Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-05-10
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BY PERCY GREENE

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NIGHT: Where ever Amt Haggar's
.Chilluns gather of SaturdaT
night, that's Parish Street, and
Won know what | mean because |
was up in Mound Bayou Mlssls-
sippi, pulsating heart Of the Negro
Community of the Old Magnolia
State. and the Mississinpi Delta
where Amt Hapgar's Chilluns have
been walking in the Freedom or
an all-Negro Town, ever SINCE
Isaiah T. Montgomery, in a hone
less situation in the Mississippi
legislature, traded his vote for the
Constitution Of 1890, for chance
to study Freedom, in the learning
and practice of Freedom in Mound
BAYOU. Yea, Mound Bayou is Far
ish Street, and here Amt Haggar's
ChilIun have learned and are still
learning the meaning of Freedom.
Up here when one hears ma
tive say, 81 was horn in Mound
BAYOU" if his eye is keen he'll not
fail to notice a quick sparkle and
CLINT in the speakers eye. This,
one soon discovers is the heritage
Of pride that Isaiah T. MONTGOMERY
left. and in which all Mound Bavon-
ans have a right to, share The
town has had its fcuds and conflicts
inst as has all other towns, and
it is today suffering a little per
haps from the conflict Of the old
and the new, of the native and the
"foreigner," but as | looked at, and
heard about what was gong on,
lust like any other conflict UP and
down Parish Street, | decided it
won't last long, and in the end itHl
all result in a lotta good for the
old as we'll as the new Mound
Bayouans j.. X. I went from one KIND
of hospitality to another, from a
bottle of my favoIite Saturday
night repast with Hishonner the
Mayor, B. A. Greene, who wears
the pride of Mound Bayou with
graciousness and good fellowship,
chat about politics with c. y.
Thurman, the Post Master, to a
full helping of fancy cigars from
DR.. Norman, the towns druggist
these belong to the old
IL - H. Vow which ic CON
tered around DR.. t. r. M. Howard
One can find few examples of
gracious hospitality to excel that
of DR.. Howard and his charming
wife. Nor is one likely to find
many settings for garcious hospl-
tality to excel the home of the
Towards. I was with a lotta widely
known folks including Congress-
man Dawson in Mound Bayou for
the Dawson Day Speech Friday,
when we breakfasted in the home
of DR.. Howard on BREAST of
Pheasant" served with the charm
and graciousness of the "old
South" which of course, Amt Hag-
CARS Chillun learned the "hard
way" Yea, Mound Bayou is
Parish Street, and someday, the
great heritage given to Amt Hag-
CARS Chillun out of the bleeding
heart of Isaiah T. Montgomery
will stretch forth its wings. =.
CUPID ALONG THE OLE AVE |
NUE.: According to reports Up
and Down the Ole Avenue Ojetta
Smith, youngest daughter of the
late DR.. Leroy. A. Smith, of Sally /
Harris Clinic, is privileged to add |
a man name They got mar
ried early in January.
GALA OCCASION: Up in Lex
ington Saturday the Saint Indus
trial School, under the leadership
of President ARENA c. Mallory,
held its annual May Day festival,
and parade. There was more'n
10000 people on the streets to see
the parade, including lotta Why
folks, who stood in wide-eyed adj
miration at a shapely young thing
posing as the Stature Of Liberty,
riding on a float bearing the words:
FOLLOW THE TORCH OF LIB
ERTY FOR FREEDOM FOR ALL
MEN
WEEKLY QUOTATION: "The
only thing we have to fear is fear
itself.",F. D. R.