Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-05-15
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BY PERCY GREENE

PARISH STREET SATURDAY
NIGHT: 1t takes Aine Haggars
Chillun to fix it With every
body talking about the cool wealth
er, and how long its lasting way
up dis fur in May, l wasn't sur
prised as I gathered with them
as they gathered round their fish
and beer after they had done their
Mothers Day shopping when l
heard everywhere among them con-
versation going on about the same
subject where 'mongst them
what some would call the more en-
lightened quarters had been hear
ing the COO: weather being laid on
all them different bombs they been
shooting-off up in the air, 'twas'nt
so wild Aine Haggars Chillun as
they gathered around their fish
and beer Fax is that while l
listened as ct ma feesh and drunk
ma beer amt heard nobody
'mongst 'em laying the weather on
no bombs, what dey was laying
it on, or rather who dey was lay
ing it on was the Lord not
'kuseing him Of muffin. but jess
putting what he said in line .
l don't how much other folks know
about the Bible, and what the Lord
said but l know lisa subject that
Aaine Haggar's Chillun never fails
to make reference too where ever
there's anything that's been said
that'll fit-in which show one way
or the other that the members
of the tribe-O- Haggar have a fair
share of what's in The Book
Somebody in the conversation
brought up where the Bible says
that before the end of time Folks
cant tell the summers from the
winters except by the buildings Of
the trees, too which 'mongst the
crowd there was a moment Of that
kind of silence that they say gives
consent, until some fellow that
had been off to college so they
told me ups and says, now how
do you know that the Bible means
the seasons according to the
changes in the weather as we I'M
derstand such changes when it
says before the end of time you
want be able to tell the season
from the season except by the
buildings of the trees poised
to take another swallow l
lacked to dropped my bottle when
the answer came right back .
Brother, l amt worrying none bout
what de Bible means jess
knows what it says =
THEY GOT DISAPPOINTED:
Aside from the magic in the name
of Thurgood Marshall, another
thing that helped bring all them
folks to Mound Bayou last Fri
day was that it had been announced
that there would be tons and
tons of free barbecue But in
stead of tons and tons there
was none.
IF YOU GOT SOMETHING TO
GIVE Right now ! would say
giveit to the local kids who are
trying to start to playing Little
League Baseball :. There's moth
ing for the summer season that
bears equal weight on the future
of the Negro kid like baseball and
there's no better place to start than
in the Little Leagues.
SELF PRAISE is SCANDA-
LOUIS? Up at Mound Bayou
last Friday, DR.. Howard the Foun-
der, President, Chairman of the
Board, and chief spokesman for
the three-year-old Regional Coun-
Gil of Negro Leadership, accepting
Plaque from his organization as
The Man of the Year for 1854 for
doing more than anybody else in
the state for Negro rights, re-
marking that there are ten or even
a hundred other folks in the state
who should be receiving the honor
. echoing what most everybody
on the platform was saying -.
NEVER TO LATE TO LEARN:
The Vice President of the United
States, during President Lincoln's
Administration, who was Andrew
Johnson, never learned to read or
write until he had reached his 21st
birthday. But he came a long way
In a short time.
WEEKLY QUOTATION: Though
it be honest, it is never good to
bring bad news. Give to gracious
message q host of tongues; but let
i'll tidings tell themselves when
they be felt" Shakespeare.
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