Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-02-04


This is a story of how a causal dip
of the pen and the careless toss Of a
card resulted In Helen May Butler, the
popular band leader, starting two of
Uncle Sans humble letter carriers on
the road to wealth and fame. It
reads like a romance, but the facts as
sert truth. One day q few months
ago, j. Leslie Spain, manager for
Miss Butler, bad just received a lot Of
newly printed artistic little folders,
showing the popular band leader in
various poses. They were unusually
attractive little affairs and such a
souvenir as onlya woman k~nowshowto
design. He sat at a table carelessly
addressing these to Miss Buffers
friends and acquainta ces In all parts
Of the country and had just about ex-
hausted the list when his eyes caught
a name in a paper lying on a table.
It simply said that Charles Avril, one
Of Uncle Sans letter carriers in Dem
yer, had gone to the mountains in
search Of a missing man. It was not
because he cared about the missing
man, or that he had ever heard of the
letter carrier previous to that time or
anything of that kind, but just a sud
den within made him dip the pen in
the ink, write the name Of the man
across the card and tossed 1t In the
pile of mail. But the card did not 60
astray. A few days later there came
a neat package containing a copy of a
song and orchestra parts, telling how
the letter carrier had sat up all night
and wrote a song about a man out in
his mountain home longing for the
bride who had lived only a short Q
son had left him alone in the cabin
where the Silv'ry Colorado wends its
way out to the desert beyond. He
had put his EXPERIENCES into a song.
Only a glance was necessary for Mr..
Spain to see the beauty of the plain
tive little heart ballad, and he hurried
ly carried it to Miss Butler who was
equally as delighted with the pretty
melody composed under such peculiar
circumstances. Miss Butler at once
had 1t arranged for her band and a few
nights later 1t was played for the first
time. They had to repeat it over and
over again. Everybody left the thea
tire humming the tuueful melody. It
spread from town to town until It be-
gan to cross the country like a storm.
The song is fast becoming famous and
before many months there will not be
a town in the country that had not
hummed, whistled and sung "Where
the Silv'ry Colorado Wends It's Way"
Miss Butler played the song every
night and started the letter carrieas
on the road to fame. She will include
1t in her programme at Tupelo on the
evening Of February 18th.
The editor Of this paper has just re-
ceived, with the compliments of the
publishers, a copy of the Kodol Alma
nae and 200 Year Calendar, which is
certainly q most unique and useful
book. With a copy of this publication
{ at hand one is in possession of a Cal
endar which covers the past as far
back as the day Of our National Inde-
a pendence, meets all the requirements
of the present, and dates as far into
; future as near the beginning of the
next century. By reference to this
a Calendar the day Of the week, of any
given date in any month Of the year,
from 1875 to 1875, may be found 1T q
glance. This information can not be
found in any other publication extant.
Another feature of remarkable inter-
3 est that this publication possesses, is
it's weather forecasts. These predic-
! tions are not only full and complete,
3 and as accurate and reliable as It is
possible to calculate, but they are
definite geographically, thus localiz'
ing the predictions and foretelling the
3 weather which may be looked for in
4 each section Of the country. MesBrs.
Q E. o. Dewitt & Co., Of Chicago are
sole owners and publishers Of the
: KOdOl Almanac and 200 Year Calen-
dar, and while several millions OF
copies are in circulation, they have
. vet a few hundred copies Of the first
edition, and will send one copy to any
one enclosing g two cent stamp, with
q request for same, provided thii
|. paper Is mentioned.
Edith Wyatt, who wrote a volume
e Of short stories, called every OnS
His Own Way" has very decidedly
her own way of writing. Some like it
y and some don't, but no other short
story writer comes anyWheres neal
sounding the same note, and those
! who like her kind Of stories have &
4 be satisfied with her stories, or nom
. at all. For anyone Who does no
know Miss Wyatt's work, and woul'
. like q taste Of her quality, 'Snov
9 White and Red Red" which appear
in February McClure's, win do yer!
well.
4. Hon. John Allen came near meetinI
- with g serious accident Wednesda.
evening. He had been to his farm o.
horseback. returning home about
O'Clock, when, on alighting from hi
y horse his foot caught in the stirruT
= holding him fast. In bis endeavor Il
8 extricate himself, the horse becamI
frightened and started TO run draggtn
Mi. Allen to the ground. The hors
= kicked him on the knee bruising |
quite severely and after being drag
ged some 90 yards the girth Of the SAD