The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05
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The Glorious Fourth Celebrated In )uT Midst With Loud Acclaim -Sonas Accidents. but No Fatal Fatal ltlss-ExcTuclatIn PaTtIcu- {
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We'll the Fourth of July is over and
 nobody killed. for which let us be de-
 votely thankful It was bad enough but
 1t might of been worse.
 The day wus ushered in by a salute fired from the public square at ( a. m. by old Dad Henderson who is a veteren
 of the civil war and also claims to
 have fought tn the Revolutionary War but nobody believes it. Over three weeks ago Dad cleaned up his old musset pre- paratory to firing off this salute, and loaded it with powder and wads. Being as Dad is old and forgetful 1t is conser- vatively calkilated that he has since then put Into that old musket as many as four more loads. When Dad shot oT the musket at daybrealx it woke up every body in Bfngville, and fairly made the winders rattle. Our most respected cit- tzens rushed from there homes into the streets-some with their clothes on and some not-inquiring what wus the mat ter. When the gun went off it bust and Dad was kicked half way cross the square where he wus rescued by tender hands, carried home and put to bed Some two hours later he come to and desired to know where he was at It is almost miraculous that Dad wasn't killed, and he says very emfaticaly that the next time anybody wishes a Fourth of July salute shot off on the square in Bing- vile they can do it thereselves.
 At 10 o'clock the Bingvtlle horn band assembled in the public square and played several patriotic airs with great Eclaw. Nothing marred the sweet spraina of musfck except wben Sid Miller hit the base drum too hard and bust a hole in 1t. The band then formed in line and marched to the town hall followed by the entire populashun of Bingville in- cluding men. women. children and dogs Assembling in the town hall, Cy Hos ktns called the meeting Co order and introduced Jed Peters our Intelligent school teacher as the orator of the day. Jed has been working on his speech for several weeks praetieing on it until he could get it by heart. as you might say. It was 8 beautiful speech as far as it went. The opening words was grand. and them present listened with breathless interest. After Jed had spoxe for few minutes however. he stopt sudden and began to hem and haw and cough and sputter and get rcd in the face. and perspire. ring out his coat tails and search his pockets. Finally he announced that his memory had failed him. and that to make matters worse he had went and left his speech up stairs. and would somebody for good ness sake go and get 1t for him. Cy t1oShinS ho sent tlItte I0fnmy Barker on the run for the speech, while the audience set back and waited for his return. But Tommy didn't return be- cause he met some other boys who was goin in swimmin in Snake Creek and he went with eEn.
 Finally the audience got impatient and begun to leave the hall. whereupon Jed retired from the platform and went home in discust. Otherwise the occashun was a grand success.
 In the evening a supper was give in the basement of the Bingville church for which the insignihkant sum of twenty cents per head was charged, including beans. brown bread. pies, cakes, ice cream. doughnuts and other eatables to numerous to mention. Everybody eat hearty and then dispersed to their vari- ous homes conscious of day we'll spent
 At D. m. there wus some Ire works put off on the public square but they wasn't much of a success. being as the rockets which wus intended to 90 up in the air skated along the ground and scared most of them present nearly outen there wits. Several fingers WIS also burned by prenatured explosi This closed the days excizes which wss voted