The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-10-23
THEATRE BEAUTIFUL
WILL Be CONDUCTED
NEW PICTURE HOUSE FOR
ANDERSON
WILL OPEN SOON
Leading Business Men Of Anderson
Form Combine for New Un.
dertalsing.
WILL OPEN SOON

Anderson Is to have e new moving
picture theatre.
Application has been made to the
secretary of State for a charter, with
w. W. Sullivan, r. r. King, G. Gull
len Sullivan and f. NJ. Burnett as pc
titioner3.
4 lease has been secured upon the
stcre-rcom adjoining Kress' new five
| and ten cent store On south Main
| street. Mr.. Kress had in view the
object Of leasing this property for
the purpose OF motion pictures when
the building was constructed and
| the local promoters who are back
or this newest theatre venture in An
derson consider themselves very for
tunate In being able to secure this
/! splendid location.
1t will be of interest to the readers
| OF The Intelligencer to note also
that Mr.. Kress' leading architect is
preparing designs for the front as
| well as the interior decorations. AL
SO steam heat is to be furnished and
| new system of ventilation, which
not only keeps the air in circulation
in the room. but also is guaranteed to
remove the stale air every few min
utes.
A member of the syndicate stated
to a reporter for The InteIligencer
that Mr.. kress' idea Is to install ab-
solutely modern and up-tc-date quip-
| ment in every respect This gentle
man stated further that the highest
grade service in the way Of films
that 1t Is possible to obtain would be
onered to the general public of An
derson.,
Motion pictures are deservedly be-
coming more and more popular, ant,
are beginning to be recognized as q
great moral and educational, as well
as a recreative influence, and the
dominant idea of the men composing
this company is to furnish. first of
all, pictures that will entertain, and
whenever possible show those hav-
ing educational or moral lessons to
impart. Certain 1t Is that the peo-
pie Of Anderson will not be embar-
r9ssed by anything that has the
slightest tendency toward the i'm
moral.
The plan Of conducting such q mo-
don picture theatre has been In tho
minds OF some of Anderson's lead
ing citizens for q number of years
and the period of financial depres-
! stcH now generally prevalent
Throughout the community which has
made It impossible for the local Y
NJ c. A. to nut on its building COM
7aign at any time within the near fu-
ture. has made II possible for the To-
cal board Of directors of the Y. M. c.
A. to allow, in consideration of the
elemepti OF community service in
volved. Z. NJ Burnett, the general
secretary, to assume the active man.
! agement OF this theatre.
The 1ntelligencer has known fo,
several weeks Of this plan but was
advised that 1t would be better not
to MAKE a definite announcement
until after the plans had fully de-
veloped. AS above stated, applica.
tfon has been made to the secretary
or state for q charter, and the in.
corporation is to be known as The
Anderson Motion Pictures company
with a capital stock of $1,000, all OF
whick has been pledged.
The promoters feel very fortunate
In being able to secure a theatre r
fully and completely equipped, ant
Mr.. Kress states that the equipment
viii be, in close harmony and keep.
Ing with the. beautiful designs car
ried out In connection with his store
room on south Main street
Mr.. Burnett states that he hope.
to have everything ready for the Oh
ening OF this theatre by the middl,
OF November. He left last night 10,
Atlanta where he goes to complet,
arrangements for ailm service.
A new departure. will be the us.
of pipe organ for furnishing music
which will be played by one of tn,
leading musicians of the city.
The following are the promoters O
This new motion picture house: q
F. >Mauldin. w. w. Sullivan, r. r
: King. J. j. Brownlee, F. nj. Burnett
o. l. Smithers, u M. Ev =, @. C. Sui
livan, C. G. Dargan, j. :. X. Hood. Z