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Crewe Fire
Continued from page L

Continued from page y
ing up tentative plans for a new
building, according to Ross. as
well as Mayor Milton l.. Jen-
mngs. owner of another Of the
buildings lost in the fire and
blast.
The fires only casualty,
Charles Buck" Rogers. a
CreWe fireman who suffered
broken legs, is back home from
the hospital, where he will re-
main for several weeks.
Ross also had words Of praise
for the neighboling fire depart
ments that aided in the fire
fighting. Below is a letter re-
ceived by Farmville Fire Chief,
Phillip Gay. from the Mayor and
town manager Of CreWe:
Dear Mr.. Gay,
We wish to take this opportun-
ity on behalf OF the people. the
Volunteer Fire Department and
the officials of the town of
Crewe to express our heartfelt
thanks to you for the help that
you gave us during the fire on
the morning of January 2. You
and your men did a wonderful
job in rendering much needed
assistance. We appreciate the
fine team work and spirit of CO.
operation that was displayed by
you and other neighboring com
munitles.
1t is hard for us TO express
the depth Of our gratitude to You
for this help. It is indeed a
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-01-15
Near Case Sent
Back For More


A federal appeals court last
week ordered the case of Clyde
Raymond Near, sentenced to
death in the 1889 Staying of a
state correctional school coun-
selor, sent back to lower
court.
The Fourth United States Cir
cult Court OF Appeals grad
Near's appeal from a denial
by the Richmond Federal Dis
trlct Court OF a petition for
writ Of habeas corpus. The APP
pealS court ordered further pro-
ceeding on the case realted to
the petition.
Near was convicted of muir
der August 4, 1859. in the Staying
of Barry Steele Chapman,
counselor at the Beaumont
School for Boys in Powhatan
county. Chapman was beaten to
death in bis quarters at the
school in November 1858.
Near was arrested some days
af,er the Staying IN Indiana. He
tlrst was sentenced to die Nov.
10, 1859, but court appeals and
other legal proceedings have
stayed his execution.
Near, convicted in PoWhatan
Circuit Court, had sought to set
aside the verdic.. HIS attorneys
cited grounds, among others.
that the jury had been permit
ted TO n2ingle with spectators dur
ing cosrt recesses, and that
Near had been prejudiced by re-
marks made within their hear
ing.
The Virginia Supreme Court
had affirmed the Powhatan
courts denial Of the motions.
Near. in a~paaing To tha
Fourth Circuit Court, argued he
was denied due process of law
because he wasn't present in
the Judges chambers when the
judge and attorneys agreed the
jury would not be locked up
and kept together under cust-
ody of an officer during recess
ses.
Near also contended his con
stitutional right to due process
Of law was denied because the
verdict Of the jury was pre-
JUDGED by statements Of soect-
ators on the courthouse lawn in
the presence Of the jurors.
The circuit court held that
under Virginia Law the trial
judge has discretion whether to
allow the jury to separate.
The courts opinion added:
However, it is not to be pre-
sunled that the discretion is to
be exercised N a vacuum. The
fact that the court consulted
with counsel on tie point is in
dlcative of this.
mo decision made during the
trail was more fateful to the
defendant than this.
IF the allegations of the peti-
ton are found to be true then
the question considered and de-
cided in Near's absence had di-
rect consec uences cravely at
fecting this case
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gro institution. next semester.
The paper said he had applied
for a telephone number for an
apartment near the school
Earlier Merdith announced he
would leave Ole Miss at the end
OF this semester unless con
ditions improved This set off
a rev wave OF student protests
against him.
THE STOCK MARKET + 0 S e
last week as big investors. who
tended to sell as prices went
down last summer, began to
show an interest in the market.
The volume of shares traded
jumped nearly six million
shares over the preceding week.
The AP 60-stock average was up
for the fourth straight W e k.
closing Friday at 1882 for net
gam OF $3.50. Unemployment in
mld-December dropped to SIS
per cent of the labor force, sea
sonally adjusted. 1t was SIS per
cent in November. The Labor
Department said the decline was
apparently due to teenagers
working during the Christmas
holiday and was not really sig
nificant.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-01-15

Farm population estimates in
the U. S. as of April 1861 show
ed 81 percent Of the total pop
ulation, OF about l person in
L. living on farms, according to
ONO State University Exten-
sion Economists.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-01-15
He Was 7 Years Old
On Friday, Jan. II

Wiley Myrick celebrated his
seventh birthday on Friday. Jan.
II, from 2:30 to pm. at his
home on First avenue. Friends
from his first grade we're guests.
Games We're played and his
mother, Mrs. H. E. Myrick.
served the birthday cake and
other refreshments.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-01-15
I.ASHED OARS

And can't they be a mess,
sliding all over. going their in
dependent ways. Tame those re-
calcitrant cars with two hefty
inner tube rubber bands. A band
at blades; another at grips
makes one. easyto-manage stick
out Of en-.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-01-15
TALLER ROOMS

According to the Southern
Pine Association, wood plank
and-beam construction gives
taller rooms in the tynically low
contemporary home. When the
system is used, room height ex-
tends to top roof level.
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source Of grea. comfort to know
that when we need and call for
help that you are willing to come
to our and.
If ever and occasion arises
when We can be OF assistance to
you. no matter how trivial, we
will be glad to cooperate with
you and will feel hurt if not
called upon.
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News Summary
Continued From Page 1

is training special forces to
carry on guerrilla warfare in
Cuba. Red Star said Cub an
exiles are being enlisted for
this purpose. But, it added, these
plans "are doomed to failure, as
only just aims can produce a
real guerrilla movement. Last
week the U. S. State Depart
ment warned certain nations
that unless they stop trading
with Cuba. their U. S. aid will
be shut off.
U. S. AND SOVIET negotia-
tors were to meet Monday in
New York to see if there is any
possibility for an agreement on
a nuclear test ban. The Una
ton disarmament talks in &C.
neva were supposed to recon
vene Jan. Is. but they were
postponed until Feb. II to give
each side more time to re-
examine its position. Hope has
been expressed by some that the
Russians might be willing to
drop their adamant objections
to inspections. but so far there
is nothing concrete on which to
base such expectations.
SOVIET PREMIER Khrush-
chev spent the week end in Pc
land where he conferred with
Polish Communist party boss
WiadslaW G 0 m ulk a. Reports
from Warsaw indicated Gomul-
ka was trying to play the role
OF peacemaker and patch up the
feud between Russia and Red
China Khrushchev was schedul-
ed to attend the opening session
OF the East German Communist
party congress in Berlin on
Tuesday.
A PANEL OF JVTRISTS ap-
pointed by government officials
to investigate the New YORK
newspaper strike, now in t s
sixth week, has issued report
strongly cenSuring the leaders Of
the printers union. The report,
released Friday night, called the
Walkout "the deliberate design
formed by the printers repre-
sentatives as the opening gambit
in negotiations Although all
three members signed the re-
port, one added a supplemental
memorandum saying he failed
to find fault with either position.
REP. PAT JENNGS tD-Va)
stated last week he won't give
up in a Democratic House fight
over seat on the Ways and
Means Committee until the final
vote is taken. Jennings denied
he had part in any deal to place
Rep. Landrum (D-Ga) on this
powerful committee , in return
for the Georgia delegations vote
to keep the Rules Committee at
IS members. The vacancy on
Ways and Means, created by
the retirement Of Rep. Burr Har-
rison DIVA, was scheduled to
be filled Monday. The commit
tee will consider the tax cut and
medicare proposals which are
submitted to Congress.
A STRIKE against Southern
Railway Co.. which had been
scheduled for Sunday morning,
was postponed indefinitely by
the union after a federal court
issued a Today restraining or
der. The union had commended
the company violated a work
rule requiring firemen on all
Diesel locomotives and contrat
provisions on mileage and va
cations. The Southern covers ID
states and the district of Co.
lunDia.
JAMES H. MEREDITH, Ne
gro student at the University Of
Mississippi in Oxford, termed
inaccurate" a report Saturday
in the Memphis Commercial APP
peal that he might transfer back
to Jackson State College. a Ne
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-01-15
PLEASE

One person was killed and two others severly
injured in an accident on Route 80 about two
miles west Of Buckingham on December 70,
1852 about 80 am, when an cost bound
tractor with oil transport trailer coded with
@ west bound Ford The persons injured would
be extremely grateful to anyone who saw the
accident or arrived at the scene Immediately
thereafter who will write Curtis l. Crews, 32Ol
Forest Hill Avenue, Richmond Virginia re-
gordne some.
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Amelia Bank
Continued from page y

for the last 50 years ! am 60
ing to throw that clock down
the hill, work a little when l
feel like it, and try to enjoy a
little freedom, something l have
not known for more than half
a century. Our Trust Depart
ment will require part OF my
time, and my real estate bust
ness probably viii take up the
rest Of it, so I will still be a
busy man"
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-01-15

JAMES H. MEREDITH, Ne
gro student at the University Of
Mississippi in Oxford. termed
inaccurate" a report Saturday
in the Memphis Commercial APP
peal that he might transfer back
to Jackson State College, a Ne
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VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Language Traced
To Hunters Cries

sound with fellow hunters
would have had great selective
advantages. It would have been
highly desirable to do this by
voice.
Combined with the ability
to interpret and initiate the
meaningful cries of companion
in the chase" the report ex-
plains. such a combination of
abilities would have had a high
survival value. The develop
ment of intelligence and speech
would have gone hand in hand
with each other.
Those individuals with the
ability to solve problems quick
ly and to interpret the express
sions Of others would be more
likely to leave a progeny than
those wanting in such
abilities"
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STOP KILLING YOURSELF
Do Dieters Need
CheerIeuder?
: BY DR.. PETER J. sTEINcRoHN

DIR. A.: l realize that the
overweight problem is some
thing we can't laugh off, but
I'll be darned If I'll spend
a greater part of my day
acting as a cheerleader to.
people who haven't got one
ounce of will power.
DIR. B.: That's where l
guess we don't agree. That's
what we are: cheerleaders.
Our job is to keep the patient
trying to score. He needs
help and encouragement.
DIR. A.: Now why should
an apparently intelligent man
who has had a coronary at
tack and who weighs at least
40 pounds more than he
should, be treated like an in
FAINT and coaxed and actually
begged to lose weight? He
has been told, and knows as
well as you and l do, that
the excess weight is going to
amputate quite a few years
from his life expectancy.
DIR. B.: Human nature, my
man. Of all people, being a
doctor, you should know the
layman'S weaknesses. If we
doctors won't help keep up
the morale of our patients
they will surely go about COM
hitting slow suicide. That's
what your overweight coro-
nary patient is doing. Are
you therefore going to let him
kill himself? Would you stand
on the edge of a lake and
refuse to rescue some fool
who has turned over his canoe
by acting silly?
DIR. A.: I see what you
mean. But you'll admit it gets
tiresome trying to save peo-
pie in spite Of themselves.
DIR. B.: l admit it, but 1
don't think l could sleep at
night if l let someone drown
just because he didn't seem
to have any will power.
DIR. A.: Taking off weight
may be more than just an
absence of will power. There
may be a lot more to it than
that; like a special appetite
center in the brain or an
actual weakness for overeat-
ing like alcoholics have for
Overdrlnklng.
DR.. B.: Some Of my patients
who haven't been able to lose
weight have joined organiza-
tons whose purpose is for
members to hold each other
up whenever their will power
seems to evaporate. It's some
thing like Alcoholics Anony-
nous. Other members come
to your rescue when you
weaken your resolve to lose.
They have lest as much as
so pounds or more.
DIR. A.: I'm. all for that.
In fact, that's what l meant
when l said l can't act as
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BY THOMAS r. HENRY
Star Special Writer


In the beginning men we're
just dumb beasts, like all other
animals. They developed Ian
guage only when they became
hunters of big game.
This hypothesis is advanced
by DR.. Ashley Montagu, we'll
known anthropologist, in a re-
port to the American Medical
Association.
In running and the excite
ment Of the chase, DR.. Montagu
says, there would be q strong
tendency toward violent ex-
pulsion Of air, which could
readily be converted into q
meaningful cry or yell. All that
is necessary is the repetition
and imitation of such sounds
for them to become established
as words. In this manner a
simple vocabulary would come
into being. This could then
serve as a basis for further
development"
Language probably came into
formal existence when two or
more individuals began to at
tach the same meaning to the
same sounds. his report points
out.
When the earliest progenitors
of man were forced to take to
a hunting way of life because
Of deforestation of formerly
thickly wooded areas, the
ability to communicate by
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FAMOUS FABLES
By E. EDGAR

VACATION: One night, after
a demanding performance,
actress Maude Adams re-
turned, exhaus t e d, to her
dressing room. Waiting for
her there was an old friend,
who hadn't seen her in some
months.
whats wrong?" he asked
anxiously. you're so pale"
81 need a vacation" she
said, slumping into a chair
and closing her eyes. ''What
brings you here?"
81 came to see your per-
formance," he said. st was
so wonderful, l just had to
come back and tell you. But
that can wait"
mo, no." insisted the &C
treSs. "Tel me what you
thought Of the performance"
For the next Is minutes, he
praised h er extravagantly.
With every superlative, a lit
tie more color came into her
cheeks. When he had finished,
she looked her old, healthy
self again.
SET h ank you," she said,
opening her eyes. "That was
better than a week in the
country"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-21
DEAR ABBY

DEAR ABBY: My husband
loves to make thingS. He's
made ceramic ash trays and
candy dishes as pretty as any
thing you can bury in the
stores. And he can fix any,
thing. He's only been through
sixth grade but l know If he
had a do-it-yoursef dental kit
he could fix teeth. (JuSt mine
and the kids'-he wouldn't 60
into business or anything like
that. } Are such kits available?
I heard they were, but when
l wrote to Sears they took it
as a joke.
MRS. o. ]. J.
Skill In dentistry is acquired
through years Of study and
practice. Don't be sore at
Sears. There is no such kit"
Fortunately!
DEAR ABBY: 1.-THE noblest
mother Of them ALL has al
ways been, is now, and ever
shall be, the girl who cares
enough about her children-to-
be to marry their father-to-be
before her children are con-
ceived.
KNEW ONE.
TOuche!
= 49,
DEAR ABBY: My wife told
me that she had been rail-
roaded into the presidency Of
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a cheerleader for overweight
patients. l think that every
patient who can't seem to
lose by himself should join
one of the antifat clubs.
DIR. B.: But I'm still stub
born enough to say that over
weight is such a widespread
problem that no doctor should
shy away from his response
bility in spending a lot Of
time with his obese patient
telling him how to diet, cheer
ing him up, and being a
friend in need, upon whom
he can learn when the going
gets rough.
DIR. A.: If I ever have to
reduce, will you promise to
be my doctor?
DIR. B.: Sure. Sure. But on
this condition: That you don't
lose your resolve to do every
thing you can for your own
obese patients. Taking off
weight is no joke.
DIR. A.: OK. You've made
your point.
(Bell-McCiure syndicste)
DR.. Steincrohn'S ledtlet,
"Get the Snooze Habit" tDiH
be mailed on receipt OF a
stamped, elt-GddreSSed en-
Uelope and IS cents in coin
for handling. Address DR..
Steincrohn in care If The
Star.
Tomorrow: TFonsfusions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-21
No Dentistry Kits
fortunately!
BY Pete Wyma
By ABIGAIL VAN BUREN,

an organization at the second
meeting she attended. She said
she hadn't even paid her
membership dues because she
wasn't sure she wanted to
join the club. She also said
that when her name was
brought up for president, she
wasn't given a chance to say
she didn't want it, but was
voted in unanimously by a
show Of hands. / don't want
her holding an office in any
clubs as she has two pre-
school children and two in
school, which keeps her busy
enough at home. She says she's
afraid if she tells them she
can't accept the presidency,
her name will be mud in the
COMMUNICATIVE is all right
with me. What do you think?
MUD'S HUSBAND.
Tell your wife to write the
organization a letter, explain
ing why she is unable to do
justice to the office.
4 4
What's on your mind? For
a personal reply, send a self
addressed, stamped envelope
to Abby, In care OF The Eue-
ming Star.
For Abby's booklet, Hon
to Haze a Lovely Wedding"
send so cents to Abby, Boz
1865, Beverly Hills, Calf.
oMcNausht Syndicate. Inc.)
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Answers to Yesterdays
Headline PuzzIer

Headline: CHA Chief Returns From
Saigon.
Score Rating
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Tomorrow: Tronsfusions.
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oNTHE SIDE
BY PHILIP H. LOVE
Waaturn g5ftc- - -. -.


The luchest thing that ever
happened to Augustus Mutt
was meeting a bald, be-
whiskered runt who called
himself James ]. Jeffries,
the name Of the then heavy
weight champion Of the world.
And the luckiest thing that
has happened to the two of
them In their S. years together
was falling into the hands Of
a ditchdigger with the same
name as a famous New York
Governor and Democratic
presidential candidate, Al
Smith.
In less than four weeks,
Mutt will be IS years old
which makes the comic strip
In which he co-stars the oldest
extant. But it's doubtful that
he would have lived so long
without Jeff. And it's equal
ly questionable whether the
pair would still be entertain
ing millions of newspaper
readers If Smith hadn't been
able and willing to take full
charge Of them when their
creator, Harry Conway (Bud)
Fisher, died in 1854.
'Mr. A. Mutt" was the
title Of the strip when it made
its first appearance in the
sports pages Of the San Fran
cisco Chronicle on November
Is, 1907. The drawing was
crude, the lettering scratchy
and the humor somewhat OBJ
secure to all but race-track
fans. There was, In fact,
nothing about that first strip
to suggest that it would endure
to amuse the great great
grandchildren Of its readers.
Mutt Meets Jeff
But Bud Fishers drawing
and humor both improved
with daily practice, and after
a year he had a stroke Of
genius: He had Mutt discover
Jeff.
The two met in an asylum,
where the little fellow was
confined because he thought
he was Jim Jeffries. He soon
recovered from that delusion,
but the Jeff" part of the
champs name stuck to him.
After Jeff's introduction, the
comic grew in popularity, and
before long its creator was
earning $4,000 a week from
newspapers alone. Mutt and
Jeff" books, movies and
stage shows swelled Fishers
income until he was reputed
to be the highest-paid car
toonist in the world. At a
time when most Ameri-
cans considered themselves
lucky to have a Model 7 Ford
or a Maxwell, he had a Rolls
Royce. He even owned a race
horse, Nellie Morse, and once
while he was on one Of his
expensive jaunts to Europe,
she made him $5S,SO5 richer
by winning the Preakness.
AbandOns Shovel
In 1888, AL Smith, an unem-
ployed cartoonist with a wife
and three small daughters,
was digging bitches on a WPA
project in New Jersey. BY
now, the wealthy Fisher was
hiring assistants to relieve
him Of such irksome chores
as lettering and inking-and,
when he was otherwise en-
gagged, to take over the entire
production. Smith had been
trying to land a job as a
Fisher assistant.
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ON THE SIDE
Mr.. AMutt'N eors
His 56th Birthday

Il was up to my ankles"
Smith recalls, when my wife
Erma drove out in our 1923
Model 7 to tell me that John
Wheeler, president Of the Bell
Syndicate, had phoned for me
to come to work for Bud Fish
er. / threw my shovel aside,
said goodbye to my fellow
diggerS, went home and got
cleaned up, and hurried to
Mr.. Wheeler's office"
As Fishers health declined
and he was away from his
drawing board more and more,
Smith carried on Mutt & Jeff
and also created a Sunday
comic Of his own, "Cicero's
Cat" With Fishers demise,
the features became the prop
erty of his eState-the widow,
Countess Aedita S. de Beau
mont, the American Red Cross
and the Salvation Army.
Smith was retained to con-
tinue Mutt & Jeff, as well as
Cicero, under his own sigma
ture.
Many a successful comic
has followed its creator in
death-H. T. Webster's "The
Timid Soul" and Sidney
Smiths "The Gumps" are two
that come readily to mind.
But Bud Fishers strip has
flourished in the skillful, SYM
pathetic hands of AL Smith.
1t still appears in more than
200 newspapers, and 1t con-
tinues to fare well in reader
ship polls. What is the secret
of its enduring success?
HumOr Is Broad
For one thing, its humor is
sufficiently broad to appeal to
a variety Of tastes. Sophisti-
Gates may call 1t "slapstick,"
but many of them laugh at it
Just the same-as do unso-
phisticated types, including
children. It has the universal
appeal of the Little Guy ver-
sus the Big Guy, the Dumb
Guy versus the Smart Guy,
the Gullible Guy versus the
Glib Guy. Jeff is the more
popular, probably for the
same reason that Charlie
Chaplin's hapless little tramp
endeared himself to millions.
Bud Fisher preferred Mutt,
perhaps because the chinless
character was his firstborn.
AL Smith, a gentle little man
who is inclined to love every
body, likes them both. "And
why shouldn't II" he asks
with a laugh. "They pulled
me out Of a ditch, didn't
they?"
They did, indeed. They put
him and his family on four
acres Of land in Demarest,
N. j., where they have three
houses, a pond with ducks,
fish and frogs, plus a half
dozen dogs and as many cats.
One Of the houses Is just a
little over a year old; one is
used for the Smiths own lit
tie syndicate, which distrib-
utes about Is features to about
$50 weekly newspapers. AIS
youngest daughter DOrOthea
manages Smith Service, his
oldest daughter Rose Is its
editor, and his wife handles
the distribution. A neighbor,
Mrs. Terminiello, does the
secretarial work. Another
daughter and a son-in-law,
plus four grandsons, also live
on the place.
If it hadn't been for Mutt &
Jeff, none Of them would be
there. But if it hadn't been
for AL Smith, Mr.. A. Mutt
probably wouldn't be about
to celebrate his 56th birthday.
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PITTER PATTER
IN SHOE STORE

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP). -
When Mrs. C. Stephen Null
herin walks into a shoe store,