The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1901-07-11
THE CHArrAuOUA CLOSED.

| TO close last SATURDAY alteTHoon'
Like some banquet hall deserted, so
are the Chautauqua grounds now.
After feast of reason and flow Of
soul" we low sit down and recall the
splendid attractions OF the magnificent
program 50 faithfully carried out, every
promise redeemed, regardless OF cost
or labor. The committees on program
and advertising did we'll, and the man.
agement and stockholders deserve
praise for their enterprise and public
spirit.
The music, the Rotations, the songs,
the addresses, the lectures, were in full
keeping with the highest order of good
taste and refinement. The profound
preacher DR.. J. T. Plunket; the inimta-
BILE word painter, Ex-Governor Bob
Taylor; the erudite and eloquent Hon.
Geo. X. Vending; the sweet chimes
of the Imperial Hand Bell Ringers (;
the grand and thrilling music of the
Georgia State Band the skilled vocal
lists, the Schubert Male Quartette; the
beautiful and brilliant elocutionist,
Miss Ether Morris; the scholarly DR..
Stuart Macarthur; the peerless philoso-
pher and deep thinker, with his illus
trated lectures, Prof. John DeMotte !;
the witty and versatile impersonator
and monologue entertainer, Prof. Ralph
Bingham the matchless orator and
lecturer, Dr. Thomas Dixon, made up
weeks programme, brilliant, un-
matched and unmatchable.
The fourth of July was gala day
and immense crowds filled the tent.
DR.. McArthur's able and patriotic
speech, Americas Outlook on the 10Th
Century" was worthy of the day and
the occasion. At2o'clock the "fiddlers'
contest" was novel and unique affair.
1t was under the management Of Mr..
J. w. Legg. There were ten entries
for the two prizes as follows: Messrs.
q. A. Power, +. B. Lester, John M
Sorrells, DR.. G. o. Fowler, d. d. Dunn,
B. NJ. Sorrells, J. J. Sanders, S. A.
Shelton, J. w. Smith and G. w. Hood.
The judges were Rev. J II. Patton,
Rev. S. Il. Belk and Rev. j. T. Jenkins
The classical" pieces played we're
by Mr.. Power, "Give the Fiddlers a
Dram" and Indian Glory; by Mr..
Lester, "Old Suwanee" and Jim Nc
Curdy"; by Mr.. J. NJ. Sorrells, ''Arkan-
saw Traveller" and Atlanta Grip; by
DR.. Fowler, "Sallie Goodin" and "Gray
Cat Scratched Out the Yellow Cats
Eye; by Mr.. Dunn, "Blacked-Eyed
Susie" and Il Love the Girl and She
Couldn't Help it,; by Mr.. B. NJ. Sor-
rells, boil the Cabbage Down" and
"Flatwoods" by Mr.. Sanders, Sam
Wilson" and "Cacklin Hem; by Mr.
Shelton, Wagon" and "Arkansaw
Traveller; by Mr.. Smith, Lady s
Fancy" and Going Down Town; by
Mr.. Hood, Fishers Horn Pipe" and
''Gone to the Spring and Found it
Dry.
The screeching fiGdles and the old
time sounds of bows and rosin, were not
equal to Ole Bull, but was Il contest
that gave fun and merriment, if not
good music.
Mr.. II. l.. Shelton, of Atlanta, was
awarded the first prize, SIS in gold, and
Mr.. B. NJ. Sorrells. OF Moon, was
awarded the second prize, $40 in gold
Prof. John Denotes two lectures
at the Marietta Chautauqna. were
worth the price of the season ticket.
His scientific-sociological lectures are
full of tremendous truths. Character
building is the thing. Formation, not
reformation, is the lesson he would
teach.
The success of this brilliant Chau-
tauqua but enhances the appreciation
of the public, and it grows in interest
and widens in scope Of attendance. 1t
shows that the people fully realize that
a Chautauqua is educational and bene-
fetal and they are glad to spend a week
prOtitablT and pleasantly.