The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1876-05-31
Tournament at STONY Point.

ROGERsvILLE, TENN, May %, 1876.
To the Editor Of Hawkins County Department:
As you seem to have had no reporter
present, and your regular Hawkins cor
respondents having failed to give an ac
count of the Tournament held at Stony
| Point on the 18th inst, I beg leave to
| furnish, at this late day, brief synOp-
sis of the result, feeling that such an un-
usually enjoyable affair is deserving OF
| special mention.
The day was exceedingly fine, attend
ance ditto, and everything passed off in
the highest degree satisfactorily The
| names of the contestants, with their re
spectiYe titles, were as follows:
JAS. s. Lyons, Knight of "White La
dies" (Strathmore); B. P. Johnson,
! Knight of g The Alamo;" J. B. Housley,
| Knight of "Great Expectations; w.
| B. Cox, Knight of ''The Little Brown
jug; Ed. T. Jones, Knight of g lie Bo-
cage" (St. Elmo); L. B. Lyons, Knight
of . Armabel Lee; " ID. F. Lyons, Knight
of g Fairfax HALL" H. c. Armstrong,
Carmack, Knight of "Loch Lomond; "
A. ID. Upton, Knight of Seventy-Six; 4"
w. p. Carmack, Knight of "The Land
we Love-" j. w. Pbipps, Knight of
Flying Steed," (Gilpin). Capt w. L.
Armstrong, Marshal; Maj G. r. Forgey,
Herald; Hon. Ellis Cooke, Orator of the
day. His charge to the knights was in
his most felicitous vein, and admirably
rendered, copy of which will obtain,
if possible, and send you for future pub
LEGATION.
6The Knight of the "Gilded Age" won
first honOrs, and crowned Miss Ida L.
Hartford, of Winchester, Va, as Queen
of Love and Beauty"
Knight of "White Ladies' " was sec
Ond in success, and selected Miss Parrie
p. Johnson as 90 First Maid of Honor"
Knight of Fairfax Hall" came in
third, and chose Miss Mollie G. Phipps
as Second Maid of Honor"
Knight "Le Bocage" was awarded
the prize-a pair of silver spurs-for dis
playing the most graceful Craftsmanship.
In delivering this prize the Marshal
did one of the happiest things of the
entire entertainment. Calling the young
gallant few PAGES to the front, he said:
Knight LIE Bocage, the pleasing du-
ty now devolves upon me of presenting
you this pair of silver spurs, a handsome
and appropriate prize which has been
awarded you by committee of young
ladies, for the very graceful and digni-
fed manner in which you have demean-
ed yourself during the exercises to-day.
1t is to be hoped, my young friend, that
you Will ever cherish a truly chiValrtc
appreciation of the honor you have at
tanned, and that it will in future prove
constant spur to your best energies-that
it win create in you the laudable ambi-
ton to excel in every contest of your af-
ter life, and, above everything else, may
it stimulate you in all that is noble, and
brave, and pure, inspire you with P truer
devotion to the gentler sex, AID incite
to more earnest, determined, effort to
appear at all times thus pleasing in their
sight, feeling that earth really has no
hOnors that you can win or wear, no
recompense for toll. no reward of sue
cess, so rich and glorious, so pre-emi-
nently precious to mans heart as that
of loved wOman's approving smile"
At the conclusion of the field" exer-
cises, the Knights and their ladies in es-
cOrt, together with select company of
invited guests (among whom was pleas
ed to notice quite a number of Rogers
ville's brightest and best " repairee to
the residence of Capt. Armstrong, where |
the afternoon was spent most pleasantly |
in a "Pick-nick "-ian sense. Feast and !
fun, music, lemonade, wit, flowers and |
hIrtations, cake, poetry and ice-cream,
all combined in most delicious "scram- !
BILE" The whole affair proved a de- !
ightful success, such as we would soon
like to look upon again.
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