Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-04-24
''KING COTTON"
TO BE STAGED ON
FRIDAY NIGHT

- Pe'9oihS III SpleIlQOr and elaDOr
ateness OF production any pageant civ
en- here in recent Years 'King Cotton
'I VIII be presented Friday evening. Ap
ET1l 18th at the Second Ward School
While 1t is an outdoor affair, ther,
VIII be ample seating capacity, com
1ortably and carefully arranged and tn,
well lighted stage is large and can bt
seen from any angle of the east cam
pus.
J.. King Cotton" is a Brenau produc
ton written by Pres. H. 7. Pearce anc
Miss Lydia Rose is directing if
The pupils of the Second Ward as.
sisted by Mr.. Turner Brown and his
orchestra, Mrs. Carl Fellars. and on,
Popular male quartette will take part
mere are three acts and two scenes
the first the court of King Cotton and
tne second scene, The Garden of the
King. - 'N~
Dramatic Personnel
King Cotton-Fred Brown.
Queen Dixie-Dixie Sword.
Princess Prosperity (their daughter)
Annie Laurie Petty.
Lord Tenant System (Prime Min
1ster) -Elvyn Bussell
Lord Single Crop (His sony BIT.
Peavy.
Diversification Gan i'll treated prince
now in disguise) Cap Linneman.
Boil Weevi1 Gan evil genius)-E1-
mer Jones.
Speculation ia fooD Robert Viii
cox.
Captain of Royal Guard Edward
Nelson.
Lord Cotton SeedLWalter Harris
Lord Cotton Seed Meal Otto
Hail.
Lord Cotton Seed Hulls-Few Mad
dox.
Lord Cotton Seed Oi1-John Cross.
Mr.. Pro Duce More (fertilizer) -
Vernon Jackson.
Bull-Jesse Reynolds.
Bear-Wave1 Agner.
Chemist -Gilmer Stubbs.
Observation-Disclosures Troup.
Ladies in Waiting (the Southern
States)-B1anche Hayes, Pauline Dor
miny, Matte Ola Fletcher, Susie
Carter, Myrtle Mannon. Gertrude
Shultz, Alice Rathburn, Hazel Book
er, Gussie Hutto, Willie Maud Lane,
Clara Manooch, Vera Mae Chaple, Ev-
elyn Brown, Ethel Troup, Evelyn Suit
ton, Gussie Carter.
Pages to the Queer Creighton
Simpson, Cecil Harris.
Flower Girls to Queen-He1en Eli
ington, Geraldine Thurston.
Uncle Sam-Clarence Booker.
Phillipines-Walton Capo.
Indian Maid-Tnez Murray.
John Bull-Lamar Bullard.
Canada-Elizabeth Troup.
1ndia-Berta Murray.
France-Mrs. Carl Fel1ars.
Her Maids-Florie jerks, Mabel
Wyman.
Dancers who take part in Cotton
Blossoms Dance, Boil Weevif Dance,
Cotton Pickers Dance, and Cotton
Choppers dance.
The evil Boil Weevil pursues pros
perity, daughter of King Cotton and
Queen Dixie. The foppish son of the
Lard Tenant System, Lord Single crop
fails to rescue her. She meets Diver
sification, and i1l-used prince in dis
guise who slays the Boil Weevil and
wins the hand of Prosperity. Every
character has an important part to
play in unfolding the story of the
terrible destruction wrought in our
land and the costuming and staging
add much to the effectiveness of the
production.
We feel that our farmer friends
realize that now is an opportune time
TO get together and work in harmony
While many may say they aren't in
terested in the boil weevil, or the fight
on it, they surely know that our town
is no larger, better or stronger than
the rural section that surrounds it.
Therefore our growth depends on their
growth-not se1fishness-just interde-
pendence. Our ward has, we are proud
to say, a big per cent of rural pupils.
That is why we are happy to present
an agricultural pageant that helps the
farmer, and in helping him, help our
selves likewise.