The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-11-04
A PARTING SHOT.
The Louisville Band Boys Deliver a
Final Blow to the
BcrlinitPs.

EuliOT News Democrat .--lndSlnutn Us
the now famous Citizens Of New Ber-
! lin have sought TO enlist the sympathy
of the citizens Of Stark county, through
| the press, for their now defeated and
weary pets by making false and dishonest
charges of fraud, we beg leave to again
ask space in your valuable paper to de-
fend ourselves, trusting that this will be
the last time you will be called upon to
air that band contest. To our esteemed
friend who assumes the responsibility of
writing those sO-callcd letters, and who
sail under the beautiful nom de plume
Berlin" we beg to say that he had bet
ter air his ignorance among his own peo-
gent people of stark county, as he may
become popular and as anything that
claims Berlin a. resting place and be-
comes popular at once becomes freak,
and it might he unpleasant popularity.
! We shall try to confne ourselves to your
last very ungrammatical harangue,
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time and deep research to fathom. We
are indeed surprised to learn that your
! band has for its members some of the
/ best musical talent in the state, and we
would suggest that the next time you go
away from home to a contest you take
them with you, as you may then secure
the unanimous consent Of the judges as
to whether you are to have third place or
not, as you doubtless know the judges
were unanimous on Louisville for first,
Carrollton for second, and were divided
on third between the Atwater band and
your band.
1t is certainly very singular that you
have just discovered that the judges,
whose appointment met your approval
before the contest, were incompetent,
wilhelm your challenge you propose the
name Of one of the judges who olliciatcd
at the contest Bah! 1t is time that you
awake to the fact that you are casting
serious reflections upon the honesty and
ability Of three of the most competent
musicians Of Stark county.
If the Judges cared to be quoted in
print they would soon settle your intima-
tions Of fraud and incomp'tency. One Of
them, rs director Of the best band in this
and many other states, needs an intro
duction to no one. As for the other two,
the violiniSt and pianist, they have tray
elrd extensively and are recognized as
thorough musicians. One Of them has
played trombone solos before the royal
personages in the larger cities Of Europe,
and if you will only go to hear him at
Carnegie hall, Pittsburg, next Wednes-
day, when President Mckinley will he
there you will change your mind about
him being incompetent to oiliciate rs
judge in band contest. If you wish to
know more about him, write to Signor
Libcrnti, at Cleveland, to whose band he
belongs
You do not seem to know that some Of
the best musicians Of this country are
violinists, yocaliSts and piant,ts While
some may not be capable of playing a
brass or reed instrument, yet they are
competent to judge in all the different
points in band music.
You say we hurried out Of the city and
were afraid Of getting a ride in the pa
troll. Shame on such language. Owing
to the fact that our train was due at 4:IO,
and our having an engagement that
evening at Louisville were the only rea-
sons We did not stay, and we regret that
we did not have time to favor the citizens
Of and visitors at Alliance with a concert
that evening.
You ask why we did not wait for our'
money. We were satisfied to wait until
the time appointed by the characterization.
Don't worry, as we have it now If you
got your money before we did ours it was
probably owing to the fact that the fair
association knew you needed it.
You ask why we did not show our
score My Afraid We're WEI The
judges could also set you right on that
To quote one Of them; "The Louisville
band won on its superiority of tone,
harmony, pianos and fortes, crescendos
and decresendos, execution of passages in
general, tempos and attaque." You
may own good band and are proud of
it rs you claim, but never again make
the mistake of trying to discourage IA
successful competitor,
Now we hope this will close the con
troversy; in fact, we should never have
paid any attention to your charges had
there been the least semblance of truth 10
them. Now boys, be good as you ought
to know by this time that besides trounc-
ing you with musical instruments we
can also whip you in the newspapers
Respectfully yours,
LOUISVILLE CITY BAND.
Death of Mrs. FachinRer.
Mrs Ge0rUe Fachinuer died Thursdav