Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-04-28
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BY PERCY GREENE

OuAt my VCAoAOA Va q AoAAVou o1AN
a cotton oil mill with big and little
thread spools, a sort Of tame YER
sion for me of such things after a
rather disastrous experience with
a cotton oil mill and a railroad
when becoming impatient or rather
curious after experimenting with
steam produced from fire and
water l filled the tank up with
coal-oil (kerosene to you) with
the resulting explosion that rocked
the neighborhood, came near set
ting the house afire, scalded most
of the workers" with somebody
in the scramble that followed knock
ing over a box Of assorted snakes
and strange bugs which had as
sembled, which scattered all over
the place, a circumstance in the
incident that scared my Mama more
than did the explosion. What l
started off to say though was
while l was setting under the front
gallery mby grandma and Mrs.
Emma Hayes, of equal age and sa-
gacity was setting on the front
gallery my grandma and Mrs.
in them days.. During that time
one Of my younger and better look
ing Aunties was having what folks
called at that time family trou-
bles," which was the subject of
the conversation going on between
Grandma and "Mrs. Emma" as /
overheard during a lull in the op-
GRAFTON of the railroad and cotton
oil mill. What my Grandma was
saying was, Emma what's wrong
with this hyar new generation of
women is they waits and git they
husbands in the bed to start talk
ing about the wrong things {.
and that's how come you hyar tell
of more family troubles" now 60
ing on That's what l thought
about when l heard a Parish
Streeter, over his fish and beer,
as / was, telling his friend, Man!
you know l hate to 60 home, my
Gle lady (his wife) is bout to
worry me to death. If l try to
stay at home everything I start to
do is wrong l paid over $500
for a radio, if I turn it on its too
loud, l paid big money for living
room set, if l lay down on the
thing, it's "git up from there,
dent you know you'll ruin dat
sofa" Man, and if l GO to bed
and touches her if she don't may
lack she's so Sloppy she's dead, she
wakes up and starts talking bout,
Mrs. So-and-So, show did have on
a pretty dress at the club meeting
last Friday :. Yes, Sir, Grandma
and Mrs. Emma sure knowed what
they were talking about when they
said the reason there's so much
family troubles us hyar new gen.
GRAFTON women talk about the
wrong thing when they 60 to
bed.
BACK AT HIS OLD STAND:
Joe Linton, the owner Of the we'll
stocked grocery store just around
the corner off Parish and Church
is back running the store him
self and is inviting all his old
friends and customers to stop in
and see him.
SUPER TRADER: Friend Larry
Cornelius, the Parish Street bar
Der, who has the reputation for
making a trade on anything and
everything, got out-traded this
week. He paid $35 for a wagon
and didn't find out til he'd paid
the man that an axle was broken.
WHAT A MAN: Two young girls
standing behind my friend Rev.
Walter White with one pointing
and saying, 81 sure wish he'd let
me plat his hair
ABOUT A BOOK: I've just fin
ished reading that little book about
the Little "Fessor" Laurance Jones.
Read it first chance you get. It'll
make you laff, wanna cry, and
above all it sure will make you
think a whole lot about how far
Aine Haggar's Chillun done come.
WEEKLY QUOTATION: "Try
not to beat back the current, yet
be not drowned in its waters;
Speak with the speech Of the
world, think with the thoughts OF
the few."-Ibid. XVII.
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