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for him to achieve anything
more than delaying tactics. A
light rain prevented his men
from setting fire to any of the
numerous bridges where tn G
Westerns~ and Atlantic crossed
the Chickamauga River. In des-
peration, they set off two of the
three boXcars, hoping this might
block their pursuers. 1t did not.
Finally, near Ringgold, Ga,
with the General" low on wood,
water and steam, ANDRE
shouted his last order. Each
raider scattered into the woods
along the railroad.
Two miles north Of Ringgold
at the crest of a grade, the
General" wheezed to stop
The daring raid that was intend
ed to shorten the Civil War had
failed miserably. A dramatic.
87-mlle. eight-hour chase was
over, as the locomotive Texas
drew up behing the General
Thieves Caught
Confederate cavalry alerted
by Fuller when he went through
Kingston and Dalton. now comb
ed all Of northern Georgia in
search Of the "engIne thieves"
as they became known. Within
week, all had been captured. In
June 1862. AndrWs and seven
of the raiders were publicly
hanged in Atlanta Also con
demned to die, eight others
madeN good their escape from
the prison in Atlanta where they
had been held. The remaining
members Of the group were pa
rolled in 1868, and all, including
next of kin of the executed men,
subsequently received the Con
gressional Medal Of Honor.
Today, a century later, the
locomotive General again
makes history as 1t moves
along some Of the same road
beds that it travelled over dur
ing the Inflated Andrews Raid.
The General" will be in
FaTnville for three short hours.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-24
Planning Group
To Meet Tuesday

The Farmville Planning and
zoning Commission will meet
Tuesday evening. May %. at 5
pm. in the town council cham
Der. James B. Clark. chairman
Of the commission. invited any
interested citizens to meet with
the commission at this tune.
He said the commission Will
consider all of the points raised
at the public meeting, " h &c h
was held May 10. The revised
ordinance Will be presented at
the June meeting of town coun-
Gil for further consideration of
council.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-24
Claude T. Pollard
Buried On Tuesday

AMELIA. May Funeral
services for Claude T. Pollard
We're held at Sandy Creek Bap-
tist Church on Tuesday, May q
with interment in the church
cemetery.
Mr.. Pollard, a retired mer-
chant Of the Painville commun-
ity. was 63 years old and died
in a nursing home in Blackstone
on Sunday
The son of the late Joseph
Webster Pollard. he is survived
by four sisters, Mrs. Leila Phil
lips and Mrs. Louise Williams,
OF Richmond and Mrs. Mabel
Mann and Mrs, Cary Morris, of
Amelia, and two brothers. John
7. Pollard, Of Amelia, and How
AIRED Pollard, of Hampton
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The General
Continued from page y

Continued from page II
Kingston began to look SUSPECT
ously at Andrews and the Ger
eral" until Andrews convinced
them that it was very necessary
that the General" and its
train, loaded with ammunition
for General Beauregard, get
through to Chattanooga. T h e
story sounded logical enough.
and when the south bour d
freights had been shmted to
side tracks, Andrews sent the
General chuffing northward.
Minutes later, Fuller, Murphy,
and Cain, aboard the Yonah,
raced into Kingston to find that
the raiders had just gone. TAX
irg over another locomotive, the
William R. Smith. Fuller and
Ills band set off after the raid
erS. Three miles ahead, they
J0lted TO a stop. narrowly avoid
ing a stretch of damaged track.
Undaunted, they continued IN
foot about two miles until they
were met by still another south
bound freight, pulled by the
locomotive Texas"
Fuller persuaded the engineer
to back up to Adairsville, the
next town, where the cars of
the train could be droppe
From Adairsville the chase be-
gan lr earnest, as now, two
locomotives, like two Venly
matched thoroughbreds, careen-
ed over flimsy tracks at speeds
up to 60 miles an hour.
Sight Fugitiyes
Every bit the equal of the
General" the locomotive Tex
as, running in reverse. began to
narrow the gap between it and
the General" Then, rounding
a curve. it swept in sight of the
fugitives.
Andrews now knew that the
cntest had become too close
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-24
School Study
Continued IRON. age

tCOntlnueQ lrOni age II
and Anthropology at Randolph
Macon WolnanS College, serves
as staff sociologist. Consultants
for the project are Dr.. Edgar
Schiller and DR.. Wilbur Brook
over, sociologists at Michigan
State. Dr. David KratWohl, re-
search coordinator, Bureau of
Educational Research. Michigan
State. and Louis Holman. an in
structor at the Michigan irStitu-
ton
Dr.. Green worked through his
University to obtain the financ-
ing grant after his own study of
the Prince Edward situation. He
wrote the study proposal which
secured the SIS, 900 for Michigan
State.
The Phase I portion of the
project primarily consists of the
gathering of data pertaining to
Negro school age children. their
ages. schooling. how they spend
their time, the location and cir
cumStanceS of children being
educated outside of the county.
This phase will also provide data
on which to base the Phase 2
testing program.
In addition to the tests in
Phase 2, the later portions of the
intensive study will probe into
sociological questions. Dr. Green
said these will study such things
as the attitudes of both children
and parents toward schooling:
the level of aspiration among
children and how it has been
affected since schools c los d.
Also, such questions as: What
is the felt deprivation of school
less children: how has the clos
ing of schools affected the CO.
hesion Of the Negro commum-
ty? What sociological substi-
tutes, if any, have taken the
place of the schools?
Far Flung Interests
DR.. Green, a Detroit, Mich,
native and son Of southern-born
parents. received his bachelor
and masters degree at San
Francisco State College in Cali
fornia. He received his doctorate
in educational psychology at
Michigan State in December,
1862.
Dr. Edgar Schiller, an associ-
ate in the project here explain
ed his uniVersity's connection
with the county The academic
interests of Michigan State. as
well as many American inStitu-
tons of higher learning extend
far beyond campus confines. Our
academic interests are far flung
Michigan State also has projects
under way in Brazil, PaNstan
and Nigeria" he pointed out.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-24
Charlotte Ruritan
Minstrels Feature
Farmyille Dancers

Judy Baldwin and Betty Book
err Smith. tap dance artists.
will appear in the Charlotte
County Ruritan Minstrels to be
held in the Randolph Henry
High School Auditorium on the
evenings Of May "A and Is
Judy and Betty Booker Will
appear III a Specially Tap Dance
number. These girls are MEM
berS of the Virginia Fulton
School of Dancing in Farmyille.
Other specially numbers will
feature the Willis Sisters of Dan
vile, and Marvin A. Pickard Of
Suffolk. Pickard is widely known
throughout Virginia and North
Carolina as a baritone soloist.
Curtain time is 8 pm. Tick
cts may be bought at the door
each night of the MinStrels.
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Al Smith
Continued from page u

brothers and sisters had come
to America from County Down,
Ireland.
Most people wonder where I
picked up my interest in the Con
federacy and the Civil War.
Well, ever since l can remember
l have had a keen interest in
it, and when I became a Rebel,
my interest increased. I really
enjoyed working on this pro
graQ I feel greatly honored to
reed Ee this award from UPI
and l want to thank all those
who helped me with the pro
gram n
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-24
ANOTHER Indignation show

ANOTHER Indignation Show
down appeared likely when Gov.
George c, Wallace pledged this
week he Will bodily block the
admission OF two Negroes to the
University OF Alabama. Universl-
ty trustees agreed to admit them
at the beginning Of the summer
session June 10 after a federal
court refused to delay their adj
missions until racial tensions
have subsidized in the state. Ala
bama's Attorney General Rich
mond Flowers, longtime po-
litical foe of Wallace, said he
believes such action would re-
suit in bloodshed and it would
be better to try to Gust t h e
Negroes once they are enrolled
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Continued from page Il
lost it all, having to replant. 1t
remains to be seen whether the
inch and a half of rain over the
week end will restore crops to
their normal growth.
County Agent Peery said last
weeks rair, measured as l.6
inches at Station WFLO. served
merely as temporary relief from
the drought. Much more precipi-
tatlon is needed to put farms
back to normal. Even with more
rain, the damage to pastures
and the loss of the early hay
cuttings and spring grasses can
not be repaired. They re gone.
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Prince Edward Case
Continued From Page II

Continued From Page II
open or closed.
The Richmond jullst's decision
confhcted with that of Federal
Judge Oren R. Lewis who ruled
that Prince Edward schools can
not be closed so lorg as schools
elsewhere in Virginia are open.
Judge Lewis also enjoined the
payment of state and local tu-
ition grants while schools are
closed.
Judge Lewis rulings have
been appealed to the U. S.
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals,
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-24
4. 7. V. \. Meets
Sunday Afternoon

The Association for the Pres
ervation Of Virginia Antiquities,
Prince Edward branch, will hold
lis spring meeting Sunday after
noon at pm. in the Historic
Prince Edward Hotel
Ben Bane Dulaney. manager
of news and community services
for the Norfolk and Western
Railway, VIII be the guest
speaker.
The public is invited to attend.
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do this.
The school board then asked
Judge Hening to declare h a
they could disregard the apph-
cations. two of which were later
withdrawn and another ruled
improper.
Judge Hening held Monday
that the parents of the children
failed to comply with state law
and the regulations Of the Pupil
Placement Board.
Hence" Judge Hening SAID
1.-THE purported applications in
question in this case may be dis
regarded" by both the local
school board and the State Pu-
pill Placement Board.
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p. J. Grigg, 81
Retired Farmer
Rites Thursday

CUMBERLAND May 23-Fu-
neral services for Peter Jones
Grieg. "a. were held tod y
Thursday at pm. at Bennett
Funeral Home, Richmond. with
burial in Presbyterian Gene
terry, Amelia. Mr.. Grigg. of 1924
Forest Hill Avenue. Richmond,
was a retired farmer of Cum
berland county He died Mon
day, May 90
He is survived by two sisters,
Miss Laura Grigg. of Richmond
and Mrs. Mary Godsey Of Cum
bel'land.
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POwhatan School
Continued from page u

threatened to do any of these
things, attempted to do any of
these things. or contemplates do
ing any of these things accord
ing to the brief.
The school board also contend
ed that Judge Butzner should
have refrained from ordering
the three Negroes into the coun-
tvs white elementary school un-
til litigation is concluded in a
state court involving the validity
of other Negro applications for
transfer.
State Court Action
In the state court proceeding.
Judge E. w. Hening, Jr,. Of
Richmond Circuit Court held
Monday that PoWhatan school
authorities and the State Pupil
Placement Board could ignore
"a Negro applications.
None of the three applications
on which Judge Bntzner entered
his admission order were before
Judge Henirg.
The litigation before J u d g G
Hening began July 8 as a result
of 81 Negro applications which
had been left in the office of
j. S. Caldwell, Powhatan county
superintendent of schools.
Some of these applications
were on official forms. and some
were not. The State Pupil Place
nent Board asked PoWhatar
authorities to determine whether
the applications We're genuine
but the local officials refused to
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-24
Mrs. Lewis Jackson
Buried Wednesday

BRAKES BRANCH. May %
Mrs. Grace Vaughan Jackson,
SO, died Monday. She was the
widow Of Lewis S. Jackson.
Surviving are three sons. R.
Bruce j a c kson. of brakes
Branch. George A. Jackson and
Lewis S. Jackson, of Richmond:
a daughter, Mrs. Elsie j. Low
ing. Of BRAKES Branch; ei g h t
grandchildren and - great
grandchildren.
A funeral service was held at
23o pm. Wednesday at the
d ra ke 5 Branch Presbyterian
Church. with burial there.
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During these three hours time
will be turned back to the 1905
when locomotives like the Gen
eral" travelled from Petersburg
over High Bridge to Farmville
with troops and supplies for the
Army of Northern Virginia.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-24
Pentacostal Church
Services Planned

The Rev. L. P. Dennis. of sum
ter, N. c.. will conduct morning
and evening services at the
Pentacostal Holiness Church at
Farmville. on Sunday, May. 26.
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There were rs patients Thurs
day morning.
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Mrs. Max TuetIe,
Helped Refugees

Services for Mrs. Esther
PritSker Tactic, GA, of 1874
Tamarack street NV, will be
held at Temple Emanuel,
Providence, r. l., at noon
tomorrow.
Mrs. Tactic, wife Of Max Tae-
tie Of the Tamarack address,
died Unexpectedly Wednesday
at her home.
A native Of Plymouth, Mass,
she resided in Providence for
many years. moving to Wash
ington in 1858.
Mrs. Tactic was instrumental
in resettling hundreds Of refu-
gees from German concentra-
ton camps after World War II
and served as executive director
Of the Rhode Island Refugee
Service from 1945 to 1858.
She was also active in q
number Of other charitable
organizations and was a mem
Der Of the National Women's
Democratic Club of Washing
ton.
Besides her husband, she
leaves two daughters, Mrs.
Ralph Semonoff of Pawtucket,
r. l., and Mrs. Marvin Posner
Of Albany. N. Y; six grand
children and a sister, Mrs.
Jacob Pokross of Fall River,
Mass.
Burial will be In Lincoln Park
Cemetery. Warwick, r. I.
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Mrs. Beard, 70,
Ex-Bunk Worker

Mrs. Harriet Anne Beard,
70, retired employe of Mont
gomery County National Bank,
died yesterday at her home, 215
Forest avenue, Rockville, Md,
after a heart attack.
A native of Rockville, Mrs,
Beard went to work for the
Montgomery County National
Bank in 1919 and remained
there until her retirement as
an assistant cashier in 1910.
She was a member of the
Montgomery County Historical
Society and a parishioner of st,
Mary's Catholic Church in
Rockville.
Mrs. Beard is survived by her
son, Charles A. Beard, 108 Up
ton street, Rockville, who is the
chief Of the Revenue Division
of the District finance office,
A grandson, Charles A., III, a
June graduate of Georgetown
University, and a grand
daughter, Cecilia Anne, a stu
dent at Ursuline Academy, both
of the same address, also sur
vive.
Requiem mass will be offered
at st. Mary's Church, Viers
Mill road, Rockville, tomorrow
at II am. Burial will be in
Rockville Union Cemetery.
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J. Charles link.
Retired Official
OF APP Stores

j. Charles link, 70, retired
AP Food Stores executive, died
of cancer Wednesday at Hahne-
mann Hospital, Philadelphia,
after a long illness.
A native of Baltimore, Mr.
link joined The Great Atlantic
and Pacific Tea Company, Inc,
there in 1920 and took part in
the development in A6SP stores
in Baltimore and Philadelphia
In 1882 he moved to the Phila-
delphia area, where he resided
in suburban Wynnewood ano
continued his work with the
Supermarket chain.
Mr.. link was director of the
Atlantic Division of A&P when
he retired in 1856, after sc
years with the firm.
Survivors include his wife
Bertha; a son, J. Charles, jr.
of Malvern, Pa; a daughter
Mrs. j. r. Jones of Aiken, S. C..
and a sister, Mrs. Julia Herring
of Baltimore.
Requiem mass will be offered
tomorrow in st. Margaret.
Church in the Philadelphia
suburb of Narberth. Burial will
be in Baltimore.
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Singer Mabel Garrison, II,
:Retired Metropolitan Star

music in New York. In 1912
she made her operate debut
with the Aborn Opera Com
pany in Boston.
Miss Garrison sang opera
in Europe, and in 1921 made
successful world concert tour.
She sang leading roles in many
operas with Enuico, Caruso
and other giants of the metro
politan'S staff.
Her husband, who at one
time was director of the Balti-
more Symphony Orchestra
usually was her piano accom-
PIANIST in her years of concert
appearances. In 1888, Miss
Garrison was appointed pro-
fessor of music at Smith Col
lege, Northampton, Mass.
Miss Garrison, who had lived
in retirement for several years
leaves no immediate survivors
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sViscount NuffieId, s.,
British Auto King, Dies

:. LONDON, Aug. % (AP).-
sViscount Nuffield, IS, the
Henry Ford Of Britain, died
today at his country home out
side London.
Lord Nuffield, whose firm
made the Morris Minor, the
MIG and half a dozen other
cars, had been ill with cardiac
asthma since June 10.
y Lord Nuffield was born Will
liam Morris, son of a clerk in
.Oxfordshire.
Like Mr.. Ford, he started in
business as a bicycle repair
man, then turned to manu-
featuring cars and amassed a
fortune.
"A man of simple tastes and
with no heir, he gave away
1874 million over the past 40
years.
Lord Nuffield's biggest single
gift was $28 million to set up
the Nuffield Foundation in
1913. Its prime aims were the
advancement Of health and
-felief of sickness, the advance
ment of social well being, the
care and comfort of the aged
poor and the advancement of
education.
He opened a bicycle repair
shop at 16 with a capital of 4
pounds, then worth SIG. A few
years later he opened the Nor
ris Motor Co., producing small
cars. In 1852 the Morris COM
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E. l. Livingston,
Veteran, Retired
Driver-SuIesmun

Edward L. Livingston, 81, a
former dry cleaning driver
salesman, died yesterday at
the Bel Pre- Nursing Home in
Silver Spring of a respiratory
ailment. He had been in the
home since Sunday.
Mr.. Livingston, who retired
II years ago due to illness,
served in the Army Corps of
Engineers during World War
II. He was a member of Post
692 of the Jewish War Veterans.
He leaves his wife, Dorothy,
and a daughter, Janice, both
of the home address, 1922 Blue
ridge avenue, Silver Spring
Md, and his mother, Mrs,
Esther Livingston, and a sis
ter, Mrs. Elise Brown, both OF
10109 McKenney avenue, Silver
Spring.
Services will be at 10 am
tomorrow at Goldberg's Funeral
Home, 4217 Ninth street NV,
with burial in Arlington Gene
terry.
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ment, they moved to Washing
ton in 1904.
After World War I Mrs
Maxwell was librarian for the
Chemical Warfare Service Of
the Army. While doing research
for the service, she learned Of
Bolshevik activities in this
country.
Her attendance and question
ing at Bolshevik meetings lee
to two books, THE Red Fog
and THE Red Juggernaut,
both of which warned of Com
munist subversion.
One of Mrs. Maxwell's poems
"Our Soldier Dead" was given
a place of honor at the foot OF
the Unknown Soldier when he
lay in state in the Capitol be-
fore being removed to Airing
ton Cemetery.
Mrs. Maxwell leaves a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Lucia M. McQueary
of 3S42 Window place NV,
the home address; two sons,
Joseph r. Maxwell of st.
Petersburg, Fla, and DR.. John
Edwin Maxwell of 9408 Seven
Locks road, Bethesda; four
grandchildren and three great
grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 pm. to-
morrow in Gawler's Funeral
Home, 5130 Wisconsin avenue
NV, with burial in Washing
ton Memorial Cemetery.
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Louis H. Price, 70.
Ex-Court Clerk

LYNCHBURG, Va, Aug. %
(AP) Louis Holmes Price, 70,
retired chief deputy clerk of
the United States District
Court for Western Virginia,
died in Virginia Baptist Hos
pital yesterday after a short
illness.
Born in Campbell County
Mr.. Price was the son of Hun
ter s. and Susan Holmes Smith
Price, who moved to Lynch
burg in 1888. Mr.. Price leaves
his wife, Mrs. Kate Nowlin
Price, a retired teacher in the
Lynchburg public schools.
He was appointed a deputy
clerk for the United States
District Court in 1912 and was
appointed chief deputy clerk
June /, 1919, and held this post
until his retirement October 81,
1860.
Services will be held this
afternoon.
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Charles Shepard.
Victim of Flood

Services for Charles Shep-
ard, 41-year-old photostat OPP
orator, who drowned in Tues
days flash flood, will be held
at 2 pm. tomorrow at the
Everly Funeral Home, Fairfax
Mr.. Shepard, employed in the
office of the clerk of Fairfax
courts, lost his life when Long
Branch Run surged over its
banks and enveloped his car in
the 100 block of Army-Navy
drive, near Shirley highway.
A bachelor, he lived at the
Oak Knoll Apartments in
Fairfax.
Mr.. Shepard, a native of
Vale, in Fairfax County, was
a graduate of Landon School,
had studied at the University
of Virginia and was a Navy
veteran of World War II.
He leaves his mother, Mrs
Ward Shepard of Mclean.
Burial will be in Fairfax
Cemetery.
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NEW YORK, Aug. % (AP).-
Mabel Garrison, one of the
leading native American color
atura sopranos of the second
decade of the century, is dead
at n.
Miss Garrison, who died at
her home Tuesday. joined the
Metropolitan Opera Company
in 1914 and remained with it
for eight years.
She was the widow of George
Siemonn, a composer and one
time professor of harmony at
the Peabody Conservatory in
Baltimore, who died in 1852.
Miss Garrison, a native of
Baltimore, was graduated from
Western Maryland College at
Westminster and studied pi-
ano and voice at the Peabody
Conservatory. She later studied
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Harry B. Beagle, 10,
Son of Postmaster

, CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va,
Cap. Harry Badgett Beagle,
rs, the son of Postmaster Eu-
gene C. Beagle of Charlottes-
vile, died Tuesday of burns
suffered last month when a can
Of gasoline caught fire.
Survivors Include his father;
his mother, Mrs. w. E. Lawman
of Richmond; a brother, E,
Collins Beagle of Charlottes-
vile; a grandfather and a
grandmother. A funeral serv-
ice was to be held today.