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MONROE ADVERTISER
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VOL. 59
PLAYERS CLUB TO PRESENT
^MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
Under direction of Miss Augusta Center Local
Thespians Will Present Shakespeare’s
Comedy. Proceeds to go to Purchase
Scenery, etc,, for Institute Stage,
Will Be Excellent Performance.
On Friday evening, April 25, in
the auditorium of the New Banks
Stephens Institute, the Players
Club under the direction of Miss
Augusta Center will present
Shakespere’s brilliant comedy,
The Midsummer Night’s Dream.
The proceeds from the play are to
be used in buying scenery for the
stage. To say that the play is
directed by Miss Center is to in
sure its success. Those who have
seen the actors in their rehearsals
feel sure that they will present a
beautiful entertainment for the
people of Forsyth and the com
munity at large.
The play will be effectively
staged and costumed. The exqui
site Mendelssohn music compos
ed for The Midsummer Night’s
Dream will be given by Misses
Annie Kate and Edith Fletcher.
Anyone who fails to see this en
tertainment will miss a rare op
portunity.
The price of admission is fifty
•cents for adults and twenty-five
cents for children.
Below is a synopsis of the play
and the cast of characters.
SYNOPSIS
Herinia, an Athenian maiden,
in love with Lysander, refuses to
marry Demetrius, the choice of
her father, Egeus. She is brought
before the Duke, who gives her a
few days to make answer. At
this Lysander and Hermia steal
forth to a wood beyond “the peril
of the Athenian law ” Deme
trius, follows him.
In this wood, Titania and Ober
on are quarreling because of a
changeling boy in Titania’s train.
While Titania sleeps Oberon
anoints her eyelids with the juice
of the flower “love-in-idleness.”
This flower will cause the sleeper,
when waking, to love the first
creature that comes in sight. Be-
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
Theseus, Duke of Athens, .Oliver Morse
Egoue, father of Hertnia, Stacer Devereaux
Lysander, iu love with Hermia, Frank Willingham
Demetrius, in love with Hermia, Sidney Burton
Philostrate, master of revels, Cullen Goolsby
Quince, a carpenter, Charles Hardin
Snug, a joiner, Frank Lancaster
Bottom, a weaver, Loyd Barrett
Flute, a bellows-mender, Paul Chapman
Snout, a tinker, Tom Fletcher
Starveling, a tailor, Tom Mays
Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazcns, Mary Ponder
Hermia, in love with Lysander, Mattie Lou Stephens
Helena, in love with Demetrius, Genevieve Smith
Oberon, King of Fairies, Myrtle Farley Zellner
Titania,Queen of Fairies, Grace Neely
Puck Louise Bloodworth
First Fairy, Juliette Rutherford
Cobweb, Dorothy James
Peaseblossom, Ma>y Birdsey
Moth, Emily Harper
Mustardseed, Nellie Goodwyn
ATTENDANTS
Juliette Alexander Sa r ah Ponder
Mary Zellner Hattie Hunt
Hallie Lancaster Miriam Kittrel
Marie Tingle Leola May Martin
Kittie Howard Gilbert Alexander
James Goggins Walter Floyd
FAIRIES
Evelyn Ewing Cornelia Ensign
Thelma Maynard Gwendolin Zellner
Christine Mitchell Laura Beecher Hooks
Louise Bogle Marian McDowell
Martha Banks Anna Persons
Sarah Moore
the changeing child, Tom Talmadge, Jr.
YORSYTH, MONROE COUNTY, GEORGIA. APRIL 18, 1913
fore he removes the charm he
hopes to secure the changeling.
Obeion, hearing the pleadings of
Helena and the reproaches of De
metrius, bids Puck drop the love
juice upon the eyelids of Deme
trius, that his love for Hermia
may be transferred to Helena.
Unintentionally Puck anoints the
eyelids of Lysander, who waking
just as Helena comes in view, for
gets Hermia and madly loves He
lena. Demetrius, unable to find
Hermia and his rival, lies down
to sleep and Oberon, to right the
wrong of Puck, anoints the eyelid
of Demetrius. When Demetrius
awakes he first beholds Helena,
and he, too,loves her so fervently
t hat he and Lysander withdraw to
fight for the love of Helena. Puck
at Oberon’s command, leads these
rivals so astray that the one does
not meet the other, and overcome
they fall asleep in the wood
Puck then anoints the eyelids of
Lysander, that Lysander’s love
may return to Hermia.
In this wood the “Hard-handed
men of Athens” meet to rehearse
a play for the wedding of Theseus
and Hippolyta. Puck fastens up
on one Bottom, an ass-head, and
brings him within the sight of
Titania. When she awakes she
’pursues Bottom with the soul of
love.’ Oberon then asks for the
chaugelmg-boy, and receiving it,
he releases Titania from the spell
and they quarrel no longer. The
Duke and Hippolyta coming upon
the lovers in the wood, the Duke
overbears the will of Egeus and
decrees that the lovers be married
Then come fasting and revelling;
that the “hard-handed men” pre
sent their play : and the faithful
lovers are full of happiness and
concord.
Scene: Athens, and a wood
near it.
CRIMINAL DOCKET
IN CITY COURT
April Term Convenes. Criminal Cases
Disposed of. Civil Cases are Set
for Next Week.
The April Term of City Court
of Forsyth convened on Monday
morning at ten. As had been
previously announced the crimi
nal eocket was first taken up and
a number of oasis disposed of.
The following is a list, of the
cases tried and the sentences im
posed:
Verdicts of guilty:—Charity
Zellner, Misdemeanor, Fme of
S2O. Eugene Trice, Selling Li
quor, SSO, or 6 mos. Jacob Row
ell, Carrying concealed weapons,
SSO, or 6 mos. Henrietta Bufford,
Selling Liquor, Lt mos. at. farm.
Pleas of guilty:—Sulm Brown,
Gaming, SOO or 6 mos. Elliott
Smith, Escape, 6 mos.
Nol pressed:—W. J. Wiggins,
Drunk or Highway, Henry Gibson
Larcency, Flein Garrett, Shoot ing
02 highway, Jim Dewberry, Cruel
ty to animals, Joe Hop, Assault
and Battery, Grady and Watson
Harris, Obstructing legal process.
Not Guilty:—J. E. Wilson,
Hunting in closed season, J. E.
Wilson, Carrying concealed Wea
pons.
Judgments and verdicts were
taken in a goodly number of cases
that were in default and the civil
cases were assigned for trial next
week as follows:
MONDAY
B. B Ford & Co vs C. A. & C.
H. Holmes, Suit on Note.
C. E &G. W. Tribble vs Jim
Dewberry and W. E. Flyut, Suit
on Note.
Scott & McGinty vs Mose Clem
ents Suit on Note
L. A Crawford vs J. O. Stewart,
Suit on Note.
TUESDAY
J. T. Fleming vs Fosh Owen, B.
H. Manry, Claimant, Complaint.
FRIDAY
Evans vs Southern Railway, ac
tion for damages.
R. B. Giles vs City of Forsyth,
Action for Damages (Postponed
until July Term.)
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An Apology.
Weare due the people of the
county an apology and gladly do
we “bend the pregnant hinges of
our knee” and give it.
We wongly accused the people
of the good county of Monroe;
did them a most grievous injury
and now we are conscience strick
en and offer them our abject apol
ogy
Some weeks ago the City of For
syth lost a well ; and altho it was
only a well, builded as most other
wells and without any of those
characteristics calculated te en
dear it to the people of Forsyth ;
we felt an affection for the thing
and believing that the well was
stolen and that the stealing of a
perfectly innocent and inoffensive
well was a dastardly trick, we ac
cused someone, somewhere o f
sticking the well under his arm
and running off with it.
As we view it now, after maturer
an d calmer consideration, we
know that we we e unjust; for the
well was discovered, and discover
ed right where it, had been left by
the City of Forsyth- It hadn’t
been moved at all.
Hen ce, our apology. W e
wronged you and we’re sorry-
And now Forsyth is happy.
There is more rejoicing over the
one well that was lost and found
than over the ninety and nine
that did not go astray.
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SINGING AT CABBNISS NEXT SUNDAY.
There will be a singing at the
Baptist Church at Cabaniss on
next Sunday afternoon, April 20th,
at two o’clock. Several expert
singers will be present and the
public is most cordially invited
to come.
ELECTION NECES=
SARY FOR BACON
The Ratification of Amendment Provid
ing for Direct Senatorial Elections
Brings Complications.
The ratification of the amend
ment calling for the election of
United States senators by the Leg
islature of Connecticut makes the
thirty-six necessary states. S o
soon as the states make their re
turns to the Secretary ot State, a
proclamation will be issued mak
ing this amendment a part of our
national Constitution.
The adoption of this amend
ment brings about a peculiar sit
uation in Georgia.
Senator A. O. Bacon has been
elected for another full term.
However, 1 he constitutional amend
ment was adopted before the legis
lature convened to canvass the
vote and declare the result. In
the mean tinmit became necessary
for Governor Brown to appoint
Senator Bacon for the ad interim
period between March 4th, 1918,
and the meeting of the legislature
during the coming summer.
But the adoption of the consti
tutional amendment has compli
cated the situation to such an ex
tent that in the opinion of emi
nent lawyers in the Senate it will
be neccessary for the Georgia leg
islature, when it next convenes,to
enact a law providing for a special
election for senator. Moreover,
according to the same authorities,
it will be necessary for the election
to be held and the returns canvass
ed by the legislature before it ad
journs, all of which will call for
some rather quick work, both in
the enactment of the special law.
the holding of the election and the
canvassing of the returns.
Unless this course is taken,
Georgia may find herself with but
one Senator in Washington ata
time when matters of the most
vital importance are being consid
ered by Uongrers, for there is de
clared to be grave doubt, whether
the governor, under the peculiar
conditions existing, would have
the power to appoint lor such a
vacancy as would result from fail
ure of the legislature to act.
Os course, it will not be neces
sary forSenator Bacon to go before
the people again. He has already
been nominated by an overwhel
ming vote, and will have uo oppo
sition ih the special ejection which
in now seems must he held under
the interesting conditions describ
ed.
WATERING TROUGHS MOVED.
The iron watering troughs which
have graced the north-east, and
south west corners of the square
for 10l these many years have
been moved. The council, deci
ding that they interfered with our
streets and congested traffic on
these corners hud them moved.
They will now be found closer to
the court, house green and out of
the way of passing automobiles
and all other conveyances.
PIPE ORGAN FOR BAPTIST CHURCH.
'I he Baptist Church is soon to
have a pipe organ. At the Sunday
morning service the church mem
bers voted to purchase a pipe or
gan and obligated themselves to
pay for the purchase of the organ.
A good portion of the necessary
amount has alreanv been promised
and it is anticipated that there
will be no great amount, of trouble
in raising the balance due.
The organ is to cost approxi
mately $2200 00
The movement to purchase the
organ is a distinctly forward step
on the part of the church and the
installation of the organ will add
much to the beauty and enjoy
ment of the church services.
MR. T. G. SCOTT
STATE STATISTICAN
Monroe County Man Appointed to Gov
ernment Position by Department of
Agriculture, Succeeds Northern.
The friends of Mr. T. G. Scott
are rejoicing at his good fortune.
Ie is announced from Washington
that he will be appointed State
Statistical! for the Department of
Agriculture.
In this position, it will be the
duty of Mr. Scott to tabulate and
consolidate the reports from the
various correspondents over the
state and thus keep the Depart immt
at Washington apprized of the
acreage of the various crops, the
crop conditions, the prevailing
prices; in short, to give the gov
ernment authentic reports of the
condition of the farming interests
of Georgia.
The appointment of Mr. Scott
to this important position is a dis
tinct, recognition of His ability
and worth and an appreciation of
his efforts towards the introduc
tion of the latest scientific meth
odr in farming. The National
Department of Agriculture has
indeed chosen wisely; they could
not have obtained a better man
in Georgia for the position. The
department is to be congratulated,
as well as Mr. Scott.
Rolph Smith, the Washington
correspondent of the Atlanta Jour
nal, has this to say of the appoint
ment:
“Thomas G. Scott, a Monroe
county farmer, has been selected
by the department of agriculture
forJState Statistician for Georgia,
vice Governor W. J. Northen, de
ceased. The apppointment will
be announced in a few days, by
Secretary of Agriculture Houston
and Scott will assume immediate
ly the duties of the position. The
appointment is not subject to the
confirmation of the senate, but it
is known that the appointment
meets with the approval of the
Georgia senators.
Scott was formerly president of
the Sixth District Agricultural
College, at Barnesville. He re
signed his position to devote hie
time to farming, and is regarded
by agricultural experts as one of
the most successful exponents of
intensive farming in Georgia. He
has accomplished wonders on his
plantation in Monroe County. Ho
was highly recommended for state
statistician by Dr. Andrew M
Soule, president of the state col
lege of agriculture, and the Geor
gia agents of the federal depart
ment of agriculture, headed by
Professor Phil Campbell.”
BROOKS4IOPPLR.
A marriage that came as a sur
prise to their friends occurred near
Maynard church Sunday P. M.,
when Miss Mae Brooks and Mi,
Herschel Hopper were united in
holy wedlock, Rev. B. L. Hencely
speaking the words that made
them man and wife.
Mrs. Hopper is the oldest daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. W.II Brooks,
of near Juliette, and quite an ac
complished young lady. She has
many friends who wish her every
happiness.
Mr. Hopper is from North Car
olina, and is a hustling saw mill
man, and the ho lias not been in
Georgia very long, ho has won
many friends by hia upright and
honorable life.
To Mr. and Mrs. Hopper The
Advertiser extends its heartiest
congratulations and its best wish
es for long and happy lives.
BARBECUE BY SMARRS SCHOOL.
On Friday, April 25, the Smarts
school will give a barbecue for the
benefit of the library. A largo
attendance is expected and great
preparations are being made.
Everyone who goes to this barbe
cue well he sure to have a good
dinner and ut the same will help
in the worthy cause of getting up
a library for the school.
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