Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-06-23
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BY PERCY GREENE

, PARISH STREET SATURDAY
! NIGHT: With Uncle Tomism and
handkerchief heads something that
folks on both sides of the race
fence must learn to deal with if
we're ever gonna get things right
down here in the land-o-cotton and
especially oown here in the Ole
Magnolia State, | read something
IN a book the other day that
couldn't help thinking about as |
sat down to my fish and beer, be-
cause it looked like the whole story
was based on current history of
Amt Hagar's Chillun as it passed
before your eyes right here in the
capital city of the Ole Magnolia
State. The story is a book by
Lloyd L. Brown, entitled IROB
CITY, about the trials and tribula-
tons of Amt Hagar's Chillun
brought out when one of the tribe
is accused of one of those tension
point crimes which always
provides feast day for the Uncle
Toms and Handkerchief heads. e..
there's the part that couldn't help
thinking about, as | sat drinking
my beer and eating my fish: Her
bert I. Wills, Negro industrial
secretary of the Kanesport branch
of the Negro Improvement League
and Goat Hill civic leader, visited
our offices this afternoon and re-
quesreu that the following state
ment be published:
81 am grateful to the editor and
publisher of the Morning Eagle
Tor the opportunity to make a
public statement in behalf of the
law-abiding colored citizens of
Kanesport.
eve are happy that the fiend-
ish killer of Mr.. Thornhill has
been convicted and hope that he
will be given the supreme penalty
under the laws of this great COM
monwealth.
"By his dastardly crime Lonnie
James brought disgrace and shame
upon all law-abiding colored citi-
MS, bat we are cooperating with
the police in every way possible
to control the dangerous element
III our group who nave come here
from other cities.
"The law-abiding colored citi-
zens are doing everything we can
to uphold all the laws and pre-
serve our democracy, free enter
prise and defense program and we
want all our friends of the ma
jority group to know that we con-
slider Lonnie James a traitor to
our race and we respectfully hope
and ask that the fine spirit of
liberation and good will that have
always been SO outstanding IN
Kanesport race relations will con-
tinue." The young member of the
tribe was later found to be abso-
lutely innocent.
The author concludes this chap
ter with these words: "Now a cot
ton-mouth snake will bite you till
you're dead, cotton-mouth snake
will bite you till you're dead. But
just don't turn your back on low
down handkerchief head" To
which we say Amen! Amen!
FOR THE OLD TYNE FAR
VSH STREETERS Charlie
Stone, with that funny crush in
his hat and all who operated a
"Candy Kitchen" in the building
below central church is dead in
Chicago after long illness. He
was my uncle. My mothers old
est brother the last of the
tribe.
SOMETHING THAT MADE
Me LAFF: The popular proprietor
of Sweets Royal Coffee Shop,
who had to make a hurried bust
ness. trip to New York the other
day telling how she hesitated be-
fore stepping on an escalator at
the Washington depot.
WEEKLY QUOTATION: "Most
people are angry with the sinner,
not with the SIM"