Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1960-09-10
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By PERCY GREENE

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NIGHT: One day / was setting
under the front gallery at our
home upon the corner of Old Mill
and Cohea Street which was shad-
ed by two big chinaberry trees,
and therefore all the more attract
i've to the old folks, where / had
built my version of a railroad and
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
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
knocking over a box of assorted
snakes and strange bugs which l
had assembled, which scattered all
over the place, a circumstance IN
the incident that scared my Mama
more than did the explosion. What
| started off to say though was
while was setting under the front
gallery my grandma and Mrs. EN-
ma Hayes, of equal age and sa-
gacity was setting on the front
gallery. During that time one of
my younger and better looking
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 l
overheard during a hull in the OPP
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 | thought
about when I heard a Parish
Streeter, over his fish and beer
! as l was, telling his friend, Man!
you know l hate to go home, my
ole lady (his wife) is bout 10
worry me to death. If I try to
stay at home everything I start to
do is wrong paid over $500
for a radio, if l turn it on it's too
loud, l paid big money for living
room set, if l lay down on the
thing, it's "git up from there
don't you know you'll ruin dat
sofa" Man, and if I go to bed
and touches her if she don't may
lack she's so sleepy she's dead, she
wakes up and starts talking bout,
Mrs. So-and-So, show did have on
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 s.. when they go to
bed.
HOW DO THEY GET THAT
AWAY: This is about a young
Jackson preacher who met wo-
man from Los Angeles, California
on a one night stop in a Vicks-
burg Hotel, came back to Jackson
and made over $500 worth of long
distance telephone calls to her in
Los Angeles which he charged
to other peoples telephones =.
A WORD TO THE WISE: Nc
high school principal or coach need
now be ashamed Of the uniform
and equipment of his football team
and band especially when the
money can be raised for new uni
forms and equipment by selling the
famous Stuckey Candy Pecan Log
Roll Y. If you wanna know more
about it, and sample it for your
self, just write to me at 4C6z
N: Parish Street ". f. or call me at
FL 2-1617.
WHAT THE KATS ARE SAY
ING: That the crowd of 60-year-
olds who set on the steps across
from Stevens cafe watching the
i crowds 60 by soon wont have any,
thing to see as the time will soon
be now when the gals won't be
wearing the short shorties up and
down the Ole Stroll.
WEEKLY QUOTATION: The
! formation of right habits is es-
sential to your permanent secur-
ity. They diminish your chance
of falling when assailed, and they
augment your chance of recovery
when overthrown.-John Tndall.
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