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VOL. LXV. NO. 4*2. UNION, S. C., FRIDAY, (XTOKE1! 15, 1915. #1.00 A YEAR
GREAT CROWD
EXPECTED AT
STATE FAIR ?
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According to Reports From All re
Sections of State the Attend- ei
ance This Year Will Prove a b?
Record Breaker?Many New ?
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Columbia, Oct. 11.?What promises *h
to be a record breaking attendance he
upon the State fair is indicated each a
day by the unusual activity in pur- c0
chasing concessions of space for exhibits
and the general report from all
sections of the State of plans to come s'
and bring trains. From Darlington ^
county alone, President J. N. Kirven M
predicts an attendance of as many as ea
4,000 persons. The schools of that Pa
county are to be closed, and an esti- ln
mate has been made that more than 'n
2,000 of the 4,000 school children in m
the county will come to Columbia for
one day. Similar interest is being: th
manifested in other sections. g.
Charleston, too, is to bring: its
"special," promoted by the Charleston
Ad Club. Charleston's commercial
organization. The City by the Sea is
to get a raptuous boost from the effort
that will be made that day.
.D. F. Efird, secretary of the fair, *e
says there has never been such a .?'
crush for exhibit rooms and such a
^general application for information. 8
A Bond of Sympathy. K?
unusually attractive and comprenensive
feature introduced this ^
year is the Harvest Jubilee celebra- ?
tion. This novel plan is statewide in cQ
scope, and establishes a bond of i'nti- ac
mate relationship with each of the ?
44 counties in the State, which have .
been asked to nominate a young: lady
in the queen selection contest. Prac- . ^
tically all the counties are participat- .
ing, and the coronation ceremonies on ^
the statehouse steps will be one of
the big features of fair week. The 12 g?
yound ladies deceiving the highest .
number of votes next to the queen are
w ttui tts inaius ui iionur.
Natural Resource Parade.
Another feature, which approaches *
State fair interest from the local an- ,
gle, will be the natural resource pa- ^
rade Wednesday afternoon. Already
17 counties have indicated their desire on
to enter "floats," in addition to seven w<
or eight of the larger cities. A distinct
effort will be made to have the
"floats" represent accurately the industrial
and natural resources behind *
the State's wealth producing capacity,
and some unusually spectacular en- ,al
tries are being built.
"South Carolina Hay," which will st'
be observed Thursday, will be the
"big" occasion, and will be characterized
by the most gigantic of all "caravans"
that will file in slow proces- ar
sion through Main street. The Trades
Display will be a distinct feature, a"
when many of the different business ^
enterprises of Columbia will enter tic
"floats," varying in phases of beauty m)
and attractiveness. The contingent m<
of the South Carolina federation of na
labor* will greatly swell the body of se
the procession. Another increasing
bulk will be provided by the 1(> com- ^
parties of the national guard and coast ll^.
artillerv. which will be one of the
brilliant spectacles of the week. Mil- fe<
itary day will be observed Tuesday, Pr
when the militiamen will spend the st<
day in competitive athletic events, Cc
prize drilling and other singular con- $3
tests. Many prizes have been of- th
fered for these exercises. $6
Punting the Pigskin. fir
The week's bill for gridiron con- ac
tests is unusually full. In addition re
to the supreme contest on Thursday Pa
between the rival contenders, Clemson ex
and Carolina, two other games and
possibly a third will be played on the ar
fair grounds athletic field, while two
other contests will be fought out on ln
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the university athletic park. v*
Porter Military academy and Baylor
preparatory school of Knoxville, ?f
Tenn., play the initial frame Tuesday on
noon. Wednesday the Presbyterian
College of South Carolina and the Citadel
fight for supremacy, with Clemson
and Carolina bring the series to ea
a conclusion Thursday noon. Carolina
meets Davidson in Columbia that tr]
week also, and under-classvnen from ov
Clemson and Carolina also contest for ha
honors. This is the heaviest football sei
schedule that has ever characterized wi
a State fair week in Columbia.
Conventions to Swell Fair Week ca
Crowd. CI
A heavy program of conventions fei
have been scheduled for fair week, ac
These more than ever before will
swell to excessive proportions the attendance
this fall. be
The.South Carolina Press associa- of
'ionwill hold an informal meeting th<
then. Headquarters for these will rni
be provided at the chamber of com- re<
merce rooms. Also a booth will be pr
' equipped for their use in the South be
Carolina building. Col. E. J. Wat- an
son, for many years an experienced $4
newspaper man, and by virtue of hie be
State wide interests in agriculture, atf
MAY CLOSE CANAL.
ngineer in Charge Recommends Official
Order to Continue in Force
Till November It.
Panama, Qct."4.?Lieut. Col. Chesr
Harding, engineer in charge of
le Panama canal, has sent a message
i Secretary Garrison at Washington
commending that President Wilson
sue an executive order officially
osing the canal until November 11.
Col. Harding explains that it will
! impossible to clear the channel here
that date and perhaps not then,
e favors refunding the tolls to ships
at h-ve paid them to transship the
irgoes of the vessel so that arrangeents
be made to forward them to
eir destination. It is estimated,
iwever, that it would require at least
month for the Panama railroad to
mpltfte transshipment of the cargoes
the 90 vessels awaiting passage.
The conditions caused by the new
ide are the worst in the history of
e canal, according to Col. Harding,
ore than 1,000,000 cubic yards of
rth must be removed before ships
n pass. The dredges are maintaing
a high point of efficiency, and durg
the month of September removed
ore than 1,000,000 yards. Canal of:ials
are optimistic that eventually
e danger of slides will be overcome.
JLLIVAN RECOVERS
HIS DIAMOND BELT.
Chicago, Oct. 7.?John L. Sullivan
:ain has his diamond belt, oresented
- friends in 1887. He left it here as
curity for a four thousand dollar
an. Sullivan redeemed it from a
welry firm yesterday for ^5,300. It
is 350 diamonds and 14 pound? of
Id.
The self-made man forgets to list
mself when the assessor calls.
mmerce and industries personally
quainted with them all, will assist
making their stay in Columbia a
easant occasion. Plans will be coniered
by the newspaper men for
e next summer's meeting, when a
int session will be probably held
ith the North Carolina association.
Another large group will be the
>uth Carolina federation of labor,
ing to Columbia a large company
allied trades workers. Sixteen
mpanies of the national guard and
e coast artillery will advance upon
e capital city, bringing with them
eir coast artillery band from Fort
oultrie. Military features will be
e of the pleasing incidents of fair
;ek.
A convention of horsemen has also
en called, as well as a "fiiddlers'
nvention." Prizes to the amount oi
00 are to be offered to the best fider
who enters the1 concert. Other
rge aggregations will be some of
e schools from which the entire
udent bodies will attend.
The Mayor's Breakfast.
An attractive incident to be introced
this year will be the mayor's
eakfast at the Jefferson hotel, tenred
by Mayor Lewie A. Griffith to
1 visiting mayors and their wives,
ipplemental to this will be their paripation
in the large parade. Each
ayor will be provided with an autosbile,
on which will be displayed his
me and that of the city he reprents.
Corn Club Boys Coming.
The corn club boys are to have an
.'i^rtant, nlare in-the fair wppIt foe.
'ftV' this year. Recently entry
Bs nyMje cancelled and additional
ize money offered that the young?rs
might be encouraged to come to
tlumbia fair week. Previously only
7.50 had been offered in prize
>ney. This has been increased to
8, distributed in three classes. The
st prize of the greatest yield per
re, combined with the best written
port of production, the best profit
ying investment and the best 10 ear
hibit will be $15. A second and
ird prize of $10 and $5 respectively
e also offered.
For the 10 year exhibits alone, $23
prizes will be given, these being
0, $8 and $5, respectively.
For the single ear exhibit, $15 worth
prizes are offered. The first, secd
atid third premiums are placed at
an/I roe nnnf iirolt'
j yv ??"u yw ivopuv mvij.
L. L. Baker, State supervisor of
e corn clubs, believes that he can
sily produce 100 exhibitors.
The boys are to be a prominent enY
in the parade. Each will wear
eralls, a broad brimmed palmetto
t, thus emphasizing the harvest
ason idea. A huge stalk of corn
11 also be carried by the boys.
Supplemental to this will be the
nning club girls work of the State,
emson college will have three difrent
"floats," indicating the varied
tivities of the institution.
The King's Sport.
Horse racing this year will again
one of the large drawing cards i
the fair attendance. In addition to
e usual 'scale of premiums, approxiitely
$1,600, the State fair officials
ently designated two additional
izes. One of these was $60 for the !
st saddle stallion, mare or gelding,
y age. A model class premium of
0 was also appropriated for the
st stallion, mare or gelding, any
e.
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HARVESTS SHOW
FINE PROSPECTS
$
WILL BE MOST VALUABLE IN
HISTORY.
Corn Still the King?Indications Point
to Crop of 3,026,159,000 Bushels.
Wheat Yield the Largest.
Washington, Oct. 7.?American
harvests this year will be the most valuable
ever produced. With the wheat
crop exceeding a billion bushels, the
largest ever grown in one season by
any nation, and a corn crop which
also may prove to be the largest ever
made the government's October crop
report, issued today, announced preliminary
estimates which indicate
record harvests of oats, barley, rye,
sweet potatoes, rice, tobacco and hay.
Corn still is king of crops with indications
of 3,026,159,000 bushels. That
is 98,000,000 bushels below the record
of 1912 but the final production may
more than make up the difference.
tu. kuk.. .v.:.,
i mv iii^iiti |;i acn tuiA J" trill USSUie
the most valuable corn crop ever
grown. At prices to farmers prevailing
October 1 the corn crop is worth
$2,133,000,000.
Wheat prospects increased as the
growing season progressed and the
government's early season forecasts
moved up month by month so that today's
preliminary estimate was placed
at 1,002,029,000 bushels. Wet weather
at harvest time, however, reduced the
quality of winter wheat so that much
of it will be available only for feed.
At prices prevailing October 1, the
farm value of the crop is $910,644,000,
considerably more than ever was
paid for a wheat crop.
September weather was particularly
destructive to potatoes, causing
a reduction of 37,558,000 bushels or
10 per cent in the forecast of production.
Tobacco also suffered from
unfavorable conditions, which caused
a decrease of 21,345,000 pounds in the
production forecast. Tobacco, however,
promises to exceed the record
crop of 1909 by 43,000,000 pounds.
Oats will exceed the record crop of
1912 by almost 100,000,000 bushels.
Barley will exceed its record by 13,'000,000
bushels; sweet potatoes by
5,000,000 bushels; rice by 500,000
bushels and hay by 8,000,000 tons.
GREAT BRITAIN IN THE WAR.
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The Ubserver has frequently heard
the question asked: "What is Great
Britain doing ?" In fact, it ^ias been
requested on a former occasion to give
some light on the matter and it undertook
to do so with such facts as were
in its possession. But we feat The
Observer fell a little short of giving
England the proper measure of credit.
We feel that way when we compare
the exhibit it made with that presented
by The Wall Street Journal in
answer to an identical question. The
Journal sets forth that Great Britain's
navy, her financial credit and a small
expeditionary army were all that were
asked for by the allies. "They would
have been entirely contented with
these," the Journal proceeds, "but
Great Britain gave infinitely more.
Her navy wiped the German menace
from the seas. It locked up the
vaunted German navy, without Great
Britain's participation, could have
battered France into submission is a
fortnight. It has removed the submarine
peril far more effectively than
any of the wordy admonitions of
Washington."
The Journal goes into details in support
of this general statement. It
says that instead of her first expeditionary
army, which totaled 180,0011
men instead of the 125,000 expected,
"England has placed upwards of 1,000,000
men in the field, without
counting the Qolonial and Indian
troops, and has 2,000,000 more in readiness.
The relatively small length of
her line in Northern France is quoted.
But it is curious to hear from German
sources of captured Highlanders in
Alsace. Relatively to all the others,
Irish, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand
and Indian, the proportion of
Great Britain in this contribution is
overwhelming. But her service, in
this instance voluntary, merely begins
here. She is the principal guarantor
for a credit here of $1,000,000,000.
But she has lent already to her allies,
Russia, Italy, Serbia, even Rumania,
more than $2,000,000,000. This is twice
the credit we are extending, mainl>
for the benefit of our own commerce
with our best customers." The Observer
believes that is a fair summary
of British accomplishments. It may
be overdrawn, but it is rounded ofT
with a pointed question and one that
is calculated to give pause. It is simply:
"If it were not for the British
mastery of the seas, where woul^i our
own export tra^e be?"?Charlotte Observer.
Agitation is the antidote for stagnation.
A little change is a good thing, but
a big roll of bills is better.
It does seem queer that most of the
"good fellows" have a lot of bad
habits.
Perhaps a man can write a sensible
love letter, but he never does.
If every man were taken at his own
valuation there wouldn't be half
enough halos to go around. ]
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STATE WAREHOUSE
SYSTEM IS PEST
GOVERNOR WRITES OF ALLEGED
WAREHOUSE MERGER.
Act Needs Amending?Is Concerned
for Welfare of Cotton Producer.
System Must Be Independent.
(Monday's State.)
Gov. Manning in a letter made public
yesterday expresses his views on
the suggestion made recently that a
warehouse combine was being formed
to destroy the State cotton warehouse
system. The matter was called to the
governor's attention by D. W. Robinson
of Columbia, a stockholder of
the Standard Warehouse company.
The charge that the combine was being
formed to destroy the State sys
tem was made by John L. McLaurin,
commissioner, in a statement to the
press. No definite steps have been
taken as yet looking to such a merger i
of warehouses, although it is said that
a proposition has been submitted. It
was said by those interested in the
concern that no thought was ever
given to the State warehouse system.
The governor's letter follows:
"I). W. Robinson, Esq., Columbia, S. C.
"Dear Sir: I am in receipt of a
copy of your letter of the 6th to Mr.
T. B. Stackhouse, president Standard
Warehouse company, and thank you
for the information contained therein.
The subject covered is of vast importance
to the State, and I would be
glad to have you keep me advised of
any developments in reference to
same.
"The success of any cotton warehouse
system depends, in my opinion,
on its independence of any other in- i
terests than that of the producer of
the cotton, and any move that would
place cotton under the control of the
spinners, either domestic or foreign,
or any other move inimical to the man
who produces the crop, might bring
disaster to the farming interests of
our State.
"The prosperity and peace of our 1
land depends, to a very large extent,
on the success of our farmers. The I
State warehouse system, when the <
law is perfected, will, in my opinion, i
go a long way to solve the problem i
oS the gradual marketing of the cot- i
ton crop. Cheap insurance and a low
rate of interest on cotton stored are <
essen'tail to successful warehousing of
cotton; and a State system can secure >
these results better than any other. j
"If it is true that an effort is being
made to block the purposes for which
the State warehouse system is created,
it is of the utmost importance that ]
whatever steps are necessary to pre- i
vent the scheme should be taken without
delay.
''Of course there can be no objec- i
tion to any corporation, firm or in- ,
dividuals, engaging in legitimate cotton
warehousing, even in competition ]
with the State, if they wish, so long 1
as that competition is fair and open. 1
My only desire is that the man who, i
Kv IQKAI* nvArliiooo fnrnn oK'lll I ,
secure the greatest protection at the
least cost in the storing of same. (
"I agree with you that the warehouse
has become an important factor <
in this State, furnishing means by <
which the producers are enabled, when
the market is depressed, to hold the <
cotton and obtain loans on it at rea- (
sonable rates, until the market is .
such as to justify them in selling same,
instead of forcing the sale on
a glutted market. i
"I, of course, know nothing of the i
plans of the corporation, of which I ,
presume from your letter, you are a ,
stockholder and I sincerely trust that
no steps will be taken looking to the 1
blocking or tearing down of the State ]
warehouse system. Perfect the law ,
creating it and give it as a fair tr:al
and it will in mv opinion prove a
great asset, not only to the fai m.erS of
South Carolina, but to all South Carolina
interests as well. 1 shall certainly
lend every assistance in my .
power to perfect it and make it a
success. I am,
ti\T^x?xr f rulir unit *?e
VI JVU.O,
"Richard I. Manning,
"Governor."
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T/S SO.
Apropos of Luke McLuke's verse:
"There's one thing1 tha\'s certain j
Says old Mr. Peck;
"A boil on the stove is
worth two on the neck."
a valued contrib. horns in with this ,
trio: ,
"Another thing sure,"
"Says old Mr. Kelly;
"A pane in the window's
Worth two in the ."
' '
"But joking aside,"
Remarks Patsy McSwair;
"A wheel on your auto's
Worth two in your head."
"But then it is certain,"
Remarked Mrs. Nance:
"A hole in the doughnut's
Worth two in your pants."
?The State.
The real secret of many a man's
success lies in doing a thing today
and talking about it next week.
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POET HI LEV SPENDS
HAPPIEST BIRTHDAY. '
Notables of Iloosier State and Entitv
Nation Join in Honoring Beloved
Author?Unique Gifts.
Indianapolis, Ind., t^ct. 7.?Jame;
Whitcomb Kiley, aided by the State
and nation, today celebrated one o." .
the happiest birthday anniversaries ; 1' '
his life. He was the honor truest at
a theatrical performance in the afternoon
and tonight attended a banquet
Riven in his honor. 4
More than 2,000 of the poet's
friends greeted him at the theatr*.
Some of the most prominent men in
the world of letters spoke at the banquet
tonight.
The flood of congratulations which
has poured in on Mr. Riley for the
past two weeks reached its crest today.
There were cheery messages J
from people in every walk of life. The ^
poet evinced a keen delight at each
of these tributes.
Cake Like Pumpkin.
One of the unique presents received 1
at the Riley home was a birthday cake
shaped and colored like a pumpkin.
Crowning it was a layer of frosting.
It typified Mr. Riley's poem, "Th* .
frost is on th' punkin." A card bore t
the message that the donor desired to j
be known only as "Old Aunt Mary."
Two blacksmiths sent gifts. One
was a handmade silver horseshoe. The .
other was a tiny hammer to which a ^
card was attached saying:
"This is big enough for all the (
knocking you will ever want to do."
Letter From A. A. A. L.
A letter felicitating him on his ^
birthday reached Mr. Riley today ^
from the American Academy of Arts "
and Letters, the organization which
three years ago acknowledged the
Hoosier poet as the greatest living ^
poet and presented him with a gold
medal in testimony of that fact. The
letter follows:
"In behalf of your associates of the
American Academy of Arts and Letters,
we send you our heartiest felicitations
on your birthday, and on the j
festival with which it is celebrated t
by your native State. The academy is a
deeply gratified by the honor thus i
accorueo you, anu naus it as a recog- s
nition of the lasting worth of poetry a
as an influence in. the.jiati.onal life, v
We wish you many happy and tran- C
quil years." ii
The letter, dated New York, was
signed by William Dean Howells, pres- p
ident of the academy; Wm. M. Sloane, t
Robert Underwood Johnson, Edwin a
Rowland Blashfield, William Crary b
Brownell, Thomas Hastings and Wil- e
liam Rutherford Mead, directors of v
the academy. v
Honored While Living.
This year was picked for honoring a
the poet because the citizens of In- r
diana wished to pay him tribute b
while he would be fully able to take
part in and enjoy it. In addition to
the weight of years, Mr. Riley has t
felt the burden of ill health. He has e
reached that season of his life "when
the frost is on the punkin', an' the b
fodder's In the shock," and the state j
of his birth and life-long residence a
felt that it didn't want to delay long- ~
er the complete and formal expres- a
l e? l: ?
niwn wi nn iuvu iui mm. | n
Governor Samuel M. Ralston re- !
rently issued a proclamation asking S
every community in the state to set s
aside the day for the honoring of
"Indiana's most beloved citizen." His a
plan was to have business suspended ii
as much as possible. The proclama- v
tion is being generally observed in n
every city, town and village, from In- |
tlianapolis down to Greenfield, where n
Mr. Riley was born, and Carleton, the
tiny hamlet, under the name of Tail- >
holt, the praise of which the poet sang I
with the lines: /
"You kin boast about yer cities, and j
their stiddy growth and size, ,
And about yer county-seats, and
busines senterprise,
And railroads, and factories, and all
sich foolery?
Rut the little Town o' Tailholt is (
big enough for me!"
a
Greenfield took particular interest <1
in the celebration. Many of its old? N
er inhabitants remembered James
Whitcomb Riley as a little boy, un- t
known to the world except as the T
son of Captain Reuben Riley, a high- h
ly respected citizen. Also it recalled F
that it is situated on the banks o?
the Brandywine, the little stream
whose joys the poet chronicled in
?TI.' oi.I 11~i- > ?J ' I
in v/iu uv* mi linn uuie, ana 01
which he had said, that, wandering
up and down it, he "had more fun to
the square inch, than ever anywhere."
Notables Present.
Governor Ralston, Mayor Joseph 1'.
Bell, Charles Warren Fairbanks, Meredith
Nicholson and George Ade had
charge of the celebration in Indian- f
apolis. In order to lend nation-wide s
interest to it, they invited celebrated p
persons from all over the country to p
attend. Many Accepted. p
William Allen White came from ^
Emporia, Kas.; Dr. John H. Finley. p
and Colonel George Harvey, from p
New York; Ellerby Sedgwich, from p
Boston and Young F. Allison, from p
Iiouisville, Ky., to help honor Mr. ?
Riley. <
The list of Indiana citizens taking c
part in the celebration is big. . In I
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CHARLESTON
DISPENSARIES
ARE CLOSED
Governor Manning Wires Special
Orders to Gathcart?Constables
are Directed to Rp
"Unusually Vigilant," Active
and Impartial.
Dispensaries in Charleston county
vere ordered closed until further noice
by Gov. Manning last nijrlit. tl
s presumed that this action was taken
)ecause of the municipal election to
>o held in Charleston tomorrow.
The following telegram was sent by
.he governor to W. C. Cathcart. chief
nonstable:
"Charleston county dispensaries
mlered closed immediately until furher
orders from me. Dispensary
onstables must be unusually vigilant
n the enforcement of dispensary law.
5how this wire to them and tell them
expect them to do their duty actively
md impartially."
The jrovernor addressed the fololwnpr
message to C. I.. Wilson, J. V".
Yallace and John Marshall, members
if the Charleston dispensary board:
"By virtue of authority vested in
ne under section 85(5, code of laws
if South Carolina, 1912, volume 2, I
icreby order you to close at once
(very dispensary in Charleston couny,
said dispensaries to remain closed
intil further orders from me. See
hat this order is strictly enforced."?
ine state.
JOGS WERE ON A DRUNK
ON SORGHUM SKIMMINGS.
A citizen of Newberry went to his
ilantation last week and while going
hrough the pasture saw a hop acting
is though something were wrong with
t. As he examined it and found it
haky in the legs he cast his eyes
iround and discovered another in a
vobbly condition, apparently dying.
)ther hogs on fhe place were Simla
rly affected.
Leaving word with the overseer to
tut the hogs up and look after them,
he citizen returned to his city home
ind family for the night, and went
iack to the plantation next morning,
xpecting to find the hogs dead. He
yas surprised when told that the hogs
vere all right.
They had just been on a drunk that
ifternoon, having swilled the skimriing
of the sorghum molasses.?Newlerry
Observer.
Politeness is like an air cushion:
here may he nothing In it, hut it
ases many a hard jolt.
When a small boy begins to wash
lis face without being told he is passng
through the ordeal of his first love
ffair.
ddition to the members of the coninittee
of arrangements, there were
'ormer Senator Albert .1. Beveridge,
Senator Kern, Vice-President Mar,
hall and others.
The program of the day called for
11 entertainment in a local theatre.
11 the afternoon and a banquet at
irhirh Mr Rib-v vvac to t
,T * " V..V f- WCW
if honor in the evening- It was exacted
that the poet would read a
lew poem at the banquet.
At the entertainment, several of
>lr. Riley's poems, including "The
taggedy Man" and "Little Orphant
Vnnie," were set to music hy Mr.
Vard Stephens. Dancers from Anna
'avlowa's company interpreted a
lumber of ihe verses.
Hundreds who had hoped to atend
the banquet this evening had to
ie disappointed. The committee in
harge have been compelled to reject
cores of appeals for accommodations
s there are seat for but four hunIred.
Former Vice-President Chas.
V. Fairbanks will be toastmaster.
The coming of his birthday in Ocober
has a peculiar happiness for Mr.
tiley, he said the other day. It is
lis favorite month, as he attests in his
loem, "Old October." In it he says:
"I love Old October so,
I can't bear to see her go?
Seems to me like losin' some
Old-home relative 'er chum?
'Pears like sorto' Kettin' by
Some old friend 'at sigh by sigh
Was old friend 'at sigh by sigh
Was a-passin' out o' sight
Into everlasting night."
James Whitcomb Riley was born at
Ireeneld, Ind., October 7, 1853, the
on of Captain Reuben A. Riley and
Elizabeth Riley. He first began conributions
to Indiana papers in 1873.
lis dialect poems brought him his
:reatest fame. His first book appeared
under the pen-name, "Benj.
Johnson, of Boone." Among his
test k*Viown poems are "Little Or>hant
Annie," "The Raggedy Man,"
Leedle Dutch Baby," "Th' Old
Swimmin' Hole,', "An Old Sweetheart
>' Mine," and "How John Quit the
'arm."
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