The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-03
MINSTREL SHOW
 AT TALLADEGA
COMPANY L, ALABAMA NATIONAL
 GUARD, ENTERTAiNS WITH
 COMEDY, SONG AND BUR- LEsoUE-ELEcTRl BILLS.

Taladega, August 2.-(Special.) )-This summer Talladega has been a bit shy on amusements, nothing in the way of a regular resort being open except the Theatorum- Vaudette, so that the people welcomed with much pleasure the minstrel show offered by Company L of the Ala bama National Guard at the Elks' theatre last night.
 l Capt. Postelle Lewis worked with zeal to make it a success. The clever skits of the comedians in the first part were received with rounds of applause. The 1 boxing match was well pulled off. The l spectacular scene-"Deyils Gluch at l Frisco pleased the large audience. The songs were at least the best things of the evening, several of the "boys" possessing voices good enough for professionals Fol lowing is the programme
 Introduction of the premier comedians Hubbard, Stockdale Bruner, Davis, Gay, McLane, Burr and Simmons.
 Sparring match.
 "Devils Gluch at Frisco.'
 Act 1-Scene 1-Castle Dusond Scene 2- Street in Frisco. The hypnotic highway man.
 Act 2-The DuSond. Attacked and burned. The hand-to-hand battle.
 Between first part and first act camp life in California.
 The following songs were rendered:
 Charles Davis"-If You Want to Pick u Fuss With Me, Wait Until the sunshine"
 Levert Stockdale-"A Little Bit More.
 Jim Puckett-'Do You Ever Sit and i Dream?'
 Okey Bruner-" Farewell i Frank Hubbard-"A Friend of Mine Told 1 a Friend of Mine"
 l Bledsoe Davis-''The Stars, Stripes and You"
 Mr. Glover-"Love Me and the World is Mine"
 Recently the Electric Light company i has placed meters in every house using the lights This morning those who re- ceived bills on yesterday are going about wd-eyed in quest of some fellow who will learn them how to read an electric 1 meter The citizen who ran fan during July and sweetly snored the dreamy hours away to the buzzing of the electric fan has discovered that August is likely to be a cool, breezy month in which lie won't need an electric fan. | The sidewalk paving has about ceased Talladega has continued paving sidewalks i with cement for more than year, and 1 has spent on this account $l7,O00, with l the result that a person can walk miles upon miles of dry. smooth pavements. All l the principal streets of the city now en- l joy cement pavements. It is difficult at i this season to keep the weeds from en- 1 croaching on the sidewalk line but the street force is doing it's best to keep 1 down the weeds.
 The Alabama News Co.'S new place in 1 the middle of the block on the east side has been furnished with a beautiful onyx soda fountain, modern furniture and easy chairs in addition-to it's new plate glass front.
 Very few of the people of the city are away at the springs this year, as is usual ly the custom during June, July and l August The cool breeZes and delightful nights that have prevailed here during the past three months has made each house. holder feel that he had a good thing at home without the necessity of hunting a cooler place further away at so much per.
 At last the succulent country. home raised watermelon has arrived in the city. The proud proprietor of a wagon load of home made melons sits enthroned on the | front of his wagon, the envy and despair of a crowd of gaunt lean, hungry school boys and dusky Senegambians with | watering mouths. A wagon load of coun- | try melons now attracts more attention | than a dog fight.