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Holmes County herald., 1959-06-11

friend and neighbor and he wants to give salts
faction. He will do it if you only give him a
chance. Stop and think when you think you are
getting a bargain and saving money. Did it ever
occur to you that you get just what you pay for?
A cheap price usually means a cheap and inferior
piece OF merchandise. No firm outside your state
is in business for its health. Remember that when
you are tempted to send your money outside of
Mississippi In the belief that you are saving
money and getting a bargain. High sounding
phrases on a piece of merchandise means nothing
if the quality is not there. Your home merchant
will be glad to tell you about his merchandise and
why he bought it to serve you better than an out
slider. Keep your money at home where it will
do the most good for everybody.
Holmes County herald., 1959-06-11
Homemaking Hints

Cotton fabrics with special fin
ishes scorch more easily than
those without. But you can iron
the fabric with a special finish in
one-fifth time it takes to iron the
others.
Use your steam iron to raise the
nap of a carpet that has been
matted down by furniture legs.
Hold the iron down near the nap,
but do not touch it.
Holmes County herald., 1959-06-11

Keep State Money at Home was prominently
brought out at the meeting of the Mississippi
Press Association meet at Biloxi the past week.
This is a matter of much concern to every bus
mess and citizen of our state.
When we stop to think that over $500 mil
lions in sales are lost to Mississippi by people
spending this sum outside of the state, why can't
we keep this money in circulation at home? It is
rather a strange thing that folks will paronage
out-of-state merchants when their own home
merchant has the same merchandise, at the
same price, and you do not have the extra ex-
pense of car travel, hotel bills and restaurant
charges. So where do you save?
Remember your home merchants pay taxes
for the many benefits you enjoy. He is your
Holmes County herald., 1959-06-11
RANDOM SHOTS ;. by Graz Ruiz

The revolution in Nicarauga, as we all know,
is ommuni inspired. Those criminals in the
kremlln never overlook a chance to stir up
STRIFE and trouble. When you get a few dissidents,
revolutionarieS of other small nations and the old
master hand of the communists you have a bad
situation.
We predicted several weeks ago if the So
VETS did not make Roadway of their liking in
Berlin, they would create a crisis somewhere
else in the world. There is no chance of peace
In the world as long as there is a vestige of
communism left.
Their main purpose now seems to center on
the Latin American nations and at our own back
door. Their insolent meddling is to follow wher-
ever they can gain the least foothold. Our alleged
supreme court proved a friend to them when it
gave free rein to them. Unless we can throttle
that un-American group we will continue to have
trouble.
Our own mail service has become a huge
pipeline for Soviet literature to Latin America.
Sen. Eastland has uncovered it in large measure
and we see no reason why it cannot be stopped.
If the United States government can ban obscene
and fraudulen mail why can't it stop serving
a communistic world with their venom. we wish
we had more real Americans in Washington like
Sen. Eastand but when your own government is
permeated with communists, vicious groups and
bureaucratic crackpots, what else can you ex-
pect? Twenty five years of such control will be
hard to break up. Did you ever stop to think of
how many privileges and liberties you have lost
since the days of the crooked New Deal? And
how many privileges have been given to the aliens
and minority groups whose main aim is to de-
stroy our way of life, especially in the Southland.
The Southland is the last frontier of decency and
culture and will always remain that way regard
less of political courts and socialistic rulings.
Holmes County herald., 1959-06-11

Our favorite philosopher says that he never
a well woman or q church out Of debt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-03
with discounts alone!

When you're i'll. you don't shop around for
bargain in DOCTORS BY the same token, YOU
certainly don't want to sell your health short by
buying drugs that ore marked down." offered
at cut price" On the pharmacy shelves at Drug
Fair there are no obsolete products, no discon-
tnued items, no distress merchandise You'll
find only the freshest brond-nome drugs at Drug
Foirs Low prices
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-29
Seven Fires Give Buckingham Fire
Department A Busy Christmas Week

Wednesday night. December %,
about II pm, the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Bobby Bickford, of New Can
ton, caught on fire but was quickly
extinguished before help arrived.
About $50 am. Wednesday morn
ing, December %. a Negro, Alec
Bollen, his wife and four children
lost their home in fire. The home
was located about three miles from
the LeSueur home
Thursday morning, December "a !,
about $3.50 am. A. D. de Betten-
courts home was leveled to the
ground By fire. 1t was located in
the Mt, Zion neighborhood.
A fire, which occurred Christmas
Eve about 6 pm. was in the Ar
vonla area. Due to the hazardous
condition caused by sleet and rain,
flremen were unable to reach the
two story frame home of T. j.
Jones. Negro. Some Of the furni-
ture was saved by persons in the
neighborhood One Of the children
said the fire seemed to have started
UP III tile top Of the house near the
flue.
FTemen were called Friday, De
cember %, carly In the morning to
the homo Of Mr. and Mrs. Dave
Word III, On Route Co. The flue
caught on fire, but was quickly put
out, No damage was done
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-29
Coming Friday !.
Babson's Business,
Financial Forecast

Roger W. Babson. whose annual
Business and Financial Forecast
for the year ahead will appear in
The Farmville Herald issue Of
January |, scored an accurace of
"a per cent with his 1859 look ahead.
Babson is an internationally
known business commentator and
investment adviser. An outstanding
feature Of his philosophy has been
his lifelong insistence on the i'm
portance Of both religion and adj
vertising in business.
Babson, pioneer in the field Of
business and financial statistics, is
a graduate Of Massachusetts IN
stitute Of Technology. He. has been
in the field Of finance and in
vestment counselllng ever since.
His weekly releases are used by
over 400 newspapers and his fl
nancial reports by 10000 corpora
tons and estates. His research is
carried on by a large staff Of ex-
perts.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-29
Merchants Invited
To Study Session
On Proposed Laws

Area business proprietors are in
vited to a meeting IN Farmville to-
day Tuesday, in which legislative
proposals vital to the business com
munity will be reviewed by a rep
resentstive Of the Virginia Retail
Merchants Association.
Sulnpter Priddy. Of Richmond,
will review proposals expected to
be presented to the Legislature re-
garding the garnishment statutes.
Sunday closing and the sales tax.
He is expected to discuss both pros
and cons.
The Farmville Chamber Of Com
n1ercc is sponsoring the meeting
and E. M. Pairet. president. invites
all business men. whether members
of the Chamber or not, to be pres,
ent.
The session will be convened in
the Circuit Court Room at l:3l
pm.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-29
BY BEN BOWERS

a special Christmas party staged
December % BY the Prince Ed
ward County Christian Association
for 100 Negro children Of school
age started cut as planned
Some 200 Of the youngsters who
have been without schools this fall
were on hand to witness the pro
gram Of entertainment to which
they had been invited. An estimated
300 adults bolstered the crowd at
the Farmville Armory
Ono of the top-billed entertain
ers. Claude Buddy" Young did not
show, but there were guests not
previously announced top Of
ficiafs Of the National Association
for the Advancement Of Colored
People.
Program Changed
The program, made known to this
reporter before the party was be-
gun. called for an opening band
number by the AltoDcS Of Wash
lngtOn, y. C-. 3 welcome: vocal
number by the Congresslonals. Of
Washington. p. g., two numbers by
Linda Grlner, young rock and roll
star. also Of Washington. an inter
pretivc dance by ESterline jackson
performer from a Washington night
club, more band numbers: Maxine
Sullivan and finally greetings from
Santa Claus. The Rev. l.. F.. Grit
fin, head of the sponsoring as
ISOLATION. revealed this tentative
program before the party began,
and said then il might Be altered
Midway the schedule. il was al
tered Instead Of greetings from
Santa Claus al $3.50 IL Wa greet
ings from the national headqusr-
tcrs Of. the MACE. Roy wilkins
Of New York City. executive sec
rotary of The NAACP, brought those
greetings in a talk centered around
the prophecy Of the Christ Child (
coming IN Isaiah.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-29

tee IN the county with his wife,
Dr. Margaret Allen Pennington. She
is also 1887 graduate OF the Medi-
: cal College of Virginia They have
four children. Jane. II, Nancy. Is,
John, II, and Martha. Q.
Supervisor Four Years
Pennington has been the James
River District representative OH the
Buckingham. Board OF Supervisors
for the last four years. Active in
veterans affairs III the county. he
is member Of the Virginia Wild
life Federation and chief Of mcdi-
cal service for the Buckingham
civil, defense unit. The Penningtons
organized the county's Teenage
Club
The retiring delegate. BoatWright
studied in public schools i'll his ma
!, tive Marion After attending Rich
mond College he was graduated
from T. c. Williams Law School
Boatwrrght has practlced law in
I Buckingham county since July, 1903
except fol- one year spent i'll Wash
ington, D. c.. where he worked for
the State Department
Boatwright Assignments
Committee assignments held by
BoatWright in the House have in
cluded general laws, courts Of jus
tice, federal relations and officers
and offices at the Capitol 7 c
veteran delegate has served on the
roads committee and has been
chairman Of the federal relations,
committee He served ON the Joint
m m / tee on administrative
agencies for six years
The Boatwright Committee fcom-
nittee Oh offenses against the adj
ministration of justice) has been
one Of his most recent assignments
committee which drew its name
| from him. He was named chairman
Of that committee. The act Great
ing the committee expired and he
] was named chairman Of new
Boatwright committee formed by q
1858 act OF the General Assembly
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-29
National News Summary
Rockefeller Will
Not Be Candidate
For Presidency
By H. v. LANCASTER, JR.

Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller O.
New York. said Saturday he was
not candidate for nomination fol
president of the U. S. and woulc
not accept nomination for the vice
presidency. The announcement
seemed to clear the way for Vice
1 President Nixon to become the Re
publican standard bearer in 1860
Nixon and Rockefeller had beer
considered the leading contenders
for the post Rockefeller did not
mention Nixon in his announce
ment. nor has he given Nixon his
unqualified support.
The East-West summit meeting
may be delayed because Of a dis
agreement over the date, officials
in Washington said Saturday At the
close of their talks last week the
Western leaders, invited Khrush-
chew to meet with them in Paris
on April 81 for the first in a pos
sible series Of summit talks to dis
cuss East-West differences. Khrush-
chev agreed to the place and
agenda but said the date was I'M
acceptable, probably because he
wishes to be in Moscow for May
Day, which is celebrated as a politi-
cal holiday throughout the Com
munist world.
President Eisenhower conferred
Monday with Secretary Of S ia tie
Herter by telephone The President
is vacationing in Augusta, Ga, fol
lowing his 11-nation goodwill tour.
and assaults. in various places. The
chevs note and the extension of
America voluntary ban on nuclear
tests. This ban expires midnight
Thursday High administration Of
ficials say the President will ex-
tend it into 1860. but a final de-
cision had not been made.
Sen. Harry F. Bryd DIVA, has
written Secretary Of Commerce
Mueller the temporary 1-cent in
crease in the federal gasoline tax
should not be made permanent
Byrd said he supported the l-cent
increase only Ito preserve the fis-
cal integrity Of the federal govern
ment.' In correspondence with
Mueller released Saturday. he said
this integrity had been impaired
by reckless highway financing poll
cies recommended by the Admin
stration and enacted by Congress in
1888" In that year Congress
abandoned the pay-as-you-go prin-
ciple in favor of pump-prinnng
TO combat the recession.
Riots In Africa claimed the lives
of 50 persons during the Christmas
holiday. About 900 were injured in
two days OF shootings, Standings,
and assaults in various places. The
climax came Saturday night when
some 1900 Africans fought in the
Orange Free State. There were no
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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-29
Business And Banking
induces Require 1859
Tag OF Outstanding
Years Totals
To Establish
Al-Tirne Highs
BY JOHN STICK

/ The year 1859 will be history in
two more days, and the economic
historian won't be able to write
anything but glowing accounts about
! it.
The basic statistical induces all
say, in almost shouting pitch, out
standing. Bull ding construc-
ton, property assessments, bank as
sets. retail sales. employment, capt.
tai investments and expansion all
will require the historian to write in
favorable phrases.
| Building construction in Farm
vile and Prince Edward county al
ready has established an all-time
high of 1915, LOG. To that is yet to be
added DEFENDERS total when the
month is completed
Bank Figures
Banks have not yet published
annual year end figures. but Oc-
tober call statements showed total
combined assets of the three here
at sl7,225 .213, a good bulge over
year ago.
Time and demand deposits, the
savings and ch e cking account
items, together totaled SIS 1884 ,00l,
or 1881 .122 more than the record at
December 81, 1858. Bank loans in
October were over S. ,0O0,0 900. re-
fleeing healthy capital demand.
Accurate figures on retail sales
for the year are not vet available,
this total usually being known after
January. Business men generally
indicate these will equal those of
1858 in some cases and exceed
them for others. The Standard Rate
and Data Service reported 81 per
cent increase here for the first half
of 1859. and local reports indicate
the second half of the year is hold
ing firm. Retail sales may exceed
$l8 millions for the year
Employment
Employment. except for seasonal
in shoe and garment
manufacturing plants, is at a high
level. according to c. H. Martin.
Of the Farmville office of
the Virginia Employment Service.
Part-Week work has been induced
BY yearend slack in orders in
the two mentioned industries,
Farm income, however, lags be-
hind the general business com
munity due to a 1859 drop in beef
and pork livestock and poultry and
broiler prices. County Agent Dudley
Peery, however. believ field
crops, orchard, tobacco and dairy
producers will have normal years.
axable property assessments
have increased $l50,769 to new
high Of Sl4 .555, 1877, the records of
v. c. Wonlack, Commissioner Of
Revenue. show. Real estate is UP
$l07 100 to an all-tinle high of
$6, LOG $50, and the residential prop
erty expansion boom appears to be
undated.
Expansion
The development Of the first unit
Of a proposed sl,5oO,Ooo Farmville
Continued on page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-29
Smiths Doorway Best
Newman Window
Wins Top Honor
For Third. Year

The big. bay window at the home
of Mr. ard Mrs. George Newman
was chosen as the first place
Christmas window in Farmville for
the third year in succession.
Mrs. Alice Murphy, Of Crewe,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Newman,
decorated the winning window In
the previous two years Mrs. Muir
ply collaborated with Mrs. Travis
Stanley. another talented daughter
of the Newmans. to produce the
first place window decoration.
This year. Mrs. Murphy took her
theme as the Sugar Plumb Fairy
from the Nutcracker Suite. With
her artistic design the Christmas
scene. came to life. just as the toys
are suppose to do in the story.
Mrs. Drewry Gates. Jr.. stayed
in the family tradition by captur-
ing second place in the window
decoration contest. Mrs. Gates is
also daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Newman.
Third place in the window con
test went to Mrs. Richard Cralle.
Doorway Winners
Miss Betty Booker Smith. daugh-
ter Of DR.. and Mrs. w. E. Smith,
arranged the winning doorway. She
took the raw materials of cedar.
plus red and green balls to make
a simple design conferred with a
sparkling Christmas tree.
The cedar outline around the door
was fashioned by placing branches
OF cedar into a chicken wire frame.
The first place winners in the
door and in the window contest
won a cash prize OF $3.50 plus an
outdoor reflector light,
In the doorway contest, second
place vas taken BY Dr.. and Mrs.
T. e. Crawley Of Hampden-Sydney,
third place by Mrs. F. S. Blanton,
ard fourth place BY Mrs. ]. B.
Wall. Jr.
Mrs. F. H. Hanbury was given
special recognition by the judges
as her entry was selected as hav-
ing the most outstanding lighting
There was no prize for this cate
CORY.
The annual Christmas decoration
contest is sponsored by the four
garden clubs OF Farnvillc.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-29
DR.. w. A. Pennington To Fill State
Assembly Seat Held By Boatwright

Dr. William A. Pennington, Of
Buckingham. will become a mem
Der of the Virginia House of Dele
gates January l. Elected in No
vember, Pennington, 48. fills a seat
occupied. for % years by John B
BOatWright.
The House representative for
Buckingham. Appomattox an d
Cumberland counties. Boatwfight.
n, announced last March he would
not be candidate for the post in
July's Democratic Primary. AT that
time Pennington made known his
intentions to seek the vacated seat
He was unopposed in the primary
and the general election.
Newport News Native
A native of Newport News, the
new delegate is the son of the late
William c. Pennington, and Mrs.
Ethel M. Pennington, Of Orange
county. Mrs. Pennington now lives
IN Marion, Ono.
Pennington attended the College
Of William and Mary and wa :
graduated from the Medical Col
lege of Virginia in 1887. He was
railway surgeon for Erie Railroad
in Marion, Ohio for four years, and
later served three and a half years
with the Army Medical Corps in
World War II. He, was discharged
from the army with tho rank of
major.
A practicine physician fpr d
years. Pennington came to Buck
in2ham county III July 1916 and
has been engaged in medical .prac-
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-29
Revenue Service Here
Announces Tax Filing
Assistance Schedule

The FarmvilIc office Of the III.
icrnal Revenue Service will be open
each Friday beginning January 9
to provide assistance TO taxpayers
during the forthcoming income tax
filing period
The office IN the First Natlcnal
Bank Building will be open from
BIS am. to S pm. each Friday
through April | Beginning Wednes-
day, April E, the office will be open
each day. except Saturday and Sun
day. through April IS, for the same
purpose Of assistance.
c. W. Glotzbach, district director
at Richmond, in making the an.
nounccment, reminded that the FL
ing date for farmers is February
Is: that for corporations March ls
and for the great majority Of Tax
payers, April Is.
| The director requests that per.
sons seeking assistance in filing
complete as much Of the tax form
as possible before going to the IRIS
office here.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-29

BUCKINGHAM, DEC. % - Seven
fires in Buckingham county in the
past week leveled four homes and
did extensive damage to the top
floor Of two story frame home in
the center Of Dillwyn and slight
damage to two other homes.
Three persons were burned and
two escaped injury at the r. B.
Ransom home in Dillwyn. There
were no injuries in the other fires.
The blaze at the home Of r. B.
Ransom was discovered at 2.3O m.
Tuesday. December %. The Buck
ineham county firemen were able
to confine the fire to the upper
floor An office building and a
dwelling adjoining the Ransom house
were saved.
Ransom suffered first degree
burns Of the head His son, Samuel
Ransom, received second degree
burns OF the face and feet, and
house guest, A. j. Matthias, suffered
second degree burns Of the face
The two who escaped uninjured
were Mrs. j. M Burroughs, who Is
Ranson's daughter, and her hus-
band.
Matthias. who. was sleeping with
his door open. discovered the fire
and alerted the others. The blaze
broke out in the second floor bath
room beside his room
Samuel Ransom was sleeping
soundly. didn't awaken as soon as
the others. When he awoke and
opened his bedroom door, he was
burned by the flames. Ransom ran
to bedroom window and jumped
He was slightly cut and bruised by
the fall. The others had made their
exit through the hall and down the
bstairs, No damage estimate has
been made
The home Of Moses LeSueur
burned to the ground Tuesday. De
cember %, about II pm. Flremcn
were unable to save the siX-room
frame dwelling which was located
in the Cedar Baptist Church area.
LeSueur, who Is widower. and his
two sons were left homeless
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-29
Holiday Postage

Patrons Of the Farmvillc Post
Office spent .$lO,8l3 for postage
stamps from December to De
cembcr "a, and q part Of that total
is credited to the l29, 900 three cent
stamps, sold in the same period
The total Of three-cent stamps
purchased exceeded last year S
number by 10000. However. total
stamp sales from December | to
oath ran $40 below last years
figure Of $1O,983.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-29
c. W. Harris Heads
Local Masonic Lodge

C. W Harris was elected and
installed worshlpful master Of
F'armville Lodge Al. AT and AM
December d. He succeeds j. D.
Tucker, who was appointed mem
Der of the Committee. Oh Masonic
Education and Research.
Other officers elected and in
stalled were: r. P. Rrierley, senior
warden; +. NJ Mann. junior
warden. Il T. Newhill, Jr trea-
sm-er; L. S. Bailey. secretary. f.
B Tunstall, senior deacon: l.. c
Benedict, Junior deacon: j. T. Rick
man. chaplain: and H. N. Garner
tier.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-29
Prospect Decoration
Contest Ends In Tie

Mrs. Nelson Hix and Mrs. Jack
Jones tied for first place il the
Christmas decoration contest at
Prospect First place awards Of a
barbecue lamp and a patio lamp
were furnished by Virginia Electric
and Power Go.
Honorable mention went to Mrs.
Claude Slayton and Mrs. Woodrow
Carson. The event was a benefit
contest to aid the transportation de-
partment Of Patrick Henry P-TA.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-29
inmentE olowedB By santa
Top NAACP Officials Join In Student Party

government will never rest upon
the children Of Prince Edward
county if the county government
doesn't unlock the schools
Our people in the Southland
have made idols Of the white man
idols Of segregation. which have
come to be cherished more than
the love Of God or fellow beings"
He explained that actions Of the
county government in closing
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-29

wilkins said. Here in Farmvlle
you are rich in children, white and
Negro, rich and poor and it's
a great tragedy the people are Civ
ing some Of them no education and
others makeshift education. Re
fcrring to Isaiah, he spoke Of the
prophecy Of. the coming Of a
Wonderful Counselor where in all
Of His government there shall be
no end. !" Then, Wilkins said. The
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-29

schools were tied to disease. the
worship of segregation.
I'VE must not be bitter or har-
bour hatred in our hearts, we must
have love sure faith in God
that this will pass for white as well
as colorcd people" said wilkins in
reference to the closed public
schools.
wilkins predicted there would be
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