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Newspaper
Petal Paper
Location
Petal, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1957
Page
2
Perry Hobbs telephoned for his wife to pick him up in the family car as he prepared to leave the hospital after collapsing from exhaustion and a bad flu illness. His wife’s office said she was en route to the hospital to assist the patient.
The speaker imagines Diogenes defending equal rights for voting jury service public office worship association and citizenship while drawing a line at harming others. He argues separation of church state and business public good over private advantage and urges rights for minorities and universal justice as progress for Mississippi.
In Jackson area readers are offered a property sale in Clinton Mississippi. The house belongs to John Willis who teaches at Mississippi College and plans to move to California in August. Contact number 5106 in Clinton.
The piece argues Southern politicians dread federal civil rights changes, fearing loss of political advantage as Negro voting rises. It cites registration gaps in Alabama Arkansas and Mississippi and notes Senators like Russell condemn the bill as politicized.
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