Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. (US black) a newspaper column.

1935

Ted Yates This Is New York 4 Oct. [synd.col.] He scanned the ‘pillars’ (columns to you) of his rivals.

2. (US black) in pl., the human legs.

1944

‘Jiver’s Bible’ in D. Burley Orig. Hbk of Harlem Jive.