The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-21

harvest day comes. but his hired help.
crS have rullow,r!'ti,c suIl and planted
tn" seed ANA dTiIlrd in" local NOluntc""
workers against tn" time uf getting up
greatest Is I;nlrhravrr---llumcr Of the
trombone. better than amy man ever
saw since tin" l"ug- gUnc days when
Sank"y played Snnkr! !" Moody $
Moody. this stocky. hla"k-haircd. Ruie-
HEAVIER. knows the trick of pumping
spirit /into the crowd with music
'knuws just when I" start EN- singing
and Just when 10 stop I'm again. \
student Specializing in tn" effects OF
harmonic r"arIiunS upon human beings
could get enough material out al watch
ing him during one evening 1" write a
whole book.
Nudeh"av"r WAS horn in ;hr high
lands at tn. southern Cum h"rlandS
down i'll east Tennessee. but ne has
done Il lot nr travelling about sine"
ilrst he took his lrusty slip-horn under
his arm and l"ft his native ridges. He
must have spent quite Il spoil If tine
In BOSTON for h" mas nmalrannt"d the
lI,.tou"s" broad y upon hi:. uth"rn
munIain"crS flat drawl - and some
times tn" results Of this fusion are
peculiar. For instance" when h" speaks
IN" word AFTERNOON" he pronouncrS II
like this: "Nrlr"r-njn"." The first hn!f
~ thai word is Irlr. IIuslun"S". put Ike
last half belongs 10 l:nSl Tennessee.
There was one lnurn"nt. though. M
the last might | was there when lie was
all Southern. II happened after Mr..
Sunday bad finished his s"rmoniZi'I
and hud Tilted great silver water hot
tl,. w to his lips. dcmIiuhn fashion.
and let Il quart of Ice water 20 SluIrlni;
down his throat to cool his tortured
vocal chords and had been led away,
limp as dish rag. To II" rubbed Win
alcohol and thumi,cd back into rnnhi-
ton again by his priV;t" hath rubber.
Rndchrnvrr Wa$ rounding out the ser
vice with NOR" muS;r--nUsic by Rode
hcav"r. music by Nv" humping good
pianiSis. music by IN" biz choir. music
hY. tho crowd AZ on" sid" ur the plat
form an old negro woman stood mp
waving both hor brown hands aloft IN
catch his eye.
cobb Praises Roaeheaver's Work.
"H"llo. Mjstnh R"d"h"avcr. sh"
me-:
For all know. the whole thing may
have hcrn Manned and r"hrarscd be-
fcrrhand. II" that as it may. Rode,
hravcr's fade registered surprise and
joy as hr looked her way And saw nor
and recognized IN her m old friend.
Come up here. Auntv." h" ClnriHn"d.
Up she came. and they shook hands
and then together. standing sid" by side.
they sang uId-'Imo dari;v Camp-m"ctlnE
DEMONSTRATING Low. Sweet Chariot.
and Chain Tho Lion Down. Good Lord.
and "Ci"t on the Gospel Trnin. while
heir Nnrth"rn-horn hearers sat under
iii" spell at the lingering African ca
donccs AMI the eyes "f m occasional
Snuthrrnrr grow moist with rccnlcc-
ti0nS Of his rhilhhonl.
Oh. Yes. Sunday may he tho star. hut.
when II comes to StnE"-mnnaEinK the
product ion. this man End"hcarer just
naturally out-EoSCoS l!nlnScn. His cos
tame is that Of q prosperous under
tnEcr: his riatrnrm manner is the hall
cnntilrnfi,l hnlF- n1trvnnl manner of
veteran high s,'hool principal; his voice
il as swnc! as n chime. bell. and he
could sedutr craven Image into trying
In chant gospel tune.
Rut YOU forget how clearly Rodehnav-
or has paved the way when his superior
officer COCA into nctIon--whlch Is COM
plnent 10 Sundays magnetic quality.
without IN tho least rejecting upon III"
capabilities nf the other man. Watch
INK Sunday a. close range! and training
uron him your faculties rather than
your emotions. you marvel that hia
methods should be SO effective. In HIS
manneriRTns. hn Is "a elemental as
now laid eEF In the choice of his
words. he Is as raw ns raw beef He
pours out sentence as long as
freight trair--a sentence made UP Of
blnrinE adjcctlvos with the verb hump
ing along away away back a. the tall
end. like worry small caboose.
Nouns are for those who deal In logic.
but ndjectIves arc the eHhortcr's meat.
I5e RrimRces until his fnce Is twisted
into n jig-Haw puzzle. He leaps from
floor 70 chair md from chair 20 pulpit
top and thcn, quick M cat leaps back
Agnlr to the floor. He dances from side
tn Side Of the widn. groen-covered plat
form, which In empty except for him and
tho pulpit md the chair and RodehcRv-
or'n trombone lying acrosE the pulpit ton
with ils sh!n!ng gullot nimnd mt the
audience !tko thu bcll-nouth OF loRded
blurderbuEn. holding tho crowd in sub