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ALFIELDTROUPE
HIT IN ATLANTA
Minstrel Show Pleases Highly
Although It Has Been
Modernized
The Al G. Field Minstrel, which
will open the sason at the Rylander
here Tuesday of next week, has been
holding the boards in Atlanta this
week and has been a decided hit. All
the reviews highly praise the pro
duction. Says Angus Perkerson, writ
ing in the Atlanta Journal:
BY ANGUS PERKERSON
“I’m so pig iron rough that where
I come from the canaries all sing
bass,” said Bert Swor at the Al G.
Field’s Minstrels Monday night, at
at Atlanta theater; and a stout man
in the audience choked so that he
had to be led out.
A few minutes later a saffron
colored drop curtain fell with a huge
parrott painted on the center of it,
and standing before this two men in
embroidered cloaks sang a lullaby
that was as dainty as the butte rfl es
painted on the corner of the curtain.
Bert Swor and a background of
parrotts and embroidered cloaks —
that suggests the surprising variety
pf the Al G. Field minstrels this yea
It has changed and yet has lost noth
ing. It has reduced wisely the amount
of burnt cork and has added newer
and more interesting things. This
doesn't mean that it has los tthe hum
or of a minstrel show. It simply
means that the show has realizedt
that minstrels, like the rest of things,
must move on and keep pace. It has
become modern.
The house was packed for the
opening night of the week’s engage
ment, and every part of the house
found something it liked.
Up in the peanut, Son Bishop,!
hanging over the railing, almost hung
oo far when Bert Swor moved down
the stage singing “Alabama Bound.” j
This was just after Bert had given
the last touch to his picture of the;
black boy who went away in the
spring and returned to find that the
lock of the front door had been '
changed and somebody else had the 1
key.
“Honey chile,” he pleaded, ‘lemme
in. I’se got some of yo’ favorite sand
wiches—pig’s feet?’
“Boy,” answered the former lady
of his heart, “since I left you I’se
been eating higher up on the hog.”
In this, in the court room scene,
and as the thirsty aviator, Bert Swor,
was a little funnier than he has ever
been here before; and though he
was the central figure in burnt cork,
there were others who made the most
of lesser oportunities. Rody Jordan
sang, "He’s in the aJil House now.”
with a heart-felt emotion; Johnny
Healey, as the policeman in the court
scene and in every other situation,
was a man to look at and laugh; and
half a dozen others all contributed to
the joy of the occasion.
Shifting from this to the more
sentimental phase of the minstrel we
find our attention centered first on
Jack Richards, who sang “Mollie
Darling,” “Do you ever Think of
Me,” and a few more; and who both
looked and sang like a romantic fig
ure from opera. He couldn’t have
been better. He would have been
singing yet if a large part of the
audience had had its way. K’e fur
nished the song, just as Bert Swot
furnished the humor of the show. But
that doesn’t mean there weren’t oth
er excellent voices. Billy Church
singing “Somebody’s Mother,” had
the amazingly high tenor voice with
out which no minstrel is complete;
Ola Ellwood furnished the yodling,
and finally, Church and Richards,
standing before the saffron curtain,
BIG VALUES IN FARMS
AND CITY PROPERTY
Exclusive Sale
Store house and residence in
Sumter City; also 128 acres
nearby. Prices and terms giv
en on application.
128 Acres I 1-4 miles of
Leslie; home and out
houses $7,500.00
157 Acres Friend
ship $5,495.00
1,030 Acres. Hogg Place. Resi
dence and tenant houses; will
give price and terms.
8 Acres 1-2 mile from Amer
icus, 8- room house, five acres
in 20-year bearing pecan trees;
on paved road ...$4,750.00
405 Acres, eleven miles to city;
everything complete, including
this year’s crops, $50.00 per
acre.
500 Acres, John T. Methvin
place; everything complete;
SIOO.OO an acre.
150 Acres, home and barns,
1 1-2 miles to Americus on
Dixie Highway $7,500.00
400 Acres, three miles to
Preston. This includes water
mill now in operation; modern >
home, barns and good four- <
horse farm, $22.50 acre.
90 Acres, bungalow, barns;
River road.
1,365 1-2 Acres, Lee county;
two residences, tenant houses
and barns; one thousand acres !
in cultivation; $15.00 an acre. I
Good terms.
, 50 Acres, five miles to Amer- !
icus, fine soil $4,750.00
Sixteen homes for sale. Fif
teen Hundred Dollars to $lO,-
000.00.
We Will Advertise At Our
Expense Any Property List
ed With Us.
HAIRE & PARKER
Wheatley Bldg.
Ameicus, Ga.
sang the lulaby that was so light
and dainty.
But even the curtain wasn’t alone
in its effectiveness. The huge par
! rot in the square of yellow was a
thing to remember. It had the quali
: ties of a painting. But there were
other scenes, less finished, but more
spectacular which made the minstrel 1
important from a scenic standpoint.
In fact, there is no angle from
which you can consider the show and
not find it well worth while. It
was a good minstrel.
BOTH MEN AND WOMEN
CAN KEEP A SECRET.
Men delgiht in saying that women
cannot keep a secret and women '
come right back at the wretches and j
declare that it is the men who cannot'
keep a thing to themselves.
“The Bat,” the highly mysterious
play by Mary Roberts Rhinehart and ’
Avery Hopwood which Wagenhals
and Kemper present at the Rylander!
theater on Wednesday has been prov-;
l ing for the past year or so, that both ;
; the men and the women are wrong. |
! They can both keep a secret. And I
: they have.
When you were a youngster, it was '
I probably one of your pet beliefs that;
1 if you and your pal went foraging;
! for apples in a neighbor’s orchard, j
; your pal would be sure to rush right ■
j straight home and tell all about it. I
; And then, when you grew up, it prob
it ably was a firm conviction with you I
: that if a neighbor chanced to see
! you flirting even a wee bit with some
| pretty girl, your wife would he sure;
jto hear all about it the next day
ifrom some obliging friend.
That is the everlasting suspicion
that lurks in the breasts of the
mightiest and weakest of us. The I
i other fellow is going to tell. He (or
she) can’t keep a secret. To not tell
a thing, is so we see it, well nigh
impossible. We have that little faith
in the human beings around us. And
if we but knew it, nine out of ten,
we are wrong. Just a bunch of
nerves and suspicions and distrustful
ness.
And this, we know, thanks in ev
ery great measure to this same play,
“The Bat.”
“The Bat” is a tribute to the un
selfishness and bigness of those thou
sands who go to make up the great
masses of theatergoers. And it has
been so plainly brought home that
it must have impressed anyone and
everyone to whose attention it has
been called.
From the day “The Bat” was first
produced, critics and audience alike
have been asked to keep the story of
the play a secret.
PASTOR TO PREACH ON
‘SIN OF ROBBING GOD’
Rev. H. T. Brookshirt will preach
his second sermon of the series on
“The Different Kinds of Sins,” Sun
day evening at 7:30 o’clock. The
large congregation which heard him
last Sunday evening on the first of
the series, “The Sin of Rebellion
Against God,” are invited to come
with their friends to hear the sec
ond soul-stirring message on “The
Sin of Robbing God? Special music
will be rendered by the choir before
the sermon. Come early and get a
good sftet.
Sale of Ladies'
Shoes - Boots - Slippers - Hose
Everything in this store goes into this STOCK IL we could not wait on you Friday or Sat-
REDUCTION SALE. It is all new, this sea- urday, come in Monday. Rather than hire a
son’s merchandise, only latest styles and best lot of inexperienced clerks, who could not
grades. For years you have bought SILLS properly fit you, we are losing a few sales but
Shoes, Hose, etc. You know their quality. during the coming week the crowds will not be
The following prices speak for themselves. so great and you will receive prompt attention.
Ladies’ Boots Ladies’ Felt Slippers
‘uLadies Boots, in high and low heels; browns We have one lot of Ladies Felt Slippers, ex-
I , * and blacks; big stock to select from; fit guar- cellent values at $2.25 pair, in many colors,
anteed. You'll realize more for your money They are reduced for this sale to —
> , in this sale of Boots than likely will be possible *
X again this season. All go at —
1 ~ $1.55 Pair
ONE-HALF PRICE
■H Ladies’ Silk Hose
Ladies’ High and Low Highest grade Ladies Silk Hose, in blacks I
' and browns; reinforced heel and toe. This
* CL hose was extremely low priced before the
A- OllOeS sale, but have been greatly reduced to —
, c , r- , , All $1.50 \. X
K ' Jur en t*re stock of Ladies rootwear, includ- cm >z uncr- \
ing Novelty and the more conservative styles. ei V 1 " ifev
All new, latest styles and sizes to fit most every $4.15 /®
foot. H satin, brown kid and Russian Calf.
AH $3-00 :
$7.50 Ladies Shoes, This Sale . $5.35 SIL g OSE [J | W [Jr
JMs SIO.OO Ladies Shoes, This 5a1e.. ..57.25 A][ Q \ | F
$ll.OO Ladies Shoes, This Sale. $7.75 SILK HOSE Bl
$ 2 - 50
And you may buy as many pair as you like.
s. l. sills
dXj] West Lamar Street Americus, Ga.
DEATH CLAIMS
NEGRO LEADER
G. W. F. Phillips, First Principal
Os McKay Hill School,
Passed, Aged 71
G. W. F. Phillips, for many years
J oiie of the leading negroes of Ameri
•is, amt first principal of the McKay
' Hill public school here, died Thurs-
I day night at his home on Jefferson
; street. Hi ; , funeral will be held Sun
i day afternoon at 2 o'clock from the
( M. E. church on Hampton street,
i He was esteemed and respected by
! the white race of the community as
■ well as the members of his own race
who looked up to him for leadership
, and example. How he was looked
, upon by the negroes of the communi
i ty is indicated by the following obit
uary card prepared by members of
his own race:
The city of Americus was shocked
at the sad intelligence of the death
of Prof. G. W. F. Phillips, a promi
nent educator, who died at his late
residence East Jefferson street, Oct.
1.-;, 1921.
The deceased has spent the better
part of his useful life in Americus
where he labored as an educator of
considerable prominence, having been
the first principal of the colored pub
lic school. His residence here extends
over a period of 41 years during
which time he was interested in the
uplift of his people; working as
teacher, merchant, editor and minis
ter of the gospel. He was for years
principal of Holsey Academy at Cor
dele, Ga.
He died surrounded,by his immedi
ate family and friends who loved
and admired his noble Christian life.
Though advanced in years he would
never yield his place to any one
when it came to educational and
welfare work among the people. His
advice was generally sought by all
who knew his great depth of thought
and ripe experience.
His life was so clean and upright
that any people or generation of peo
ple could well afford to emulate it.
He was an honored graduate of the
famous Atlanta University, having
finished its prescribed course in the
late seventies, prior to his coming to
Americus.
The deceased was born in 1853 at
Milledgeville, Ga. He came of one
of the most prominent and highly re
spected colored families in Georgia.
He is survived by his wife, Lucy
Phillips, who was born and reared
in Americus, where she is loved and
respected by all who know her—cer
tainly she was a constant help and in
spiration to her noble husband. Be
sides his wife, he leaves a brother,
Bishop C. H. Phillips, A. M., M. p.,
of Nashville, Tenn., who now presides
over the California district of the C.
M. E. church. He leaves two sis
ters, Styles of Savannah,
and Rivers, of Milledgeville,
Ga. Also he leaves in Americus a
niece, Tempi* Coles and two nephews
M. B. and J. T. Phillips, who! are
both prominently interested in the
business life of Americus.
Many are the young men and wo.
THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER. '
men who have received their diplomas
at his hands and who are now making
their marks in life as bank presidents
and all of whom bow their heads in
sorrow at his going..
GEN. THOMAS NAMES
REUNION SPONSORS
DUBLIN. Oct. 15—General Jos. A.
Thomas, commander of the Georgia
Division, U. C. V., has issued the fol
lowing order naming sponsors and
maids for the general reunion at
Chattanooga, Tenn. It is below:
Headquarters, Ga. Div., U. C. V.
Oct. 11th. 1921.
The following named ladies and
gentlemen have been appointed to
respective positions designated op
posite their names upon the Staff of
the Commander of the Ga. Div., U.
C. V. for duty at the coming reunion
to be held at Chattanooga, Oct. 25-
27th, 1921, and they will be respect
ed and obeyed as such:
Miss Margaret Pritchett, Dublin,
Ga., Sponsor.
Miss Annette Pitt, Mcßae, Ga.,
Maid to Sponsor.
Miss Kathrina Bush, Macon, Ga.,
Maid to Sponsor.
Miss Cena J. Whitehead, Albay,
Ga.. Maid to Sponsor.
Mrs. Annie Young Holt, Macon.
Ga., Matron of Honor.
Mrs. Fannie Barrow McLain, Daw-
Mattress Renovating
Why Sleep Cold On a Hard Mattress?
We Make Them Thick And
SOFT
Work Called For and Delivered Same Day
OLIVER MATTRESS CO.
106 Cotton Ave. Upstairs Phone 954
Substantial
Reduction
In prices on
Oliver Chilled Plows
AND
Genuine Oliver Parts
WE CARRY A COMPLETE STOCK
Chappell Machinery Co.
Cotton Ave and Wheeler Sts Phone 234
son, Ga., Chaperone.
Mrs. Andrew W. Garrett, Dublin, i
Ga., Honorary Matron of Honor.
Mrs. C. C. Nottingham, Chatta- 1
nooga, Tenn., Local Matron of
Honor.
Miss Zella Armstrong, Chatta
nooga, Tenn., Local Chaperone.
Miss Virginia Burk, Chattanooga,
Tenn., Local Maid to Sponsor.
Mr. Hardwick Caldwell, Chatta
nooga, Tenn., Aide, Rank Captain.
Mr. Alex Stewart, Chattanooga,
Tenm, Aide, Rank Captain.
Mr. Downing Allison, Chatta
nooga, Tenn. Aide, Rank Captain.
Mr. J. P. Fyffe, Chattanooga,
Aide, Rank Captain.
Headquarters, Hotel Patten.
JAS. A. THOMAS.
Commander Ga. Div. U. C. V.
HEARING SET FOR TRIO
IN MUSSELWHITE WRECK
CORDELE, Oct. 15.—J. IL Thom
as, E. R. Bishop and James Russell,
three former employees of the A., B.
and A. railroad, are in Crisp county
jail under charge of connection with
the wrecking *of a train at Mussel
white’s Crossing, five miles south of
town last summer by the use of ex
plosives. They will be given a pre
liminary hearing Oct. 25 and may
be given trial at the present session of
the Superior court, or at least indict
ments may he found by the grand
jury which is still in session. The
men were arrested in Fitzgerald fol
lowing the reported confession of 0.
C. Fairfield. They were brought
here by Sheriff C. O. Noble, of Crisp
county. Seventy-five cattle were
killed in the Musselwhite wreck.
HAD CLOSE SHAVE
“My wife and children thought I
was dying when, after an attack of
acute pains in my stomach, I became
unconscious. It was right after our
Sunday dinner. They say I looked ■
like dead and guess I had a pretty
close shave. I had been having;
more or less stomach trouble and j
bloating with gas for past two years ;
and could get no permanent help,
’bilking with a friend about my at- (
tack, he advised 1 me to try Mayr’s;
Wonderful Remedy. I have not had ;
any gas or stomach trouble since j
taking it eighteen months ago.” Ft
is a simple, harmless preparation
that removes the catarrhal mucus I
from the intestinal tract and allays
the inflammation which causes prac- i
tically all stomach, liver and intes-I
tinal ailments, including appendicitis.
One dose will convince or money re- f
funded. For sale by Howell’s j
Pharmacy and druggists everywhere
(advt.) ‘
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Convricht 1919. Hart Scliaffner&Marx
We’re selling our goods at a small K
margin of profit; it’s away of giv-
ing you greater value. We give your
money back if you’re not satisfied.
Emphatic
overcoat
values
You’ll find Hart Schaffner &
Marx finest overcoats here;
priced one-third lower than a
year ago; exceptional values
for all men; the prices are:
S3O S4O *45
W. D. BAILEY CO.
The home of Hart Schaffner & Marx
clothes
We Are Showing a Complete Line Os
Hot Blast
Heaters
At prices considerably lower than last
season. Get yours before the winter
comes. We are always glad to show you.
WILLIAMS-NILES COMPANY
HARDWARE
Artesian Corner Phone 706
SATURDAY, OCTOBER I's, n 2 I. '
SILVERWARE
The kind you can de
pend on.
STERLING SILVER
and *
COMMUNITY
PLATE
THOS L. BELL
Jeweler and Optician