The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 14, 1916, Image 4
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."
We are offering for sale 50 head of big bone bulls
of breeding age of highest quality and breeding^
Camden Beef Cattle Farms
LUGOFF, SOUTH CAROLINA.
FRED K. PERKINS. Special Purine* HENRY CUNNINGHAM, M*r
Fruits and Vegetables
WE CARRY AT ALL TIMES A NICE ASSORTMENT OP
FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, TRY A BUNCH
OF OUR FRESH CELERY. YOU CAN FIND AT OUR
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WHEN IN NEED OF SOMETHING IN THE VEGETA
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Spero Beleos, Proprietor.
Phone 78. 9 Camden, S. Cl
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