The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-07-29
THIS N THAT
BY Your Rowing Reporter

THIS WEEK, our sympathy goes
to Mrs. Cicero Jones and Lois. in
the loss of their husband and ia
Their and to the Olive family of
Lexington, in the death of that
wonderfully sweet little lady. Mrs.
b. }. Olive, Sr. 1t was our privilege
to have known both of these very
tlne persons for a number of years
and to know either one of them
was to have the highest regards for
them. We realize that there is lit
tie that we or any one else can
say that will make the grief of
these families any the less. but we
DO pray that TIME, the healer of
all our ills viii completely erase
this sorrow and leave instead a
beautiful memory of the fine hus-
band and father, in the case of Mr..
Jones and a loving wife and mo-
Their in the case of Mrs. Olive.
And as a matter of keeping the
records straight and because there
are certain rumors making the
rounds, Mrs. Jones wishes it known
that Mr. Jones boss man" DID
NOT pay for his funeral, nor any
of the expenses connected with
the very beautiful arrangements.
Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Jones ONLY
is responsible for every item of
expense connected with the illness
and death of her late husband.
THE PAST week has been a full
one for most Jacksonians - out
standing among the weeks events
however, was the appearance of
Roscoe ConkIin Simmons. world
renoun orator humorist, and lead
er, at Lanier high school, Tuesday
evening-bringing to the colored
citizens of Jackson a message that
was at once, inspiring, interesting
and informational; a message that
admonished them to Know the
truth, speak the truth and De-
FEND the truth" a message that
had everything in it to make a
Negro immensely proud of being a
Negro; message that proved by
cold historical facts that we are as
much Americans as any other
group and that our responsibility
in seeing that America comes out
of this terrible war, a place of bet
ter opportunities for all men, is as
great as that of any other group
yes, message that should have
been heard by every Negro in the
city.
AS master of ceremonies, Hon. S.
w. Miller did a fine job of intro
ducing the great and near great of
our fair city, who were promin-
emily seated on the stage with the
speaker-and we feel that the
thunderous applause given Prof |
Dansby was the crowds way of
showing appreciation for a man |
who has done Jackson and Miss
issippi most worthwhile service
the service of keeping Jackson Col |
lege intact, without money. until a !
man with money at his command
came along to do all of the things
that we wish done for the school.
RABBIT FOOT show came to
town and had its usual overflow
ing attendance-to our idea the
show was not as good as in former
years but we can understand this
is due to the fact that most of the |
male entertainers are n the army.
but the versitle master of cere-
mony, Sonny Fox and the very at
tractive Bobby" who thrilled the
audience with her sizzling hot rem
dition of some of the newest blues
tunes made up for the lack of
good band, ETC. Hats off to Baby |
Bell the home town cat who did
rather neat job on the drums and
drew the applause of everyone at
the show.
Well, in the words of the NC.
of Rabbit Foot Show, Let us all
pitch in the same boot, or we may
not have boot to pitch in