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BUSINESS AT GLANCE.

ST. LOUIS. October 1 (SpeciaD.--
Customs receipts at this port have in
creased so per cent in the last year.
This is attributed in part to the great
er use by importers In this section OF
the local office In preference to dis
tant customs Offices. The principal in
creases in imports have been in toys,
diamonds, antiques, cutlery, Japanese
textiles and cotton goods.
PHILADELPHIA, October 1 (Spe-
cial).--The increase in the assessments
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on real estate and personal property
here in 1894 Is expected to be more
than $200.000,000. The October esti-
MINNEAPOLIS. October Especially
Arrangements have been completed
buses terminal here will be opened for
use December ].
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COTTON MILLS TO MERGE.

ATLANTA, Ga, October PLANS
for the merging OF the Ianett Cot
featuring Company, at West Point.
Ca. have just been made public. The
capitalization OF the West Point
Company will be increased to $7,20o,-
0f)0.
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fall and holiday trade. and some stores
report difficulty In securing workers.
Building materials are more easily
obtainabIe now and the volume Of
building trades workers Is adequate.
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and the product it rep
resents is known in
practically every city
and town in the United
States.
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"The Christening" Tuesday.

The Chasten.ng." Charles Ran.
kennedys new play. direct from =
successful run in New York, will be
given here for one performance onl"
on Tuesday at 400 pm. at the Pres.
dent Although this play was al
nounced by the Equity Players a. Il
LeFten matinee attraction the d.
mand grew until nine performance
week were given. Critics haH-
claimed that this modern miraci..
play, IN five acts. will become =
classic equal in rank with Mr.. Ken
nedy's servant IN the House" There
are but three characters. a carpentef
played by Mr.. Kennedy: his wifi"
Edith Wynne Matthison. and her sor
Margaret Gage.
Miss Matthison has won fame as J.
classic actress. having appeared witt
Sir Henry Irving and Sir Herbe.
Tree as leading woman. Those wh
have seen her as Electra and as Rosa
i lind have no doubt o. her versatile
and dramatic power As the wife Il.
The Christening she is called upo,.
to portray character poiRnantly al
peal.ng and symbolic OF all the moth
ers in the world Mr.. Kennedy i
known as the author Of The Servan.
in the House" and other plays rattle.
than as an actor. Margaret Gage wil
be remembered as the young ac.re -
Electra" TWO seasons ago.
owing 20 the interest OF Mr.. Ken.
redy and Miss Matthison in wellesle,
College. the local Wellesley Club Ia
been given the honor Of manaGin..
the first performance of The Cha
te2iEg in Washington. Tickets Ar
on sale BY ]. Arthur Smith. Inc. -"
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Byrne-WarsaW. Friday.

Dawson Byrne. the distins uished
Irish actor. will appear in joint re
cital with DR.. Alfredo Warsaw a
the National next Friday afternoon.
For many years Mr. Byrne was 4
stellar attraction in Englands great
theaters. Selected BY Sir Herbert
Beerbohn Tree for important roles
his character approximations are sale
to have created a standard for thu
English stage. Sir Herbert referred
TO him as the greatest interpreter Of
Dickens characters the world haa
ever seen.
His representations will includ.
Uriah Heap. Wilkens Macawber. Eli
Sykes. f'aein ard Jonas Chuzzlewitr
OF Shakespeare he will present Cai
dinal Wolsey. from Henry VIII" and
the final number will be Dawn -
the Irish Coast" by John Locke. i
number which gives Mr. Byrne :,
ssplendid opportunity.
DR.. Alfredo Warsaw has appeared
in leading roles in many important
European operas. He has been or
the American concert stage for
number of years and has won many
friends with a charming personalit,
and marvellous voice.
He will sing tenor selections from
the best operas. as well as some OF
the semi-classics.
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A Word About Ma,gulo Gilmore

A MONG the excellent players to be
seen here in the cast of LAS You
Like it, which the American Ma
tional Theater will present here this
week, is Margalo Gilmore, last seen
here in The Famous Mrs. Fair"
Although the sponsors for this new
theater movement are laying the most
stress on the plan itself and not fea-
turing any of the players. word or
two about Miss Gilmore seems to
be permissible, since SO much has al
ready been printed in these columns
about the intent and scope OF the
American National Theater.
Miss Gilmore. one Of the young
err generation. has sprung sud-
denly into prominence. Without the
sacrifice of faith in the good old sys-
TEN nf stock training and long ap-
premiership as background for an
actor a departure from the rule
seems to have been compensated for
in the case of Miss Gillm ne by her
antccedent$.
1T has not been deemed il"ue Ss;' ~
for Miss Gilmore to go through the
usual routine travelled by the skilled
player, because she has ben nl,aa,,.
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Continued from First Page.)

version OF the great play by Glenn
ence Dane. which has never been seen
in Washington. With II will be
shown laugh pictures. the Urban
Movie Chats and the International
News.
Today, starting at 8 pm. last
weeks attractions will be seen in
their closing performances.
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Arcade.

The Arcade announces. III addition
to a nightly dancing program. a spe
cial Lucky Spot" dance for Fridal
evening. when prizes will be avardea
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Ethel Barrymore on the Situation

The next step in advance for our
American theater. according to Ethel
Barrymore, in an interview for the
| New York World. will be the building
| up Of an audience In cities outside Of
New York for serious plays. what we
call worth while drama"
supporters of the little theater.
Miss Barrymore said, ARE all too
| often not patrons of the regular the
alter. They may have been patrons
disillusioned by unfortunate expert
ences, or they may never have cared
about serving as mere spe ctators. pre-
ferring an entertainment in which
feel that the growth of little theaters
shouldn't be confused with support OF
serious plays In our standard theater.
Here In New York we have reached
that point where a WORTHY, play Is
| reasonably sure OF finding its audi
ence. Exceptions can be: named at
/ once, particularly By those injured
gentlemen. the producers. who spent
! money ard energy on what they
! thoughts We're comtnendabIe projects.
! In some instances the public may have
/ seemed negligent, but those usually
: We're cases in which there was no
general agreement as to worth OF
the plays. To the credit Of the public.
/ We've seen whole series OF good
! dramas heartily supported.
! Such producers as Arthur Hopkins
who enjoy this New York confidence
and the fact that I'm appearing un
| der Mr.. Hopkins management has
| nothing to do with the observation
merit approval because they lave main
! tanned high Standards. first in the selec-
| ton and then i'll the production Of plays
/ They are keen enough to know that
/ the public sorts itself out into many
! kinds Of audiences. BY pandering 70
| the lowest common denomination OF
! Intelligence, they might easily try for
/ pays that would reach the greatest
I nuniber-the sort OF PLAYS that Broad
way calls crashing hits--but then
! they would merely he dealers in mer-
| chandise. Instead. mindful that they
: themselves seek intelligent entertain
lnent when they go to the theater
! they endeavor TO please this sector OF
| the public. Under ordinary conditions
! their returns would be smaller. but
! time after time the productions they
/ sponsored have been great successes
! 4 few years ago no one in his sober
! senses would have dreamed OF placin 2
! on Broadway some OF the fine serious
| dramas that nowadays get produced
! end draw cTowds to the box Office
But that, IS I've said, ts to the credit
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cussed by Ralph Graves OF tine Ma
tionaI Geographic Magazine and G. A.
Lyon Of The Star.
One evening was devoted to Shake :
speare in the Public Schools" by DR..
p. II. Pearson. T.. 9. bureau OF edu-
cation, and Shakespeare. Morals and
Religion" by Rev. DR.. Earle Wiley.
Dean w A. wilbur OF George wash
ington University gave talk on
shakespeare and the American
Spirit" Dean w. c. Nevis of George
town University on psychological AS
poets of the Dramas" and DR.. Paul
Kaufman of the American University
on Fortune and Destiny" as used In
the plays.
Or. kaufman vas the principal
speaker on the evening devoted TO
"shake-peare's Influence on the Eng
lish Languages" assisted by Dean VIII
bur and J. o. Porter. "Shakespeare
and the Librarian" was discussed by
II II. B. Meyer, chief bibliographer
speare the Man" by T. G.. Risley. So
licitor for the Department OF Labor;
'Elizabethan Music" By Capt Walter
Berry. and the playwright, DR.. G. ".
Johnston; delivered his last address IS
before this society on THE Actors OF
In addition to these, two plays have
been discussed. For "A Midsumme r
Nights Dream" Dean r. J. Gasson
Of Georgetown told OF the fairy lore
Of England. s. $. Asilbaugil discussed
the literary sources Mrs. Eleanor
Bingham gave tire dramatic analysis
and Walter W. Beck expia inel Ben
Greet method Of staging For
Antony ard Cleopatra" Mr.. Ash
baugh talked on The Roman Plays
and Prof. De Witt Croissant gave the
dramatic construction. The charac-
ter OF Antony was analyHed by DR.
T.. Y. wilcox and that oe Cleopatra
by Mrs Clara L. Barnard
A particularly noteworthy event
was the presentation OF a. condensed
version OF Antony and Cleopatra "
i The production was wholly original
in arrangement ard staging. Mabel
Ovens Wilcox. director of the ORA
matte department. used ten scenes
which dealt With the two main char
acters. making = consecutive nara :
tive. all the action Of which occurred
in one location. A single. very sim
pie setting was used throughout and
, against that neutral. unobtrusive
background the richly colored cos
tunes and intense impersonat lions
stood out strongly. The very dra-
, matte portrayal was originated and
directed by Walter W Beck
The society will close it's dramatic
work for the season BY presenting
Twelfth Night" at Gonzaga College
Theater.
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STRAND-"An Evening at Home"
The Strand this week, beginning
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Of the New York public as we'll as
the producers.
THE situation in other cities Is not
nearly so fortunate. When / was
touring in 'Declassee'-and that play
had large returns, so there's no per-
sonal grievance found numbers Of
worthy plays starving for support.
plays which had run on Broadway for
months. Mr.. Drinkwater's Abraham
Lincoln proved an exception to the
rule. but then 1t was an exception to
most rules. Beyond the Horizon was
a very bad failure outside OF New
York. The same fate befell one play
after another Of such nature as II
went on tour Those that survived did
so only BY scratching together enough
profits in lucky spots TO make up Tor
their losses in other cities.
There are signs Of progress. A
few plays. managing to survive, pre-
pare the ground for others to come
But meantime the situation is dis
coura ging. And we can't complimen mt
| the American theater too much while
! the existence OF our most interesting
plays Is limited to New York.
! 'The remedy? For one thing, dra-
, matte editors throughout the country
must Cooperate. That means the help
! OF publishers, also. because In far too
many cases matter pertaining TO the
i theaters is limited in space. This
matter also Is concentrated largely on
/ the plays at hand, those that are adj
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GAYETY-"Broadway Brevities.

Lena Daley, sprightly dancer aI4
clever songster, is the star Of Ed 4
Daley's Broadway Brevities" at the
Gayety Theater this week This
Offering was originally staged at the
New York Winter Garden and in cor
ception and execution IS said TO haya
cost $4,000. To this investment Nj
Daley has added many new scenic EN-
bellishments and has newly costumes
the show with elaborate gowns for
the feminine principals and the che
rus girls.
Lena Daley will show a dazzling
array OF gowns in her songs and
dances. Babe Healey is the ingenuc
and Althea Barnes the prinaa donna
who comes heralded as a vocalist or
merit and charm. Twenty chorus
girls Will be a feature Of "Broadwa.
Breyities." In one scene they hav..
the stage TO themselves for skillfal
eYolutions OF dances and drills.
Jay c. Flippen, leading comeduf
assumes the role created by the late
Bert Williams, who was Originally
starred in this attraction John
Grant Will work with I'lippen in mos
OF the numerous comedy scenes
Richly Craig. jr.. Herman Pose. Bast
Mahon and Jack O'Malley will he
other PRINCIPALS
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with T. peculiar gift which has been
called acting blood" AS far back
as the Gillmores can remember there
have been actors In the family. Mar
galo's father, Frank Gilmore, now
executive secretary of the Equity
Association. is an actor of consider
able reputation. Miss Gillmore's
mother also has been a player. The
line goes back for four generations.
Mr.. Gillmores father and his faith
er's mother and her father all being
persons of considerable repute on the
English stage.
OF course, here tradition has meant
more than legend. both parents be-
ing able to give Miss Margalo inval-
liable help during her early days at
the American Academy. and after she
had made her first appearance In
The Famous Mrs. Fair"
Another role that gave Miss Gill
more almost as much fame as the
role OF the "fapper" In THE Famous
Mrs. Fair" was that of the circus
performer in He Who Gets slapped
Then this season Miss Gilmore ap-
peared in Mines comedy, THE Ro-
mantle Age" She has also played the
leading role In 1.-THE straw" one OF
Eugene O'Neilrs pieces produced in
New York but not seen on the road.
As Celia III as You Like It. Miss
Gilmore has her first Shakaspearean
role
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The SHAKESPEARE Society.

THE Shakespeare Society is closing
very interesting season Of 1T
erary and dramatic study. Those ad-
dressing the society have all been
special students OF Shakespeare,
though not ali teachers or university
deans. The number has also in
cluded government officials. minis
tiers. playwrights. newspaper writer's
and lawyers. Much that has been
presented Is the result Of original re-
search and very Illuminating to the
study Of the greatest Of English
dramas.
James Montgomery Beck addressed
the society on the stage presenta-
tioI.s of Hamlet" by all the great
actors since l.. l. Davenport: and the
character OF Hamlet was analysed on
another evening b. Ernest d. Hath
away and Henry +. Davis
Shakt speare and the modern pro-
fessionaI ard amateur stage was dis
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Current Attractions

with a matinee today. will offer a,
the feature Marshall Montgomery
ventriloquist. in An Evening a.
Home" as a real vaudeville novelty
porting bill. Ia Ear and Dale, a pair
Of funsters. will offer a blackfacs
classic, The Bagooma Hunters" WITH
songs. dances and musical numbers
Fletcher. Clayton Revue. merrs
revue Of youth, pep and syncopatior
Artur and Lydia Wilson, q come dw
skit, ''Sw &c thearts Il La Carte" full
of real comedy songs and dances. and
Francis & Wilson, In "A Variety o.
Doings,' comedy bits, acrobatics aiia
dances.
The photoplay features Eazimoss
famed emotional actress. in "A Doll :
House" a perturbation or Henrik
lbsen's novel
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vertising Fortunately that situation
Is improving. There are papers In
other cities which give more space to
the intelligent theater than those in
New York
Then the managers must cooper
ate. keeping in touch with the public
Of America, as we'll as Of New York,
through newspapers and other me-
diums. They must build up interest
in worthwhile plays. especially in
those appealing to a public not ord;-
narily conversant with the theater.
And last Of all, the public must CO.
operate when res Informed. But I'm
sure II will do that, just as It has
done in New York"
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Wagnerian Opera in Baltimore.

wagnerian opera by the wagner-
ian.Opera Company, composed Of ART
istS Of Germany and Austria, who
present the Wagnerian music dramas
as they are given today in the larg
est cities OF central Europe, is In
progress at the Lyric Theater, Bait;
more, this week.
The repertory follows: Tomorrow
evening. at S:15 o'clock, 'Das Rhe!n
gold" In two acts; Tuesday evening
at 1870. Die Walkuere," in three
acts: Wednesday matinee. at 2:30
TIA ensel and Gretep; wednesdaH
evening. at 1880, 'siegfried," in three
acts: Thursday, at I pm. "Goetter
daemmeruns.", In three acts and one
Introduction by Richard Wagner.
The singers. from the Deutsches
opernhaus, Charlottenburg, as wei
as their mission. have received most
favorable notices from the mstropol
itan critics.
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GARRICK-"Getting Gertie's
Garter

At the Shubert- Garrick Theate,
Avery Hopwood's farce. Getting Ger
ties Garter" Will continue anothe.
week, starting tonight
The cast will include Joseph Gre
han. Jerome Renner, Louis Hatres
Edwin TruShe.m. George Ertell. Geo,
g!a Hall. Jean Downs. Fay Cusick an
Maud Franklin
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HOWARD alome.

The company of colored actors
which created a sensation last weeI
with their production of Osca,
Wilde's "Salome," will return 20 ths
Howard Theater, 7th and streets
for another weeks engagement, be
ginning Monday night
Howard Theater unheralded and be
fore the week was out made such q
deep impression upon critics and al
diences that seats were at a premium.
Toward the close OF its first weeE
half the audiences were white PEG
pie. who came in rapidly increasing
numbers.
Julia Marloe. who makes Washing
ton her home during the winter. i
is reported. brought two box parties
to the theater and personally gave
her congratulations to the actors.
Raymond O'Neil, director Of the
company. has Just signed contracts
which take these players to a Broad
way theater at the close of their
Washington engagement.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-12-25
BANK WILL FURNISH
FARMERS ARSENATE
CITY NATIONAL WILL DIS
TRIBUTE TWO CAR LOADS
WEEVIL POISON AT COST.

Sixty thousand pounds of calcium
arsenate, the most effective poison for
boil weevils yet discovered, will be dis
tributed to the farmers OF Terrell
county by the City National Bank.
The poison will be sent to Dawson in
two car load lots and will be packed
in 100-pound steel containers to facili-
tate handling.
Literature detailing the latest and
most effective methods of using the
poison, and bulletins issued by both
the state and national departments OF
agriculture will be available at the
bank
The bank stands ready to carry out
its policy of assisting the farmers OF
the county in every way possible to
raise cotton. In turn the bank has
asked that the farmers cooperate with
it and, particularly, to inform the Of
hcials of individual needs so as to
equalize distribution of the arsenate.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-12-25
WAS UNDERGOING AN EXAMI-
NATION BY PHYSICIANS
WHEN THE END CAME.
DEATH WAS A GREAT SHOCK

deceased Was One of Most Beloved
And Highly Respected Men in
Southwest Georgia Was for Many
Wear a Prominent Figure.
The news that came from Atlanta
Wednesday that Hon. John R. Mercer
,.,s dead was a shock to the people Of
dawson and Terrell county and
,,rsed universal sorrow. Very fsw
t,av that he was even indisposed and
,,anbers of his family were unpre-
cared for the announcement of his
death.
Monday night, accompanied by his
family physician DIR. Guy Chappell,
Me- Mercer left for Atlanta to con-
.rlt socialists with the view of under
,o;ng a minor operation. Apparently
+. wa, in his usual health and Tues
Jlr night he attended the theatre.
Wednesday morning he went to the
na,;,- Fisher sanitarium for diagnosis
and while physicians were making an
Elimination he died at 1910 o'clock
rithout a moments warning. There
we're present DR.. Chappell, DR.. Fisher,
DIR. Lake and DR. Greene. RestorativeS
we're applied. and for an hour or more
every effort was made to recussitate
him.
the early train Thursday morning, and
were taken to the family residence on
Stonewall street.
Funeral services were held in the
Methodist Church, OF which Mr.. Mer-
Ger had been a consistent and active
member for many years, at 3 o'clock
Thursday afternoon. The services
we're conducted by the pastor Rev. /.
NJ. Christian. who was assisted by DIR.
W. c. Lovett, presiding elder; Rev.
/ NJ. Cutler, of Americas, former
pastor here, and Rev S. F. Lowe, pas
OF the Dawson Baptist church, in the
presence of a large gathering. In his
remarks the minister paid tender and
touching tribute to the deceased as a
Christian and citizen. From the church
the remains were taken to Cedar Hill
cemetery and laid to rest. The board
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-12-25
John r. MERCER IS STRICKEN
BY DEATH WITHOUT WARNING

OF trustees of the Methodist church. OF
which Mr.. Mercer was a member,
formed an honorary escort.
Besides his wife, who was Miss Ella
Perry, Mr.. Mercer is survived by one
brother, Hon. Jesse F. Mercer, of At
lanta, and four sisters-Mrs. Fannie
Colley, Of Terrell county; Mrs. Anna
Morris of Macon; Mrs. Samson Bell,
OF Leary, and Mrs. Hattie Powell, of
Fitzgerald
Public Spirited Citizen.
Mr.. Mercer was native of Web
ster county, and was born October
3lst 1884. In 1870 he went to Leary,
i'll Calhoun county, where he was en-
ployed by his uncle, the late Cap
tain Phil f. Boyd, in the mercantile
and warehouse business. On August
Goth, 1870, he and Miss Ella Perry,
daughter of the late John B. Perry. Of
Dawson, were united in marriage In
1880 he located in Dawson, and from
that time until his death was promi-
nent i'll every forward movement in
the town and county. When he first
came to Dawson he engaged in the
warehouse business, and soon became
identified with the banking and other
interests Of the city. Every enter
prise that was projected found him
ready to contribute both with his in
Auence and means.
Mr. Mercer acquired large landed
interests, and was himself a progress
sive farmer. He did more than any
other man in Southwest Georgia to
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-12-25
RRONWOOD MASONS ELECT
OFFICERS FOR NEXT YEAR

The regular election of officers Of
the Brentwood Lodge No. 544, F. &
A. NJ, was held Thursday night and
A. A. Capel was reelected worshiptul
master A number Of the officers were
returned also to their posts. Names OF
the other officers follow:
w. R. Martin, senior warden, re-
elected; P. L. Goode, junior warden,
to succeed ]. L. Mcleod; +. II;
Stapleton. senior deacon. to succeed
s. w. Denton; w. H. Miller junior
deacon reelected: NJ. n. Childs, treas
urer. to succeed Grover c. Wall; E. l..
Massey, secretary, reelected; DR.. r. E:
Bowman, senior steward to succeed
P. L. Goode; f. c. Gammage, junior
steward to succeed A. J. Brook
shire; D. P, Martin. chaplain, re-
elected and S. w. Denton, tyler, to
succeed J. L. Miller.