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Salisbury Goes to Broadway in Drama Exposing Lynching
“ Never No More” Cause* Blase Broadway
Shudder as Man is Burned by Mob.
Ilian excellent T h e acting of the
part of Joe by William L. Andrews,
war surprisingly gnod
James Dun-
more « o highly effective «.> the
weak and misunderstood Ike.
All of which leaves the '«rrtble
Salisbury, Maryland's lynch town, has gone to Broad»
V ay.
A scene similar to that enacted on the night of Decem
ber 4, when Matthew Williams was dragged from a hospital
cot and hanged and later burned as a frenzied populace
shouted with glee, comprises the whole second act of "Never
No More.” the gripping drama of a lynching bee, that
ran at the Hudson Theatre last month— but blase, hard
hearted Broadway did not clap its hands and giggle. Broad
way shuddered.
performance aI Itudolpli Toombs t l
III«* burn.nl Solomon, t hr* noi teo-good
acting ol M l« Viols Dran as I-attra.
the surcenaful blU p laved by Lelgli
Whlpper as I hr* neighbor and ufi»
U>|r plantation owner and (he al»
must amusing Deacon of L r « IYy-
ton
The play wa-> produced by Itobert
Spark*. with some richly Imaginative
seta by Ju Mir lamer Ho If you would
like to Ire Uirllled. horrified. amt
tortured fot about one Ivtir and a ,
half, tee Never No Mure " It la a
fine and distressing (day, beautifully
acted
line, actually witnessed a lynching J
once
It was such a terrible aiul
heart-tearing sight to him that he
gave up his life on the plantation,
came North and turned to writing
“ Never No More.“ la his first play
Stark Realism
And what a play It ts. Whether
you like It or not, you will probably
have to admit that It Is drama In Its
most real and. at times, melodrama
tic form
Yet. there are some people
and particularly certain colored folk
»h o will say that this phase of life
in the South should not be portray
ed in the theatre
Nevertheless, au
thors seem to go on writing auch
plays
And when th»y are tine as
thus one, they will often find a pro
ducer
As for the colored actors, they like
a!I other players, must live
There
fore. whether you think so or not. It j
ts not lor them to question the work
of the author or the Judgement of
the producer
So. they are acting
Never
No!
More ‘ with keen understanding sym- 1
oathy. and force. And it ts easy to i
understand why they are doing so !
Kor it tells a story with which most !
of us are well acquainted
It Is a story of a large family who
live on an Isolated plantation In the!
deep South The head of this family j
is Mammy, a grand colored matrl- j
arch She has raised her children to!
he reverent, earnest
and diligent.
They have had a successful season '
The cotton has been picked and sold, j
the garden crops harvested and stor- j
>d and even the firewood has b een!
cut and stacked
Black Sheep
Rut. as In most
large families. I
ther« Is a black sheep in thla one
And. as usual, he Is the mothers _
favorite son. So it Is this son. Sol- Broadway shuddered aa a howling mob banted a man In “ Never No More." the gripping grams af the snath
omon. who causes his family all the
which ran loot month
'trouble and suffering
Late one a f - _______________________________________________________________ __
1 ternoon he meets a white girl In the
1 shady woods, yields to the cheap per
fume and pungent odor of her body.
* t atiiT the fear of discovery, and
very soon the off-stage bloodhound
1
i e
1P
a
r m
e
r
are heard chasing him through the
Persistent coughs and colds lead to , woods, with the sadistic
lynchers
kerinu, trouble. You can stop them now
with LreomuHion, an emulsified rreotote coining ever nearer.
By W II CRAIG H EAD
gether one ounce each of lead and
And because of this disgrace, the
that it pleasant to take. Oeomulsjon ia
powdered alum, six drams of sulphate
a new medical discovery with two-fold mother sends Colomon away fioin
of zinc and one quart ot soft water
Aa<l You'll Jump Out of Red in
action; it Soothe* and heals ihe inflamed liter house
But not until she ha., Sore Shoulders
Idle lotion ts poisonous, so keep It
the Motninfl Ratin' lo (ia
All who nave woiked hard with a labeled and away from children.
jnembrmes and inhibits germ growth,
lorced her eldest son. Tom. to give
s Of all known drugs, creosote is rec him all of the money they have Itay-Ioik in the fields, know that the
During Ihe hot slimmer months
tr y«M M * m tend r is k »«4 IS - * "0 4
fricti in .""I bruising *o ceu cd tends
ognized by high medical authorities as
look« nunk.
I •
• l it • ! ■•11«,
earned. Then barring themselves In to lonn blisters on the tender skin ol when many horses have to do hard
mineral w«t*r, «41, Im sUffl randy . « rhrwm f
one nf the gre.itrst healing agencies for
and heavy work, mnrh relief ran be
f« in iml i ip w » them to m «k « jronj t u d iM /
the
hands
It
ts
less
commonly
known
their
cabin,
they
hear
the
capture
per.¡»tent coughs and colds and other
• » • * ( «a d buoyant snd lull <4 •unwhifu».
that horses have simitar blisters, also given some of these animals with
sore shoulders If the proper care U
form* of throat troubles. Creomulsion con- of their son and brother, listen to his caused by Irlctton and bruiMng
r«»r thwy
i .1 . ,t TlMV
n»..»* tha
given
Uicm.
Wowc-4
anil • « r f a ngiwm m t ilmmi t * -t at
taint, in addition to creosote, other healing
hysterical prayers above the shrieks
They lorm on the shoulders, where
. »•» T I N i* M » n ( .r your d ow n an !
«fern-nts which soothe and heal the in I of the blood-thirsty lynchers, and the collar rubs and presses. These
f-«ii«ff 1« y<>ur U f t r It akoul l pou r out l M
fected membrane* and stop the irritation
puunda o f liiyuid bit« in (a your b ow « la dotty.
watch through a burlap covered win blisters are less likely to form If the
Nearly
Lynched
If thla t>.U ta not flowing fr««ty. your t km !
and inflammation, while the creosote goes
collar and hames lit perfectly.
dow
the
flames
of
the
fire
the
mob
du*wn
t «lifaat it ) not <t««-«ya in tbo Ip-w.-U.
on to the stomach, is absorbed into the
<*ao blonl« up your at »m ar it. You h a »« m
Aside from a perfect fit. the collar
has
bunt
around
his
body
Jdood, attacks the seat of the trouble and
flhi.-h. b«d loot« and *mir b ru th ta foul,
hould
be
kept
clean
by
rubbing
otf
Yet the rustful mob refuses to be
akin »ft*n breaks out in Wmiahoa Your h»«4
checks the growth of the germs
I satisfied with the burning of Hol- all dirt before putting It on the horse.
•rtwa An 1 f*tl lt d
wn and r i b Y m U who4o
p Creomulsion is guaranteed satisfactory I onion So they threaten to do away Ihe horses mane should not be be
n the treatment of persistent coughs and ; with the entire family
T h !w l ffond Old C A R T r n *
And It Is tween the collar and the neck; other
I.IT T I.K I IV M l r i u . 4 lo g«t th— two
olds, bronchial asthma, bronchitis and
only when Mammy bravely opens the wise a blister ts apt to be mode
pound« of hiU flowing fiooly at>-| moko ym|
I have In mind a horse whose shoul-
th< r f ,rms of respiratory diseases, and is I d<xir. holding a bundle of dynamite
I « * ' up and up .** T b W ron twin «romlorful.
dre
was
sore
for
two
years.
When
xrollent for building up the system after
above the burning coal pot that they
harm!-wi. grotU »«get aid* n l r a - U , «mating
ever any hard work was done Every
when ,i mitiM *.o making tho tula flow fr«aly.
olds or flu. Money refunded if any cough | lose courage and move away
1 [xisslble was used to heal this i
II It .Ion i aab f -r 11 v-r p 11 « A»k I f Carter •
r cold, no matter of how long standing,
Rose McClendon
itli* lev«*r Pills. I xh .W for tha nsm* ( artpr •
•ore but to no effect Finally. It was]
jin * l ifer N i l on tha rr-l lahot. ilaaont •
I It Is a courageous drama of con decided to get a smaller set of hames I
aubaututa.
at all atorm. C 1991 ( . M. <*«.
tinuous action. Inarguable honesty, No sooner was this done than the j
I not relieved after taking according to
I tiightfulness and horror. And. a» It mtv began to heal.
ircctions. Ask your druggist (idv )
i is acted by Mrs Rose McClendon, it j
TREATMENT OF HOKES
I is at times almost classic
In Its | There aie some common methods'
istheme of sympathy and bitterness. of treating these sores which seem to I
Mrs. McClendon who has certainly j lx* quite effective. One method Is to j
| earned the right to the title of first bath the sore regularly with a strong
lady of the colored drama, gave it solution of warm salt water. After
j distinguished and beautilul perforrn- bathing, It mnv be treated with a George Davis, who Is serving 18 years
|ance There are those who felt that ten per cent solution of tyiy coal tar in the Maryland Penitentiary for a t
n i t e r HO Y e a r * n f
| her performance was a bit restrained product; or. If the horse Is not being
K f f e e H ire Vme ( n r
I Yet, I am certain she realized how worked, dust the sore over with tempted rape on an Eastern Hliorr
1 easy It would have been to overact B F I.,” (bismuth, formaldehyde and Maryland, whltr woman Shore molts
j the part of Mammy. For at all times iodinei which Is exceptionally good
B ltx l tie r
tried several llmrs to lynch him.
•he gave a believable picture of that for healing any sore.
Another common treatment for
! anguished parent.
Her magnificent
a n d K lflln e y
! acting is among the finer things In sore shoulders 1» to cover the sore,
When the streets are Icy. If a strip
after bathing with some axle grease of adhesive tapr. about two inches
the present Broadway theatre.
T r « » u h le
taken
from
the
wheel
of
a
wagon.
wide.
Is attached to the length of
( ast Excellent
A t T o s r Draaaiat or S en t 90 s
I f the sore Is of the nature of a
fo r s T n s l B « i
As for the others In the cast, Mor- blister. It Is claimed to be better not each sole of the shoes, or rubbers. It
i i is McKenncy was forthright
and to draw off the liquid by any means will help to prevent slipping
H. P I.A X T F .X A BOX. I « C .
SI H i s r ; Birsst. I r w i i i i X T .
onvtncing as the eldest son, Tom until It becomes absolutely necessary
Vhtlr M l « Dorothy Paul as htx wife. The serum may soon be icabsorbed
T o remove ooflre stains from wear
Susie, turned from the comedy part If the blister ts bathed with a m ix ing apparel, rub the slain gently
die
played In
Porgy.” to give
a ture of cold water and vinegar twice wltli a little purr glycerine. Then
P R R A U B O O K * t O A I M T O N I AIOAM g V E
dally and tlien saturated with white rtnae In lukewarm water, lay a cloth " X t.UOKT. I w f M n Jit Incanav, 1-11 HMy
lo h n
r;o n *u e ro r
R oots.
Rateili'
P o o l tiaglcally beautiful performance
Tile beauty and understanding at lotion of half strength
Oil. Mall II M far teeth with 4lr«etl**»
C h a r i* »
Ss rupie P re s
A C R X A IV m tR
Bos
over the dampened part, and prra*
rs C o u rse S ta tio n , Mew York .
Miss Endl Raphael s acting was more
That kFion Is made by mixing to with a warm Iron.
MO X t CO s u i B O etU gv O fevv. taucteg*
J Brooks Atkinson, writing in the
New York Times says;
One of the most harrowing
scenes ever put on the stage oc
cupies the second act of ‘ Never
No More.“ Outside the one-room
shanty that fills the stage, a col
ored man ts burned. James Knox
Millen. who wrote the play, has
mercifully spared us the grizzliest
details. We know them at second
hand
We hear the roar of the
lynching party and the pleading
o f the Negro. We hear the raid
ers building the pyre; we see the
fiendish glow of the flames against
the one window of the shanty,
and we hear the screaming agony
of the victim.
AU this Salisbury heard and laugh-
i
Robert Coleman, writing for the
N ew York Mirror, says:
This reviewer trusts that never
again will he be called upon to
ait shivering and horrified through
such a graphic, gruesome, harrow
ing depiction of human suffering
as the second act of James Knox
Mitlens play about race preju
dice. “ Never No More “
Author Lived Life
For the details ofthe play let tu
turn to to our own New York re
viewer. Geraldvn
Dismond. w h o
Vrites as follows:
James Knox Millen. the author of
•■Never No More, was born in the
South, and is the brother of G il-
jnore Millen, who last season wrote
n sensational novel of Southern col
ored folk-life, called "Sweet M Ml
And It ts said, brother James, who
Was once a plantation owner some
Where south of the Mason and Dixon
BEWARE THE
COUGH OR COLD
THAHIANGS ON
n
WAKE UP YOUR
LIVER BILE—
WITHOUT CALOMEL
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