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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
NEWS OF GREENyILLE.
Entertainment Given by the Epworth
 League.


 Greenville. July a0.--(SpeciaL)-- )--An entertainment was given at the par sonage last evening by the Epworth League.
 It was one of the pleasant social meetings of the League. which are held, at intervals. A short program was enjoyed as soon as the guests arr rived. as follows; Piano solo, Miss Eleanor Herlong;l vocal solo, J. P. Chappell: vocal guartette. Misses Effie Pilley and Pearl Dunklin, J. D. Chap peil and Frank Herlong: reading. Mrs. ". ]. Zealand; g spelling, contest. Tn the last the sides soon spelled down. leaving w. Lewis Perdus the last standing. to whom was awarded the blue back speller from which the les son was given out.
 4 watermelon cutting on the long side veranda closed the evenings pleasure.
 Hon. D. Nj. Powell is enjoying much needed rest at Hendersonville. N. C.
 Rev. L. H. S. chappell and J. A. Mc- Gehee are attending the Union SpAfngs pistyiox conference, now in session at Andalusia.
 r Hen. F., B. Pulley Is spending a few days at Birmingham.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31

teeth chattered in his head, screamed. What mek you tell Miss Matilda dat I am yer fathers old riding horse?'
 Me. Bredda Tocooma! Me tell her dat! Me nebber tell Miss Matilda such a thing. Lar. what a woman to tell you such things about me: lar. me mas- ser'"
 Well, said Tocooma, she says you told her so So you just get out of bed and come along with me-"
 oh! Bredda Tocooma. me can't do dat; can't you see me too sick to move an me face all swell up; me would die on dc road dere."
 You certainly will die If you stay here" said Tocooma, for will kill you"
 Anancy was now thorouhgiy fright ened and lay moaning on hs bed. Sud-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
neWS of tbe Staqe

The season of 1so4-19o5 will be a busy one for Henry w. Savage as he will have eleven travelling theatrical companies in addition to the Shaftes- bury Theatre London, England. the Garden Theatre. New York and the Studebaker in Chicago.
 The first new production this suc- cessful manager will make will be George Ade's newest comedy The Col lege Widow" VI satire. without music, on modern college life. This will be produced at the Garden Theatre, New York, September 5th.
 MT Savage's fine production of Par sifal" in English will be offered to the public for the first time fin Boston, De- tober l7th. Wagner's great masterpiece will be given in English exactly as at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York. where 1t was sung in German.
 The first company to open the sea son will be The Yankee Consul" the Blossom Robyn opera, in which Ray mond Hitchcock Is starring. This piece ran for nineteen weeks at the Broadway Theatre. New York; last sea- son. and will open in Chicago at the Stduebaker Theatre. August Sth.
 MT. Savage's famous English Grand Opera Company will go to the Pacific coast this season and will open the sea son early in October in Brooklyn. It will visit Montgomery in January.
 Two new productions will be sent to New York at an early date. They are "woodland," the Pixley and Luders' forest fantasy now m It's fourth month at the Fremont Theatre. Boston. and "The Sho Gun," the Korean comic op- era by George Ade and Gustav Luders. Charles F., Evans mas been engaged to play the leading role in "The Sho Gun" and Harry 3ulger is now play ing the principal comedy part in woodland"
 The Sultan of Sulu" and Peggy from Paris" will both start the sea son in August in Brooklyn.
 There will be two Prince of Pill sen" companies. One now playing at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London, where 1t will remain indefinitely; the other will tour the United States op- eninE in Brooklyn early in September.
 waliackis Theatre. New York, where the County Chairman" George Ade' g quaint comedy played last season from November 24th to June 9th without in terruption, will be re-opened Septem- Der 1st with the same attraction. There will be no change in this famous cast. The Western County Chair man" company will be headed by Theo- dore Roberts. who will play the title role. and George Thatcher, the veteran 1 minstrel, who will play the role of Sassafras Livingston.
 Mir. Savage will make several new productions during this coming season the titles of which have not yet been made public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31

ienly thought flashed through his cunning brain, and he had to stifle laugh as he said faintly:--"Well, Bred da Tocooma, if mus I mus. but as for | walking dere. me no tink dat possi- ble."
 ''Then I must carry you" said To- cooma. immediately falling into the trap. With many groans Anancy climbed upon Tocooma's back, and the queer pair started down the road.
 Now" said Anancy to himself. If me can only mex Tocooma look. like a ole horse. den Anancy. me boy, you'll hab ebery ting your own way"
 As rocooma struggled along under his burden. Anancy began slipping about on his back. until Tocooma bade hi into keep quiet or he would fall off.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
Death Bed Wedding.

One marriage that I performed taught me more clearly than anything ever knew what 1t means to wo- man to bear the name of the man she loves" said a priest attached to St. Pstrick's Cathedral Aomng the pa- rishioners was a pair I was greatly at tached to. The young man was a handsome dashing boy and when the war with Spain was over he went to the Philippines to serve in the army there. His sweet heart was to have married him before he left. but she fell desperately i'll and the wedding was postponed until his return. Neither fancy. had any idea of what that might mean. She grew worse and her mala- d. developed into consumption. The disease became rapid and wasting Time after time her family and her physician thought she could not sur vive another day.
 "I shall not die before he comes back she insisted. T could not die un- less I were his wife
 That almost frenzied decision was the only spark of vitality left in her frail body. I tried to get her to think of the hereafter, hsIt she would put me aside with the cry to have him come home. He did come, but after a wear and a half. She begged me to marry them.
 "I cannot die until we are married l she pleaded. His name must be on my tombstone. Please do 1t. I have walt ed so long
 Her lover was only too willing, and he overcome my objections. married them. She was lying in bed with the pallor of death already on Der ema- ciated face. As I pronounced them man and wife she sank back with a faint EasD of ioy She whisDered.-
 "'Thank God have lived to see this day and hear myself called his wife This was the end, and when I saw the wonderful smile on her thin. wais- ed face could hardly regret what I had done"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31

Shakespeare and the other great dramatic classics as his theme.
 Denman Thompson's revival of 'The Old Homestead" at the New York Theatre. September 9th. will be made on a very elaborate scale, with seen ic magnfficence never before attempted fin a play of this class. This revival Thompson's thirteenth consecutive sea- son on the stage.
 Trixie Friganza, who has been play ing the Widow in the London Prince of Pilsen" company. has returned to America She hastened to Cincinnati where her mother Is very ill Miss Friganza was succeeded in London by Sophia Brandt.
 George Ade has retired in seclusion to his farm In Indiana to complete a comedy satirizing college life. The College Widow" which Henry w. Savage will produce at the Garden Theatre. New York; early in septem- Der.
 Charles B. Deilingham. the New York manager writes The Advertiser that he has already arranged for the appearance at the Montgomery Theatre this fall of Frank Daniels in ''The of- flee Boy" and Maxine Elliott in Her Own Way"
 Work of remodelling Mcnpnalds Theatre Is to begin soon. The house is to be opened September IS as the Bijou Theatre under the management of Jake Wells.
 The new musical comedy. Bird Centre" the new production, to be launched by Hamiin. Mitchell & Fields. abounds in quaint characters that have no prototypes in bVcolic drama. One. of them, a c. A. R. veteran of irrepres- sible loquaeity, will provide George Richards with character that promi- ses to be a genuine stage creation.
 Ruth Halbert. who succeeded Jose- phine Cohan as Mrs. Dickie Dickson in '"The Governors Son" company. last season. has signed a three years eon- tract with Melville B. Raymond and will be placed with The Man from China" this coming season. q The incidental music of ''SalammboS In which Frederick warde and Kathryn Kidder arc to star the coming season will be in keeping with It's scenic spien- dor. It was specially composed by Henry K. Hadley. whose beautiful symZ phonies are so popular with the most famous ts,IaOus orchsStras of America and |$t
 Mss Bertha Galland. who is now at Nantucket, wiu close her cottage there the first. week in August, in order to make flying trip abroad
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
Hall cnine.s New PIny.

George C. Tyler has signed con tract with Hall Caine for the Ameri- can rights of his new play, The Prod iraI Son" which is. of course, an adap- tation of the Manx authors new story hearing that title. the first chapters of which are just now appearing in ser iaI form in magazine. The story will be published in book form about Now ember 1st.
 Letters received at the office of Lie- bier and Go. from the ablest of the re- viewers connected with the London publishing house, declare The Prod igal Son" to be, in many ways. the most remarkable and the most intense ly fascinating the distinguished author has ever attempted, and the opportu- mites for dramatic situations, situa- tions which appeal to the intellect as well as to the emotions, are more or less constant, and in the hands of the Manx wizard these prove valuable aids to the formation of a most powerful
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
ODD UeDDTn6S

ted to be married on the 18th day of the month because Ia Is my lucky number. We've been waiting fer the 18th of each Sionth, hopin' to git mar ried on Friday the 18th of any month 1t would come on. Well. to-day is Fri day, the 18th. so we thought we would try to git you because you was the only preacher on Thirteenth street. That's how it was. Aw, it's up to you, Doc. all right.
 Who could resist such an argument as that7 No matter how free from su- perstition man may he, the novelty of such a plea VIC ' d convince him. So married them. After the ceremony the bridegroom took out of huge roll of bills and bcliowed
 Now. Doc, what's the racketr
 T knew what he meant, but I didn't want to let him know I was 30 con- versant with slang. So replied:
 "I did not quite catch your mean what you mean
 "'Aw. what's the toll? You know what I mean we'll enough. old boy he answered.
 Well I replied. If you wish Co know what the fee N I must tell you there Is none. That rests with you. Some persons I have married gave me sio, some $25, some $50 and a few lesio0. but not many the last named sum.
 I'll go you a little better he said. handing me bill all crumpled up If that don't fix the business drop me a line and I'll send you its twin After they left I unfoIded the bill and found 1t be sS00-the quickest. sas siest money I ever made. It was d strange coincidence. but 1t occurred to me that afternoon that I had been an ordained minister just thirteen years to day"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31

The United States is not the only country to make war on. quacks andj Quack medicipes. The German. police have begun q systemactic campaign, against. thsm. They estimate that in ten years the population has increased b8 per cent. regular medical men Te per cent and quacixs i.5sY NpeR cent
 There are more women Quacks than men.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31

play. As the plot reveals itself in the serial publication these facts will be- come manifest to the reader, while the final outcome is a conclusion which no one would think of predicting.
 Notwithstanding the mystery and sensational incidents with which both story and play abound. there is a high moral tone and a literary excellence environing them that will appeal mar velously to lovers of the better class of fiction. and we predict make the story the sensation of the year. Mr. Tyler has not yet stated his inten- tions regarding the new play, but a production along about the holidays may be expected.
 A New York stock.
 New York is to have a permanent stock company. The Klaw and Err langer Comedy Company. which has made such a remarkable success in "A little of Everything" at the Aerial Theatre and Gardens over the New Amsterdam Theatre is to be made a permanent New York institution.
 At the conclusion Of its present sum- mer season at the Aerial Theatre. this company will make 2 short tour in "A Little of Everything" to fulfili the contracts which have been entered in- to by the Klaw and Erlanger with var ious theatres. After these contracts have been filled. Klaw and Erlanger propose to make a permanent stock or ganization of this company to play the entrire year round between the new Liberty Theatre and the Aerial Thea- tre and Gardens.
 This company and its object will be unique, in that 1t is to be New York company of New Workers for New Workers It will not be sent en tour at all and can only be seen in New York, Miss Fay Tempeton will. or course. be the principal female mem- Der of the organization and there will be half q dozen noted comedians. Pet CT r. Daily, Joseph Coyne and Lee Harrison have already been engaged.
 The organization, in It's entirety. Will be very large oneAand the plays pre- sented will possess a distinetive char acter. While mainly musical, they will possess consistent stories written for the special purpose of fitting the in- dividualities of the leading members of the organization. Ten song writ CTS and librettists have already been re. tained by Klaw and Erlanger to fur nish material for this clever eompa. ny.
 The Rogers Brothers will dedicate the new Liberty Theatre the first week in october, and after they com plete their return the Comedy Com- pany will follow, playing the road in interim between the close at the Ae- rial Theatre and its opening at the Tihertv Theatre.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
Wholesale Rate.


 old World thrift ereeps out even in the marriage ceremony" said a priest who has officiated at many wedding at Ellis Island. When immigrants come here they expect to save and they are capable of driving many q sharp bargain. One day before a big liner got in I was approached by four young men who told me they had been in this country for two years. They expected their sweethearts on the steamer that was then coming up the bay.
 We all came down to get married. said the spokesman for the quartet. We are friends and we sent for our sweethearts together. We want you to marry us, and wish to know if you won't marry us cheaper because there arc four of us
 "'The idea of club rates in marriage fees struck me as being rather novel Our church Is not much of stickler for fees and we often marry couples who are poor without chargin0 any thing. However. I deemed it best not to remit the while charge.
 Ordinarily I charge s2 a couple I said But since you want the cere- mony performed as cheaply as possible
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
I,uClky Thirfen.

T once officiated at a hoodoo mar riage," said minister in charge of a downtown congregation. One even tng 1 was summoned into the reception room of my home and l was confront ed by a man who had the designation of sporty written all over him, from the top of his shining hat to the tips of his patent feathers and white spats. With him was much bediamonded blond person, of the vaudeville type. Twirling his cane between the fingers of one hand, he pushed his hat to an angle of forty-five degrees on the back of his head and tipping forward on his toes he began:
 "'Doc, we want to git married"
 T did not relish his familiarity, and In cold icy tones asked him why he selected me.
 Without the slightest warning he gave me resounding slap on the shoulder that almost upset me.
 "Aw, come on, Doc he bawled cheerfully, help feller out. This git tin married ain't no dead easy snap Can't you fix it up quick an make Il as slick IS when you pump fellei about his religious scruples? I ain't nc saint-don't belong to no church, ain't got no pew in any Jew synagogue oI Science theaters. I'd a dern sight rather be married in the court house only fer one reason. an this is it-rvt got notion in my head that I wan.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
Married the Convict.


 "One Sunday I was preaching at the Tombs," said a captain in the Salvation Army. "A sweet faced little gird who belonged to the army came with me to play the chapel organ. Among the prisoners was young man of about 22. who paid very close attention to what I said. He came up to me after the service was over and seemed thoroughly ashamed of the life he had been leading and especially of his posi- tion as a convict. His crime was as- sault. with intent to kill and he plead ed guilty. As shook hands with him before leaving he spoke up.
 1T want to speak to you a moment, he said.
 T asked him to tell me what he had to say in as few words as possible, and he told me the story of his trouble briefly.
 "T ain't saying I didn't do it, he con cluded. was as drunk as a fool. and it's a wonder I didn't kill him even If he was twice my size.'
 Our little sister seemed much inter- ested in him and asked him many ques- .!ons. His face lighted us as he am swered, and I felt then and there that that pair had taken a deep interest in one another. He went to Sing Sing, but she wrote to him and once or twice went to see him. He served his term, which was frightened by good behavior, and when he came back to the city he sought me and asked me to aid him in getting work. But it was the little sister who got him his first job. that of tanitor in an office building down on lower Broadway. Within two years he had saved enough to start small grocery In Harlem. But he always found time to come to the meetings of the Salvation Army. One night he and the little sister came up to me after the close of the service and asked me to marry them. I did so, and while it was a simple ceremony I want to tell youf was the end of one of the pret- tiest romances in the history of our organization. That Title household is now one of the happiest in all New York "
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
GRAND JURY WILL INVESTIGATE.
Subpoenas for Men Implicated in
 Shooting on the Pike.

Shooting on the Pike.
 St. Louis, July 30.-The Grand Jury issued subpoenas for John Murray, Frank Reed and Ernest Morgan to ap- pear before Assistant District Attor- ney Hancock. The three men were the principals in the shooting affray on the Pike several weeks ago, in which Morgan, a bystander. was dan gerously wounded by Zach Mulhall, a we'll known cattleman of the south west.
 The issuance of the subpoenas indi- cates that the Grand Jury intends to investigate the affair.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31

I will save you some of the expense. I will do 1t for only si apiece, which makes s4 in all
 That was entirely satisfactory to them. When the steamer came up to the pier and the girls came ashore and passed the required examination per formed the ceremony. We borrowed the wedding ring of the matrcn and even avoided that expense. It was certainly bargain In marriages"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
Loses His Fee.

most exciting, wedding at which l ever
 officiated-or intended to officiate--
 failed to occur" said a chaplain in the
 United States navy The ship to which
 I was attached at the time was then
 of Marncaibo. In that fever infested
 town was wealthy Venezuelan with
 a beautiful daughter. The girl VAS in
 love with a handsome spaniard. who. judging from what was told of him. was about es dissipated a rake as the land Of manana ever produced.
 The father was unalterably oppos-
 ed to this romance. and wanted his
 daughter to wed a young American
 who was attached to the office of the American consul The American was
 willing to marry the girl. Perhaps it
 was as much owing to the old Vene-
 Euelan's dollars as anything else. He
 had been promised a partnership in the
 biggest business in mild coffee that there was in Venezuela. But the girl
 was equally firm. She would have her Spaniard or no one.
 "I knew something of the case. Ger tainly I had listened to all it's phases even the tears and cntreates of the
 girl. The old man asked me if I would
 marry his daughter to the American and I consented. The girl hysterically informed me that I never should, Well, the night of the wedding ar rived. The guests were gathering and 1t was about time for the ceremony.
 Houses in Maracaibo are open-about as they are fin Japan. There came a tap on the open easement and a low call to the girl I saw her start to the window and beyond her I caught 1 a glimpse of the sinister face of the Spaniard. The girls father followed her and tried to draw her away. There
 was struggle and then three shots
 rang out. The father fell first, Then
 the girl sank to the floor, shot through the heart. The murderer then killed himself. So we had funerals instead of weddings"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
Their Children Attend.

When I was traveling in the South two years ago, stopped for few days at Raleigh, N, c." said the pastor of a Methodist Church in Harlem, At the hotel where ] was staying was typi- cal old darkey who waited on me, shuffiing his feet in an embarrassed way. began:
 Boss. is yo' a preacherT
 "T am.' I replied.
 "'Mefidis?
 "'Yes, sam
 "Ah really would be proud toe hab yo' marry Lise an me. sah. We wants toe git married de wus' way. To all Is white. sah, an yo' is gwine away soon an yo' won hab no trouble wifi de hoodoo doctah.'
 "'A whatT I asked.
 "'De hoodoo doctah. Yo' see hits disserway: Like an me done gor 'iigion an we boun' to lib like white folks, an An done tof her to let dat hoodoo doctah lone. But dat man he done tol' her she got toe come see him six times an den he would low her toe git married by his frien'. But An tor her An doan want no spell put on me. am An doan want no preacher whut sociates wifi no hoodoo doctah. cos dey mus be sumfin wrong wifi dat mans 'ligion, sho's you bawn. So eff yo'll be so kind please to marry us soon's you all am troo wifi yo dinnah.'
 Have you your witnesses readyT asked.
 "rYessah. We got all de chilluns an de oldes' is tall as me. he replied.
 T married them, much to their sat- isfaction, and also to the amusement of the patrons of the hotel who wit messed the ceremony. As they moved of to their home. followed by their sew en children. I heard old Sam gleefully chuckle to Lize:
 ".An' now let dat hoodoo doctah try to git, some mo ob yo' money. His spell am sho' done broker"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
Some Plan. for Next Season.

Josephine Conan, formerIy of The Four Cohans," will play the leading fe- male part in "rhe Rogers Brothers in Paris" the coming season. Miss Co., han is a clever comedienne and an exceptionally artistic dancer.