Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-12-15
new RYLANDER
THEATER LESSEE
TAKES CHARGE
|. Wiley Pope, IT., Here
To Prepare F or Early
Opening

The nrSC announcement IN con-
nection with the new Rylander thea
ter, nearing completion on West La
mar street, was made today by Wal
ter Rylander. This was that the les
see and manager of the theater is j.
Wiley, Pope, Jr, of Atlanta and
New Orleans, and hat Mr.. Pope has
already arrived in Americas and is
now enbaged in directinfi prepara-
tions for the early opening of the
magnificent house. Definite announce
ment concerning the opening is ex-
pected to be made within few days.
Mr.. Pope, who with his family,
has taken an apartment here, will
remain in Americas and have COM
plete charge of the tkeater as lessee
and manager. AS has already been
stated, the house will be devoted daily
to motion picture programs, except
for certain number of nights dur
ing the theatrical season, for which
the house has been released by Mr..
Rylander from Mr.. Pope, on which
occasion tie biggest and best road
attractions will be shown.
Manager Wiley Pope is one of the
best kn.w- young amusement men
of the Southeast. Although only 81 |
years of age, he has had wide ex-
perience and held some important
positions with some of the largest
interests in the amusement world. |
He gave uo the managership of the
Goldwyn's Film corporations New Or
leans office, to take over the Ry-
lander theater.
Began In East.
Born in Atlanta, the son of ]. w. |
Pope, one of the best known lumber |
men of the Southeast for many years, !
he entered the amusement field with |
tn Mutual Elm corporation in its |
philadelphia office six years ago The !
utual at that time was one of the !
very largest concerns of its kind in
existence, although since it has been !
merged into another organization. !
After a year snnnt there, Mr.. Pope /
was made manager of the Philadel- |
phia office, remaining there a year. |
Returning to Atlanta, he went with |
the S. A. Lynch interests. now known |
as the Southern Enterprises, Inc,
and after a time was sent to New |
Orleans as exchange manager. From
New Orleans he was transferred for !
a period of four or five months to |
Detroit, where he was sales-manager !
of the Lynch offices, and then was |
returned to New Orleans, where he |
spent total of two years in charge !
of various Lvnch enterprises. He |
had been in charge of the Goldwyn !
office in that city for the last six
months.
Mr.. Pone has visited Americas sew
eral times during the course of con-
struction of the Rylander theater,
and has, inspected it from pit TO
dome since its near completion, and
he is indescribably impressed with |
its magnifcence and completeness.
Theater Unsurpassed
"In the last six years." said he
today, "I have travelled great deal
in many arts of the country, and
have had opportunity to see all the
theaters, from the old scent movie
houses to the finest palaces showing
pictures at from so to rs cents,
which have recently come into being
in the greater cities. While | have
seen such houses as the Strand in
New Orleans, with seating capacity
two or three times that of the Ry-
lander. for actual beauty none sur
rass it, and for comfort and intimacy,
because of it's size, few can equal 1t
and none of the larger ones com
pare with it.
''Itt goes without saying that
house of this class will never have
anything but the highest class pro-
ductions; it will be our policy, to
show the best and nothing else.
Mr. and Mrs, Pope, who have taken
one of the Thornton apartments on
Hampton street, have one son, Wiley
Pope III, eight years of age, who
will be entered in school at once.
Daughter of Col. Kay.
Mrs Pone is the daughter of Col.
W. E. Kav of Jacksonville, assistant
beneral counsel for the Atlantic
Coast Line railroad, and very well
known throughout Georgia and Flor
W Mr.. pope's father is well known
throughout this section OF Georgia:
For 25 wears he was one OF the cn'ef
owners of the Enterprise Lumber
cornnanv of Atlanta, and operated
large sawrills at Worth and Pitts.
He built +he Hawkinsville and Flor
ida Southern ..ailroad for the purnose
of connecting his sawmill properties
with tbe market. He has spent the
last 10 wears in Jacksonville. doing
business under the firm name Of j.
W. Pope. Lend and Timber" He
has number of close personal
friends in Americus, among whom is
Frank Lanier.