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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-29

resources. and hence must have as
sistance from Richmond. For these
1t should be possible to devise for
mula whereby aid can be extended
on the basis of actual need and on
the effort each locality has made
to meet that need. Something of the
sort should certainly be worked out,
to the end that the already SUBJ
stantial state aid going to the To-
calities may be kept within sensible
bounds. What is proposed is a grab
bag having no relation to what the
counties and cities have been doing.
or not doing, to help themselves.
To sum up. then, the proposed 3
per cent sales tax would distribute
tens of millions of dollars to coun-
ties and cities on wholly irrational
and lmSound basis. It would also, as
demonstrated above. provide much
more money to the state than is re-
ouired, both for operating expenses
and capital OUTLAWS.
On top Of everything else. it would
markedly increase the total tax bur.
den in Virginia. causing Virginia to
rise from 33rd to 23rd in this cate
CORY. Such rise could not fail TO
inJure VlrglnlaS prospects for get
ting new industry. On Virginia S
prospects for industrial expansion
hang its best chance for future eco
nonllc and social progress.
Blow to New Industry
1t should be emphasized that Vir-
glnla'S tax burden today is 33rd
among the 48 states Gas of 1857
despite the extremely low real es-
tate taxes in most of our counties
and cities. This is evidence OF the
unusual weight Of other taxes in the
Old Dominion. Not only so, but the
Jump to 23rd place shown in the
table would occur, despite reduc-
tons IN taxes proposed by the Gov
ernor as part of his overall tax
plan. In other words. the ; per cent
sales lax would add d. heavy adj.
ditloral burden. and constitute ..
real deterrent 10 new industry.
II would also virtually exhaust
the last Of the states major reve-
lhle sources. and at time of peak
prosperity. No adequate sources of
tax revenues would be held IN re-
serve for a recession or depression
What the Times Dispatch is seek
ing to do in the serious fiscal Stua
ton which confronts Virginia is to
offer reasonable alternatives to the
Governors program. II is our belief
that the suggestions we have made
will go far To meet the state essen
tlal needs, without hitting the tax
PAYERS any harder than is neceS
sary. without distributing excessive
amounts TO the state and the 10
calities, and without damaging the
prospects Of the Commonwealth for
Industrial development.
We commend these proposals to
the General Assembly and people
! I Virginia.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-29
John Temple Groves
We Must Preserve The Constitution

The thunders to right and to left
are so thunderous.
How lonely amid our own multi
tudes. for example. are the legions
of us who are for the South but sea-
changed!
Who believe in the shift to con-
servativism but want it social
minded. aware that 1.-The world do
move
Who are for collective bargaining
but without monopoly power to drag
a whole economy down.
Who are for liberalism but with
the small ~ that plans no welfare
state and plays no God.
Who are against welfare states
but for umpire states.
Who are for third force but not
a third party
Who are Democrats but Southern
ones. free on the national level.
Who are anti-communist but also
enthusiastically.
Who believe in world assembly
but not in world government.
And whose hearts still go out to
agrarianism but no longer to the
old gray mare, knowing she isn't
what she used to be.
Agrarianism may be gone but its
values lndividualism. decentra-
ism and love of nature are be-
coming the veritable wave of the
future as cities move to suburbs
and the country and as electrically
powered industry replaces the an
clent huddles of steam-power.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-29
Aircraft Discussion

GENERAL Thomas D. White, Chief of
Staff of the Air Force, has spoken out
against the Administration decision to cut
back production of the BIO high-altitude,
high-speed bomber
1t is an historic announcement for
White, who will be expressing his conviction,
and conviction contrary to the decision
of the top men in the Administration, when
he opposes this cut The Administration
announced in 1859 that it was cutting back
the BIO program, after an expenditure Of
half billion dollars.
1t was said at that time that the
emphasis on missiles and the desire to save
money was responsible for the cut How
ever, since that time, some top Air Force
men have warned that too much emphasis
is being placed on missiles, at time when
the missile era actually not yet arrived.
The BIO is fast bomber which would
be able to fly two thousand miles an hour.
General White, asked about the BIO, says
that he believes the BIO will be needed as
an "all-purpose" craft which would make it
possible to deliver ''three-score troops any
where on the globe in five hours
In addition to this, the BIO would be
capable of hauling five or six rockets with
their firing crews to Tawan in four hours,
General White said 1t could also fire nue.
lear-tipped ballistic missiles at radar-
located targets from distances Of 1000
miles.
In brief, General White is not yet ready
to go all the way with the rocket and mis-
siles theorists, and believes that it may be
many years yet before rockets will be per-
fected to utmost accuracy, when they can
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-29

l.e.. money for the construction of
buildings? The surplus at the end
OF the current biennium is eX-
pected to be at least $50, OOO, 900.
This would be sufficient to take
care of most, if not all, essential
capital OUTLAWS during the coming
biennium. There is a limit to the
amount of construction that can be
soundly got under way by the state
during any given period. It is en-
tirely possible that the upcoming
surplus will cover all the construc-
ton that can be wisely and effici-
emily carried through in 1960-62.
Use of the $4,000, 900 surplus for
capital construction would. it is
true. leave gap with respect to
proposals for augmenting the Liter
airy Fund. Gov. Almond has recon-
mended that $2O,OOO.OOO from the
surplus be transferred to that fund,
thus making this amount of adj
ditional revenue available for loans
to the localities for building schools.
1t ought to be possible to devise
some suitable alternative to the
Literary Fund. whereby the locall-
ties would be enabled to borrow
money at reasonable rates. There
is nothing sacred about the Literary
Fund method, and if state and local
authorities put their minds to it. a
better way Of coping with the diff
Guilty may well be worked out. Zone
such method was proposed by us in
this place on December Is, 1859. }
Needs of many of the localities
have been vastly exaggerated The
effort being made by the respective
counties and cities varies SO cnor-
m0usly. that generalization is al
most impossible Anybody who ex-
amineS their average effective true
tax rates on real estate, will see at
once that some are making a strong
| attempt to provide for their own
needs while many are falling mlser-
ably TO do so.
Handouts to Localities
In view OF the truly remarkable
variation i'll effort on the part Of
these counties and cities, it is moth.
ing short of absurd to hand them
81. 100000 = or any other such
amount solely on a basis of total
population or school population. A
distribution Of this type takes nc
account Of what the counties and
cities are themselves doing to meet
their own needs.
Real estate taxes in Virginia, es
pecially in the counties. are among
the very lowest in the Union. A
modest increase in the true tax OF
real estate in many Virginia local.
ties would SO far to enable them t
care for the requirements Of thei.
own people. They could do this with
out burdening their citizens unduly
and aid from the state treasur,
would be unnecessary. !
Il may weN he that some v.::tansz
localities have exhausted their Sws
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-29

be fired with few seconds or minutes no.
tice, etc.
General White spoke out at about the
same time that Senator Clair Epgle, Cali
fornia Democrat, announced the BIO cut
as blunder. His charge was backed up by
Senator Stuart Symington, Missouri Dem
ocrat and former Secretary of the Air
Force, who had frequently criticized the
defence program Of the Eisenhower Adj
ministration.
Both these Senators, of course, are
Democrats. Therefore, General Whites
testimony is perhaps more significant than
that of the two Senator's General Whites
testimony is doubly significant because he
is rshing his neck, in one sense, by bucking
the decision of the Eisenhower team.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-29

Birmingham, Ala, Labor News: youth
could we'll take for its creed today the Oath
of Citizenship which the Youth of Athens
took upon arriving at their majority.
ITO bring no disgrace to this city by dis
honest act to fight for the ideals and sacred
things alone and with many; to desert no
faltering comrade; to revere and obey the
city laws; to incite respect and reverence in
those above us who are prone to annul or
set them at naught TO strive INCREASINGLY
to quicken the public sense of civic duty To
transmit this city no less but more beautiful
than it was transmitted to us.
IF the Youth Of today would do this,
there would be no need to fear the future
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-29
Ny dear Miss Jda.-

NY dear Miss Jdo:-
! have received your letter thot
You kindly wrote to me
10 tell me that you still enjoy
MY home spun poetry
A letter from q friend like you
Means very much to me
Because seldom con folks write one
When they are ninety three
lt'shows that at your ripe old age,
Your mind is clear and bright;
And you can still express your thouqhts
In letters that you write
I'm 9Iod to know thot thonkfuIness
Remains within your heart;
And that upon the stage Of life.
- You still can play port
hope thot ! in years to come,
As bright os you, may be,
With mind os clear os yours is nov,
Should reach ninety three
God bless you friend Of many years,
And guide you day by day;
And may His grace abide with YOU
As you go on LIES woy
wish for you much happiness
AS Christmas time draws near.
And may there come into your heart
a lot Of Christmas cheer.
Your old friend and neiqhbor,
"Doo." Whitaker
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-29
richmond Times-Dispoteh. January "a
Alternatives to the Extravagant,
Burdensome 800 Sales Tax Plan

The proposed per cent general
sales tax would raise a great deal
more money than the State of Vir-
ginia needs. both for recurring OPP
Grating expenses and for capital
requirements.
Gov. Almonds proposed budget
shows an increase in general fund
appropriations for the 196O-62 be-
ennium of more than one-third
1888 per cent? for recurring out
lays. We submit that any such tire
mendous jump-From 1886. 900 600
to $3.50, 900 900 for the next two-year
period beginning next July l-can-
not be regarded as either realistic
or necessary.
The Times Dispatch recognizes
that the schools and colleges. the
institutions for the mentally af-
fected and the tuberculouS. the
penal and welfare agencies, and
various other arms of the state gov
eminent require additional funds.
But tie enormous increases sug-
gested are not fair to the citizens
of Virginia who pay the bills.
The obvious implication of such
extravagant budgeting is that the
totals can be substantially cut.
Income Underestimated
AS q matter Of fact. it is proba-
bic that the states income from the
proposed per cent sales tax
would be even greater than the eSti-
mates indicate. The fiscal officers
of the Commonwealth have regu-
larry underestimate probable reve-
nueS over the years. Hence it is
likely that for the approaching two
year period. this will happen again
If so. the 3 per cent tax is even
less essential than the foregoing
figures indicate.
In addition to the fact that the
proposed budget offers extravagant
increases to state departments
agencies and institutions. it would
ladle out no less than $45, 600. 900 OF
sales tax revenues to the counties
and cities, with no strings attached
a phase of the matter which will
be considered later in this edi-
torial.
as substitute for the proposed
3 per cent general sales tax. We
have pointed to the feasibility o.
Selective sales taxes on liquor and
tobacco. Total income iron, these
two sources is estimated at around
$AON,@ per year. This is q
healthy sum. and seemingly would
take care Of most. Il not all. Of the
valid requirements of the Common
wealth for more operating revenue
in the general fund. (The genera
fund is supported from genera
state taxes. as distinguished from
such special funds as those for high
ways. fish and game propagation
ETC.. which are supported from
special levies. such as the gasoline
: tax, and fishing and hunting Ii
'ne.a,s c.tisal ss..,,s
Wit e - stt&D'x cinttS deeds
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-29
Some Acts, 1t Seems, Were Wasted

The whole Book of Acts is kind
Of missionary newsletter on a
large scale. But Luke, good doctor
that he was, knew that an honest
casebook will include the failures,
the patients that died in spite of
everything. The book of Acts does
not give careful reader the i'm
preston that everything was rosy
in the First Century. Some acts of
the apostles were fruitful of good.
Other acts, it seems, were wasted,
SO far as visible results went.
There is nothing automat tic
about preaching. The same sermon
will have opposite effects on diff
ferent persons This has always
been SO. Take the story Of Saint
Paul at Thessalonica, Berea and
Athens. He visited those places in
1928 order. He was the same Saint
Paul but what a difference in the
responses he got! Thessalonica got
into an uproar; he had to make a
quick getaway by night. Berea
was much better, he got Bible
study classes going. Some imported
hoodlums from Thessalonica broke
up the meetings but it wasn't
Berea's fault. And then we find him
in Athens. ancient city named for
the goddess of wisdom. But when
Paul offers them the heavenly Wis
dom they do not recognize it.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-29
Double Check

Just imagine how set back the
weather bureau will be when they
ind out the recent cold weather
was just cold WAVE coming back
from Florida how cold can
women get these days This is one
even Benson didn't order and will
be left for supply and demand to
fight it out.
Capitol Hill Richmond has gone
crazy over Tax That nutty Cover
nor would tax every thing with few
exemption making it tough
for Virginia is his Excellency' S
moto on a never to run again
plan. ! am agin the SALES TAX IN
| ANY FORM We don't need
it and they don't know what to do
with it.
My hat is off to those opponents
who honored me. with posting
Double Check on bulletin boards
around CourthouSes in central and
Northern Virginia many have
been reported to me here and
hope we can muster enough op-
position to keep Virginia free Of any
SALES TAX we are now over
burdened with TAX and with
any Of these bills offered We will
be over loaded with q burden too
much to bear. The sales tax is
the only way to unarlned ROBBERY
/. you consumers will be held
| up at the checkStand and robbed
| f. BlackmarkctS will come back
| merchants will go underground
and as whole VIRGINIA WILL
SUFFER.
Think carefully and call your
Senator or Delegate before it is
too late ..-..
l thank you for reading.
| Yours.
j. Marvin Brown
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-29
"Our Federal Union :
must be preservedI'

|
| Andrew JackSon's toast in warn
ing to- John c. Calhoun was carried
both backward and forward in his
tory at a recent Newcomer Dinner
in Birmingham when Thomas w.
Martin told the story of The Battle
of Horseshoe Bend in 1914 and its
| new-found significance for saving
the nation from ACKNOWLEDGMENT by
| the British after the War of 1872.
The Jackson toast was given in
1880. 16 years after he himself had
thus preserved the manifest destiny
of ''our Federal Union by winning
this Battle of the Bend.
Jackson's toast in 1880 as Presi-
dent reminds many, however. that
it was Calhoun who was. champion
of what could have saved the Union,
and the situation is come again
This vast nation can be held lone
and indiyisible' only by respect for
the parts. as wisely provided in the
Constitution
Today those who would toast the
Union in resolve for its preSer-
walton need to toast Our Federal
Constitution it must be pre-
seivtd!c's'
Talk about lengthy and bibulous
toasts at Russian affairs, that jeff
erson's birthday affair at Washing
ton in 1880 at which Jackson and
Calhoun defied each other could
have drunk them under the table
The dinner began at five in the
afternoon and lasted until small
hours Of the night. There were 100
guests and 100 toasts, some fol-
lowed by long speeches. 1t was 10
O. clock and there had been "a
scheduled toasts when President
jackson made his to Our Federal
Union it must be preserved
looking "sternly and unflinchingly
at Vice President Calhoun. accord
ing to Calhoun Biographer Charles
H. Wiltse (Bobbs Merriln.
Calhoun responded with his The
Union - next to our liberty most
dearl May we all remember that ii
can only be preserved by distrlbut-
ing equally the benefits and the
b,rthens.
Apparently both men left the ban
ouet after that but the toaSts con
tinued until everyone present had
offered at least one and it was
doubtful if anyone present could be
called exactly sober
The primary purpose of the din
ner was to bring South and Yves
together in the party under the
Jeffersonian philosophy of states
rights and individualism. ultimately
making Calhoun President II wa,
hoped to identity the jackson Ad
ministration with this South Yves
alliance, but New York S canny
Martin Van Buren, broke it up The
dinner ended iii confusion and dis
cord
Interestingly, three of the toast
that night were in praise of Wha
we are calling today 'Interpo
sition." There was one for the Ken
lucky Resolutions Of Jefferson. on,
for the Virginia Resolutions 0
Madison. and one for Georgia S sue
cessf,1 defiance Of Supreme Cour
interference with eviction Of tn
Cherokee Indians.
No hand to clasp in mine.
No guiding star
Surely the strangest loneliness i
the one imposed today by a lou
left and right on those of us VIII
are c h plonin g intermedi
ates nearly everybody believes bu
hardly anybody expresses.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-29
Joint Service Set
At Beale Memorial

PAMPLIN, Jan % " The rcgu-
lar Joint service of the Pamplin
Presbyterian field Of churches will
be held Sunday, January 81 at HE'S
at Beale Memorial in Pamplin.
Dr.. John B. Cunningham. Of
Lynchburg. will be the guest mini
StPr
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-29
Response
Lesson for January 81, 1860

A VISITOR from America was
I talking with q missionary to
an Eastern country. Il read your
letters" he said, 'but it seems to
me they are all success stories.
Now that have visited you out
here ! know you have a great many
failure-stories. know these have
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-29
cHuD's IDEA

Il don't want my face washed.
cried Jane.
"Oh, come now grandmother
coaxed, I've washed my face three
times day since ! was little
girl like you -
Jane docking at the wrlnkles)
yes, and Just see how it shrunk. -
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-29
Self-Employment
Tax Returns Should
Now Be Filed

Farm self-employment tax re-
turns for 1859 should be filed as
soon as possible after December 81.
II you are a farmer and have net
earnings of $500 or more. you must
file social security tax return. If
your actual net earnings are less
than $500. you may file report
| and have your earnings credited for
social security if your gross earn
lngS are at least $500. You Still
have time to report for the years
starting with 1856 II you don't re-
port these. back years. you will lose
social security credit This may
mean that you may not be eligible
! to receive social security benefits
at retirement age or. if eligible for
benefits, your monthly checks may
| be lower.
II is important that you keep COM.
plete records of farm sales and ex-
/ penSes, so that correct reports can
. filed. II a farmer fails to file
| TAX returns, he may losing valuable
protection for himself when he
reaches retirement age or if he
should become disabled. Also, social
security benefits could moi be paid
atslvlvors III the event OF his death.
For information regarding filing
OF tax returns. get in touch with the
District Director of Internal Reve-
nue., Richmond For information re-
garding social security matters,
contact your local social security
representative
The marathon foot race OF the
Olympic Games commentaries one
of the decisive battles of history.
World Book Encyclopedia reports
that in 400 B. c. a Greek named
Phedippides raced 20 miles to
Athens to announce the victory of
the Greeks over the Persians on
the plain of Marathon He gasped
out the news before falling dead Of
exhaustion.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-29

caused you a
great deal of dis
appointment and
even tears. Why
d o MT you put
some of these
failure stories
into your let
tiers ?" The mis-
sionary's reply
was, well, the
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-29

The biggest trouble with political jokes
is that sometimes they get eIected-Sparks
(Ga) Eagle
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-29

We get i few compliments from
time t. time. wtaoN ~ deceived
aad probably not Heatk
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-29

Only 81, or IA per cent, Of The
249 tags placed Oh largenouth and
smallmouth bass in the South Fork
of the Shenandoah River last June
have been returned 10 the state
game commission. A one dollar re-
ward is given fishermen returning
the metal and plastic tags.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-29

churches don't want us to weep on
their shoulders. What they want is
success stories, so give 'em what
they want. But it's only half the
truth"