Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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FARMERS CHAUTAUQUA HAS GOME TO CLOSE GOVERNOR MANNING DELIV ERED GREAT ADDRESS ? YESTERDAY GREAT SUCCESS And People Yesterday Afternoon Decided to Have Another Meeting Next Year. Yesterday afternoon brought the Willlamston Fannors chautauqua to a close. Tho attendance was about 3,000 yesterday. During the three days about 10,000 or 12,000 parsons from various parts of the state were present and all seemed to enjoy as .well as secure benefit from the gath ering. Every thing wont off pions catly. There was not a single dis turbance or mishap during the three days. Governor Manning. Jovernor Richard 1. Manning spoke yesterday forenoon Ile was greeted by an enthusiastic audience that fur. ovjerflowed the capacity of the pavlljj ion. The governor delivered a master* ly address on the subject: "Our State." He discussed the need of improving the conditions of our state. He said he was proud of tho fact the . South Carolina was moving up in thc line of progress with the other states as fast as she was. that she had lead in large yields of corn, cotton, etc., on dhe was proud of those things, but there were other things not to bc proud of, one of which was that when the voters were compelled to register before voting, so many had to make a cross for their name, lie plead with his hearers to assist in changing tit ose conditions. Build moro and bet ter schools, so that all of our child ren might have an- opportunity to se cure and education. He stressed the need of vocational education. Train the muscle with the.mind and enable both jointly to' do a much greater work than when .developed in a one sided way. He referred to thc no ni work being done by Clemson ?ol legt, also the farm demonstration and girls* club work. He encouraged this movement and desired its increase. He closed with an appeal for bet ter homes, stating that the home was the stay of our nation, the source of tho nations security. Keep our homes pure and our nation is secure. The governor Bpent the entire afternoon visiting among the visitors ot the chautauqua and left on the 0 p. m. Southern, for Columbia. M. V. Richard?. Mr. M. V. Richards, commissioner of the industrial and agricultural de partment of th" Southern railway, Washington, D. C.. preceeded Gover nor Manning on tie forenoon pro gram. Mr. Richarde spoke of the vast improvement South Carolina had made during the last Uceado. Thc speaker stated he had been watching the growth of South Carolina for 25 years and was very much interested In its progress and very much grati fied in its development. He pointed out how the farmers cculd improve conditions by diversi fying their cropa, living more at home, rasing more live stock, eac. His address was very much ap preaciated by all'who heard him. It was a very strong Appeal for the South Car Mina people to become ntore Interested in their home and community till ' they would be so * proud of it that they would not want to live elsewhere. - * Col. ?. J. Watson. The chautauqua was closed by a very Interesting and profitable ad dress by Col. E. J. Watson, agri cultural commissioner. After enter taining his audience with amusing stories to provo he was tho best looking man In any of the public orn een ot South Carolina, he plunged in to his aVldress'with vim and vigor and plainly and forcefully showed boo the farmers of South Carolina wera robbing their soil and aleo theil pocket- books by the use of so much . commercial fertiliser. He plead with theta to plant more legumes and thus cut down this fertiliser bill and leave their land In -better condition. Ht plead with them ' to raise more live stock, but not to try to get Into the live stock business till they had grown something on tholr farms to feed them with and then they, would be able to mako money and build up their farms. He plead with them to buy nothing hut pure drugs for, their families when sick. Ho'assured his audience tba* he expected to keep up th? fight till impure and harmful drugs were driven from South Carolina. Col. Watson's address was well re ceivdd by a lento audience OtLer Meetings. The livestock meeting under tho di rection of Prof. Burgess of Clemson College waa well atended during the afternoon. Prof. Barton, Chapman and Byers of Clemson had- good audiences to listen to them Ott soil improvement. Th .J ?, H. C. people had a large t ,'owc to watch their plowing demon stration with a traction engine. The ladies had one of the most successful days of the Chautauqua. They held a Hom? nursing demonstra tion during the forenoon and canning -work with a fireless cooking' demon stration daring the afternoon. The boy scouts, undor the direction of Prof. W. B. Whitfield, Winthrop College, .had a great day. 'The boys ' anent the tfay with Ur. Whitfield. A vote ot thanks and hearty cheers were offered to Mr, J. O. .Duckworth for his hard work In gi vi og the. pr plo- the chautauqua It waa decid lu a meeting of Wllllameton rittse lo hold an-, v-ilanqua next ht on a larga scale. Tyrone Pow< Motion Pictt calls the D Henrjr Irvin William Winter, dramatic critic, In his book on the life of Tyrone Power, says that Power will go down in stage history as great an artist aa Booth, Barrett or John McCullough. Every one knows of the distinguished stage career of Power who played Brutus to Faversham's Marc Antony; supported Slr Henry Irving and Helen Terry; scored ae "the Marquis of Steyne," In Mrs. Fiske's production of "Becky Sharp," and was a leading member o? Augustin Daly's great company d? artists of the epokeu drama-Editorial Note. By TYRONE POWER. I am proud to appear In the silent drama and I am delighted to be a member of the great Selig Polyscope company,'for Mr. William N. Selig's artistic conceptions appeal to me, and I feel perfectly at home in the Selig environment I feel there aro opportunities in motion picture work that are somewhat lacking in stage art. Yes, even such an old stager as myself ls* obliged to admit this fact, I concluded .upon taking up this work to permit the director to di rect and the actor to act. M ay bo the failures registered by some actors and actresses, who turn to the motion pic tures, are caused by the fact that they assume a know-it-all attitude. They refuse instruction, claiming that years of experience on the stage cause them to be well qualified to act for the screen. Tor my part, I have found many, new details to comprehend much new "business" that is peculiar ly identified with the animated screen. The art of make-up, for example, must be altered to a certain extent. Make-up appropriate for the footlights will never do In the motion picture stu dio. Then again, there ls new tech nique to comprehend, a more limited space for the action, and there ls no audience to spur one along. I confess that for a time 1 held tho attitude of many other well-known actors toward the silent drama. I thought the industry hut a flash In the pan. But with the advancement, the wouderral strides .onward and op* ward, I experienced .a change ot heart. I was informed that people who never before could afford to see my acting would now be given sn op portunity because the prices for the silent drams are not so high. I was informed that plctureplay audiences Were exacting, and as appreciative and as pliant as those who frequent the legitimate theaters. I helievo this to bo true. ' I have been visiting many plctureplay theaters, sad. I have been studying the audiences. I believe that my art will .not suffer and that I am In a humble way contrib uting to the enjoyment of the masses, when I try to do my best in plcture play land. I believe that if Sir Henry Irving, that great actor, were alive, that he ?would perpetuate his art for future generations through the medium of motion pictures. X vas playing Bo .asesto In Slr Henry's London produc tion, I well remember, and ono night hts dresser came to me and said Sir Honry wanted to see me. Attired in a resplendent robe, I mounted the stairs to Sir Henry's dressing room. Ile was seated before hts dressing table making up for hts wonderful character role. I can see him vividly In my mind's 070. " Po wc r," said he, I TYRONE POWER A8 " sr* Writes of ires and Re ays of Sir* g and Others ll MAVERICK BRANDER." "who was the greatest of all English speaking actors?" One of the great est of actors Bat there, but without reflection, I said: "Edmund Kean, per haps." "Ah-h-h, right you are," exclaimed Sir Henry. "Edmund Kean was the greatest of English speaking actors the little man in the cape." Mrs. Powers and I have a little son; and naturally all our hopes are can tered In him. And when he grows in years the art of the motion pictures will do much for his education. He will have educational advantages that I never had. His mind will be broad ened without the vexations of extend ed travel; he will have learned at an early age the wonderful story of the bee and other secrets of nature, his imagination will havo been cultivated by visits to motion picture dramas of higher class; without. imagination a human being Is nothing. When a boy I read fairy tales illustrated with col ored plates. My son can see the liv ing, moving fairy stories on the mo tion picture screen, and fairy stories aro educating for they cultivate the imagination; bring higher thoughts and fancies; tend to refinement and gentleness. , The art of the motion picture ls won derful. The McCauley of future his torical events will not be obliged to depend upon the opinions, and the ideas, and tho prejudices of* others. In stead ho will enter a large record room, ask for motion picture films of thia or that period, and be will see at first hand the modes of dress, the architecture, the armaments, the cus toms of living of the people ot that particular historical period. Before the advent of tho motion pic ture, some Europeans believed that Buffalo, N. Y., waa so named because' buffaloes roamed there; they thought Chicago was oh the border of the western wilderness. After the motion picture hod flashed true, to life scenes in and about these great cities, the Europeans received a moro enlight ened conception of the life and won ders of this great country. I believe that between the pillars of the great churches, the motion pic ture .screen will sooner or-later be permanently fastened. Why not? Seeing is believing! Pointing to.tho motion picture screen as the pictures appear, the clergyman will exclaim: "Tills ls Jerusalem;here, -.ra seo the Mount of .Olives; here ls where the Blblo tells us Christ was cruciCod; this is the Sea of Galileo, In,this, manner the Bible will be made yet more dear to many, sud its. lessons made the moro vivid and impres sive ' And I often hear adverso comments upon-the melodrama of the motion pictures. This .melodrama ia not so bad; I speak from experience; there ts always a moral lesson In movie mel odrama and many are Beautifully pictured like gr eal paintings of tragic action. .We must all have oar tragedies, our melodramas in real life, and what, hy the way. ia more rtsMlodramatlo than the Bible and Shakespeare? I have put, my best work into the character of "Maverick Brander," the Taxas Cattle King in Charles Hoyt's play "A Texas Steer," released as a Se lig Red Se. > play. There are many op portunities tn that character tole for humorous work, r^k I ^ ? ?_ WLJ? 287 New Subscribers TO GET ss* A SET OF SIX Oneida - Community Souvenir Spoons Guaranteed Forever. PAY SIXTY-FIVE CENTS And Get Spoons To the first 287 responsible and reputable citizens of Anderson who sub scribe for the Daily Intelligencer for THREE MONTHS, pay 65 cents, and agree to pay ten cents each week for twelve weeks we will deliver this hand some set of Six Souvenir Spoons FREE. ^ This offer is LIMITED to TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY SEVEN New Sub scribers. First come-first served. When quota is finished no more Spoons on this proposition. Out-of-Town Subscribers Owing to our inability to collect from weekly subscribers by mail we i '? would have to have the money in advance from all out of town patrons. Daily Intellige Anderson, S. C.