Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-09-05
The Edgefield Oil Company
Edgefield's Amateurs-"Nevada
or the Lost Nine"
THE Drdmatis PerSoaooe.

The dramatic performance enti'
tied "Nevada," produced in the Y
M. C. A. Hall last Friday evening
surpassed any of the series which
the Y. M. c. A. have given under
the auspices Of Prof. B. c. Viewer
Our Edgefeld amateurs are making
wonderful advances in the art OF
acting, and the energy of Prof.
Viewer in working up every detail
for the enjoyment of the audience.
will continue him in the good
graces of the Edgeield public.
The orchestra, composed of cor
net, bass violin, two violins, and
two guitars, charmed the house be-
tween the acts. We could not
claim the participants in this part
of the performance, however, as
wholly our own, for the majority
of them were from Johnston. They
are Edgefeld boys though, just the
same, and have never been sur
passed in a century's annals of
Edgefeld "fddledom."
The play Nevada" is one that
irrcsistibly affects the emotions; !;
at one moment we are impelled to
laughter, at another, tears are
chasing each other adown our
cheeks. Should we attempt to con-
gratulate any special one upon his
or her merit as an actor, we should
fail to do justice to those whom we
did not mention.
Prof. B. G. Viewer, as "Nevada," :"
the wanderer, the seeker for the
lost mine, displayed his talent to
the best advantage, and, perhaps,
has gone beyond any previous ex-
cellence of which he has been
capable.
Mr.. J. Frank Fair, as Vermont,
personated an avaricious old miner
in model manner.
Mr.. J. H. Tillman found suit
able outlet for the display of his
rare histrionic talent in the role
of Tom Carew, a youhg miner.
The numerous favorable remarks
made of Mr.. T. B. Lanham, are
sufficient to assure him of the
pleasure he afforded the audience
in the impersonation of Dandy
Dick.
Mr.. B. J. Croker greatly amused
tie audience in his denomination
of the characteristics of the medi-
cine man, and was an unique adver-
tisement for Busters Balm"
Mr.. M. A. Holstein, as Jerden,
the detective made an especial i'm
preston on account of his clear
and distinct utterance. Not word
was lost, and there was no indica-
tion of the acquired and unnatural
stage voice which renders 80 dis
agreeable, often, an otherwise i'm.
pressive and beautiful character
The life of the play was EN-.
bodied in the black miner and the
Chinaman. Geo. F. Minis had Oh
a previous occasion displayed a de.
cided penchant and capacity fol
"doing" the humorous on the stage
and on last Friday evening by nc
means fell short of his previous
excellence.
Mr.. J. R. Tompkins was the idea.
representation of the Southern
darky. Without these, indeed, in
spite of the merit of the remain.
ing performers, Nevada" woulc
have been tame and dull.
Mother Merton could not have
had a fairer impersonator thar
| Miss Mamie Norris, rare and ra
diant, who did not fail to elicit the
admiration of a cultured and criti
cal auditory.
Mrs. w. J. McKerall and Miss
Alice Cheatham, the heroines, two
queens of the boards, gave addi
tional light and brilliancy to tht
performance, not only by theil
rendering of the characters, Mosell'
and Agnes Fairlee, but by thei,
personal beauty and magnetism.
The Y. M. c. A. are worthy O
: much credit, as fostering the bes
interests of our town in the pro
duction of meritorious and ele
waiting entertainments, as we'll al
; for other things. The public by
this means may be brought to al
appreciation of that which is higf
and lofty in sentiment, and tht
pure, the bright, and the beautiful
in character.