The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-07-24
FIDDLERS' CONVENTION.
A Large Crowd in Attendance and
Good Meeting Enjoyed.

berg county, which has been planned
and looked forward to for the past
several weeks, came off as scheduled
| last Wednesday. the 18th, the meet
| ings being held in the court house.
The Convention was organized by
the enrolment of the following mem
bers by acting secretary c. w. Rentz:
w. D. Sease, G. w. Jenny, A. NJ.
Loadholt, A. NJ. Kinard, W. ]. Kearse,
l.. A. Brabham, J. S. Breland, J. T.
Hightower, Capt. W. S. Bamberg,
Loyd Hightower, Gerald Kearse, J. S.
Breland, O. D. Faust, Herbert Folk,
H. ]. Mcmillan, Frank Kirkland, G.
w. Bessinger, j. A. Lain, R. j. High
tower, Earnest Ritter, w. W. Hair,
Geo. A. Copeland, F. o. Brabham, ].
D. Turner, w. A. Hay, Sr., Boyd
Bishop, Dayton Breland, ]. F. Be
land, Jr., R. C. Bassett, w. K. Best,
L. w. Ritter, W. H. Warn, ]. B. All,
F. E. Holman, H. J. Delk, NJ. S: Jen-
| nings, DR.. Ed. Kirkland, A. W. Brab-
ham, G. B. Bassett, C. W. Rentz.
The following officers were then
elected: DR.. O. D. Faust, president;
Capt. W. S. Bamberg, first vice-presi-
dent; ]. S. Brela1d, second vice-presi-
dent, C. W. Rentz, secretary; w. D.
Sease, assistant secretary and treas
| urer.
DR.. Faust being absent, Cape, W.
S. Bamberg, first vice-president, call
ed the meeting to order, and at 4.3O
the following program was rendered
by the fiddlers:
W. D. Sease, G. W. Jenny, A. NJ.
Loadholt, Earnest Ritter, A. NJ. Kin
ard and w. H. Warn played together,
Good Old Summer Time" Darling
Cloe," and Turkey in the Straw"
J. S. Breland, l.. A. Brabham, and
I'Dr. Ed kirkland played together,
Have a Little Fun Tonight and
"Old Kentucky Home"
J. T. Hightower, Lloyd Hightower,
and J. B. All played Georgia
Special and "Dixie.'
L. A. Brabham played Maid of
Shenandoah"
Herbert Folk, J. H. Pearson, C.
Miller, Connor Smoak, and John
Mitchell played together, "Whistling
Rufus" and lover the Waves"
Frank kirkland and Gerald Kearse
played Dixie" and Bonnie Blue
Flag"
C. W. Bessinger played and sang
"Cinday' and "Oh, Girls, Hand
Around the Tarts."
]. T. Hightower played Devil At
ter the Taylors.'
J.B.All played Leather Breeches. %
After this the meeting adjourned
to re-assemble at $50 at night.
At $50 sharp large crowd was
| present and the meeting was called
to order by Vive-President W. S.
Bamberg. Hon. S. G. Mayfield was
called upon to address the Conven-
tion and made a short address, tell
| ing of the object, etc., of the Con-
| vention. After this the following
program was carried out:
W. D. Sease, G.. W. Jenny, A. NJ.
Loadholt, A. NJ. Kinard, and W. j.
Kearse played together, Spanish
Fandango," pride Of the Ball" and
Sweet Bunch of Daisies"
L. A. Brabham played Maid OF
Shenandoah" accompanied by w.
D. Sease.
J. T. Hightower, Lloyd Hightower,
J. B. All, J. A. Lain and H. J. Delk
played together, "Shear'em," 1.-The
Sleightown Girls Are Not Coming
Out Tonight" and Evening Star
Waltz"
Herbert Folk, J. H. Pearson, G. R.
Miller, Jr., Connor Smoak, John
Mitchell, and J. B. Folk played ocean
Waves" Casey JONES'" RED
Wings" and lover the Waves"
|. C. w. Bessinger played and sang
"Cinday."
We also had with us at this meet
ing Mr.. A. B. Poole, president of the
Fiddlers' Association of the State of
Georgia. Mr.. Poole being a one
armed man all was wondering how he
was going to fiddle" with only one
hand and arm, but when he pulled
off "Old Tennessee Deer" ''Talle-
| hassee Waltz" and "DiXie," all
agreed that he is master of the king
of instruments, with only one hand.
At $50 the Convention adjourned
to meet on the following evening at
$50, at which time large crowd
again assembled to hear the 'fddlers.
The following is the program rem