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Tin1 blowing up ol Hi- . i : a part of a film drama depicting r.cvcrul pjia.se.? of naval af filia which has its finale lu the de struction of fortifications in order lo prevent their falling into the hands of an alien nation. " As a prelude to the hurling of the Island Into oblivion hy thc Immense cnarge !of. explosive, several thousands of dollar:- have been expended lu the building of a replica of a modern coast foi tifbuithm, willi ulilcers guariera und oilier appurtenances. The is land, which recently wa:; purchased by the Universal company for $??,000, lr expected to be wiped out of exist ence. A company of eighteen motion pic ture actors who will partic?pale in the tilm drama, have left Los Angeles un der the dil ec t lon of Phillips Smalley ami Lois Weber, who will superintend the production of photoplay. v itJ<;in F HOM THE JUNULK , ' . i '> -- :!00 South Sea Islanders for the Uni versiil Films. " Living in the same kind of thatched hutr that serve ar domiciles in their far off mid-Pacific home, garbed In tho tuibfcj meager habiliments which char acterize their daily existence on their native heath, and participating nightly in the weird, uncanny dances and in? cnsHuliuriF which are a part of their ti I hal ritual, 1100 South Seu Inlanders ure encamped on Hie 1.200 acre ranch of the Universal Film Mfg Company, near Uulversal City. The hand of brown-skinned, semi ravages will be turned over to the Panama Pacific Exporltlon at the end ol' eight months..and will be a feature of the world's fair to be held in San _ j E MOVIES Francisco in 19J5. In III? meantime I th? li hil company, which will utilizo tin' Inhiiideia i??r moving pictures pur- j poKi'Sf; ls lintier $25.(1011 bond to insure I their stile I 'M urn to the Irland from which they were liruURhl In .he (hilted St ?i tes. In order Hint th?' tint ut oreti hand of South Sra natives^ may bc turned over to Hu* exposition nthcials intact, armed guard is being maintain ed over them. Thi' Importing of the Islanders is in keeping with the policy of realism now in vomie in motion picture produc tion. They w<?ro brought lu the United States on a r.peclnlly chartered ship from the island of Totopoto, in tim Marqueras group nf the Society Is lands, which are undei French domi nation. The first picture in winch the islander:- will be used ls "Lucille hove." The (liri o? Mystery. Ono of the soitlngr. of the "Uicille" series of pictures is in the Sotitn Sea Islands. It was Imperative that |(Cnu lue natives appear in the picturio. As a res tilt a cablegram was rent to Hen ry Mci tao, director and manager of the company of Universal player.-, new on a trip around the world, ordering'Mm to proceed from Honolulu to the ?putll Sea Islands, and there seeure ZOO]Lna tives. Moline employed au entire'vil lage in one transaction, charteret a ship, and started them tovtard the United States. Tiley arrived here without mishap and without a rln;t!e . ease of Illness being recorded on hoard j ship. \ j The inlanders are headed by ('harlty j Ooiu-Puh-Buh, chief of the Totopotoi j Oom-Puh-Ilah ir. a grizzled veteran o* lunffy wars. He was converted to' Chrlstlahity by a mtsfionnry forty year.- ago, and ls able to read and write. The islanders brought with i them several tons of spears, shields and other war-making accoutrements, material for building thatched huts and muny othei articles' necessary to make complete a South Sea vlllnge. .Muny or the native.- formerly prac ticed "unnibalism. THIS IS A Hilt I M, F Ii i Women Fulfil ns Auto Fluni!?"? (Mer (lift'. Honolulu, April 2.-Tho realism! it ri ven ic?r in motion pictures receiv ed tribute ben- today when six women j alnted ay ii six-passenger automobile, ? ?outulniiig two people weill plunging I iver "The Fall," a 7.000-foot preel- | |il?e. A seor?' of other people who ?ame upon the Keene just in time to iee tile automobile go hurtling into ipaee were given thrills which lasted for boura afterward. The plunging of Hie automobile over lie mountain side with its two human I igures Inride was u part of a two-reel ? ls ania. "The Nation's Peril," being j 'taged here by a company of actors I 'rom the United States who ure being j aken on a trip around the world liv Jiu Universal Film Company. The wo figures inside the machine were tummies: . ? Tlie plot of Hie motion picture play provided that an automobile with two K'.cupaut.s muri plunge over the ride ?f the mountain. A big six-cylinder mulline '.var purchased foi the pur pose. After the 7.000 foot fall over thc fide of tho "P.iH" lhere were no two) parts nf the machine which remained | intact. STAUK. COST $30,000. The new stage-the largest in the world-which waa lecently completed it the Unlvoraal Pacific coast .-audios, will accommodate live lull regiments :>f soldiers. Sixteen full interior acts can hie used upon it at the same time. ! lt is four hundred feet .long and sixty I feet wide and is covered with 24.000 | square feet of diffusers. In tho stage floor are fix tran:), 1 some of them au large ar stxteon or twenty-four feet and twelve feet deep. Cme of these ti apr. lr water-tight und will be used tor aquatic scenea. This stage was elected by the Uni versal company at a cost of $30.000 uv.d its maintenance requires the con stant labor of twenty otage hands, slx toon property men and two Janitors. Un the rear of and adjoining this Btrtge are 1G8 dressing rooms, eacli of thean equipped with running water. KING BAGGOT O O O ? O O O O O O O O (. O O O O O O 0 O . ; 0 r> WEST COAST I? ii EV IT! KS <. o ' ' o n o ? o o o o o o o o o ?? <? o o oe ? o A! E. Christie i ; busy with hi:" No-s-. ?or comedy company producing thc "Nc-wlywedr' Dilemma," a one-reel laugh producer hy Inez Fturuoll. Inci dentally it ia thc ilrst script put on by Mr. i'hrlstio hi : iVen weeks that he did not write himself. The "Nowly wedr.' 'Dilemma." lull of mirth-provok ing situations, deals with the insane jealousy b! h young husband, the pre dicament", of a baehcloi who tries to act as peacemaker, and the il I ad van ta ger of hotel life? . An imposing court room scene ?rom 'The Hangman'r Nome" was put on recently by Mr. and Mrs.(Phillips Smalley und (heir Hex company of playera. In addition to ro/iuiring more than a hundred extra people, the pro per staging of the sc?ne niuo demand ed au intimate and comprehensive knowledge ol' court procedure. "Tho Hangman's Noose." a two-reel drama hy Lids Weber, is based on prychologl cal and mechanical ruggestlon. Some weeks ngo'a New York music house named a new waltz after .1. Walter Kerrigan. Now they have fol lowed ?heir first move for insured popularity to their music by christen ing a new tango product "The Warren Kerrigan Tango." Mr. Kerrigan is in receipt of a letter from the eastern concern thanking him for permitting the use of lils name and picture. Frank Lloyd, who plays heavy leads with Ot ir Turners Special Feature company of the Universal, ls passing out the cigars, taking his friends to noon-day lunch, and doing other ex pensive tldngs. He also har extended invitations' to a dinner to be given ibout HO days hence, all of Mr. Tur ner's company getting bids. A baby girl, weight eight pounds, und whom averybody says "looks like ber dad." ls the cause. Hot h mother anil daugh ter are -loing tine; . . ? ?.. Otto Meyer, the well known cowboy of the Frontier company. IP some lipper. In a recent production Meyer hus a long distance rope throw and owing lo bad light conditions the scene had to be retaken eight times, but each time Meyer got his man. Our Mutual Girl It is with sincere pleasure and pride that the Electric Theatre announces thc engagement of irvin S. Cobb, of The Saturday Evening Popt. to write thc stol y of "Our Mutual Girl!" Mr. Cobb ?is conceded to be the premier humotist of America. He has been acclaimed ai; "the Mailt Twain of In day," and wo arc Justified in the as sumption that he will inject into this already universally popular photo-ser ial a wealth of humor, or heart inter est, and of rtrong drama which will more than rat Isl y the hungriest* pho toplay patron. Mr. Cobb wits born in Paducnh, Ky., less than forty yearr ago, with au en dowment of natural humor, and through his extensive newspaper ex perience ho lins developed au excep tional appreciation of the amusing oddities of human nature. Even the ordinary appears inter est In? when viewed through his scin tillating rpcctaclcs. There is no gue writing photoplays today who ir better equipped for the work than Mt. Cobb. One of the greatest artlntr In this country will be shown on this film, sketching "Oar Mutual Gill" in his celebrated, studio, and thc rketch which ho makes will ho reproduced on our cover. The Funniest Man In The World DOUBLES These lined to Lo a rons tailed "The Follow Thal Looks Like Me." Il was .;oi;tcm:i;;i:i:.coU!i whit Hie early day? of "Silver 'linead? Among the Gold" and "Shoofly, Don't Bodder Me," which means that it wac sung soon aller thc clo: 5 of the civil war. lt narrated the liniibles of a man who wnp held re sponsible foi the acts of a double whose conduct wn.s not alway* ar, cir cumspect ar rociul usages require. The song was based on the well known fact that there are so many person in the world that some or them happen to he duplicates, not alone in nemo but in physical characteristics am1 cial attributer. 'li..a resemblance between persons who never saw each other and who have notning eire In common is utiliz ed in'one reel of "Our Mutual Liri" when an unsuspecting salesgirl is grabbed by men who thing she Is the missing Margaret. She does look like the young woman the gangpters be lieved her to be, and with nothing but a newspaper picture to guide them it ir. not surprising that the mistake was made. Doubtless many who see the film showing the 'kidnapping of the shop girl wilj think for a time that Mar garet really has been found and will not detect the error of the kidnappers until lt ls pointed out by Ada Taylor. Detectives will tell you that a pho tograph of one person often will look like another, or like a photograph of tho other person when the two indi viduals bear no resemblance that is noticeable. This is particularly true when the features are somewhat alike but the height and "iWelgai-differ ma terially. The little chap of five feet nothing may have features like the giant of stn feet two, ro that their pho tographs fU\ look alike. ~ ' PROGRAM Bijou Theatre Program Week Beginning, Mon. June 29 MONDAY. \ "CHELSEA 7750" FAMOUS PLAYERS FILM CO. Daniel Frohman presents Henry E. Dixey in an original drama of the Underworld. A metrop olitan mystery' in motion pictures. The play sounds every depth of the underworld, discloses its se crets, its methods and emotions and penetrates-thc intricate labyrinths of \the submerged half. Startling revelations, ingenious machinations and overwhelming climaxes crowd fast in thrilling suc cession, and through it all the mystery and fascination of the world that lives nuder cover. TUESDAY. ? "LUCILLE LOVE" NO. 9 GOLD' SEAL l ucille meets with any number of thrilling events in this number. She/is a captive in Hugor house which {Contains a disappearing stairway, trap d'oor arrangements and other\ mystifying devices. When the captain and detectives appear there is a thrilling tight in the house and late .1 the roof tops." This is a sure enough thriller and will be* followed by further adventures on Hugo's ranch in Mexico. \ MIKE SEARCHES FOR HIS LONG LOST BROTHER" \ Joker Mike falls a victim to "Keyboard "Annie's" charms. Mike goes west to lind a long vprl brother in or der to lix up an inheritance. Mike falls in strong with Annie, th?telegraph girl, bli bad with the boys. Fourth reel to be selected. WEDNESDAY. "ACROSS THE ATLANTIC" \ IM& ? Featuring KING BAGGOT and Grahame White, lt deals with international itrftgue between this country and Japan, the chief scenes being taken in the vicinity of London. We lpve a splen did view ?* Derby bay with the enormous crowds and pavilions. There are v* s of .Claude Gra hame White and other aviators in action. One of the biggest features that h: been lilmed in a long time. First time King Baggot has appeared in Anderson in two months. The company was organized and taken direct lo England especially to make this picture and the . brought back to the ' sfatfe*>. Three reels Fourth reel to be selected. THURSDAY. V "ENMESHED BY FATE" \ Victor A two-reel drama with Irene Wallace and Walter Miller. Danvers district attorney, has sei\t Craw ford to prison. Later, Crawford returns to kill him. The crime compromises Datwer's wite and au old sweetheart of hers. The old sweetheart has befriended Crawford s family. Crawford con fesses to save him. \ "SOPHIE OF THE FILMS" NESTOR Sophie is beginning to find life of a "movie" actress anything but easy. Here she is compelled to be tied to a rock in the ocean. Failing to appreciate what is going on, lisher-peopie rescue her. Sophie gets thc blame for spoiling the scene. Fourth-feel to 'be selected. : "THE ISLE OF ABANDONED HOPE" .101 BISON A two-reel drama WILLIAM CLIFFORD and MARIE WA LC A Mt*. A party of American? ?r? saved from a sinking ship by a tribe of savages of the South Seas. They are made prisoners in- a rock bound valley. Clifford love-; the Captain's daughter. Many exciting incidents happen before Clifford saves the band of refugees. "THE CURE" JOKER " Polly was sick, they thought sh J was dying. Dr. Carvem lathered her chin with a feather anet she got well. Fourth reel to be selected. SATURDAY. "THE BAITED TRAP" IMP ? 'A convincing picture of the manner in which white slave gangs work. KING BAGGOTT and Arline Pretty play the parts of De mis and his sweetheart,. Norah. At a crucial moment in the story some novel scenes are' introduced shcwHig the mant?r4t*-which films are developed, dried and assembled. Then the interesting climax is showm A strong story with a pleasing novelty teaJture. ^.THE SANDHILL LOVERS" VICTOR Drama w'l/'J. Warren Kerrigan Srtd Vera Sisson. Qave and Philip were different. ? Dave was good and Prttip ?j>as bad. "Bad Philip had a way about him.that won little Meg. But failing to ? act as-a man he .was killed. . Dave who had tried to save everyone married Meg for .the sake-af the '^fflmF' Fourth Rm to be selected. ' S. (i. Murdock of Hit? Bethel seel ino- ' spent n ?pw hours ,1a . ike cltj yo?-? terdiiy, ? Stephen Fields pf t tin Bethany neighborhood was anions thc visitors lo the city yesterday. John Hanks of Ebenezer was in An derson yesterday for hours ob busi ness!;. John O. llawklrtr. of the Brushy deck* unction war in the city yester-l day for a abort stay. P. Tribble of Martin township waa among tim, .visit ora to upend yes terday in tim city. . - "?>? ?J. Mercer King of Martin twonohlp, candidate for treasurer, was Ih^he city yesterday. & Sam Orr. a Well known piuuter of Elbert county, Co., was in . tho city yeSli'fdaj. Miss Nan Forney bas returned from a short visit ?o friends and relativos ill Augusta, Ga. ' Miss; Eunice Russell ls spending a few days in Clinton, where she ls ho ing entertained by friends. . Miss Martha; Acker of Atlanta has arrived in the city for n visit to her sister, Mrs. Keith Provost. Mrs. Harry Orr and children have gone to Censer'*? head to spend a few wcokB. C. W. Webb and Miss lsnble Webb ore in HendorBonvlllC N. C. for, a few weeks stay. Mis-s Anthony of Washington, (la., has ari ved in the., city for a-visit to, her sister, Mrs.^John Sadler.: Mis Kate Pr?vost of Columbia ts ?pending a few days in the cuty with friends and relatives. Mrs. J. F. Gerard and Miss Nannie ? < Lee Gerard of Anderson, route 4, Were ? I in.tbr city yesterday? Charles A. Oambrell bas roturhed from a business trip to Brunswick, G.o. \ ' .-!?r - Miss Annie Bell of Lowndesville has arrived In the city to enter Cecil's j1 Business colege for the Summer term. . \ - . ??* ^ ' lite. J- F?. Vandiver and MJss Bho-'i da' vandiver, ?who'.havc been spend-, t lng tho Winter in Boston, have re-, i ??*?rttkv^ . :urned home. Miss Van Uiver ha? been studying mimic in Boston und ?m-s nada very rapid progress) Frank Axman of near Portman was tmong tito visitors to spond yester Jay in the city. Prof. R. A. Abrams of Starr, a can lidate Tor county auditor, was in the' dty yesterday. R. O. McAdams of Abbeville county was in the city yesterday for a few lours. : + H. N. Garrison or the Denver sec ion spent yesterday in i the city on malness. / .1. F. McDonald of the Fork ?ac i?n was in Anderson yesterday for i short stay. . : J. L. Jackson of Hall townlshp ipent a few hours in the city yester lay on business. Ross Mitchell, mayor of Belton, was n the city yesterday. B. B| Gossett returned yesterday 'rom a business trip -to Charleston? .? ? --. ' '". lill .'. i J -. R. D. Shilth,/a well known Bolton dtlzen, w?a in the city yesterday ??r i fow hours. II? W. M. Smith of the Lebanon section ?vas in the city yesterday oh business. W. H. Canfield of near Honen Path n'as in the city yesterday. A. R. TOwlIBS^oT^nea Path, spent yesterday in tJ?e^tjrpn tnistness. T. E. Watkins of the Hopowell sec ion was in the city yesterday for a ?ew hours. - Mrs. D. Carlisle and Miss Gladys :*J .rlisle of Union have arrived in the city for a visit to friends and relativ as.- < "*"':% ' *k - . Frank McCravey of Laurens^ spent yesterday'In the, city with friends. M. H.Smith of Greer was in the city -eaterday, a guest nt tho Ch hi nola hotel. iv'".' Archie U Todd'ls spending today in Greenville with* friends .md relatives. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Blanton-of Jack sonville are spending a taw days in the city with friends and rotativos. Raw ls Howard has returned to. his home In vfTarboro M. G., after a-visit to Harry May ?old in th^ .,city$rfc'-: TIIE KND OP'TIIK WORLD.. Was Prophecled and the Negroes -Were Greatly Excited. Atlanta, ?a.. June ?.7.-The rxdlc.e lepartmenjt ta gendering today .11 O do wita- half a deien frenzied irticulate negroes locked np in the raw i PROGRAM WEEK BEGINNING MONDAY, JUNE 20. MONDAY. "Shorty's Trip to Mexico.?.Broncho A two reel feature. "Newer Woman". : Majestic Fourth reel to be selected. TUESDAY. "Drifting Hearts'.. .Beauty 'Tair of Cuffs, k .Reliance "Her Friend the Bandi!".> .Keystone . Fourth reel to be selected. WEDNESDAY. Latest Spark". .. . . J :.. . .Domino ' Two reel feature. "Mine Lieber Katrina". .American Fourth reel to be selected. THURSDAY. ' 1 Stolen Radium". _. . .. . .Majestic "Mb Enemy". .. .- _Princess "Our Country. Cousin"... .Keystone . Fourth reel to be selected. 1 FRIDAY. "Rebellion of Kitty Belle"- .Majestic :v ..<. Two reel feature. . .. "Their First Acquaintance". ./. Majestic Fourth reel to be selected. SATURDAY. "Tho Intruder".-.Majestic Two reel ifeatufe. "Our Mutual Girl No. 21"..\.Reliance 'Fourth Tee! to be selected^ 1 station. They were arrested after a squad of reserves had been rushed to Larkin and Roach streets to "quell a riot." N ' .When .the police" arrived they found 1.000 negro nvn and,worden in nn open field uniter a 99 degree sun,, rolling on tho ground praying, shouting, singing and tearing off. their garments to a point beyond.top. law's most lib?rai} construction. Some ci them hod th. "gift of tong J <3?* and Jabbered in a weird dialect which the official Inter preter at the sutton could not recog nise, i Same Q? tho calmer spirits at last explained that threJ strange negroes had come to 'own with the announce ment that tho end of tho world was about, duo and all sinners had better prepare for tho ascension. It was billed for Friday at ll o'clock sharp and that 18 why the mob had fathered, lite polic? could ?ot matte any head way ^against tho 'frantic nc?r??s until the noarest 6ohoolhouse clock struck DB. w. IL woona SPECIALISE O ; to ' . DISEASES of the Eye? Ear, Hat* . . and Throat Glasses Fitted . .'. -: m ? . Horns? . .', . . 9 am. to 1 p. m. Rp.m.ioGp.xB,* . Officea. 808-10 Blockier BuUdla* . . T^IESIG^^ . ' ArTOBIlSON? S? C ~ . ii_??J^^v^lijrJL^l^_1? ll. but after that a ?spltlt of doubt ?rr & ss? r^rr^ ter ^^^.ytolent In tV bunch, and will explain'to Judge Broylc3 today.