Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 281, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 December 1917 — EDITORS ACQUIRE PICTURE SHOW [ARTICLE]

EDITORS ACQUIRE PICTURE SHOW

W. C. MILLIRON TRADES HIS PICTURE SHOW AT FRANK’. - LIN FOR FARM W. C. Milliron is now the owner of a farm in Mississippi, having just traded his picture show at Franklin, Johnson county, to the Republican editors for their 80-acre plantation near Gloster, Amite county, Mississippi, which they purchased during the stay of Mr. Clark in the south. The theatre at Franklin has been in charge of Mr. Milliron’s son, Robert, who has been drafted into the army, and this fact made the disposal of the show necessary. Mr. Hamilton, of the Republican, has always had an ambition to enter the show business and so this trade was arranged by his partner, for his benefit. He, will have charge of the show whenever he finds time from his other business to assume the management. In the meantime, B. S. Fendig,whose time is not so pressing, will be placed in charge. Franklin is in Johnson county,near Indianapolis. It is a city of over 5,000 and -has only two play houses, the other one being an opera house, where pictures are shown upstairs two nights a week. The Strand theatre, which Mr. Milliron sells, has an up-to-date equipment, and has a seating capacity of 244.