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[ADQUARTERS FOR... "HARD TO GET" ITEMS Hardware, Paint, New Combat Boots, Used Work Shoes, Mackinaws, Wash boards, Horse Collars, Khaki Trousers, Work Pants, Work Shirts, Blankets, Towels, Soap, Coveralls. CENTRAL MERCANTILE COMPANY f. FARISH PHONE 3-8110 JACKSON, MISS. ON DISPLAY I IMPORTED FABRICS \ from the I Leonard Custom Tailors Co. f ^ JAS. L. OLIVER, Dealer I at the I | Farish St, Supply and Smoke Shop | ^ 613 N. Farish St. Dial 4-9296 Jackson, Miss. | James L. Oliver, Mgr. & Owner I I Visit— Chinn’s Grocery Store FANCY AND STAPLE GROCERIES—VEGETABLES FRUITS—COLD DRINKS—TOBACCO—CANDIES MEATS—POULTRY 101 NOEL JACKSON, MISS. PHONE 2-3480 For An Evening of Pleasure, Visit BARRANCO BILLIARD PARLOR 921 Lynch Street, Jackson, Mississippi YOU WILL MEET YOUR FRIENDS HERE! BILLIARDS - DOMINO , COLD BEER THE BEST AND THE COLDEST IN TOWN Joe Barranco, Prop. S: 1 \ LOANS... LOANS ★ PERSONAL ★ AUTOMOBILE :k FURNITURE ★ COLLATERAL Tillman Finance Company j BROKERS 130 South Farish St. Dial 3-5285 ♦WfWHWW4«m*tWWW*HHWW4*»mW I 1I ' I. II ... —III. ■ ‘ . , .11 “THE TOPS IN DRY CLEANING” Send Your Cleaning To MODERN CLEANERS I MRS. GLADYS TOPP, Prop. | 1114 Lynch Street Phone 4-9328 || El MOROCO NOW OPENED FOR BUSINESS The management requests all of Jackson's and Mississippi's Fun-Lovers to come out and See the most beautiful club South. MAYES AND PATTON STREETS VIRDEN ADDITION ) JACKSON, MISS. , mm—mm— I i Tattling Tew— TATTLING TESS TELLS. . . . Still the weather has prevented us from getting around to see some thing or hear something to tattle about. . .but you readers just be patient and we are sure before long we will be bringing you plenty of newsy news about all the really hepped cats and booted chicks. . . Wo still wish to remind you that you can SKATE AT THE RINK every Sunday and just as soon as we can get our gas meter in. the place will be opened every after noon for dancing and skating. . . Our regular Club Meeting will be held Sunday beginning at 3 p. m. So come on out and lets have some fun. . . A word to the Georgetown boys. RECAPPING TIRES OUR SPECIALTY Kerr Tire And Rubber Co. Formerly the National Recap Shop Our Service Is Expert and Speedy NEW TIRES EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTORS OF GILLETTE AND HOOD TIRES, TUBES AND BATTERIES OTHER AUTOMOBILE ACCESSORIES Cor. Woodrow Wilson and Bailey Ave. Phone 3-3851 Jackson 117, Miss. VISIT- ~ The Travelers’s Home CLEAN— COMFORTABLE ROOMS HOT AND COLD WATER Phone 4-4646 JOE CATCHINGS, Prop. Phone 4-9338 1120 N. Mill St. DUCK’S CAFE MARY G. NICHOLSON, Prop. SANDWICHES OF ALL KINDS Ice Cream - Beer - Soft Drinks AT ALL TIMES REGULAR MEALS Breakast—Dinner—Short Orders Bar-B-Q Ribs I. F. GROSS, Manager ■"1 - ■ ■ ■ ~ Visit Your Neighborhood Grocery Store and Market We Have A Complete Line of Fancy Stape Groceries Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Quality Meats PERCY SIMPSON’S PLACE Located on James Hill Street—Virden Addition Phone 4-5154 Jackson, Miss. CARR FRIENDLY GROCERY AND MARKET STOP IN - YOU ARE WELCOME I inrv7 b|mi. c» j IUU/ DKSIr B(« RICHARD CARR, Prep. MRS. ETHEL CARR, Mgr. Jackson, Mississippi Dial 44340 wo appreciate your presence and the purpose of the SKATING RINK is to provide a place wher young people can eet and enjoy them selves in a clean wholesome way . . .Most of you have no idea what is meant by clean wholesome fun. so we are asking that unless you \ intend to come to the SKATING a RINK and act decent, we would j rather you didn’t come at all. . . . \ this goes for everyone of you who t persist in raising hell and making r a general nuiance of yourself. ... I this statement is issued by the own er of the Skating Rink. . .so you 1 will get hepped and realize we c just aren’t going out any more for the jives you’ve been putting down I I J. D. Hollis says Annie Ruth s McGee is just what the doctor ord ered for him. c Lamar Griffin says that his main 1 dhick is Eather Grace Kimble and he doesn’t care who knows it. t Arthur Green and Helen Cole- £ man don’t get around together much I any more, whats up kids? is Otha Berry is all out for a chick '1 who lives at 810 Salem Ave.. and we mean all out. . . * p~ iu« •_• • 1. i . 4. r juilipjii UIIIV.A. Ildr» jump- i ed herself into being a Mrs.If yes its Harry and they really seem ( to be all out for each other. . .Won- £ der if she'll still be the jumpin champion at the Rink, or settle ( down to be a housewife? f Sam Pickens says that a certain 1 chick on Sidway is much fine and 1 he’s very much interested in her. Leana Williams your friends want to know just which one of those boys you really like, Myles’ or Henry Taylor? Seems that Gladys Harris has gone sour on all her boyfriends. There seems to be something, or somebody very interesting to Og eous Lewis and Simon Smith out on Campbell College campus. . . they can be found there every day. Get hepped. Clearance B„ your actions aren’t getting you anywhere anybody can act silly. Yvonne Rasey seems to be just what Walter Williams likes in a girlfriend. Lillie R. Taylor and John B. makes a very cute couple. Lawrence Hayes and Edith Camp bell are coming on like Die Tracy, wonder how Ogeous Lewis feel? Or is Ogeous so interested in Gladys Harris that he doesn’t care? And if that is true, what is Bern ice G.’s story? DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN . . .Ada Mae Zackex’y was ace high with C. W. Wren and Jaes Young was also in the picture? When Johnnie Mae Pace was giving James Gibbs much of her time? When a popular threesome was Willie Bell Horn, Nathaniel Wil lias and Elnora? When George Manning and Julia Lee Walker were very good friends? When you couldn’t pick up Tat tling Tess without seeing the fol lowing naes: Maggie Ruth. James Selman, Sonny Ford; Darlene and Eddie Robinson; J. D. and Rose Ann; the Cotton Sisters; and the Stubbs sisters? ' Well, don’t foreet. CLTTR mpft. ING AT THE RINK. SUNDAY be ginning at 3. NEGRO TENANT WINS COTTON CONTEST With a yield o 999 pounds of lint cotton per acre, Will McLeod, col ored tenant farer, won the Scotland County, N. C., five-acre cotton con test.according to a report received * by the U. S. Department of Agri culture from the North Carolina State Extension Service. A check for $50 was presented to Mr. McLeod by the president of the local Chamber of Commerce, with Coker 100 wilt-resistant cot- ■ Farmer McLeod won the award ton. The county’s three-acre corn con test was won by J. C. Parker with a yield of 70.7 bushels per acres. Eat Where Its Cozy and Comfortable CHIP & TIP CAFE 107 East Monument St. DIAL 4-9149 i For Best Home-Cooked Meals and Sandwiches Best Beer and Soft Drinks in Town E. J. SIMMONS, Mgr. We Solicit Your Patronage JACKSON, MISS. i West Jackson News i Naomi Terrell, Reporter Mrs. L. B. Mclnnis of Seattle, 1 ^ash., was the house guest of Mr. ! nd Mrs. John Polk and her sister, Irs. Laurence Smith. Both of East 1 riew St. Mrs. Mclnnis and her sis er visited relatives in Prentiss. In ! oute home she stopped in Little lock and Chicago. Mr. John Martin Oatis of Boga usa, La., recently visited his par nts, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Oatis. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Stewart of lastview St., are happy to have at lome their son and his wife, Mr. nd Mrs. Jessie Stewart. Mrs. Mary Ella Graham is yet | onfined to bed. We are hoping for I ier an early improvement. Mr. and Mrs. Will Thompson are ! he proud parents of a lovely baby irl, who tipped the scales at eight lounds. two ounces. Mrs. Thomp on will be remembered to her nany friends as Juanita Allison. Mr. Isom Hardy spent the Yule ide holidays in the home of his •arents, Rev. and Mrs. John Hardy >f Cox Street. He left Thursday for Chicago, where he is enrolled in, chool. Mr. and Mrs. John Sanders of Chicago, 111., are the proud parents 'f a baby girl. Mrs. Sanders is the ! ormer Cleo Bingham of this city i nd a graduate of Jackson College, i i■"■■■■■■■■■■*■■■ Mrs. Eliza Rhodes and her son VIr. Calvin Rhodes, of Detroit Vlich., spent several days in Hoi andale and Laurel in the homes o •elatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Tommie Smith o Urand Rapids, Michigan, recently ;pent several days in the city wit! ■elatives. The Smiths are wel cnown in the city. Mrs. Ruby Gardner of Poindextei 3t. has recently returned to the city after two weeks’ visit in Chicago til. Mrs. Alma Johnson sends greet ngs from California that she is do ng fine and likes the west fine. Mr. Ollie Jones of Everett St., i; .ip and about after a few week: illness. His many friends are happj ir—1 — . to know hr is improved , Mr. and Mrs. Peter Davis, Ever ■ ett St., recently had Mrs. Davis’ ' niece of Lelan dto visit them. Every * thing was done to make her com • fortable. Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. Stewart i i of this city are happy to have at home their son, Jesse, who has re cently been discharged from ser ■ ivice. He was stationed at T.A.A.F.. Tuskegec, Ala. With him is his wife, the former Jimmie Lee Walk er of Union Springs, Ala., whose marriage took place at her home on Nov. 20. 1946. ; The average intercity motor truck ; gets 4.8 miles per gallon of gaso line and 82.9 miles per quart of oil. m For Good Taste, For Courteous Service, For Economy | and Quality, None Can Compare With People’s Funeral Home f Featuring STANDARD SERVICE I AMBULANCE SERVICE DeLUZE I 886 North Farish Street Dial 3-2576 p YEAGLEY GROCERY AND MARKET j CORNER SOUTH CONGRESS and EAST SOUTH STREET I FOODS These Prices Good Friday and Saturday, Jan. 10th and 11th For Home Use— BEER... REGULAR 16^ PREMIUM !3C « r Fresh Country— GUARANTEED EGGS, DOZEN . . . . 49c ' r —MOMBM IN OUR MARKET BACON, No. 1 slob, lb..59c SALT MEAT, lb_44c Streak O' Lean HAMS, Half or whole, lb. 65c Cudahy — Cooked BACON, Puritan Sliced, lb._ 69c WEINERS, Skinless, lb_35c Tennessee Valley BUTTER, Best Grade, lb_79c PARKAY Margarine, lb._39c i BETTER BARGAINS * Florida ORANGES, Large-Fresh, lb. 5c RED POTATOES, 5 lbs_ 17c American SARDINES, Flat cans, 2 for 29c Vienna SAUSAGE, 9 oz can 19c BISCUITS, Ballard, can . 10c Black Eye Peas, No. 2 can . 23c Black Eye Peas, dried, lb. 25c mammmammmmmmmrmmm I They are back again and with a business that is in the City of Jackson ESTELI.A JOHNSON I I ESTELLA and WOODROW BIGGER AND BETTER f THAN BEFORE | WOODROW BIGGS Invite all their friends and former customers to visit THE HURRICANE Jackson's newest and swankiest cafe, located in the old Lowe Place, Woodrow Wilson near Whitfield Mill Road, Jackson, Miss. All kinds of sandwiches and other _ FOODS - DRINKS STEAK and CHICKEN OUR SPECIALTY Woodrow Biggs, Mgr.