Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-12-26

CHRISTMAS DON'T COME BUT
ONCE A YEAR | amt never
took the time to find out when it
was that Amt Haggar's Chillun
learnt to say, Christmas don't come
but once a year, nor who it was
that learnt 'em how to say it, but
you'll know befo I finish |
know fer-myself that there amt
none Of the sayings that Amt Hag-
CARS Chillun have growed up with
and sorta survived on that has less
sense in it as the saying, Well,
here it is agin, Christmas don't
come but once a year 49,. but don't
matter how ofen the members of
the tribe gifts caught-up in that
ole saying when Christmas comes
saying or no saying we jess keeps
on acting the same way that
is jess laffing and enjoying our
hearts out for a day, and crying
from then on thru the year, till
Christmas comes again :. | never
failed to see it and hear it on the
Satdee Night before Christmas
while Pm settin down with my fish
and beer, while the tribe from
here and yon come in with their
christmas bundles the con-
versations that | heard this past
Satdee night wasn't unlike the
ones that I've been hearing 10
these many years . Child done
bought me one of dem there TVS,
one of dem-therc Hectic ice boxes,
me a coat suit, an my old man
one of the TV jackets, | got me
turkey and some of that sauce
and stuff to GO along wid-it
l got all them other things on de-
credit, at different stores and don
knows how much O's for EN-.
had to sorta pay up ma grocer
bill cause Use ordering so much
for de Christmas dinner that THE
MAN looked at me sorta funny
But | tells you one thing I'm
sure gwine to have me some
Christmas, and | aint going to
start to worrying bout nobody !
O's til they starts to worryin bout
me But listening to 'em talk
and seeing that Christmas CLINT in
their eyes, in spite of the sad
notes that most always follow
cant help out feeling just like
everybody else that no matter
what comes after when Christmas
comes its time to give out with
The merriment CAUSE
CHRISTMAS DON'T COME BUT
ONCE A YEAR and here I'm
saying Merry, Merry Christmas
|. to Every Body.
PUT A CANDLE IN YOUR
WINDOW: Some teen-agers are
going to be coming around to ev-
erybody's house during the Christ
mas holidays to put candle in the
window for city-wide prayer fo1
peace Don't forget in the fun
making that Christmas celebrates
the birth of the Prince of Peace
-. and put candle in your win
dow and start long enou h - put
a prayer in your heart.
A ROUGH CHRISTMAS GIFT:
A little while before we started
to writing these lines Tuesday a
fire all but completely destroyed
the home of Mrs. Hattie Wilson on
Oakley Street, perhaps one of the
best known rooming- houses in the
entire state. The loss was com
plcte. Mrs. Wilson received sew.
eral painful burns with Wilmas
Lehman getting much more SER
ious burns in bringing her out of
the flaming house.
It'd BITS OF NEWS: Hilliard
Dale, the well-known automobile
man, returned from Los Angeles
last week where he went to attend
the funeral of his brother
Gladys Lewis the well known Far
ish Street Beautician, and the rest
Of her family is mourning the
death of her brother, Johnnie. who
died in Chicago. He was buried
here Monday.
THAT OLE BIRD: That carrys
in its bill that little old heart
warming and family cementing
bundle left one at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. j. w. McNair at 4O3 S.
Parish Street. It's boy, the name
IS LANDY =. and another at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Magee
at 343 S. Parish and it's a bow
named FRANK and every
body is well and happy and
what's more here's wishing you
many happy returns of the day.
WEEKLY QUOTATION: "At
Christmas play, and make good
cheer, for Christmas comes but
once year"-Thomas Tusser, Five
Hundred Points of Good Husband
ry.
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