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Newspaper
Petal Paper
Location
Petal, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1959
Page
2
A 1960 foreword by Maxwell Geismar praises P. D. East for The Magnolia Jungle, highlighting humor and dignity. The writer questions Mississippi justice as a federal grand jury considers whether civil rights were violated in Mack Charles Parker’s lynching, noting prior local inaction and broader implications.
Conductor recounts Frisco Railroad incident in which H D Deavours of Carbon Hill Alabama avoided a 35 cent fare on a 1896 run to Glen Allen. He offered $1, agent W H Byrd accepted the payment and returned change as settlement, leaving the longstanding debt unresolved.
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