Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-07-20
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By PERCY GREENE

now you're likely to hear folks
talking bout what's wrong wild
Aine Haggar's Chillun, and what
us" oughta do about it, which
reminds me of the late Col. E. L.
Patton's saying en- the subject,
that one of the greatest drawbacks
Of the tribe is, if his "coat amt
too long, his breaches is too short"
and have long learned from OBJ
serving and listening to the talk
ing 'mongst Aine Haggar's Chill
lun up and down Parish Street
that what Col. Patton was talking
about wasn't the raiments with
which we adorn ourselves. Settin
down to my regular Satde night
fish and beer in one of my favor
ite spots along the Ole Avenue
and listening to the talk going on
'mongst the wise and the unwise
l thought of the many times l used
to hear Col. Patton repeat the
remark . One of the greatest
drawbacks to the Negro is that if
his Goat amt too long, his
breeches is too short" and as
coming from Col. Patton, as l re-
call since his lamented passing
some years ago, it was. sort Of a
forlorn expression uttered in
a way so as to give one the i'm
preston that everything as it af-
fected Aine Haggar's Chillun was
solely depending on the members
of the tribe themselves and
what they can do and must do to
even-up the length of their coats
and pants reading in the
newspapers about what is going
on up in Washington this week
and musing on how what ever is
done is gonna affect Aine Haggar's
Chillun down here in the Ole Mag
nclia, and the rest of the BOTTOM -
l thought for a long time, and
decided to say to you-alls here this
week, that it looks like the time is
done come for us Chillun of the
members of the tribe to start de-
voting more time to Strengthening
us selves out where we needs
straightening-out, cause lack Col.
Patton used to say :. One of the
greatest drawbacks to Aine Hag-
gar's Chillun is that 81. "If his
coat amt too long, his breeches
| is too short =" 7o
SAD STORY: What they're tell
ing about that real good-looking
woman in brand new automobile
up on the Harlem-end of the Ole
Avenue this week who thought her
husband was gone to work but who
happened up just as she was pick
ing up one Of the Parish Street
Hep-Kats and lit on her just like
duck on June bug -. as the
cid saying goes
IT'S THE TRUTH: Prof. Rollin
P. Greene the other night was seen
around at the Mill & Oakley Cafe
looking as though he was out to
see which was the strongest influ-
ence, John Barleycorn or John
Bunyan, and from what took place
it looks like John Barleycorn won
out (. result the professor
is now no longer a member of the
college staff
WHEN YOU'RE IN ROME:
A certain young laldy in a highly
placed position is being readily
identified. with the after-hour-
crowd, and the most famous of
the men-about-town, well known
up and down the Ole Avenue
but this is Rome and when
you're in Rome it's wiser to do
as the Romans do ;.
OLD AS THE AGES: That wo-
man who stabbed her boy friend
to death the other night up on Bell
court during an argument with
him about another woman at least
has time on her side, men and
women have been killing one an
other bout dat same thing ever
since time got started :.
WEEKLY QUOTATION: "Mod-
Grafton is the reason for politics. T"
Leon Gambetta.