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COUNTY FIELD DAY EXERCISES f) TliO third annual Kleld l>ay for tin' ?chools of Kershaw County, held Friday, April Ytli Nofctf it liHtdUtllttg < lit* weather gave proiu Isr early iu the morning of being unfavorable tin* crowd* began to i'ome In and by ten o'clock tin* streets were alive w ith vh Uors Mini school children. M|>eclal rsten had laX'h obtains! over tlio Southern froiu Heath Springs and Intermediate Muttons ami over the Seaboard from li.othuuo ami Oassatt,- ami many auto mobiles ami other convey a nee* were * brought Into service. The |*'ugraiume this year varied from what It w an lust your. IiiHtuttd of the Kehool fair and parade of the children school float* were Introduced. They proved to be not only very attractive, hut in a very laVge measure accomp lished what they .were designed to a<' couipllsh to give the jHfopIe a better Idea of the real progress of the schools In tin* rural districts and lo give In Mjdratioii to school progress generally. The float* were brought up on I.au reps street in front of the Graded school buihlluu ? twenty In numt>er ami Nome of the Hch?s?ls using several WaK 6ns A nt looh school had hl\ wagons ami a eart. After the float* had been lined up the committee of Judges, con slating of the following ladles and gen tlemen Judged them: Mrs. J. M. For his, of Jtethiltle; Mrs. Louise Williams, Of Kershaw ; ('apt. J. W. Hainel, of Kershaw; Mr. George I). Drown, of Columbia, ami Mr. Krncst Anderson, of Newberry. The floats then proceeded down Hroad street, passing through Arthur street, theme up Market street Into HcKalh street, and across Hroad street. To give some Idea of the length of the parade, when the floats were passing through Arthur street, the llrst one was crossing Hroad street? Just a little more thnu the length of six aqua res. The price for the best float was a trophy cup to he suitably engraved and kept by the school winning It until some other school may be able to win it. The Judges decided In favor of Antloch school. The float of this school repre sented progress. The features shown in this float were the old and new building; corn and pig club; domestic science; all pupils pnwot There are K'l children iu this district and every one Is enrolled In school, and the i?er cent of/ attendance Is by far the best this school has ever had. 108 mem^ hers of the School Improvement Asso ciation ; more than $1<X) raised by school entertainments. The Judges ' were heard to say that they wLshed i there were twenty prizes to award ho (lot ihe> mlKlit glv? a prize t?? eaeh (Mic, xii Attractive wot? nil ??f tbpon? Cautoy.soliodl <-was given aewuid place | . % (lie jud^O"*. Otiuden tblril Sreond jprjfce. {or float*. $i<>; third, $&. imtih (ftovq Itli. Ottsaatt r>tli. Lugoff Mb, ( lr\ rlnild, West ville. Hithune. Mel .eod and Piedmont w??r<> given honorable ; . mention. Cantey school had a Una rcffrenentfc-. tlon of IVace. The float gottOll up by the fc'aiuden hcIioo) would Ih> hard to ex coll fn point of health' and attractivepos*. It rep relented Washington's visit to Cainduu, and Agnes of Glasgow. Trinity School presented an Indian acene which was very line. laigoff hcIiooI had a charming float representing Dutch ll/e. Malvern Hill displayed William l'onn hind the Indians in line stylo. ('leveland school bad a catchy float j representing the nation# of the yvorld. The Mill Heboid II oat attracted much attention with Its representation of llowcrs of spring. Piedmont school represented Japan ese life. Their costumes were cape elally attractive. DeKalb school displayed tasto In lt.s Moat of Japanese life and the tea party. Heaver Dam school got up a splendid float, representing the Stars and Stripes, Mel^eod's school float waH lovely in Its representation of Mid Summer Night's Dream. When the C-assatt iloat passed by every one had something to say of its loveliness, representing the Wilson (Janlt wedding, Westvlllo school was expected to get Up a good float, and It certainly did. Its representation of the Eskimo life was line and the cus tomes were very attractive. Oakland school, whim enjoys the dis tinction for the first time this yoat* of being classed among the rural graded schools of the county, and which won one of the State prizes on its improve ments ? a cash prize of $26 ? had an at tractive float, representing the Stars and Strl]>eS. ftetsy Ross making the first flag was real catchy. Hlaney .school displayed a real pa triotic spirit by representing Uncle Sam. HethUuc school had a representation of three buildings ? t lie first school bouse erected in tliat community, the second one after the town was organiz ed and the handsome new brick build ing costing about $10, 000 which has One Experience Convinced Me of its Value j "One of our sales men demonstrated the j value of the Long Dis- j tance Telephone to us. He was at Huntsville, Ala., and upon his own responsibility put in Lon D istance calls for fifteen merchants within a radius of several hundred miles. "In less than one hour he had sold 2100 barrels cf flour at a total cost to us of less than six dollars. "Since then we- have applied the Long Distance j Bell Telephone to every feature of our business with j most profitable results. The service is fine, the rates are reasonable and there is more satisfaction j in one Long; Distance Telephone talk than in half a dozen letters" . SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY 3uxt been completed. it* representa- ! i Ion of progress whi real good.. Stockton school in i. ial life *;*?< very attractive, tiH was also the con j f it mux. ? * i ? Pine. -Grove, la West Waterce, whs f i ? j ii < ? i i 1 1 < onimrnh (| gty for Its sj,;, u did representation of progress, show In^ the <>!() mid new xehool bonne*. | Crescent school hn<l an Mtiarllve representing lucal scenes. Several other floats would have In the parade but for the threatening weather, and which dually turned out to lie a cold, raliiy dfty. The parade of ftoats being over the tests. AH of the literary contests were carried on at the nauie time. The ora torical and ^declamation contests for next In order wan the literary eon ! pnplls In the higher grades were held j at the opera hou.se ; for the elemeutary ?grades, at the Baptist church, and the other contests in the various otliccs In the court house. The following, were the winners of prizes : In the High School hoys' oratorical contest, Harry King, of the Bethune school was the winner, l'rize, gold medal. Blrclutl I am* McNeely, of the | Cassatt school, second, honorable men j High School Girls I>ccIamatlon con test? 1st, Miss ftuth Watts. of the Be thune school, prize, gold medal. Sec ond, Miss Zeula Eowm&n, of the Cas satt school; third, Miss Marie Wil Hams, |0f Malvern Hill school. The Judges In tho oratorical and de clamation contests for the high school pupils were Capt. J. W. Hainel. of Ker shaw, Mr Ernest Anderson, <?f New berry Mr. Q. M. Meares, of Colum bia, Rev, J. A. Davison, D. D., nnd Mrs 10. (). vonTresckow, of Camden, Elementary School Hoys Oratorical Contest? First, Carl Stokes, of Cass att tvin?1' ?oIt! lm>dal- ?econd? William DeLoache, Camden Oraded school ; third, Foster Gardner, Bethune school. Elementary Girl's -Declamation Cou test? Mrst. Oladdys West, of Cassatt school. Prize, gold medal. Second. ??be,Sl Ma?111- 3Cc school; Third m,G Cleveland school. The judges In the elementary orator ical and declamation contests were Mr George Brown, of Columbia, and Mrs' ; *w. I,row" aild Miss Luclle Mickle, of this county. ^ First Arithmetic Contest ? Edgar Oauthen. 3C's school, prize 75c Second Arithmetic Contest ? Cecil VVorsham. DeKalb school, prize $1. Third Arithmetic Contest ? Nye Workman, DeKalb school, prize $1. First Story Reproduction? Thoburn Bond, Camden graded school, gold medal. Second Story Reproduction ? Augus ta Bostlck, Stockton school, gold medal. First Composition Contest? Lorena tanon, LugofT school, i>rlze gold medal Second Composition Con test? Paul' I witty, of Camden school, prize, gold medal. First Grade Heading Contest ? W. It. iTa.vlor, Sand Hill .vnooi, prize, gold 1 medal. Second Hoarding Katharine ' ,Herhnm>> prize, gold medal. lnlrd Heading Contest ? ltnth Kst rldge. liethune school, prize, gold incd Fourth ?rade Heading Contest ? Au brey Beattle. Camden school, prize (gold medal. First SfKdling Contest? Llllie Hose, Iflaney school, pri^e, mirror. Second Spelling Contest? First, Ka tie turner, Stockton school, prize 50c 4 second, Alberta Hammond. Lugoff. i Third Signing Contest? First. Annie j (h'ments Liberty Hill seftool, prize I V ? J?yner, of Iilaney school, an, Mallnda Ward, of Bethune school 1 tied for second place. Map Drawing Contest ? Fourth and fifth grade, Mary Hay, Pine Grove school, prize 75c. Second Contest ? Sixth and Seventh tirades, Jaunlta Croxton, Oth grade of SC's school, prize 75c. Third Contest ? Johnnie Murehison, Cleveland school, 8tli grade, prize 75c. Writing Contest ? First year pupil, Willie Mae Loveless, 7 years old. Mill school, prize 50c. Second, Jean Rich ards, Liberty Hill school. Second Contest ? Ellse Dabney, ten years old, Malvern Hill school, first prize 50c; second, Jim Sinclair, eight years old, Gumherry school. The gold medal in the domestic science contest was awarded Tyson Yates, of the Antioch school. Second Best, Miss Ethel Bruce; third, Miss Ma rie Williams. Special mention was made of the following : Louise Og bnrn, and RoycL Workman, DeKalb school; Ren Campbell, Antioch school; Senle Croxton, 3C's school ; Florence Lnngley, Malvern ll<l! school; May Rush and Essie Ramos, of Cleveland school. The John I). Kennedy Chapter, U. I). C.. offered two medals for compositions. Miss Margaret Richards, an eighth grade pupil in the Liberty Hill school, won the medal offered to a pupil in the rurnl schools for the best composition on the subject "The Confederate Navy." .Mr. l'aul Twitty, a pupil in the Cam den High School, won the medal offer ed for the host composition written. by a pupil in the town schools. These compositions Avere to oe delivered pub licly by Mr. L. T. Mills, but the weath er interfered with the arrangements. The prizes were to be presented at the fair grounds, but as the rain contin ued it was decided to call ofT the a th - letle event* f<>r Friday ahd have them at <<>n\e later date. About three 1 undred children took part in the literary contests and there were about the same number register ed for the athletic events. Th? pro gramme was carried owfc as scheduled with the exception iof the athletic events. After the rain had fallen for several hours the grounds were in no condition for these events, and as the rain continued there vvas nothing else ro do but to postpone them. The splendid spirit manifested on this occasion was a matter of favora ble comment, and wns very gratifying to the county department of education. Comparatively few of the business men were called upon to contribute prizes but it is very gratifying to state that i not a single one who was called upon i declined to encourage the work by re fuKliig t?? ' Cash contribution* Were made ?? f?U lowi; I.oau and SaV||igs Jlutik, f 5 ; First National Hank, ; ltanfc of Cam den. C. II Yates. $1 ; Joseph #he liiH'U, $l : \V. T, II. Articles of mvK'hnuilliii were subscribed ? ?> the following firms to l>o used an prtaea In the athtottr event* > ~ Mur^is & liar rctt. 1'earee Yountf. Harueh-Nettlcs Co., <}. I., liluckwclh M II Iloyiju.au. 1 Schcnk .A, Co,. Wfljffr FUhol Co., T. J. Arrant* ami H. Iv* Hehhwhurg. It was rt great day fur the schools of tin* county* arid tUo many pleawiiii things said of field day are wry ?rat Ifylng, and speaks much for the eiiter JtrlsliiK teachers and trustee** and pa* roiiH of the schools and for the thous ands of sclnx*) children. Wo congrntu late the contestants upon .their -work, and all who had a part In making thin a jjreat day for the schoola of the county. Messrs. L,. B Templefon and <i. M M cares, of t % v I versify of South Carolina, came over Friday morning to assist In tho athletic events. hut as they were culled olY for Friday these young IBiH very kindly consented to eorae hack for theft# events when fl date was fixed for then). A Special Medal. In the reading contests on Field 1 >ay, the medal for fourth grade having been won h,v a pupil of the Camden (leaded schools, It was thought hy those In grade reading should he given to a pupil from a country school, therefore u s|>eeial medal was awarded hy the Judge** In this contest to Mildred third* ner of the Camden tJradcd schools, a* the hest third grade reader In Ker-i ?haw county. MARY MILKS MINTKR , Kn "Dimples" Tomorrow at Maje&tlc Theatre. Little Mary Miles Minter, the charm lug and gifted young actress, who hus been seen In the stellar roles in "Bar bara Frietchle," "Emmy of Stork's Nest" and other Metro wonderplays, will he seen here at the Majestic to morrow. Saturuay, April 15th/ in "Dimples/' a five* part Metro feature produced by the Columbia Pictures Cor poration. "Dimples" is an original story written especially for Miss Min ter by Mary Louise Downing, and adapted for the screen by Harry (). Ho#!. Ml^s Mlnter Is supjs>rted )>y tllV e\M'pthainliy ^strong <????! including Thomas J. i'arr)K*n. her now leading iuan: William CWpejU, 1'egK.v Hop kins, ^Charlotte Hhelhy, Harry Kurd. Jb'erd. Tldsinarsh. Wlllluiu ltausher, Mile LH" Mete, Hcliuy lor "Luild. Joku I. IkMioUKti. and other prominent stage ant^ sereen artists. The production Is mount**? on an elaborate scale and are ?uhm> beautiful exteriors ^nade tn the picturesque country around Jacksonville. Flu. "Dimples" promises | ?jfo Is' oitj* of the im#d delightful photo plays of -the season.? adv. "llltmho Sweet" In a worn hhio sweater and a di lapidated hoy's -cap, IManehe Hweet. the iH'nntlful Lanky star, will make her apiH'arance at the Majestic toduy In thu Jesse L. Lasky production of "The Kagauiuffln," whlcjl was written crtfHK ittU.v for her hy Win IT, |)0 ] tin- illHtlngufalud ABMrtQIt) iUnmaiK, That 8 Wet la nmiv ehtratju ? 1 1 1 it it ever in thla hIuui centumc, without saying and, her million* ^ friend* wild have wen lu?r in eveuw gown* and the latest fHHhhniH will b? wore than delighted with her us tl* . ut*? little <Ho*igh" in her fgrtheo<^ release. v Along with "The lit Hganiuflitr win Ito Hhowitt "Tho Iron Claw." advtt tlKcwent. ? laiiiiifin iNiiii ? ? Charley 1'enland, a young white u,.,,, was ronvlcted of white slavery in th? Federal Coiirt In Often vlUe last mt and sentenced to two years' ini|irljHm. moiit in Atlanta. ICIln MrPanlcl, a negro witiunn (1f Ooluiftida, who recently Jolt)*! a <'aru|. val coiui?auy In that city dropixnl ?le?td (in the stage In Oolnuiola Tuesday, FOR SALE Pure Bred HEREFORD Cattle "Tke Kind That Pay." 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