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VOL. 7. NO. 15.GEORGETOWN, S. C., SATURDAY NIGHT, APRIL 16, 1904.STANDING ROOM ONLY.lt;*More Blunders Than One’* aGrand Success and Draws aBig House-Th« presentation at the operahouse last Tuesday night of “MoreBlunders than one” dfew a packedhouse, and the seating capacitywas inadequate to accommodatethe large trowd present.The entertainment was a sueoess in every possible way, andMjs. Thos. S. Munnerlyn, as wellas those who assisted her, derervesunstinted p.aise for the grandsuccess they made. Mrs. Muuuerlyn begs us to thank all thoseWho so ablv assisted her in thiswork, in her name, as she is verygrateful to each and every onewho took part in the show, themembers ot the Glee Club whorendered such beautiful music onthat evening and to all who contributed in any way whatever tothe success of the entertainment.The entertainment was openedup with music by the Glee Club. The “Japanese Trio”Gracie Sanders, Natalio Lohr andby MissesEmily Murphy was very fine andeiicitfed great applause.The farce—“Tom’s Proposal ”was well acted by Miss MargaretBoone, Mr. A. M. Farrelly andMr. Rufus Freeman. This trio ishard to b‘jat.Thelt; iMilk Maid Chorus,composed of eight beautiful girlswas so good, that they were compel led to respond to £\n encore.The young ladies who took partin this were: Misses Ann Doar,Margaret Boone, Cecile Jeauuer-ette, Mamie Mayo, Rose Farreily,Lena Richardson, Rena Barnesand Evelyn Rouse.Two very large cakes were thenauctioned off by Mr. J. W. Doar.One brought $8.50 and the other$6,00.Then came something not 011the program, but one of the bestfeatures of the evening. It wasa coon song by Miss MaggieRrightmau and Mr. Rufus Freeman. Miss Brightman represented a negro woman at the wash tuband Mr. Freeman aThis brought forthnegrorounddude.afterround of applause and was considered the hit of the evening.Then caei tMore Blundersthan Oue.” As predicted in theOutlook, this kept the audiencein a roar of laughter from startto finish.Mrs. Ross Davis as“Susan,” was excellent.MissLena Richardson as Louisa Lover-more could not have be9U excelled. Miss Rena Barnes as Lettywas superb. Mr. Fred Schackel-ford as Trap took his part fine.r, Rufus Freeman as ‘ YoungMelborne” is one of the best wehave ever seen, Mr. AndrewFarrelly in his make-up as “OldMelborne” was perfect. He isgood wherever you put him. Andlast but not least, Mr. OscarBrightman as “Larry*” is withouta peer. He has the Irish broagdown Pat, and his make-up wasgreat.The door receipts amounted toabout $I8U.The program as rendered is asfolio vt:PROGRAM.Muuas—Gise Club,Japanese Trio—Misses Oracle Sanders, Natalie Lohr and Emily Murphy.Music—Glee Club.Farce—Tom’s Proposal..........Miss MargaretBoone. Mr, A. M. Farrelly and Mr. Rufus Freeman.Music—Glee Club.Milk Maid Chorus -Misses Ann Doar, Margaret Boone. Cecil Jeannerette, Mamie Mayo, Rose Farrelly. Lena Rechardson, Rena Barnes and Evelyn Rouse.Music—Glee Club.Auction Sale of several fancy articles and large fruit cake.Coon Song.-Miss Maggie Brightman and Mr* Rufus Freeman.Music—Glee Club,MORE BLUNDERS THANYONEIN 5 ACTS—CAST OF CHARACTERS.Old Melborne______Mr. A. M. Farrelly.Young Melbourne.Mr.Rufus FreemanTrap___________Mr. Fred Shackelford.Larry .....„_Mr.C. O. Brightman.Louisa Lovermore____ Miss Lena RichardsonSusan Mrs. Ross C. Davis.Letty „_________Miss Rena Barnes.Starting OH the BallTd3DemocraticExecutiveCommittee 01 Georgetown Countymet at the court house onlast'Monday at 12 o’clock and transacted important business.County chairman B. H. Henderson presided.Secretary J. Walter Doar readthe minutes of last meeting.The following clubs were repre sen ted:Potato Ferry—C E Evans. Brown’s Ferry—JF Carraway. Bethel—E F Matthews.BirdfieldJohn„Ford. No 1—JJ Me-No 2—Dr. OlinGeorgetownKeitheh,Georgs town Sawyer.The meeting instructed the chairman and secretarv to sendout notices to all the clubs to reorganize and elect delegates onApril 28d, to the county convention which meets on May 2d, at the court house.bail toThis starts the political roll in this county.The Odd Fellows Banuuet.The banquet given by Excelsior Lodge, No 69, I. O. O. F., last Thursday night, was a grand success in every particular. There was a large nomberof members present who manifested a great deal of enthusiasmTbe speeches were all flue and everybody was delighted with whal theysaw and heard.Grand Master Cole L. Bkase ofIfNewberry, I. B. F. Middleton, D. G.., of Chari eston, J. A, Summersett of Columbia and several other prominent Odd Fellows were present.The lodge was called to order at 8.30 o’clock and after routine workwas disposed of, turned over to Grand Master Bleasesecret workwho exemplified thefor the benefit of themembers present. Col. Blease then made a splendid talk for the “good of the order.”IIr. Geo. R. Congdou, Jr., was eleot-*t J V/ r ___ed representative to the Grand Lodgewhich meets in Anderson in May.The Banquet committee then announced that they were ready for business, and for several hours theydid full justice to the elegant spread which was before them. Bro. D. C.Simpkins was the caterer for the occasion and he put it up in great style and a plenty of it.Mr. J. W. Doar was to have madethe address of welcome, but owing to sickness in bis family, was unable to do so. Mr. Geo. R. Congdou, Jr., acted as toastmaster/ Grand MasterBleuhe made a beautiful and eloquent address, which was punctuated withapplause throughout. Mr, J. A. Summersett also made a strong speech which was equally as well received. Mr, Hummersett is also Grand ViceROSEMARYft Thriving Little Town ftmono thePines on the G W. R R.is foreman of the ear shops. Ai these shops locomotives are over hauled and rebuilt aud rebuilt andSomethlnu fthout It.“Rosemary” is a busv, hustlinglittle town fifteen miles fromGeorgetown on the Georgetown Western Railroad, beautifullyW %*situated on a high hill among thelife-giving rosemary pines, whereone can get the full benefit ofnature m all her grandeur andenjoy a life fit for the gods.Posemary is destined to becomea town or several thousand inhabitants in the not very far distant.It now has a population of between seven and eight hundredcars arepainted. When they leave these shops they are as good as new. They work something over 100 men in these shops. They also have a saw mill and harness shop adjacent to these shops.The general offije of the A. C L. Curp. is iu tlie center of the town. Iu this office tiiev havetelephone connections to Georgetown and to all their the woods.camps inpeople.It takes fourteen locomotives to do tbe logging business at Rosemary, exclusive of the shifting, local freight and passenger service. They have about 40 miles of road leading from Rose-marv into tbe Santee section,; •»where they get thousands of logs every day.Mr. Z. M. Potts is the railroadOne thing that at once impress68 a visitor is that everybodyaud express agent aud telegraph operator at Rosemary.works. They have no room forloafers. This spirit seems topervade the whole atmospere ofRosemary, for yeu eau see ladiesout in the flower and vegetablegaideus with their sunbonnetsand gloves on working for dearlife—everybody is busy. •Rosemary is a child of the Atlantic Coast Lumber Corporation por^erThe people at Rosemary are re ligious, and while they have g''t only one church, it is used by both the Methodist and Baptist, showing that they wrrk together in harmony and brotherly love. Rev. Mr. Henry Singleton of the Methodist denomination preaches twice a month, and Rev. Mr. Powers of the Baptist preaches twice a month. The Sunday school isundenominational. Mr. J. Hi'Ic\1■J11!)I!:lt;11tis superintendent, andand is only a little over three Miss Nellie Sykes is organist.years old. Its growth has beennothing less than magical. Whenthe railroad is completed fromCharleston through to Rosemarythisand extended on to Marion,little town will be ihtP junctiouaiThe p-iblic school is taught by Miss Bright McCallum She has about 86 pupils. She is an excellent teacher and the people of Rosemary sing her praist-s. They85Ifipoint, and its population will bemore than doubled.Rosemary has a natural drainage that is excellent aud is alwaysdry, which makes it perfectlyhealthy. The beautiful surround-uave just put in BO new patent desKs. I nis money was raised by the people of 1 his little town in various ways.iug country is all that one couldwish for. This is the place tohave a picnic. Good water andplenty of shade trees.The Editor of The Sunday Outlook by special invitation visitedRosemary last Tuesday and wasagreeably surprised and charmedThere are quite a number of Knights of Pythias at Rosemary, and an effort is being made to or gamze a lodge there in tbe near future.The sopiai lif of Rosemary is all that oue could wish for. Thewith his visit. He was taken inpeople arp very congenial and things are kept lively all the time. The town is quite musical, for there are six piuuos in it, besides several organs and graphophones. Among the fine performers that we had the pleasure of hearingcharge by Mayor C. W. Medlinthe Mayor of Rosemary—and given a royal good time. Rosemaryis uot incorporated yet, but expects to be s)on, and Mr. Medltnwill be unaminou8ly elected Mayor. He is just the mau for thepleasurewas Mrs. Jaudon, the chrmiug and accomplished wife of Dr. E.K.Jaudou.4 * • ■». ,v -i- •. » *Theie is only one kick the peo-andpie of Rosemary are making that :s on tne mail facilitiesplace. He takes a deep interestin the welfare of Rosemary andher people, and and respect him.they all honorThere are 58 houses in this town,:s onThey claim they can get mail from New York as quick as they can from Georgetown. The post office authorities should certainly look into this matter at once andgive them their mail earlier.16 of which are two story.Among those; that the Editor had the pleasure of meetiug while in Rosemary were:The Rosemarv Inn, is kept by that prince of good fellows, Capt. C. K. Rabb, where you can get a first class meal at anv hour.Mayor aud Mrs. C. W. Medlin, Dr. aud Mrs. E. K. Jaudou, Capt. and Mrs. C. K. Rabb and theirThe Rosemary Drug st re, kept bv Dr. J. B. llankt is as neat as apin and does a very large businessDr, Hanks is alsoMsMrMr.assistant postmaster, and has exclusive control of the mail, although Mrs. FrankIsokreitcharming duughlors, Misses rnie, Ethel and Lillie Rabb, and Mrs. Frank Isokreit, and Mrs. Z M Potts, Mr. and Mrs. C C Medlin, Capt. and Mrs. Hanks, Mr. and Mrs. J B Files, Mr. and Mrs. J U Medlin, Capt. and Mrs. G. L. Cotton. Mr. Cot-F Fis postmistress.Dr. E. K. Jaudon is tbo physician at Rosemary and is kept busy in the woods and logging camps He is oue of the pioneers of thistOW-i.Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias of the State.Mr. Frank Isok eit has obargeof the Rosemary store and under his care, he has built up a largotrade. Mr. W. E. Wall has chargeof the warehouse. ThisSpeeches were then made by a number of the Brothers present.The Odd Fellow® fu Georgetown are growing fast, and they will soon be as .strong as any lodge ia the city.Col. Blease was charmed withGeorgetown, aad thinks it one of the prettiest cities in the state.is a veryimportant position. A very larg lt;stock is kept on hand. From this warehouse all the camps and com-missarys are supplied. Mr. Wall is algo constable at this place.ton works in Georgetown, but bisfamily lives at Rosemary. Mr. and Mrs. R E Tripp, Mr. and Mrs. V O Grover, Mr. and Mrs, N E Powell, Mr. and Mrs. W E Wall, Mr. and Mrs. W B Higboe, Mr. and Mrs. C W Svkes, Mr. and Mrs. H B Morris, Mr. and Mrs D Bailenberger, Mr. and Mrs. J W Harreison, Capt. W H Andrews, superintendent G W R R, Capt. G G Davis, master of trains, Capt. C T Darling, General paymaste J T Grant, W H Grover, E L Poweii, Dr. F H Sawyer, Dr. J BHanks and mauy others.• ItThe large Railroad shops are in charge of Mr. F. F. Hanks who is foreman. Mr. J. W. HarreisonOne uaturally asks when visitiag a place like Rosemary who responsible for the growth and prosperity of the plaoe. We put it
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