Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-19

died The Devils in. the Wheat
Patch with such effectiveness that
the grins broke out into roar OF
laughter, and staid business men
jumped up and yelled, "Fnee,"
A Mr.. White, a tall, gangling noun
tain youth, plunked banjo while Mr..
Carson fddled-fiddled with his fid-
ole on his head. with his fiddle on his
shoulder, and with his fiddle swing
ing like a pendulum. And then Mr..
Carson sang about the adventures of
the devil, in a mixed choir sort of
voice that filtered through his. front
teeth and sent the audience into a
gale of laughter.
And when everybody had worn
themselves out laughing al "E'iddlin
John" and some of the rest, they had
to start in all over again, for there
was mighty shout of 'Howdy
folks!" and down the center aisle
camel "Blondy" Jim Garner. with d
cob pipe ir his mouth, his hat on the
back of his head, red handkerchief
tied about his neck, and great
dumping boots on his feet.
Springs New Contraption.
In one hand he carried a suit case
IOE lie lllu just SOJ III, anu was lth
ing no chances with city fellers,'' 50
he brought his clothes right with him.
In the other he carried guitar and d
wonderful orcestral contraption by
which he could play a bell and a tri-
angle with his feet, which he did later
as Il member of the "Simp-foney' Or
chestra from Lick Skillet"
+ The crowd. finally quieted down a
little, and Gid Tanner came on-and
off went the crowd again. Gid is
some fiddler, his pet piece being
Everybody Works but Father.
Somebody yelled. Sing it!" and he
markable voice that ever grew in
Georgia 1t sounded like a ''goslin'
voice. but it was even mere so. 1t
was a gymnaSt and a contortionist.
1t leaped from key to key with the
zest and eagerness of frolicsome
goat. One minute it was a colora =
tura soprano scaling the trembling
heights; the next minute it was a
profound basso. rolling majestically
from somewhere in the neighborhood
of his shoe top. And then it would be
a birdlike tenor. futtering and fit
tering. sometimes flying high and at
other times tumbling. twisting and
turning almost to baritone territory,
Gid sang a whole opera by himself
and it was some funny.
Some Simp foney Orchestra.
Then there was the "Simp-foney
Orchestra from Lick Skillet" which
played "A Little Log Cabin in the
Lane" and Turkey in the Straw,
and THE Honest Farmer" which so
affected the crowd that it could only
eurgle its appreciation. The orches-
trat was composed of two fiddles, a
banjo, triangle and a bell, and gui-
tar and a bull fiddle" a massive
thing that Bill Hutchinson dragged
down the aisle just before the orches-
ira started to orchestrate.
Others who played were j. D. Bobo,
SOAP SuGs over the Fence" Moon
sinner" Bob Young. Billy in the Low
Ground" Bill Farmer, Casey Jones;
I G. Wilson, Katie HILL" Jim Bar
tow. "Nigger in the Woodpile:" Cliff
Hunt. Girl l Left Behind Me-" Ross
Raelev, the champeen fiddler of
Georgy," '"The Devils Dream" Mil
lard Hall. Fire in the Mountings;
"Shortv" Harper, tom and Jerry; =
linn Strickland, "Wild Hog in the
Canebrake; Zeke Wardlow, the Bald
Mountain Caruso," sand When You
and | Were Young, Maggie" B. r.
Hern. "Conyers' Band" Jasper
Moon. "Sippy Soil;" r. NJ. Stanley,
Run. Niger Run" j. K. Simon
TON. SNAP Finger" and Florence Hall,
an II ar-Old boy. who played Tom
Watson" and kept excellent time with
his chewing gum and an ironplated
heel