The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-05-14
CAPITOLA CAPTITATES.
The Large Audience Pleased Immensely by
the Amateurs at the Opera House.
"Let's Talk About IT.


It is refreshing to turn aside from
Coosaw, etc., to talk Of something
new.
On Saturday morning last Newberry
had a fresh and palatable morsel to
roll under her tongue. The merchants
and clerks in their stores; the mechan-
les in their shops; the loafers in their ~
streets and the loungers 10 the "city
park" all took part in discussing the
event of the season-Capitola the pre-
vious night by the Newberry Rifle
Theatre Company.
It was pronounced good enough"
! by a large and overwhelming majority
-in fact their wasn't a single 'anti"
! opinion to represent any minority
whatever. The factions were united.
| i'he 'taristocracy" and the "poor, plod-
ding laborer" didn't care whether the
Governor wore kids or not, they got
the worth Of their money and along
with it something to surprise and de-
light them. Everything else was rele-
gated to the rear-eXcept NeWherry's
royal arch for the Centennial, and pos
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electric lights.
Cspitola was phenomenal success.
The town turned out to see it and rose
next morning about as surprised as
Jonah was at the alleged growth Of his
gourG, and Newberry rifle stock with
out lock and barely shot way above
par.
It must be horne in mind all the
way through here that the performers
were amateurs-most of them just
starting out; and this notice will not
contain any adverse criticism at all,
such as, if this, and if that or the other
thing had Just been thus and so, and
other fault-fnding that usually attaches
to everything gotten up under the sun.
Those who attended the play had no
J ~ Zoe ! ofnrehand that they would he so
veil pleased and those who did not 60
ecause they "knew them Newneii. rrrIv
'oys couldn't do anything" Gust like !
ellow's own town for all the world) y
aid they wished they had gone when u
hey heard so much about it next +
morning.
1t deserves a good notice and must e
lot be dismissed with a line of bare "
tatement of fact. When thing is y
worth Dragging on give it a puff. !
Blow about it. It encourages the boys, /
dvertises the institution and helps =.
enterprise and progress" Other q
owns praise their home affairs. New :
'erry can stand little too. when it is !
Iot fulsome. There are times to con- !
ense and times to 'spread out'-this q
$ time to spread. N
Here is crack organization COM +
osed of the best material Of the COM ;,
nunitv The boys are all one. 1t is a
al combination here in Newberry.
he troupe is made up Of members of
be rifle, band and fire com panies, all
oung men. In the ranks Of the
combine" are lawyers, doctors, print
rs, clerks, and even some of the pet il
nerchants of town take stock in it. a
n word it is pet combination, and e
be ladies would swear by tiff they t
ad to. v
Some of the boys as they appeared t
n public on the stage for the first time
roved the truth of the old adage: a
Honor and fame from no condition $
Use, act well your part, there the S
vas evident that the play would sue,
eed, and the interest was kept up and
ncreased to the finish, each one acting
lis part we'll, from the "stars" down
0 the nevsboys, porters, hackmen, etc. :
Where all succeeded with such sue a
ess it might be unwise to particulariZe,
ut the generosity of the boys will E
rompt them to appreciate praise for s.
heir leading lights. Mr.. u. F. Wright
8 "Maj. Warfeld" played his part
7ith the skill of veteran in the
rt. Mr.. S. J. Mclaughlin as BLACK :,
Donald" acted with the ease and ability y
f professional. Mr.. r. H. Wearn
s "Col. LeNoir' and Mr.. w. A. Nc 9
all as "Craven LeNoir" sustained =
heir characters gracefully. The diff c
ult task of "Wool" was worked by i
If. VIM. H. Hunter like charm and " N
rought down the house. "Wool' was b
decided hit. The role was not over e
rawn; in fact it was perfect. 1t is q Z
iven up on all sides, including all the e
members of the company, that "WooP'
,as a big success, and Mr.. Hunters
.iends will be pleased with the credit
hat is here awarded him. Mr.. w. A.
'allaw, Jr., as "Capitola" had hard .
ID before him in assuming the char
cter of girl, but he got there all the y
anne, and it is not likely that anyone Y
ill soon forget it, as (natural to the =
haracter) there was lots of talk in it,
ut be proved that ne had studied his
art we'll. Mr.. w. w. Hornsby as
Herbert Grayson" (Capitola's lover);
1r. E. F. Riser as "Judge"; Mr.. Geo.
[. Kinard and Master Rob Riser as
he ragged newsboys of ''rag alley";
1r. Willie A. Blats as hackman,
nth those of the company who had to
ouble on characters, all showed they
'ere as much at home on the stage as
they had been playing in the band,
rilling with the rifles or practicing
18th Young John. Mr.. Israel Brown
S "Mrs. Condiment" and Mr.. B. G.
Iatthews as CLARA Day" looked and P
id so much like two women that they +
dded greatly to the enjoyment of the {
vening. Mr.. J. Y. McFall as ''Pomp," b
lr. Joe Scott as "Pit-a-Pat' and Mr.. l
ack Smith as an unknown darkey r
yere immense as plantation negroes. t
The music, which was fine and much K
ppreciated, was furnished by Mr.. Il. Q
!. Lane, drummer, on the banjo, and a
)r. w. e. Belcher, guitar. Z
WE SUCCEED AT BOTH.
[spartanburg Herald.]
Newberry has enjoyed "a delightful
from an amateur the
trical company. Spartanburg has
ever tried this. Of course ifthey did :