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MONROE ADVERTISER
VOL. 59
EXCELLENT COMEDY
> BY PLAYERS CLUB
One of the Best Amateur Performances
Ever in Forsyth Given Friday Night
By Local Talent.
The presentation of Shake
speare’s A Midsummer Night’s
Dream on Friday night by the
Forsyth players Club was unques
tionably one of the best perfor
mances ever given in Forsyth and
was a fitting christening of the
new Institute auditorium.
The handsome new auditorium
was early filled and the audience
which crowded the hall to its
doors showed its appreciation of
the excellence of the acting by
enthusiastic applause.
/ .The comedy was excellently
staged, understandingly interpre
ted and admirably acted; indeed
some of the players evidenced rare
histrionic ability.
The principals, Miss Mattie
Lou Stephens as Hermia,
Miss Genevieve Smith as
Helena, Mr. Frank Willingham as
Lysander and Mr. Sidney Burton
as Demetrius interpreted and acted
their parts in a mi at excellent
manner.
Peter Quince in the person of
Mr. Gnus. Hardin jr. Bottom, the
Weaver, portrayed by Mr. Lloyd
Barrett and ‘Thiebe”, Mr. Paul
Chapman, acted these difficult
roles in such away as to bring
out. all that was in these parts.
They deserve especial mention, as
do all the “hard handed men of
Athens.’’
Miss Grace Neely madt an ex
cellent Titania,Queen of the Fair
ies; while Mrs. Myrtle Farley Zel
Iner, as Oberon, King ot the Fair
ies, elicited much and deserved
praise by the excellence of her
acting. She was especially good.
Indeed each of the dainty little
fairies, as they danced here and
there to the music was all that a
fairy should be. They were de
lightfully dainty and attractive.
Miss Louise Bloodworth made
an excellent Puck; in truth the
cast was well chosen and well bal
anced and the comedy as a whole
was one of thr_ very beet things
ever given here.
Too much praise cannot be
given to the young actors and ac
tresses, nor to Miss Augusta Gen-
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
Theseus, Duke of Athens Oliver Morse
Egeus, Father of Hermia Stacer Devereaux
Lysander, in 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
Starveling, a Tailor ... lorn Mays
Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons .....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
p uc k Louise Bloodworth
First Fairy Juliette Rutherford
Cobweb - Dorothy James
Peaseblossom - Mary Birdsey
Moth Emily Harper
Mustardseed — Nell Goodwyn
ATTENDANTS
Juliette Alexander Mary Zellner
Sarah Ponder Marie Tingle
Hallie Lancaster Hattie Hunt
Leola May Martin Kittie Howard
Gilbert Alexander
Walter Floyd
James Goggins
George Green
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 CHANGELING CHILD
Tom Talmadge, Jr.
FORSYTH, MONROE COUNTY, GEORGIA. MAY 2, 1913
MRS. J. B JACKSON
DIES ON THURSDAY
Former Resident of Monroe County
Passes Away. Had Many Relatives
in This County.
Mrs. Clara Elizabeth Jackson
of Macon, wife of Mr. J. B. Jack
son, died at her home on Thurs
day night last, after an illness of
several weeks. The funeral was
conducted from the family resi.
dence, 240 Chestnut St. on Satur
day morning, Rev. A L. Moncrief
officiating. The interment was in
Riverside Cemetery.
The death of Mrs. Jackson will
bring sorrow to the hearts of
many people in Monroe County.
She was born and reared near
Russellville, where she still has
many relatives and friends to
mourn her loss.
She was a sister of Mrs. Vv. P.
Ponder, Miss Sallie Evans, of
Messrs. W. H. Charles and P. D.
Evans of this county and of Mrs.
A I). Hair of Willston, Ga and
Mr. H. T. Evans of Greensboro
She was known and loved for
her de*p pie’y and her many
•Christian virtures and her loss
will be greatly felt by her com
m unity.
U. D. C’s. to Meet.
The regular meeting of the’ U.
D. Cs will take place at the resi
dence of Mrs. B. S. Willingham
on next Friday afternoon at three
o’clock. It will be an interesting
and important meeting and a full
attendance is urged.
ter, under whose direction the
play was staged
Much, too, was added to the
play and to its enjoyment by the
audience by Mendelssohn’s “A
Midsummer Night’s Dream” as
played throughout the various acts
by Misses Annie Kate and Edit h
Fletcher, assisted by prof: W. H.
Friedrich, on the violin.
It isn’t often that an amateur
Shakespearean production equals
the one given on Friday night and
the praise heard on all sides was
worthily given.
The entire cast wa j a? follows:
SITES NUMEROUS
FOR P. 0. BUILDING
Fifteen Places are Offered io Govern
ment as Location for Post Office
Building For Forsyth.
The people of Forsyth don’t
intend that the Government shall
go begging for a site on which
to erect our Post Office. No less
that fifteen have been generous
ly offered to Uncle Sam as a
suitable location for the govern
ment building. Just which one
of these the government will
choose there is no telling as yet;
but the post office officials are
using every endeavor to find out
the actual value of the lots of
fered, have already investigated
the city assessors’ valuations and
have obtained the valuation of
disinterested parties.
As given in the papers a few
days ago, the following lots have
been offered:
J. F. Jaugstetter, southeast
corner of East Johnson and
Kimbell streets, 145x115, $7,500.
This is the place where he re
sides.
Geo. L. Alexander, N. E. cor.
ner Johnston and Harris, lllx
203—the old Forsyth Hotel lot.
B. H. Mitchell, 132x117, home
place.
B. H. Mitchell, 132x120, loca
tion not stated.
J. M. Ponder and others, S.W.
Adams and Jackson Sts., 200x
-103, $6.500 —the corner where
Young’s Shoe Shop now is.
J. M. Farley and J. O. Elrod,
S. W. corner of Main arid John
son Sts., 115x125—Dr. Elrod’s
office building and building of
Forsyth Coal and Lumber Co.
F. R. Stokes, East Johnson
St. 115x203, $4,250 — place
where he now lives.
J. O. Elrod, S. E. corner of
S. Lee and Chambers Sts., 115x
-20 —place where Mrs. Cosgrove
now lives.
H. E. Newton, S. E. Corner
E. Main and Kimbell Sts. $7,500.
H. E. Newton, S. W. corner E.
Main and Kimbell Sts. $6,500.
H. E. Newton, South Lee,
Chambers and Kimbell Sts.,
$2,500.
These three places all being
portions of the Alliance Ware
house lot, Roland Anderson and
Hatcheson property.
F. N. Wilder, S. E. corner
Morse and N. Lee Sts. 115x145
—Mr. S. D. Smith’s home place.
F. N. Wilder, N. E. Corner
North Lee and Adam Sts., 115-
xl4s—where the Central Ware
house now is.
It is understood that the home
place of Dr. Gibson and the
place now occupied by Dr. E. C.
James have also been offered to
the Government as suitable
places for the proposed site, but
the specifications were not giv
en in the Washington news item.
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MRS. J. C. FLYNT DIES.
On thenightof Tuesday, April
22d, Mrs. J. C. Flynt passed away
at her homo near Eorsyth. For
dome months rhe had been quite
ill and her deal h, the not unex
pected, was a great shock to her
many friends and acquaintanc's
throughout this section.
Having lived in this county for
about three years she had earned
and held the love of all her neigh
bors and she will be greatly m sa
ed.
Her body was laid to rest in the
family burial ground near High
Falls.
To ti e sorrowing fami y the
Advertiser extends its sincere
sym pa thy.
MEMORIAL DAY FIT
TINGLY OBSERVED
Ladies Give Excellent Dinner to Veterans.
Gen. West Orator of Day. Sa
lute a t Cemetery.
Always ready to do honor to the
heroes who followed the banners
of the ‘‘Lost Cause”, the people
of Monroe fittingly observed Mem
orial Day on last Saturday. From
all sect <’ns of Monroe they came,
bringing flowers to lay upon the
graves of the soldiers who sleep.
The exercises at the court house
were especially impressive. Rev.
R. M Dixol: acted as Master of
Ceremonies and delivered tne
prizes to Miss Gladys McGee of
Forsyth and to Miss Marjorie
Goggans of Cabanies. These
prizes were offered by the local
chapter of the Daughters of the
Confederacy for the b^st essay on
“The Gallant John B. Gordon”
and were won in competition with
school children in all sections of
the county.
General A. J West of Atlanta,
the orator of the day, was intro
duced bv Hon. G () Persons in
his usual delightful manner
General West delivered an elo
quent and able address. In a
beautiful word picture he paid
tribute to the bravery, tne un-
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Our Motor Working at Last.
This is our second edition this
week. For this week nt least Ws
are getting out a semi weekly pa
per and we beg your pardon for
seemingly tryi g to overburden
you with Advertisers all at once.
Last week, however,, we were
afflicted, sorely afflicted, with
motor troubles—or rather the pa
per was,not we—indeed everything
went wrong We were ready to
get the paper out on Thursday as
usual, but the motor was obstrep
erous for several days. 1 hen
when the motor was finally fixed
she was fixed so well that she al -
most ran away with us and we had
to readjust all our mechanical
equipment. And this, with break
ing belts, and blowing fuses and
slipping pulleys etr threw us later
and later, exhausting our patience
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COMPLETE WORK ON
METHODIST CHURCH
Remodled Building, With New Sunday
School Rooms, Opened to Public on
Sunday. Bishop Candler Speaks.
Last Sunday was an epochal
day in the history of the local
Methodist Church for on that
day not only did Bishop Warren
A. Candler, recognized as one of
the country’s abb-st divines, oc
cupy the pulpit but it marked the
opening of the remodeled church
building. For Several months
work has been progressing on the
Sunday school additional to the
church, the entire inside of the
main auditorium has been done
over, the walls, ceilings, benches
etc. repainted, new carpets laid
and the entire building and
grounds given a complete renova
tion. Sunday was the first day
on which the public had been per
mitted to view the new church
and it was the general opinion
that, few churches in any city the
size of Forsyth have any more
convieu:ent or more handsome
church building.
On Sunday morning, after spec
ial music by the choir, Bishop
Candler delivered an able, elo
quent and spiritual sermon. It
was a clear, logical and convincing
discourse and was listened to
with rapt attention by the congre
gation which filled the church to
its doors.
In his sermon Bishop Gaudier
took occasion to compliment the
members of the church on the
beauty of the new building and
for the generosity and enterprise
which made such a building pos
sible.
At the conclusion of the service
a collection was taken to wipe out
the remaining indebtedness on the
new church, about SI6OO.
and ruining our dispositions,
Yet, tho the news was a little
bit stale, it finally arrived. You
didn’t worry about it nearly so
much as we did, but anyway we
beg your pardon ami usk that you
do not judge us too harshly. We
are still several days behind in
the shop, so be merciful and for
giving, if the paper is not what
it should be.
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