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achieved his first notable success in the
Columbian musical comedy. 1882 pre-
scented during the worlds fair year of
Il had done the character sketch be-
FORE" he says. but. it never had received
any press notices worth remembering. al
though l dare say it was no better in
1892 than in it's predecessors. The rea-
SON Is that l was playing in cheap melo-
drama, The Pulse of New York and
similar high-class entertainments. and
my tramp Speciality didn't come until the
last act. AS the whole production was
pretty bad, none OF the reviewers ever re-
manned to the end, and | simply played
on without any newspaper recognition.
Il was connected with a lot OF weird
shilling shockers in the old days. some
times acting as many as seven or eight
different characters In the course of an
evening. In one piece l went to the
supposed Parsonage whom l had pre-
scented before the foOflights but q few
minutes previously.
Il went with a number OF George Led
s1sr Gasno a shows News 1 Sfasr
die Dandy where l sang about O'Hooli-
han and the fuse. and The Man in the
Moon Norma Whalley. who was the
London Gaiety beauty of the day. having
originally been brought over here in In
Town.. was in the production, and later
we starred in vaudeville together. Miss
Whalley Is now the rich Lady Clark.
'.Of late years / have played consid-
erably in non-musical productions chiefly
farces, and / find the work more enjoy
able than entertainments OF the old ex-
travaganza type, with which I was for
merly associated. 1 appeared In the
Beach-Armstrong farce. Going Some.
during its prosperous Chicago engage
ment and throughout the Manhattan run
OF Baby Mine Otis: Harlan was the
original In my part in Chicago, but he
did not come east with the play. l used
! tn enjoy his. performance. Immensely.
ard i, Has nRiaraiay dealghte when later
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Countess Of Warwick.


Next Friday afternoon at 3 O'Clock tho
famous Countess of Warwick will deliver
a lecture on Personal Recollections OF
Famous People" al the Belasco Theater.
Few English women of today are better
known than is the Countess Of Warwick
Her beauty had made her famous
throughout all Europe before her adop-
tton Of socialism made her the subject OF
widespread discussion. Before her .hus-
band succeeded to the eaEldo,n Of War
wick, as Lady Brooke she was prominent
in social circles Her husband, Earl of
Warwick and Earl Brooke. traces his IT,
tie back to the great "kinRmaker'' o. the
war of the roses, and his ANCESTRAL. home.
Warwick Castle. was biIiIi by a sister Of
Alfred the Great. The Countess herself
Is sister to Lady Algernor-G Gordon Len
nox and Is a half sister to the Duchess OF
Sutherland. In addition to the ordinary
charities which woman OF her class
maintains. she. has established various
schools. to which she gives Personal :sti-
pervfsion On her Essex estate she
founded an agricultural school for boNs
and girls. Better known. perhaps Is her
Lady Warwick College. j school for girls
alone. 30 49,
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legation at Teheran. Persia. The comedy
runs forty minutes. and has q wealth
of costumes and picturesque scenery.
The comedian Edwin Stevens. aided by
Tina Marshall. a talented ingenue, viii
offer for the first time here Mr.. Stevens
musical vaudeville, What's IT. All
About?" compound of song. dance.
story and fun. Clarice Vance, "the
southern singer" will render dialect
ditties. Haydn, Borden and Haydn will
contribute their varied novelty, Bits
of Vaudeville: the original Four
Londons. among other sensational feats,
will do their loop-the-loop somersault
casting. in which they claim to have no
rivals: Charles and Adelaide Wilson will
present The Messenger the. Maid and
the Violin" and among the international
events shown by the daylight motion
pictures will be the placing Of the
Corbin tablet in Corbin Hall. on Gov
ernors Island; the floods in Buenos Aires
and the laying of the Maine memorial
monument corner stone.
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Gayety.

With considerably more of plot than
usually falls to the lot of a burlesque en-
tertainment, Max Spegel promises THE
College Girls at the Gayety this week in
two-act musical farce which has for its
heroine an attractive college widow .
The college widow is wealthy heir
ess who Is hampered by the will OF her
husband. which specifies that she may re-
marry, but her second husband must not
be a wealthy man. The efforts of two
wealthy suitors furnish most of the com
edy possibilities of the play. A large and
competent company of principals is head
ed by Abe Reynolds. Alta Phipps Gas the
widow. Ed Rogers, George Leonard
klara Hendrix. May Walsh. Edna Maze
Walter johnson and Harry Prescott. In
the olio, Beatrice, the wizard with the
VIOLIN will be stellar feature. Ethel
Conrad and Lillian Graham will give a
singing and dancing specially.
A chorus of more than twenty attrac,
tive young women will add to the pleas
ure of the entertainment promised.
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back repentant to the aunts, who really.
are kindly in heart, but warped by the
narrowness of their environment. In the
end Rebecca's happy disposition and
warm heart conquers the elderly women,
and they also conquer the one desirable
man for her, young Adam Ladd.
The "Rebecca" books, written by Kate
Douglas Wiggin, have found their way
into many American homes and hearts,
and the spirit of these simple tales has
been caught by Mrs. Wiggin and Char
lotte Thompson in dramatic FORM. Per-
sons who are transferred from the books
to the stage are the elfish and unspoiled
little Rebecca Rowena Randall; her
maiden aunts, Miranda and Jane Sawyer;
the yoluble Mrs. Perkins, the clatter
OF whose loosely geared tongue seldom
ceases: forlorn Mrs Simpson and her
ultimately redeemed husband; good old
Jeremiah Cobb, the stage diver Abijah
F'lagg. the ambitious, youth, who rightly
esteemed his duty to hfs country more
important than his "dooty' to- his em-
ployer's woodpile, Adam "Aladdin's Ladd,
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Casino.

Sam Curtis and his company. of five will
appear at the Casino in a one-act musical
farce entitled "A Session at School"
which is said to provide something new
in the school day act and offer the come
dian an opportunity to sing some Of his
own song successes. a number that In
promised to interest lovers of athletics
will be presented by Lawrence Phillips
and Frank Houseman, who have a wide
acquaintance among base ball and wres-
Ting fans. Delaphone, whose powers of
imitation are described as marvellous !;
Whittier, Ince and company. in .'ThA
Doctors Dilemma" humorous playlet,
and Zoe, European novelty, in an aerial
act, are other numbers that will be found
on the bill.
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Minneapolis Orchestra.

Next Sunday evening the New National
Theater will throw open. its doors for the
entertainment of those who have heard of
the remarkable musical excellence of the
Minneapolis symphony Orchestra. which
is the latest musical innovation that has
been provided for his Washington pa
irons by +. Arthur smith. The organiza-
ton is making brief tour of the east
for the first time, and though it has been
in existence only nine years the fame OF
the organization. under the direction u
Emil Oberhoffer. has extended Through
out the country until musicians recognize
in the combination one of the most mef-
itorious musical institutions of the coun-
try. For his initial trip Mr. oDerhohef
is carrying two -soroists. Lucille Steven
son, soprano, and, Richard Czerwonk4
violinist. The program, wh.ch contains
several exceptionally Interesting numbers,
is made up as follows: symphony No.
5, in E minor. Tschaikowsky, aria. Ave
Maria" from Gross of Fire, Lucille Ste
venson, Bruch intermission; slite LOT
orchestra, OPP. AZ. MacDowell violin solo,
Gypsy Airs" Sarasate Richard Ger
wonky; Irish Rhapsody" Stanford.
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Nox NcCain's Travel Pictures.

At the Columbia Theater this evening
Nox Mccain will deliver the second
travel lecture de luxe" of his an
American" series, entitled THE Amer
lean Rockies" 1t ranges from the Mex
lean to the Canadian border in and out
among the chromatic splendors of the
backbone OF the continent. with exaui-
sitely coiored views and motion pictures.
In this lecture Mr.. Mccain commences
practically at sea ievei-at the bottom Of
that Titan of Chasms." the Grand Can
yon Of the Colorado many hued and old
as the ages. From there he leads his
audience outward and upward until, with
In the hour. they stand 1900 feet in the
air on the apex of Pixies Peak The lee
tnrer then turns to the Yellowstone Ma
tionaf Park. and the Photographic results
OF his wagon trip through ii, covering a
course OF a hundred miles will he shown
In all the gorgeous coiorings OF nature.
For the first time here colored views ami
motion pictures of the Glacier National
Park in Montana, a new American won
derland opened last year by the govern
ment. will be shown.
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THE SUNDAY STAR WASHINGTON D. c. MARCH TO- 1e12-PART

liam A. Brady presents his laughing sue
cess Baby Mine" by Margaret Mayo,
to be- followed, by the famous Russian
dancers. The trials of a young mother
are amusingly depicted in Margaret
Mayo's comedy Baby Nine" although
in this particular instance the young wife
is not a mother-rather. mamma pro
tem-for she borrows an infant for the
purpose of inducing her husband to re-
turn to his fireside, from which she had
driven him by reason of her little fibs.
Jimmie Jinks. the husbands friend, Is
induced to borrow baby from a found
ling asylum, but at the last minute the
mother of the child relents, and demands
the return of the boy. Before the ex
change can be effected young Hardy
comes home and when another woman
who possesses twins appears upon the
scene with her two babies the happy
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without tools or the combination merely
by the sense of touch, is serving ten
year sentence. for assault on a national
bank. Having been fortunate enough to
render ineStimable service to group of
influential people, he wins his guberna-
torial pardon.
Once our of prison, Jimmy takes an
other name, gets a job as assistant CASH
Ter of bank. and lives an honest life. 1t
is made hard, however, for an able de-
tectve is on his trail. He finally sue
ceeds in outwitting the detective, but at
a critical moment he is confronted by
the alternative of revealing his identity
or permitting the loss of life. This scene
in the subterranean vaults of the bank
is one of the most thrilling staged in re-
cent years. alias Jimmy Valentine
comes to the Academy tomorrow night
for a weeks engagement.
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The Arcade.

At the Arcade ladies' duckpin tourna-
ment will commence the 18th and close
the night of the 30th. The. ladies can Sc
lect the day and hour to roll that will best
suit their convenience. The tournament
will be played with three classes, 80 and
over, 20 Ito 80 and IS and under, with
singles. doubles and mixed doubles In
each class. Entries will close the night
Of the 18th. A number of special roller
skating parties will be, in order the cur
rent week. Some particularly interesting
plays have been secured for the motion
picture play theater. In the ballroom
several dance parties are booked In addi-
ton to the REGULAR club dances. The
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Coming Attractions.
Columbia.

Tomorrow evening at the Columbia
Theater 1.-THE Common Law" will be seen
in this city for the first time. The play,
which is a dramatization of the novel of
that name by Robert w. Chambers. will
be presented for an engagement of one
week, with matinees Thursday and Sat
urday. The widespread interest in. Mr..
Chambers novel and the thousands of
requests he has had to put the story in
stage form acted as the impetus in put
ting out the new play The production
and choice of cast have been made by
AL III. Woods. The love story that usually
goes with a comedy drama of this kind
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Boston Symphony Orchestra.

The last Washington concert of. the
Boston symphony 0rchestra this season
win be given in the New National Thea
ter Tuesd.y afternoon, March 10, 1t
promises to- make Conductor Max Fled
ler's farewell in this city, notable in more
respects than one. With Mime. Louise
Homer as soioist. he is going to devote
the entire program TO wagner. Nine
Homer is to sing twb numbers, the, Wal
traute :, Narrative from. .'Gotterdamr
merung" and Adrianos great; aria from
,'.Rienzi,,'- Although IT is. not finally set
tied, the orchestral selections will proba-
bly, be the preludes to die Meistersinger
and .'Lohengrin," the prelude and Love
Death from Tristan and Isolde" the
funeral music from ''Gotterdammerung
and the ..Tannhauser' overture. This
program is subject to slight change
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Leader 1t will be presented by Hubert
meTodic novelties will be offered by the
De Rossi duo. Sam Barton, comedy eye
list, will contribute some new balancing
tricks. La France and 1AcNabb will be
seen in a minstrel sketch. THE Wall, Be-
tween" AN Evening at Home will be
offered by the Longworths. Falls and
Falls will offer their famous ''bumpety-
bump acrobatic act for the first time at
popular prices. Pathe's weekly review Of
current events completes the bill.
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The Misses Belt.

Two clever young artists. viii he heard
at the Columbia Theater "Wednesday aft
ernoon,. March M. al $50 O'Clock. when
Miss Marie Esteile Belt. pianist will be
heard in recital. assisted By her sister.
Helen Walton Belt. whose remarkable
mastery of the violin is not unknown to
Washington.s musical circles. The en-
gagement will be under the management
Of T. Arthur Smith. ys' II
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Chase's.

"A Persian Garden" the latest minia-
ture musical comedy, is announced as
the chief attraction at Chase's this
week. Featured in the company are
Louis A. Simon. a vaudeville comedian star,
and Kathryn Osterman, herself a well
known performer. Edgar Allen Woof
wrote the book and LYRICS and Anatele
F'riedland the score. The 'srene is laid
in the Persian garden Of the American
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Dockstader's Ministries.

Lew Dockstader and his merrymakers
will be seen at the Belasco for five days
beginning next Monday night, March 10.
Dockstader has a new speciality this sea-
son. entitled "Daffydiitis." which Is said
to be ludicrous in the extreme. lie also
has new budget of songs. Lord Have
Mercy on the Married. Man, Fathef
Sees Us Twice year." "Rah for the
Red. White and Blue I'm Surprised
That's ALL and a new monol0sue with
a number of local hits. Neil OBrlen pre-
sents his new farce. Reforming the
Force, The big ensemble number. The
Dandy Chocolate Drops. introduces
Happy Naalty. Manuel Roman, George
Faust, Pete Deszell and a corps Of sing
ers and dancers. The entire company APP
pears in a laughab,e skit. Henderson
Bushels, Rasgery,. which 'discloses y
typical dance hail. where . number. or
specyalties are introduced and Les
Copeland, The wizard OF the piano.
composer of what tile Engine Done.
Next Week Some Time But Not Now.
and q number of other song hits, viii
render a few Of his latest selections.
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Columbia Players.

AT the Columbia the 1912 season of the
Columbia Players VIII open a week from
tomorrow. with The Rose of tho
Rancho" In the organization win be
Edwin H. Robbins, an experienced stock
actor. who. was for two years in q
similar capacity with the Temple Stock
Company In Chicago. and who for the
past three years has been leading man
with Frances Starr J. Hammond Daley
comes from the Orpheum Players,
Chestnut Street Theater Philadelphia.
for Juvenile and light comedy. parts;
Aline McDermott from the Neil Players.
st. Paul and Denver; Julia Blanc, from
stock engagements with the best. COM
panies I'm Chicago. Denver. Boston and
Brooklyn. and Doris Woodbridge. from
the Belasco Alcazar Theater, San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles Jerome Renner
is q stock favorite in New York. Provi-
dence and Boston. and Corson Davenport
10 another recruit from the Orpheufn
Players I'm Philadelphia. A number OF
last years players have been retained.
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Academy.

OF all the plays of recent years dealing
with detectives and thieves none seems
to have hit the popular fancy as well as
Paul Armstrong; alias Jimmy Valen-
tine" The first act is laid in the war
denis office in Sing Sing prison. and is an
engrossing picture of real prison life.
Alias Jimmy Valentine the only man
in America who could open bank vault
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"The Old Town. /"

Charles Dillingham;: whose name is al
ways q guarantee of g. beautiful pro
duction," announces the return of Mont
gomery and Stone In THE Old Town"
to the National for nine performances,
beginning Monday, March Is, with mat
inees wednesday. and Saturday. The
cast for "The Old Town embraces the
names of most of the fayorites who won
Washingtons enthusiastic approval last
season. =
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tons. Mile. Pajitzkaia: ''Bacchanafe"
CGlazinouw1. N! Mordkin and Mile, Lo-
poukowa. This will be the last opportu-
nifty to see the dancers. as Immediately
after their engagement here they sail
for Europe, The dancers have Just closed
highly successful engagement at the
Winter Garden, New York.
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Cosmos.

The -headliner at the Cosmos Theater
this week is vivid sketch dealing with
labor conditions, entitled THE Strike
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the prince of Rebecca's fertile fancy. and
q group of village misses.
The same company will present the
play in this city that appeared in it all
last season at David Belasco.s Republic
Theater, New York. Edith Taliaferro has
the tituiar role Of Rebecca Rowena Ran
dali. Assisting her are Archie Boyd.
who for many years enacted Denman
Thompsons and James A. Herne's parts
in .The Old Homestead and Shore
Acres" respectively. ....ss
Belasco.
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New National.

.Springtime and early summer are
Suggested by the atmosphere the charac-
tiers and the story in "Rebecca of Sunny
Brook Farm the dramatization of Kate
Douglas Virgins ."Rebecca" books.
which Klaw K Erlanger will present at
the National Theater for week, COM
nlencins tomorrow evening, with matinees
Wednesday and Saturday.
The interest centers in group of
young girls in the first blush Of youth,
who, during the action of the play,
gradually unfold from buds into fresh
young womanhood. Rebecca herself is
the principal one of tfiNss group, and when
she makes her first appearance on the
stage, a bright, healthy, normal girl of
fourteen, she brings food Of sunshine
into a home that long has been cold and
dark and dreary with traditions Of New
England. It is the home Of her aunts,
Miranda and Jane Sawyer spinsters Of
middle age. whose contact with the
world has been confined to the very mar
row circle of their little town, Riverboro,
Me.
Coming from a house filled with chill
dren where freedom and happiness have
been her surroundings. Rebecca sudden
ly finds herself confined and cramped by
rules and regulations laid down by her
aunts. She rebels against the strict
regime of her new home and runs away
The kindly advice however OF the old
STAGE driver. Jeremiah Cobb. who
l.fsnsii hef 10 Esef,oro sends her
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A REMARKABLE CAST.-One OF the
strangest performances ever given In New
York city was matinee for charity at
Wallack,s Theater. 1t was during the run
OF ALIAS Jimmy Valentine. Two chill
dren are employed in the interpretation Of
the play. and at the time OF the matinee
the crusade against the Restrictive t1g +.
agains, the eri..i,,y mems - esilG st ~
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billiard and pool parlor has some FREUD
ly games on the card.
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has the added interest of being a novelty
1t deals with the love of an artist for his
model and her philosaphic treatment of
the conditions of caste. masmuch as they
are widely separated by. birth!
Robert Dempster, Margaret ;. Greene,
Dohl Davies. Mabel Turner, Ruth Rose.
Ruth Chester Brandon Hurst, Thomas
Jackson. Charles Gay, Edward Lang
ford, Stewart Robbins and Sato, Japa-
nese actor are the principals of the cast,
which numbers in all thirty people.
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London it is played by Weldon Gros-
smith
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Belasco.

At, the Relasco Theater This week WI
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-11-13
Notice of Registration.

Notice is hereby given that on
the 4th day of November A. D.,
1912 the Books of Registration of
The Town of Edgefeld, S. c., will
open at my office in The Farmers
Bank of Edgefeld, S. c., and re-
main open for a period oee Ten (lo)
days to register the qualified elec-
tors of said Town for special Elec-
tion to be held therein submitting
the question of bonding said Town
in al amount not to exceed Five
Thousand Dollars, the proceeds of
said bonds to be applied solely and
exclusively for the building, erect
ing, establishing and maintenance
of an electric light plant for said
Town.
VIM. A. Byrd,
Supervisor of Registration of the
Town of Edgefeld, S. c.
October s9th, 1912.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-11-13
Ireasurer's Notice.

The County Treasurer's Office will be
open for the purpose of receiving taxes
from the 18th day of October, 1912, to
the 18th day of March, 1913.
All taxes shall be due and payable be-
tween the 18th day of October, 1912,
and December 3lst, 1912.
That when taxes charged shall not
be paid by December 31st, 1912, the
County Auditor shall proceed to add a
penalty of one per cent for January,
and if taxes are not paid on or before
February 1st, 1913, the County Auditor
will proceed to add two per cent, and
five per cent from 1st of March to the
18th of March. After which time all
unpaid taxes will be collected by the
Sheriff.
The tax levies for the year 1912 are
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REWARD OF $4,000.

Will be paid for the arrest and
conviction of the party er parties
who have defaced and mutilated,
evidently by being shot at with
some FIRE, arm, the monument lately
erected by the Woodmen of the
World to the memory of our de-
ceased sovereign Cook G. Burkhal-
ter at Rehoboth Baptist Church
Cemetery.
Done by order of Camp in regu-
Lar Convention, Oct. 18th, 1919.
r. N. Edmunds,
Consul Commander.
W. III. Robertson, Clerk.
Psrksyille, S. e.
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Notice Of Final Discharge.

To all whom these presents may
concern:
Whereas, J. H. Courtney has
made application unto this court for
final discharge as executor in re the
estate of DR.. J. B. Courtney of
Edgefeld county, deceased, on this
the 22nd day of October 1912.
These ar therefore, to cite any
all kindred, creditors, or parties in
terested. to show canse before me
at my Office at Edgefeld court house,
South Carolina, on the 25th day of
November 1912 at II o'clock a. M,
why said order Of Discharge should
not be granted.
w. T. Kinnaird,
J.P. c., E. c., S. G.
Oct. 22nd, 1912. At.