The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-27
ELKS' MINSTREL IS
GREATLY ENJOYED
House Packed at Annual Affair
in TaIIadega
GARDENS ARE NIPPED
Premature Preparation of Gardens is
Said to Precipitate Frosts or
Freezes In Taladega-Kine
Bid Is Discussed.
GARDENS ARE NIPPEL

Talladega, January 26.-(Special.) -One
of the seasons best offerings at the popu-
lar Elks playhouse last night was the
annual Elks' minstrel show. Rain began
falling at p. m, but this did not pre-
vent packed house. The curtain went
up to the usual fanfare of music dis
closing the conventional Horseshoe
with thirty men in full evening dress,
four end men in satin, six black faced
comedians in military costume. Hod.
Samuel c. Oliver occupied the center as
interlocutor Down in the orchestra
Misses Beach and Miller directed the
music. After the overture the end men
diseoursed nonsense rhymes, bringing in
some piquant local hits which were great
ly enjoyed by the audience. The singers
offered, Anchored" by M. A. Pledger;
Graft" by B. F. Gay; after They
Gather the Hay" by Howard Hubbard;
MY Merry Oldsmobile," by Claude SIM
mons; Song of the Sword" by George
Ryan of Birmingham; "Ene, Meme, Mine
Mo-" by Frank Hubbard; will You Love
Me in December as in May" by Ersklne
Mason; Everybody Have a Good Time"
by Lovert Stockdale.
Uncle Henry McCary, in black face,
evoked strains of old time melodies from
his violin, while four couples danced the
old-fashion cotillon in true plantation
style. The first part closed with the
That Old Horse Tale" by Levert Stock
dale, wherein the comedian empties tho
stake in an effort to work his tale on
each of the performers. Part second
opened with a laughable imitation of an
Irishman in Dutch dialect by Gilligan.
The next number was the exhibition of
the wonderful "Humaniphone," with Hon.
Borden Burr, acting as the representa-
tive of Thomas A. Edison, in exhibiting
the phenomenal capabilities of this world
famous instrument. Records were given
of the speech, words and expressions of
number of leading citizens to the great
enjoyment of everybody except the cltl.
zens who were supposed to be speaking.
This instrument was a clever imitation of
an immense photograph In the body of
which was concealed four capable mines,
Messrs Stockdale and three Hubbards,
who sang or spoke as prompted. Wy
Fegee Babe" by Messsrs Levert Stock
dale and III. Lee McLane, in costume,
was the finale of this part, a skit really
meritorious.
The evening closed with twenty minutes
of acrobatic work and hand balancing by
Messrs kissinger and Dewitt, who are
old favorites here, and who were round
ly applauded. The show will be repeated
in several nearby towns, and whoever
buys ticket will get far more than the
worth of his money.
Judge Pelham is occupying the bench
this morning, and holding circuit court,
but he looks pale and sick and It is evil
dent that he presides with an effort The
Louisville and Nashville damage case
Is In Its last stages. Borden Burr and
d. II. Riddle are making the closing ar
guments, the first mentioned for the rail-
road, the latter for the plaintiff, Mrs
Burdett.
The mercury took a sudden tumble from
Sc last night at midnight to 80 this moru-
ing at z. Yesterday morning while the
sun was shining and everything looking
sprink like, a lot of amateur gardeners
hired hands and went to work planting
spring greens, and preparing to crow over
their neighbors, at the earliness of their
lettuce and radishes; such conduct as this
nearly always precipitates a frost. or
a freeze in Talladega.
Much dissatisfaction Is expressed here
among officers and lawyers over this
feature of the King bill to regulate cal
aries of officials, in providing that the
salary shall equal amount of fees paid
into treasury-no fees, no salary, is tho
idea of the DILL. For instance there is mo
case on the chancery court docket of
this county, nor has there been one in
more than year. Under the King law
the register of this county will have no
fees to pay in, and therefore would have
TO serve without salary. The fee of the
circuit clerk for trying a case is so cents
and it sometimes takes a week to trv a
case, and the clerk is giving his time
swearing witnesses, etc, and at the end
of the time he would have but 50 cents to
pay in. on which to base his salary. The
King bill proceeds upon the mistaken
theory that fees are increasing, and will
Increase In each county; as a matter of
fact the records show that fees have
grown less in every agricultural county.
and have increased only in COUNT a.
where the cities are situated.