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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-01
THE FARMv1LLE (va) HERALD, FRIDAY, JULY 1 1860
For These | Pray

! prey Thee for sofe conduct Lord
Through this worlds unrest and strife.
Strength for each day and peace at night,
And Of last, eternal life.
! pray Thee for the strength to bear
Whatever comes Of good or i'll
A quiet home in which to live,
A little niche thot ! can fill
Around trees where song birds sing,
Some scenes Of nature can view
To bring contentnent to my heart
While days Of sunshine ! live through.
A few relations here and there,
a friend or two Of bygone years,
That con chat with now and then,
Sharing our laugh Inter and our teors.
proy that Thou will guide me Lord
Through the worlds strife and feor and hate;
Someone to love me and at last,
A kindly hand at heavens cote.
Besides all these, ! ask dear Lord
That free from sin my heart may be
And that my soul, when life is done,
Will be with Thee through oil eternity
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-01
Double Check

Now at the time when all the
nation should have a notion for
politics, up comes the Jackson
Case. Everybody is looking that
way and the wrong man will
get nominated again. Even the
big K of Russia is charged with
tampering with politics K. what
of it? Here we have freedom
of all places. America what
Of speech. hoodlums, commun-
lists. professors, Republicans and
Democrats, socialism, compul-
sion, suppression and evedy thing
you can name and more to come.
Taxes and compound taxes. oh.
boy, we either asked for it or sit
down and let 'er come, so don't
complain now.
Democratic strategy is work
ing. Kennedy now leads the way
his fire was built when
others slept. But that great
awakening - Kennedy can be
nominated but Kennedy can not
win in the election. The cloud is
cast upon former clear sky.
That doubt is gaining as the Con-
vention draws near. Then we
have Lyndon B. johnson, the
never seemed to want it.
quiet. unpredictable, not wanting
but wanted safely trailing
along in breeze Of sure and
safe to carry the election if
nominated.
Who can it B but johnson ? ?
He's the right type has the
right friends he's the best
bet yet. Then there is old loser
poor Adlai Stevenson. You
got to draft him to het him up
to be a comedian Red Skel-
ton has a better chance. AS The
Editor says l see too much
Thanks for reading.
Yours;
j. Marvin Brown
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-01
Fat Men Lean Men

ally something TO do with free
speech or academic liberty. The
cameras show him too puff
faced. fat. round and dull-eyed
to be lionized very long even
though he has the big advantage
of being a Negro.
~ s.
The garmt dreamers, the hun
CRY thinkers, more and more. are
the conservatives now, not the
Liberals.
JULIUS CAESAR wanted men
about him who were fat. "Yon
Cassius, he complained, hath
a lean and hungry look He
thinks too much Such men are
dangerous. Both schemers and
dreamers tend to be thin The
comparatively thin men of today
are no longer the Liberal Harry
Hopkinses but the Conservatives
like Barry Goldwaters.
There is leanness about Rich
ard Nixon
Lyndon johnson is lean. living
obviously on drive and nerve,
Strom ThWmond is as lean
faced as Chang Kai-Shek.
And never forget the profile of
gaunt, strong Featured ChanCel-
lor Branscomb at Vanderbilt.
whose austerity and moral code
remind many of Woodrow Wilson
and Of the Wilson dream 1t was
not a liberal" dream but an
American dream. 1t remains the
ranking dream of oui country,
that men are created in an I'M
age and that they can be free
and fed. too
It is the antl-soclaliSt, antl-cen-
tralist. mdividuallst dream. 1t
seems to be getting thin men
about it.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-01
John Temple Groves

Worth makes the man, and
want Of it the fellow
The rest is all but leather on
prunella I. !.
Khrushchev has leather
stomach, or one as hard as lea
Their. No soft underbelly for him.
roly-poly though he may be.
The information comes from
Shirley Temple. one-time child
movie star. now wife of Charles
A. Black and 80 years old. When
she was introduced in California
last winter Mrs. Black reports
that Mr.. K. recognized her name
and enthusiastically pressed her
hands against his embonpoint
That's how she knows. He must
have got it wrestling with Bull
ganin on those boisterous early
travels when the drinking was
heavy.
You can't tell it on television
though, and that's what counts
Only the contours show and
the infinity of facial expressions
Next to Ike's. Khrushchev's is
the most expressive face known
to the public. Ike's expressions
include no ugly or bestial ones.
OF course. neither are they put
on for a purpose as Mr.. KS seem
to be.
He could probably beat Ike at
poker but not at bridge.
HOW TIM ATELY WE
KNOW the leading men Of the
Presidential campaign this year
because of television. Their
dreams and schemes, or lack Of
them. as shown in the face:
Beautiful dreamer, wake unto
me. ;" Many of our beautiful
dreamers no longer look the part
Senator Kennedy, for example
the slim, nobly thin-faced youth
who glided up the convention
aisle like a politically desem-
bodied soul to ask in good sports
manship that the nomination Of
Kefauver be made unanimous at
Chicago four years ago ~ has
put on weight at price of all
that was spiritual and dreaming
He has jowls now, his eyes
bulge and are glazed. there is a
professional. store bought smile,
rarely switched off.
TeleviSion has told all.
THERE'S NELSON ROOKIE
TELLER. His hi va fella III
from bright college days rings
insincerely now. The calmly
handsome dreamer and good fel
low were still there when they
elected him governor but they
are gone now. He has got him
self a sheer, bitter lower lip
and a habit of interfering with
out making sense.
THE NEGRO "DREAMERS'
they, too, are changed ane
told on by television. Martil
Luther King. obviously and in
creasingly too fat to dream. j.
becoming the business man who
forgets his income taxes. James
H. Lawson. Jr., in Nashville, the
trained and experienced leader
of civil disobedience. has beer
plying his profession by getting
himself kicked out of Vanderbilt
while sentimertalists Of the Di
vinity School weep for him anc
resign 49, as if his case had actu-
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-01

and experiences and heels over wounds,
in a beautiful fashion, given adequate
time
Therefore, we suggest that the wor-
riers and the fretters relax bit, roll
with the punch, and outline many Of
life's vexations and irritations. A serene
philosophy, based on knowledge, faith,
and other encouraging thoughts, will
do wonders for you, your personality
and your health.
Dalton (Ga.) NeWs
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-01
Time Is A Great Healer

1T is surprising how time seems to
take care of most Of life's problems,
even though some Of them seem I'M
soluble at the moment.
Nevertheless, time is the greatest
healer of all, and even the most mel
ancholy turn of events can be softened,
and even erased, by the passage Of time.
We mention this because life today
is a great strain because Of the fight
for the happy dollar, and the pace to-
day is one which has created tremend-
Gus mental and psychological problems,
as we'll as nervous disorders, frustra-
tons and establishment, in many
cases.
1t is a great consolation to realize
that time will solve about ninety per
cent Of your worries, and if you can
keep this in mind, it will calm your
emotions and improve your philosophy
of life and your day-to-day perform
ance.
The psychiatrists say that the mind
is wonderful instrument, which grad
ually blocks out unpleasant memories
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-01
Speakers For God
Lesson for July 3, 1860

Tomorrow" is almost a magic
word. 1t is the wonderful day
when our dreams are going to
come true. It can also be the
black day Of dread, the day when
we get what is coming to us, the
day when we have to pay for our
follieS and our sins. Sometimes
neither dreams nor nightmares
collect around that word. ITO
morrow" it is word of mys-
terry. We do not know what is
going to happen, and we wish we
did. Of course we shall know
soon enough but the trouble
is, we'd all like to get an inside
peek before anyone else does.
No Crystal Ball
Now there have been men and
women who profess to have that
inside peek. Sometimes they do
it with tea-leaves. sometimes
with crystal ball, sometimes
they claim to have a friend on
the "other side" who gives out
special information. Sometimes
they just "see" tomorrow by
shutting their eyes. But it is
very seldom that such people are
highly respected. They are re-
garded as rather comic charac-
tiers - Old Man Nose for ex-
ample. Crystal balls appear in
countless art ICONS S. Sensible
people don't take them seriously
for the good reason that most
forecastel:s make too many mis-
takes. If the tealeaf reader really
could tell you which stocks would
go up, she would be much richer
than she ever will be by telling
fortunes.
A large part of the Bible was
written by prophets" and they
are low-rated by many who
ought to get better acquainted
with them. They are low-rated
because the very word prophet"
suggests crystal balls, palm
reading and all that stuff. AS
matter of fact, the Bible word
prophet did not mean fore
caster. 1t meant spokesman,
person who has the authority to
speak for another. The Other for
whom the Bible prophets" spoke,
of course is GOD.
One of the greatest prophets.
jeremiah, once drew clear
line between a genuine prophet
and a fake. If a man has a
dream. he said. let him tell it If
he likes: but a Word from God
is another thing altogether. Pro
phets said what they said be-
cause they knew what God
wanted them to say. When q
man thinks what God wants him
to think, especially if no one has
ever had the thought before. we
call it Revelation. And if a man
who has had a revelation feels
the urge to write it or to preach
it. that is called Inspiration.
Revelation has to do with the
truth as it bursts (or perhaps
grows quietly within a mans
mind. The point is, the prophets
Of the Bible never said II think,
Il guess "The probabilities
are - : they all said Thus
saith the Lord" OF course the
woods were full of people saying
Thus said the Lord" and it was
pretty confusing at the time.
Who knew who was right, or
whether any of them were? But
history, which in a sense is the
handwriting of God, Sifted out
true from false prophets. Men
and nations who took heed, and
men and nations that paid no at
tention, found out in time who
we're the real spokesman for
Prophet and People
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-01

THAT SHOULD HOLD HIM
She lending a quarrel: Il see
now why a woman is often called
a bird"
He (smartly): Yes. because
they are always on the look out
for crumbs.
She quietly: mo, because of
the worms they pick up"
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Whipping An Ole Hoss

1T is reported from Washington, by
those in close contact with the Ma
tional Democratic Party, that a fight
over the Loyalty Oath at the 1860 Con
vention in Los Angeles will be avoided.
1t will be recalled that this issue was
one of the most divisive at the 1862 and
1856 conventions. In both those years
it threatened to split the party, and
threatened to cause walkout of the
delegations from certain Southern
states.
Instead of precipitating fight on
the. Loyalty Oath question this year,
National Committee Chairman Paul
Butler is said to be planning to oppose
the seating Of any individual who par
ticipated in earlier National Conven-
tions and then advocated the election
Of candidates other than those nomi-
mated by the Democratic Party. More
over, it is said that Butler has the neces-
sary support to assure adoption of such
rule at Los Angeles.
In effect, this is victory for delega-
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-01

tically any news about the South.
Those who get the praise, it is
charged, are those who have turned
against the section, who attack it and
condemn it and accept the Tobacco
Road version
One objective and fair, news maya
zine published in the United States is
U. S. News and World Report. Prac-
tically any newsman will tell you that
this is news magazine which attempts
to cover news and give both sides to the
hot issues Of the day, fairly.
Unfortunately, too many magazines
and too many newspapers are getting
the editorial page mixed up in news
columns a nd reporting, these days, and
continuing of this dangerous trend
will seriously threaten the traditional
freedom Of the press Of America.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-01
Prophet and People

The Sunday School lessons. as
followed by the more than 80 de-
nominations using the Uniform
Lessons, are going to be look
ing at some outstanding Old Tes-
lament prophets for the next
three months. We should try to
get it straight in our minds that
prophet and a priest were two
different things. A priest had an
official position; a prophet had
none. Priests were very well
paid, but prophets drew no sal
airy, and some like Amos were
very poor. Priests were born to
their positions; only men OF GER
tain old families could be priests
at all. Prophets might be distin-
guished and wealthy men; most
of them we're neither, at the
time. They were supposed to
teach, but they generally ne
elected to do this. Prophets could
not keep their mouths shut. God
had given them something to
say. Jeremiah once said that
when he tried to keep silence,
the Word within him was like a
fire in his bones. These man had
to speak.
Based on outlines copyrighted
by the Division Of Christian Edu-
cation, National Council Of the
Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.
Released by Community Press
Service.) a,
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tions from Dixie which could not - be-
cause of state instructions - sign a
Loyalty Oath. This has been the pre-
dicament in which some state dele
cations found themselves involved in
earlier conventions, and because they
were explicitly barred from signing a
Loyalty Oath and. thereby pledging
their states PARTY, these delegations
have sometimes been threatened with
refusal, in their effort to be seated at
national conventions.
The decision of party leadership to
fight the battle on individual, rather
than states lines, is an indication that
walkout may be averted at Los An
geles in the convention beginning July
18th. Crises may arise on the party
platform, but it is unlikely that a par
ty split would result in differences of
opinion concerning the wording of the
1860 platform. (Actually, there is a
report that some of the controversial
issues have already been working out
in compromise fashion.)
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-01
Truth-Press Freedom

THE longtime editor Of Time Maya
zine, T. S. Matthews, has written
book which charges that this news
magazine hasn't reported honestly -
in presidential election-since 1870
Matthews says in the book that this
major news publication, covering the
1852 presidential campaign, for ex-
ample, used, distortions, suppressions
and slanting Of its political news (that)
seemed to me to pass the bounds Of
politics and commit an offense against
the ethics of journalism.
Matthews continues that he kept for
getting the magazine was not a mans
invention but his property"
News magazines all too often are
slanted in their reporting = in our
humble opinion. Southern editors have
long charged that Time distorted prac-
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-01

creasing transatlantic air travel some
would assume. The main obstacle is
money, but as prices continue to come
down, this obstacle is steadily >being
lowered
Americans going abroad should make
every effort to conduct themselves in
proper and careful manner, so as to
create good will and good impression
abroad.
Too often in the past unfortunately,
Americans abroad have tended to for
get their normal restraint and throw
money around as if they carried on in
such a manner back in the United
States
This has created two false impress
sions: /. That Americans are brash,
unreflned visitors, as a general rule,
and 2, that all Americans are wealthy
and, therefore, ripe to be stuck by every
foreign schemer and chiseler.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-01
Flying Over?

DROOF that the air age is we'll estab-
lished can be seen in the ADVERTISE
ments of various foreign air lines in any
one of the ma or New York newspapers.
From day to day, flights to Europe are
offered at surprisingly loW/prices.
While rates as yet are not down to
those of tourist-class ocean travel, they
are approaching it. The lowest fare on
an ocean liner is something over $500,
but does not include all costs, which are
incurred as one spends five or six days
on the ocean. Actually, the price for
ticket on an airline and the money spent
during the approximately twelve or
thirteen hours of air approaches the
total spent on an ocean liner during the
five or six days Of an Atlantic crossing.
The accident rate on transatlantic
flying, surprisingly, is less than that on
domestic routes, and. therefore, the
safety factor is not the obstacle to in
Evening star., 1960-05-27
100000
Arboretum
Fund asked
By WILBUR H. YOUNGMAN
Star Garden Editor

BY WILBUR H. YOUNGMAN
Star Garden Editor
Some years ago the gar
deners of the Washington
area were thrilled when
funds were voted for drawing
plans for a combined admin
istration building to include
a library, laboratories and a
display area for the National
Arboretum. In its report OF
last week the Senate COM
mittee handling the Agricul-
tural Bill recommended the
appropriation of 100000 for
the start of construction.
This is the first ray of hope
that this much needed build
ing might materialize.
Undoubtedly Washington
area gardeners are the most
concerned but several ma
tional organizations inter-
ested in horticulture have
taken action recommending
funds for this building be
made available, including the
American Association of
Nurserymen. the National As
Sociation of Botanic Gardens
and Arboretums, the Garden
Club of America. and the Ma
tional Council of State Gar
denS Clubs.
Washington has an ever
increasing number of visitors
and the National Arboretum
is one of the listed points of
interest. The public buildings
in the arboretum are far
from adequate.
Evening star., 1960-05-27
AzoIeo Gall

Once in 10 years or so a
grotesque growth appears on
the leaves of certain varieties
of szaleas. alarming the own
ers and visitors. thinking it
to be some new scourge of
these shrubs. The disease
does not live over in the It's
sue, but apparently is wind
borne, and certainly is largely
brought about by weather
conditions favorable to it.
The azalea leaf gall can be
prevented by spraying, but
since its appearance is only
at widely spaced intervals
this practice is hardly justifi-
able. Probably the most prac-
tical and feasible approach is
to pick of the deformed
leaves and burn them.
Evening star., 1960-05-27
Check MiIdew

The cool nights and warm
days have produced mildew
on roses and a few other
plants. Spray or dust with
sulphur if temperatures are
below IS degrees or use the
antibiotic Acti-done. Kara
thane may help, but not
proved as effective as desired.
Some will use Phaltan. Fol-
low the manufacturers direc-
tions accurately.
Evening star., 1960-05-27
OPEN DAILY
AND SUNDAY

Directions: Our Shirley Hwy. 10
Foirlrngton exit and Circle OF the
Hot Shoppe, around the circle TO
Quaker Lone, toke Quaker Lone TO
Jonney's Lane, left to TolIor Run
Pkwy. and right TO houses.
Evening star., 1960-05-27

growth are bred into them.
However, the plants that
finally reach the garden. in
most cases, were sold around
Easter as potted plants.
These are forced plants.
Those in the garden bloom
in summer.
There are several tall
growing species, up to six
feet. as well as dwarf forms
that probably would be more
likely to fill the particular
needs of an individual gar
den. The colors range from
white through creamy white
to pink and rosy lilac. Ac-
tually most of the varieties
Evening star., 1960-05-27
Doswood Borers

to come in contact with the
spray crystals.
This treatment should be
repeated every two or three
weeks during the summer
both to destroy the larvae
before they dig in, and, later.
to get the moths as they
deposit their eggs. OF course
the firsl is the most impor-
tant.
The dogwood bores leave
their tunnels filled with fraSs
hence gaseous control is not
feasible. Digging out with a
sharp knife is STANDARD
practice.
Evening star., 1960-05-27
Prune AzoIeos

Now that the azalea flow
ering season is about over it
should be decided if the
bushes need pruning. Usu-
ally the only pruning needed
is to move scraggly
branches or to keep them
from encroaching on walks.
The pruning should be done
Immediately after the flower
ing so that next years flower
buds will not be removed.
Evening star., 1960-05-27
Two for Flower Arronqers

The Snowy japanese iris has
taken a back seat in recent
years because their flowers
were on the Japanese beetles
list Of favorites. Since we
have learned to cope with
perhaps it is better to say
live with - the beetles,
there is little reason for omit
ting the Japanese iris from
our borders. In some ways
they are easier to grow than
the tall-bearded iris. but
more especially they will
grow where the others will
not.
The japanese iriseS not
only produce huge, striking
colored blooms, but they help
to prolong the iris flowerinng
season. They will grow in
more shade than will the
tall-bearded varieties, and
seem to thrive in soils that
are not perfectly drained. To
further emphasize the differ
ence between these two, the
Japanese will not only toler-
ate manure, but will thrive in
a well manured soil.
The japanese iris may be
grown from seed, although
this is hardly the desirable
approach since in our small
gardens we should have only
the better kinds and varie-
ties. There are a considerable
number of varieties available
from plant growers. The
color range is not large
blues, red-purples and whites
with all manner of fiecking,
streaking and stippling as
we'll as self-colors. The flow-
ers are huge under good cul-
ture, as much as 10 or IL
inches in diameter. A double
flowered form is available
from a West Coast nursery.
Mention was made above
of the fact that the Japanese
iriseS like moisture, more so
than the tall bearded iriseS.
This is true only in the
spring. In the summer after
Towering they need a good
baking to insure health and
vigor. Lacking this and ade-
quate feeding the clumpS will
dwindle and disappear after
2 or 3 years. Dividing and re-
setting every two years in a
we'll enriched soil is one way
of keeping them healthy and
happy. Protection is needed
from insects and diseases
that affect the crown. A few
gardeners drench the crowns
each spring with benzine
hexachloride. although Lin
dane is more easily obtained.
This practice is not on the
recommended list of practices
by the University of Mary
land. Spraying the foliage
before the Towering season
with DDT is recommended
for the control of the borer.
The Astilbe, sometimes
called herbaceous spirea, is
most frequently to be seen
in the florists windows
rather than in the shady
garden. This lovely summer
bloomer is perfectly hardy
and will thrive with little care
other than a thick mulch to
keep its roots cool and moist
The Astilbe belongs in the
shady garden with the aza-
leas and other broadleaved
evergreens where it adds
variety and in most cases
prolongs the Towering season
The list of named varieties
of the Astilbe is constantly
being expanded as newer and
better colors and habits OF
Evening star., 1960-05-27
SIuss and SnoiIs

From the giant redwood
slugs that tackle trees to the
thin, half-inch slugs that
feast only on orchids, there
ranges a variety of clug and
snail teams" covering 10000
species. Naturally, their in
roads upon the health of
plantlife is uncalculable.