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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-28
Hard Winter Down South

WINTER of 196O-61 has been hard
" down South also. Grass and vegeta-
ton usually green even this time of the
year is brown and drab. South Carolina
low-country suffered some ice and sleet,
an unusual occurance in that part of
the country. Some two weeks ago Coop
er River bridge at Charleston, S. c. was
closed for half a day because of icy
roadways.
Tobacco plant beds were common
sight in both North Carolina and South
Carolina sections. Plants were sticking
their heads above ground in the beds
Reforestation of the woodlands was
noticeable. A large section of low-coun-
try is in forests Of long leaf pine, one of
its principal crops Tourists, travelling
both north and south clog the main
highways. New four lane-highways are
being constructed rapidly in both Of the
Carolina to handle the north-south
traffic. Most Of the towns and cities
are by-passed, but if one is familiar
considerable distance can be eliminated
and very little more traffic encounter
ed. We were impressed with the many
new highways being built.
Industry is still moving south. New
paper mills are under construction at
Georgetown and present mills are ex-
banding. Other types of industrial
plants appear to be under construction
Wherever you go it it always nice to
get back home Farmville looks better
than any Of the comparable towns to
the south, and appears to be as busy as
any. The outlying countryside is in
viting also, we guess we are pre-
JUDGED in this because Southside Vir-
ginia is home to US.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-28

could buy no orange Juice until
phosphate was fed to the trees.
AS a result the phosphate in
dustry has grown from a $1OO, 900
business IS years ago to a
500, 100000 operation annually
today, employing thousands of
workers. Although some phos-
phate is found in Tennessee and
in Utah and foreign countries, yet
two-thirds of the worlds supply
now comes from Florida.
Leading Companies
understand that the original
company is the American Agri-
cultural Chemical Co., which was
started by the father of the indus
try. Peter B. Bradley of New
England; next We find the Inter-
national Minerals g. Chemical
Co., which has been developed
by Louis Ware and his able son
Thomas. Among the other eight
are the Virginia Carolina Chemi-
cal. the American Cyanamid, and
the Dawson plants now operated
by W. R. Grace & Co.. as well
as the large packers such as
Swift. Armour, and others.
Not only is phosphate essential
to life of all kinds; but it is the
basis of a growing business. An
increased demand for fertilizer
should continue almost forever.
The Florida supply should last
eighty years. Every farmer who
uses fertilizer may well buy a
few shares of the stock of one
of these listed companies. See
your broker for price, divi-
dend, etc. Incidentally, phos-
pilates should be one of the very
best hedges against imitation.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-28

but now the demand for this
Florida fertilizer is gradually ex-
tending westward toward the
Rocky Mountains.
1t has been found that this
phosphate is essential not only to
crops, plants and livestock. but
also to men and women. A man
weighing $50 pounds must have
within him l12 pounds of phos-
phate in order to keep in good
health. A pregnant woman is
very dependent upon phosphate
in order to assure her baby good
bones and teeth. Such a woman
knows that otherwise the unborn
child is robbing the mothers
teeth. causing decay. In fact,
children living near the phos-
phate mines have no cavities in
their teeth. Furthermore, the
fluorine which great cities are
now adding to their drinking
water comes from Florida phos-
phate.
Demand for Phosphate
Today phosphate is in demand
not only for fertilizer: but also
as additives for over 100 differ
ent foods. Baking powder, pre-
pared flour, table salt, water
softeners+and even tooth paste
and the head of the common
match. Industrially. phosphate
finds its way into many diversi-
fled industries in the making
of aluminium. steel, and textiles:
as an additive for gasoline and
motor oils; also in the manufac-
ture Of Photographic film and
thousands of other products. I
am told that even Coca Cola and
Pepsi-Cola use it. Certainly we
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-28
Double Check

Congress gets off to the slow
est start for fast young Presi-
dent that ever you seen Sam
Rayb0rne or burn whichever you
call it has just about run out
of schemes to whip it into space.
Everybody seems to be afraid
to tinker with the dollar at this
stage of the game the last
Administration let it day until it
was too thin to count and
any traficirg with it now could
be detrimental to its future
health and existance. Just what
constitutes Imitation" is still in
doubt with some the 5 as we
see it . and we seldom do !.
is a mighty great thing to have
around and to us it is still
a dollar. If any one tries to take
one from you for any less than
a dollar 4. there starts the fuss.
The farmers are voting to keep
controls. President calls Free
man to get up the farm bill.
Congress will get the bill-next
week. The strike is settled, the
weather may be better the
plains can fly again and all
America is on the go for better
times ahead, most opposition
froze out.
Now for the big thaw. Govern
ment purchase of meat and by
products are stuffing the prices.
Many. many things are being set
up to help the country recover
from the slump.
Thanks for reading.
Yours.
j. Marvin Brown.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-28
Babson Discusses Most Basic Industry Fertilizer

BABSON PARK, MASS, Feb.
% = Every time it rains, any
where, the water washes out
much of the soils goodness. It
seeps through the ground to the
rivers and thence to the sea. AS
a result the ocean is constantly
getting richer and the land is
getting poorer.
History of Phosphate
During millions ter billions of
years this has been taking place.
A small bay now a part of
west Central Florida became a
great chemical caldron. Here
were cooked certain clays,
chemicals, and the countless
bones of animals, from micro
scopic arthropods and fish to
great mammals including ele-
plants and mastodons and even
huge whales.
The final result of the che.ni-
cal reaction from these millions
of years of cooking" is what
we now call phosphate" When
mixed with the nitrogen of the
air and the potash Of the ocean
this phosphate is able to replace
the goodness Of the soil which
has been washed out. Hence. has
followed the mining of Florida
phosphate. With the addition of
nitrogen and potash this mixture
is sold as fertilizer.
Where Fertilizer Is Sold
Originally this fertilizer was
sold only for use on the old
farms and plantations of our Is
original states. For years the
lands of the Midwest continued
to have enough goodness" to
raise crops without fertilizers;
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-28
About the Author

Fred c. Koch. native Texan. grad
uate Nit 1929. chemical engineer
ing. entered oil refinery business.
Winkler-Koch Engineering Company
Of Wichita, Kansas, designed and
erected oil refineries throughout
Eastern Europe, Middle East and
Africa
In 1929 81 built Is oil cracking
plants in Soviet Union. Mr.. Koch
learned firsthand the Kremllns plan
to subvert the U. S. A.
Mr.. Koch is now president of Rock
Island Oil & Refining Co., Koch En-
glneering Co.. Koch Oil Co., of
Wichita. and director in seven other
large corporations.
He returned to the Soviet Union
in 1856 and was in Iraq in 1853
shortly before the revolution. He
speaks from knowledge and exper-
fence.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-28
Civil School Rights

civil Rights Commission members
~ should have better understanding
of Prince Edward County's position in
regard to public schools, if they under
stood the statements of local citizens
in the conference last Saturday: From
press reports the position was made
clear.
The people of Prince Edward are not
against public schools as a mean Of edu-
cation. In fact the county fought for
public schools for five years, from 1854
to 1859, and taxed themselves to pro-
vide public schools. BY the same token
the people of Prince Edward made their
position crystal clear in 1855 by affirm
ing their petition to the Board of Super
vsors not TO assess taxes for support of
racially -ntegrated public schools. Not
until 1859, when the last court efforts
to maintain racially-separate public
schools in Prince Edward County were
exhausted. did the Board of Supervisors
withhold financial support.
1t was then that the people Of the
county set about to provide education
for their children - after five years Of
fighting for public schools following
the 1854 decision, and three years prior
to the decision The record does not sup
port the assertion that Prince Edward
County refused to support public
schools 1t is true that Prince Edward
people refused to tax themselves to
operate racially integrated public
schools.
The record of Prince Edward Coun-
ty in the development Of the public
school system in Virginia is outstand-
ing. Dr. William Henry Ruffner, who
became the first president of State Fe-
College, was the first state superin-
tendent of Public instruction in Vir-
ginia, taking charge Of the system when
it was founded in 1870. DR.. Joseph D.
Eggleston, native son of Prince Ed
ward, served as state superintendent of
Public instruction from 1906 to 1913,
and under his administration public
education was we'll established. DR..
Joseph l.. Jarman, fourth president Of
Longwood, was one of the early leaders
in developing public education in Vir-
ginia. Today, DR.. Woodrow Wilkerson, a
native son of Prince Edward, is super
intendent of Public Instruction in Vir-
ginia. The final records for public edu-
cation in Virginia have not been written
yet and it is the hope of the people of
this county that these records will be as
outstanding even as those Of the past
1t is reassuring that so many people
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-28
John Temple Graves
Comments On
Prince Edward
''Watchman, what OF the night?"

WHdt Va
Prince Edward County, Vir-
ginia, one of the communities
against which the first antide-
segregation decision was directed
in 1854. has been so quiet in its
resistance, SO calm in its abso-
lutte determination. that you think
of Tennyson's "Such a tide as.
moving. seems asleep ~ Too full
for sound or foam" With no NAL
ice toward its colored people and
constant offers to include them,
it has instituted private school
ing.
The Board of Supervisors has
withheld fund S from public
schools.
Its right to do this is being
challenged now in the courts, and
in the meanwhile the harpies
and furies have descended on the
quiet county and its town of
Farmville. There is concerted
application of every imaginable
pressure. propaganda and influ-
ence to force the Board to rees-
tablish the schools, this time inte-
grated. without waiting for a
court decision which apparently
these outsiders seem to fear.
TAKING VOTE. OF A
CHARGE that there has been
almost complete breakdown of
community in all its senses"
Publisher Barrye Wall, of The
Farmville Herald lit carries this
column points to a full-size base
ball-football park built here in
1859, a donation of SOS 900 from
people of the county for develop
ment of Hampden-Sydney Col
lege, the building Of a $50, 900
recreation center through efforts
of business men, substantial con-
tributions to total of $145. 600 do
mated to expand the Southside
Community Hospital. total dollar
turnover increased and building
construction in 1859 topping all
records
Meanwhile enough temporary
classrooms have been built or
remodeled in churches and pri-
vate school buildings to house
the school system. In 1860 the
people of the county contributed
$27O, 900 to a capital fund for a
private academy whose buildings
are now under construction. BY
the end Of this year Prince Ed
ward hopes to be conducting a
modern, efficient school system
in permanent buildings.
1T IS AN EPIC STORY and
will live in history. The people
of Farrnville and Prince Edward
County need to be told in what
respect and admiration the
people Of the South hold them
and their gallantry through these
seven years. The Farmville Her
aid needs for reprinting some
cheering words and editorials
from outside of the besieged
community.
FOR A r r o G. A N C f COM
POUNDED with profanity none
can match those who are re-
writing the Holy Bible to rid it of
archaic phrases" and "obscuri-
ties To find substituted here
and there the musty vernacular
Of do-goodery and the sick by
words of socialism is to know pro-
fanity's depths.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-28
a BUSINESS NAN LOOKS AT COMMUNISM
By Fred c. Koch, Of Wiehito, Kanso.

Published by special permission Of the author
Third in Series Of Seven lnstollments
Evening star., 1961-04-10
HELP MEN
Electronic and
Electro Mechanical
Technician TraineeS


Eleetrical-mechanical knowl. Iapti.
tude, to service office equipment
factory training; career oppor.
white; start to S400. ST. 3-0190
PERSONNEL, 1888 Eye NV
= Sober, dependable
white man to live IN IS resi-
dent engineer OF large air-con-
ditioned apt. bldg. In nearby
Arlington. Good maintenance ex-
knowledge Of Gir-conditioning
helpful. Salary includes 1-bedrm.
apt. Must have GOOD references,
Call MR.. BOOTH. Ma. S-2346,
between 9 and IL am. only.
ENGINEERS, Jr. and sr., EE, ME,
WELL EMPL.. hs ssi5 % K. l. = ave-. sHS Mt.
Rainier, Nd. A2. 7-S44S.
Evening star., 1961-04-10
CLERK-TYPIST

Large real estate and mort
gage loan firm: liberal start
ing salary plus substantial
eDploye benefits, 5-day wk.
We would like to talk to
you II you are high school
graduate, good typiSt and
age 2l-40. Call MR.. POST
or Mr.. MORAN, DI. 7-S300.
Evening star., 1961-04-10
HELP MEN
YOUNG, 2I.35. MARRRn

Neat appearance, pleasant person.
ality: 200-yr. old national organ.
needs 8 men to fill vacancies in
Wash. D. C.; training recognized
as finest in its field. S400 mo.
written guar. while training to
Evening star., 1961-04-10
ENGINEER

9Th AND STH CLASS
Colored, married, no children; for
downtown apt. building. Must have
air conditioning exper. Good local
refs. required. Salary and / bed
rm, apt. See Mr.. Farrell.
HERBERT HARVEY
INCORPORATED
RE. 7-1566 912 18th st. NV.
Evening star., 1961-04-10
GIRL FRIDAY

To woman executive. A busy
Georgetown office needs q
bright attrac. young lady
ably qualified in Shorthand
and tipping. We need some
one in our executive office
capable of handling q varie-
ty of Girl Friday duties,
such as answering telephone
INQUIRIES automatically, be-
ing a tactful receipt. and be-
ing able to follow through
with meticulous details. Good
benefits, pleasant working
conditions, Attractive office
surroundings SALARY open
for discussion) go to the
neat well groomed applicant
who fills this position. Send
resume Of working exper. to
BOX 332-V, STAR
Evening star., 1961-04-10
CLERK-TYPIST

Accurate typist for seeretarial
office Of accounting department,
Primary duties will consist Of
typing, clerical work, and general
assistance to secretary supervisor.
One or two years experience; no
shorthand. so w.p.m. minimum
typing speed. Excellent company
benefits.
BETWEEN 0 AM. AND 5 PM.
Evening star., 1961-04-10
HELP MEN
MANAGER

Exper. hospital administrator Ia
manage hospital insurance office.
University business adm. degree
desirable and ability to prepare fl
nancisl statements necessary. Sal
ary open. State amount desired:
replies In confidential to Box 121-
v, Star.
TRAINEEs-We are
seeking 2 young men, age 1890,
to enter our training program
which will begin on May 8. You
will be completely trained at full
salary. Excellent working condl-
tons, no outside work Involved
Merit raises. and promotions. re-
tirement plan. college tuition
program and other outstanding
benefits. Salary starting at S4,S00
and up. Applicant must be re-
sponsible. These are permanent
positions and only applicants seek
ing career position will be con-
sidered. Call Mr., OLIVER. ST.
$4,000 between 10 and IL am.
Evening star., 1961-04-10
ELECTRoLUX CORP.
S71O NEW HAMP. AVE. NV

Has opening for man In
sales and service work.
Apply s to 1890 am
Evening star., 1961-04-10

HOSTESS, exper. not necessarys
good salary; vacation, sick leave,
Apply in person, FLAGSHIP RES
TAURANT, 951 Maine ave. s.w.
Evening star., 1961-04-10
HELP MEN AND WOMEN

ACCOUNTANT yrs. min. exper,
Must be able to type: salary open,
Loc. in Clinton, Md. Box 147-J,
Evening star., 1961-04-10
HOTEL MAID

Must Have Exper. and Refs.
NO OTHERS APPLY
TOWERS. 5000 Mass. Ave.
Evening star., 1961-04-10
HELP WOMEN

CLERK-TYPIST, for insurance Of
flee: 5-day week, employe bene-
tlts,. pleasant working conditions.
Appiy AMERICAN CASUALTY CO..
1851 Fenton St. Silver Spring.
Navajo times., 1961-06-28
Two MWU7ES6
kIzN NE BlBLE - y n
q. A |
:Se:so ss:::s ':t' !: :ss;s,: :Ss;:,, %TlI
NlM NE BlBLE
THINGS NEW AND OLD

When orr Lord had His familiar discourse the
" ..1HEREFORE EVERY SCRIBE WHICH IN INSTRUCTED ABOUT
KINGDOM HEAVEN is LIKE MAN THAT is AN HOUSE
WHO BRINGS FORTH OUT OF HIS TREASURE THINGS NEW
OLD" Matt 1882 -, ,. -
being proclaimed ohn had Repent
up message
Some eagerly others turned them many the
They did welcome
teacng Yet Christs message kingdom concted
Indeed based on the Old Testament
and confirmed Lord reminded His hearers that the
right kind the of Scrip
ure, things both and old
needed today Some cast away precious treasures
out the Bible conenng they old out Others
while clinging light While
religion aside with the complaint
They with each other be orthodox instead g
find more light from unfathomable Word of God
it possible Well of Scripture
hauess Mine? Have received
all the light that the Holy Bible2
Then may, keep digging the Scripture that
bring forth the Divine
things BOTH NEW AND OLD
Navajo times., 1961-06-28

Editorial


devastating destroyed the Red Lake Shopping Center
often unprepaed
might happen Car wrecks take
other accidents be expected
bu fire and every to panic
especially dry winter finds almost an
distance fire fighting
with lack Of plentiful water fire
be mostd
and employees Navajo Forest Products nus
they fires But when you
are when it, then
gency becomes anything treat lightly but
equal the task This proves again ne
old saying education does than teach
methods personally be fire lgnter
make that fire you use is
properly then fighter
possibly lives and money you see
leaving unattended ask them watch out and be more
careful.
hazard especayin wooded areas Make
completely before throw
careless smokers than by
safer firefree the Ma val
Reservation.
Be will fire!
Navajo times., 1961-06-28

etc.
DR.. Mcpherson, for many years
regional supervisor of Indian Ele-
mentary Education, has worked
with all the Arizona Indian tribes
and is highly qualified in directing
this workshop and working with
teachers of Indian children.
Both MIR. and Mrs. Heald are
successful authors and have had
numerous articles published in
,many popular magazines. In addi-
tion to number of books, Mr..
Heald is co-author of THE IN
VERIFIED MOUNTAIN, and numer-
GUS magazine articles.
Navajo times., 1961-06-28
The teacher

"You can't take my comic book.
paid quarter for it," Jack whined
as took the treasure from his
hands. 1t was blood-curdling edi-
tion with lurid cover.
''Comic books are good read
ing". he continued. ''My mother
lets me buy all l want just SOS l
read them.
This is common practice in our
modern family of today. Comics
have become a part of the Ameri-
can home library. In some respects
they are excellent. 1t all depends on
what you are trying to accomplish
by their use. Madi son Avenue has
found them an excellent means by
which to sell soap.
Most comics are geared to the
national literacy level which is
considered to be about the F ourth
Grade. Therefore they afford a
reading opportunity to large seq
ment of our population.
But if you are oneof those indiW-
duals VINO is attempting to improve
your reading skill by the u Sc of
comics you will be sadly mistaken.
Improvement in reading only comes
as we progress from easier read
ing levels to higher plateaus. The
theory that reading just anything
will produce better reading is sill
ly. For a mature reader to be using
comic books is like 12-year-old
child using nursing bottle. Pic
torial reading is lazy reading. 1t
limits the readers scope and
makes no allowance for general
ization. He is not able to project
his own experience and knowledge
into the situation as easily because
it has already been defined by
portrait.
You and your child need to de-
velop an ability to comprehend diff
ficult and complex rhetoric and
composi sition. This can only be done
by constant exposure to it. Our
school years should be years of
training in this most important
skill. We cannot afford to stunt its
growth.
Sincerely,
Your teacher
(Di istributed by Copley News
SerVicel
Navajo times., 1961-06-28
Arizona State College Workshops

For persons interested in writ
ing or in theteaching of Indian chill
dren, Arizona State College. Flag
staff, is offering two, two week
workshops starting on Monday June
26, and continuing through July 7.
The Eleventh Annual Southwest
Writer'S Work hop and Confer
ence" will be directed by Weldon
F, and Phyllis w. Heald of Tucson.
Directing the workshop, "Mater-
ials and Techniques for Teachers
of Indian Children, will be DR.. Or
pha Nc cPherson, Phoenix.
The writer's workshop is open
to anyone who writes or wants to
write, and with the permission of
the academic chairman of the Eng
lish department, may be taken for
upper division or graduate credit.
The materials and techniques
workshop is designed for both In
dian reservation teachers and pu-
blic school teachers who meet In
dian children in their classes.
Experts in various phases of
writing and publ shing will serve
as guest lecturers at the writer's
workshop. The course includes
correct preparation and submis-
sion of manu- SC ripts, markets, lit
erary agents, slanting. style and
taboos, Photographic illustrations,
Navajo times., 1961-06-28

1lScal pol1cy are playing right INTO
the hands of Kremlin leaders whose
determination ha long been to
bleed America white"
''Higher taxes and more infla-
rion are precisely what MIR.
Khrushchev and his advisors want
for the United States and the pre-
sent Admin stration is rushing to
provide them," the Arizona Re-
publican told luncheon meeting
of the Sales Executives Club of
New York, at the Roosevelt Hotel,
New York City.
Senator Goldwater empha sized
that while the attention of the Am
erican people is diverted by pro-
blems in Cuba, Laos and else
where, the New Frontier is rushing
through Congress aprogram which
contains the seeds of economic
destruction for the United States" "
''There is absolutely no end to
what the Administration expects
from Congress and the American
people in the phony name of 'cri-
SIS and emergency " he added.
But, with it all, there is no men,
tion of what these vast new pro-
grams in the fields of education,
housing, medical care, etc., will
cost in terms of our ability to re-
sist aggression or mount even a
limited war if we should be called
upon to conduct one.
"Believe me, it will make no
difference if we are the best edu-
Gated, best housed, best clothed and
best fed people in the world, if our
economic underpinnings are COM
promised. The military realities of
today are such that our capacityto
fight is directly related to our abil-
ity to produce and our ability to
produce rests on the performance
of sound economy"
Senator Goldwater insisted that
the New Frontier can't have it
both ways if the country is to re-
main the champion of freedom and
the chief antagonist of international
Communism throughout the world.
"Sooner or later" he added,
''the realization will dawn on