Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1901-07-12

| Jler OUT we WeIo ALTERNATING pluoit-
ing furiously with trying to find a
hole in the floor to crawl through,
| while smiling and giggling from the
audience was adding to our discom-
| future. We could have choked him., if
| we had thought it would have sup
pressed him for the time being. Any
way the laugh was on us. The adj
dress was truly credit to himself
and to the citizens of Leakesville in
whose behalf it was made
Prof. J. E. Johnson delivered the
response on behalf of the assembly,
making an unusually good extempo-
raneous talk. He roundly credited
the good citizens of Leaksville for
| their tireless efforts to make the day
a thoroughly enjoyable one. The
words selected by him could not
hardly have been improved upon by
the best speakers of our land.
The curtain next rose ON the choir
grouped standing around the piano in
| II llOllOM SuutilO Nlpll 4hloo isAby
Faulk in the middle facing the audi
ence with sceptre in hand singing the
Red, White and Blue" as solo.
The choir Joined in the chorus. Miss
Ruby was draped in bunting and the
sceptre held in her hand was veri-
table work of art itself from the
skillful and deft fingers of Mrs. f. M.
Baldwin, who so kindly consented to
become artistic in making same. 1t
was striped in red white and blue,
surmounted with silver stars swing
ing in colored circle on crest.
Streamers of ribbons in the colors
dangled down and added to the
beauty of same.
Instrumental music, Fort Thomas
March then followed.
1.-The Banner of the Stars, " stir
ring patriotic recitation, as the name
would seem to suggest, was next re-
cited by Mrs r. E. Sheehy, who dis
played splendid acquaintance with
bll6 dlb VI tlOOublOh NY thO SCSuACuhs-
tions, fire and pathos she threw into
the piece. Instrumental music came
here again.
After harangue of several minutes
touching upon the oratorial gift and
abilities of that distinguished gentle
man, the master of ceremonies intro
l.. Ok t1,,
of the day. Mr. McInnis appeared
confused and stammering out an
apology, brought out DR.. M. L. Bat
son to do the honors. The doctor, in
his turn claimed mistake had been
made and conferred the honor upon
Attorney R. E. Sheehy. This was
the pre-arranged mystic feature got
ten up In the way of a novelty and
produced much fun. The boys got
off their parts well.
Mr.. Sheehy spoke upon "the day
and why we commemorate it,, for
period covering about thirty minutes
He is man of no mean oratorical
power and handled the subject with
seeming ease. The grove was reso-
nant with the reverberations of his
voice. In tones soft and touching he
dealt with pent-up energies upon the
| pathetic, swaying the minds of the au-
| dience as he went; then in turn in
| thunderous tones he scared to the
highest pinnacle of eloquence, hold
ing the assembly spell bound they
listening with rapt attention and
drinking in every word uttered until
the very close. Unguestionably this
was an intellectual treat well worth
coming to hear had there not been
any attendant features thereto.
Dixie Land" was sung with rol.
licking, rousing spirit by the choir at
the close of his address. The Fox
Hunters March was next rendered
ON the piano and violin by Miss Fan
ME Faux and Mr. Armistead Chris,
tian, as was also another selection or
the piano and mandolin. ,,1z
Prof. F. Hess of Scranton ther
made a ten-minute talk on Rail
roads in General; the Pascagouls
and Northern in Particular" which
was replete with valuable statistics
dished up in the professors breezies
sly le-this of course is saying tina
it was we'll spiced with comic sprink
lings. "America" was then sung {
finale. This ended the exercises foI
the day, the afternoon and evening
being devoted to swapping stories ant
jokes by the wags, discussion o
crops, weather outlook, and compari
son of household affairs by the NOR,
seriously disposed of the old folks
tete letting, strolling and dancing b,
the young folks, swinging and game
by the little people. Dinner and sup
per were both served ON the grounds
The spread each time was bounteous
everyone faring sumptuously. Out
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