Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-11-20
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BY PERCY GREENE

PARISH STREET SATURDAY
NIGHT: always get lotta yens
to think deep while l back in some
corner in one of my favorite spots
! of Satdee night eating my fish
and drinking my beer while lis
tening to Aine Haggar's Chillun
talking about the things that have
happened and that might happen
to the members of the tribe before
there's some changes made in
what a lotta folks call our way
of life, and while | was listening
to the current situation being
summed up by fellow who was
also indulging himself in his fav-
orite Satdee night repast | was
surprised when l heard the fellow
say that lack things are going now
with US, meaning of course Aine
,Haggar's Chillun, what we need
more'n anything else, is what us
Why-folks needs is somebody to
throw a little oil on the troubled
waters instead of everybody
trying to throw some more fat in
the fire, and soon's l heard the
remark these words from Kipling's
immortal poem "IF" kept jumping
in my mind and couldn't stop 'em
until / decided to put 'em down
here for all of the members of
| the tribe who reads this to read
'em, which includes them that done
read 'em, as we'll as them that's
never seed nor heard tell of 'em
! befo, which in times like these
will be good for Aine Haggar's
Chillun to know about whether
you're thinking about throwing
more fat in the fire, or casting a
little oil on the troubled waters.
Here's what Kipling said that kept
jumping in my mind:
If you can keep your head when
all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming
1T on you;
If you can trust yourself when
all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their
doubling, too;
If you can wait and not be tired
by waiting
Or being lied about, don't deal
in lies,
Or being hated don't give way to
hating
And yet don't look too good,
nor talk too wise.
GRATITUDE: Randolph Wal
lace, Jackson boy who went to
Detroit few years ago where he
is owner of the Garfield Hotel
and other interests valued at
around a quarter million dollars,
flew in town Wednesday to attend
the funeral of Jim" Parker, the
man who gave him his first job in
the Parker drug store, then located
at the corner of Rose and Lynch
| Street.
GOOD NEWS FOR THE OLD
FOLKS: Plans have all been COM
pleted for a free Thanksgiving
dinner for the old folks at the
College Park Club House according
to word from Mrs. Doris Tharp
Hall. Dinner time begins at II
o'clock. All the old folks that
you know who didn't read this, tell
'em about it, won't you.
HEARD ON THE CORNER:
Two friends met and one almost
breathless, starts telling the other
what he just heard a fellow say
| he's gonna do to him bout his cold
lady" Noting that his friend was
assuming a sort of nonchalant air,
he asked: man, amt you scared.
The reply: nav man, | kin run
| too fast to be scared.
RETURNING TO POETRY:
Here is poem entitled 81 Be-
lieve" from the pen of Anslem
Joseph Finch, who everybody in
Mississippi knows who knows any
body.
The world is in need of men who
are brave
Who are big enough to speak
With language of justice that
makes us behave
And brings nearer the goals we
seek.
Mere boast of race will not suf-
flee
In our fight to conquer sin
Lasting success comes through
sacrifice