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Newspaper
Petal Paper
Location
Petal, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1959
Page
2
A newspaper writer argues that ignorance fuels sin and injustice and that education and wisdom lead to virtue and justice. He defends a FAIR editorial policy, opposes forceful will, and criticizes intolerance while promoting education for all and equal treatment. He notes pride, selfishness, and the Country Boy Complex as sources of conflict.
The passage discusses proposals seen as favorable to landlords, arguing for control over infants' meshes and titles throughout the year with emphasis in March. It notes assertions about birth timing and advantages linked to slavery and eminent physicians, suggesting regional fertility and collateral benefits in the South.
The writer markets a brutal plan to reduce Baptists and boost profits by exploiting children as a food source. He argues it would enrich landlords and tenants, elevate the Southland economy, and draw elites to Dixieland dives while claiming venison shortfalls justify such monstrous measures. He cites a Formosan tale and a mock moral defense, then lists social and fiscal advantages, ending with a call to continued discussion.
The Petal Paper is issued weekly by The Advertiser Publishing Co. in Pascagoula Mississippi and published by East Publications Co Box 449 Hattiesburg Mississippi. It is entered as second class matter at the Petal Mississippi post office under the act of March 8 1879 and re entered at Pascagoula. Subscriptions priced for six months and per year.
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