Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-12-17
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BY PERCY GREENE

White, a famous comedian who
played with several of the leading
road shows like the Rabbits Foot
and Silas Greene minstrels, used
to sing a song about it amt no
disgrace to run when you git
scared, and back in them days one
Of the older fellows in our gang
had us all convinced that he could
see ghosts, and that anybody who
looked over his left shoulder could
see the same ghost, and often times
we used to go near, (most time
near) or in the graveyard at night
with Dick, and wait until he'd give
the sign that he'd seed one, as he
would say, then we'd all take turns
in looking over his shoulder until
we'd scared ourselves almost to
death when we would all turn and
start running until we made it to
the nearest street lamp where the
first one who made it would wait
until the others catch-up |
don't believe | ever saw ghost
during our many forays into or
near the graveyard, but remem-
Der now that I often conjured-up
some frightful images while look
ing over the left shoulder of Dick
West, and as / remember those
days it was always Dick West, the
leader, who would always be the
first to holler, dare-he-is, and start
running to beat the band as soon
as the last one of US had took our
turn in looking over his shoulder.
This Amt no testimony as to what
Dick West, our leader, did or didn't
see. All | know is that after he'd
took US to the scene where the
Ghost could be seen, when all Of
US had had our look, he confessed
the coming presence of the ghost
and started running to beat-the-
band. T. Out at the Masonic meet
ing here the ether day | got to
talking with a little crowd of Aine
Haggar's Chillun, bout the trials
and tribulations, and things said
and done, and what may be said
and done to members of the tribe
when one Brother from who's been
leading" ups and says, Yeah, il
looks lack the times done come
when its every man for himself i.
Now, I amt never looked over his
left shoulder, and I don't know if
he's seen or didn't see a ghost but
while I was eating my fish and
drinking my beer, and thinking
bout what he'd said, / couldn't
help from thinking too about old
Joe White, back in the days when
| was boy, singing, 1T AMT NO
DISGRACE TO RUN WHEN YOU
GIT SCARED -.
| NEWS FROM UP-THE-WAY:
I know all you young kats up and
down the Ole Avenue will remem-
Der Albert (Al) DIN, who told me
to give you all his best regards.
He's up in st. Louis with his wife,
Lillian, who is a registered nurse,
and they're doing fine | al
most became the victim" of toe
much hospitality in their home the
other Sunday night while / was in
St. Louis filling a speaking en-
gagement at the st. Louis YMCA
/ SOMETHING THAT MADE NE
LAFF: When that certain Friend
of mine making a rebuttal argu-
ment to my remarks at the Negro
Chamber OF Commerce meeting the
other night did so we'll in letting
almost everybody there know that
he didn't know what I was talking
about being pro-Negro.
SAY 1T AMT so: / don't know
whether it amt so but folks who
say they know say it is so that
Brother D. ID. amt fixing to git
married cause he's done already got
married.
WHAT THE KATS ARE SAY.
ING: Fudge "Big Daddy" Moore
and that lady who fixes finger
nails up at Dotson's BarbershoI
are holding hands and acting like
two newly met lovebirds.
| BAD NEWS: Julius Mitchell, the
owner Of the Booker T. Grill dowr
on the lower end of the Ole Avenue
was the victim of an unusual acct
dent the other day. He says his
own car ran over him and broke
his leg in three places. He's al
home now after stint in the hos
pital.
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