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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-01
The Irony of Life

CharlottesviIle-Alb cmarle Tribune.
Editorial. December Is. by Ran
dolph l.. White, a Negro leader and
editor.
During the past year activities
on the racial front indicate that
some of the most daring Negro
leaders have been let down by those
whose battles they had been wag-
ing. Particularly is this true in the
case of Mrs. Daisy Bates. famed
for her struggle in the Little Rock
School Desegregation Fight. Press
reports are to the effect that this
dauntless Negro woman and her
husband have finally lost their
weekly newspaper. which for a
number of years, led the fight for
equality for Negroes in Arkansas.
It is true that Mrs. Bates has
been the recipient Of much praise
in the form Of resolutions, awards,
ETC., from Negro organizations. but
such things do not keep a publica-
ton alive, nor do they help pay
the monthly bills.
Now, some of these same people
who were cheering Mrs. Bates on
in her fight. are wailing isn't it
a pity!' Yes " it is a PITY -
a darn shame. But the ironical
thing about the plight Of Mrs. Bates
is the fact that Negroes haven't
become practical enough to value
and support those who fearlessly
wage their battles for the Better
Day for which we contend to be
striving.
Coming closer home, in nearby
Prince Edward County, more than
l 500 Negro children are schooless
and what may we ask are Negroes
doing to educate them until public
education is resumed in tina t
county? This. too. is a pitiful
situation and certainly does no
credit to the Negro leadership re-
sponsihle for the plight OF these
children.
When the county closed all schools,
white children were similarly af-
fected. but their people are seeing
to it that they are getting some
education and without tax
money; they are digging into their
pockets and footing the bill. WHAT
we ask, prevents Negroes from do
ing the same thing? OR. arc we
ready for all the benefits we seek?
WE OFTEN WONDER.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-01
Letters To Editor
Settle Your Own
Problems At Home

Editor Of Herald:
A Letter OF the Editor in your.
issue of December II by Bluit
Andrews of Rt. s. Farmville. at
tracted my attention. He urged
Prince Edward parents to do their
own thinking and to make their
own plans for the education of their
children and to avoid the agltatorS
and the extremists sent into Prince
Edward County by the MACE
from Northern states, Let me COM
ment the wisdom Of this thought
and underline IT.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-01
STRANGE SIGHT

The underprivleged child from
the city slMns was in the country
for the first time for vacation.
Everything he beheld on the farm
was new and wcndrouS to his pinch
ed little face.
Toward sunset Of the FIRST day
he stood lntertly watching the farm
er's wife pluckins chicken.
After d bit his curiosity grew too
great and he asked gravely. DO
you take off their clothes every
night, lady?"
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-01
Leadership and Responsibility

Leadership and RESPONSIBILITY
DANDOLPH L., White, editor of the
- Charlottesville Albemarle Tribune,
speak of the irony of life in an editorial
reprinted in an adjoining column. The
irony of life is just another term for leader
leadership must shoulder great response
blity. Real leaders think for themselves
and attempt to better conditions. Those,
who follow orders blindly are not leaders,
they are followers to be used and discarded.
America needs real leaders now. So do
Little Rock, Ark, and Prince Edward
County. Va.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-01
Jeaa TemP,s Groves
MAN OF DESTINY

And one far-off divine event.
To which the whole creation
moves
His plane might have crashed.
He could have been assaSsinated.
Pneumonia might have taken him
in the vet and cold or sunstrOke
In the heat. There could have been
another heart attack because Of
the exertion and excitement. Ador-
ing Orientals might have trampled
him. The water or food some
where might have poisoned him.
Romantic Charles de Gaulle might
have challenged him to a duel
about NATO, killed him with pistols
at dawn :!
When you think of all that could
have happened to Ike on his
Journey to peace" and didn't
you are SO re-confirmed in sense
of him as a man of unlimited
destiny that almost you can believe
in his peace on earth.
Or for the duration Of Christmas
week, anyhow.
THE SOUTH IS BEING ASKED
to make more than its share of
vital sacrifices in the dubious name
of what Asia and Africa may say.
One is Of its major econmic item
cotton textiles - to the Orient's
reed of a market for textiles. The
other is of our vital social system
to Asias and Africa's imagined
demands. If strength moral,
economic and political strength =
even more than more democracy
is what we need in foreign policy.
the status Of the South in these
respects is more important than
what Asia and Africa would think
if they thought.
NOTING COMMENT FROM the
South that the overwhelming vote
| in Deerfield. H., against residential
! indignation shows human nature
remains unchanged. philosophi-
cal reader in Chicago says not-so
He cites authorities to show that
/ people have become accustomed to
interracial housing. have accepted
it eventually after initial violent OPP
| position.
Human nature does change he
writes. For example, we no long
! er want to hang a horse thief"
! What naive example!
That could be because we no
longer have the winning OF the
west days when mans horse
was SO precious and law so non
existent True. it could be that our
values and judgements have chang
ed. But that's not human nature.
Human nature is deeper than that.
Sex attraction doesn't change, and
neither, it would seem. does racial
antipathy. Both are needed in ma
ture. People can be reconcned to
celibacy. yes. and they can endure
indignation.
But this is not changing human
nature.
It is only putting it in jail.
No. gentle reader, It is not from
Adlai Stevenson that this sophistry
In defense of integrated housing in
his Illinois comes. But his law
partner, John w. Hunt. does rep
resent the realtors attempting the
racial mixing.
KING CANUTE, WHO ordered
the waves to recede and made te
look silly. Just wasn't sufficient,
like Ike" The President has beer
making all sorts of waves recede il
the last Il months Of communism
of anti-Americanism, of poor
heartedness. of disunity.
But not the wave of those VIII
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-01

The Almond proposal, as we understand
it now, will make major changes in the
fiscal policies of Virginia. So sweeping a
change will require much more study than
has been giving to it at present, and it is
our hope and belief that the legislators
will take extreme care before adopting the
program Alternatives to a sales tax may
be found, possibly some one might enter
tain an idea of economy or increased eff
ficiency in the operation of the States
functions, or some other source may be
found to produce the funds necessary to
operate the State government. We believe
a close look will be made come January
10.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-01

There" describ-
ing some Of the
many times Al
lied troops had
been astonished
to find Christians
in the least likely
places. A young
paratrooper lost
in New Guinea,
expecting moth
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-01
FRIDAY, JANUARY |, 1860
Round and Round It Goes

point out Here are their conclusions:
Social security deductions go to per
cent this month. Three per cent is deducted
from the employee and the other three per
cent is deducted from the employer, but
is actually cost of labor This per cent
total will rise by stages to 9 per cent IN
1869. Withholding tax is 20 per cent and
indirect taxes equal Is per cent. Grand
total, Al per cent today; "A per cent by
1869.
"But the a per cent is only the begin
ming. If the Forand bill providing event
ually free disqualification, medical and
nursing care for social security recipients
is passed, at least per cent more will be
added Other bills to increase social security
benefits are being Matched, SO tax experts
see a possibility of a SO or IS per cent
total by 1870"
Of course, these figures do not include
local and state property taxes, state sales
taxes, automobile license taxes, etc, etc.
Add these in and up goes the percentage
of tax take.
What does it all mean?
The American people are slipping deep
err into socialism. How far the tax total
can go before recognizable soclalistlc
government will be in power, we can not
tell, but there is breaking point. When
reached the people will wonder how they
got there. Look back at the income tax re-
cord and it is not difficult to see the
politicians give the people what they clam
or for and it is the people-the little"
people who pay.
Round and round it goes, where it
stops nobody knows.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-01
NEW YEAR THOUGHTS

To Fifty-Nine we bid goodbye
Because its days ere gone;
And now we greet Q brand new ye-r
In which to carry on.
The year thots gone cannot return,
It's gone forevermore;
It's numbered now among the yeors
That all have passed before.
Nineteen-Sixty for US has downed.
A year ttot's fresh and new;
And in our heart we're wondering
What this new year will do.
Will it bring US JOY and happiness
And peace within our hearts?
Will we be here to say farewell
TO it when it departs?
To these questions there's no answer
Because we cannot see
Just what may lie in store for Us
In doys thot are to be.
We con but hope and onward erope
With trust in God above US;
And do the best we con each doy
To serve the ones who love US.
Nineteen-Sxty, you brand new year,
With q smile we greet YOU
And may your days bring happiness
To make our dreams come true
God euord US on the paths Of life
Until our course is run,
So we may soy goodbye to you
In lnieteen Sxty-One
God be With you, dear friends | love,
Throughout this new downed year;
And may His grace abide with you
The while you torY here.
wish you oil happy, prosperous year.
Il D. WHITAKER
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-01
World Mission
Lesson for January 8, 1860

CHARLES Darwin, the famous
- scientist, II reported to have
said, IT I am ever cast adrift on
savage island, I hope it will be one
where Christian missionaries have
got there first" DR.. Pitt Van Dusen
during World War II wrote book
called "They Found the Church
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-01

AN old popular song rings through our
IA mind-"The Music Goes Round and
Round and comes out here" The song is
long way from our subject-taxes-
somehow it seems appropriate Taxes go
UP and up and where we will come out no.
body knows.
Lyle Wilson, Washington newsman, has
suggested that election day and income tax
pay day be combined on the same date IN
November Thus the taxpayer would be
made to realize the connection between
taxes and those who impose taxes. 1t, also,
might give the candidate for public office
the opportunity of telling the taxpayer that
excessive public demands will require more
taxes.
When income taxes were instituted by
passage of the 10th amendment to the
Constitution in 1913, it was really war
measure, and the taxes were never expected
to exceed ten percent Of ones income. Even
then the exemptions were so liberal as to
require income taxes from the upper earn
ers. stick the rich,' was unconsciously
tucked away in the minds Of most people
What has happened?
Of the $153 billion subject to income
taxes about $1O8 billion falls within the
lowest bracket, the 2Oro bracket, yielding
81 per cent of the income tax take The
taxpayer willing to soak the rich,'' indeed
has been soaked the most.
Human Events, weekly newsletter
from Washington, points out:
THE American working man is now
paying Al per cent of his income in taxes
and will be paying "a per cent in ten years
If not considerably more-tax experts
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-01
TisI,tWad

A Scotsman was leaving on a.
business trip and said, "Good-by
all, and dinna forget to take httlo
Donald's glasses off when he isn't
looking at anything"
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-01
Now More Taxes

GOVERNOR J. Lindsay Almond has pro-
- prosed retail sales tax in Virginia of
three per cent to meet the biennial budget
he will propose for 196062. Just-to-hold
the line, with no increases for capital out
lays, no scale increases for teachers sala-
ries, no increase in the Literary fund from
which localities may borrow for school
construction, etc, he estimates deficit of
nearly SO million under present tax sources.
The Governor sees no practical way to raise
the necessary funds except by enactment
of sales tax.
1t is estimated that per cent sales
tax will produce 95,936,00 the first year
and $12O,879, 900 the second year, but
through reduction in other taxes, expenses
of collection, the net increase in spendable
revenues is estimated at $61,645,OOO the
The budget has not been made public, SO
it is difficult to come to a definite con-
clusion. Certainly, the legislators and the
finacial experts must make close scrutiny
of the entire budget before adding a sales
tax to the present burden of Virginia tax
payers.
Of course, all of the sales tax will not
be used for the state government. Almost
everyone is promised share in the pud-
ding.
% Retail merchants license taxes are
to be rescinded in toto, and the mer-
chants will receive 80 commits
sion on the tax collected.
(2) Wholesale merchants taxes will be
reduced from IL cents to cents per
500 in sales.
81 Manufacturers and industries will
have relief in reductions of pre-
sent capital and income taxes
"a Personal income taxes will be re-
dnced by raising exemptions from
$1,000 to 81, 500 per person, saving
Of from $40 to $50 per person It is
estimated that 100000 taxpayers
will he relieved Of state income
taxes by this method.
50 About one-third Of the tax will be
returned to the localities to be used
for local purposes.
(6) Propose substantial increase in
teachers salaries.
(7) 500 million will be placed in the
Literary Fund, to be loaned to
localities for new school construc-
ton.
81 There is little for everybody but
the taxpayer.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-01
Simply Try Too Hard

The biggest trouble with success these
days is that it's recipe is just about the same
as that for nervous breakdown.
-Onowa Uowa) Sentinel
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-01

No one seems to know where a wandering
bear came from that was being chased in
Washington. Maybe someone down there
who had q bear by the tail let 60 after all.
Albany, N. Y. Kickerbocker News.
It's possible that man who doesn't know
his oH.n mind hasn't missed thing.
Leroy (iN.) Journal
a smart old farmer, who made it rule
to think twice before speaking was APP
preached by a stranger one day and asked !:
"How much is that prize Jersey heifer Of
yours worth?"
The farmer thought for d moment, then
asked: Are you tax assessor Or has she
been killed by carr"
Nowata (Okze) Weekly SteyaTieses
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-01

wish you all Q hoppy, prosperous year
Il. D. WHITAKER
Evening star., 1960-11-12
Cathedral Sets
YWcA Service

The annual World Fellow
ship Service Of the Young
Women's Christian Association
will be held at II am. tomor-
row in Washington Cathedral.
DR.. Harold c. Case, president
Of Boston University. will be
speaker. More than 1000
YWCA representatives from the
United States and abroad are
expected to attend.
The Very Rev. Francis B.
Sayre, jr., dean of the Cathe-
dral, will bless gifts presented
by the States and the District
Of Columbia.
Music will be provided by the
Washington Cathedral Choir Of
Men and Boys, augmented by
the combined glee clubs of the
National Cathedral School for
Girls and st. Adams School for
Boys, the Howard University
Chorus and the Washington
Lee High School Choir.
Holy Communion will be
celebrated in st. Mary's Chapel
at 8 am. by Canon Bayard s.
Clark. Canon Luther D. Miller
will be celebrant and preacher
at service of holy communion
at $3.50 am. in Bethlehem
Chapel.
Massachusetts, will be hon.
ored in the Cathedral's State
day observance at II am. and
4 pm. services.
Evening star., 1960-11-12
CHURCHES ON THE AIR
dale Baptist Church SER

Cherrydale Baptist Church SER
vice.
IL am, WEAM-Dr. Richard
C. Halverson speaks on "The
Truth Shall Make You Free"
from Fourth Presbyterian
Church.
II am, WFAN-FM-The Rev
S. Lewis Morgan. jr.. speaks
during the observation-disclosures
cry Hills Baptist Church service
2::30 pm, WRC-The Rev
John J. Kirvan, esp. Of Cath
olic University, discusses 1.-The
Unredeemed World" on the
Catholic Hour.
4::30 pm, WPIK-"The Fu-
ture Revealed" a discussion of
Bible prophecy by DR.. Dale
Crowley. Washington radio
minister
BIS pm, wwDC-"Men Of
Faith" interview program con-
Quoted by the Rev. Herbert
Stein-Schneider. Of the French
Protestant Congregation.
$3.50 pm, WWDC-Dr. Hal
verson speaks on THE Lord
My Shepherd" from Fourth
Presbyterian.
9p.m., WMAL-"A Nation in
Prison." conducted by Catholic
chaplains of the District De-
partment of Correction.
9p.m., WEAM-"The Hour of
Inspiration" conducted by DR..
Crowley.
GAS pm, WMAL-"In the
Balances" with Miss Lisa Sergio
as moderator.
9:45p.m.. WOOK and WAN
Evening star., 1960-11-12
Chapel in Foirfox
To InstuII Pustor

The Rev. C. r. Davenport will
be installed as pastor of En-
manuel Baptist Chapel at II
am. tomorrow in Mount Ver-
non High School, Fairfax, Va,
where the congregation has
been worshipping.
Army Chaplain Dalton Barnes,
who has served as pastor of the
chapel the last IS months, will
act as chairman of the installa-
ton service committee.
He will be assisted by rep
reSentativeS from the Mount
Vernon Baptist Association and
the Franconia Baptist Church.
The latter is sponsoring En-
manuel Chapel.
A native of Deep Run, N. c.,
Mr.. Davenport is a graduate of
North Carolina State College,
1851, and Southwestern Baptist
Theological Seminary. 1855. He
comes to his present charge
from a five-year pastorate at
Vienna CVaD Baptist Church.
The 31-year-old pastor is
married, has a daughter, Kaye,
3, and lives at 315 Martha
Washington street, Mount Ver-
non Woods, Va.
Evening star., 1960-11-12

The following television and
radio programs will originate
from Washington area stations
tomorrow:
TeleviSiOn
9:15 am. WRC-4-"God
Does Not Afflict" on the pro-
gram How Christian Science
Heals"
$50 am, WRC-4 "Give
Us This Day" with the OF
to Adventure" series on Africa.
$50 am, WTOP-9-"The
Mass for Shut ms" celebrated
by the Rev. William P. Ander-
son, director of the Catholic
Television Guild of Washing
ton.
10 am, WRC-4-Two films,
To-day and Tomorrow" and
"The Negev," will be presented
on the Jewish Community
Hour"
am. WRC-4 "Inspira-
tion," with the Rev. F. Ben
nett Macdonald. of Clarendon
Presbyterian Church.
Radio
8:45 am. WARL How
Christian Science Heals"
8 am, WDON and WASH
FM-The Rev. Walter H. Kirk
speaks on the Wheaton Bible
Church Hour"
II am, WARL -"S Sunday
Churchcast," with the Rev. j.
Roy Smith of Mount Olivet
Methodist Church.
II am, WAX The Rev.
A. w. jackson speaks during
Evening star., 1960-11-12
Crossroads Breakfast

Professor Robert w. Miller,
head of the Division of Public
Relations, Columbia University,
will speak on "The Cutting Edge
of Thought and Opinion" dur
.ng the International Crossroads
Sunday Morning Breakfast at
9 am. tomorrow in the Central
YMCA, 1885 G street NV.
Evening star., 1960-11-12
Events Set
ByCothoIic
Groups Here

Several important Catholic
events will be held tomorrow
and Monday.
The 10Th annual Military
Memorial Mass. sponsored by
the Prince Georges Council
knights of Columbus, will be
held at $50 am. tomorrow in
the War Memorial Chapel,
University of Maryland.
The Most Rev. Philip M
Hannah. Auxiliary Bishop OF
Washington, will preside. The
mass will be celebrated by the
Right Rev. Msgr. Lawrence P,
Gatti. spiritual director of the
Archdiocesan Council Of Cath
olic Men.
The Rev. William NJ. Driscoll,
chaplain of the Charles Carroll
of Carrollton General Assem-
bly,, Fourth Degree. Knights of
Columbus. will preach.
A pre-Cana conference on
Love in Christian Marriage"
for engaged couples will be held
at 8 pm. tomorrow in st.
Gabriel's Church hall, Grant
circle NV. Speakers will be
the Revs. William Corrigan,
assistant pastor Of Blessed
Sacrament Shrine. and James
Gillen. assistant pastor of
Sacred Heart Shrine. The con-
ference is being sponsored by
the Family Life Bureau, Wash
ington Archdiocese.
The Rev. Francis j. Heyden,
Georgetown University scientist,
will speak at $50 pm. Monday
in Blessed Sacrament School
Hall, 584l Chevy Chase park
way NV. He will speak on
"A Layman's Trip Into Outer
Space"
Evening star., 1960-11-12
Churches Help
Migrant Labor

Protestant churches will map
q 10-year plan for a massive
assault" on bad living and
working conditions Of the Ma
tons migrant crop pickers
during a meeting Wednesday
through Friday in the Sheaton
Park Hotel here.
The National Study Confer
ence. which will provide a de-
tailed blueprint for a fight to
eradicate social evils surround
ing the use Of migrant labor.
is being sponsored by the Mi
grant Ministry Of the National
Council Of Churches.
In addition to its planning
aspects. the conference will
celebrate the 40th anniversary
Of the churches work for
homeless migrants.
Secretary of Labor Mitchell
will head a long list of speakers
from national, State and local
government and the clergy
who will address the confer
ence.
The 10-year plan Of strategy
will be issued as a platform
statement at the conclusion of
the conference. It will be
framed by a Goals Committee
using findings Of panels and
work groups and the recon-
mendations of outstanding con-
sultants.
The Rev. DR.. Herman N.
Morse. former general secretary
of the United Presbyterian
Church's Board of National
Missions, is general chairman
Of the 40th anniversary cele-
bration.
Evening star., 1960-11-12
Work Brings Citation

The Michigan Park Chris
tian Church Of Washington
was cited for especially meri-
torious service to its commu-
nifty at the recent International
Convention of Christian
Churches in Louisville, KY,
and in addition to a citation re-
ceived a $4,000 grant to fur
ther its work.
The citation was accepted
for the congregation by the
Rev. Arthur A. Azlein, pastor;
Wade Carter and Perry Holmes,
respectively chairman and vice
chairman of the congregation,
and DR.. j. j. Van Boskirk, ex-
ecutive secretary of the Capt.
tai Area Council of Christian
Churches.
Evening star., 1960-11-12
THE HUMAN SIDE OF RELIGION s.
1927 Sermon Altered
Boptist Leaders S Life

dedicated their attractive new
building last night, and they
had special cause for rejoicing
in the event.
During the last IS months
IS members labored on the
structure, which would have
cost $4,000 If built CONNER
cially. The venture was indeed
a labor Of love by these mem
bers. who now may enjoy the
fruits of that effort. The
church seats l30 persons.
Serving as pastor for the
congregation, first United Pen
tecostal Church In the1a area. is
the Rev. James g. Bridgman,
an employe in the electrical
shop at the National Institute
Of Health at Bethesda, Md.
Evening star., 1960-11-12
Church Is Dedicated

Members of the recently
completed Calvary Apostolic
Church in Gaithersburg, Md,
Evening star., 1960-11-12

BETHLEHEM ID. c.
10TH and T sts. Sc. Rev Herbert
Bernthal. $3.50 and ii am.
CHRIST I'd. c.
18th and Gallatin Sts. NV. Rev.
VIM F. Bruening. $50 and IL
am.
FIRST TRINITY I'd. c.
4th and Sts. NV. Rev. HFB.
sGe2sx ssSe2s; So, $40 ana n.so ll:oo an.
MOUNT OLIVET ID. c.
1905 Vermont Ave. NV. Rev.
VIM. schiebel. 1l:00 am
PILGRIM
$500 Mass. Ave. NV. Extended.
am. Sunday School. $3.50 am.
CALVARY (Silver Spring.
9545 Georgia Ave. Rev Frederick
W. Kemper. $3.50 and IL am.
ST. ANDREW (WheatOn)
l2247 Georgia Ave. Rev. Charles
Mueller, $3.50 and ll'0O am
CHURCH OF THE CROSS
624 Great Falls Rd.. Rockville.
Rev. Ralph Kruger, HOO am.
EMMANUEL (Alexandria)
1901 Russell Rd. Rev. wilmer D.
Mensing, $3.50 and 11:00 am.
OUR SAVIOUR (Arlington)
9th and 8. Taylor Rev. George
Wehmeyer, $40 and 1l:O0 am,
'"THE LUTHERAN HOUR"