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Farmville And Industry

P*ARM YILLE has made steady, substantial industrial growth during the past twelve years. Interesting statistics gather ed by the Herald in an editorial of-March 19-11 point to the fact which too often is overlooked. In 1921, from records and estimates we find 252 employees in industrial work with an annual payroll of $112,699. In 19-11, says the editorial, eleven industries employed 925 with an annual payroll of $575,000. In 1952, ten firms employed 797 with an an nual payroll of $1,626,600. These figures are approximate and are used only to show the trend. Manufactured products include shoes, building materials or millwork. pack ing boxes, garments, dairy products, and printing and laundry services. No addition al industry has been established in Farm ville during the past twelve-year period, however a steady growth and development are indicated in those well established. Another important observation is the diver sied nature of the local industries. One or more additional manufacturing plants would complement the present plants and attract additional local labor, thereby furnishing additional payroll for the trade channels. Industry is attracted to locations best suited for its particular operation. Trans portation. water supply, availability of a suitable site and employees, either trained or callable of training, are major considera tions. Many other factors enter into the

selection of a location, some being peculiar to the type of product. Each of these fac tors is considered in competition with those to be found at other locations. Selection of locations is highly competitive. Quite often the locality is expected to provide some assistance. Some years ago when industry began to move south, many towns vied with each other in extravagant offers. Firms seeking new locations now are looking more carefully at the natural advantages, secondarily considering local offers of financial nature. However, manu facturers quite often desire locally provid ed housing for their employees, or financi al backing in securing a suitable building. The Herald suggests that the business men interested in locating additional in dustry in Farmville organize a development company with a constituted board of direo tors and officers. Sufficient capital could be paid in or pledged to promote and develop the local potentialities. An inform al group, the Chamber of Commerce or town officials can and have served as point of contact for industrial survey and promotion but an organization constituted for the purpose, with financial standing is ulti mately necessary to effect the location of a plant. Past experience will bear this out. A practical step would be to organize the development company first and then pro mote the advantages of Farmville. One or two well-adapted industrial plants would be desirable.

You Asked For It

EVIDENT EISENHOWER has ordered sharp restrictions dn tin* spending authority of all departments and agencies in tile government. This was his first major effort to balance the budget and reduce un necessary expense. In taking this action the President is fulfilling his campaign pledges. Reduction of federal employees is going to hurt somebody. Those who are cut off . will have to find employment in private in dustry. possibly come back home and find their places. Demand for clerks, steno graphers ami secretaries is active in most communities and it shouldn't be too diffi cult for private business to .absorb efficient employees whose government service is dis coid imied. Actually, Budget Director jloscph M. Dodge, sent out the notifications to the de partment and agency chiefs. The letter of instructions is reported to have contained orders for a curb on the hiring of new em ployees and limitations on new construction projects. The instructions also prohibit government units from increasing their ex penditures above the .January level. Dodge also reportedly asked for sugges tions as to revisions downward in the hud get proposed by former President Truman.

That budget contained expenditures of $78,600,000,000. Mr. Truman estimated receipts at about $10,000,000,000 less than that amount, thus indicating a budget de ficit of approximately ten billion dollars. The Eisenhower move to balance the budget, and cut Federal expenditures, is a weldame move and one which has been long awaited by the American public. One can only hope it is the first of a number of major efforts to cut out deadwood, elimi nate unnecessary spending and reduce the level of expenditures generally. It is the hope of most Americans that the efficiency of their government can be increased by a reduction in the number of employes. It is well known that some feather-bedding in government where employees have actually become so numerous as to impede efficiency of operations. While we assume that Mr. Truman was completely sincere in his belief that the budget could not be cut further, we cannot accept a theory which presumes the vast multitudes of government workers to be absolutely essential to the last man. We hope to see thousands of jobs eliminated and billions of dollars saved, and any lesser result from the Eisenhower Administration w ill In' a disappointment.

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(Ji'iuTalissimo Cliiany Kai-shek recent l.v responded to President Kisenhower’s de neutralization of Formosa with a statement reiterating his determination to reyain < hina. The leader of Nationalist ('hina called the Kisenhovver decision "not only judicious, but militarily and morally sound." The most interest iny part of Kai-shek’s statement was his announcement that the Chinese Nationalists would not seek the in fantry of any other nation in the effort to reyain < hina. In addition to other assur ances. he said: "I would like to assure our friends abroad that the Republic of China will not ask for aid in yround forces from any nation to achieve our yoal." It. oi course, remains to lie seen whether Kai-shek, with the limited manpower at Ids command on Formosa, can build and lead an army strony enouyh to rout tin- Chi nese Communists w no will, no doubt, be aided by Russia in any renewal ot Chinese • civil war. However, the intention not to use foreign infantry, is all-important, and Pile can only hope that it will be adhered

1". even il it means delay in the regaining of China by the Nationalists. There are methods which the United States can adopt which would help the Chi nese, and which might bring about long term pressure to enable the Nationalists to reconquer their homeland. These methods consist of naval blockade, and other pres sures. both economic and political. (Jen-: eralissimo Kai-shek, in the meantime, could stage commando raids on the coast, deudop a larger Chinese underground force and encourage all Chinese to throw off the shackles of Communist domination. This process might conceivably require some years before the full eflects would be felt. However, it is superior to the alter-1 native, which would require United Nations troops to help Kai-shek do the job, and is the logical approach to the Chinese prob lem. The goal of the Eisenhower Administra tion. regarding China, 'should he, and ap parently is, to do everything short of in voicing l nited States soldiers in the de veloping battle for China.

W, T. serin In be unabU' in enmince our s<'l\es that every issue is as important us some people think it is.

I >1 (. A I I OX is a tremendous incentive toward better living. but there is need tor better education .as well.

k vlsKw^i -lal U. form MWW'S S Ka I l«»>son«-_vfwMizSlj SCRIPTURE M;«tthew 22 15-46 DEVOTIONAL READING: 11 Corin thians 2 14—3:6. Answers—Plus! I.csson for February 22, 1953 AN February 22 we celebrate the birthday of a man who tit is said) claimed he could not tell a lie That is an exaggeration. Al most any man can tell a lie if he tries hard enough. But even if this were such a wonderful world that literally nobody could tell a lie, it might still not be the ideal world. For what is most important is not choking back the falsehoods, important as that is. The big thing is to tell the truth. And it is even harder to tell the truth and tell it right, than to keep from lying Truth can be told m a dull way so that no one listens to it If truth is worth telling it ought to be pointed. —and when we say ' point ed" we mean that three ways. * * * Pointed At— For one thing, truth may as well not be told at all if it is nut pointed at somebody. There's no use tell ing your deaf old grandmother about the circus; she's nut going

rhere is nr use telling a small baby to keep his face c 1 e an There's no use giving a lecture on space-heating to an audience of Hot t e n t o t s; they "r e hot enough already. You’re talking to

the wrong people. ,,r- foreman Truth ought to be fitted for. and pointed toward, the people who need it The Master-Teacher him self showed how this is done Much of Jesus’ most vital teaching was I directed to what we would call "hecklers " Sometimes their qucs- j tions were meant to trip him up ’ 'like the three recorded m Mat thew 22) Sometime they were j asked from mere curiosity, .scene times they were* desperate gi p- ; mgs for light But whale vor the ! motive. Jesus ah-, ays guv< them answers—plus, lie would take ad vantage of the moment to push m a pointed truth If only preachers and Sunday school teachei s and politicians too would spend more time answering the questions peo ple do ask. instead of questions they don’t ask!

Sharp Enough To Stick There is another sense in which truth, to be effective must be paint ed. It lias to be the opposite of dull. Now there are situations where truth can be dull, and wel come. If you are looking up in the encyclopaedia the population of North Dakota, or trying to find out what niacin is. you don't want to be amused, startled or entertained. You just want plain fact, plainly stated. Professors and other studi ous people arc trained to absorb truth no matter how dully it is presented. It's a poor student w ho can t learn as much from a dry professor as from a witty one. But most human situations are not in class-rooms. Truth that is not dry. ought not to sound dry. Truth that's worth remembering ought to be told in such a w ay that it can't be forgotten. Again, our Lord's teaching was of this sort. He never told a dull truth, and he never told his bright truth in a dull way. His sayings are all point ed; they have a way of sticking in the mind What he says flashes in the eye like sunlight on steel. There was no one around taking notes wh' ii Jesus spoke His say ings are remembered not because somebody had a ;.d notebook but because what hr said, stuck.

“To The Point" What do wc mean by a point less jokr or a pointless remark? Wc mean, of course, that the thing was not worth saying, however true it may have been. Wc want people to speak to the point. If we are going to listen to them wc w ant them to be saying something that is worth saying, something we'll be worse off for not knowing. Now again Jesus' teaching was | pointed truth in this sense. It was relevant truth, it was truth dealing with specific situations. He came I "down to brass tacks’’ as we say His teachings did not float away up in the clouds, they came down to earth and walked there. They ' had to do with people's real prob lems. And what we shall find out. if wc study Jesus’ teachings faith- ; fully, is they deal with our prob lems today too. The problem of the demands —sometimes seeming to conflict—of church and state, of country and conscience; the prob lems of death and of the life be yond; the problem of how best to serve and obey God; these con cerned the men of ancient Judea, they concern us no less. Jesus' words arc just as pointed today as they were nineteen centuries ago 'Bavrd on outline-- cnp\righted h\ (hr llivlsinn of ( hnviUtu ( d tic o 1 ion . N .< - Oopol f'ounrtl of Ihr 1 hurrhr* of t hrivt lo thr 1 v \ lOlA-ril hv Community I’rrSh Sort Irr. ) W The Difference Patron: "That barber down the street has cut his prices down to •10 cents for a haircut." Barber 'after a withering si lence: "Yeah? Weil, a good bar ber cuts hair and a poor one cuts prices "

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RIPPLES Today I sit beside my lake. The sun shines blight on high. There are no clouds above my head, The azure blue's the sky. 1 gaze on the sparkling water That ripples there until The ripples all have vanished and The water's calm and still. 1 can only see the surface And have no way to know If the ripples on the surface Affect the depths below. And about our lives, 1 wonder If ripples there once start, They affect the surface only And fail to stir the heart. Whether ripples on the water Affect the depths below, Is a thing I cannot answer. I have no way to know. That the stream of Life when rippled, Oft leaves an inward strain: Tho calm and still its face may be In heart it brings us pain. I know because I have met you. Then from you had to part; And the ripples on Life’s surface Lie buried in my heart. This heart you stirred will never be Jlist as it was. again ; Tho your presence gave me pleasure. Your going brought me pain. 1 do not blame you for it now Because this had to be. I shall cherish you forever Deep in my memory. My lift enjoyed the ripples when They played upon its face, But scars within my heart The years can ne'er erase. The world sees only tne surface And has no way to know About the joys and t he sadness Down in our hearts below. That the ripples on Life’s surface Affect the heart below, I answer ves, and that's because

I have a way to know. 1.. I >. Whitaker

Movie Guide By Motion Picture committee of the Farmville Woman's Club. STATE THEATER 'BLACKBKARD THE IURATL Rousing sea advcutuic with Robert Newton playing the role of the improbable, but compell ing villian. Adults and young peo ple. NEVER WAVE AT A WAC" —Rosalind Russell glamorizes the WACS m this picture made at Fort Lee. Adults an young people. ■RUBY GENTRY ' — Even a wealthy marriage does not make Jennifer Jones, a beauty from the North Carolina swamplands, ac ceptable to the society of which she longs to be a part. Moral values are blurred mien a reli gious fanatic ends as a murdered. Adults. LEE THEATER •APACHE WAR SMOKE" Most of this film centers about a threatened attack of the Apaches oil an under-manned Wells Fargo station. The theme is intended to be tile strange mixture of good and bad that makes up the cen tral character, an outlaw played by Gilbert Roland. Adults and young people. •TROPICAL HEAT WAVE'— The Latin songstress. Estrelita. helps physchologist Robert Hut ton round up criminal types to study for a thesis. Adults and young people. •IVORY HUNTERS' —This is a superb picture setting forth the heroic struggle of a young game warden. Anthony Steel, to establish an animal sanctuary in East Africa. The photography is unforgettable; the acting and the musical score are superior. Fam ily. • THUNDERBIRD3" In this film, in which two soldiers are in love with the saint girl, the corporal hero is particularly well played by John Derek. Newsclips ol geniunc battle scenes in Italy and m Normandy reveal t Ire bravery of the Oklahoma Nation • al Guard during World War II. ; Adults and young people.

Letters to Editor ‘Silence’ Too Much For Feathered Friends Editor The Earmville Herald . My birds have crown weary of my silence regarding their activi ties, and have decided that 1 have recovered sufficiently to write about them. I walked out to the P O on February 9. the first time since my illness. Dickie was so pleased to see me He was out in the Pane looking after the farm, as he is tile big boss of Biidiatid ['arm!" Spring flower-, are blossoming rapidly, and I am afraid these fathful fTends are being deceived by the many signs of Spring. I wish to take this opportunity to thank the many frjjsnd* for their pretty cards. ! appreciate them very much 1 am clad to say that I have another dog He is not as beautiful as Tip but I am pleased to have a home guard. My birds min me in wishing the best of luck to the Herald and all of its readers . Birdie May Bau h

By Ted Kesting • 'I he one big question in the mind of a man or boy who is thinking cl buying a boat in kit form is. ''Can I put it. together so I'll have a good boat? Willard Crandall, expert on all matters concerning boating, says of course vou ran if you're at all handy with tools. Just the same, there are some "howevers." You've got to pick a model of good de sign. one suited to your water ways. your load and your motor or y u may not have anything worth putting together. Don't make you first attempt anything as large as an outboard cruiser. Practice with a pram will give you fundamental knowledge that can pay off if you want to tackle a big boat later. Practically all kit boats are made of sheet plywood For mak ing assembly easy, there's nothin t like plywood. It makes a good boat for most small boats there is no better material. Plywood has one drawback, however—it does not take abra si n too well. If you want to keep your boat always tied at a pier, or K you are going to drag it on shallow bottoms or pebbly beach 's. usually it'll be best to pass up .he plywood and kit idea. A true round-bottom b at can't be built from sheet plywood. It won't bend that way. That's why you don't find canoe kits on the market: that's why you can’t buy an old-time "resort type " rowboat ;ii kit form. But you can buv. in a k::. an outboard runabout that, acts much like the standard ready-made roundbottoms tha.t are widely sold. There isn't much vmuul to the bottom, but neither is there to the standard outboard roundbottem It wouldn't have the speed the public wants, if there were. To gel down to it. with kit boats is with all others, most important :s how rood the design is—all lines of the design That's more im portant often than whether it

Double Check I heard and saw where the Democrats were trying to pass a tut in taxes to the Republicans up in Washington and the Ad ministration don't want it. And tlie Democrats are gi ttnig togeth er in all sorts ol conclaves for tlie good of the party an. for the good of the county—and that the Republicans can't produce the •uighful atrocities that they charged the Democrats with dur ing tlie great campaign of 1952. WHO ever thought L.ey could?— Folks just fooled themselves. Now we are on that long long trail- and it's a winding. Lincoln days and Jackson days Bond-a montli and if n you don't watch 'em they'll be back together again. So mixed you can't oil one from tother. As the skunk said when the wind changed—now it all comes back to me. One guy writ in saying . . be kind to birds—the dove brings iicace: the slo:k. he brings exemptions—both tax and draft. At least the White House is still open to Democrats .... mighty handy fellers .... any body want ing any advice. Thanks for reading J. Marvin Brown

Bleeding Wounds Do Not Endanger Our Friendly Trees Around February and tradition al St. Valentine's Day. freedom has more than its quota of "bleeding hearts " That is because! some arboreal friends, notably maples and to leaser extent birches, have a profuse sap flow from bark wounds. But tree friends needn't be alarmed. This is a seasonal phenomenon. Actually, the bleed ing. which on cold days may form spectacular "icicles ' ordinarily is not harmful to the tries. Amateur tree docs frequently wsualize this display as comparable to the loss of blood in humans. Nothing could be further from the truth. Invariably, howevei. appeals for help flood tree experts in all parts of the country. Woined home o\\ ners are reassured in short order that everything is as nature intended. Loss of sap seldom perils the trees. Dramatic pioot is the thriv ing maple sugar industry in Ver mont. New Hampshire and other sections where native maples thrive. Ai nually. these trees are taliped for their luscious product. Some nave been giving of then sap for more than a century with no apparent adverse effect. In bleeding, the sap so spec tacularly spilled consists mainly of water. This is easily replaced by the root system. Sugar and some minerals are included in the run-off. But normally healthy trees continue to thrive. Florence was the capital of Italy for the country s first six yeacs as a kingdom classes as round. V. or what have you A sheet plywood V-bottom or semiround bottom designed by a real expert and powered as he intended may not only lie taster but more seaworthy, too. than a rcundbottom the lines ol which aren't so good

SAVING

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POSTPONED BUYING You don't give up a thing when you put money in the bank. All you do is postpone some of your buying. And quite likely future needs will be more urgent than present unfits. See us about a savings account. Start it soon and keep it going!

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