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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-11-22

ern districts of Virginia, and be-
fore the United States Court Of
Appeals, fourth circuit.
Entering the United State S
Army in October 1871, he was
later transferred to the Air
Force. from which he was hon
orably discharged in January
1916.
Actually, l veled all
around the world while with the
Air Force" he acknowledged
But we were statiored for the
longest time in India and
China
Among his priced possessions
is an official history of the 9lst
Fighter Division of the United
States Air Force, of which he
became a member when it was
organized. Having kept its rec
ords. as part of his assigned
duties. Keeling still has copy
in his home office.
II plar to keep them in the
den here. even after l have to
move my office to Charlotte
Court House when | become
commemorative attorney in Jan
uary." he said. Il feel they
should be preserved until the
time someone wants information
about the formation Of the 9lst,
at some future time.
The lawyer is also lover of
books, having many volumes
tastefully displayed in built-in
bookshelves lining one wall Of his
office After he moves. he will
be able to shelve more of his IL
hrary
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-11-22
Sprinq Creek
Class Supper
Set Tonight

DARLINGTON HGTS.. Nov. q
The young married peoples
class of Spring Greek Church
will have turkey supper Friday
night at 7 o'clock. Lewis Skid
more, of Hampden-Sydney Col
lege, will be guest speaker.
| Mrs. Margaret Watson and
Mrs. George Shorter were in
Richmond Saturday.
Mrs. D. c. Morris is spending
several days in Richmond with
her mother. Mrs. A. B. Gillian
who is sick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Dillon had
a visit and dinner Sunday with
Thomas Harris in Lynchburg.
The Rev. and Mrs. j. E.
Shockley attended the Baptist
General Association in Alexan-
drla last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Pugh and
Jane, and Mr.. and Mrs. Marion
Hamlet all had dinner Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Bailey
in Danville.
Week end guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. S. P Bailey were Mr.. and
Mrs Buster Bailey and family
Mr.. and Mrs. James White
head and children visited Mr.
and Mrs. Warren Scruggs in Ap.
pomattox Sunday afternoon.
Dinner guests Of Mr.. and Mrs
l.. E. Morris on Sunday were
Charles Morris and Lynn and
Mike, OF Richmond, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Babe Morris. of Appomat-
tox. Afternoon callers were Mrs.
Carrie Matherly. of Farmville
and Mrs. Katie Vargas, of Alex
andTia
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Baldwin.
Of Lynchburg. spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Larry Whitehead.
Mrs. Rita Swartz and Robbie
spent the week end with Mr.. and
Mrs. Hugh Bailey.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-11-22
Well Water

Nov. 81 - Mr.. and Mrs. G. u.
Gentry and Mrs. G.. A. Baber,
of Newport News. and Mr.. and
Mrs. v. A. Tapscott, Of Silver
Spring, Md, spent Saturday
night and Sunday in the Joe
Steger home.
/ Mr. and Mrs. Francis Harris,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Miller, OF
GlenmOre. and Mrs. Greene Da-
Wis visited Mrs. Lizzie A. Tap
scott in Martha Jefferson Hospi-
tai, Charlottesville. Sunday. She
IS getting on nicely, and her
friends here are wishing her a
speedy recovery.
The hunters were busy Mon
day when hunting season open
ed. Several deer were killed in
their neighborhood.
| A study course will be taught
for the WINS at Sharon Baptist
Church next Sunday. Nov. "a. at
2 pm. by Mrs. Paul Watson. Of
Buckingham.
Mrs. Annie E. Winfrey left
Sunday to spend some time with
Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Gentry. OF
Newport News.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Tindall
visited Mrs. Lizzie A. Tapscott
Sunday at Martha Jefferson Hos
pital. and Hugh Baber at Blue
Ridge Sanatorium.
Carlton Bryant, Of Newport
News. is visiting Mr.. and Mrs
F. 0. Webster and enjoying hunt
ng while with them.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-11-22
Garland Meyer Family Named 1863
Family OF Year In Farm Contest

AMELIA. Nov. q WV Mr.. ard
Mrs. Garland Meyer and family
have been selected outstanding
in Young Farmer competition
for 1868 for the Central Virginia
area. The Meyers have four chill
dren son, IA, and daugh-
tiers, 10, II and 8 years. Meyer
was born and reared on dairy
farm in Amelia county.
The Meyers own and operate
a 35O-acre dairy farm, and rent
an additional 80 acres. The dairy
herd consists of SIS head of milk
cows and Is head of young stock,
all Holsteins. Under the Dairy
Herd Improvement testing pro
gram last year. the herd aver
aged ll,800 pounds of milk and
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-11-22

and loves the South. A former
president Of the Southern His
torical Association, Dr.. Simkins
has prepared a volume which
should be of interest to all con-
scientious Americans.
Published by the Louisiana
State University Press, the book
is now available in local book
stores.
Dr.. Simkins is also the author
of the following books: IT h e
History of the South" "South
Carolina During Reconstruction
and The Women Of the Con
federacy."
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-11-22

ers. This was replaced with a
modern ranch type home with
all modern convenierces. Soon
after that, Meyer had a serious
illness and had to be hospitaliz-
ed for several months. 7 hey
arose to the occasion both times
he with a determination TO
completely overcome his illness.
and she with the fortitude to
carry on while he was in the
hospital so long.
Rmners-up in the Outstanding
Young Farm Family contest for
Central Virginia were Mr.. and
Mrs. Collin Woods, Of East Han
over, and Mr.. and Mrs. j. We'll
don Aylor. of Madison.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-11-22

Ky.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Denton
and children. Of Colonial Heights,
spent Sunday with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. J. Meadows.
Miss T { m pie Lipscomb. of
Richmond, was a week ed guest
of her sister, Miss Sarah Lips
comb.
Mrs. Bert Swalley accompa-
MED Mrs. Raymond Chernault,
of Worsham, to Richmond Mon
day.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-11-22

ing 10 beagles and one German
Shepherd dog, and a 1920 Win
chester rifle Claud Kali, Jr.,
was with Cobb.
The scottsville High School
cheerleaders will have a sock
hop in the Fireman Building
Friday night following the var
sity and junior varsity basket
ball game with Fluvanna County
High School in the Scottsville
school gymnasium.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-11-22
Scottsville

NOV. q Percy Cobb is all
puffed up over his deer kill the
second day of hunting season
and his second kill A nine point
buck weighing l73 pounds was
Killed near Boiling Spring on the
Howardsville Road. He was us
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-11-22
Corrections:
Play Tuesday

BUCKINGHAM. Nov. 2l-The
Junior Class play, The Girl
Next Door" will be presented
at Buckingham Central High
School Tuesday, Nov. 26, and not
Friday Nov. %, as stated in
Tuesdays Herald.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-11-22
Service Of Thanks
Tuesday Night

KEYSvHLE. Nov. 81 - The
u a /. union Thanksgiving
Service VII be held in the Keys
vile Methodist Church. Tuesday,
Nov. 26, at pm. with the four
ministers here taking part.
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which the high court based its
opinion reversing the separate
but equal" doctrine Of public
school education.
But nine years after the Su-
preme Court ruling, and IA years
after Negroes began their long
legal battle. the 300 white chill
dren and 2,70O Negro children
here still attend rigidly segregated
public schools.
This could be the last year of
segregated public schools in Sum-
merton, however.
Ultimate victory of a sort is
virtually assured to those who
seek a Federal court Indignation
edict. A final ruling Is expected
within a year on a 1860 suit
which seeks to implement the
1854 anti-Segregation ruling.
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budget business and other year.
end necessities, will not come be-
fore the Council until it returns
after the Christmas holiday re-
cess, some time in mid-January.
Meanwhile. of course, amend
ments keep getting attached and
the original legislation-which
many feel goes beyond what is
presently practical-takes on a
new look. Some critics have gone
so far as to say that it was per-
haps the purpose of the Mayor
and his chief lieutenant, Mr..
D'Alesandro, to ask for more than
they expected to deliver. Others,
needless to say, discount this for
they are close to these two men
and believe their feelings are
sincere.
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leted. In its place they would
like to see a simple statement of
the concern. on the part of the
Council and citizenry, about the
problem of open housing.
New Look
In essence, then, that is where
the bill stands. Last week public
hearings ended and out of neces-
sity, the City Council has put
aside, temporarily, any executive
sessions on the matter. Because of
regulations set up by the city
charter, the council must now
consider and pass the budget so
the departments can get on with
their business.
Indications are that the civil
rights bill, because of the press of
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CLARENDON COUNTY, S. c.,
scene Of one Of the test cases
which resulted in the Supreme
Courts historic, 1854 school
desegregati0n decision still
seetheS with controversy over
the issue. Here is a fresh look at
both sides of a 14-year-Old
struggle that shows little sign Of
ending.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-22

amended, particularly the housing
sections, before it can be passed.
Some members go so far as to
concede that it is not a matter of
changing the housing section, but
whether any part of the original
language will remain at all.
The move on the part of OPP
ponents to the open occupancy"
section hope that they can raise
the exclusion limit on apartment
houses, perhaps exempting all
houses with less than is or as
many as Is units. instead of the
three now asked for in the bill.
These same opponents are pre-
vailing on the uncommitted Coun-
Gil members in the hope that the
entire housing section can be de-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-22
Ba|timores Civic ntegraton Plan Nears Crisis

its greatest impact, legally as well
as economically. The housing
provisions make q clear distinc-
ton between owner-occupied and
renter-occupied: the former is
exempt from the proposed law
and even some Of the latter fall
outside Of the bills terms of
definition.
What the bill does Is to make it
illegal for the owner of a housing
unit, 9 real estate broker, a sales
man or an agent to discriminate
In the sale or lease Of property or
to represent that 1t Is not availa-
BILE for inspection. 1t would also be
unlawful, If the measure goes
through as written, for the owner,
broker, salesman or agent to
include any conditions or restric-
tons In the terms Of sale or lease
which are discriminatory, or to
discriminate In furnishing any
facility or service to the owner or
tenant because of race or religion.
In addition, it would also be
illegal to publish advertisements
or announce q policy Of discrimi-
nation In the sale or leasing of
housing units.
Some Exemptions
Drafters Of the bill point out
that they have given recognition
to the contention that a fair
housing law should apply only to
those who are in the housing
business and not the homeowner
himself. Therefore, the bill clearly
exemptS any single family home
occupied by the property owner.
Added to this Is the fact that any
multiple dwelling of less than
three units is exempt If the owner
lives in one of the units. All
other units are covered.
With this in mind. it is easy to
see why the owners Of the owner
occupied homes have kicked up a
storm. These opponents argue
that the passage Of this legislation
would mean invasion Of property
rights. At the public hearings
(there were five public hearings
that brought hundreds of interest
ed and affected property owners,
and so far only one closed execu-
tive session of the counciD law
yers for opposing groups predicted
that If the bill Is passed, mongrel-
ization Of the white race would
take place If Negroes were allowed
to associate with them.
In some Of the other areas,
public accommodations for exam
pie, businessmen said that passage
would invade their property
rights. At these meetings statistics
were produced constantly to
support the views of the speakers.
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School Resists Indignation Nine Years

far as white children are con-
cerned."
Public school Indignation came
to South Carolina this year for
the first time since reconstruction.
Two Negroes were enrolled under
court order at Clemson College
and three under court order at
the University of South Carolina.
Meanwhile, IL Negroes were
admitted to previously all-white
schools in Charleston under court
order. Clemson and the university
were previously all white.
Private school systems are being
formed in Charleston where, like
Clarendon County. financial back
ing will be sought under the State
tuition grants program.
Matthew Perry, a Columbia
Negro attorney who led the
NAACP's school desegregation
fight in South Carolina, says that
the States tuition grant laws is
under scrutiny"
We've got to consider the
practical aspects" another
NAACP source said. IF We file
against the State aid program,
Negro children could be deprived
of any schooling, at least for a
time. We've got to act with
responsibility"
The Clarendon County case
began November ~, 1949, when
Negroes petitioned to equalize
school facilities-but not to inte-
CRATE them.
BY the time the case got to the
United States Supreme Court,
previous separate but equal"
rulings Of the Supreme Court
itself were under attack and
integrated schools were sought.
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family discipline2 Should adver-
tisers be free to multiply their
sales by pictures Of violence, or
by persuasive propaganda for
products officially branded as
injurious? Should a few old
men be free. by the accident of
seniority, to obstruct Govern
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-22
A LOOK AT OUR CIVILIZATION
Do We Have Too Much Freed om?

the old moral code, designed for
an agricultural society in which
marriage came early. children
we're assets, and the family was
the unit Of economic produc-
ton, is inevitably breaking
down in an industrial and
urban society where marriage
is deferred, children are liabili-
ties. the individual and the
corporation are the units Of
production. and the protective
anonymity Of the individual in
the city crowd hampers the
functioning of public opinion as
a moral check and stimulus.
But with all these excuses
and doubts. public opinion has
been guilty Of criminal and
cowardly silence in the face of
growing crime. moral disorder,
and deteriorating taste. We
have been afraid to speak out
lest we be considered old FASH
Toned and incapable of adjusting
ourselves to changing norms
and ways. We tolerate. and
allow our children to be formed
by, pictures that habituate
them to crime and violence, to
the cheap heroism of Haunting
a gun. and to taking the law
into their own hands. We pa
tronize products sold by appeals
to the lowest common denomi-
nator Of the public mind. We
make idols of screen celebrities
who deliberately break up home
after home. We give not only
money but honors to writer's
who peddle sexual stimulation.
We pass in wonder by some Of
the modern art exhibited In our
museums, and we dare not
speak out against it as turning
our stomachs with the odor Of
decay. Our ears are deafened
and insulted by cacophonous
music. but we fearfully recall
that Beethoven was condemned
by traditionalists, and without
protest we go to be deafened
and insulted again. We hear the
wits laugh at the old copybook
maxims. and we haven't the
nerve to say that those maxims
are still true.
Transmitting Standards
Let us speak out. Let public
opinion resume its function as
an indispensable aid in trans
hitting standards and trans
forming the savage into a
citizen. We shall be charged
with hypocrisy. because we too
are sinners; the sins Of our past
will be exhumed and flung into
our faces; we shall be called
timid and senile reactionaries.
Yes. we are guilty with the rest;
we have been silent too long;
and part Of our tardy righteous
ness may well be due to the
lessened flow Of sap in our
flesh. No matter; let us speak
out. Let us say, humbly but
publicly. that we resent corrup-
ton in politics, dishonesty in
business. faithlessneSs in mar
riage, pornography in literature.
coarsenesS in language. chaos In
music. meaninglesSness in art.
1t is time for all good men to
come to the aid Of their party,
whose name is civilization.
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To make this victory meaning
full, Negro leaders will have to
attack the State aided private
school system which will be Great
ed when segregated public schools
are outlawed in Summerton.
And If they do attack this
private system, Negro leaders
concede that the Summerton
districts 1900 Negro children are
likely to be deprived of any for
NAL education, indefinitely, as the
suit moves through the courts.
Billy Fleming, president of the
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
chapter in Clarendon County, says
the attack on State aid to private
schools definitely will be
launched.
Our attorneys have assured us
the tuition grants program
tState- aided private school sys-
tenn Will be a dead duck If we
fight it," Mr.. Fleming declared.
IF the public schools are closed
for a time because of it, it may
actually be a blessing to Negroes
in Clarendon County"
State Representative Joseph o.
Rogers, however, says white resi-
dents are determined to operate a
segregated private school system
at whatever cost. He adds that
they will also maintain a non
segregated public school system,
but not if Negroes attack the
State-aided private system.
THE onus will be on the FEEDER
al Government and on the Ne
groes to destroy the public school
system" said Mr.. Rogers.
I'VE are not going to destroy 1t
or even indirectly weaken it until
they move to make it unusable as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-22
By WILL DURANT

written for ths Associated PTess)
May I raise my head out Of
the 18th century and speak my
piece about the goth?
In the period which I am
studying-the last decades
before the French revolution
the individual was struggling to
hberate himself from ancient
traditions. CONCEALED creeds.
and despotic states. Therefore
he idealized freedom against
order. the new against the old,
genius" against discipline; and
when his rebellions succeeded
he tried to establish conStitu-
tons that would weaken the
state and the church, and
strengthen the rights Of the
individual.
The attempt failed for a time
in France. because q quarter
century of war re-established
discipline and monarchy; 1t
succeeded in America, and
jefferson gloried in Q Govern
ment that would govern as little
as possible.
Throughout the 18th century
in England and America, and
after 1870 in France, the aim Of
law, In large part, was to pro-
tect the individual against the
law, to make It difficult to ar
rest a suspect or to convict an
innocent man. Most Of our
literature and social philosophy,
after 1850. was the voice Of
freedom against authority, Of
the child against the parent, Of
the pupil against the teacher, Of
man against the state.
Where Rebellion Begins
Through many years, like
any unplaced youth swelling
with genius, I shared in that
individualistic revolt. I do not
regret that rebellion; 1t Is the
function Of youth to defend
liberty and innovation, Of the
old to defend order and tradi-
ton. and Of middle age to find
a middle way. But now that
too am old, I wonder whether
the battle I fought was not too
completely won. Have we too
much freedom9 Have we so long
ridiculed authority in the fami-
ly, discipline in education, rules
In art, decency In conduct, and
law in the State that our liberia
ton has brought US close to
chaos In the family and the
school. in morals, arts, ideas,
and Government? We forgot to
make ourselves intelligent when
we made ourselves free.
Should we be free to commit
murder and escape punishment
on the ground Of temporary
Insanity" Have our parole
boards been too gentle, humane,
and approachable2 Should we
be free to sell. to any minor
who has the price. the most
obscene-the most deliberately
and mercenarily obScene-book
Of the 18th century, while we
deplore the spread of crime,
unwed motherhood, and vener-
cal disease among our youthP
Should divorce be so easy
that marriage loses its function
of promoting sexual order and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-22
BY L. b. DENNIS
Special 70 The Star

BALTMORE.-One of the most
comprehensive civil rights bills
being considered by any large
metropolitan city in the country is
now before the Baltimore City
Council. According to the man
who helped formulate and intro
duce the legislation, Thomas j.
D'Alesandro III, we've got to be
cautious. It's in very serious
trouble and I'm going to have to
nurse it through If I can"
Celebrating on the reasons why,
in the first place, Baltimore
should have a civil rights program
of its own, above and beyond the
national program, Mr.. D'AleSan-
dro said, Life is tough enough
with all things being equal. Why
shouldn't the Negro people live a
decent life and be accepted?
What prompted us to introduce
any sort Of legiSlation2' The
reason is simple enough. The
Federal bill only takes care of
Federal jurisdiction and in this
town it would only have psyche
logical effects and Mayor Nc
Keldin and some Of the members
of the administration felt that the
time was ripe. It was apparent
that the Federal bill would not
satisfy the demands in all Job
opportunities, In schooling, in
public accommodations and in
housing"
Issue Wos Deboted
The civil rights program of the
city council has been debated for
the past several weeks. There
have been numerous public
hearings since early November
and though many delegations,
organizations and even individuals
have been strong enough and
influential enough to have amend
mentS added on to the original
legislation, 1t seems that the
section dealing with housing
officially called "open occupancy"
lis headed for the worst trouble
and may, in the end, be drastical-
ly altered from its original form.
According to Mr.. D'Alesandro the
section dealing with open occu-
pancy represents "the toughest
shedding of the whole program .
and its in very serious trouble .
serious indeed"
The omnibus measure being
studied by interested citizens as
well as the Gilman council pro-
vides for an extension of the
existing prohibition against dis
elimination In public places to all
places doing business with the
public. Presently 1t Is confined
only to restaurants and hotels. 1t
also strengthens the fair employ
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The courts 1854 reversal of the
separate but equal doctrine was
based on school cases involving
Clarendon County: Prince Edward
County, Va. Topeka, KanS., Will
mington, Del, and Washington,
D. c.
Pupils Now Adults
No specific decree was issued by
the high court. The tribunal did
not implement its ruling until a
year later.
Although Negroes had carried
the case to the highest court in
the land, and won it, there then
was a period of nearly five years
in which no determined effort was
made at the local level to inte-
crate Summerton schools.
1t was not until 1860 that Ne
groes in the Summerton district
asked for experimentation of the
supreme Court decision.
The Al Negro children who
were plaintiffs in the original suit
are now young adults, long since
out of school. The pending case
has AZ new Negro plaintiffs, but
now only about % are still in
school.
Their latest victory came in
May when the Supreme Court
ruled the suit was a class action
applying to all Negroes.
The Summerton case now is
back before the United States
Circuit Court of Appeals in Spar
tanburg for trial on its merits. It
probably will be placed on special
docket for argument within the
next several months.
Whatever the decision, the IA
year fight in Clarendon County
seems far from over.