Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-01-13
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F A R Is H
S I R EET
By PERCY GpEENE

as l am concerned this is a truth
that folks lack my grandma had
observed and proved long before
any OF them philosophers wrote
about 1T, is they ever did. | was
setting down enjoying by Satur-
day Night Fish and Beer, when a
young kid came in who had lust
got his order to report to UNCLE
SAM, and instead of being "high
as a Georgia pine," as the saying
goes !. according to this expert
enced eye, he was whole lot high
er than any Georgia pine we'd
ever heard tell of And soon
as | saw him | remembered that
| had just got copy of notice
from the LOCAL BOARD saying
that whenever UNCLE SAM calls
from now on, everybody must re-
port in GOOD CONDITION"
and / knowed when | read the
thing that UNCLE SAM meant
that he didn't want no more of
bis future fighters reporting to
him "HIGH AS A GEORGIA
PINE" What I'm doing in
this piece is trying to warn the
future fighters, and, or, their wife
or parents, to see that their loved
one is in good condition when he
reports to UNCLE SAM and
don't tank him up with rJt-gut,
and get him "HIGH AS A GEOR-
GIA PINE" when he goes up to
take his physical, the physical be-
ing most specially what UNCLE
SAM is talking about. About that
bad start winding up with bad
end, you know back yonder in 1917
when we first went over yonder
to fight for democracy, l saw some
guys get off to a bad start !.
and when you get off to a bad
start in that mans army, it'll
mark you down to your journeys
end, and they've got something
in the Army they call Kitchen
Police" and "Latrine Details"
and when you have to keep on
doing 'em you'll find that you'd
a whole lot rather be up front
lodging them bullets and bombs
and when they can't straight
en- you out with spell of Exp"
they try the GUARD HOUSE"
and that means Jail in the army,
after a round of that they kick
you out with one of them BLUE"
discharges, which is something
you won't want to show to your
grand chilluns and nobody
else. Pm passing this on to
them that's going this time be-
cause know, that wise as my
grandma was she was never
wiser than when she said A
BAD START GENERALLY
WINDS UP WITH A BAD END.
TUESDAY NIGHT AT THE
DUKE ELLINGTON DANCE
The master Of them all unsteady
played to record crowd in Stew
ems Rose Room, and being out
there myself | noted among those
present: Percy Gardener, w. H.
Bishop, and party from Green
wood; Tom Money and party from
Vicksburg; Mrs. Nellie Bass, her
attractive daughter, Dixie, and
party from Piney Woods; j. H.
Lee and the other Lee brothers
and party from Indianola; Willie
j. Miller and party from Yazoo
City; Noiie Lee and party from
Laurel; Jake Thomas and party
from Belzoni; and a lots of other
people who looked as though they
were from here, there and yonder
/. and from the local scene, there
were the Duke Williams and Jack
Youngs and party; the Doctor A.
B. Britton duo; Mrs. Doctor A. M.
Hall and daughter; Mrs. Carrie
Shepherd and party; the Dennis
Sweets and party; Edward Lee,
Bill Summers and party, and
cooks, choir members and maids,
and lots of people who just MAKE
BELIEVE.
HEARD ALONG THE OLD
AVENUE That Dan Lindsey,
the capable and well known County
Agent Of Yazoo County is des-
perately i'll in the Lutheran Hos
pital in Vicksburg That DIR.
L. T. Miller is slowly coming
around.
ALONG GOSSIP ROW {. The
kats and the kids are talking about
that certain person who ran off,
left clothes and alllll !. /. | mean
out in that cold Sunday night :.
when the wrong person disturbed
a rendezvous A man who saw
it saio at first he swore it was
a ghost i. All me All me !.
It'd BITS OF NEWS Cur
tbs Minis, of Minis Cleaners, sold
out this week and is planning to
go to California reports say
that "GRAMBLING" the
well know Parish Streeter was
shot over in East Jackson Tues
day night but amt seriously hurt
!. !. that is he won't die
Sweets husband, of Sweets Royal
Coffee Shop, is opening a new