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U H E K W O U U A N D E R S O N , fa m o u s
n o v e list a n d a b o rt sto ry w rllo r,
a m o u s lb s ly p e '* ■ » ol
w eekly
n e w sp ap er lo M a n o n . V irg in ia M r.
A n d erso n c re a te d a v rn a a lio n la s t
N ovem ber s h r n h e left New Y ork
C ity a n d b e i r m r p u b lis h « of tw o
IIUI* weekly p ap e r* d ow n a m o n g
t b r Him K ld * r M o u n tain * . A bout
th e !lr»i th in g be did s a l dart n
c a m p a ig n fo r th e M a rio n b an d . Ho
likr» a b a n d ’b e tte r th a n a lm o s t
a n y t h i n s else in a to w n ." be «ay*.
Ill« ap p eal* , w ritte n In th e in im it
a b le S h erw o o d A n d erso n »tyle n o t
on ly s tir r e d o p » a p p o rt s m o n * t h e
people n i M arlo n b o l b ro u g h t c o n
trib u tio n * fro m O tto K a h n . I n te r
n a tio n a l b a n k e r. H. L. M en ck en ,
n o te d w r i t «
a n d critic . H o race
M v e r tg h l w ell k n o w n p u b lish e r, a n d
o lh e e n a tio n a l Arwee*
l A boveJ—-M A K IO N K IW A N IH B A SI»
Ib i* fine U lti* b a n d » u t u n i;
f u m i s t i « ll i r I M I pcupl* «I M arron a r ili m usic un M iu u n rr e v s n ln g s
a n d d u i in* i r l e lira lluu» u u l r e m i l i * m an e a ir tp 1« W a itila * lo u . Ir C ,
|>Uyln* tu U r i U n clou* th è « a ;
lln » li t b r b a n d S h rrw o u d A n d erso n
I* " r u o lin i' lor a n d lo » h o w lu p p o li I tilo K a h n a n d th è m i r o n -
Irtb u te d . K rank 1.1 p io d lr e r tu r r itr e tn * lefl
l i b i l i - bherauod Anderson *a y» he i* napprar botai»»* be irai rearurd
Ib r band In M arion than II he had arrllten Ih » rear-i M»ol HeUer no«
troi ana* br h a» don» a “«ood dred* bai borana» ba ll be »ora ol band
ronrarta Ib i* »unirne*,
Fam ous W riter, T urned
C ountry Paper Kditor,
Boosts the T o w n Band
No w onder th e M arlon band of M arion. V irginia, consider* it* trouble*
a re ovei »ay» th e Colin Music C e n te r E lk h art. Ind Nlrcrwood Anderson
who u leiroiled to gel * nickel e w oid for hi* »Irort alone*. I* cham pion
in* Ure oand w ith a h a ll to a colum n a rticle every week In th e M arlon
paper» a h u ll he recently bought
Not only naa thl* highly paid w riter »tlrred up su p p o rt In M arlon,
b u t m an* iia u u n a l Itgure» have com e to Ure supixirt of th e b an d
O tto K uhn internaU im al banker a n d donor to th e M etropolitan O pera,
ha* c o n trib u ted »100 H L M encken "cussed" or praised by per nap»
m ore people th a n a n y other w riter in America, chipped In I I I So did
H orace U v e rtg lil well known publisher Alfred K nopf, a n o th e r publisher
ol New York City cam e acrosa w ith »5 a* did also Fred Black Ford
M otor Co D etro it a n d Brie O enerul R osenbaum . W ashington. D C.
hrurrwood Anderiuin *aya M l* n o t !
a n u p lrlte r He claim* Ire look up
th e band cause trom tiu own selfish
desire* He »ay* he Ilk « a band.
Uani. m usic Just suit* him
He
would like to play Ure blggeM horn
in th e band hlm sell but lack» ab il
ity
He would llk t to be the drum
m ijo r brat ol all h r confesses but
he d o e s n t have lh* figure
It s In
hi* »»stem I gues* a* hi» fa th e r
used lo play a c o m e t In th e sam e
town band w ith th e late P resident
H arding
,
HI» F irst Mlor>
"W hat doe* « band m ean to a
U>wn?" A nderson ask* In one of hi*
first »tones 'B elter lo ask w hs! I*
a town w ithout a b a n d ’ IJfe In a
tow n goe* on Just *o You know
Irnw ti is M erchant* selling goods,
lawyer* fighting th eir cases farm er*
com m , into tow n to buy good*
S pring sum m er fall w inter
Peo
ple m their houses women cooking,
m aking bed» f.ifr is dull enough
"Day* come See th e m en of tire
band have pul on th eir uniform* H I .M il M ENCK EN , th e fam ous
a n d are com ing up along th e street flaltlm o rr llcll B r ib e r , who gave
T h e hie dru m Is boom ing th e horn* a year's d u n to th e band boy* W ith
his con trib u tio n cam e s not* say -
goin
••Just suppose now. In our town, In*. Il Is an honor a n d a pleasure.
we a re visited bv some g re at m an I All I ask Is th a t th e boy* play 'Die
H u rra h now let'» give him a big \Y »rht am Ith eln ' once a year, p re
day It m ay be th e governor of the ferably on my b irth d a y D on't lei
s ta te or some o th er d ig n ita ry O ut th e hand die." A nderson w rote b a rk :
p rin cip al m en *re going to m eet him "O. K.. Henry. W hen Is your b irth
down a t th e a ta tlo n T hey have d ay? W ell have a parade."
th e tr best car* th ere, th e biggest
a n d tier! cars we have In town, all
o u r leading citizens And no band like to arc tire fellow In th e big
Pshaw
W hat a frost
bearskin h a t w ith his staff a n d ste p
••And w hat about ArmlaUce Day ping high a n d wide. I ’d like to do
a n d th e F o u rth of July?
It m yself b u t I h a v e n 't got th e figure
"O r w hen th e fa ir U on
for I t
"O lder m en. »tnld rlttre n of a
“ And how fa ith fu l a n d devoted
tow n m ay be able to get along w ith tire band m em bers a re T h e m en of
o u t a hand but w hat about th e our M arion band, for exam ple, go
b oys'
off to p ra ctic e tw ice a week
Far
“W hen I was a boy m y one great from g e ttin g paid fo r th e ir work
y earning wo* to play th e blggeat th ey do it w ithout pay H ie m em
h o m In th e tow n b an d I never bers even pay dues to keep th e band
m ad e It T h ere never w as m uch m u going
sic In me
"R ecently, u n til tliese lost few
"S till a n d all. I'm n o t a Jealous weeks, our M arion band h a s h a d a
m an
W h at I c a n t h a v e I d o n t band leader who was paid a good
w a n t to tak e kway from th e o th er salary because he was a good m an
fellow
He was th e re to keep th e boys up to
snuff a n d w ould be th e re now but
s
Fond of th e B and.
t h a t h e Is sick.
‘T still like a b an d b e tte r th a n
“B u t th e boys a re a t It Just th e
alm ost a n y th in g else In a town
sam e. T hey a re keeping th e band
B an d m usic Just suits m e T h ere up.
th ey com e up th e stre e t l a t e ly 1
Hacrlflrea of B and Men.
h av e only aeen th e M arlon b an d In
“T h e re a re m en In th e M arlon
a ction a few time* a n d th en thev
d t d n t h ave any drum m ajor.
I h an d who m ake a sacrifice every
hope they get one a g ain soon
I tim e th ey go o u t to play. B e ar this
Ur m ind W lian we w ant our band
moat, other towns, th a t hav en l any
»and. would Uke one too O ur band
get* oOera to go all over th e S o u th -
w «i
Such offer» alm ost alw ays
come w hen we need them here and
they stay a t hom e In ste ad of go
ing out a n d raking in money they
stay here a n d give llrelr sendee*
And th e re a re Individual m em
bers of th e band who m a k r a sa c ri
fice every u m e they go out to play
Uo they kick? Not they
"The boys of tile band Uke th eir
»and. a n d to do we. H u rra h , here
they com e
Music floating on th e
breeze Every h e a rt Jum ping Life.
Music Zlpp
"We Uke th a t
"The people of M arlon owe It to
th e ir band to give It th e heartiest
kind of su p p o rt O e t back of them
W heu they need a Uttle money to
seep going, shell out A good band
Is th e best Investm ent a town can
m ake ■
Jo in Uie G lory List.
"Join th e O lory List." Sherwood
A nderson headlines a n o th e r story,
a n d continues
T h e M arion P u b
lishing C om pany d o e sn 't Intend to
become a crusader You know how
city papers a re W ell, we m ake no
p re te n tio n s of being a big city p a
per We a re Just a UtUe old country
weekly, t h a t ’s w hat we are
"Still a n d all. as Mr Ring L ard-
ner 1 * to fond of saying we do not
w ant th e big city papers to hang It
all over our eye* C ity p * p ert a re
alw ays g etting up a crusade for
som e good cause
T hey uplift this
one or th a t one Som etim es whole
sections of society get uplifted Uke
th a t I t ’s w onderful
"W e a re n ’t, however, q uite so a m
bitious Up to d a te we have tak en
up but one cause a n d th a t is the
M arion B an d It m ay be Ure only
one we ever wlU U k e up And we
a re not doing Uiat out of any a ltr u
istic purpose It's Just because we
Uke to h e ar th e band play We like
to see th em p a rad e W hen a big day
cornea we Uke to see th em put on
th e ir uniform s a n d com e blowing
th e ir h ead s off up M ain stre et
"Flags flying, everyone feeUng
fine Life Is d ra b enough on o rd i
n a ry day*. We h ave never found
a n y way to be a c a n a ry bird o u r
selves
Sum m er . . ^ j | C oncerts
"W h at we w an t Is to see th e band
boys h ave a UtUe m oney In th e
treasu ry . W e w an t b a n d concerts on
sum m er n lg h u .
"O, h e a rts of gold, who will p u t
up 15 00 a y ear over a period of five
years to g et a n d keep our band In
b a n g -u p financial condlU on? We
a re m aking th is appeal n o t only to
M arlonltcs but to all people In th e
su rro u n d in g c o u n try who read th is
p a p er a n d w ho Uke to com e to our
tow n w hen th e re la so m eth in g s tir
ring. o r o n sum m er n ig h ts to h e a r
th e band play.
*
"T h e K ing of E ngland. P resident
of F ra n c e. P re sid e n t of th e U nited
S tates, S enators. P oliticians. M il
lionaires. R ich A uthors. Poor Ones,
F arm ers, M ercliants, A nyone w el
come.
O T T O H. KAHN, In tern a tio n a l
b a n k « , b a c k « of the M etropolitan
O pera, music rnthu»ta»t and p h i
lan th ro p ist. also sta rte d the .Marlon
band fund off w ith s check for $100
Several o th er contribution» from n a
tio n al figures followed bot Ihc bulk
of (he band fund cam e from M arlon
people who value the band aa one
of th e W r|f* l th in g s In th e town.
"If you do not w ant to sign up
for m ore th a n one vear or can n o t
give $5 00. do not let th a t stop you
"JO IN T H E GLORY L IST
S pirit of th e Band.
A nderson says he would Uke to
be th e drum m ajo r in th e bond but
d o e sn 't have the figure WeU. ne
m ay be a UtUe plum p a n d his knee
a ctio n m ay be a bit sUfl but w ell
vote for him . anyway. He catch es
th e sp irit of th e p a rad in g band
T h a t's w h a t It takes to be a dru m
m ajor.
•T h e bond represents th e town
on Its gay days," he says ' W hen
th e fa ir comes, w hen th e re Is a cele-
brsU on, F o u rth of July, any kind of
a Jam boree w hen every citizen be
com es a boy again, th e n s good
band, stepping gaily out. th e d ru m s
bcaUng. flags flying—w h a t Is s tow n
w ith o u t s good band?
"Y ou c an n o t have a good b an d In
debt You c an n o t expect th e boys
to blow gaily, step o u t w ith real
gusto, w hen th ey a re in debt. To
h ave a good band requires n ig h ts of
steady practice. It requires sUcklng
to It. W h at can you expect w hen
th e boy* have to com e to band
m eeting a n d plunk down a dollar
Just for th e privilege of w orking to
be good when we w ant th em good?
"T he boys got a Uttle discouraged
T h e ir leader got sick A lot of th em
a re working boy* T hey got a Uttle
In debt. T h is paper Is no u p lift p a
per. It Is Just a good. UtUe old
c o u n try paper B ut we like a band
W e began w riting ab o u t th e M arlon
b an d In o u r pap er
•'Well, d o n 't you w orry a bout old
M arion. We will rake In m an y a
flve-dollar bill for the boys "
Viewpoint of th e R and Men.
Few have gotten th e view point of
th e sm all tow n band, as h a s S h e r
wood Anderson
He h a s learned
from th e b an d m en w h at th ey are
up a g ain st He also a p p rec ia tes w h at
th e b an d really m eans to a n y town.
•One ol u>e n rsi signs ol th e de
cay of a town is w hen It c a n n o t
get up en th u siasm to support a
band T he Mai ion band needs sup
port Most people don t know IL
In order to ceep them selves up
to m uff th e boys practice twice a
week They pay a dollar a m onth
o u t of th e ir own pocket* m u isn ’t
fa ir T hey should not be asked to
do t h a t
m e money goes to pay
re n t for a hail in w hich to practice,
and o ther incidental expenses.
•Who wtU pay th e yearly due* for
one oand boy? m i s »aper wtU re
ceive it (or them Some of the boys
have got behind in th e tr dues A
good m any of them work h a rd fo r
th e tr money W hen they get behind
th ey do not feel Uke com ing aro u n d
to practice tn d th e band suffers,
lo y a lty of th e Band.
"Only taut A rm istice Day our band
h a d a n offer to go to a n o th e r town.
T hey could nave got $250 for th e
day
rh e y stuck to M arlon They
have alw ays »tuck. We ought to
sUck to them .
T h e r e u soon to be a show p u t
on m town, a p a rt of th e proceed*
of w hich go to th e band S upport
th a t w hen it com es along. If you
feel Uke chipping In to pay sem e
fellow's dues for a year, we will be
glad to h e ar from you.“
e
W hen th e cam paign h a s ru n tta
course, th e M arlon band wtU prob
ably be com pletely outfitted w ith
q u a d ru p le gold-plated horns and
uniform s w ith gold braid th ree Inch
es wide
Anyway, th e people of
M arion a re assured of band concerts
th is sum m er a n d of having a snappy
| band to liven up all th e tr gala davs
w ith m usic
Richmond' Va., May 23—Republi
cans of Richmond were caused much
concern Monday, when Race politi
cal leaders of the city announced
that their constituents planned to
desert the rank* of the Republican^
Party for the Democrat*. The 5,
000 Race voter* of Richmond to
nearly a man will vote the Demo
cratic ticket in the presidential elec
tions next Fall contingent up
on the Democrats picking Al Smith
as their candidate, it was said.
A test suit for damages growing
out of colored voter* being refused
ballot* in the Democratic Mayorali-
ty prin ary April 5, last, is in U. S.
District Court for trial next fall Up
on the outcome of this case will reft
the possibility of the colored voter*
becoming Democrats.
Mr. and Mr». J. L. Stewart and
Mr*. Hale entertained Mr. B. M
Taylor the young graduate of En-
ertpriie, at a beautiful party last
Thursday evening. May 17th. All en-
iwyed a delightful evening. Music,
both vocal and instrumental, were
the diversios. Those present were:
Mr. and Mr*. Wm Torrence, and
family: Mr. and Mrs. White and fa
mily; Mr. and Mr». Wm Jones fend
j daughter; Mr and Mrs. R. H Hale;
Mr Taylor the guest of honor He is
preparing to enter college another
1 year.
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The Juvenile clat* held their first
meeting Sunday afternoon at 2:JO—
381,34 E. Morrison St. and was very
successful listing nice membership.
But listen mother and fathera we are
still asking you for your girl* and
boys from 5 to 18 and 20. We wilt
meet again the first Sunday in June,
and we hope with your assistance'
organize a class with JO children. All
children are eligible. Senior, Moth
er Emma Nelson assisted by the I B.
P. O. D. F. of W.
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LODGE DIRECTORY
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I. B. P. 0. E. OF THE WORLD
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NOTICE
Dahlia Temple No. 202, I. B. P.
0. E. of Vf., of Portland, Oregon,
meets the 1st and 3rd Tuesday
nights in each month at Stag Audi
torium. All visiting Daughter
Elks in good standing in their re
spective Temples are invited to
meet with us.
DOLLY PARIES,
Daughter Ruler.
BOSE CITY LODGE No. I ll, L
B. P. 0. E. of W.. MEETS the
2ND AND 4TH WEDNESDAY
EVENINGS OF EACH MONTH
AT THE STAG AUDITORIUM.
38154 E. MORRISON STREET.
A L L VISITING BROTHERS
ARE CORDIALLY INVITED.
T. H. WILLIAMS, E. R.
STAG AUDITORIUM
38154 E. Morrison St.
LULA HUBBARD,
Daughter Secretary.
Syracuse Lodge, No
1, K. of P., meets the
second and fourth Fri
day nights each month
at the Stag Auditorium
381
E. Morrison St.
L. A. ASHFORD, C. C.
328 Wheeler St.
WYATT WILLIAMS. Secretary,
836—E. 30th Street
HORACE L IV E R IG IIT . publisher,
play producer and llte ia te u r. In a
le tte r he says: "I w an t a little band
boy of m y own. Inclosed (tnd $12 la
pay one band boy’s dues for th e
year. Pick me a good one. one w ith
good lungs. Let him blow hard. You
tell th a t band boy th a t w hen a big
day comes in M arion. I w ant him to
shine his shoes, comb hi« hair, keep
hts eyes off th e girls a n d go to it.
In rd y , why d id n 't I learn to blow a
h orn m yself w hen I was younrer!
I would like nothin« better In this
world th a n to be one of th e M arion
B and Boys, lle rc's to th em .'’
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