cabin all the
time, says Bragg. Get your gun and
come over. He's big and fat and you
can get him easy So Alexander went
back with Bragg to his cabin and he
killed the bear. Then he skinned it and
dressed it out.
Well, now,' says old Bragg, when
you get home you cut all the fat off
the carcass-there'S a hundred pounds
of it-and you render it out. It's just
the finest stuff you ever used to fry
with. Just can't burn spuds in it, Good
shortening. too. And make sure to save
a gallon of that bear oil to grease your
harness with. It's just the best oil you
ever used to soften leather
$50 Alexander followed Bragg's in
structions to T. He creased his har-
ness with the bear oil, till he had the
leather nice and soft and pliable.
''Then Alexander had to haul a load
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-01
With Dignity

The American Legion has done
REALISTIC and commendable thing in vot-
ing at its national convention to accept
with dignity" Soviet Premier Khru-
shchev's visit to the United States. The
organization has opposed the idea in the
past, but this time, recognizing what
amounts to an accomplished fact, it has
placed itself on record - even though
with fingers crossed-aS supporting the
venture. In that sense, 1t has set good
example for every similar group in the
United States. The Russian leader is to
be the guest of our Nation, and we must
deal with him accordingly-courteously
and with dignity" as the Legion has
resolved. The project, after all, has mo-
mentpns possibilities in terms of thaw-
ing the cold war and promoting peace.
Emotionalism or rowdyism should not
be allowed to mar it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-01
Housing Bil-Or Issue?

One Of the most frequently repeated
criticisms directed at this first session
Of the 86th Congress is that 1t has some
times seemed more preoccupied with
creating political issues than with enact
ing legislation. Rightly or wrongly, the
charge has been repeated, and most re-
Gently by an influential spokesman Of
the majority party-Chairman Smith of
the House Rules Committee-with ref
erence to the housing bill now before
President Eisenhower for approval or
veto.
In this case, the background for
such criticism is substantially as fol-
lows: In early July the President vetoed
an omnibus 81 SIS, 100000 housing bill
on the grounds it was extravagant and
infiationary. He urged the Congress to
try again and to hold more closely to
recommendations which he had made in
January. The result was a second ver-
sion, so-called compromise $685.
10000 measure on which congressional
action was completed last week. While
the dollar figure has been reduced, the
bill still contains several provisions to
which the President has expressed spe-
ciflc objection, which raise the distinct
possibility Of a second veto, and which
prompt the bill-or issue query.
These are the major points of diff
ference: ~ A one-year $650-million
extension of the urban renewal-Slum
clearance program instead of $500 mil
lion for each of the next two years.
(2) New loan programs of $50 million
each for construction of college class
rooms and of housing for the elderly,
both opposed at this time by the admin
istration. (3) Authorization for $1,000
new units of federally subsidized low
rental public housing, although the adj
miniStration recommended none at this
time because there Is outstanding au-
thorization for 100000 units not yet
built. az An increase Of SO billion in
the loan insurance authority Of the Fed
eral Housing Administration, which the
President has explicitly asked be pro-
vided in separate legislation.
Along with this array Of differences,
congressional spokesman have said that
this will be the final effort at housing
legislation in this session. Party lines
were crossed in passing the bill in each
branch, but it is difficult to tell how the
votes might go on a presidential veto
If there is one. At the moment, there
fore, the question is still unanswered as
to whether there will be legislation or
a political issue on housing. But II the
President vetoes the bill, and there is no
legislation, we think he will have the
q. best of the political issue, or what there
is Of it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-01
Good Example

One indication of the absence of
hysteria in nearby Virginia over the
prospect of more indignation in the pub
lie schools is the fact that applications
for tuition grants have fallen far below
official estimates. Whereas school au-
thorities had predicted that about 1900
children in Arlington and Fairfax Coun-
ties and the cities of Alexandria and
Falls Church would attend private
schools this fall with the aid of public
funds, less than $50 had applied for the
$3.50 grants by last week end. Glasses
begin today.
Since the Virginia General Assembly
flxed no deadline on the tuition grants,
it is possible that the number of chill
dren seeking State aid to avoid inte-
grated classes will increase considerably
in the ensuing weeks. But when it is
considered that q majority of those ap-
plying so far were attending private
schools before the grant system was
adopted last April, the number of chill
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-01
Top Hospital Team

The appointment by the Commits
SionerS of DR.. John D. Schultz as medical
director and overall head of District
General Hospital completes a team
which, it is to be hoped, will bring or
der and efficiency to an institution long
plagued by internal discomfort and con-
troversy. AS top man at District Gen.
eral, DR.. Schultz will be responsible for
both the professional standing and the
administration Of the hospital. He has
eminent qualifications in both fields.
The other member of the hospital
team is DR.. Joseph Karlton Owen, who
is doctor not of medicine but of phi
losophy. He is one Of five men in Amer
lea holding doctorate in hospital ad-
miniStration. DR.. owen came to District
General earlier this year from the Medi-
cal College Of Virginia, where he was
professor Of hospital administration.
He will have direct charge of admin
iStering the business affairs of the
institution.
DR.. Schultz, who has been chief
psychiatriSt of the city hospital since
1854, managed to steer course free Of
the factional disturbances which dis
rupted the hospital for several years.
He was Endorsed unanimously for the
top post by the deans Of the Districts
three medical schools. We wish Drs.
Schultz and Owen success in their eff
forts to make District General the ma
tionally outstanding municipal hospital
which 1t ought to be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-01
Horse of Two CoIors

President Eisenhower's unprece-
denied TV chat with British Prime Min
lister Macmillan-a chat telecast from
London to vast audience Throughout
free Europe-has served as a striking
and timely den nstration of continuing
Anglo-American solidarity on all the
great basic issues of our time. In that
respect, 1t has had salutary interna-
tional impact, and its meaning will not
be lost on the Kremlin as Premier Khru-
shchev and his family prepare to visit
the United States.
From the standpoint of Britain's
domestic politics, however, the Eisen-
hower-Macmillan get-together has been
a horse of another color. Certainly, and
quite UNDERSTANDABLE, Hugh Gaitskell
and his Labor Party can hardly be ex-
pected to make the welkin ring with
their cheers for the show. They have
warmly welcomed the Presidents visit,
Of course, but at the same time they
must reckon with the unavoidable fact
that his presence in the United Kingdom
involving as it has such events as his
televiSion duet with the Conservative
Prime Minister-has not been the sort
of thing that is likely to help them beat
Mr.. Macmillan and the Tories in the
next national elections, which probably
will be held before the end Of October.
Indeed, Mr.. GaitSkell and the Labor
ties now face tougher fight than ever
in their campaign to win those elections.
For the effects of Mr.. EiSenhoWer'S visit
and his TV appearance-not to mention
news about the Queens expected baby
and growing evidence of thaw in the
cold war-serve to place Britain's voters
in an amiable mood that tends strongly
to favor the Gins" against the "outs."
In the circumstances, Mr.. Macmillan
and the Conservatives must be pardoned
if they feel rather confident of being
returned to power.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-01
Book Critic

Although a member Of the
institute of Fiscal and Politi-
cal Education recently sug-
gested in your columns the
use Of their book Democracy
Versus Communism" in local
school systems, there seems
to be strong doubt that said
book is a valid presentation
Of either American free en-
terprise or its avowed enemy,
communism.
Even the title, itself, would
give students the idea we are
playing a harmless football
game. Such terms as minor
ity groups" "nationalities,"
and "second-class citizens"
are lifted directly from Com
munist propaganda to incite
racial discord. Taxes, labor
and foreign aid are called
compromises" when they
are actually Communist Party
detectives. This lukewarm,
colorless presentation of the
American way Of life is de-
void Of any sense of patriotic
pride or inspiration to
loyalty.
Even q brief scanning of
Democracy Versus Commu-
nism" would show that a
more accurate title would be
Socialism Versus Commu-
niSm.
Franklin T. Miles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-01
Halls the Chief

Congratulations to Star
Foreign Correspondent Cros-
by S. Noyes for his eloquent
piece tAug. 47J about Eisen-
hover returning to Europe
with all the Joyful enthu-
siasm Of a fish returning to
water"
Reporter Noyes noted that
"since his arrival the Presi-
dents performance has been
marked by zest and fair
that he seldom has been able
to bring to the American
political stage. :"
This raises the big "Why?"
President Eisenhower, in
my opinion, seems to have
become suddenly aware that
his days in the White House
are running out fast. Thus,
he sincerely wants to most
profltably use the remaining
time to improve the climate
for a just and durable peace.
Moreover, the feel of polit-
icians breathing down the
Presidents neck is subsiding;
he is not worrying about run
ming again. ~
It is obvious to most pee-
pie that Mr.. Eisenhower has
not been happy in the polit-
ician's role. The military. not
politics, Is his meter, his first
love.
Let's all turn out and give
the President a ripsnorting
welcome home" from his
European tripl
Robert Tate Allan,
Editor Publisher, Washing
ton Religious Report
MovusIattor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-01

dren actually obtaining the grants to
avoid mixing of the races is relatively
small. The aid necessarily was extended
to students already attending private
classes, as well as to those wishing to
transfer from public schools. Nearby
virginians are setting good example
Of calmness in the face of drastic
changes which their education system
is undergoing through court-enforced
orders against racial discrimination in
the public schools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-01
Weakest Link

New York City'S most recent afro
cious gang killings-the second such cpl
sode in week.-Mrs. produced the IA
miliar Soul-searchings. What has gone
wrong? How can the city cope with
these savageS? Let's not get panicky,
but how can the streets and parks of
New York be made safe at night?
One measure, generally agreed upon,
Is to add more policemen to the force.
And New York, as is the case with most
cities, probably needs more policemen.
This certainly is not the whole answer,
however, and it may not be the primary
answer.
There is reason to believe that
the weakest link in New York's crime
prevention efforts will be found in the
city'S courts. Only last week, for ex-
ample, a 15-year-old boy who stomped
a man to death in Brooklyn park was
released in $4,000 bail. The Judge said
he thought it was "a case for Children's
Court" To which the outraged" dis
trict attorney replied:
In the light of all the brutalities 60
ing on in this city by teen-agers, can't
understand why this boy was permitted
to go free on bail. Witnesses In this case
have already been harassed and interfered
with, and the boy should not be free
am going to prepare this case for q
speedy trial on q charge of iirst-degree
murder.
The district attorney, we think, Is
so right. Speedy trials for murder would
be more helpful than additional police-
men in curbing New York's killings.
And while we would not suggest that
crime conditions in Washington are
comparable to those in New York, the
same need exists here for speedy trials
and prompt punishment for our own
teen-age hoodlumS. This is why we
have urged so strongly that two addi-
tional judges be placed on our Juvenile
Court. And this should be done now
not after the Capital City becomes an
other New York. We hope that Judge
Davis, who has bottled up the judgeship
bill in House subcommittee, is reading
the New York papers these days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-01
Harry $. Wender.
HoIsey's Nickname

I was in the Naval Acad-
envy with Bill Halsey. Never
did I hear anyone at the
Academy call him Bull. I
served in the Navy ever since
he left the Academy and in
that time never did I hear
anyone call him Bull; that
is. no one in the Navy called
him that. At the football
games he was a hero, but
always hailed as Bill. At
Pearl Harbor, where he
that is. no one in the Navy
called him that. At the foot
ball games he was a hero,
but always hailed as Bill.
At Pearl Harbor, where he
would come after a foray in
the Pacific against the Japs,
I would see him at officers
conferences and at mess,
where we were all talking
Familiarity, and never did
an officer call him anything
but Bill.
Not even after some news
paper reporter pinned that
name OF Bull on him did we
change, because Bull was not
his nature. He was a low
able natural leader and the
term Bull did not suit his
character.
Read what he says about
that name in his book, Bull
is a tag the newspapers tied
on me" he wrote. Now that
I am sitting down to my
autobiography, it is Bill Hal
sey whom I want to get on
paper, not the fake, fam
boyant Bull" Dutch"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-01
"HYATTSVILLE, Nd,

EVANSVILLE, Mo,
Dear Sir:
what is there ! can do
about mosquito bites? ! don't
suppose we have more Of
them here than elsewhere.
but we have plenty, and they
all bite me. At least that is
the way I itch.
II have tried all the COM
monty accepted ways of keep
ing them OF, and none Of
them works: I have tried
fancy repellents, as they are
called, and home remedies,
such as citronella oil and the
like. None keeps them away.
II have sat with dripping
candles, and yellow lights,
and big smells and fragrances,
but all Of them together do
not save my precious skin.
1.-THE bite, itself, is only
part of it with me- It is the
itch I hate most Of all, the
big ugly welts, and the inces-
SAINT burning itch.
II thought maybe an out
door man such as yourself
would know some trick or so
to keep them away and if not
away, reduce the intensity of
the itch. Maybe I need a
psychiatrist.
Sincerely, M. A. T."
= = = y
The best way to escape
from mosquitoes is not to
put yourself into a position
where they can bite you.
This will mean, for some
people, an indoor life.
Let us face it.
Not all persons are meant
for the outdoors, as wonder
full as it has been painted in
our young, athletic America.
Not all persons are made
with tough skin and tougher
minds.
Some cannot escape injury
outdoors, and most Of these
find that bites, of one kind
or another, result in much
pain and sometimes infec-
ton.
If you are honestly not Of
the outdoor type, why pre-
tend-except on special &C.
casion-that you are?
This is, then, the easiest
and best way to escape mos
quitoes.
Modern foundation plant
ings Of evergreen shrubs and
flowers have resulted in per-
feet mosquito breeding places.
These places are even bet
ter for these pests than shall
low pools.
And the number Of plastic
pools, too, has increased dur
ing the past two years at an
alarming rate, saved only for
the artistic by the big plastic
swans that float on some
Of them.
These swans are so lifelike
that they are amazing. At
some little distance they
seem to bend their heads, as
every slight breeze watts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-01
THE POLITICAL MILL
Congress and Khrushchev's Visit
By GOULD LINCOLN

There is wide division on
Capitol Hill over what Con-
gress should do about the
coming visit to Washington
of Soviet Premier Nikita 8.
Khrushchev. Some members
would, like Senator Fulbright
Of Arkansas, chairman Of the
Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, invite the Rus
sian leader to address a joint
session Of Congress. Others,
like Majority Leader Of the
House John Mccormack Of
Massachusetts,, would strongly
oppose such an invitation.
Still others, like Senator
Smathers Of Florida. would
have Congress take q recess
during the period Of the
Khrushchev visit. And final
ly, there are those who hope
to have Congress complete its
work--as 1t sees it-and adj
journ before September is,
the date Of the Khrushchev
arrival.
To Stay-or Not to Stay?
Congress could rush out Of
Washington to avoid the
Russian Premier before it
concludes its work. It could
make itself a laughing stock
Of the world. But 1t is in
credible Congress will do any
such thing. The controversy
among its members over
whether to invite Mr..
Khrushchev is a matter for
Congress itself to settle.
There is no law, no compul-
sion to issue such an invita-
ton. In the Senate, Senator
Styles Bridges Of New Hamp-
shire, chairman Of the Re-
publican Policy Committee
and senior Republican in
years Of service. has made
clear his opposition to the
Khrushchev visit to WASH
ington and especially to an
invitation to address either q
joint session Of Congress or a
session Of the Senate alone.
Fears have been expressed
that some Senator or Repre-
sentative might rise to pro-
test or to heckle Mr.. Khru-
shchev II he comes before
Congress. Whatever the per-
sonal opinion of q Senator or
a member of the House, If the
body to which he belongs has
issued an invitation to the
Russian to appear before it.
any such demonstration by
the individual would not only
be incredibly bad manners.
but an affront to the Senate.
the House. or both, as well as
the Soviet Premier.
Presumably neither Sena-
tor Fulbright nor any other
member Of Congress will pro-
pose and demand a vote on
a resolution of invitation to
Mr.. Khrushchev to appear
and address Congress or the
Senate unless he is convinced
that he has the votes to
adopt the resolution. It has
been suggested in some con-
gressional circles that Presi-
dent Eisenhower should re-
quest Congress to issue an
invitation to Khrushchev to
appear and address that
body. The President, how
ever, has said very fatty that