The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-11-13

HAZEL !
EYES
BY Huzei Brunnon

This entire community nateS 10
give up the Rev. A. Y. Brown and
family. The Rev. Brown has been
transferred to Tunlca and Lexing-
TONS loss is Tunica's gain.
For the past five years the Browns
have been valued leading Lexington
citizens and they have a wide circle
of friends in all denominations.
We wish them the greatest hap
piness and success in their new
place and hope they will come back
to Lexington to see us often.
j.
Our good friend, Oliver Emmerich'
editor of the McComb Enterprise
Journal touched off a match to
dynamite when he went back to
McComb following the Ole Miss-LSU
game at Baton Rouge, Louisiana
November LIST and commented un-
favorably on the excessive drinking
and rowdyism at that game.
His ears must have been burning
ever since because 1t seems tnat
every editor in Louisiana has taken
up the Emmerich editorial as an IN
suit to Louisiana State University
and its distinguished president. . .
the latter saying that he would tax
steps to establish the truth OF the
charges and if established as true
that he would do whatever lie IN
his power to remedy the situation
Well the charges are certainly true
and we take off our hat, uhe
Daniel Boone one, Oliver to the man
who has the courage to comment on
the behaviour of free, American citi-
zens, Mississippians at that, at a
football game.
For a long time the drunkenness
and coarseness that prevails at Ole
Miss and Mississippi State football
games has been revolving to US. IL
a person wants to drink or get drunk
for that matter it is his W private
affair and he is welcome to . . but
in our opinion he is over-stepplng
the bounds of decency and good
taste when he gets drunk and falls
all over other people at a football
game who, after all, paid their way
into the stadium and are interested
in seeing the ball game. Usually the
drunk is interested only in talking
loud and starting an argument.
and keeping other people from see
ing or enjoying the game.
We have seen football games from
New York to California. and all
over the south. =. Atlanta, Knox
vile, Birmingham, Montgomery,
Nashville. especially all over the
Southeastern Conference Circuit. +.
and never have we seen rowdyism
prevailing Casually originating with
liquor) at any of these places. IL Is
very seldom that one even sees a
person taking a drink.
But go to New Orleans or Baton
Rouge when State or Ole Miss is
playing and you will see DRINKS
falling all over each other. 1t is moi
only a public spectacle. 1T is a
to public safety. Whiskey
bottles, soft drink bottles and cush-
ions are thrown from the top OF
the stadium (as at Baton Rouge
November 1st) to the peril of any
one passing below. We saw n lady
hit in the head by a cushion falling
from the top of the stadium at the
conclusion of the game.
We do not condemn the president
of LSU or the people of LOUISIANA
for the d~isgraceful conduct OF Mis-
sissippi citizens at ball games IN
New Orleans and Baton Rouge
and we are sure that the McComb
editor doesn't intend to either. We
appreciate the fact that the hospi-
table people of Louisiana look upon
upon our conduct, as one lady put II,
as kicking up our heels" when we
go to Louisiana.
But if Mississippi people don't
know how to behave at football
m then it behooves the Presl-
dent of LSU to see that Baton Rouge
policemen are in attendance at Mis-
sissippi football games and see to II
that the folks stay reasonably sober
at least keep them from making pub
lie nuisances of themselves.
So if LSU's DR.. Harold " Stoke
really means what he says, and we
have no reason to believe otherwise,
we car expect him to do something
about the situation. We are sure that
he can institute the measures neces-
sary to see that people who go to
LSU to see the ball game get to do
so without being molested and dis
tracted by DRINKS.
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In commenting on the Emmerich
editorial Mary Cain, editor of the
Summit Sun and a neighbor of Oil
ver's, said a friend of hers from
Louisiana, called her protesting the
editorial written by the McComb
editor.