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Since 1954 the Observer has been needled and ignored by many of the large Texas dailies and quoted in many of the Texas weeklies. Today it is read by informed people of various political persuasions in leadership roles all over Texas. Many of its editorial programs are adopted, and others will be in the course of time. The Texas Observer Four dollars a year. Do you subscribe ? Do your friends ? THE TEXAS OBSERVER Subscription Blank Please enter the following name for one year’s subscription : Name Address Mail the subscription to Texas Observer, 504 West 24th Street, Austin, Texas. P. S. Should you get more than one new subscriber, list them on separate sheet of paper; careful to give name and correct address. THE SOUTHERNER THE SOUTHERNER, by Douglas Kiker. Rinehart and Co., Inc., New York, Toronto, 1957. $3.95. Caught up by forces which move him as surely to tragedy as Oedipus was moved, but which do not matter here, Jess Witherow, 27, white, born of poor parents in a Deep South milltown, finds himself in a waiting room in a courthouse. He had been asked, but had not made up his mind, to testify for Negro parents trying to enroll their son in a white elementary school. He has a conversation with a bailiff: Has the trial started yet? I asked him. Uh huh, he said. He had a nasty knowing smile on his face. How about the Negro boy? He’s in the nigger waiting room. We don’t allow niggers and white folks to use the same waiting rooms down here, buddy. LEGALS THE STATE OF TEXAS To any Sheriff or any Constable within the State of Texas GREETING: You are hereby commanded to cause to be published, ONCE, not less than ten days before the return day thereof, exclusive of the date of publication, in a newspaper printed in Travis County, Texas, the accompanying citation, of which the herein below following is a true copy\(but if there be no newspaper so printed in said county, then that you cause the said citation to be posted for at least TEN days before the return term thereof as required by CITATION BY PUBLICATION THE STATE OF TEXAS TO all persons interested in the estate of Clarence A. Wiley, Deceased. No. 17,889, County Court, Travis County, Texas. William S. Gatewood, Administrator in the above numbered and entitled estate, filed on the 9th day of August, 1957 his verified account for final settlement of said estate and requests that said estate be settled and closed, and said applicant be discharged from his trust. Said application will be heard and acted on by said Court at 10 o’clock A.M. on the first Monday next after the expiration of ten days from date of publication of this citation, the same being the 2nd day of September, 1957, at the County Courthouse in Austin, Texas. All persons interested in said estate are hereby cited to appear before said Honorable Court at said above mentioned time and place by filing a written answer contesting such application should they desire to do so. The officer executing this writ shall promptly serve the same according to requirements of law, and the mandates hereof, and make due return as the law directs. Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court at office in Austin, Texas, this the 9th day of August, A.D. 1957. EMILIE LIMBERG, Clerk of the County Court, Travis County, Texas, by M. EPHRAIM, Deputy. CITATION BY PUBLICATION THE STATE OF TEXAS TO Carol M. Preece Defendant, in the hereinafter styled and numbered cause: You are hereby commanded to appear before the 126th Judicial District Court of Travis County, Texas, to be held at the courthouse of said county in the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas, at or before 10 o’clock A.M. of the first Monday after the expiration of 42 days from the date of issuance hereof; that is to say, at or before, 10 o’clock A. M. of Monday the 23rd day of September, 1957, and answer the petition of plaintiff in Cause Number 107.679. in which John A. Preece is Plaintiff and Carol M. Preece is defendant, filed in said Court on the 5th day of August, 1957. and the nature of which said suit is as follows: Being an action and prayer for judgment in favor of Plaintiff and against Defendant for decree of divorce dissolving the bonds of matrimony heretofore and now existing between said parties. Plaintiff alleges cruel treatment on the part of defendant toward plaintiff of such a nature as to render their further living together as husband and wife altogether insupportable. Plaintiff further alleges that there was one child born of this marriage, towit: Samuel Dean Preece. a boy. born November 15. 1956. and plaintiff requests the court to award the custody, care and control of said minor child to the defendant, Carol M. Preece. Oh. You testifying for the nigger? I guess so … I know who I’m atalking to. I’m atalking to a goddam nigger lover, that’s who I’m atalking to. And if you know what’s good for you you’ll keep your mouth shut. Or what? Or I’ll shut it for you with the back of my hand … You sound like a Southerner, but you `READ THE OBSERVER,’ BROTHERHOODS URGE AUSTIN Urging its members to subscribe to the Observer, the Texas Legislative Board of the Brotherhood o f Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen. remarked: “The Texas Observer is frequently called ‘the most liberal newspaper in Texas’.” The rate is $4 a year, said the board’s news bulletin. No community property was accumulated. Plaintiff further prays for costs of suit and relief, general and special; All of which more fully appears from plaintiff’s original petition on file in this office, and to which reference is here made. If this citation is not served within 90 days after date of its issuance, it shall be returned unserved. WITNESS, 0. T. MARTIN, JR., Clerk of the District Courts of Travis County, Texas. Issued and given under my hand and the seal of said Court at office in the City of Austin, this the 5th day of August, 1957. 0. T. MARTIN, JR., Clerk of the District Courts, Travis County, Texas. By ELI GREER, Deputy. THE STATE OF TEXAS To any Sheriff or any Constable within the State of Texas GREETING: You are hereby commanded to cause to be published, ONCE, not less than ten days before the return day thereof, exclusive of the date of publication, in a newspaper printed in Travis County, Texas, the accompanying citation, of Which the herein below following is a true copy\(but if there be no newspaper so printed in said county, then that you cause the said citation to be posted for at least ten days before the return term thereof as required by CITATION BY PUBLICATION THE STATE. OF TEXAS TO all persons interested in the estate of Kathryn Sedgwick, Deceased. No. 16,846, County Court, Travis County, Texas. W. L. Wier, Administrator in the above numbered and entitled estate, filed on the 13th day of August, 1957 his verified account for final settlement of said estate and requests that said estate be settled and closed, and said applicant be discharged from his trust. Said application will be heard and acted on by said Court at 10 o’clock A.M. on the first Monday next after the expiration of ten days from date of publication of this citation, the same being the 2nd day of September, 1957, at the County Courthouse in Austin, Texas. All persons interested in said estate are hereby cited to appear before said Honorable Court at said above mentioned time and place by filing a written answer contesting such application should they desire to do so. The officer executing this writ shall promptly serve the same according to requirements of law, and the mandates hereof, and make due return as the law directs. Given under my hand and the seal of said Court at office in Austin, Texas. this the 13th day of August, A.D. 1957. EMILIE LIMBERG, Clerk of the County Court, Travis County, Texas. By M. EPHRAIM, Deputy CITATION BY PUBLICATION THE STATE OF TEXAS TO James Davis, Defendant, in the hereinafter styled and numbered cause: You are hereby commanded to appear before the 126th District Court of Travis County, Texas, to be held at the courthouse of said county in the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas. at or before 10 o’clock A.M. of the first Monday after the expiration of 42 days from the date of issuance hereof: that is to say. at or before, 10 o’clock A.M. of Monday the 9th clay of September, 1957. and answer the petition of plaintiff in Cause Number 107,585, in which Mary Lou Davis is Plaintiff and James Davis is defendant, filed in said Court on the 24th day of July, 1957, and the nature of ain’t no Southerner. We don’t claim your kind. Witherow makes up his mind: “Then and there was when I finally said to hell with it. I decided that no decent man could tolerate the bailiff’s army, those forces of violence and hatred that were slowly being mustered in the South. They beat up preachers, they go out at night and shoot rifles as buses, they bomb houses, they defy everyone, they engage in completely irresponsible political actions. They are one-sided and dogmatic and utterly obstinate, and if a man disagrees with them one whit he has to make a clean, complete break with them because they won’t let him do it any other way.” THIS IS the climax of this first novel by a writer who, himself, is 27 and of the Deep South. \(It may also be necessary to say markable in a number of ways, principally because it so clearly which said suit is as follows: Being an action and prayer for judgment in favor of Plaintiff and against Defendant for decree of divorce dissolving the bonds of matrimony heretofore and now existing between said parties; Plaintiff alleges cruel treatment on the part of Defendant towards her of such a nature as to render their further living together as husband and wife altogether insupportable; Plaintiff further alleges that no children were born or adopted by said parties during their marriage and no community property was acquired; Plaintiff further prays for the restoration of her maiden name of Mary Lou Jones and for costs of suit and relief, general and special; All of which more fully appears from Plaintiff’s Original Petition on file in this office to which reference is here made; If this citation is not served within 90 days after date of its issuance, it shall be returned unserved. WITNESS, 0. T. Martin, Jr., Clerk of the District Courts of Travis County, Texas. Issued and given under my hand and the seal of said Court at office in the City of Austin, this the 25th day of July, 1957. 0. T. MARTIN, JR., Clerk of the District Courts, Travis County, Texas. By GEO. W. BICKLER, Deputy CITATION BY PUBLICATION THE STATE OF TEXAS TO Lloyd Hampton, Defendant, in the hereinafter styled and numbered cause: You are hereby commanded to appear before the 126th District Court of Travis County, Texas, to be held at the courthouse of said county in the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas, at or before 10 o’clock A. M. of the first Monday after the expiration of 42 days from the date of issuance hereof; that is to say, at or before 10 o’clock A. M. of Monday the 2nd day of September, 1957, and answer the First Amended Original Petition of plaintiff in Cause Number 105.244, in which Henrietta Armijo Hampton is Plaintiff and Lloyd Hampton is defendant, filed in said Court on the 15th day of July, 1957, and the nature of which said suit is as follows: Being an action and prayer for judgment in favor of Plaintiff and against Defendant for decree of divorce dissolving the bonds of matrimony heretofore and now existing betwem said parties; Plaintiff alleges cruel treatment on the part of defendant towards her of such a nature as to render their further living together z.s husband and wife altogether insupportable; plaintiff further alleges that community property consisting of wages, furniture and a stove exists and that five minor children born of said union now reside with Plaintiff who is the proper person to be awarded their custody and for which she prays judgment; Plaintiff further prays for $250.00 per month child support and for relief, general and special; All of which more fully appears from Plaintiff’s Original Petition on file in this office and to which reference is here made; If this citation is not served within 90 days after date of its issuance, it shall be returned unserved. Witness, 0. T. Martin, Jr., Clerk of the District Courts of Travis County, Texas. Issued and given under my hand and the seal of said Court at office in the City of Austin, this the 15th day of July, 1957. 0. T. MARTIN, JR., Clerk of the District Courts, Travis County, Texas By GEO. W. BICKLER, Deputy outlines the dilemma of the Southerner who believes that the Negro is a man entitled to share in the rights of man: Shall he speak out at bigotry and seem to repudiate his heritage, or shall he be silent and seem, because he is silent, to approve as bigots mouth and then act upon their hatreds? “Do you want your daughter to marry a nigger?” “I’m a moderate Southerner,” says Jess Witherow, as he attempts to persuade a Negro family not to file a school integration case. “Do you know what a Southern moderate is?” the Negro father asks him. “He’s the man who cuts the nigger down from the tree after the lynching and gives him a decent burial. And manages to feel sorry about the thing.” Witherow says of himself: “The only organizations I had ever joined were the Boy Scouts, the Democratic Party, and the Baptist Church, but, as I sat and