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The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-11-08
Hunting Accidents
Often Due To Poor
EYesight. Report

Most hunting accidents are
caused by hunters with made
quate vision, according to the Mis-
sissippi Optometric Association.
THE Minnesota Safety Com
mission studied SO hunters involv-
ed in accidents and found that n
per cent had vision problems"
said DR.. May, president of the
Association.
Hunters with accident records
were deficient in visual acuity,
color recognition, muscular ball
ance and depth perception. AL
most all were unaware of their
visual short comings."
Vision standards were set by
physicians, optometrists and safe
ty authorities, and So per cent of
a cross-section of licensed hunt
ers met all requirements COM
pared to only % per cent of hunt
ers with accidents.
Good vision is essential to sue
cess as well as to safety" said
Doctor May. Usually it can be
brought up to par. :
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-11-08
Questions Unanswered
How Measure A WAGE Increase?

Negotators for the railroads and unions
of incorporating employees are repeatedly a.
greed on package wage increase, subject
to ratification by higher authority. AS it
stands, the package is estimated to add some
$625 million to the railroads annual payroll.
This, it is predicted will result in efforts
to raise, in turn, railroad freight and passen-
ger rates Such an event would resemble the
sequence in steel or coal, except that neither
steel nor coal has to ask any Interstate Com
merce Commission.
Would these increases be justified? That
with anything like precision, is a question
that cannot be answered offhand But the
question provokes other questions which may
suggest how complex is this problem of the
economic soundness of wage raise.
Does this increase in rail pay stay with
in the limits of the Improvement factor"
(of efficiency in that industry? What is the
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-11-08
Solar Energy
Explained To
Students Here

The combined science classes of
East Forrest High School heard
OFT Brockman of Southern Bell
Telephone Company demonstrate
and describe his company's gains
in Solar Energy research, Thurs
day, October 25th.
Brockman, commercial super
visor for the Telephone Company,
was introduced by j. A. Johnson,
school superintendent Mr.. John
son had recently seen the Solar
Energy demonstration at meet
ing of the Petal-Harvey Kiwanis
Club and invited Mr.. Brockman
to address the science classes.
BY using a floodlight as a sub
stitute for the sun, Brockman
demonstrated the Bell System
Solar Battery. This device con-
verts the suns rays directly into
electricity without moving parts
or wear on any of its components
Its possibly the only solution to
the power shortage the world will
have to face some day." Brock
man said.
Solar power from this inven-
ton has furnished all the cleo
tricity necessary to operate a rural
telephone line in Americas, Ga.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-11-08
18th Amendment :. What's ThQt!
Observation-Disclosures By Race

The Justice Department is said to be dis
turbed over reports coming in and evidence
on hand that Negroes are being ''purged"
from voting lists on grounds of trivial tests
not also applied to white 1egistrants. Such
activity is said to be going en- in at least five
Deep South states = some of it quite openly.
What the Justice Department can do to
counter such tactics is not as simple as might
be thought. 1t may prosecute under existing
laws only on complaint that presumably
qualified voter has been denied the right
actually to cast ballot And local pressures
may hold down the number of such COM
plants.
Nevertheless, successful prosecution of
several strategically chosen cases could have
some effect And under the 18th Amendment
wholesale Observation-Disclosures, except for
participation in rebellion or other crime"
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-11-08

While the major political parties are cam
paing-debating which one killed federal aid
to schools, citizens of both parties could we'll
be thinking about how to solve another
school problem even more serious: how to
get more Teachers and better teachers how
to better the teachers we have.
Paying teachers more is only part Of the
problem. And many of the roots Of that are
to be found buried in another part - part
spotlighted by recent study sponsored by
the New York State Citizens Committee for
the Public Schools. The survey covered 1919
communities believed typical.
1t found that: Almost half the parents
did not respect the teachers knowledge of
what they taught. Only fourth of the par
ents admire teachers at ALL Only fifth of
the parents would care to have their chill
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-11-08

measure of that for clerks or for those who
maintain the same tracks, whether for pro-
fitable freight or money-losing passengers?
Should employees wages be raised on a
railroad that is losing money? If not, then
are employers and unions both wrong in OPP
posing any hooking of wages to profits?
If the Improvement factor" (Which must
be credited to machinery and management
skill as well as to laboD is higher in one firm
or industry, just like profits, should the
workers in each be paid accordingly? Or
should the economy view wage rates as it
does interest rates roughly the same for
every firm?
1t is the mass of factors suggested by
questions such as these which impel many
economists to prefer the national average an
nual Improvement factor as the measuring
stick to hold up to wage increases.
(Christian Science Monitor)
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-11-08

may be penalized by reducing proportionate-
ly the guilty states representation in the
lower house of Congress.
Perhaps more potent than either could
be the effect on national opinion by airing
the evidence in congressional investigation.
For the South, to preserve its peoples valid
right to choose their associates, must plead
it's case before the nation with clean hands
This is exactly what this newspaper had
in mind when, few days ago, it endeavored
to draw the distinction between association
of the races and equal standing before the
law of all races 1t has long declared I'M
equivocally that the Negro should have the
substance, not merely the shadow, of the
right to vote, the right Of fair trail, the
right not to be set apart soley because OF
race" christian Science Monitor)
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-11-08
Worth A Discussion
The Vicious Circle In Teaching

dren become teachers. In half the communi-
ties teachers are rarely included in social
events and rarely asked into their pupils
homes
Is this the verdict of the jury, and are
teachers, after all, sorry lot? Or does this
raise deeper questions Under such condi-
tons, who wants to be teacher = poor
pay or good? And are teachers poorly paid
partly because their status is relatively low
or is their status low partly because they are
poorly paid?
There is a vicious circle here which must
be broken In the American civilization,
which is business-minded and where, natu-
rally enough, prestige gravitates toward the
business career, this will take some self-ex-
animation and conscious effort
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-11-08
ALONG THE r. F. D.
By Rose Budd Stevens

A friend has fallen. In the pine
forest above our house there stood
a dead pine tree, one of the few
trees left when many years ago
the land was skinned for greedy
and hungry water-saWmills
the kind that were turned by
stored up water.
Just why this great tree was
leftis mystery, for it had many
feet of lumber in it. Perhaps one
cutter saw the need for one tree
to supply seeds if the land was to
be saved.
For many years it stood lonely
and beautiful, landmark that all
corners took sight by; hunters
often gathered around it at night
to listen to the baying of their
dogs as they scented their prey
under the black of night or the
beauty of a full moon. Even be-
fore my time small trees sprang
up around its roots and then
flourished and grew, still the tall
tree was the tallest thing around.
Once since l can remember light
ming struck it, and again and
again it was a victim of bolt
from the heavens a severe
L
drouth caused it to give up the
ghost and for the past twenty
years it has been the roosting
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-11-08

were any of them killed., n d
where will they sleep tonight?
The death of so many of my
loved ones, friends and relatives)
causes me to stop and remember
that / am getting well into mid
die life. Forty if / can believe
the mirror, my mother and others
who can remember when / was
born as one neighbor said,
II recall you were born the night
of the first frost in November,
after my Edward was born in
October" 1t seems strange to me
that the heart can remain so
young and the joys of life be full
and deep while the body shows
wrinkles and lines. Is it the same
with you? Do you feel young at
heart and spirit or mi odd and
out of step with the world? Some
of my friends seem so afraid OF
the future, afraid to plan ahead
fearing what might be i. !. they
see no beauty in anything -. al
ways it is lack of rain, or too
much of it, to spoil everything.
To me the world is beautiful,
see love everywhere, / want to
get my share of it and in return
I try to give friendship and love
to all who come my way.
Sometime | fail to find beauty
and happiness at first glance, but
keep looking it is there. David
Morton wrote in his ,''Who Walks
With Beauty" the following lines
and many years ago ! took them
for one of my creeds:
Continued on Page ~
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-11-08

place for buzzards.
Late afternoon always saw me
looking toward the east, and al
most to the minute / could see a
flock of buzzards coming from
whichever way food was to be
found that day. Several different
flocks roasted in this gaullt
bleached pine; year after year
they made their night home
among the reaching limbs. | got
much pleasure from watching
these great birds glide overhead
and then flap a few times before
settling down for the night.
Moonlight nights / always look
ed toward the dead tree, for truly
it was a lovely sight, strange as
it may seem. The moon silvered
the white of the tree Gong since
having lost its BARK, the buzzards
were strange black fruits hang
ing against the beauty Of moon
lit sky y. almost scene from
another world. weird, wild and
exciting.
This morning I looked towarl-
the tree to watch the buzzards
begin leaving; there was no tree
.. sometime during the night
it had fallen -. / wondered how
the birds felt when their home
crashed IS. what did they do,
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-11-08
Federal Law Prohibits Work BY Minors
Under IS In Logging And SowmiII Jobs

/ Logging and sawmill jobs are
for men, not boys" caustions In
vestigation Supervisor Louis F.
Provine, of the US. Department
of Labor's Wage and Hour and
Public Contracts Divisioss.
mills and logging camps a.
round Petal are getting ready to
do man-sized job before the
cold an drainy season sets in.
Every lumberman weather
large or small - should begin by
remembering that the Fair Labor
Standards Act means Men Only
for this work"
The Act, which the Divisions
administer, sets 18 years as the
minimum age for occupations
which have been declared haz-
ardous by the Secretary of Labor.
All jobs in logging and sawmill-
ing, with a few exceptions, are
covered by Hazardous Occupa
tons Order No. 4.
"By observing the 18-year age
minimum, the lumberman may
be saving the life of local boy"
Mr.. Provine points out. almost
every season some youngster
somewhere is killed or seriously
injured while working in viola
ton of the hazardous occupations
order"
"The easiest way to avoid UNI
Intentional violation of the or
der is to require an age or en-
ployment certificate for each
young fellow hired" says Mr..
Provine. ''The certificate, show
ing that he is old enough for his
Job, serves as proof of age under
the law. In Petal, these certifl-
Gates can be obtained from the
Federal Issuing Officer IN the
Wage-Hour Field Office at jack
son.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-11-08
Ten Persons
Honored At MISC
Homecoming Here

Ten persons last Saturday were
honored for their outstanding
contributions" to the growth and
expansion of Mississippi South
ern College during the past year.
The ten included seven Missis-
sippians, two Louisiana residents,
and former Hazelton, Pa. resi-
dent now living in Tokyo.
Present to receive the framed
certificates, citing the recipient
for outstanding service, loyalty
and devotion" were:
DR.. William D. Mccain, presi-
dent; DR.. John F. Nau, Head, De-
partment of Religion and Philos-
ophy; Reed Green, Athletic Di-
rector; Sen. Stanton A. Hall; Rep.
DR.. Spurgeon B. Eure, also a Pro-
fessor of Biology on the Southern
faculty; George Afford, Jr., jack
son, president of the Kinds Coun-
ty Alumni Chapter; Fleet c. Bur-
kett, last years president OF the
Marion County Alumni Chapter,
and Mrs. Melton Bush, New Or
leans, La.
Not present, but also award re-
cipients, were Mrs. E. L. Cotton,
Jr., Baton Rouge, La, and Will
liam Katrishen, now living in
Tokyo. Katrishen a former star
tackle on the Southern team, is
from Hazelton, Pc. He this year
established full-tfme athletic
scholarship in memory of a for
mer teammate, Robert DEMENT,,
killed in an auto accident.
The certificates were presented
at a luncheon in the college cafe
terra, during the 44th Homecom-
ing Anniversary. Of the college. A.
D. SANDY Morgan, Jackson,
President of the General Alumni
Assn, made the awards.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-11-08

How it happened OF course remains of life's
or mysteries but today marks the third anniversary of
this paper Presumably should gush forth with words
of thanks to and praise for his feowman presuma-
bly, Well naturally, the business given the paper is ap
precated most sincerely that should think goes with
out saying But why be prostitute the occasion? Why
not put it just exactly like is? That is say with
honesty and conviction that the past three years have
been unmgated hell from beginning to now and there
is indication of letting the foreseeabe future
Not complaining, just explaining. Been trying all week
think of those with whom I've not had some sort of
disagreement seems to be about half dozen at the
most and they out of town.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-11-08
County Reports
IA Polio Cases
For This Year

Most people who become i'll
with poliomyelitis make a good
recovery. To date in Forrest Coun-
ty there have been IA cases of
poliomyelitis. The ages of the
cases vary from nine months to
26 years. No longer may this dis
ease be referred to as infantile
paralysis. Poliomyelitis is a dis
ease of all ages affecting the gray
matter of the central nervous syS-
tenn. These IA cases have occurred
as follows:
April 2 cases; JULY case;
August cases; September = 3
cases; October-6 cases.
Of the IA diagnosed cases in
Forrest County, seven cases are
non-paralytic. These patients will
have a complete recovery. Even
though the patient has non-para-
lytic polio, the disease is caused
by the same agent that causes
paralytic polio The only differ
ence being in the immunity one
has acquired and the location and
extent of damage done to nerve
cells controlling various muscle
functions.
The Salk Vaccine had been Civ
en- to three of the non-paralytic
polio cases. Parents of children
from age six months to 20 years
are urged to have children i'm
munized. At present it is the best
time TO begin the series of i'm
nominations to build an immunity
for next spring and summer. The
highest incidence of polio in Mis-
sissippi occurs during these two
seasons.
The seven paralytic cases of
poliomyelitis had not had the vac
cine. In most cases the parents
had refused the vaccine when Of
fered. Conditions of these patients
vary-One is in an iron lung, an
other requires special nursing
service, another braces, two have
special shoes.
In most cases disqualification is
necessary. Ten of the IA cases
have been hospitalized, in one of
these hospitals-Mercy Hospital,
Vicksburg; Jones County Memo
1ial Hospital, Laurel; University
Hospital, Jackson; and Forrest
General Hospital, Hattiesburg.
The cost of hospital care for
ONE patient hes been $6,465.50.
The cases this year have been
four white and 10 Negro. By sex,
four are male and 10 female. With
the exception of one case occur
ring in the rural Forrest County,
all other cases have occurred
within Hattiesburg City Limits.
Earlier in the year the Forrest
County Health Department stated
that the Salk Vaccine could pre-
vent at least three out of four
cases of polio Gripping. The
Health Department urges parents
of pre-school age children and OF
TEEN-AGE children to have them
immunized with the Salk Polio
Vaccine.
The fear and the worry about
polio - clutches, braces, wheel
chairs and iron lungs can be re-
duced by immunization with the
Salk Vaccine.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-11-08

THE above are nice letters
and were appreciated. But the
two enjoyed most were from
Miss Guthrie and Mr.. Wenxel:
They each had money in them.
The Editor.)
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-11-08

That business of disagreements reminds Of four
way conversation was in recently Said friend
"PD., damned if you aren't the hardest fellow to be
friends with" Naturally, didn't think of it then but
the way to be friends with anyone included is to
spend money with them and agree with everything they
say Cardinal rules those.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-11-08

My hair is grey, but not from years;
Nor grew it white in a single night
AS mems have grown from sudden fears.
indeed 1t took The Petal Paper
And just three years.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-11-08

For God so loved Mississippi that He gave it Judge
tom brady Not to be confused with John 316 pease)
There are many things of which Harvard University
be justly proud and of the foremost the fact that
judge brady attended Yale
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-11-08

Two guys named Joe is the subject of this paragraph
One Joe Morris I've done business with any number of
auto dealers in the past few years. but in all sincerity
have yet to into anyone nicer and courteous and
easier to deal with than Joe Morris real nice guy and
wish could meet that payment this month
Second guy named Joe is Allbritton He, too, is
prince of fellow. But Abortion has a weakness for
gadgets of all Sorts including autos First unusual thing
he UP with was his "Joemobie" air plane de-
signed vehicle with tractor engine in it, l recall
And he has along with King Midget, and
Billie and al the other kids the street have gone wild
the little thing One day last week Joe drove up and
children crowded around until he couldn't get out
being six feet long it takes doing for Joe to
get out) Finally he made and told Billie to take the
children for ride There Billie, Karen Janet Myers
Wayne Chatham, and maybe else in the little
thing But of that incident the best thing heard from
little Jeanie Pickett, who will be two next month. Said
Jeane: Lets put string on and pull it.. Me, too!
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-11-08
Letters
New York, N. Y.
October 20. 1856

October 20, 1856
Dear Mr.. East:
A friend in Oregon has told me
about your paper and what it is
doing for the cause of better re-
lations in this country of ours,
and / would like to subscribe for
it.
/ have spent almost twenty
years of my professional life in
other countries and | know how
important it is for us to change
conditions in our country not only
because it is right to do so but
also for the sake of our interna-
tional relations.
Good wishes to you for your
work. l am glad you are able to
do it with humor. Many of our
problems would at least diminish
in size if we could more often
laugh at ourselves.
Cordially,
Anne Guthrie
X X X
Pittsburgh, Pa.
October %, 1856
Dear Mr. P. D. East:
This is merely more fan mail
from another ''damnyankee" way
up in Pittsburgh, Pa. who wants
to make the point of your Won
derful example for what it is,
fully.
A most intelligent technique
of putting out the truth-that
workS-in the most difficult of
circumstances.
A stupendous rehabilitation of
all the answers, with all power,
in an unlimited providence
pro our singular purpose-in
our basic singular basis of rea-
son.
A great demonstration of the
fact of grace, in a man of good
will, to that most practical real
ity of free will direction to un-
derstanding-that is mysticism,
all developing in the image and
likeness of God, ad infinitum.
And in the face Of the infall-
ible reality of Co-Creation and
Co-Redemption-A. d. 1856
such can be said to very, very
few people in this enlightened
age"
Not mattering what, your stuff
and you can't fail. With a prayer
that your grace of perseverance is
forever understood as sufficient
to keep on developing and lead.
ing away from the blind of hate
The best of the best to you,
Richard E. Smith
X X X
Drexel Hill, Pa.
October "a, 1856
Dear Sir:
l am a high school student ir
my senior year. This year we are
studying a course in Sociology
and in this course we are study.
ing about the segregation problem
in the South.
We get paper in class called
WORK. 1t was in this publication
that read about your fight
against the VICE. and other
forces that are stopping Amer
lean Citizens from voting.
l would like to congratulate you
on your stand in this matter.
hope that by your work that more
people will realize that groups
like the VICE. are wrong and the
people in Mississippi will wake
up to this injustice against fel.
low citizens.
l feel sure that if the whites
and Negroes could live in peace
n the South our nation would be
still stronger than it is today, anc
hat we could fight off any enc
NY, no matter how large or small
hey may be.
Yours truly,
George P. Bunce
| X X X
Alma College
Los Gatos, Calf
October "a, 1885,
Dear Mr.. East:
| Keep up the good fight for jus
lice and charity toward ALL Am
orleans. God will bless you for it
so will the South in times to come
Just for the record, I'm white
and from the Soulful years il
Florida, four in Tennessee, three
in Alabama, and three in Texas.
| God bless your work.
Sincerely,
Richard M. Thomas, S. j.
| X X X
Baton Rouge, La
October 26, 1851
Dear Mr.. East:
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-11-08

When was growing up of the things did not en-
JOY the age old kidding about smbering in the bed
having ancestors garments my back ETC. Frankly
didn't know what those words meant and I'm still not
about the ancestors and garments. But that
l have faint notion about the words and my number
daughter doesn't Cow brow that any enjoy pulling
that business her Generally it goes about like this:
Karen, did you know you have ancestors?"
mo don't. Phlbur ct EN-"
Karen did you know you have garments on your
back?"
81 amt, either Momme gived me bath this
ing"
"And Karen last night you slumbered in the bed
again"
The INDECENT answer 'Thats' not So You know
housebroken."
Those the only three remember I'd try others
her.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-11-08

On Sunday October 81, Bile's father died unexpect
edly of heart attack The suddenness of it threw off
schedule Thus far behind in my letter writing to
those who have been nice to write Doth banks in
cuded) hope to catch up Too, while out
of town for day both dogs disappeared Any
information leaing to the recovery of Miss Molly Magoo
an Irish Setter pup 10 weeks DID, will be paid for
Modest pay naturally. And any information leading to
HEM pooch named, among other things White Trash
Mister Colonel Hound Dog Rebel PD. and Spotty WILL
NOT BE PAID FOR but will be held against you till my
dying day. Seriously have idea whether they
stolen strayed what, but would like very much to
get them back.