Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-02-21
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F A R Is H
S R EET
BY PERCY GREENE

ways De recurring me eDouC WIe1I
my papa wanted me to be when |
got to be grown man, which |
lnowed all along was what grand
ma wanted me to be herself
and | used to wonder until here
lately, why it was that grandma
never told me nothing special, like
DOCTOR, lawyer, preacher, or
even a carpenter, like papa was,
that either she or papa wanted me
to be e. but rather she'd always
put a lotta emphasis on how |
oughta act, and carry myself, as
she used to say, after I'd made up
my mind, to best help myself get
to be what I'd already made up
my mind to be .. and one thing
she used to always say, be sure
that what you've got in your head
is Sense" and that when you start
trying to be what you wanna be
remember always that there's a
whole lotta difference between hav-
ing Sense" and being cunning"
she'd always wind this up by
pointing out how cunning" the
fox is, but how it always winds
up that the dogs always follow
him right to his hole | heard
something going on and and being
talked about up and down the Old
Avenue, and while | was eating
my fish and drinking my beer, |
did lotta thinking about what
my grandma used to tell me about
how to treat myself" when |
started out to trying to be what
| wanted to be, the one thing that
she'd always look-me- I'M he-eye
when she was saying it was when
she said, only the cunning" man,
not the man with Sense" starts
thinking that somebody else is in
his way, and starts to wasting his
time trying to put stumbling blocks
in the way of the other fellow, in
stead of working at trying to be
what he wants to be and as
grandma said, and | have found
out as | went along, the "hind-
parts" Of the fellow who is using
"cunning' instead of sense" is
always, like the fox hole, the
simplest and easiest to see 4
Yes, Sir, almost every day now |
stop to set out and try to figure
out how bad off I'd have been with
out grandma lack | had i
and how bad off a fellow can be
who didn't happen to have grand
ma lack me.
NAV NAV BROTHER IT
WASN'T NE =. Somebody asked
was that me that the police took
out of we'll known Iady's house
out in West Jackson Tuesday
night, and the reason was that
they said it was a NEWSPAPER
MAN and seeing that it is
that | amt the only one in town
my answer is nav, nav But
to that Brother Of the Fourth Es-
tate, that | hear they did take out
Of the widow lady's house II
can pass on this little message i
You IS and you'se been 1
wasting your time, Brother. i
That little day has had too many
heart-breaks in too short a time
to fall in love with any man . /
not even you, Kid.
OVERHEARD UP AND DOWN |
THE OLE AVE: Man, you know, !
If | don't git broke in that crap
game too late Saturday night I'm
sure gonna git-up early enough |
Sunday evening to go out to that
Campbell College Auditorium at
three O'Clock and hear Old Bear !
Greene, Man, dat fellow kin show
huff speak .. and the other Kat
ups and says, You kin gone and
git broke dat speaking is :,
FREE.
TOO QUICK TO HIT BACK:
Down at the corner of Parish and
Hamilton the other afternoon
checker game was in progress,
what had attracted number of
spectators, who was "cracking"
and ''signifying" in support of
their favorite player, with Bill
Bailey, and Brother Patrick. the
popular barber roofing against
one another then all at once,
after a mild exchange of comment
Brother Bailey ups and hits Bar
Der Patrick in the mouth, and
knock him flat of his back
Later on Barber Patrick saw that
Brother Bailey hit too quick for
him to hit back Me, | hope
they both'll forget it.
WEEKLY QUOTATION: mo
man who knows aught can be so
stupid to deny that all men nat
urally were born free, being the
image and resemblance of God
Himself, and were, by privilege
above all creatures, born to COM
mand, and not to obey
Milton.
DeOdOriZed Skunk