The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-05-14

las She swelf known for her talent
Throughout the country. having ssiye1.
trecitals at various places and Rises-
willie as wen as elsewhere is proud TO!
have the honor of her presence Mss
Smith is student OF the State Nor
mai at F,airmont.
L On the time honored banjo, of which
Dr. Hart is performer OF more tha a.
ordinary ability. his banjo playing and
i Representations are true to the South
lern darby. The DR. IS well and favor
ably known here and has many friends
in this section
The burIesque Of DR.. Skinner, i'm
personated by DR.. w 2. Leech. whose
monoIoSue was wen rendered and
highly commented upon. followed by
duets by DR.. Hart and James Thorn,
put new life in the audience and fol
lowed by the following capped the cli-
max.
! The Holy Bible speaks Of entertain
ing strangers. and the fact was fully
Not exactly by angels unawares, asi
| it speaks Of, but the subject of tbs
item carries out the theory to the let
ter to those who read the Bible and
there We're great many Of that cal
iber present. AS we said sickness
caused the absence of some Of the
performers and while the regret OF
the vacancy IN the programme was be-
| ing pondered over, Larney Norris OF
Stafford, or New Central Mines. ask
ed the privilege to introduce gentle
man from the above place, stating that
he thought his friend could act an ap-
propriate part. The managers gladly
granted Mr.. Morris the privilege and
his friend was then Electrically intro
duced by DR.. Hart of the Modern Med
icine Company, as George Rhodes, OIL
Stafford. The acrobatic Mr. Rhodes
mounted the stage. not with angelic
wings nor tight pants nor light shades.
but in his every day apparel and to
the surprise. amusement and salts
faction OF over three hundred people
assisted by the well known old fiddler.
John Thorn. gave us some ideas on
clog dancing, black face. buck dane.
ing and general snapshot pro-
gramme of his own which has never
been excelIed in this country before
under the same circumstances which
we're difficult
The last performance was the spar
ring match between DR.. w F. Leech,
Of Rivesville. and Montford Fluharty,
a student at the State Normal at Fair
mont. formerly of the State university
at Morsantown- Mr.. Fluharty is only
nineteen years old but stands six feet
strong and weights about Us pounds.
/ DR.. Leech is about twenty-six years
old and weighs about 160 pounds in
sparring time and five feet eleven
inches in height.
/ Both men have been training 70,
some time and We're in excellent trim
for the occasion which was long look.
ed for with interest by their friends
and admirers of which they both have
many
| The stage and ring We're shaped to
the dot and the contest was to come
of with everything pertaining to
Queensberry rules, with DIR. Hart as
referee. VIM. Clayton. time keeper.
Mr. Clayton was seconded by Henry
Whetzel MI. Leech was seconded by
Custer Satterfeld.
Time called. both men advanced TO
center of ring smiling and both look
ing confident, and after shaking hands
the contest began at 10:47 P. NJ sharp.
| Leech forced the bout by landing
a right hook to Fluharty.s neck Flu
|harty counted by landing a straight
left to Leech's chest and swinging
right to same spot which was neatly
side stepped by sLeech- Leech then
landed two left jabs to Fluharty's face
but the same was returned by a hard
right to Leech's jaw which ftoored
him and caused him to take the count
lof nine
Leech arose smiling and caught Fii''
harty a hart left to forehead and then
endeavored to scientifically clinch but
was not successful as F1uharty caught
him a hard straight left to point of
jaw which put him down and he was
unable to arise at the count of ten and
the long looked for contest was ended
at exactly 10:49 P. NJ
4 The programme was slated for a