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In the spring OF 1909 he was In diff
culties. He sang DeS Grie1tr In "Manon
on February 26 and was found to be In
bad condition. He sang again In the
same opera on March A. and then dis
appeared from the stage till April 3.
when he sang Turiddu with a shaky
voice and many cut phrases.
Curiously enough it was at this period
that observers of operate activities
were making mention of MIR. Caruso's
deliberate alteration of style and
method. and expressing the fear that
his beautiful quality of voice might sur
fer. After the performance OF Febru-
airy &c the present writer said:
Mr.. Caruso was not In his best voice
and at times his tones were a tribe
shaky. But he is artist and he has
much power behind his voice. 1t is a
pity that he has of late evinced fond
ness for extension of the medium regis
ter and has striven to carry big,
broad quality too far up. This has done
his voice no good and 1t has robbed his
singing OF much Of the crystalline
transparency. which was one Of its
greatest charms
There was such an amount of discus
sion of Mr.. Caruso's vocal state toward
the end of the season that his physician.
the late DR.. Holbrook Curtis, issued
statement tending to reassure the
tenor's admirers. The whole subject, OF
course had to be treated in the public
prints with extreme delicacy; but the
present writer deemed 1t pertinent to
quote on Sunday, April IS, from paper
entitled 1.-THE Loss Of Voice in Singers"
which he has read before the laryngo-
logical section of the New York Acad-
emy of Medicine On April "a. 1907.
tn. hot ha aftanffOfl
of the assembled physicians to the char
aceristic American demand for every
thing big We demand the biggest. voices
and the singers try to supply that de-
mand. "You know better than ] do
said the author, what becomes OF the
resiliency of muscles and ligaments con-
tinually strained to their utmost. The
normal sorority and vibrancy Of voices
gives way to a wooden reverberation.
which Is as unmusical as the hammering
Of paving blocks; but still the merciless
public goes on clamoring for the big
tone, the huge sound. and year after
year beautiful voices are sacrificed to
this pitiless Moloch.'
After quoting this and other passages
from the paper the writer continued by
noting that before addressing the physi-
clans he had mentioned the deprecated
state of Mr. Carusos voice. 'Since that
time" he declared. "the deterioration Of
the most beautiful tenor voice this
writer has ever heard has steadily con-
tinued until at the conclusion of the re-
cent season (190S-1909) it no longer
sounded like the voice We welcomed
seven years ago. The true cause of the
deterioration OF this voice is forcing.
This forcing was primarily for the pur-
pose of obtaining a big tone. Mr.. Caruso
was not satisfied to be lyric tenor. He
desired to shine as an interpreter OF
robust roles. In order to accomplish
this purpose he sought to make the vol
urne of his voice larger. His method of
going about this was to broaden, thtcken
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that the famous tenor's career may be
stopped or even curtaiied. He seems
likely 10 sing TO us for years to come.
But should he retire--and some day he
must--there will continue to be perfor-
mances OF opera in this town. New
York is opera mad and has been for
the last fifteen years. 1t would be i'm
possible to drive the public away from
the Metropolitan unless some other
ope~atic institution arose which gave
better performances.
Opera has been given in the Metropoli-
tan without Mr.. caruso even since he be-
came the central sun of the constellation
Of stars The swenty sixth season of the
theatre began on November IA. 1910.
The Ill contrived dual management had
ceased to exist, and with the retirement
of Andreas DIPPED Mr.. Gatti-Casazza be-
came the sole director of the lyric drama
at Broadway and Fortieth street. But
Mr.. Gatti's first season was Ill starred
and that is not meant to be pun either
Mr.. Caruso fell victim to Qet us be
vulgariy indefinitely throat trouble"
and made his final appearance OF the
season on February G, 1911. The opera
was "Germania" and the tenor seemed
to be singing very well; but he had TO
| stop after that performance. The pubic
wept, and continued to go TO the opera.
| Only one disaster resulted. The retire.
ment of Mr.. Caruso compelled the APP
pearance of Mr.. Bassi as Johnson, the
gentleman who has to be redeemed IN
1.-THE Girl OF the Golden West" MT.
| Bassi could not be redeemed success
fully. The golden West without Caruso
was discovered to be iron pyrites. The
opera began it's inevitable march toward
what Carlyle calls "oblivious Lethe."
Aside from this regrettable blow at the
glories of Puccini Record and David
Belasco (who was not to blame ut all. he
having furnished all that was GOOD,
nothing untoward befell the opera house.
Things went on rather comfortably till
the end of the season. On February 3
"Tosca" was given. with Miss Farrar as
the Roman singer. Mr.. Caruso was to
have sung CaudrGdossi, but he was in
disposed" and his place was taken by
Ricardo Martin.
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afternoon. with Fritz Kreisler as the
soIolst. Is: Overture, Faust Wag-
ner; symphony, Unfinished" Schu-
bert; symphonic interlude. La Queste
de Dieu," from the opera st. Chris
topher," D'Indy, new. first time here;
concerto for violin, Tschaikovsky.
Sergei Rachmaninov, at his first
piano recital at Carnegie Hall to-day
will play Sonata No. 9, Mozart; five
songs without words. Nos. 81. 3. AZ. 81,
II. Mendelssahn; ballade. valse. IL flat;
barcarolle, vAlse, G flat. Chopin; two
etudes-tab leaux, opus 80. first time.
'MarzIale," "Alla Maria Funebre,"
barcaroile, opus 10, Rachmaninov;
"Rhapsodie Espagnole," Lisxt.
yasa Prihoda, Bohemian violinst, VIII
be the visiting artist at to-nights opera
concert at the Metropolitan opera
House. Mines. Garrison and Gordon
and Mr.. Chamlee will sing and the en-
tire Metropolitan orchestra VIII take
part under the direction of Giuseppe
Bamboschek. Tristan and Isolde Will
be given at the Academy of Music on
Tuesday evening. the cast Including
Mines. Easton and Gordon and Messrs.
Senbach, Whitehill, Gustafson, Diaz,
Qua, Leonhard and D'Angeio. MT.
Bodanzky will conduct.
The Philadelphia Orchestra will have
the assistance Of the Flonzaley quartet
at its concert in Carnegie Hall Tues
day evening. They will present for the
first time In America Emmanuel Moor's
concerto for string quartet and orches-
fra. Mozart's Jupiter" symphony and
Richard Strausss Death and Trans
figuration' complete the programme.
The first of three concerts given I'M
der the auspices of the Alumni Associa-
ton of the Institute Of Musical Art for
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the purpose OF raising an endowment
fund In memory of Margaret McGill
for q free scholarship in music VIII
take place on Thursday evening at Car
negie Hail., The artists who Will give
the programme are Mischa Levitzki.
pianist. and Sascha Jacobsen, pianist.
Artur Bodanzky, as conductor, has
but four more concerts with the National
Symphony Orchestra before ne gives
way for three months to Willem Mengei-
berg. The next pair is set for Saturday
afternoon. December 25. Christmas, ana
Sunday evening, December rs. In Car
negie Hall. The soloist will be Benno
Moisiewitsch, who will play LISTS piano
concert in E fiat. The orchestral num-
bers are Glucks overture to 'lphigenh
in Aulis." Glieres symphonic poem "Ihe
Syrens" and Smetanas overture 10
1.-THE Battered Bride"
The Oratorlo Society will give THE
Messiah" on Monday evening. December
81. at Carnegie Hall. The soloists VIII
be Nine. Frieda Hernpel, Miss Mabel
Beddoe. Judson House and Royal Dad
nun.
The Philharmonic Orchestra will de-
vote the larger part of the next two
weeks entirely to rehearsals, giving no
public performances during that time.
The society's concert is scheduled for
Friday afternoon, December 81, at Car
negie Hall. when the first symphony OF
Gustav Mailer will be presented, as
newly studied by Conductor Stransky
and his men. At the same concert
Henry Hadley, the associate conductor
Of the Philharmonic. will direct the per-
Torrance of his rhapsody. "Culprit Fay"
based upon the poem by James Rodman
Drake. The fourth Sunday concert of
the season at Carnegie Hall, January
@ will introduce the Spanish violinist
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Joan Manen to Philharmonic audiences
Mr.. Manen's appearance at this concert
for which his compatrlot, Pablo Casals
was originally engaged is made in the
enforced absence of Mr.. Casais, who Is
detained In Spain.
The Mount Holyoke College vesper
choir OF 100 voices will give pro-
gi-amme of Christmas carols and ancient
folk songs OF France, England. Germany
Russia. Italy and Spain on Tuesday
afternoon In Aeolian Hall. The concert
represents an attempt to revive the art
Of pure choral singing. 1t is given for
the benefit of the Mount Holyoke
So 600. 600 endowment fund, which is to
be raised by June, 1921, by the students
and alumnae.
Nine Germaine Schnitzer at her only
piano recital here this season. on Tues
day evening In Aeolian Hall. will play a
new sonata to be heard for the first time
by Dirk Foch.
The Music League of the Peoples In
stitute will give a concert of Folk
Music of the Christmas. Season" in the
great hall of Cooper Union this evening,
with the following artists: Miss Greta
Torpadie, soprano; Mrs. Mary Kent, con-
tralto: Samuel Idungkvist, tenor; Rein
hold Warlich, barytone; Maurice Els
ner. piano, and the Jan Illus Choral
Union. Christmas songs OF ten Europeon
countries will be sung in the original
languages This concert is the first of a
series Of fifteen, on successive Sunday
evenings the purpose being to devote
one evening after the Christmas pro-
gramme, to each nation. Folk songs
will be given, with other vocal and In
str1Imental music which has developed
from this source. The advisory beard OF
musicians interested IN the plan includes
Nine Louise Homer. Harold Bauer,
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David Blspham and Reinhold Warlich.
Admission to this series Is Free
Other musical even,J of the week will
be Nine. Maria Greves's song recital this
afternoon at the Princess Theatre; Miss
ELSIE Teals first piano recital here in
Aeolian Hall tomorrow afternoon; MAX
Rosen, vlolinist. and Cantor Shlisky.
tenor at Carnegie Hall tomorrow night;
John Finnegan. tenor soloist. st. Pat
rick's Cathedral. in Aeolian Hall to-
morrow evening; Jaques Pintels sec
ond piano recital at Carnegie Hall
Wednesday evening. and Mishel Pias-
tro's third violin recital at Carnegie
Hall on Saturday evening.
The programmes TO be given by the
Oratorio Society OF New York AT Its
second festival OF music Mt the Manhat-
tan Opera House in the spring of 1921
are announced as follows: Tuesday eve
ming. March 20. "The Childrens Cru
sade." Pierne; Wednesday evening,
March 80. est. Matthew Passion" Bach
Friday evening, April /. THE Dream
of Gerontius," Elgar; Saturday after
noon, April 2, Wagnerian programme:
Saturday evening. April .. "Reouiem,"
Verdi; Monday evening. April T. Mar
guerite Anglin. in the "Iphigenia in
Aulis" of Euripides. Music by Walter
Damrosch.
The Selwyn Theatre has been selected
for an operate series commencing In
December and extending through Febru-
airy, 1921. with artist students In the
general cast, directed by Messrs. Mario
Salvini and SETH of the Metropolitan.
through permission granted by Gatti-
Casazza, director-general OF the Metro
politan. Among others the following
operas will be presented: 'Rigoletto,
THE Barber of Seville" Carmen"
"Cavalleria Rusticana," "Gioconda" and
Madame. Butterfly"
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Concert Calendar.

TODAY.
Carnegie Hall. 3. Rachmaninov;
Aeolian Hall. 3. Symphony Society;
Princess Theatre. 3, Nine. Maria
Grever. Spanish soprano; Metro
politan Opera House. $3.50, con-
cert; Cooper Union Hall. S:15,
Christmas folk music by prominent
artists.
MONDAY.
Aeolian Hall, 8, Miss Elsie Teal.
pianist Carnegie Hall. SIS, Max
Rosen. viohnist, and Cantor Shlis-
ky, tenor; Aeolian Hall. S:15. John
Finnegan. tenor.
TUESDAY.
Carnegie Hall, SIS, Philadelphia
Orchestra; Aeolian Hall. 3. Mount
Holyoke college Choir: Aeolian
Hall, S:15, Nine Germaine Schnitz-
er, pianist.
WEDNESDAY.
Carnegie Hall, S:15, Jacques Pintel.
pianist; Aeolian Hall, 8, Misses
Dahl Rich and Hope Pillsbury,
two-piano recital.
THURSDAY.
Carnegie Hall, Sis, Mischa Levitzki.
pianist, and Sascha Jacobsen, vlo-
linist.
SATURDAY.
Carnegie Hall, 2:30. National SYM
phony Orchestral; Carnegie Hall.
s:15, Mishel Piastro, violinist.
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Much German Opera.

The American tenor was much occu-
pied during the remainder OF the season
Slezak, Joern and Jadlowker had to work
hard. There was much German opera,
which in those ante bellum days met
with no objections except such as always
as had emanated from amusement seek
ers Invariably hostile TO the serious
drama Mr.. Caruso was not heard again
till the opening of tie following season.
on November IS. The opera was Aida. .
Nine Destinr sang the title role, Mr.
Amato was the AnlonGsro, Mr.. Hinshaw
made his debut as the King and Nine
Matzenauer sang for the first time here
In the role of Amnc~is. The conductor
was Arturo Toscanini.
mo one is Indispensable" declared
the laconic Mr.. Gatti at that time; II
am not indispensable myself"
The misfortunes Of Mr.. Caruso In the
season Of 1901 were not his first.
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nnd-to coin a useful word--barytonize
his middle register. Instead Of keeping
his upper middle tones light so that they
would naturally blend into his head
tones, he carried the thick quality up as
high as he could force it"
The public, especially that part of 1t
which halls from Mr.. Caruso's own
country and takes its musical pleasures
standing, went mad with delight. 1t has
never occurred to any of these frenetfc
.operagoers that they are not hearing the
famous Caruso of 1905. They are hear
ing one who sings with a different voice,
far more loudly and with much less An
ish. All Mr. Caruso's applause now
follows the achievement OF some tour
de force.
1t Is very fortunate for all concerned
that the recent Brooklyn incident, so
far as can be perceived, had no rela-
ton to the years of vocal violence which
have passed since the greatest of lyric
tenors became singer of robust type.
1t would be a most unhappy public in
deed If It learned that the vocal dis
abilities of 1909 were returning. But 1t
can rejoice while looking two ways.
First, there is apparently no reason to
believe that anything of the sort is Inn
minent. Second, it has been proved In
the history of the Metropolitan Opera
House that the institution can proceed
on it's way without Mr.. Caruso.
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Operas at Metropolitan

MONDAY.
Faust" with Nine. Farrar and
Messrs. Harold, Danise and
Rothier.
WEDNESDAY,.
'TlElisir dAmore." with Nine. Car
r!son and Messrs. Caruso. Scott
and Malatesta
THURSDAY.
Don Carlos" with Mime. Matzen-
auer, Miss Ponselle and Messrs.
Martinelli and De Luca.
FRIDAY.
Matinee--'M Madame Butterfly" with
Miss Farrar and Messrs. Chamlee
and Scott. Evening-"La Juive."
with Mines. Easton and Scotuey
and Messrs. Caruso, Harold and
Rothier.
SATURDAY.
Matinee-"Mefs with Nine.
Aida and Messrs. GigH and Mar
dones. Evening - Aida" with
Mines Destinn and Lazzari and
Messrs. Kingston and De Luca.
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MANY CONCERTS AND
RECITALS THIS WEEK

The programme OF the Symphony So
ciety's concert at Aeolian Hall this
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"A ER. CARUSO did not need the
M nefarious operations of what
ballplayers call the iinX and
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given to the one who can fiddle
Dixie" the best. First place, $3.50;
second, $3.50,
A SIS prize will be given the fid-
dler, so years or over, who gets the
most music out of Mississippi Saw
yer" (grand prize winners being ex-
cluded from this contest). First
place, $3.50; second, $50.
A $5 ''pep" prize will be present
ed TO the fiddler under so, who will
knock the "back eye" out of "Cas-
ey Jones" (grand prize winners ex.
cluded). First, $3.50; second, $1.50.
The Grand Straw Beaters' prizes
are: First, $3.50; second, $1.50.
Special Prize.
A special prize of SIS will be Civ
en- the one who pulls the best stunt
or byplay. Note that in particular,
as such an offer insures variety of
entertainment in addition to the
vaudeville intermissions, which have
been arranged to perfect the pro-
gram.
The fun starts at 7 p. m.. sharp,
fiddlers to meet in sheriff's Office at
6:30. AS more than fifty players
are expected, each player will be
allowed to play only one time. The
Judges, to be announced later, will
then announce the ten best in each
of the two grand contests (those
Continued on last page)
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GREAT SUCCESS
WAS OkTIBbE:HhS s
: JERSEY eH0N'

Thursday was a perfect day for
Oktibbeha's Jersey Day and County
Fair.
People from all over the county,
and from out of town came to the
fair in great numbers.
Early Thursday morning tbs ex-
>hibits were made ready. and by 3 a.
m. everything was III readiness for
the opening. 7 ,e raad wes there
and made 1lsi! for the crowd
The showing of fine Jerseys end
other livestock of the county was
one that made your heart glad that
you lived in good old Oktibbeha.
The Jersey County of the South.
The exhibit yesterday would rank
second to none.
And the exhibits in the Home Eco
nomics department-they just made
your mouth water. 1t wass perhaps
the finest exhibit of home made ar
ticles ever gotten togetheh. We on
ly wish that W. had space to tell
about each iro.vidual exhibit.
The exhibit Of poultry was one Of
the best ever seen in these parts, and
exceeded the expectations of the pro-
moters.
There were scores of school chill
dren in attendance at the fair, in
fact the schools of Sturgis gave a
holiday in order that the children
might attend. Hopto, the Health
clown, amused them at the Bluebird
Theatre in the afternoon. This fea-
ture was under the auspices of the
Red Cross.
The promoters of the Jersey Show
are being congratulated on the sue
cess of the venture-for it was a
success in every sense of the word.
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Those Who Put Jersey Day Across
Those Who Paid

Here are the men and firms that
made Oktibbeha's Jersey Day posi-
bic or, in other words, the men who
contributed toward it's cost and are
as follows.
Security Bank, NJ. & F. Bank,
Peoples Bank, Turner & Pierce, r.
K. & f. L. Wier, A. & M. Creamery,
each $500; Philip Goodman, Good
man Bros, Blumenfeld & Fried,
each $4,000; j. S. Puller, Starkville
Millinery, Hogan & Son, keno Yea
tes, Stillman, j. L. Martin, Carpen-
ter e. Reed, A. B. Harrington, each
$500; Palace of Sweets, H. Cord
on, Teasley & Reed, Mrs. S. w.
Scales, Bell Cafe, Starkville Supply
Co., Starkyille Auto Co., w. W.
Scales & Co., Ike Katz, each $1,000;
II. S. Chiffon, Dr. J. w. Eckford,
DR.. T. B. Long, DR.. H. Scales, Mont
gomery Studio, John Perkins, City
Market, M. Rossoff, Thorn. Katz,
each $500; D. f. Rainey, Eaves e.
Wofford, j. f. Kihk, j. o. Thomas,
each $3.50. Total, $474.5O.
The Expenses.
The expenses of the Jersey Day
will total Approximately $700, which
leaves the committee with a deficit
of $226.50, toward which contribu-
tions are now acceptable. The ex-
pense, when totaled, will be about
as follows:
Premiums, $3.50; Baby Show, $40
Band, $50; Advertising, $120; Post
ers, $14; Labor, $50.
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CAPT. TOM sHEARER RETURNS
FROM REUNION IN A
REMINISCENT MOOD

Capt, Tom Shearer, one of the
most genial Confederate soldiers,
who left nearly a month ago to at
tend the Reunion at Houston, Tex,
returned last Friday, saying he had
the time of his life, and was never
treated more like homefolks than on
this occasion.
On arriving in Houston, he was
astonished to see such a beautiful
and modern city swith such sociable
people. He was attired in his grey
uniform and was the center of at
traction wherever he Vent. His
headquarters on arrival was at the
Rice Hotel. At this hotel the old
vets were the recipients of much fa-
vors and, after leaving the hotel, he
was the guest of Mr.. j. M. Brock
well, his uncle by marriage, and
Mrs. Brockwell, his neice, whom he
hadn't seen in forty years, 1t was
a happy reunion.
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REVIVAL MEETING
WILL CLOSE NEXT.
SUNDAY MIG H 7.

The series of evangelistic meet
ings that has been in progress here
for the past ten days under the lead
ership of Rev. Bob Jones, will come
to a close with the meeting at the
College Chapel next Sunday night.
For the past week Mr.. Jones has
been speaking to great crowds al
the College chapel at night and in
the mornings at Methodist church.
Perhaps the largest crowd that has
attended the meetings was that Of
Sunday afternoon at o'clock, when
Mr.. Jones preached powerful SER
mon to men on the subject of "The
Sins of Men" Here the preacher
was at his best. He did not hesitate
to launch into the sins of the age,
and told of them in a plain, straight
forward manner. In response to his
invitation scores of men, young and
old, went up to shake hands with
him, promising to lead a better life.
The spirit of the preaching, as
we'll as of the entire program, has
been distinctly that of the "old-time
religion" Mr.. Jones breaches a
straight and sincere gospel of repen-
tence and Of faith. He is a master
!. of the anecdote and .he illuminates
his discourse with keen flashes of
humor; but he presses home the fun
damental doctrine of Christ's ap-
peal. He is not afraid to specify
with accuracy what he considers the
Christian virtues now most sorely
needed; and above all he holds up
Christ as the source of power and
as the model of life.
Special mention should be made
of the music, which has proven one
of the most powerful adjuncts to
the success of the meeting. This
feature is under the direction of
Prof. and Mrs. Loren Jones, of
Wichita, Kansas, who are not only
accomplished musicians themselves
but have rare gifts for calling forth
music from others, trained choirs,
and unframed audiences alike.
On Sunday morning at II o'clock
at the College. Mr.. Jones will preach
on Heaven" At 3 o'clock in the
afternoon, he will preach another
sermon to men only on "You Can't
Do Wrong and Get Away With It."
On Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock
Mrs. Loren Jones will speak to the
women at the Baptist church.
A great interest in spiritual af-
fairs and religious life of the COM
munity has been awakened by these
meetings.
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FREE MOVING PICTURE
CIRCUIT FOR OKT|BBEHA
WILL START NEXT WEEK

Next week will see the start Of
the free moving picture circuit for
Oktibbeha, as arranged for by the
Chamber of Commerce. A moving
picture machine has been secured,
and through the cooperation of the
Starkville Supply Co. which will fur
nish the power and transportation,
free moving picture show will be
given at some schoolhouse or church
every night of the week, weather
permitting
While some of the films to be
shown are Of an educational nature
and pertain to dairying, the others
are purely comics and "great even
ing" is promised every time. One
of the first pictures, six-reeler, to
be shown, is "Hearts and Jerseys"
which, according to w. w. Maglud-
er, who has seen it three times, is
the greatest movie ever made. John
B. Denote is acting as booking
agent for this circuit and he receiv-
ed a telegram yesterday from New
York to the effect that Hearts and
Jerseys" is on the way and will be
here for the opening.
There will be no charge for these
shows, all expenses being paid by
the Chamber of Commerce, and the
Starkvills Supply Co.