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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-12-20

Cumberland's 1872 Population
Loss Is II Per Cent Decrease

The final and official 1860 Cen
sus of Population report of the
Census Bureau gives Cumber-
land county a population of $3.50
persons, a loss Of 1872 people. or
IL per cent. from the 1850 count.
Cumberland 1850 population
was 1882. It's highest total of the
modern era was the 9.l95 counted
in 1910. and the greatest popu-
lation in Census Bureau records
existed in 1880 when it was
$50.
The figures of the 1860 count
are contained in the lust-pub-
lished Final Population Courts. =
1860 Census of Population. The
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-12-20
Leaf Market
Has $40.12
Average Now

Auctions on the Farvmille To-
bacco Market for the third week
of sales totaled 632 .252 pounds
giving the three warehouses their
busiest week Of comparatively
light season thus far
A lessening of demand on
medium grades and some Tugs.
plus the marketing of consider
able common tobacco dropped
the dark-fired leaf average 81 IS
for the week to 1851.
With an estimated 40 per cent
of the 1860 crop now marketed.
here are the figures for the three
weeks Of pre-holiday auctions
here.
3-Week Totals
Dark fired leaf sales, 1,529, 500
pounds for S6l3,68 and an aver
age Of $4O12 per hundredweight.
Those results put the current
crop with that of 1856 as the only
crop of recent years to have a
market average in the $4O's after
three weeks of auctions.
Sun cured leaf has totaled
66, 264 pounds bringing S22,8 1924 at
an average Of $34.44. For the
third week of sales. the sun-cured
average dropped $1.79 to $3.50,
due to more common offerings
and lowered demand.
The combined three-Week dark
fired and sun-clTed sales here at
| the holiday closing last Thursday
were 1855 $50 pounds bringing
growers S636.5l4.
Turnover Lays
1t is estimated that the season S
turnover of offerings is running
nearly fourth under the nearly
five million pounds sold on Vil'-
ginia markets during the first
three weeks of 1859. This is due
primarily to unseasonabley dry
and cold weather existing since
the season opened on November
%. Growers have had difficulty
preparing leaf for marketing.
The Virginia Agricultural Mar
keting Service has published
market by market figures for
November auc tons showing
Farmvi lie with the leading
poundage. and Blackstone with
the top average. The figures
Farmville, 427,094 pounds at
$40.67; Lynchburg, 4O7 $50 pounds
at Sal 03, and Blackstone, al ,l32
pounds at $41.27.
Statewide. prices averaged low.
er for over 80 per cent Of the
grades sold on the Virginia fire.
cured tobacco markets during the
week ending December Is com
pared with the previous week
The market has trended down
ward since opening week. More
tobacco was sold than in either
of the first two weeks with oc-
casional heavy sales reported.
It is estimated that about &C
per cent of the Virginia crop has
been sold The Federal State
Market News Service reports
gross sales were as follows:
Week ending December Is ny
1.458.7O2 pounds. average 1894;
season through December Is Nv
1851 .4l8 pounds, average $40.l0
The weeks average of $39. O4
per hundred pounds was a DROP
of $l.59 from the return of the
! Continued on page 81
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-12-20
NutiOnuINelus Summary
By H. V. LANCASTER, JR.
. TWO AIRLINERS COLLIDE FRIDAY OVER NEW YORK
, COMPLETES CABINET Q CASTRO ATTACKS CHURCI

THE WORST DISASTER in
U. S. commercial aviation his
tory occurred Friday morning
when two airliners apparently
collded in a snow storm over
New York City. At least 1874 per
sons, IA Of whom happened to
be on the ground in the vicinity
of the flaming wreckage. were
killed. OF the 1913 passengers and
crewmen aboard the two planes.
only one, Stephen Baltz, II. sur
vlved more than few hours.
but he died Saturday at a New
York hospital.
FIVE NEW CABINET ap-
pointments have completed the
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-12-20
Moss Succeeds Bosss
BY JOHN STICK

The man who has stepped in
as chief of Longwood Colleges
academic life is well placed to
help the institution retain small
college values and advantages
despite it's obligation to grow in
the next decade to serve nearly
1000 students.
There is no question about it
with DR.. c. G. Gordon Moss, new
dean Of the college at Longwood.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-12-20

This is the third in a series
Of articles on the 1860 Census OF
Population for Herald area coun-
ties. Subsequent stories will re-
port the population figures for
Amelia, Charlotte and Powhatan
counties.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-12-20
County's Third
Fire Company
Nears Readiness
Prospect Unit
Chartered, Pays
Off Truck Debt

Prince Edward countys third
volunteer fire company. Pros
pect Volunteer Fire Department,
Inc. made giant strides last
week toward becoming fully oper-
alive.
The new fire safety guardian
in the courtys northwest sector
discharged in full its 81 200 obi
cation incurred in purchasing
fire truck. It also won radio COM
munlcatiOnS tie-ln with Farm
vile. and received formal papers
Of incorporation from the State
Corporation Commission.
Supervisors had authorized the
company five years to pay for the
truck which was the No. Prince
Edward County truck until re
placed last month by new one.
However. Prospect citizens and
the members of the new fire COM
pany. with the help of friends and
businessmen in the county, quick
ly raised the purchase price in a
series of benefit events.
Funds Given
Chief R. H. Nordstrom and his
volunteers said that since the
funds had been contributed
for that purpos it was
decided to discharge the obliga-
ton in full rather than use some
portion of them in constructing
a fire house community center.
Temporary quarters for the truck
will be provided in a garage now
beng built by r S. Booker. II
is expected to be ready for occu-
pancy in about a month. weather
permitting.
With the truck secure financi-
ally. the company Will continue
periodic Embarrassing events to
provide a permanent fire house,
according to Chief Nordstrom.
Negotiations are underway with
the Norfolk g. Western Railway
for 100 X 75-feet lot at Prospect
which the railroad has indicated
could be secured on a lone-term
lease. Calvin DoSS is heading a
committee making this study.
The chief expressed gratitude
on behalf of the volunteer COM
pany and the community for the
cooperation and gifts of money
and materials which have been
received. and the support given
the benefit events.
Community Center
Some Prospect citizens are
hoping that the permanent fire
house can be made sufficiently
large to be combined with a COM
lnunity center. This matter is
still under study by a citizens
committee.
W. F. Watkins, Jr.. of Farm
vile, is serving as counsel for
the volunteer company and with
The leaders he is now in the pro-
cess of framing bylaws for or
ganlzation following incorpora-
ton.
Last Tuesday night the Farm
vile Town Council granted per-
mission for the company to use
the fire truck radio in Farm
CONTINUED on page a.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-12-20

Ills - tHt IlTSt III series
Of articles on the Census Of
Agriculture for Prince Edward
county. Following today's general
summary will be accounts on
farm production and crops.
port Of the 1859 Census Of Agri-
culture just published by the
Bureau of the Census of the De-
partment of Commerce.
The Census of Agriculture is
made every five years. twice
as often as the decennial census
Of population The latter was made
this year after the 10 lapse since
1850.
Prince Edward county's farm
statistics as shown by the agri-
cultural census are following the
Virginia trend. For the State
as a whole, it was the same
story the number of far
mers dropped by a fifth; the
size of farms rose by a fourth.
and farm and building values
rose sharply.
For the ounty, the census
shows Prince Edwards land
area as 228 ,480 acres. OF that
total, slightly more than half.
or 1854 acres is in farm land
of various categories.
Ownership
| Part Of the loss of farms re-
suited from a change of def
nitions used in the 1859 census.
In 1854 farm calculations started
with three acres, but in 1859
only 10 acre establishments
with sufficient dollar production
were counted. The falling trend
i'll farm numbers remains large,
| however.
| Of the county's 853 farm OPP
orators, 537 or nearly IS per
cent were owners. Full tenant
| farmers decreased from 1872 to
1903, percentage drop from 15.4
tenants to 1877 per cent tenants
in 1859.
| Prince Edwards drop in num-
Der of farm operators was
greater among nonWhiteS, this
number falling from $40 to 3l9.
White operators fell by 1875 from
$50 in 1854 to 534 in 1859.
! The average age Of farmers
in the county was 54.5, a figure
unchanged over five years ago.
However. the number of opera
tors over 65 dropped sharply.
Off Farm Work
Nearly one fourth Of the farm
operators reported working off
the farm more than 100 days a
year, while 1897 farmers, or bet
Continued on page 81
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-12-20

F3rmville Firemen are presented service
pins by Fire Chief Phillip Gay, at right. during
the annual Fire Department Christmas dinner
party al Cedarbrcok Saturday night Recipients
were. from left. John Porter Glenn five years
Don Sequn. 10 years. and John Noel Is years
Ben Smith was not present but earned 30-year
pin. The guest speaker, Calvin Robinson, editor
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-12-20
Farm Numbers Decrease, But Size,
Values Rise Sharply, Census Shows
5-Year Report On
Prince Edward
County Now Out

Prince Edward county lost
fourth of its farms, from l.179 to
1853 in the five years from 1854
to 1859.
The average size of farms in
creased by nearly a fifth, jump
ing from 1915 acres in 1854 to
1903 acres in 1859.
An average acre of farm land
in the county increased in val
lie by one third, going from
$6092 to s88.O7 in 1859.
The average farm value of
land and buildings together near
~ doubled in the five years,
jumping from $3.50 to $l4,74O.
New Census Facts
T h es e statistics are some
highlights of the preliminary re-
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Bill will be tested by machine that flashes him
correct" or TRY that one again. signal The
TV tape can be played over and over, as many
times as Bill finds necessary. 1t was made, Incl
dentally, by the best teacher available one of
those exceptional instructors that principal in
presentday school wishes could teach all the Sec
tions of the class In the school of the future. he
will - and he'll be able to give more time to
individual instruction, even though his class is
much bigger.
Bills daily routine isn't restricted to his cubicle.
He goes to seminars, where he talks about his
favorite subjects with teacher and half dozen
other kids who just as interested as he is. de
goes to the lecture hall for special lectures by
visiting scientists writer's, experts in all fields. He
goes to the underground gym, where there will also
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be swimming pool. Of course he goes to lunch =
in wellequipped underground cafeteria.
think the diagram of the school and the descriP-
ton of Bill Smiths day take of the first three
points mentioned. That brings us to the fourth:
is the Tower School practical possibility today?
PisssbUFgh's "TovseT" university
1t most emphatically is. Both in architectural
design and in teaching program it is well within the
scope of today's techniques. Many Of its features
are already noteworthy in the educational landscape
of America today.
The University of Pittsburgh is Flower SCHOOL,
on the highereducation level The town of Artesia,
N. NJ, is preparing to build completely under
ground school. My own firm is building school in
Chicago which will have individual cubcles for stu
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-10-23
The School of Tomorrow can go up today:

dents EIectronic teaching aids are already wide
spread and the machine that tested Bill is testing
youngsters today.
The construction cost of the Tower School should
be no more than that of good conventional school,
and since it will be but on plot of land fraction
of the size of that needed for an ordinary school,
the savings to taxpayers will be enormous. But
eren more important, feel, is the fact that the
TOscer School uiH giUe every child the best edcG-
ton tOdGy's teaching science can deUise.
How soon will Tower Schools be built? The
question is up to local school boards, which means,
in the final analysis, that it is up to you.
But whether it's next year, decade from now,
or not for another IS years Il believe the Tower
School is promise of our city children's educa-
tional future. - The End
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FLORsHEIM creates a new "dimen-
sion" in color-Black Jade-a
subtle blending of tones in tune
with today's clothing picture! The
style direction this season is to the
olive shades-the quality direction
to Florsheim-as it has been for
68 years! See and wear them today!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-10-04
SERIES COMPARISON

PITTSBURGH, Oct AP)-A batting and pitching COM
par1son OF the World Series opponents the Yankees and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-10-04
YOU BE THE
QUARTERBACK
BY FOREST EVASHEVSKI
Iowa Football Coach
Question

Scouting report on Wiscon-
sin: When a passing situation
exists, Wisconsin plays a 4-3
defense flour linemen, three
linebackers) but only three
linemen rush.
Situation: Fourth quarter
9::35 to go. Wisconsin 10. Pur-
due 8. Purdue's ball, fourth
down and 5 on Wisconsin 81
Purdue has a fine pass-catch-
ing end. You are the Purdue
quarterback about to throw to
your best target. What pass
will you CALI
l. Quick pass over scrim-
mage line to end?
2. Long pass to end over
goal line?
8. Delayed pass to end after
other end and TANKER have
gone downfield?
4. Running pass to end?
(AnSwer on Page ca
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and Charley Yearick, and Dave
Bimstefer and Hank Majeski.
Baltimore scored an upset
at Congressional last year but
trails To in the series.
The Payne Cup, 54-hole
women's stroke play tourna-
ment sponsored by the Mary
land State Golf Association,
may have a record field for the
three day event opening tomor-
row at Congressional.
Mrs. Maurice Click of Balti-
more is defending champion.
The District Golf Associa-
tons senior championship is
scheduled Tuesday at Burning
Tree. Ray Lawrenson, District
Golf Association secretary, is
anxious for players to line up
their own foursomeS and send
preferred starting times to him
at the host club.
The second annual cham
pionship tournament of the
Metropolitan Washington Golf
Association will be played Sat-
urday and Sunday at the Belair
Golf Club near Bowie. The
field of los represents the sur
vivors of qualifying rounds at
the seven member clubs. Pair
ings have been made by Staley
Wilson, tournament chairman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-10-04
Perky CuIIinone, Browning
Head d. Amateur Team

Perky Cullinane and Bill
Brownrigg will play in the No.
spot when the District anna
teur golfers meet Baltimore
Saturday at Baltimore Country
Club in a match sponsored by
the Maryland State Golf AS
ISOLATION.
Ralph Bogart, captain of the
District team, placed Cullinane,
District Amateur champion,
and Brownrigg, low amateur
in the Maryland open, in the
lead position.
Dean Beman. the National
Amateur champion, is unable
to compete because he wants to
attend to his business and
school duties.
Other District combinations
will be Bogart and Bobby
Browell; John Eisinger and
Bob Chandler; Buddy Sharkey
and Chuck Cullinane and
Keith Bowie and Dave Wort
man. Billy Buppert's partner
has not been named.
Carl Lohren and Sergt. Har-
old Ridgeley, the Middle At
lantic and Maryland State
titlists, will be playing in the
Salisbury Open Saturday and
Sunday.
Baltimore's pairingS are
Walter Greiner and Bill Cole
Jack Emich and Willis John
son; Eddie Johnston and Bill
Klages; Frank Michalek and
Ken Scales; Harry Schneider
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WORLD SERIES
Continued From Page c.

Continued From Page CT
some of us will be nervous be-
fore we field a ball or take q
swing, but after that it figures
to be another ball game. Anc
we've been in a lot of them.
I'VE don't have any outstand-
ing players" Groat continued
This is a team. With the ex-
ception of Dick Stuart there's
nobody swinging for the fences
but we're tough to get out. Well
get a piece Of the ball. well
hit line drives and, generally
if we don't hit we'll move the
runner along"
Groat, the Pirates captain
led the Nation in scoring while
a basketball star at Duke in
1851. He later put in a season
with the Fort Wayne Pistons
in pro ranks, but he abandoned
that sport for baseball. This
year he is the Pirates leading
candidate for most valuable
player honors in the National
League.
Backed by Vernon
Mickey Vernon, the former
Senators first baseman who now
is a coach for the Pirates
echoes Groat's feelings.
I'VE don't have the Yankees
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SUGAR RAY DETECTED
FuIImer's Injury Causes
Postponement of Fiqht

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 4 (AP)
II was so upset with the news
that I felt like the whole world
fell down on me-" said Sugar
Ray Robinson, ironically cast
today in the roll of complaining
challenger.
Robinson was glum and I'M
smiling after learning that his
Saturday title fight with Gene
Fullmer, the middleweight
champion, was postponed yes
terday until December 3. Full
mer pulled a calf muscle during
a sparring session Saturday.
Believe me, I was in top con-
dition for this one" said Rob-
inson at his training camp at
nearby Gilman Hot Springs. II
feel I know Sugar Ray the best,
so know in my heart I was
ready to prove that I was still
a champion-not a has-been."
Fullmer's manager, Marv
Jensen. said he was angry that
tie Robinson camp insisted on
its own doctors examining the
champions right calf. They
agreed with the diagnosis OF
Fullmer's personal physician,
DR.. Reed S. Clegg: The cham
pion pulled his plantaris mus
Gle and needs six weeks to
mend.
Fullmer recalled that he
didn't double-check Robinson
when Ray postponed their first
scheduled battle in December,
1856, because of a sore throat.
They fought a month later and
Fullmer bulled his way to the
title. But the incompatible
Robinson-who has taken the
160-pound title five times in all
won back the title in a re-
match by knocking out Gene
with a stunning left hook.
Since then Fullmer has had
his ups and Robinson mostly
his downs. The National Box
ing Association stripped Robin
son OF his title for failing to
defend it. He lost the New
York-MasSachusetts version to
Paul Fender, brittle -handed
fireman from Brookline, Mass.
Jensen said Fullmer will head
home to West Jordan, Utah, in
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earned run average in 1928 in
ningS against the White Sox
And it will be remembered, too,
that Chuck Essegian wasn't SO
shaky that he forgot to belt
two home runs in three pinch
hitting appearances.
Carl Furillo batted 1853 in
his first series, better than he
achieved in six subsequent ones
Vic Wertz batted 500 in his
first series.
In the brief whirI of a World
Series, the unexpected is rou-
tine. In 1852 Gil Hodge,
slammed 80 home runs battet
in l02 runs for the Dodgers. Ir
the World Series he failed tc
get a hit in 81 tries. In 1855
Billy Martin batted .257 during
the season. In the World Series
he was a 500 hitter, collecting
II hits to set a record for a six
game series.
Lightning can strike on the
mound. too. Don Larsen never
won more than II games in a
season in the majors, but it
was Larsen who faced 81 bat
tiers and retired them all in the
1856 series. And the same Bur-
dette who handcuffed the Yam
KEGS in 1857 was slapped around
by them the following fall.
Such events should discour-
age the lame-brained from
venturing into forecasting Sc.
ries results. However, there's 6
compulsion on picking the
Pirates to win in five games
They won in a tougher league
and as for being underdogs-
well, they were underdogs al
year. They can't match the fire.
quency of the Yankees power
but, like the Yankees, there
were seven among them who
contributed II or more homers
this season.
II the Pirates pitching isn't
precise, it could be disastrous,
for Mickey Mantle. Roger Maris,
Bill Skowron and Yogi Berra
can inflict grave damage on
ordinary offerings.
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THE BASEBALL
BEAT
BY BURTON HAWKINS

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 4.-The
Yankees have the power. They
have the momentum OF a Is
game winning streak function
ing for them. They have ex-
perience in the pressurized at
moSphere Of World Series COM
petition, but the feeling fingers
that the Pirates will beat them.
It's a bunch based on per-
sistent flashbacks to the regu-
lar season, when WaShington's
Don Lee recently held the
Yankees hitless for five innings,
when Jack Kralick restricted
them to one run for seven in
ningS, when Pedro Ramos
limited them to two runs for
nine innings.
The Pirates pitching is SUI
perior to the Senators. There's
the notion that Vern Law, Bob
Friend, Harvey Haddix and
Vinegar Bend Mizell. perhaps
with assists from Elroy Face
and Fred Green, will silence
the Yankees thunder.
There's the relaxed but ag-
gressive attitude of the Pirates
Most are newcomers to a World
Series. However, there's a
toughness among them which
isn't likely to be transformed
to knee-knocking inefficiency
when scrambling. for big money
before thousands of screaming
fans in packed parks and be-
fore millions of others on tele-
vision.
Phil Rizzuto, the former
Yankees shortstop, was saying
the other night that experience
is a big advantage in a World
Series that butterflies assail
the stomach in such situations.
Perhaps, but there are enough
incidents to refute the idea
that experience is decisive.
Three years ago, Lew Burd-
cite, pitching in his first World
Series, won three games and
finished with an OCT earned
run average against the Yam
KEGS. In that same spectacle,
Hank Aaron may have been
a bit nervous, but it wasn't
reflected in a 1898 batting
average he accumulated in his
first exposure to the annual
fall hysteria.
y
AS recently as last year, it
will be recalled, the hero for
the victorious Dodgers was
young Larry Sherry, partici-
pating for the first time in a
World Series, who emerged
with a 20 record and an OIL
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CIV Sharpens
Pass 0ffense
ForVMIGame
By GEORGE HUBER
Star Stan Writer

The planned passing attack
for George Washington's foot
ball team hasn't developed yet,
but Coach Bill Elias hopes to
have some of it in operation
for Friday nights game against
Virginia Military at Griffith
Stadium.
Frank Pazzaglia, the promis.
ing sophomore from Peckville
Pa, who was expected to spark
the air game. shows only six
competitions in "a throws for 81
yards. with four interruptions
Elias thinks he has spotted the
weakness in Pazzaglia's throw.
ing. and is making correction,
this week.
Needs Snap Judgement
HE waits too long to throw
the ball." Elias said. Hes get
ting good protection, and pos
sibly he's keeping the ball until
he has to get rid of it, which
is too long. But he's got tc
make snap decisions and throw
the minute his receivers are
open. A split second makes the
difference, and either the re-
ceivers get covered or there's
an interrogation"
Pazzaglia and Bill Hardy, the
junior quarterback who shows
a record of II competitions in
% attempts. will share the Of
fensive load for the Colonials
Friday night. Chuck Packan,
the starter in the opener
against Florida and WIN last
week, is on the doubtful list,
having reinjured the knee that
limited his services in The
Citadel game.
Four Injured
A long list of Colonials are
on the injured list including
Halfbacks Tony Fredicine and
John Caracciolo. Fullback John
Wilt and End Andy Guida. It's