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Program of Recital to be Given in the Opera House Octo ber 30. The sonir recital to be given by Carolina He Fabritis, Mezzo-So -pr?no, October 30 in Edgetield premise tu be a very interesting one to all music lovers, for her program comprises the songs of the best known French, Italian and Ameri can modern composers. Signora De Fabritis knows per sonally several of the composers, -whose songs are on the following program and she has had the ad vantage of singing for them their own compositions and then getting "their own intimate ideas as tQ the interpretation, which is an opportu nity not granted to all artists. PROGRAM. I La Serenata, Tosti. Nessium lo sa, Vannuccini. Mattenata, Leoncarallo. Pour quoi-Rester-Seulette, Saint Saens. Ouvre tes yeux Blues, Massenet. II At parting, Rogers. Like the rosebud, La Farge. The Night has a Thousand eyes. Foote. Thy beaming eyes, MacDowell. Not from the whole wide world. Rogers. How many times do I love Thee, Manney. Sweetheart thy lips are touched with Flame, Chadwick. III Away on the hill, Ronald. Good night dear heart, Leach. Absent, Terindelle. Memories, Gibb. From the land of the sky blue Water, Cadman. The ye irs at the Spring, Mrs. Beach. Polta Tosti is an Italian compos er who has written many well known songs. He makes his home in England. He is now in his 80th year but his latest songs show no lack of the spontaneous melody and virility which won him his lirst ear ly successes. Vannuccini a native of Florence, Italy well known as a voice teacher who has written many charming songs in the pure Italian vein. Leoncarallo a well known opera composer who sprang into sudden prominence with the production of th3 one act opera I Paglaicci and who is doing very serious work in the opera line at present. He resides in Rome. Saint Saens the dean of French composers well known pianist who bas often been to this country and who has written so well liked Sam son and Dahlia. Massenet also a French opeia -composer whose "Thais and Cin .drellon" won great success at the Metropolitan in New York. He pos sesses the true gift of melody. James Rogers lives iu Cleveland Ohio and is a well known organist. He ranks well with the American composers. Frank La Farge a native of! Rockford, Illinois where Signora] De Fabritis taught 4 years is a well known pianist and has toured with Gadski and Sembrich as their accompanist. He is still under 30 and much is expected of him. Arthur Foote, resident of Boston, heard Signora De. Fabritis sing when but a young girl and predict ed her success as a singer of songs and the song chosen by the singer in his happiest vein. Edward Mac Dowell, whose ear ly death lost to America one of her leading composers is too well known to need mention in this brief article. His songs are won derfully beautiful and full of a suggestive poetry tba*, places them in a class quite by themselves. Charles T. Manney a young song writer who is doing serious work living in Boston. George W. Chadwick is the president of New England Con servatory, Boston, an institution which ranks the highest in this country and is equal to any of the European Conservatories. Mr. Chadwick has written ora tories, symphonies, instrumental pieces and many songs. A mau of wide experience, broad culture and fine personality of whom America and Boston are justly proud. He is still a young man in the prime of his powers and much may be ex pected of him in the future. Landon Ronald is an English man who has written many songs and by well known artists. Roland Leach a young man who is unusually gifted, a brilliant violin ist, song writer, and writer of sym phonies with whom Signora De Fabritis was associated for two years in Rockford and who has the honor of singing his songs in manu script for the first time in public. Mr. Leach expressed his apprecia tion of the way his songs were ren dered by this artist by saying that she brought out new beauties in them, unknown even to him, their composer. Tironidelle an Italian residing in New York this setting of the well known song "Absent" is one of the most beautiful of all the many set tings. Robert W. Gibb is a young man not yet so, a personal friend of Sig nora De Fabritis, who lives in Ded ham, Mass. The song "Memories" was written when he was scarcely 18 years of age. The words are by Burns and the song has the un mistakable marks of genius. It is in manuscript and Signora De Fabritis is the first one to make this song kni.wn to the American public. diaries \V. Cad mau who bas writt n the "Indian love songs" of which the first one is being sung is another friend of the singer's and when but a struggling composer this artist did much to bring the works of Cadman before the public. He is now known all over this coun try and Europe. Mrs. A. H. Beach whose song, "The year's at the spring" brings the program to a close,is one of the foremost women composers of America and she lives in Boston and is a well known teacher of piano. Closing Days of Court. At'the time the last issue of The Advertiser was printed the court was engaged with the trial of Hen ry Do/.ier, indicted for rapt-. The jury found him guilty but recom mended him to the mercy of the ure. Al sentence of five year? on tue ohaingang was imposed. The .defendant was represented by M P Wells, Esq., and Hammond Ether edge, Esq., and the State by the solicitor. Ernest Jackson was acquitted of the charge of murder, having killed a negro in self defence in the Phil ippi section. He was defended by J Wm. Thurmond, Esq, Alex Miles was convicted under the charge of carrying au unlawful gun. He, together with Jim and Charles Stafford, was also charged with assault and battery. All were acquitted of this charge. They were defended by Capt. N G Evans. Wright Holston was convicted of violating the dispensary law and sentenced to serve 12 months on the chaingaing or pay a fine of $500. Judge Prince suspended ^400 of the tine upon condition that he is not convicted hereafter, either in the Magistrate's court or the higher court, of violating the dis pensary law. If convicted at any time in the future he will have to pay the?400 in addition to the fine imposed at that time. Mr, Holston was defended by P B Mayson, Esq., and S M Smith, Esq. At a meeting of the bar last week it was decided that owing to the present financial stringency, no civil court would be held this week. Thus a saving of several hundred dollars was effected for the taxpay ers. Minutes of Association. Rev. J. T. Littlejohn, the clerk of the Edgefield Baptist association, wa9 in Edgefield Monday and brought the miuutes of the recent meeting of the association with him, leaving them at the oftiee of the clerk of court. Representatives of the churches can get the minutes by calling upon Mr. Cogburn. Honor Roll Edgefield Graded and High School. 1st grade-Hansford Mims, Elizabeth Bailey, Kathryn Stewart, Henry Clippard, Olanda Morgan, Fnmian Holston, Burts McManus. 2nd grade-May Rives, Eliza beth Ti m merman, Felicia Mims, Mary Marsh, Lucy Sheppard, Roy al Shannonbouse, William Hughes. '3rd grade-Elizabeth Lott, Ben jamin Cogburn, Isabelle By-d, Ed win Rives, Wallace Sheppard, John Weils, Allen Edwards. 4th grade-Eleanor Mims, Geo. Tompkins, Helen Nicholson, Mob ley Sheppard, Gertrude Thurmond, Sam Paul, Corrie Cheatham, Ray mond Folk, Mitchell Wells. 5th grade-Edith Ouzts, Norma Shannonbouse, Sara Lyon, Strom Thurmond. 7th grade-Arthur Britt, Edwin Folk. Ilene Harling. 8th grade-Margaret May, Neta Ouzts, Willie Peak, Lydia Brun son, Genevieve Norris, Fred Mays. 9th grade-Ouida Pattison, Em mie Broadwater, Carroll Rains ford, Douglas Timmerman. 10th grade-Lula Ouzts, Alma DeLoacb, Blondelle Hart, Jennie Simkins. 11th grade-Evelyn Broadwater, Walter Mays, Edgar Strother. 10 cent cotton if you get your suit and overcoat from F. G. Mer tins, Augusta, Ga. Conference of Prohibitionists is to be Held in Columbia. A conference of those interested in furthering the cause of Prohibi tion in South Carolina, is called to meet at Columbia, October 22, at 2 p. m., at the V. M. C. A. building. This is to be a free conference, and those attending, are not committed to any fixed policy. We have as surance that this conference will be well attended. E. G. Quattlebaum, C. D. Stanley, D. W. Robinson, W. J. Langston, R. B. Watson, N. N. Burton, E. C. Ridgelt, T. S. Kinkead, C. E. Burts. Oct. 21, 1914. A Good Drug Store. 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