Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1960-07-16
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BY PERCY GREENE

beer / most jumped outta my seat
when over from where a crowd of
the members of the tribe was
gathered around table over their
fish and beer / heard somebody
asks, does you reckon man. dat
any Of these here other doctors
done gone to thinking that they's
as great as d.. Ee inlond was
81 en- he was living and fater
that / couldn't get my mind off
the man that l knew better than a
lotta people who knew him no mat
ter how hard / tried whilst I con-
tinued to eat my fish and drink
my beer What kept coming
back to me in making the com.
parison suggested by the question
that l heard one of the member
OF the tribe ask, was how whilst
DR.. Redmond was practicing medi-
cine he devoted his mind to that
profession because that is what he
had been trained to do, and how he
told me when he became interest
ed in business and politics, and
found that it would be best for his
health and long life to stop prac-
ticing medicine, he went off to
school to study law. During his
practice of medicine he ranked with
the best doctors and was given a
large share of the credit for break
ing a yellow fever epidemic that
struck Jackson in the early 19O0's
=. When he was practicing law,
up to the last days of his life.
he was recognized as a great law
yer, and won a lawsuit with one of
the biggest judgments for the type
Of case in local history What
l keep thinking about in view of
the above que.sion was how DIR.
Redmond stopped practicing medi-
cine and went to school and got
to be a lawyer, the law being what
has been defined as the collected
wisdom of the ages; the perfection
of reasoning; the combining of the !
principles Of justice and the
boundless variety Of human con-
Germ Before I stopped think .
ing about the man who'd meant !
so much in my life 1t come /
to me more forceful than ever be- :
fore that when as a doctor, Dr.
Redmond saw that his people had
a greater need for his leadership !
he must have already learned
that the sides Of sick beds, and the
arms of dentist chairs are not the
places to train for leadership of
the people and none can be
like him who has not been equally
prepared.
A SAD NOTE: The mother of
Attorney Sidney R. Tharp, and
Mrs. Doris Sharp Hall, died early
Wednesday. This is all we can
say at this time except to say we
are sorry.
ALONG THE OLE AVENUE:
The Kats and Chic slipping into
Stevens nice new cafe up on the
Harlem-end to enjoy the air con-
ditioned comfort, with one Kat in
a moment of deep thinking say
ing out-loud Now if 1--WE"
want to have a Shutdown" right
here's where all of the Members
of--the- Tribe should "sitdown" to
show their appreciation for the
man and the thing that
is really ours.
NEWS TIDBIT: The folks are
saying that the whole Wilson Khan.
with the exception of Eddie and
his family are planning to move
to California as soon as they get
something like TWO-HUNDRED-
THOUSAND-DOLLARS from the
accident that gave the town its
first five-in-one Funeral ;.
SOMETHING THAT MADE ME-
LAFF: One of the Kats down on
the Hamilton Street Corner talk |
ing about Bro. Brown having his
granddaughter" helping him with
his watermelon selling and Park
ing Lot Business
WEEKLY QUOTATION: 81
never knew a man who wished him.
self to be a slave. consider if you
know any good thing +. that no
man desires for himself. "-Abra-
ham Lincoln.