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The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1960-05-26
OF Course, "0ur Jungle Gem" Would Understand =
MISTAKEN IDENTITY

We have been following, with
considerable interest, recent re-
ports in the newspapers on the
case of Hollywood writer Louis
Pollock. Mr.. Pollock, it seems,
was until five years ago a sue
cessful scriptwriter. Then all of
a sudden it appeared that he had
lost either his writing touch or
his luck, Or both, for he could
not sell thing.
Recently, however, Mr.. Pol
locks luck turned, for a producer
friend finally broke down and
told him his name was on the
Hollywood blacklist. After furth-
er investigation, Mr.. Pollock
learned that five years earlier his
identity had been confused with
that of a man who had refused
to testify before the House I'm
American Activities Committee
a considerable confusion, since
the reluctant witness spelled his
last name with an "a' rather
than an o." was actually a
clothier rather than a writer, and
lived in different city.
Once he learned the facts,
writer Pollock did succeed in
getting things Strengthened out
more or less satisfactorily. He
managed to get letter from the
House committee, presumably
certifying to the correct spelling
of his name, and got himself
struck off the blacklist. Now he
is in a position to sell scripts
again, five years richer in ex-
perience and five years poorer
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1960-05-26
Mr.. Petts Wondered About
KEEPING THE PIG In THE POKE

There is much ado about one
Paul M. Butter, sort Of nom
conformist chairman of the Dem
ocratic National Committee. This
man Butler, from the former
Khan state of Indiana, won't be-
have. He is a stye in the eye Of
many members of the Democratic
National Committee, particularly
those from the vote-cheating
states. Senator Eastland of Miss
issippi despises him. Likewise
Herman Talmadge of Georgia.
They and their ilk seem to think
they could run thinks their own
way if it were not for Paul
Butler.
What's wrong with the man?
Well, if you'll keep it to yourself,
here's the secret: these gentle
men like Eastland and Talmadge
and the other "manifestiers" a la
Dixie, have "a pig in a poke"
Did you ever have. "a pig in a
poke? If you did, you know
what a job it is keeping "a pig
in a poke" even if noboby's
botherin' you. But suppose some
body is botherin' you, and keeps
on sayin': LET the pig out, let
the pig out" You'd get goldarned
mad, wouldn't you? Well, Butler
is the guy who keeps on inter-
ferin' and sayin', s'You gotta let
that pig outta that poke"
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1960-05-26

AN Open Letter To ALL MEN OF CONSCIENCE" is
the title of the copy bellows written by The Rev. Robert
Alexander Of the Temple Of Man. Venice, California and
sent to by Steve Allen. I'll not preach but will
thought enough Of it to hold of print of
deahess prose that the open letter along TO
you.
Do YOU know that the drug in America represents
the prosecuted and oppressed minority group existing
country today? And that this minority has become the
medieval witch hunt has returned but in all the cries of
protest and from public and press about the dangers
of narcotics appears to give damn about the true
sufferer the narcotic user who is caught in agonzg cross
fire police and peddler without to humane
medical treatment.
USE YOUR INTELLIGENCE! DON'T YOU THINK
THAT TT IS sTIMEF FOR US TO APPROACH THIS PROB
LEM MORE MATURITY?
Putting drug users in prison is nhu1na1e and illogical
an Of weakness and expedenc Prohibitions have never
been successful Consider the Great Experiment OF the
1905 Prohibitions do solve the basic problems but only
perpeuate them their worst FORM by giving the under
world an additional area OF exploitation
The the social problem of drug addiction can
found punitive but must be discovered
in of the drug himself An intentionally sick
individual already vctimized by his addiction, he IS
further cheated and robbed by nsensve and expedent
reasoning ock him up and he'll learn This method simply
reinforces feelings already bitter and anti-socal.
DRUG USERS DO NOT BELONG IN PRISON! Many
of the Doctors Psychatrists and Psycholo-
gsts agree always be so to 100 behind our
finest, creative minds? Have we got the TIME?
Intelligent action is apparent First the profit must be
removed the sale of Narcotic Drugs by providing
legal for addcts through Doctors Med
ical agencies Treatment must be made available at once
possibly Veterans Administration Hospitals other tao
ties especially designed for this purpose During this
o the racketeerng of narcotics must be crushed We can
then establish through treatment and clinical programs
what step should be- But for Mans sake under no
circumstances should drug be treated criminal Tor
the of narcotic drugs.
If you have feeling for your fellow write your adj
to this protest. TT rs NOT TOO MUCH TO ASK FOR AC-
TON Now, FOR THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING NOW!
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1960-05-26
Wutch On The
POTOMAC
by
Robt. G. Spivack

A Tragedy" Of Errors - Nj
kita Khrushchev overplayed his
hand. There is no question of
that. No American, even those
most critical of the present Ad-
ministration, can find delight in
seeing the President of the United
States abused, Inundated, snub-
bed and dealt with as if he were
defeated enemy.
If, as many suspect, Richard M.
Nixon will spend the months be-
tween now and November run
ming against the Soviet Pre-
mier no one need be surprised.
What else can Nixon do?
But to delude ourselves into
thinking this is any answer to the
debacle at Paris would be nation
al folly. The fact is that we play
ed it cute and we ended up out
smarting ourselves. The real
tragedy of the summit is that
there was no American position,
nothing had been thought out,
our delegates came ill-prepared
and we had to run for cover
when Khrushchev rained down
his torrent of insults.
No matter how the Republican
Continued on Page p
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1960-05-26
A Book
lReviieW

Vorspan. Albert. Giants of JUS
tice: Great American Jews of this
century and their contributions
to social justice. New York:
Union of American Hebrew Con-
gregations. and Thomas Y. Crow
ell Co.. EGO pp.. S3.75.
GIANTS OF JUSTICE is an
impressive book. It is the care
fully selective, extremely we'll
written record of the life and
thought of fourteen American
Jews, all either immigrants or
the children of immigrants, and
their important and extraordin-
airy contributions to the cause of
American social justice.
I The men and women dealt
with in the book are as follows:
Simon Wolf, Louis Brandeis,
Louis Marshall, Lillian Valid, AL
bert Einstein, Stephen Wis e,
Henry Monsky, Henry Cohen,
Henrietta Sold, Edward Israel,
David Dubinsky, Samuel Mayer
berg, Abraham Cronbach, and
Herbert Lehman.
They came from widely vary
ing backgrounds. For instance,
Lillian Valid, who founded New
York City's Henry Street Social
Work Organization, was a MEM
Der of a wealthy upper-middle
class family; while David Dublin
sky, eventually president of the
International L dies Garment
Workers Union, arrived in New
York at the age of seventeen with
$4,000 in his pocket.
Their religious beliefs differed
greatly. Louis Marshall and
Henry Cohen were rabbis, while
Albert Einstein was member of
no organized religious group at
all. The lives of these men and
women likewise comprised a
fairly broad sweep of professions,
although most of them dealt to
a greater or lesser extent with
public affairs.
However, in spite of these di-
vergences in background, train
ing, and personality, the people
Mr.. Vorspan has chosen to dis
Continued on Page y
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1960-05-26

Mr. Butler keeps yellin', "Su-
key, sukey, sukeyr' and the pig
keeps scrambling like nobody's
business. If you don't know,
"sukey" mean ''be quiet and
come on out" Also, if you don't
know, the pigs got quite a fancy
name: Civil Rights.
Butler remembers that the pig
got out of the poke in '48 and
what happened.
But don't think all the oppose
ton to Mr.. Butler comes from
the land of cotton and corn pone.
There are many to whom PARTY
UNITY is greater god than
PARTY PRINCIPLE. These are
Eastern, Northern, Middle West
ern and Western Democrats. For
the sake of keeping sthe party
together" they would ssjust as
lief" keep ''the pig in the poke"
and give Gadfly Butler the air.
You can bet there's going to
be fight. Butler is stubborn. He
has told the Southerners if they
don't come up with their share
of the party expenses, he's going
to give them the seats in the
rear at next summers conven-
ton. And they insist that he let
them alone with their pig before
they'll pay up. Quite a to-do!
wv. L. Pettis in The Courierl
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1960-05-26

The bird day closes; silence
lights among the feathered crowd.
The great cold eye Of the hunters moon
has stared them down; transfixed
as stone, they sleep.
The sky bends closer
through the naked branches
and the stars are shriII. The year
itself is closing folding in our dreams
like compost, damp and dark. We
the unfeathered, too must trust
the moon, surrender to the night,
to cold, and to the coming
under darkness
of the unknown spring.
- JEANNE S. BAcBY
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1960-05-26

Strephon kissed me in the spring,
Robin in the fall,
But Colin only looked at me
And never kissed at all.
Strephon's kiss was lost in jest,
Robins lost in play,
But the kiss in Collins eyes
Haunts me night and day.
Edward Durell Stone, one Of
A m r j c as most distinguished
architects, writes in THIS WEEK
magazine: Some IS years ago,
when / decided to be an archi-
tect, my older brother Hicks, who
Continued on Page -
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1960-05-26
HICHLlCHTS
FROM READING
by
Mary Einsel
Oy
Mary Einsel

A treasury Of the best of Har-
per's magazine Called GENTLE
MEN, SCHOLARS and SCOUN-
DRELS) includes Sara Teasdale's
poem, THE LOOK:
Evening star., 1960-04-03
April ;
1.-The Rebel. Western.

1.-The Rebel. Western.
1.-THE Unsurrendered Sword
Yuma journeys to Old Mexico TO
reooin the sword Of Confederate
general. Nick Adoms, Joy Mo-
veIIo.
$50
5-Woterfront. Adventure.
Preston Foster stors.
1.-The Aloskons. Adventure.
I Hour. ~ BorreI Of Gold" An
Army Corporal with on itch for
fost, cosy gold coshes in on high
prices in the Klondike by peddlins
poisoned beef to prospectors.
Roger Moore, Hal BoIIor, Richord
Evons.
9-AIfred Hitchcock Presents.
THE Little Mon Who Was
There" A mining community
feors for its life when O little
man with unusual powers oppeors.
Mormon Lloyd, R. 6. Armstrong.
1000
4-Loretto Young Show. Dr'mo.
"PIoin, Unmarked Envelope" A
teen-oee girl sends for informo-
tive pomphIets because her poTt
ents foil to explain the tocts Of
life. Denis Alexander, Don de
Fore.
5-StorIioht Theoter, Movie.
z Hours. Count the Hours"
1858. A ranch owner and his
wife ore occused of murder.
Teresa Wright, Macdonald Corey.
9-Jock Benny Show. Comedy.
Jack enters q slogan contest and
tries to sue its sponsor when his
entry loses.
1890
4-BoId Venture. Adventure.
7-Johnny Stoeeoto. Mystery.
Storing John Cossovetes.
9-Whot's Ny Line. Panel.
1900
4-News. Sports.
Sprooue. Michael.
7-News. Sports.
McCoffrey. MoIone.
9-News. Weother. Sports.
Barber. Kelly. Mcdonald.
Evening star., 1960-04-03
Program Listines

Sloane, Don MurroX eorboro
Rush, Rito Moreno.
$50
1.-The Lowmon. Western.
"BeIdine's GrI." A girl fIees
from her fonoticol father and
tokes O Job ot the Birdcoee So
loon. John Russell, Suson Nor
row.
900
4-Dinoh Shore Show. Color.
Hour. Vic Domone, the Were
Brothers, Betty GrobIe and Lucille
BoII's reoI son Oesi " and her
TV son Keith Thibodeoux in
seven-piece oII-kid bond.
Evening star., 1960-04-03
SUNDAY

Continued From Preceding Poee
500
5-Five-Stor Feature. Movie.
IA Hours. Return of the Wild
fire" lo48. Two sisters ore
tricked into selling their horses
to O gambler. Mary Beth Hughes,
Potricio Morrison.
9-Ployhouse 80. Drama.
IA Hours. "AIos. Babylon"
Pot Franks novel odopted for
televsion by Oovid Shaw. The
story Of how O community uses
its collective resources to live
through on atomic wor. Dana
Andrews, Kim Hunter Everett
Evening star., 1960-04-03

THE Little Mon Who Was
There" A mining community
feors for its life when O little
man with unusual powers oppeors.
Mormon Lloyd, R. 6. Armstrong.
Evening star., 1960-04-03
9-PIoyhouse 90. Drama.

REALITY Gill TIRE PROFESSION WITH A fu1UREl
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-22
Too Late To Classify
FOR SALE

RAW SHELLED PEANUTS - For
roasting. candies or maybe you like
them as is. 40 cents ID.
BEDRENCH - Eliminates ha d
wedding. Controls insects, diseases
and llelnatodes. 1t will pay you to
use Bedrench on your plant beds.
1915 Gallon can treat 100 yds
TOBACCO SEEDS Dark fired,
Flue-cured and Burley. All popular
varieties. See us for your needs.
PLANT BED FERTILIZER = For
the best start feed your tobacco
plants With the best. Registers
Bonanza and Vim Plant Bed. Fer
tiliZers.
PENFZ = Fights Mastitis. Sold on
money back guarantee 70 cents
each and get free. Special dozen
price $3.50.
NEW IMPROVED WARFARAT IN
Kills rats and mice. Full money
back guarantee One and one
fourth h. pkg, $l39.
MILK-MIZER A milk replace
ment Does a better calf-raising
job than the COW herself Easy to
use Safer for the calf. Is ID. bag
s475 j H. Whitfield Co.. Dial
Elk 2-3557. N. Main Street. Farm
vile. l-22-lt
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-22
Tobacco Market
Continued from page /,

so 10 So syefa cling So 20,
Z nnald B. Phillips. PanpllE. $50
pouEds, S23S 81 from So to So aver
aging $54. F. W. Gillian. Pamplin
A8 pounds. S43l 81 from SIS 10 SIS
averaging $50:
w. H. & F. D. Jennings, 46S
pounds, $235 So. from s3i to So
averaging 5000: G c. Maxwell.
2.086 pounds. 81 o}8 Q6 from SIS to
Se5 averaging $40. 70.
Lloyd Coleman and Hasa. Pros
beet. $50 pounds. SAT- 81 from $50 to
$50 averaging s4S so; Proctor Car
vile and VIM Womac k. 1870
pounds. $565.s4 from s3l 10 s57
averaging SAT 95;
Gordon Harvey. PA pounds.
sl09l90 from s35 to $50 averaging
s47.6l: Walter Carwile. Jr.. $40
pounds. 1888 .O2 from s33 to S54 aver
aging S46.S5:
D. E. Adams, 3S2 pounds. SITS. 50
from s28 to $50 avera ging sl6 20:
J. A. Covington. 334 pounds, sl56 50
from $36 to $50 averaging SAG sc.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-22

.erial.
What is the probably impact on
sfle cost of home ownership? FLA
officials expect their new standard
O bring substantial upgrading" in
he quality of framing lumber. They
could also PORT out the close re-
laticnship between structural sound
less and maintenance costs. T h e
finest finish is no more durable
han its sustaining members, and
he need fer repairs such as re-
apering, plastering, painting and
re-roofing is far less frequent when
he structure is sound. It also as
sures a tighter house. which lowers
he cost of heating and air con-
1itioning.
What about availability? FILA
has set April /, 1860 as the eff
ective date for the new require
ment to give dealers ample time
0 make the necessary adjustments
n inventory. They should have little
.rouble. since all major lumber
specie practice grade-marking
through inspection agencies or bur-
eaus approved by American Lum-
Der Standards Of the u. S. De-
partment of commerce. Any mill
that can pass the production and
grading standards for its species
may obtain a license, to trademark
lumber. subject to inspection and
loss Of license for violation Of
grading rules. However, the sale Of
grade-marked lumber is not limit.
ed to licensed mills. On request,
personnel of the appropriate bur-
eau or agency will inspect lumber
of any nonlicenses manufacturer
or dealer. If the material meets
the bureaus grading standards, the
inspector will trademark 1t for
no charge other than the physical
cost OF inspection.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-22

from school.
Role of School
School, in addition. played a sig
nificant part when injured persons
were classified by their major &C,
tivity It was found that the highest
rate. 81 per 100 persons. occurred
among -persons whose major ac-
nvity was going to school
Family income also seemed to
have bearing on the injury rate
which was lowest. % per 100, among
families earning under $1,000 a year
and highest. SO per 100. among
families earning 81 900 or more.
Only six per cent of the acciden.
tai injuries require disqualification
and the leading cause was auto acct
dents. Thirty per cent of those in.
lured in motor vehicle nlishaps
needed hospital care as compared
with three per cent of those injured
at work. and four per cent injured
at home. r
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-22
New FILA Standard To Lower Cost OF
Home Building And Protect Buyers

Beginning in 1860, a measure Of
paramount Importance to IN {
owners, builders and retail dealer
will become effective nationwide
This is the new Minimum Proper
ty Standard of the Federal Eous
ing Administration which will re
cuire the use Of grade marked
lumber for all FILA insured homes
FILA views the measure as G
sorely needed protection for hom-
buyers. A large percentage of thu
nations total housing starts will be
involved
To better acquaint the public with
its purpose and probably impact
the Southern Pine Association has
prepared the following digest OF
questions and answers.
What kind CT protection is in
volyed? FILA seeks to protect the
public in an area where it is most
needed-the structural framework
of the dwelling. Since it is invisible
in the completed home, the i'm
portaace Of the framework is over
looked by many owners = to their
ultimate grief. The strength. Sc
curity and permanence OF a dwell
ing are determined by the quality
OF its structure. So are the fire.
quency and cost Of surface repairs
and maintenance. Since the great
majority Of homes have structures
Of wood, the quality Of the franz
ing lumber is Of vital concern. FILA
wants to protect home BUYERS
against the use of substandard
material The agency believes that
nationwide grade-marking re-
Quireinent will go far toward as
surfing the right quality and grade
What is grade-marking? A grade
mark signifies that lumber is up to
grade What's really important are
the standards it represents. In the
case of Southern Pine, for example
the trademark is assurance that
lumber has been properly seasoned
and meets other standards Of manu-
facture and grade.
What Is the probably effect on the
cost of home building? Substand-
ard lumber is an expensive folly.
The entire cost of the 10000 board
feet of lumber required by the
average dwelling amounts to only
10 per cent of the total house cost
Labor not lumber Is the big
cost factor in home building and
the deficiencies of substandard
framing greatly increase the time
and effort required for the job
The reverse is true when good
quality framing is used How much
it can reduce the overall cost Of
home construction is well attested
in the job sheets CT successful
builders. AS one example. proper
seasoning, mandatory under South
ern Pine grading rules. stabilizes
lumber against shrinkage. The re-
sulting uniformity and freedom
from size variation makes the work
move faster at lower cost. It's also
true that good quality lumber is
the first essential of engineered
wood components which offer ma
jor economies in labor and ma
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-22
Negro Classes
CONTINUED from page u

would perpetuate pattern of seq
regated schools.
In Washington, Griffin declared
hat program was needed to keep
Up the morale of the Negro par
ents and children and let them know
hey have not been forgotten, the
Washington Post reported Sunday
Robertson said that the training
centers would in no sense be
schools, that the program would be
Of an emergency nature, and would
operate only until the NAACP is
successful in having public schools
reOpened.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-22
Dependents Lead
In Group Health
Insurance Plans

More persons are covered as de-
pendents than as employees under
group health insurance programs.
ard there is a growing trend in this
direction, the Health Insurance IT.
stitute reported today.
A survey of group health insur-
arce provided by insurance COM
panies for the years 1928 showed
a shift in the makeup Of the group
picture as well as continuing
growth In. the total number of per-
sons with this form of health IN
surarce protection.
While the number of persons COW
cred by the various types of group
insurance increased by jumps rang
ing from 81 per cent to more than
1000 per cent. said the Institute,
persons who. as employees, were
responsible for obtaining the cover
age, made up a smaller part Of the
whole.
The total number of persons with
group hospital expense insurance
through insurance companies grew
from % million in 1852 to nearly so
million in 1858. However. in 1852
employees made up A per cent OF
the group and their dependents S.
per cent. BY 1858, the dependents
formed about 63 per cent OF the
whole.
Group surgical expense insurance
coverage climbed from more than
% million persons to SO million in
the six-year period but at the end
of that time dependents accounted
for 81 per cent of the total instead
of the 81 per cent with which they
started in 1852.
In regular medical expense in
surance. which provides for doctor
visits for nonsurgical care. the rise
in numbers was from 10 million to
80 million persons. However, Deepen,
dents, who had been AZ per cent OF
the total, jumped TO 81 per cent
The most rapid growth was In
group major medical expense IN
surance, which helps to absorb the
cost of serious Or prolonged illness
Here the growth was from o00,00(
to IS million persons. and Deepen
dents swung from 46 per cent to 81
per cent of the group.
The increase in the number O.
persons covered by group major
medical has been phenomenal Iol
the period of 1868 alone, said the
Institute. The climb was from g.
million to l6.2 million, a jump o
liz per cent. Dependent coverag'
alone doubled. going from AT mil
lion to 80 million, while employed
leverage moved forward less rap
idly, from SO million TO 6.3 million
Developments in this field, SAT-
the Institute. lead to the assumption
that the trend will increase furthe
with the likelihood of having twic
as many dependents covered as EN-
ployeee.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-22
School Sale Law
Continued frOl.. page 1,

Continued frOl.. page II
shall have the same power to sell
or exchange or convey the real O,
personal school property of the
county as the governing body Of
the county has with reference tc
the power of sale. exchange OF
conveyance of other county
property"
Section 1862 OF the Code, which
covers the sale Of property by the
governing body. adds this provisr
which regulates both school and
county property sales: provided
that no sale or exchange of such
property shall be made without the
approval and ratification of such
sale by an order Of the Circuit,
Court Of the County,
Court Review
DR.. c. G. Gordon Moss. one OF
the two townspeople who asked the
school board to conduct hearing
before reashing a decision on sale
of Farmville High School, raised
this question Monday night:
If the building is sold, how can
you be sure that the Foundation
will be the successful bidder? B.
Blanton Hamburg answered that
question this way. based on the
1919 Code:
The sale must be confirmed by
tie Circuit Court. If 1t were to go
fol industrial use. or some OBJ
jectionable use. the Circuit Court
could reject the SALE
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-22

Mss Mary Z Womao1 - lesa
iiurse Oh tie center wing d4ell fel
I'D real problems W5fe si.s tJsiIiIsIy=l
She SAM taeh sltifse t2at ina.v
paglellts IL care It's and vaeu II WV
had 10 Wo.k hitl,. halder 10 meet
the needs Of the patients
Tie way to a persons henri "a
happiness is through 4 man $40
mach or some such saving VAS
taken seriously as usual bQ Tire
dietary staff Mrs Marie y
Rlanton dietician. said lot of
credit was due ter staff ior opet
atina efficiently AIS individuals aud
as i rln.t Ana She passed u u IL
her help vito Wilirsly worried Ao1ei-
time without any hesitation q. ii'e1
part