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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-01-03
Virginia Tel. Co.
Instal1s 5O,OOOth
Telephone In State

Virginia Telephone and Tele
graph Company reached a mile
stone on December 16, when the
fifty thousandth telephone was in
stalled in the home of a new
resident in Charlottesville.
cleaning white telephone was in
stalled in the residence of Mr.
and Mrs. Howard L. Spruell al
7O5 Rockland Avenue.
Virginia Telephone and Tele-
graph Company. one of fifty tele-
phone companies in Virginia, be-
gan its operation in 1881 under
present ownership. In that year
the company had 9,122 tele-
phones. In 1910. there were 14,2Ol
telephones. BY 1850, the numbe,
had risen to 1904, and on De.
cember 16, 1860 there were $4,000
telephones. The long range pro-
lection for 1870 is approximately
5000 telephones.
j. H. Mahan. manager of the
Farmville office, said 304 adj
ditional telephones had been in
stalled in the past year in this
area, which includes, Farmville,
Hampden-Sydney and Bucking-
ham County. ~
Dallas H. Reid, State Manager,
and Carey G. Elsea, District
Commercial Manager, were on
hand for the installation of the
50,000th telephone. A plaque with
the inscription, Virginia Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company
fifty thousandth telephone, De-
cember 16, 1860" will be affixed
on the telephone, marking the oc-
casion.
The Spruen family was invited
to make a long distance call of
their choice. Mrs. Spruell placed
a call to her mother in Pasadena,
Texas. Also, local call was
placed to Mayor Louie L. Scrib-
ner, who welcomed them to Char
lottesville and wished them a
merry Christmas.
Spruell is a technician with
Univac of the Remington Rand
office in Charlottesville. They
moved to Charlottesville from
Texas.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-01-03
Letters To Editor
A Man In Our Town

Editor Farmville Herald
A MAN IN OUR TOWN
There is a man in our good town
Whose object seems to be.
BY criticising our town folks.
To stir up enmity.
OF course he has a legal right
To write as he sees fit:
But as for me, l cannot see
The reason he does it.
We do not need advice from him
Or his criticism.
His letter shows that he con-
dones
Illegal boycottism.
It seems to me that he should
see
He'd serve our county best,
If he would stick to teaching
school,
And give his pen rest.
He's living here among our folks
And from them. gets his pay:
If he dislikes our folks and town,
Then he should move away.
Where angels fear. it has
been said,
"A fool will Of ter dare to
tread"
L. D. Whitaker
Ri. 6, FarmVille
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-01-03
Pratt (Kan.) Tribune

AN overzealous pity for the criminal
"A and an equivalent disregard for his
victim is seen by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation Director J. Edgar Hoover
as one Of the most disturbing treands
he has witnessed in his years in law en-
forcement.
We only hope every living American
gives some serious thought to Hoover
contention. He couldn't be more COR
rect.
This dangerous tendency, Hoover
points out, is inherent in the various
theories and systems now being suggest
ed
One proposal, which proponents at
tempt to justify from an economy
standpoint calls for vast decrease IN
the number Of persons sentenced to
prison.
If that's not what can be classed as
false economy we don't know what is.
Other Diverse schemes being pro-
pounded, if adopted, would have the eff
feet of virtua ly opening the doors of
our prisons or turning into little more
than restrictive resort hotels.
These plans, Hoover contends, would
remove the threat Of the, thing most
feared by the criminal punished for
his misdeeds.
Americans are noted for favoring
the "underdog." But all too often we
have witnessed mad dog transformed
into an underdog by certain people who
quickly forget or choose. to ignore the
great suffering by innocent victims of
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-01-03

some people perfer them to the regular
size automobile While we think the
compact has place in American trans
portation, we doubt that they will con
tinue their present popularity. The
safety, riding ease, and handling ease
of a standard automobile will continue
to be the criteria for most buyers. The
compact. however, has made more OF an
inroad on American transportation than
many thought would be the case some
two or three years ago. Foreign COM
petition in this field has been effective
ly met by domestic manufacturers.
Their popularity is dictated by its
economy, and possibly big car economy
may meet this competition between the
two types. Compacts are here to stay -
so are standard cars. They will learn
to live together.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-01-03

OOKING into 1861 economists are
IL guarded in their predictions, Some
see leveling off for the first six months
and then a slight boom for the latter
half. Possibly their guarded predica
tions are due to the uncertainty OF the
incoming Democratic administration,
which is certainly liberal in its back
ground and sta ed policies.
President-elect Kennedy in choosing
his cabinet and his sub-cabinet did not
tap the most radical" members Of the
party for top positions. Instead he went
to what may become the middle Of the
readers, with a sprinkling Of academi-
clans who become his brain trust, such
as Franklin D. Roosevelt gathered
around him. Though this does not in
dictate too much the policies Of the new
administration it does suggest that
much new thinking will go into the adj
ministrations policies.
The radical" Democratic platform
promises will be remembered so as to
keep faith with the radical element OF
the electorate However, there are still
conservative forces in Congress which
will make an overriding of Congress
dubious Already, Clark of Pennsylvan
ia, Douglas of LIMOS, and their fellow
travellers are setting their course to
change the rules of congressional pro-
cedure in an effort to railroad their pet
liberal legislation. Anything can hap
pen but it would appear now that Con-
gress will settle down to business after
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-01-03
Stop! And Think
Carefully Now

Editor of the Herald:
l have had the urge several
times to write to some news
paper but never could get to
the point of doing so until l saw
in the Richmond TimeS-Dis-
patch, under date of December
Z. where Rev. l.. F. Griffin
stated before the Prince Ed
ward Board of Supervisors that
these are his words "our chill
dren, are being .penalized I'M
necessarily by the action Of this
board and have been over a
period of the past years
Well, Mr.. Griffin has short
memory. If he could think back
two years he would know that
the Negroes themselves caused
the schools to be closed. They
have a fine school and a lot of
busses that the bats and owls
are using. just because the Ne
gro caused them to be closed.
Then he complains that the
white children are being educa-
ted but the Negro is being de-
MED. According to his argument
they are equal to the white race.
If so. let me ask, why can't they
educate their children, even as
the whites?
l was reading Just a short time
ago a statement by a Negro
College official saying, that the
Negroes were pushing too hard.
The Negro race has advanced
further in the past II years than
in the past 70 years, and had
better stop rocking the boat
Now. to quote Mr.. Griffin
again. He saws that the tax
funds are being used for private
education. with Negro children
being denied, taking taxes from
all citizens and creating private
schools, while no school exists
for Negro children. Now, the
rest of the Negroes have been
smart enough not to mention
taxes, since the Negroes pay
only 10 percent of the total
taxes. The very people. who he
says have been denying the Ne
gro children an education have
been paying for their education
down through the years.
He speaks also of boycotts.
Here is a quote, I think, from
the Times-Dispatch on Deem
Der Is, in which a substantial
Negro said. What can the Ne
gro hope by boycott? Suppose
he does put one little store out
of business, what has he &C
complished? If the Negro
wants to go forward he should
build up not pull down.
Now, Rev. Griffin mentioned
the Negroes of five counties.
Well. don't forget there are
whites in those five counties who
are big buyers in Farmville
also. And for one expect to
buy my needs there. I do hope
the good people of Farmville
won't lose sight of the people in
those five counties, not only |
there but the whole state of |
Virginia and great part of |
the United States, who stand
behind them. |
And remember this, Mr.. Grit
fin, a boycott works both ways.
These good people in Prince Ed
ward have extended credit, fl
nanced farm operations, and
offered employment. Our races
have proSpered together and
will continue to do SO despite
the leadership of Rev. Griffin
and his followers. 1 appreciate
nv long association with my
Negro neighbors and number
them as some of my best friends.
I hope they will stop and think
carefully now.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-01-03
and bright
The lamps shone DER fair
women and brave men :"

THE BRAVE LEFT for Water
loo while the party was glowing
How long the glow lasted Lord
Byron didn't say but it had shut
away wars alarms and the new
shadow of Napoleon.
That was l45 years ago but
people still may achieve shut
out. Humans all good will and
in bright enterprise together:
wrapped in music; free to be
fools or poets; messages in many
eyes; significant strang
across crowded rooms; one face
alone Let trouble gather be-
yond the draperied windows but
here is top-of-life balanced in
time without end:
"A thousand hearts beat happily
and when
Music arose with It's voluptuous
swell.
Soft eyes looked love to eyes
which spake again :"
Lord Byron reporting. But
hush! bark! a deep sound strikes
like a rising knell :" Outside
now there is mounting in hot
haste" = and whispering, with
white lips. The foe! They come
They GOMEZ" And, a few lines
later, Byron babbling of "apples
on the Dead Seas shore = AL
ashes to the taste ;"
But there had been the party
the revelry, the total aWareness
and aWayneSS.
Forever and ever there haC
been the party.
INTOXICATION RISES to ar
occasion, drunkenness falls be
fore one. Years ago. from a boob
or somewhere, this column hi
upon this profound truth anC
has proclaimed it annually at the
holiday season ever since. Blu
the trouble is that the falling
drunkard thinks he's a rising in
toxicatee, every time.
=; Y i;
If a Kennedy dynasty develops
and if they run out of male Ken
nedys before John, Jr.. is ole
enough and have to. use a sister
say Mrs. Peter LaWford. @
Hollywood. would she be al
"interregnum aunt as this col
umn called her? From Florence
Ala, DR.. J. S. Gallinger. rabbi
of Temple B'Nai Israel, write:
that the term is "grammatically
awkward" But wouldn't he gret
~ that it has eupony, ~ tina
use of noun as an adjective
these days is done, and 49, tina
Mrs. LaWford and her Hollywood
crowd are hard to imagine?
CARRYING ON AGAINST the
sacred and the sane in modern
church architecture, our bizarre
eccentric and egocentric archi
tects go ever wilder to blue yon
| derS. Some of the blue is almoS
homicidal. NewsWeek pictured
last week a church with tht
Cross tipsily slanted across thu
altar tables and another whose
exterior, described as "surging,
was intended to recall the up
ward road to Calvary" The re
semblance was more to an ocea1
wreck washed ashore and half
embedded in the sand.
THE PRESIDENT WARNS O
war through miscalculation.
There could be war by mis-
print" too. Misprinting U. S. fol
U. N. or U. S. A. for U. S. S. R.
or taking USA to mean UniteC
States of America when Union O
South Africa is meant.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-01-03
A Disturbing I rend

hardened and professional criminals, "
the FBI head wrote.
There can be no law and order in a
society which excuses crime on the pre-
mise that the perpetrator is ''sick."
Basic logic demands that man be
held morally and legally responsible for
his willful acts.
When a hardened criminal unwisely
is granted leniency, the very lives Of
countless unwary citizens who by chance
come in contact with him are placed in
jeopardy. Hoover says that law enforce
ment must take a strong stand against
perverse pity for criminals and its re-
sulting dangers.
We'd like to go him one better and
suggest that everyone join law enforce
ment officials in such stand.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-01-03

The Russian premier seems to be GER
tain that the USSR and the United
States can co-exist. The question seems
to be whether either of them can CO.
exist with Red China. = Albany IN. W
Knickerbocker News
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-01-03

A Boston doctor says in Montreal
that 80 per cent Of babies should be born
at home What shattering of modern
maternity myths here! One wonders
now if hospital births are for the pa
tents or the doctors convenience. -
Ottawa Journal
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-01-03
Double Check

Wistine "You all A HAPPY
NfW YEAR and that Just
that MS g0ln@ to be Everything
\ neW. Whenever a product slows
Io4n jn sales, 'hey stick the
aord new on 1t and sales peik
5p- bat with l96l-it 5 different.
FMS III Il positively new year al
over, No more packs on The back
MI Santa. He is going 10 use
,ash button conVeyor Syatem#t
Ids all new.
So here is the beginning. by
wishing everybody Happy and
Prosperous New New Year.
1861.
Thanks lor the visits. the gifts,
the cards and letters and thanks
ior reatlng.
Yours.
j. Marvin Brown
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-01-03

The luxury tax is still on wedding
rings. This brings up the question of
whether a wife is a luxury or a neces-
sity. = Powell (Wyo) Tribune.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-01-03
John Temple Groves
Revelry Borns Another Year

There was a sound Of revelry
BY night.
And Belgium's capital had gath
cred then
Her beauty and her chivalry.
The Nome nugget., 1961-06-21
U.S.-SOyiets Plan
 To Start Direct Plane Connections

WASHINGTON R - The Unit ed States and Russia plan to start negotiations soon on a direct air line connection between the two countries, the State Department announced yesterday.
 The department said the Soviets informed Washington they would be ready to start the talks June 21. The United States, for techni- cal reasons, asked that the start ing date be put off until July 18.
 The U.S.-Soviet negotiations have been considered for several years but never have quite come off. Talks were slated to start last July Is - but the United States abruptly cancelled them in the wake of the Soviets' shooting down of an American RB-47 re- connaissance plane.
 U. s. officials expected the air route bargaining actually would get underway this time, with Soviet team coming to Washing ton for the barley.
 The proposed commercial air route would be between New York and Moscow. Officials said no other route is presently under consideration
 Several foreign airlines now fly into Moscow. But to go from Russia to the United States, the commercial air traveller today must go via intermediate points.
 Pan American Airways is the American commercial carrier which has the U. s. governments authority to fly to Moscow. The Russian airline which carries out Soviet non-military flights is the government-owned Aeroflot. Aeroflot now has TU-114's, four-engine turboprop planes, able to make the 5,000-mile New York to Moscow run nonstop.
 The United States has some commercial jet craft which can make the trip in one hop.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-04-20
Mrs. Camilla Jefcoai
Succumbs In Memphis


Mrs. Camilla Jefcoat, ~, pass
ed away in Memphis Monday,
April 10 after an illness of three
months. Thouah a resident CT
Memphis for the past thirty-five
years, Mrs. Jefcoat was born
and reared in Holmes County
where many of her surviving
relatives still reside.
Burial was in the HopeWell
Cemetery near Ebenezer. Thurs
day, April 10, at 2 p. m.
She is survived by three daugh
ters: Mrs. George E. Rodry,
Memphis; Mrs. j. C. Putnam,
Pickens: Mrs. Ben S. Herren,
Chula Vista, California. one son,
Clement Jefcoat. Pensacola. Flo
rida; one sister, Mrs. Bessie Hol-
ley, Goodman and three bro
theirs: Bart and Walter Mabry,
Shreveport. Louisiana and AL
phonso Mabry, Goodman.
Also surviving are four grand
children, sixteen great-grand-
children and four g~reat-great
grandchildren.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-04-20

Down Ebenezer way in one of
the prettiest and best farming
sections in Holmes County live
Mr.. and Mrs. K. D. Henry, one
of the county's first farm fami-
lies.
This fine couple is devoted to
their community and make a
distinct contribution in time,
money and effort to everything
worthwhile in the neighborhood.
But MI. Henry is best known
for his outstanding work with
sheep.
To hear him tell it, sheep
raising is fun.
But they do require an awful
lot of care.
Sheds must be provided to
project the young lambs and the
ewes from the weather. (The
ewes, in case our reader knows
as little about sh~ecp-raising as
we do. are the grown females
The rams (males) can pretty
pretty well fend for themselves.
The reproductive cycle is five
months.
Cows run on the place help
protect the sheep from the dogs,
Mr.. Henry said.
The ideal time for the lambs
to be dropped is in November
and December, SO as to hit the
Spring market and bring top
prices.
Mr.. Henry expects his Hamp-
shires to be ready for the May
sale.
When he began raising sheep
back in 1916 he had very little
improved pasture, but today he
has a large number of improved
acres, plenty for his needs.
Six to eight head Of sheep can
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-04-20
The Peerls4' ooa>.ea
Twice
Told
Tales

The good gossips of our little
town have had a field day for
the past week with a few juicy
morsels to chew over their cof-
zee cups.
But l noted the one who SEEM
ed to be having the best time
by Monday had grown strangely
silent. In fact. he was conspi-
sious by his absence.
Could it be he found he was
living in a glass house and
you know, people who live in
lass houses $50.
DISGUISED
Dear Disguised:
Yes. we know. people who
live in glass hou-es shouldn'f
throw stones.
There's another one. too. the
SHELTON that is found in every
family closet if you jus. look
long enough - md the Good
Book says the Good Go-sips
are going to reap what they
SOW.
But don't you think if might
be better to drop the mantle
of Christian charity over the
whole thing? Glass house and
all?
And then lei him who is
without sin cast the first stone.
EDITOR
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-04-20
Rev. W. ]. Stanway
AT Presbyterian
April 80 May 5

@
The Presbyterian Church OF
Lexington will be having a
series of Evangelistic Services
during the week of April 80
through May 5.
Rev. William j. Stairway, pas
tor of the First Presbyterian
Church of Hattiesburg, will
bring the message for each SER
vice. The Rev. Mr.. Stairway is
we'll known, especially in south
Mississippi, for his well-prepared
and deeply spiritual messages
which can be heard each Sun
day morning over the radio.
These services will begin Sun
day evening, April 80 and will
continue both morning and eve
ming through Friday. The eve
ming services will begin at 1880
,. m. each day.
The general topic of these
messages will be, ''The Chris
tian's Answer!"
Morning services will be from
ZOO until TAO. These messages
will be a series Of Studies in
John, and they will be broad
cast by tape over radio station
WXTN at 900 a. m. each day.
Coffee and donuts will be SER
we'd each morning following the
service.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-04-20
An-Day Coffee Set
For Wednesday,
April 26 In Annex

The Cancer Crusade fund
drive in Lexington has passed
the 5000 mark with less than
two weeks remaining to reach
the 5000 quota set for the town.
Mrs. Leon Armstrong, fund
chairman for the business dis
trict, announced that the total
for the business district and
the residential areas combined
is $653.87. Even though little
time remains to reach the 5000
goal, the various Cancer Com
mittees operating throughout
Lexington feel certain that the
goal will be reached.
The Ladies of Lexington
Chapter No. 80 of Eastern Star,
will sponsor an all day coffee
for the Cancer Crusade on We'd
nesday, April 26 from $50 a.
m. to 6 p. m. with all proceeds
going to the Fight Against Can
GER.
Cancer Crusade Swords in
front of the First National Bank
and the Baptist Church will
point out the way to the Youth
Annex where the coffee will be
held. Coffee and donuts will be
served for breakfast with sand
wiches, pies and cakes for lunch.
Orders will be accepted now for
homemade pies or cakes.
This will be the last spon-
sored affair in which you can
enjoy good fellowship. good
food and make a contribution to
the Cancer Crusade at the same
time.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-04-20
Special Services To
End April Both Al
Methodist Church

The Every Member Visitation.
which has been in progress for
several weeks will eliminate the
week of April % to 80.
Sunday, April % will be
Loyalty Day when all members,
who are able to attend, are
urged to share in the Services
of Worship. Among the special
features of the morning wor-
ship will be the commissioning
of the trained visitors and a
sermon, acknowledging Gods
Priority" by the minister. In the
evening worship the youth choir
will lead in the music and the
minister's sermon subject will
be, The Christians Love-"
MIR. Parham H. Williams, Jr.,
general chairman with Mr.. j.
M. McRae, chairman of Visiat-
ton Committee and Mr.. Wood
son Earle, trainer, will direct a
group of trained visitors who
will call on families and present
to them on charts the proposed
church program-b budget for 1861
81. The visitors will visit Sun
day afternoon and return for
their first report meeting Sun
day at 1881 p. m. They will
continue their visiting and make
their last report Wednesday at
1871 p. M.
In the morning worship on
Victory Sunday, April 80, the
membership will offer praise
and thanksgiving unto God for
the Christian concerns and COM
mitments which will be placed
en- the altar for dedication unto
God. Victories for God" will
be the subject of the sermon.
Many members have partici-
pated in building the proposed
program-budget for 1861 : 81.
Many more members have ex-
pressed a growing interest and
response to an enlarged pro-
posed program-budget of $24, 704,
with $7,462 of it for the connec-
tional program and the remain
der for the local program. Many
members are aware that their
church is under the divine
commission to do the work of
Christ, so they gladly offer it
an increasing devotion and a
larger support.
Visitors and friends are al
ways welcome to attend these
services.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-04-20
Rites Held On Monday
For W. H. Morehead


Graveside rites for Willie H.
Nesehead who died Sunday,
April 16 in District Two Com
munity Hospital were held at
the Pine Crest Cemetery, Mon
day, April II at 2:30 p. M. with
Rev. Raymond Raddin officia-
ting.
Born in Cruger, Mr.. Morehead
lived most of his life in Tchula
where he was a fisherman.
He is survived by two nieces:
Mrs. Clara Bradford and Mrs.
Jack Durbin, both of Houston,
Texas; and one nephew, G. w.
Morebead, Of West Monroe,
Louisiana.