davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-03
Tazew,ell Tips,

!, TAzEWsELL, VA. July r., Mr., s ae
Honaker, Va, was In Tazewell yesterday:
Attorney Abel Patton and his Wife, OF
Jackson, Ky. and Mrs. Dr.. Quincy OF
.Weich, w. Va, are the guests OF Mayor
Rev Mr.. Sutherland, recently returned
from the HOY Land, deltvere very In
teresting lecture In the Town Hall Thurs
day night to 9 small but apprec!atlye au-
dience.
The, editor Of the Clinsh Valley News.
two daughters, are In St. Louis, taxing
In the Worlds Fair. The editor will at
tend the National Democratic Convention,
Colonel James s, Browning, prominent
coal operator of Pocah ontas, was in town
yesterday, Colonel Browning has Just re,
tarned from Chicago. where he attended
the National Republican Convention, to
which he was a.delegate.
Steel rails are being placed for the new
electric car line, The foundation for the
power house Is completed, machinery,
Mis- John Avery. a lady Of prominence
of BROOKLYN, NJ VI. is the summer guest
of Mrs. w. 6, Harrison on Main Street.
Mr.. and Mrs, Chapman Anderson. OF
New Work city, are on g visit for the sum;
mer to- Mr., Alderson's parents, Colonel
and Mrs. Fl. g. Anderson.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-03
THE DEATH
OF; EMMETT
STORY AS TOLD BY HIMSELF
Was Playing With Minstrel
Troupe iii New York When
lie Composed the Song.

Tho death OF Daniel Decatur Emmett,
the ancient minstrel, composer Of
a,'Dixie, revlves the story Of the old song
which. composed nearly 4 half century
ago, still furnishes inspiration to tho
South.
1t took Emmett Just twenty minutes to
write this song; It will take ages before
II Is forgotten, If ever, Mmmett was q
minstrel of tho old type and but for this
single achievement Of song would pro-
badly have never been known In tho
broad sense of the word. LIE was born
october 49, 1916, in Mt. Vernon. Ohio.
where he died last Tuesday. When 'D Dan
was a boy 1t was the fashion among
1.-THE young people 70 try their sk:il at
making verses and to sing them to some
popular tune. Jim Crow was a favor
ito In those days, and the boys and
girls found great delight In fitting and
rhym.ng words to sing TO that tune.
In this way he formed q taste forfyerse-
making md singing, which later led him
TO minstrelsy. He learned to play , on
the fiddle by ear, and, after while,
he went to Cincinnati, where he engaged
himself to play second fiddle with stick
news Circus. The following spring he
en- gagged with N1iller's Caravan at Chs
lcinnati. with this company he learned
to play by note on the fiddle. piccolo,
and fife. Within short time he be-
came known throughout the Unitetl
states as ono Of the great tifers and
drumners Of the country. Ills work with
the caravan was to sing darby songs,
accompanied by "hoe-downs" and walk
arounds. Mr.. Emmett made his own
| verses mud sang them to some popular
tune. He travelled over all the United
States with Dan. Rice, .Spnuding, Seth
Howes. Or. Leonard, Wclshanman," Joe
| Sweeney and other famous MINISTRIES.
lie dressed himself in negro inlpersona-
tions, singing his own songs the ring.
White he accompanied himself on the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-03
They Burn Money.

..Therc are not many men who smoke
cigars at 81 EACH said the cigar mar
In a down-town restaurant much paa,
10 o, Worry "a about the cost OF their luncheon;
"but We have to keep them =, n stoGk ),
When they arc called for Y = usually aL
liz together after a long parting; who
arc feeling good, and who want g heatv y.
smoke after a liberal moal. AS a mater , e !,
OF fact. most men think they are burning
money when they pay 81 for a. cigar:
sixty cents for one cigar and from t tnaI
down to three for 20 cents Is consldered q
about the right thing, We sell q good
many many cigars at IS cents each. Or three
for 81. In fact. they are the standard
thing In high-priced, cigars, occasioaaoo
ally a customer will buy a box Of "
cigars, or even more expensive than that
for d birthday present, or to send to some
friend going to Europe These CIGARS ar, are
represent the highest perfection IN cigar
makng."4
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-03

banio. He made q speciality Of old men,
ana he used to say with pride that when
he had blackened his face and dohhed
his wig Of kinky white hair he was
"the best old negro that ever lived
In 1912, at the old Chatham Theatre' ~
New York city, with two lcompanions' ins
gave a mixed performance, mnde up
largely OF songs and dances typica! OF
slave life and character. The little
troupe was billed as The Virginia Min
strels." and their popularity with the
public was instantaneous. From New
York the pioneer company Went 70 bos-
ton, and later on sailed Tor England.
years. and when he returned to New
York Joined DAN Bryants Minstrel
Company, at No. 472 Broadway. In the
last years of his life Mr.. Emmett lived
alone In a little cottage in tho outskirts
of Mount Vernon. Though one OF the
Beau Brummels of other days, ne was
satisfied to 80 around town WITH ms
coat fastened In at his waist with a.
niece of rome. and his head sheltered by
q shabby looking slxullcap.
The Story Of Dixie.
1t was many years ago that Emmett
gave to the world the little scrap OF
melody, ii melody 1t can BIO called, that
has become part of American history,
The story is told In his own words:
"In 1859 I was playing In Bryant's
Theatre New York. Ono Saturday night
as I was leaving the theatre Bryant STOP
ped me and said that we would nave 20
have IA new walk-around for next week.
the kind the band will play and the boys
whistle in the streets
1.-THE next day. Sunday. II rained pitch
forks, and inusmuch as there was moth.
Ing could do out OF doors, ! thought ]
might as well get to work on tho song,
sat down at a table with paper and
pencil and tried to think OF something
to write about. but my mind seemed to
be blank.
after a while got up and went to
| the window to look at the rain and the
people spiashing by In the street,
1.-THE sentence i Wish was IN DIXIE
! kept flashing through my head. When
/ Travelled with the circus the Southern
negro laborers we used 70 carry with us
would be utterly miserable on cold, rainy
days, ana they would always exclaiin a
such time, II wish I was In Dixie We
1oked them a good deal about IT,
",I wish were In Dixie land !
thought. This place is not at all pleas
1TRen I said TO myself, WHY not write
I,about Dixie?'
| az hurried back to the table and began
to write as as my pencil would go,
In twenty minutes the words and music
OF Dixie as It Is sung to-day, were
completed,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-03
sized 1faw,horne's connection with this

sized 1iawthorne's connection with this
place.
In 1862 Hawthorne bought the Way
eide. tho only home he ever owned lie
iived here Until his death IN 1851. The
Wayslde was about 81 mile outside on
Concord on The Boston post road, Abous
half way between the Waysidc and the
Old Mahse lay Sleepy tiollo@g cemetery.
D Concord was a delightful place OF resi-
dence for Hawthorne, iii that Emerson.
I,l,horca, and ottei. friends whom he
loved were close beside hin, and came
often to sec him. He was a man OF
great simplicity Of taste and singuarly
free from MI affectatlons and prctcn-
sions
His life was we'll rounded and full OF
work and the interest OF life outside
Of tts own Until life ended. Ills memory
ratl,erS force as the years go by. anu
Vision clears, so that men and women
tercelvc moro and moro tile high stand
ard yet by n master OF American prose.
nn example worthy OF close study ana
| Initiation v /.
IN prominent 1lsproof Of the idea that
literary people nre disqualified for do.
nestle life Hawthorne was truly devoted
tnFl,Is lone and his household. He was
, also an ardent lover Of nature and the
walka and 6environs OF Concord were all
familiar places to- him, and to his WHO
! who frequently won't out 70 PICK wiz
I flowers with him.
Hawthorne has been called 81 roma y :
|. tfcist. but his characters are romantic
from the fact thai their conduct Is regu-
lated BY forces reaching their inner ma
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-03
CHEAP RATES SOUTH
5i Via
.SE|IAl|IBOARD Air lin &.

va n
So, Richmond to Raleigh, y, G. \ As ,rs5
count of Summer School for Teach-{
.83 ers. Tickets on sale July Al s,
10, is, 10, 25, and August LIST, linz
tied to August 6. 1904. s{5
I s1e 2O-Rchnond to Monica gle Tenn
Account Monteagle Bibls school
+ Tickets on sale June S0th. July y,
2. 10. 90. 81, 22, limited TO August
VI 81, 1904 5a u SfS5 @ iSts XXI
5.oo-Richmond to Columbia. s. C..S
account Of meeting lnterdenomi-
national Religious 81 and Educa-s
tional Association. Tickets on
sale August 23d, Gath, 25th, linn
5S tied to August 31st. Rates TO-
Az tits meeting are on the certl-8
ricate plan. IN li38
3s14.7o Richmond to Athens, Ga. account y,
on sale July 2. 8, 4, II. is. limit
ed to fifteen days from date Of sale.g
sa1,e5-Richmond to Eureka Springs. AT
Account Southwestern summer
School. Tickets on sale July s, ~ ).
:. o. limited to August z. 1904
5Fo,,rth Of July-For this day, the Sea-.
m board Will sell round "trip tlcketat
to all points south OF the Ohio and
Potomac, and east Of the Mis-
sisslppi Rivers. at one and one
n third fares. Tickets on sale Jul Y
q, al. limited to July Sth.
II. s. Lizard. W.{M. i, - :, : !. L -
$77ss 3. p. A.. Phone 405. G. =. a..
$40 %. Main Street. Richmond, Va
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-03
Influence Of This Distinguished
American Scholar and Author
on American Literature.
z


On July 4. 1904, in an unprctendng
house at Salem Massachusetts. was born
Nathaniel Hawthorne. an American
scholar and author whose Influence OF,
American literature cannot to-day. forty
years after his death. be measured.
For years Hawthorne and Poe have
stood as dominant sectional representa-
4 tivcs In American literature Of the ante
bclum period Hawthorne cnbodying III
Y his mysticism hs sadness aud his Sc
we're purity Of expression the New Eng
land beliefs and traditions; Poe. In the
#,itlincss of his imagination nd the rhythm
OF his verse, rejecting the more genial.
Influences OF Southern training and ea-
fvironnent.
The Hawthorne centennial to celebrate
this Fourth OF July has awakened re-
mcmlyrance and stimulated interest in
every spot associated with tbs years OF
4! Poc's carly and mature lifc
AZ ilsss already been stated. Hawthorne
was born IN Salem. MASSACHUSETTS,. The
II fact IL made donby apparent IN much
Il that he has written, his pages being
II deeply tlnScu VIII lHS, = lliI 2Spilll "
Y traTscendentaIism and ascetlcism. ''fhe
House of the Seven Gnbles''si liz one OF the
{ best known OF llnw,horne's books THE
Scarlet Letter" Is one Of the strongest
z tI,at&hc wrote. and The Marble FaurH
ono OF the most beautiful AS a. master
or style and Of almost faultless diction.
\ Hawthorne stands without a peer, and
+, In the list OF those who have helped TO
make the books. known as the American
Classics. his name is inscribed In large
N characters.
The Old Manse.
In the course OF his life Hawthorne
4 lived in number Of houses and towns.
III was seven years abroad. When he
gave up his experiment Mt Brook farm
I'm 1852 he went with Ills newly-made
wifo 10 Concord. Connecticut, and set
5up Ills household gods in the ODD
aianse." built In 1853 by EmcrsonSs
piandfathei, and standing on aionumcnt
J Street about mile from the centre Of
tile town. with a gambrcl roof. dormer
windows and an approach at the front,
through an avenue OF solemn. black ash
trees.
n The gray grimncss OF the house was
q quickly relieved by the enlivcning pres
II cnce OF Mrs. Hawthorne. TWO paintings
OF Lake Como and serene-featured Ma
donna by aphacl replaced the worn and
tlscolored Puritan ministers whose pic
4 lures were found hanging on the study,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-03

Bryant wished. the bands played It and r'
the boys whistled It. The South took IT
up right away. I believe that the 4, song ;rl.
prolonged the civil war. giving insplra--
ton to the Confederates when every
thing seemed to be against them ana
ncrving them to the ordeals which inc!
endured. a 1t was frequently played ny
order Of the commanding officers before
battles, on the march and IN amp.
The Original Words.
All that Emmett eyer realized from
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-03

pervades the whole atmosphere, It Is a
noticeable fact that OF all places on earth
where restraint is thrown aside. and
where the rich and the less fortunate
mIngle freely and llnreservedly together,
II is at these Springs.
Many years ago, along In the Fift'es..
these Springs We're owned and operated
rs an old gentleman named David Shil-
ton, who with INSTANTLY resided at the
Springs. Mr.. Shilton kept tile hotel in
4 rather primitive style. btit the faro
was nevertheless excellent. The Springs
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-03

5.sDixie' was 500 paid to him for the COPY
right. The song becaem at once popu--
lar and many laid claims to IT, Rival
verses were written, many Of which
were cxtant and are still used. Inc
original song, however went to these
words:
Il wisrI was in de land oh cotton; old
times dar are not forgotten:
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-03

Look away, look away, look away
Dixie land! VI .
III Dixie land whnr 1 was born in, early
on one frosty mornin';i
Look away, look away look way,
Dixie land! 81 S5
Chorus
Den wish was. IN Dixie, foorayl hoo hoo
ray! ya * Z, &.
In sDixie land I'll took my stand, to lib
and die In Dixie.
Ayay,1a way, way down South In Dixie!
Away, wa y, a way down Sout In DINE!
Ole mssus marry ''yyill-de-wea Der" j.
Syvillum was a gay decea % PEI e ~
@s Look away look IN away, look away
Dixie land !!
But when he put his arm around her,
he smiled as fierce MS MS :3 q. Il to E'lIs'
Look away, look away. look away,
Dixie land!
His face was sharp as a butchers cle lea q
s4 err. but dat did not seem EN- 70 gre cap
Look away. look away, look away,
c1e missus acted do foolish part and
IA died for q man dat broke her hea =;
Look away, s look away, look W WI
Dixie land!
Nov here's health to de next ole n1issu4s
an all dc gals, dat want TO KISS u.s.
Look away, look away, look away,
Dixie land!
Butlif YOU want to drive way sorroi
E 7l,, come and hear dis song to-morro8'
Look away, b look away, look away way
l5 Dixie land! s
Oars buckwheat cakes an lnjun pat
4 ter, makes you fat or a little fatter;
LOOK away, look away look away away,
Dixie land! i3
Den hoe II down an scratch your sra D.
bel to Dixle's land I'm bound TO
trnbbel; y &. "a.
Dixie land!
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-03

walls OF the manse when the Hawthornes
took possession. Long walks beside the.
river banks. skating in winter and pleas
ant work in summer; among the flow
crs fruit trees and vegetables that grew
I'm the old garden at the back Of the
dwelling rendered life within the Old
Aransc which stands as the original OF
THE House Of the Seven Gables" very
tranquil and happy--a prolonged honey.
moon Hawthorne called 1t.
Moses from an Old Manse" empha-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-03

We're well patronized In summer, and oc-
casionally some guest would complain
40 MI. Shelton that the fare was too
y plain. In answer 10 the complaint MIR
Shilton would say: "Oh do not charge
sou for what you cat, that is thrown In.
i charge you for the water you drink
The old gentleman thought the water
worth all hef charged for board. and SO
1T was worth many times the price Of
the board to many who drank it. Since
getting here have been told that such
is the demand tor the water from Spring
No. . (the llthla water) that every drop
OF the water not consumed Mt the hotel
Is bottled and shipped, and # that the
bottlinS department Is now six weeks
behind in filling orders. When 1t Is cal
cnlated that the Spring runs one gallon
every minute in the day., some idea Is
formed OF the immensely OF the business
SoIfshippng water from the Springs. a
S8C Col Thos. i. Goode, the owner. will not
bottle one drop OF the water on Sunday.
lie gives the water on that day to any
citizen Of Mecklenburg who will send to
the Springs for 1t. This is a privilege
he extends only to the A1ecklenburg peo-
pie.
Some very remarkable cures have been
objected by the use Of these waters In
cases Of rheumatism. govt. dyspepsia,
X dncy and bladder troubles and many
other diseases.
b Among the prominent guest here is the
veteran cheroot manufacturer, p. Whit
lock. of Richmond. and also ]. II. Hack
burn, Norfolk: ]. r. Croswell, Bishop
willie, S. c.; Mrs. Jno. r. Wright and
Miss Linda Wright OF Churchland. Va;
U.s.. Brown. Oxford. N, c.; Henry g.
Roper Petersburg; j, S. Jopling, VIM
ston- Salem, N. c.; pr. g, S.sDevaney.
Lawrencevillc, Va; Bartlett Roper. Pet-
ersburg; w. p. Meade, Danvllle; J. Dale
Dllworth, Salem, n. j.; w. II, Win
stead, Goldsboro. and others.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-03
FOURTH OF JULY ss8
ALIRATES VIA c.& o.SIo .s
MOUNTAIN AND SEASIDE RESORTS,

MOUNTAIN AND SEASIDE RESORTS
on July Cd. Sd and attn the Ches "a
reake and Ohio will sell round trip tick
cts between ali stations at reduced rates.
tickets limited for return passage to july
9Th. Tickets issued to the seashore az az
rates indicated below will bear final
limit Of July 8th: Richmond to Norrolk
and return, $3.50; Richmond to Old Point
and return. $780,; Richmond to virginia
Beach and return, s3.75.
Use the c.. s. o. fast trains leaysns
Richmond 900 A. A. and = +. NJ.
Two hours to Old Point and two hours
and Twenty-Five minutes to Norfolk.
Popular 500 excursion to Old Point.
Ocean View and Norfolk July Sd and
also July 4th.
Tickets also sold for Excursion trains
Of sunday. July Sd. good returning on
excursion trains of July 4th, at Sc round
trip. M
SUMNER EXCURSION RATES, H., r. q
p n, 5R,-SEASoN 1904. III &S
Effective June lst the r., #. & F. r.
r. will sell reduced rate summer excur-
sion tickets to all principal northern.
eastern and Canadian summer tourist
May, Niagara Falls. Saratoga Springs,
clifton Springs, Newport. Quebec, Mon
real resorts IN the Adrirondaeks and 3
White Mountains, etc, also to Virginia
summer tourist points feached VIA WASH
ington and Southern Railway. Ttekesa
on sale daily until September soth. in
elusive, good returning until October u.
1904; liberal stop-oYer privileges, e
For further information. apply 10
Agents r.. II. s. p, II. r., or
w, p. TAYLOR. Traffic Manager.
3. ". p, U. ERNATI oNALl coNVEN-
5TioN, DETROIT, MICH
Reduced Rates Via R.,F, g. r. n. n,
Fare $3.50 round trip from Richmond.
via Washington and p. r. II. or 3. q O.
r. r.: tickets on sale July 9Th. 9Th and
7th, final limit leaving Detroit July 18th.
Extension of limit to August 18th will
be granted by deposit of tickets at De-
troit and on payment OF fee OF 90 cents,
For schedule. information and through
tickets, apply 70 ticket agents r.. F,&
r. r. r.
SUNDAY EXCURSIONS
ATLANTIC COAST LINZ
RoUND IOc. TRIP.
Good going and returning on regular
trains, Commencing sunday May 18th.
\ 1a0k u
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-03
SPECIAL NOTICE.
C. & 0. Excursions.
3d...JULY-..4th
One Day, $Loo. Two Days, $500
TRAINS. TRAINS

Il Sunday. July Sd, trains leave Richmond
$50 and D A.. NJ. $500 round trip to Old;
Point. Buckroe, Ocean View. Norfo ok and!
Portsmouth; Cape Henry and Virginia
Beach $l.255 s 81 q sil INK 81 &
July 4th three trains, s, $50 and o "A, AZ
i $500 round trip to Old Point, Buckroe,s
Ocean View and Norfolk. * Vi 3s$$5 4 FIX
Tickets also sold on outing trains Sum
day, July Sd, good returning Monday
July 4th. $500 round trip. 5s gSs5, II $E
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-03

lures from an outside world. In exterior
roundings are pre-eminently4 natural.
That the busy American world finds
time amid the. blare OF guns and the fz-
zing OF fireworks with which the Fourth
OF July goes OF to lay it's memorial trt-
butte atSthe feet OF Hawthorne Is a thing
which must reach his consciousness and
gladden. his heart, even In that outer
world OF which since 1854 he has been a
3denizen. HI N rs
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-03
THE BUFFALO LITHIA.
Great Demand for the Water
and Every Drop Utilized

Special to The Times pispatch9
BUFFALO L1TFIIA SPRINGS, VA.
july 2.The company here is a most
agreeable one. II being somewhat carly
I'm the season, the crowd is not very
large. yet the visitors are soclable, anu
y spirit OF good fellowship and Kindness
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-05-18
MARRIAGE VOWS SPOKEN
Miss Elsie Hillmer and Adolph' Nellie
United at Minona.

In it's issue of last Wednesday the
Winona Republican and Herald con-
tanned the following account of the
marriage of Miss Elsie G. Hillmer
and Adolph Nellie:
This morning at 1870 o'clock at the
residence of DR.. and Mrs. J. J. Hill
mer at 203 East King street the we'd
ding of their daughter, Miss Elsie c..
Hillmer, to Adolph Nellie of New Ulm,
took place. The ceremony was per-
formed in the presence of the immedi-
ate family relatives on both sides and
a few invited friends. The rooms had
been hastily decorated for the cere-
mony, a profusion of asparagus fern
being used with palms and cut flowers.
The place of ceremony was fixed in the
front parlor in front of a bank OF
palms, and here at the appointed hour
the couple took their stand, while the
marriage service was performed by
Rev. DR.. j. J Hillmer, father of the
| bride.
| Immediately following a wedding
| breakfast was served. The decora-
tions at the bridal table were most eff
fective, including a mound of bridal
roses in the center of the table and two
smaller similar mounds on either side.
In the brief interval afforded the cou-
pie were the recipients of numerous
congratulations. They left on the noon
train for the north on the Milwaukee
& ST. Paul road for wedding trip,
after which they will be at home to
their friends at New Ulm.
The bride has a wide circle of friends
in Winona. She attended the public
schools here and afterwards graduated
from Bishop Whipple's school for
young ladies at Faribault. The groom
is prominent young man of New
Ulm, who is making a success of the
real estate business in that city.
The couple were the recipients OF
numerous presents.
Those present from out of the city
at the wedding included Mr.. and
Mrs. N. Henningsen, Miss Mathi]da
Nellie, a sister of the groom, Mrs.
H. N. Somsen, Miss Daisy Richard
son and Henry Kaschau, all from New
Ulm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Meile reached home
Friday evening and will shortly go te
housekeeping in the Steinhauser dwell
ing on North Broadway.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-05-18
To Recover on Bond.

Attorney Einar Hoidale went to ST.
j James Friday to assist Attorney j.
W. Seager Of that city, in trying a
suit brought by the Nelson and Albin
Creamery company against Mrs. NJ.
K. Armstrong, wife of the bankrupt
ST. James banker. The action was
tried before Judge Cray in chambers
and the plaintiff introduced evidence
to show that when the Armstrong bank
failed it lost a sum amounting to
So, 620.14. In 1894, however, the cream
cry company had caused the bank to
execute a bond Of $4,000 which was
signed by Mrs. Armstrong and several
others, and the suit was brought to
recover it's face. Judge Cray took the
case under advisement