Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-02-04
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BY PERCY GREENE

BY PERCY GREENE
PARISH STREET SATURDAY.
NIGHT: "h's q pc wind that never
changes" is the way used to hear
the thing put by my grandma when
! was a boy, and know now n
I learned a long time ago that she
was giving vent to the wisdom and
philosophy that have come down
through time and the ages in the
lore and tradition Of the Tribe OF
Haggar. The same idea has been
transmitted to posterity, 'mongst
those of q diffent in express
sions that have become . part OF
the classic tradition, and because
Of such expressions in times Of
great concern and forebOdings
folks have been able to look back
on such sayings and find the new
courage and new hope on which
progress is made !. l heard some
frustrated members Of the Tribe Of
Haggar lamenting over what's
wrong in the world as it affects
Amt Haggars Chilluns while l was
eating my fish and drinking my
beer, and the way they were talk
ing about things and a-going on
they'd reached the end of the road
as far as they were concerned.
The more l listened to their con-
versation the more it dawned on
me that they hadn't never heard
Of that fellow, in in dire stra'
out on that lake that day, with
faith and future Of his country at
stake, in the face of what looked
like a hopeless case, kept saying
Don't Give Up The Ship" and as
far as that remark is concerned
there may be those who'll say that
Amt Haggar's Chillun don't know
too much about history noways.
which may all be true, but what /
started out to say is this, When
every my grandma used to talk she
put history, philosophy, tradition,
wisdom, and understanding in a
fewer words than I've ever been
able to find in any kinda book,
cept'n of course the BIBLE, which
was my grandma's favorite book
Looking back ito her, when
ever the breaks get tough, and
everything suddenly bee ON $
cloudy and foreboding, just keep
plugging away Remembering
all the time that my grandma used
tc say and it's still good ad-
vice for Amt Haggar's Chillun
everywhere IT'S A Pc WIND
THAT NEVER CHANGES.
TAKE HIM FARTHER BACK,
BROTHER: Writer James Bald
win, what / told you-alls bout
last week, who has reduced Aine
Haggar's Chillun to a fantasy"
and therefore sumfin dat don't ex-
list, is writing bout Rev. Martin
Luther King in the current issue
of Harper's magazine, after takin
dig at Booker T. Washington,
lack most of the young interleck-
tuals 'mongst us wild no better
sense, he says that Rev. King has
in him the blood of the Irish and
Indians, which / couldn't see last
time I saw Rev. King, and 1 says
to maself after readin what Bro.
Baldwin said bout Rev. Kings
blood, Howcomes he don't trace
Rev. Kings blood back to Neander-
thaler, Cro-Magnon, are some Of
the folks that was here million
years ago ;. Brothers and sisters,
US is what us is 49,.
WEEKLY SAD NOTE: Mrs.
Blanche Lewis, the wife Of Joe
Lewis, longtime employee Of Stew
ems Store for Men, the mother of
ten, was fatally burned early Sun
day morning. She died few hours
later in a local hospital ). Words
can't express the way we feel.
ALONG THE OLE AVENUE:
The Service Shoe Repair Shop,
showing signs Of progress and ser
vice has moved to a new location,
bigger, better and more attract
i've place, just few steps north
of the old location.
WEEKLY QUOTATION: Leg