Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-12-31
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BY PERCY GREENE

NIGHT: Folks who do lotta talk
ing, like the old folks used to say
soon runs out. and reason for that
is, that folks who do lotta talk
ing is usually using mouth instead
Of brains and them brainless folks
'mongst Aine Haggar's Chillun
seems to be able to gather a crowd
any time in barbershop or any
other kinda place where you don't !!
have to look but one way to see
who's coming. l was setting down
eating my fish and drinking my
beer, and listening to a crowd of
Aine Haggar's Chillun a talking
bout what's gonna come of us
when dey gifts thru wild all dis
hyar interposithuning and nullifi-
cashunning, which is another way
Of saying de Why-folks is gwine
to do lack dey wants to bout desc
schools, which amt lack no golf
course and railroad depot, as one
of the members Of the tribe who
was 'mongst them what was talk
ing said, and seeing the bent of the
conversation, as l drunk my beer
at ct ma feesh, | kept listening on,
and it wasn't long befo enc of the
Brethren ups and says us is gotta
lotta folks what's been talking fur
us but it looks lack befo they gifts
started talking good dey talks too
much and den git scared and runs
back in dey hole, but reason for
them running out SO quick and den
Citing scared back in dey hole is
because dey all starts talking lack
dey-selfs, stead-of talking bout
talking bout how proud dey is of
dey-selfs, stead-ol talking bout
how much we Aine Haggar's Chill
lun is proud of US self, and cause
we's proud Of us self we amt mad
wild nobody for being proud cause
Yves proud too | kept on lis
tening til the talk run out, which |
happened jess bout the time my
fish and beer was running cut and
l was getting ready to move on to
another one of favorite Satdee Mite
Spots, but jess as | was bout to
20 I heard one of the Brethren say,
bout dat interposishunning and
Notwithstanding, faint no telling
what's gwine happen if someerdem
fellows what's Citing up talking
don't hurry-up and start using dey
brains sted-o running off at de
mouth.
NOW 1T CAN BE TOLD: Broth
er D. D. Shepherd who has been
in and cut of the marriage rumors
up and down the Ole Avenue has
really done it. The bride is Miss
Lucille Strong, head of the State
Beauticians. They got married
Christmas mite and D. D. told me
personally that it was the sweet
est Christmas present Santa Claus
had ever brought him.
TIME TO STOP, The Edward
Lee, Juniors, have stopped all other
investments to get ready for the
arrival of their first image.
ALONG THE OLE AVE, John
Hill, from Detroit, Old Tyne Far
ish Streeter with me when l was a
boy, now living in Detroit; George
Howell, Willie Davis, of the young
kats, from Chicago; George Cobb,
from Los Angeles; William Har-
vey, ex-Dr. Daddy-O, of radio here,
and a lotta other guys and dolls
whose names I couldn't remember,
were seen up and down the Ole
Avenue Christmas.
DON'T FORGET, If you want to
see a real basketball game 60 out
and see the Jackson College Tigers
play Tennessee State at the Col
lege Park Auditorium Friday night.
EXPANDING. Bill Summers, the
towns busiest businessman, is open
ing another cafe over on Maple
Street in front of Lanier High
School.
DID YOU READ IT: Hopson
Reynolds, the Elks Civil Liberties
director who was here a few weeks
ago, has told his story about his
visit to Mississippi and had it
printed in all the big papers.
WEEKLY QUOTATION: "The
only sure thing about luck is that
it will change "-Brete Harte.