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The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1958-11-20
rWo COMMERCIALS: The first of which goes like

TWO COMMERCIALS: The first of which goes like this
Thought may appear to be trfe early to begin talk
ina about 0f cake this BIT of information should be passed
along aoant this year Possibly the best way TO do is TO re-
peat what IWrote last year:
"A good deal I'd like to call to your attention. The
Forrest County Home Economics Aumnae Association of
MISC is making and selling fruit cakes this year. the proceeds
from which will go toward the annual scholarship they give
to girl waning major in Home Economics at Southern
NJ Nu Karens for Louise Crosby, brought slice by
the house Saturday night They selling the cakes for
$3.50 pound and give you my word they're worth every
cent of IT, believe the cake must have been at least half
pacans . and made by Home Economics graduate at
Southern too IF you happen TO be interested in good deal
and good at the time call Louise Crosby at
3-3993."
Now as 10 last year can assure you the fruit cake
the best I'd ever eaten Waiter Of fact, managed TO gain
about ten pounds you live out of town. and want to place
an order for cake to be delivered later Just write Mrs Louise
Crosby, 704 West Pine ST., Haesburg, Miss. hate to
sound like teevision commercial, but if the cake isn't
everything say is, III personally buy it back from you.
incidentally, Lou tells me that they won't make as many
cakes this year as last because of the shortage of the pecan
crop would be advisable TO place your order now because
they are TO Short Oh yes please include postage
with your order
And Just one other bit of information about the fruit
cakes They are available in two ~ three IT, and five 81
pound sizes No pound cakes are available Lou tells me
that one pound cake has tendency to get dry in the
baking process
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1958-11-20
A Book
ReviieW
An Epitaph For Dixie
BY Harry S. Ashmore
l89 PIP. New York:
w. w. Norton & Co.
Reviewed BY
William Goldhurst

Conventionally, the purpose of
a book review is to define and la
bel the essential nature of the
book in question. The reviewer
aims at crystallizing his. impress
sions of what the book is, at it's
heart, or what it means" when
treduced to its most central state
ments. Such, at least, is the usual
procedure But it needs no liter
airy prophet, fresh off the noun
tain top, to teach the lesson that
some books refuse to be easily
| formulated or reduced to a simple
definition. Consider, as a case in
point, Harry Ashmore's An Epi-
| taph For Dixie.
Author Ashmore, who is editor
of the Arkansas Gazette, has fill
e d his small volume wit h
thoughtful reflections on current
troubles and tensions here in the
South. These pensees range in
scope from random destruction of
some southern illusion or other to
extensive analysis of traditions or
institutions of. long standing. The
reviewers job is not less COM
plicated by Ashmore's frequent
excursions into the by-paths of
southern eifistory and personal
Renaissance. In the final analy-
sis, however, the question of how
we should classify Ashmore's eff
fort as autobiography, histori
cal study, or sociological analysis
Cor all of these, with a long string
of hyphens) - fades before the
strong and lasting impression
that this is an important book for
our times.
Ashmore, as his title implies,
writes from a deep conviction
that Dixie =. and all that it rep
resents - is dead, an argument
that few thinking people Tin the
post-Margaret Mitchell SOUTH
will contest. The Arkansas editor
is concerned, however, not so
much with proving how gone
whit he-wind the Old South is,
but rather with how a realization
of that fact will enable southern
ers to confront present difficult
ties and meet pressing problems
that demand a realistic orienta-
ton.
Ashmore's own commitment to
the complex realities of til e
southern situation constitutes the
books major distinction; for at
no point in this penetrating and
pertinent study does the Pulitz
er-Prize-winning editor preach,
exaggerate, or sentimentalize his
subject. Instead, he + e a S on S :.
Whether he is deploring the UNI
fortunate plight Of the reasonable
majority of southerners, 'bewild-
cred" and "impotent" because
they can nowhere discover effec-
tive leadership, or engaged in
pulverizing the platitudes that
everywhere stand in the path like
intellectual tank traps - the au-
thor maintains a steady and UNI
blinking view of conditions as
they are, of the historical and So
cial circumstances that h av e
shaped southern attitudes and
mores. For Harry Ashmore, the
wind that the Old South is.
.sgone with has simply cleared
the air and blown aside the dust
of distortion that blinds the eyes
of less thoughtful men.
The reader is constantly aware
Continued on Page D
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The second commercial goes like this:

nav mother-n-IaW is a nice lady, but SORT Of small and
short and is up to her knees in pecans this year While
there seems to be pecan shortage her trees have pro-
duced the best crop in number Of years.
She would like TO sell them and promised to make
the information available to anyone interested in buying
Stuart Tor maybe it's Steward pecans in five 81 pound bags
-. or more.
She is asking sixty (6o cents per pound for Them and
she pays the postage. That's in five pound bags she doesn't
want to fill orders for less than that amount and don't
blame her, She tells me they are extra good pecans this
year and that she has about 500 to 900 pounds.
Anyone interested can write Mrs. Miles B. Porter,
Mosee, Mississippi.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1958-11-20

In The paper three weeks ago ran a review Of DR..
Martin Luther Kings book, written by William Goldhurst
Since that time thereve been few persons TO ask Who
is William Goldhurst?"
Well Bill Godhurst is peepe. In addition, he's one
of the three sons of Harry Golden capitalist Bill is at
Tulane University working his doctorae in English; he
has all the work completed except his dissertation I'm not
sure of this but think he's going to use his book reviews
Continued Page q
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director of Education for the Scottish
Rite Bodies
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FREE! WHEEL ALIGNMENT CHECK on
our 5000 machines. Includes inspect
ing eoster, conber, toe-intoe-out
FLATS FIXED for life of tire when pur-
chased from US.
TIRES ROTATED every 5000 miles for
life Of tires when purchased from US.
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other boats Joined us from all
over the horizon and we led q
procession around and around
the school.
Other Schools Show
Other schools showed, the
froth they made on the surface
clearly showing even among the
whitecaps. In deeper water /
began to get doubles on the
two lures. 2 to 2l2 pound fish
that arched the rod before I
could get them aboard.
Then the FISH showed close
inshore in very shallow water.
Roxie had us all crowd forward
in the boat to bring the bow
down as far as possible and
we headed into the fish, our
propeller churning up mud.
But rock we got and blueflsh,
too. The blues bit savagely and
though they didn't 60 much
over a pound or so, put up
quite a tussle.
Long before nightfall we had
all the fish we wanted, at least
l25 fat rock and bIues, and
happily headed home. How
long fishing will remain good
in the area is anybody's guess,
but so far as we know, they
still are there.
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Rowan and Mrs. Robert Amory
led the team to the title, win
ming the No. / doubles match
against Edgemoor. But the
honor Of clinching the victory
fell to Mrs. Hathaway Watson
and Mrs. Page Hufty. who won
a. close 3-set match to nail
down the championship.
With the accent on youth,
Chevy Chase also won the Glass
b team championship, defeat
ing the older and more expert
ence Buckingham Tennis Club
team in another closely con-
tested 4-3 match. Tony Thomp-
son, promising junior, won his
singles in straight sets and two
15-year olds. Toby Symington
and Sandy Walker, won their
doubles, also in straight sets.
John Bennett and Jimmy
Cromwell came from behind
to win the deciding match from
the team of Phil Nef- Renner.
As, Ga, rs. Hal Sloat cap
tanned the winning team.
Teddy Rogers and Carl Beall,
assistant pro at Chevy Chase,
won the fourth title for the
club by retaining their pro-
amateur championship.
Dan Watson, head pro at
Chevy Chase, has a right to be
proud Of the youngsters which
he has developed at the club
Kit Huttig, Tony Thompson
and Buddy Miller are stand
outs among the younger players
in the city. Sandy Walker anc
Toby Symington are pupils Of
Dams at st. Adams.
Edgar Lees play in the Dis
trict Senior championship:
stamps him as the most i'm
proved senior player in the
area. His victory over Nick
Powell, second ranking loca
senior, provided the tourna-
ment with its major upset
Powell and Lee, both opponents
of the drop shot, ran each
other ragged, with the surprise
winner showing the greater en-.
durance.
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when we realized 1t was
ploughing steadily back toward
shore, almost out Of the water
with every wave. We lowered
near. but the little boat made
it and we went back to fishing
1t was late afternoon when
Roxje spotted the first school
of rock breaking. We had been
bottom fishing for awhile but
hadn't caught a thing, I'm
mediately we put out trolling
gear and picked up fish.
Within moments, 1t seemed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-23
CLIMB PEAKS
Vermont
Welcomes
Hikers
BY GEORGE HUBER
Star Stan Writer

I'm just back from two
weeks of hiking, mountain
climbing and camping in
Vermont. / also got stuck
in a beaver swamp, which
was rather humiliating,
but other than that a good
time was had by all.
The occasion was the Po-
tomac Appalachian Trail Clubs
annual out-of-town trip. This
club, which spends much Of its
time building and maintaining
the Appalachian Trail and other
mountain trails in the vicinity
Of Washington, each year takes
a hiking and camping trip to
some other section Of the coun-
try.
Previous excursions have
taken them 10 Sucn places as
the Great Smokes, Katahdin
in Maine, the White Mountains
of New Hampshire, the CatskillS
in New York and a section of
the Green Mountains in Ver-
mont further to the south than
the one visited this time. A
truck is hired to carry the
camping gear and even some Of
the campers, and this year with
the comings and goings by var
ious means of transportation
we had as many as IS in camp
at one time.
Camp Out Most Nights
One of the nights in Vermont
was spent in the famous Long
Trail Lodge in Sherburne Pass
at the foot Of Pico Peak where
the Appalachian Trail turns
east and heads for New Hamp-
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HIKING CLUBS

CAPITAL HIKING CLUB-Hike from
Seneca. Md. Make reservations with
julius PielmeieT, leader LU. l-3666)
by noon Saturday. Meet at $50 am.
al 1874 K street NV. for chartered
CENTER HIKING CLUB-Repeatins
spring hike OF six miles in area OF
Dificult Run, Va, led by Nate Valid
Make reservations with Sarah Krayitz
90. 3-5462l. Meet at Jewish Com
munity Center at $50 am.
WANDERRIRDS HIKING CLUB
Hike of 90 miles on Dark Hollow
Trail in Shenandoah National Park.
Make reservations with Myrtle and
Michael Sahm, leaders IRA. 8.029b),
Chartered bus leaves Twelfth street and
New York avenue NV. at 3 am.
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schooling heavily in the Her
ring Bay area. we went fishing
with Capt. Roxie Nieman out
of Deale.
Our host was Waldo Tastet.
president of Fries, Beall q
Sharp Co., who's usually some
where with a fishing rod in
his hands when he's not at his
desk. and Frank Clements, his
sales manager.
Also aboard were George and
Clarence Yeatman from Yeat-
mans Hardware in Arlington
and both veteran fishermen.
Rough on Bay
AS we boarded Roxie's old
but durable Suzette, a 20 to
25-mile wind swayed the tree
tops along Rockhold Greek and
we needed no other reminder
that the Bay would be rough.
Rough it was, with whitecaps
curling in all directions. The
wind was almost due west so
that by staying along the west
ern shore we would be in the
lee. Any idea, therefore. OF
crossing to the Poplar Island
area where the fish also had
been schooling was immedi-
ately abandoned.
Heading for Holland Point
par we rugged for both deep
and surface trolling. although
mostly we would be trolling in
rather shallow water.
For deep trolling we used
wire lines with three-way swiv-
els and monofilament leaders,
Leads of six to eight ounces
were enough in these waters.
Spinning Outfit Used
For surface fishing I used a
salt water spinning outfit with
no more than an ounce or two
of lead. On my deep outfits !
put two lures, a gold-headed
Nungesser popeye with white
bucktail and green skirt and
another popeye with yellow
bucktail and yellow skirt.
On the surface rod / used a
Dee lure with luminous head.
white bucktail and green skirt.
The fishing was slow in the
morning and early afternoon.
We had scattered strikes and
took a few rockf1Sh. They ran
to a pattern, none weighing
more than a couple of pounds
and none below the 12-inch
minimum length.
The wind, if anything. in
creased. Other fishing boats
/ Joined us, including Bert
Lambs new craft, out Of
Chesapeake Beach. Everyone,
it seemed, was sticking to the
western shore.
Holland Point bar not pro-
ducing anything noteworthy,
we headed across Herring Bay
for Franklin Manor and
cruised slowly in between and
around the fishing nets.
Little Cupboard FOOlhardy
Only boats we could sight
were big ones except for one
little cupboard, no more than
IA feet long, in which a man
and a boy were setting out. 1t
was foolhardy. so we kept an
eye on them.
Only another small rock or
two was taken and we headed
back slowly across Herring Bay.
Roxie checked again on the
little cupboard and found 1t
had gone far out, almost too
far to be picked UP in his
binoculars.
Worried, we headed toward
it at full speed, then slowed
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place, and everyone behind me
was stuck once more in their
same old tracks.
Now there's some talk about
the PATIO members buying me
a book on how to read a COM
pass and find your Way in the
woods.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-23

largest stock of fomous-nome tires. Tube
less or tube type, nylon or royon, reeulor
or snow treod, new, retreoded or used.
even tires for foreign and sport eors.
MORE FREE SERVIcE-All tires mounted
free. Snow tires mounted and demounted
at the end OF each season for the lite
OF the treod
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LEISURE
OPORTSMAN

shire and Maine and the Long
Trail continues north toward
Canada. The other nights were
spent camping out in a per
manent" camp set up on a piece
of mountainside, near the Long
Trail, owned by Bill Mersch,
one of the PATIO members.
A permanent camp allows for
all sorts of luxuries not avail
able on a back-packing trip. Air
mattresses, for example, were
much in evidence beneath
sleeping bags, and some of the
tents were a bit fancier than
those seen when everything
must be carried on ones back.
Two of the women, for instance,
showed up with a borrowed tent
seemingly big enough for a
small circus and which they
had to have the men put up for
them.
The people Of Vermont were
not the cold New Englanders of
fiction. but greeted us right
warmly. They were visitors in
camp every night, and two Of
cur evening meals were eaten
tout" with the volunteer fire.
men and the church people of
the neighborhood.
Visit Marble Quarry
Also the Green Mountain
Club, the outdoors club of that
area, greeted us the first night
with a showing of color slides
of the area we were to hike
through. Another social affair
was q day spent sightseeing
instead Of hiking when we went
through the Vermont Marble
Co. plant at Proctor, VT. We
we're given the full important
people-from- Washington treat
ment. including a visit into a
marble quarry down under a
mountain not seen by ordinary
tourists.
With all that it would seem
we hardly had time for the
main purpose of the trip, hik-
ing. but we did. We were up at
dawn every day and headed
into the hills soon after
breakfast.
That Green Mountain coun-
try is great to hike through.
The forests have been growing
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ROCK AND BLUES BITING
Herring Boy Trip
Yields Fine Catch
BY CHARLES COVELL
outdoor Editor

Given break in the weather, and certainly 1t has
been on the dscouragng side all too often the last
few weeks fisherman should be able to get all the
rock and blues he wants in Chesapeake Bay.
Nor does he have to cross the bay to find them.
Just to prove the statements that they have been
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MORE SAVINGS-The huge volume thot
we do becouse Of our six locations gives
US tremendous purchasing power. We
ore able to buy tires OF the lowest pos
sible prices and we poss the savings on
10 you.
MORE SELEcTloN-No motter whot
your requirements you ore sure to find
exoctIy what you need in Woshinoton's
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back after being stripped by
numbering a generation or so
ago, and the views are magnif-
icent. There are occasional
lakes-ponds they are called
there-but mostly it is noun
taias and mountain ranges, one
after another and seemingly
piled on top of each other.
Climb KillingtOn Peak
We we're especially fortunate
in having clear weather the day
of our longest and toughest
hike, a climb up the south slope
of Killington Peak, second high
est in the State C4,200 feet)
and across the ridge to Pico
Peak 5000 feet), where there's
a fire lookout tower. To the
north. east and south from
those peaks we could see better
than 100 miles it seemed, and
identified other mountains in
Canada, New Hampshire mt,
Washington, positively and
New York. We. also were able
to spot Lake Champlain.
On another day we got lost,
not really lost. but off the trail.
This was a hike up Blue Ridge
Mountain, a 3,200-foot slope to
the east of the main ridge which
affords a superb view of Sher-
burne Pass, Pico, Killington and
the other principal peaks.
We went up the regular trail
with no trouble. but for the re-
turn trip we went against the
advice of local mixers and at
a long abandoned trail.
And as they predicted. the trail
petered out about halfway down
and we were left in trackless
woods.
Follow Compass Course
There was nothing to do ex-
cept bushwack along a compass
course, which we did, heading
east where we knew we'd hit a
road in a couple of miles. We
came out okay, but only after
pushing our way through some
rather thick country, complete
with deadfalls. rocky slopes. an
unexpected swamp and other
mantraps.
So thick was the underbrush
much of the time that the
leader frequently couldn't see
more than two or three persons
behind him. and frequent
"countdowns" were called to
make certain no one was lag
ging. The leader would count
al" real loud, the next man
"2" and so on back to the 18th
and last hiker. Once when there
had been no countdown for sew
eral minutes the rear got wor-
ried about the front, and
started a reverse countdown OF
its own that went 15-14-13-12
and so on.
About the beaver swamp cpl
Sode. I was hike leader that
day and came to a place where
a beaver dam had flooded the
trail. I attempted to work
around it but didn't climb high
enough and got everyone stuck
in the mud. Then in answer to
loud complaints from the rear
i carried the next attempt
around the beaver pond too far
up the ridge. Trying to get back
on the main trail, I followed a
deer trail that carried me back
right to where we'd started
around the pond in the first
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-23
TENNIS TALK
By A. c. SMITH

A reunion dinner honoring
Les Bopst, first official tennis
coach at the University of
Maryland, was held Saturday
night at the Shoreham Hotel.
Les directed the team from
1888 to 1910 and brought Mary
land its first Southern Confer
ence tennis championship with
an upset victory over North
Carolina in 1888.
Les diSclaimed any credit for
the winning teams which he
developed, but it was evident
that he kept the sport alive in
its early days at Maryland. He
wangled tennis balls and rae
kets for his players who couldn't
afford them in the depression
sos and he quartered some Of
the players in the basement of
his home.
Doyle Royal, assistant dean
of men and present coach of
the Maryland team, Allie Rit-
zenberg, star of the winning
1888 team and now tennis di-
rector at the Sheraton Park
Maurice Schwartzman, and Jay
Phillips were among those who
gathered to honor their former
coach. Les former pupils pre-
sented him with a silver ice
bucket inscribed, ITO Les Bopst,
first official tennis coach at the
University Of Maryland, for his
firm conviction in the brother
hood Of man." The evening was
an impressive tribute to the inn
pact which Bopst had made on
the lives Of his players of 20
years ago.
4 4
The Chevy Chase Club is
closing out its most successful
tennis season in recent history.
-Four championships were won
by the men, women and juniors
Of the club.
The ladies won the coveted
Glass A team championship, de-
feating Edgemoor, 4-3, In a
match that was not decided
until the last point. Mrs. Hugh
, 1958-02-13
ADMINISTRATIVE

United s a+es, Common
wealth Of Puerto Rico and the
City of San Juan) in cere-
monies at the Capitol Build
ing, An invitation to visit St.
.Croix was extended to Dona
Felicia.
Luis Laboy, Secretary to
Governor Luis Munoz Marin,
accepted greetings from the
people of the Virgin Islands
for Governor Marin, and re-
4uested Mr.. McFarlane to con-
vey the best wishes of the
people and t h e Common
wealth Government to the
people Of the Virgin Islands
and Governor Gordon.
, 1958-02-13
ORGANIC ACT -.

i. Your letter which was
published in the New York
Times on January II, 1888,
purporting to represent the
views of the Organic Act Com
mittee, and signed by you as
Chairman Of this Committee,
and
2. Your failure to call a
meeting Of the Committee de-
spite numerous requests for
you to do so by the President
Of the Legislature.
You are requested to appear
before the Organic Act Com
mittee, prepared to answer
t h e charges on Monday
morning, February II, 1858 at
1890 A. NJ. in the Senate
Building in St. Thomas"
, 1958-02-13
CALL FOR BIDS

Sealed bids, in quadruple,
will be received at the Depart
ment Of Property & Procure
ment, Division of Procure
ment, Christiansted, St. Croixy
Virgin Islands, until 1900
A. M. Thursday, February 20,
1858 and then publicly opened
for the following:
200 Gu. meters R o C k,
crushed 3/4"
100 Gu. meters Sand, fresh
river
The Government reserves
the right to reject any or all
bids, to waive any informality
in bids and, unless otherwise
specified by the Government
or by the bidder, to accept any
item in the bid.
Copies Of Invitation to bid
may be obtained from the Di-
vision of Procurement, Chris
tiansted, St. Croix, v. /.
Alphonso RomneY
Clerk-in-C Charge
Div. of Procurement
st. Croix, V. I.
, 1958-02-13
NOTICE

Public Accountants desiring
to register with the Virgin Isl
lands Board of Public Accom-
fancy in according with Sec
ton 6 Of Act No. 20l, as
amended, must do so not later
than March 81, 1858.
Virgin Islands Board Of
Public Accountancy
St. Thomas, Virgin Islands
24-29-4-13
, 1958-02-13
LUZ JAMES 49,.


NAL ceremonies due to word Of
the death of Hubert Davis, his
friend, with whom he had
been associated or many
years like a relative. He will
depart for Fort Buchanan to-
morrow where he will await
the routine processing before
returning here.
It was learned also that
Lieut.. Bernard Fabio h a 5
passed a similar test,