Memphis World
Memphis World Publishing Co.
1958-05-31
Thaddeus T. Stokes

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Florida's Governor Collins Says A Piece
Quite naturally those in the states largely affected by the
Supreme Court's segregation decision would come in now and
then to restate their position, to whistle in the dark, for the
benefit of those who cannot yet be relied upon to stand the
naked facts.
Governor Collins frankly states that even a tax collector
would make his campaign for collecting taxes on a pledge for
segregation in the public schools.
Not that collecting taxes had anything to do with the
so called "school mixing," but, the people upon voting would
be certain that their tax monies pass through hands that were
willing to be shown as against something they imagined they
were opposed to.
The Governor recounted an incident in which the Florida
Legislature was about to pass a resolution of interposition, a
resolution in effect, would declare the state could not be bound
by a Supreme Court decision it did not like, which was nothing
short of a bill of nullification! He mentioned the fact that legislator 
after legislator came to his office and said they did not
want to support a measure of nullification, but, they said: "my
people back home might think it might do some good and
demand that I vote for it."
There is still speculation abundant theft this is what prompted 
southern representation in Congress to sign a manifesto,
emphasizing more, strongly their opposition to the court's order.
The governor would convey the impression that relations
are widening; that indifferences are accruing, made evident by
hostilities and other ramifications halting a growing acceptance
of the Negro on a nonsegregated basis in many ways of life.
The governor mentioned the fact that in two large Florida
state institutions of learning, where white people were used to
attend meetings in bodies, that during a visit to one of these
during commencement season, except for himself, the person
who accompanied him was the only other white person in the
auditorium!
He mentioned the fact that Dr. Deborah Coggins, a competent 
health officer of Madison and two adjourning counties,
who, in order to save time in carrying out a heavy schedule;
suggested to a Negro nurse that they have sandwich together
in the back of a restaurant, in order that the noon hour be
utilized for the discussion of professional matters. For this act
she was fired.
Governor Collins, however, like most of those who make
out their cases for self comfort, still leaning backwards
towcrd those who vote for them, fell into the debacle of
pointing out the Negroes most pressing need as the real solution 
He puts his finger on these as the most pressing needs of
the Negro: "better health, education, moral and housing standards." 
The governor ventures further: "He needs these desperately 
in order to have an equal chance to develop his
talents and better command the respect and admiration of his
Fellow citizens."
What the governor says reminds one of the man being fold
that he did not need any wages whatever, nor equal competition
in the field of employment, that his most desperate needs are
something to eat, something to wear and some medicine to
take. Thusly, the governor, like the rest, made out his case,
then would undo it.
If is honestly wondered if the governor really reflected
that the very things he puts his finger on as the Negro's most
desperate needs, are all contingent to his segregated status in
the first place which threw up early in his active citizenship
those barriers between him, better health, education, moral
and housing standards.

Teen-agers, Stick To Your Teens
By the above caption in the vein of a now appeal is directed 
to those teen-agers who have been of such grave concern 
during this present school term nearing its end.
Parents and teachers have been almost weekly faced with
problems touching the failure of bur teen-agers living up to their
moral obligation, involved in the doing of their part in this
hard and all-out struggle for their educational advancement.
The schools have been beset with their problems of policing
and keeping up with certain recalcitrant youths, who, in their
critical stages of development, have posed various problems.
More than once the populace has been periled by lost
students playing truancy and otherwise skipping classes at
school while engaging in unbecoming practices.
On a recent occasion the city was shocked upon the report
of teenagers being tied to a bed-post, occupying unseemly hideouts 
while their parents and teachers in heated frustration,
combed all the questionable areas at their command.
Already the teachers are carrying an overload of home
duties where parents are unable to see their children, only
briefly at night; some of these children in question ore their
own bosses as to getting up, getting their breakfast and getting 
off to school.
It has been oft repeated that teachers in many instances
are met with so many ramifications of teen-age delinquency
that they are tempted to welcome the absence of some of their
wards. This is a sad plight of affairs denoting that some
teen-agers are not cooperating with efforts for their betterment. 

"As the twig is bent, the tree is inclined," runs an old
quote which is as true today as when it was coined. These
teen-age problems should be the concern of the mature teenagers, 
the parents, teachers can't do it all. It is time that teenagers 
were aroused to a sense of a duty they owe-to those
whose taxes are ever mounting for their development and entertainment 
than they have access to more modern improvement
and home entertainment than their elders. It is high time they
realized some of the responsibilities now up to their level
of cooperation.
Children should be children of course; they should not be
endangering their health and strength before arriving at maturity; 
they should feel keenly a sense of interest on their own,
and not throw the whole weight of their being upon their parents, 
their teachers and the society in which they move.
Teen-agers, you help in this job of sticking to your teens,
Do your part in this job of your development.

IGNORANCE BRUTALITY
WE HAVE TO SOW AMERICANISM, IF WE WISH TO REAP IT.


"What is a safe speed? Fifteen
miles an hour? Thirty? Sixty-fice?"
That question was put to Mrs.
W. M. McCallum, president, of the
Tennessee. Safety Council, today, by
a group of citizens who are supporting 
the "Slow Down and Live"
program of the Tennessee Safety
Council and the National Association 
of State Safety Coordiators.
This program is part of the
nationwide Back the Attack on
Traffic Accidents campaign. The
Slow Down and Live program
will run from Memorial Day thru
Labor Day.
"It's impossible to say that any
given, numerical speed is absolutely
safe," was President McCallum's
answer to the question. "Under
certain conditions any one of these
speeds might, be unsafe. Under
other conditions a higher speed
might be safe"
Mrs. McCallum said the conditions 
she had in mind were those
of weather, road, traffic, the driver's 
physical arid mental state, and
his vehicle's mechanical fitness.
"What might be a perfectly safe
rate of speed for a physically and
mentally fit motorist to drive on
a smooth straight road on a char
day might be a dangerously fast

speed if any one of those conditions 
were changed," she said.
"Suppose it were raining or foggy,
or the driver was ill or tired. Any
one of these conditions automatically 
would cancel out any posted
speed limits along this smooth,
straight road."
She pointed out that posted
limits set the maximum speed
under ideal conditions only Under
thelaw the driver must always
use his judgement in selecting a
speed, for the prevailing conditions.
Mrs. McCallum gave the following 
tips on speed and safety:
1. Drive at a speed that will enable 
you to stop in the assured
clear distance ahead:
2. Slow down before you get to
curves and intersections.
3. At night drive at the speed
which will let you stop within
your headlight range.
4. Drive with traffic. You are probably 
going too fast if you are
passing many cars—too slow if
many are passing you.
5. Where children are playing, be
able to stop in a car length or
less.
6. On longer trips stop occasionally 
for a stretch—when you're
tired for inattentive, stop.

Brave Little Children Of Arkansas
—George Douglas Johnson

Two Presbyterian
Bodies Made One
A
joint procession of Presbyterian
elders matching cheerfully through
a steady downpour of rain, Wednesday 
sealed the merger of two
long-divided denominations to form
the United Presbyterian Church in
the U. S. A.
The new church, which will be
the nation's fourth largest Protestant 
body, officially, came into
being at 9:58 a.m. (EDT) when two
soaking-wet ministers shook hands
on a rain-drenched street corner
opposite the University of Pittsburgh's 
skyscraper campus.
The hand-shakers were the Rev.
Harold R. Martin of Bloomington,
Ill., moderator of the Presbyterian
Church in the U. S. A., and the
Rev. Robert N. Montgomery of
New concord. O., moderator of the
United Presbyterian Church of
North America.
Martin stood at the head of a
column of 850 Presbyterian U. S. A.
commissioners who had marched

to the rendezvous from a church
three blocks to the West Montgomery 
headed a column of 350
approached from another church
two blocks away in the opposite
direction. After the historic handshake, 
the two columns merged
into a single procession and entered 
Syria Mosque for a service
of Holy Communion which opened
the First General Assembly of the
United Church.
Montgomery delivered the sermon 
He said the quest for unity
among the people of God" is one
of the greatest tasks confronting
this generation of Christians.
"It is this quest that has led
us to become one. It is this quest
which, we hope and pray, may in
the lifetime of many of us bring
about our union with our fellow
Presbyterians in the southern
Church and other branches of the
Presbyterian family."
The merger united the largest

and the third largest of America's
11 Presbyterian denominations. The
Presbyterian Church U.S.A., with
2.800,000 members, was established
170 years ago by Scotch and
Scotch-Irish immigrants who belonged 
to the Church of Scotland.
Its membership is nationwide and
includes President Eisenhower,
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles, FBI Director J. Edgar
Hoover and many other prominent
Americans.
The United Presbyterian Church
had about 257:000 members, concentrated 
largely in Ohio and
Pennsylvania. It was established
100 years ago by the union of two
groups, known in Presbyterian history 
as "Seceders" and "Covenanters," 
who split "off from the
Church of Scotland in the early
18th century.
The Southern Presbyterian church
which parted company from the
Presbyterian U.S.A. denomination
at the start of the Civil War, now
has about 830,000 members. It
originally was scheduled to participate 
in the merger, but the
proposal failed to win the necessary 
approval of three-fourths of
the local Presbyteries.
The remaining eight Presbyterian
bodies are small, with an aggregate
membership of about 400.000.

850 STRONG
A
joint procession of Presbyterian
elders matching cheerfully through
a steady downpour of rain, Wednesday 
sealed the merger of two
long-divided denominations to form
the United Presbyterian Church in
the U. S. A.
The new church, which will be
the nation's fourth largest Protestant 
body, officially, came into
being at 9:58 a.m. (EDT) when two
soaking-wet ministers shook hands
on a rain-drenched street corner
opposite the University of Pittsburgh's 
skyscraper campus.
The hand-shakers were the Rev.
Harold R. Martin of Bloomington,
Ill., moderator of the Presbyterian
Church in the U. S. A., and the
Rev. Robert N. Montgomery of
New concord. O., moderator of the
United Presbyterian Church of
North America.
Martin stood at the head of a
column of 850 Presbyterian U. S. A.
commissioners who had marched

to the rendezvous from a church
three blocks to the West Montgomery 
headed a column of 350
approached from another church
two blocks away in the opposite
direction. After the historic handshake, 
the two columns merged
into a single procession and entered 
Syria Mosque for a service
of Holy Communion which opened
the First General Assembly of the
United Church.
Montgomery delivered the sermon 
He said the quest for unity
among the people of God" is one
of the greatest tasks confronting
this generation of Christians.
"It is this quest that has led
us to become one. It is this quest
which, we hope and pray, may in
the lifetime of many of us bring
about our union with our fellow
Presbyterians in the southern
Church and other branches of the
Presbyterian family."
The merger united the largest

and the third largest of America's
11 Presbyterian denominations. The
Presbyterian Church U.S.A., with
2.800,000 members, was established
170 years ago by Scotch and
Scotch-Irish immigrants who belonged 
to the Church of Scotland.
Its membership is nationwide and
includes President Eisenhower,
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles, FBI Director J. Edgar
Hoover and many other prominent
Americans.
The United Presbyterian Church
had about 257:000 members, concentrated 
largely in Ohio and
Pennsylvania. It was established
100 years ago by the union of two
groups, known in Presbyterian history 
as "Seceders" and "Covenanters," 
who split "off from the
Church of Scotland in the early
18th century.
The Southern Presbyterian church
which parted company from the
Presbyterian U.S.A. denomination
at the start of the Civil War, now
has about 830,000 members. It
originally was scheduled to participate 
in the merger, but the
proposal failed to win the necessary 
approval of three-fourths of
the local Presbyteries.
The remaining eight Presbyterian
bodies are small, with an aggregate
membership of about 400.000.

QUEST EXPLAINED
A
joint procession of Presbyterian
elders matching cheerfully through
a steady downpour of rain, Wednesday 
sealed the merger of two
long-divided denominations to form
the United Presbyterian Church in
the U. S. A.
The new church, which will be
the nation's fourth largest Protestant 
body, officially, came into
being at 9:58 a.m. (EDT) when two
soaking-wet ministers shook hands
on a rain-drenched street corner
opposite the University of Pittsburgh's 
skyscraper campus.
The hand-shakers were the Rev.
Harold R. Martin of Bloomington,
Ill., moderator of the Presbyterian
Church in the U. S. A., and the
Rev. Robert N. Montgomery of
New concord. O., moderator of the
United Presbyterian Church of
North America.
Martin stood at the head of a
column of 850 Presbyterian U. S. A.
commissioners who had marched

to the rendezvous from a church
three blocks to the West Montgomery 
headed a column of 350
approached from another church
two blocks away in the opposite
direction. After the historic handshake, 
the two columns merged
into a single procession and entered 
Syria Mosque for a service
of Holy Communion which opened
the First General Assembly of the
United Church.
Montgomery delivered the sermon 
He said the quest for unity
among the people of God" is one
of the greatest tasks confronting
this generation of Christians.
"It is this quest that has led
us to become one. It is this quest
which, we hope and pray, may in
the lifetime of many of us bring
about our union with our fellow
Presbyterians in the southern
Church and other branches of the
Presbyterian family."
The merger united the largest

and the third largest of America's
11 Presbyterian denominations. The
Presbyterian Church U.S.A., with
2.800,000 members, was established
170 years ago by Scotch and
Scotch-Irish immigrants who belonged 
to the Church of Scotland.
Its membership is nationwide and
includes President Eisenhower,
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles, FBI Director J. Edgar
Hoover and many other prominent
Americans.
The United Presbyterian Church
had about 257:000 members, concentrated 
largely in Ohio and
Pennsylvania. It was established
100 years ago by the union of two
groups, known in Presbyterian history 
as "Seceders" and "Covenanters," 
who split "off from the
Church of Scotland in the early
18th century.
The Southern Presbyterian church
which parted company from the
Presbyterian U.S.A. denomination
at the start of the Civil War, now
has about 830,000 members. It
originally was scheduled to participate 
in the merger, but the
proposal failed to win the necessary 
approval of three-fourths of
the local Presbyteries.
The remaining eight Presbyterian
bodies are small, with an aggregate
membership of about 400.000.

100 YEARS OLD
A
joint procession of Presbyterian
elders matching cheerfully through
a steady downpour of rain, Wednesday 
sealed the merger of two
long-divided denominations to form
the United Presbyterian Church in
the U. S. A.
The new church, which will be
the nation's fourth largest Protestant 
body, officially, came into
being at 9:58 a.m. (EDT) when two
soaking-wet ministers shook hands
on a rain-drenched street corner
opposite the University of Pittsburgh's 
skyscraper campus.
The hand-shakers were the Rev.
Harold R. Martin of Bloomington,
Ill., moderator of the Presbyterian
Church in the U. S. A., and the
Rev. Robert N. Montgomery of
New concord. O., moderator of the
United Presbyterian Church of
North America.
Martin stood at the head of a
column of 850 Presbyterian U. S. A.
commissioners who had marched

to the rendezvous from a church
three blocks to the West Montgomery 
headed a column of 350
approached from another church
two blocks away in the opposite
direction. After the historic handshake, 
the two columns merged
into a single procession and entered 
Syria Mosque for a service
of Holy Communion which opened
the First General Assembly of the
United Church.
Montgomery delivered the sermon 
He said the quest for unity
among the people of God" is one
of the greatest tasks confronting
this generation of Christians.
"It is this quest that has led
us to become one. It is this quest
which, we hope and pray, may in
the lifetime of many of us bring
about our union with our fellow
Presbyterians in the southern
Church and other branches of the
Presbyterian family."
The merger united the largest

and the third largest of America's
11 Presbyterian denominations. The
Presbyterian Church U.S.A., with
2.800,000 members, was established
170 years ago by Scotch and
Scotch-Irish immigrants who belonged 
to the Church of Scotland.
Its membership is nationwide and
includes President Eisenhower,
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles, FBI Director J. Edgar
Hoover and many other prominent
Americans.
The United Presbyterian Church
had about 257:000 members, concentrated 
largely in Ohio and
Pennsylvania. It was established
100 years ago by the union of two
groups, known in Presbyterian history 
as "Seceders" and "Covenanters," 
who split "off from the
Church of Scotland in the early
18th century.
The Southern Presbyterian church
which parted company from the
Presbyterian U.S.A. denomination
at the start of the Civil War, now
has about 830,000 members. It
originally was scheduled to participate 
in the merger, but the
proposal failed to win the necessary 
approval of three-fourths of
the local Presbyteries.
The remaining eight Presbyterian
bodies are small, with an aggregate
membership of about 400.000.

WISHING WELL
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Little Rock

closeups of the graduation.
Approximately 120 federalized
Arkansas National Guardsmen were
available. The troops moved into
the school Sunday.
The Capital Citizens Council declared 
Thursday "Liberation Day
in Arkansas" and called for Ar
kansans 
to give "Thanks to Almighty 
God" that the remaining
432 federalized Arkansas National
Guardsmen will be released from
federal control.
The segregationists distributed
placards printed in red, white and,
blue which read:
Liberation Day in Arkansas
May 29
Ike Go Home.
Sunday night's baccalaureate was
marred by one incident at the athletic 
field and another possibly
related near the campus.
A 16-year-old boy was arrested
for spitting on a Negro woman as
she left the arena after the ceremonies. 
Five other Negroes were
arrested and one was charged with
carring concealed weapons. The
colored men told police they were
en route to the school to protect
Green.
Several "white students cheered
when Green went through the motion 
of receiving his diploma, in a
rehearsal Monday.
"I hope you will take it on
yourselves to see that everything
goes all right," Principal Jess W.
Matthews told the students. "I
don't think there is anyone who
wouldn't, feel sorry if anything is
done tomorrow night to interfere
with the program."
Ronnie Hubbard, 17, president of
the senior class, also appealed for
order.
"I don't think anybody wants
to do anything to ruin our commencement." 


120 GUARDSMEN

closeups of the graduation.
Approximately 120 federalized
Arkansas National Guardsmen were
available. The troops moved into
the school Sunday.
The Capital Citizens Council declared 
Thursday "Liberation Day
in Arkansas" and called for Ar
kansans 
to give "Thanks to Almighty 
God" that the remaining
432 federalized Arkansas National
Guardsmen will be released from
federal control.
The segregationists distributed
placards printed in red, white and,
blue which read:
Liberation Day in Arkansas
May 29
Ike Go Home.
Sunday night's baccalaureate was
marred by one incident at the athletic 
field and another possibly
related near the campus.
A 16-year-old boy was arrested
for spitting on a Negro woman as
she left the arena after the ceremonies. 
Five other Negroes were
arrested and one was charged with
carring concealed weapons. The
colored men told police they were
en route to the school to protect
Green.
Several "white students cheered
when Green went through the motion 
of receiving his diploma, in a
rehearsal Monday.
"I hope you will take it on
yourselves to see that everything
goes all right," Principal Jess W.
Matthews told the students. "I
don't think there is anyone who
wouldn't, feel sorry if anything is
done tomorrow night to interfere
with the program."
Ronnie Hubbard, 17, president of
the senior class, also appealed for
order.
"I don't think anybody wants
to do anything to ruin our commencement." 


SUNDAY NIGHT

closeups of the graduation.
Approximately 120 federalized
Arkansas National Guardsmen were
available. The troops moved into
the school Sunday.
The Capital Citizens Council declared 
Thursday "Liberation Day
in Arkansas" and called for Ar
kansans 
to give "Thanks to Almighty 
God" that the remaining
432 federalized Arkansas National
Guardsmen will be released from
federal control.
The segregationists distributed
placards printed in red, white and,
blue which read:
Liberation Day in Arkansas
May 29
Ike Go Home.
Sunday night's baccalaureate was
marred by one incident at the athletic 
field and another possibly
related near the campus.
A 16-year-old boy was arrested
for spitting on a Negro woman as
she left the arena after the ceremonies. 
Five other Negroes were
arrested and one was charged with
carring concealed weapons. The
colored men told police they were
en route to the school to protect
Green.
Several "white students cheered
when Green went through the motion 
of receiving his diploma, in a
rehearsal Monday.
"I hope you will take it on
yourselves to see that everything
goes all right," Principal Jess W.
Matthews told the students. "I
don't think there is anyone who
wouldn't, feel sorry if anything is
done tomorrow night to interfere
with the program."
Ronnie Hubbard, 17, president of
the senior class, also appealed for
order.
"I don't think anybody wants
to do anything to ruin our commencement." 


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JUSTICE, MY BROTHER!
JAMES KEENE'S powerful new novel
© 1957, by James Keene: reprinted by permission or the novel's publisher, Random
House, Inc.: distributed by King Features syndicate.
There has been no woman except
their widowed mother on the ranch
that, the three O'Dare brothers work
in wild Oklahoma Territory of the
1900s. Although Cord, the eldest, has
been the "ladies' man." Luther, the
second brother, is the first to be marrying.-" 
Cord picked out the bride.
Edna Shore, and Luther courted her
by mail.
The family is at Ponca City, getting,
acquainted with Edna, who arrived
from Chicago alone. The family has
things besides the "marriage to think
about, for trouble has developed between 
Cord and drought-stricken
farmers who want access to the
O'Dare ranch water. There also are
difficulties between Cord and Bill
Hageman, whose sister Julie is one
of the women attracted to Cord.
Smoke, the youngest O'Dare brother
who is telling the story, has formed
an opinion of Edna. Shore—she's a
young, pretty girl, but not one that
could be called innocent....
CHAPTER 5
EDNA'S EYES Kept moving
from Ma to Luther, then to
Cord, and when I stepped up,
they moved to me. I don't know
what I expected. Probably hard
eyes filled with cynicism, but
they weren't that way at all.
They were warm and compassionate, 
and sorry for a lot of
undefined things, the kind of eyes
some people have who try to do
right and never seem to have
any of it come out. She smiled,
and it wasn't the kind of a smile
she handed out to just anyone;
this was for me, special. And then
I knew I was going to like her
in spite of the things I'd thought.
I was even a little ashamed for
thinking them in the first place.
"You're Smoke, aren't you?
Luther's mentioned you in letters
many times."
Isn't it hell what a pretty girl's
smile will do to a man's poise?
I suddenly had an extra foot, a
fool's expression, and fingers
that just couldn't hold my hat. I
dropped it, then bumped her when
I stooped to pick it up.
Luther cleared his throat and
said, "Ma, I guess there's nothin'
to be gained by standin' here."
He looked at Edna Shore, then
got red in the face. "If the sight
of us O'Dares ain't scared you
into changin' your mind, I expect 
we'd best get on to the
church."
"I like the O'Dares," Edna
said, taking Luther's arm. "And
I haven't changed my mind about
anything."
He let out a ringing whoop
and before anyone could stop
him, lifted Edna and plopped her
onto the rear seat of the buggy.
Luther got in beside her and I
handed up the satchels, then tied
Luther's horse on behind. Cord
was already mounted and I
helped Ma in as I always did.
The rig kind of sighed when she
settled herself; as soon as I
swung up we drove down the
street.
The Baptist Church was on the
corner of Peace and Railroad

Streets and we pulled up in
front. Cord got down and helped
Ma while I tied the team. Reverend 
Elder came out of the parsonage, 
shrugging into his coat
He smiled and ushered us into
the church.
As usual, Cord had made all
the arrangements ahead of time,
and although I'd never attended
a wedding before, I expected it
to come off without a hitch.
Luther and Edna stood before
Reverend Elder and Luther kept
squirming as though his collar
was choking him to death. I
couldn't help watching Edna's
face because I never saw a woman 
look exactly like that before.
Sort of like she was in a dream,
but a dream where everything
came true and she didn't know
whether to laugh or cry about it
Marrying didn't take as long
as I thought it would; somehow
the permanence of marriage fostered 
the idea in my mind that
the procedure was involved. Finally 
Reverend Elder said, "The
ring, Luther. You have a ring?"
I never saw Luther panic quite
that badly before. His face,
drained of color and he looked at
Cord, as though this were all his
fault, since he was supposed to
have arranged everything. Cord
looked blank, then shrugged
while Luther floundered in a sea
of embarrassment. Then Ma
was pushing around Cord and me,
her fingers digging into her cloth
reticule. She came up with a
plain gold band that Pa had
placed on her finger thirty years
before. She handed it to Luther.
Cord's eyebrows pulled into a
frown and he said, "That's yours,
Ma."
"Take it," Ma said, trying to
press it into Luther's hand.
Edna's eyes got real filmy and
tears settled along the bottom
lids. "I just wouldn't," she said.
"But it's the kindest thing anyone 
ever did for me."
"I want you to wear it," Ma
said in that way she had when
she didn't want a lot of sass or
argument. "It's what I always
planned for the first girl any of
my sons took for a wife."
Luther took the ring then and
lifted Edna's hand. Reverend Elder 
smiled and clasped his bony
hands together and the whole
thing was over, just like that.
Luther smothered Edna in his
arms and kissed her and we all
laughed because he seemed very
embarrassed. Cord put his hand
on Luther's shoulder and kind of
moved him back. "Here now,"
he said easily. "You got the rest
of your life for that, and this is
the only chance I'll ever get.
After all, if it wasn't for me,
you'd never got acquainted with
her in the first place."
I didn't see much wrong with

the idea of Cord kissing the
bride, but the way Cord sort at
swooped her to him left me with
the uneasy feeling that the wrong
man had married her leastways 
he didn't give her a peck on
the cheek. His arms imprisoned
her for a long moment and she
didn't fight him either. When he
released her, Edna just looked at
him, her eyes kind of wide, and
surprised, and a little hurt About
what I wouldn't know.
Then Luther and Cord were
pushing me and I braced my feet
like a balky calf touched for the
first time by a rope. This only
made things worse and to get itover 
with, I gave Edna a quick
peck on the cheek; This caused
Luther and Cord to howl and my
face must have been red enough
to satisfy them. Only Edna
wasn't laughing. She looked at
me steadily, then put both hands
on my face and kissed me smack
on the lips. She said, "I like
you, Smoke."
Ma saved me from making a
consarned fool of myself. She
put her big arm around Edna
and hugged her. Cord gave the
Reverend a five-dollar gold piece
and we all went outside to the
buggy. This time Ma got in the
back and Luther and his new
wife rode in front, Luther driving. 
I untied Luther's horse and
mounted. Cord said, "You go on,
Ma. We'll catch up." He turned
his head and looked uptown.
"Bill Hageman offered me a
drink. Think I'll take him up on
it, among other things."
I couldn't see anything out of
the way in what he said, but
Ma did; she gave him a straight
look. "You do whatever you
think best, Cord." She raised a
hand and patted her beads.
"When you see a snake, I guess
you just got to step on it."
Luther pulled sway, taking the
road home, and Cord and I
turned toward the main drag.
"What did Ma mean, Cord?"
He seemed preoccupied and I
wondered if I hadn't asked something 
I shouldn't have. Finally
Cord said, "A man never as
trouble unless he lets the little
things grow."
That's all he would say about
it. We tied up at Lanahan's and
went in. The three farmers who
had been sitting with Lige Bingham 
and Vince Randolf had gone
out and Bill Hageman was now,
at their table. He stopped talking 
when Cord and I stepped inside, 
and he watched us carefully 
as we crossed to the bar.
No beer this time; Cord ordered 
from the best bottle Lanahan 
had. I sagged against the
bar, shot glass cradled between
my palms. Cord picked up his
drink and turned, looking squarely 
at Bill Hageman...


WHAT IS HAPPENING
JAMES KEENE'S powerful new novel
© 1957, by James Keene: reprinted by permission or the novel's publisher, Random
House, Inc.: distributed by King Features syndicate.
There has been no woman except
their widowed mother on the ranch
that, the three O'Dare brothers work
in wild Oklahoma Territory of the
1900s. Although Cord, the eldest, has
been the "ladies' man." Luther, the
second brother, is the first to be marrying.-" 
Cord picked out the bride.
Edna Shore, and Luther courted her
by mail.
The family is at Ponca City, getting,
acquainted with Edna, who arrived
from Chicago alone. The family has
things besides the "marriage to think
about, for trouble has developed between 
Cord and drought-stricken
farmers who want access to the
O'Dare ranch water. There also are
difficulties between Cord and Bill
Hageman, whose sister Julie is one
of the women attracted to Cord.
Smoke, the youngest O'Dare brother
who is telling the story, has formed
an opinion of Edna. Shore—she's a
young, pretty girl, but not one that
could be called innocent....
CHAPTER 5
EDNA'S EYES Kept moving
from Ma to Luther, then to
Cord, and when I stepped up,
they moved to me. I don't know
what I expected. Probably hard
eyes filled with cynicism, but
they weren't that way at all.
They were warm and compassionate, 
and sorry for a lot of
undefined things, the kind of eyes
some people have who try to do
right and never seem to have
any of it come out. She smiled,
and it wasn't the kind of a smile
she handed out to just anyone;
this was for me, special. And then
I knew I was going to like her
in spite of the things I'd thought.
I was even a little ashamed for
thinking them in the first place.
"You're Smoke, aren't you?
Luther's mentioned you in letters
many times."
Isn't it hell what a pretty girl's
smile will do to a man's poise?
I suddenly had an extra foot, a
fool's expression, and fingers
that just couldn't hold my hat. I
dropped it, then bumped her when
I stooped to pick it up.
Luther cleared his throat and
said, "Ma, I guess there's nothin'
to be gained by standin' here."
He looked at Edna Shore, then
got red in the face. "If the sight
of us O'Dares ain't scared you
into changin' your mind, I expect 
we'd best get on to the
church."
"I like the O'Dares," Edna
said, taking Luther's arm. "And
I haven't changed my mind about
anything."
He let out a ringing whoop
and before anyone could stop
him, lifted Edna and plopped her
onto the rear seat of the buggy.
Luther got in beside her and I
handed up the satchels, then tied
Luther's horse on behind. Cord
was already mounted and I
helped Ma in as I always did.
The rig kind of sighed when she
settled herself; as soon as I
swung up we drove down the
street.
The Baptist Church was on the
corner of Peace and Railroad

Streets and we pulled up in
front. Cord got down and helped
Ma while I tied the team. Reverend 
Elder came out of the parsonage, 
shrugging into his coat
He smiled and ushered us into
the church.
As usual, Cord had made all
the arrangements ahead of time,
and although I'd never attended
a wedding before, I expected it
to come off without a hitch.
Luther and Edna stood before
Reverend Elder and Luther kept
squirming as though his collar
was choking him to death. I
couldn't help watching Edna's
face because I never saw a woman 
look exactly like that before.
Sort of like she was in a dream,
but a dream where everything
came true and she didn't know
whether to laugh or cry about it
Marrying didn't take as long
as I thought it would; somehow
the permanence of marriage fostered 
the idea in my mind that
the procedure was involved. Finally 
Reverend Elder said, "The
ring, Luther. You have a ring?"
I never saw Luther panic quite
that badly before. His face,
drained of color and he looked at
Cord, as though this were all his
fault, since he was supposed to
have arranged everything. Cord
looked blank, then shrugged
while Luther floundered in a sea
of embarrassment. Then Ma
was pushing around Cord and me,
her fingers digging into her cloth
reticule. She came up with a
plain gold band that Pa had
placed on her finger thirty years
before. She handed it to Luther.
Cord's eyebrows pulled into a
frown and he said, "That's yours,
Ma."
"Take it," Ma said, trying to
press it into Luther's hand.
Edna's eyes got real filmy and
tears settled along the bottom
lids. "I just wouldn't," she said.
"But it's the kindest thing anyone 
ever did for me."
"I want you to wear it," Ma
said in that way she had when
she didn't want a lot of sass or
argument. "It's what I always
planned for the first girl any of
my sons took for a wife."
Luther took the ring then and
lifted Edna's hand. Reverend Elder 
smiled and clasped his bony
hands together and the whole
thing was over, just like that.
Luther smothered Edna in his
arms and kissed her and we all
laughed because he seemed very
embarrassed. Cord put his hand
on Luther's shoulder and kind of
moved him back. "Here now,"
he said easily. "You got the rest
of your life for that, and this is
the only chance I'll ever get.
After all, if it wasn't for me,
you'd never got acquainted with
her in the first place."
I didn't see much wrong with

the idea of Cord kissing the
bride, but the way Cord sort at
swooped her to him left me with
the uneasy feeling that the wrong
man had married her leastways 
he didn't give her a peck on
the cheek. His arms imprisoned
her for a long moment and she
didn't fight him either. When he
released her, Edna just looked at
him, her eyes kind of wide, and
surprised, and a little hurt About
what I wouldn't know.
Then Luther and Cord were
pushing me and I braced my feet
like a balky calf touched for the
first time by a rope. This only
made things worse and to get itover 
with, I gave Edna a quick
peck on the cheek; This caused
Luther and Cord to howl and my
face must have been red enough
to satisfy them. Only Edna
wasn't laughing. She looked at
me steadily, then put both hands
on my face and kissed me smack
on the lips. She said, "I like
you, Smoke."
Ma saved me from making a
consarned fool of myself. She
put her big arm around Edna
and hugged her. Cord gave the
Reverend a five-dollar gold piece
and we all went outside to the
buggy. This time Ma got in the
back and Luther and his new
wife rode in front, Luther driving. 
I untied Luther's horse and
mounted. Cord said, "You go on,
Ma. We'll catch up." He turned
his head and looked uptown.
"Bill Hageman offered me a
drink. Think I'll take him up on
it, among other things."
I couldn't see anything out of
the way in what he said, but
Ma did; she gave him a straight
look. "You do whatever you
think best, Cord." She raised a
hand and patted her beads.
"When you see a snake, I guess
you just got to step on it."
Luther pulled sway, taking the
road home, and Cord and I
turned toward the main drag.
"What did Ma mean, Cord?"
He seemed preoccupied and I
wondered if I hadn't asked something 
I shouldn't have. Finally
Cord said, "A man never as
trouble unless he lets the little
things grow."
That's all he would say about
it. We tied up at Lanahan's and
went in. The three farmers who
had been sitting with Lige Bingham 
and Vince Randolf had gone
out and Bill Hageman was now,
at their table. He stopped talking 
when Cord and I stepped inside, 
and he watched us carefully 
as we crossed to the bar.
No beer this time; Cord ordered 
from the best bottle Lanahan 
had. I sagged against the
bar, shot glass cradled between
my palms. Cord picked up his
drink and turned, looking squarely 
at Bill Hageman...


COTTON
The Agriculture Department of
the U. S. reported that the country's 
cotton exports have declined
while its imports of the fiber have
increased. The period covered for
the expert statistics was August,
1957, to March, 1853, when 3,800,000
bales were sent abroad against 5,400,000 
bales during the comparable 
months of the 1956-57 season.

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work. Mr. Murphy pointed

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