The Forrest City times., 1891-08-28
Tbt forrest Citp Times.
LANDVOlCT X VADAkIN. Editors and Publishers.
Closing Exercises of Palestine High

s School.
 Last Friday morning, accompanied by MT. Otto Rollwage. we attended the closing exercises of Palestine High School, Miss Gray Taylor principal. Palestine may well be proud of her school, and much credit is due Miss Taylor for her endeavor to place this school III the front ranks. By her kindness she has succeeded i'll eStab- fishing discipline--the first step to- ward education. Friday afternoon was spent in reviewing the studies, and it must have been source of pleasure to parents to hear the iittle ones rat tie off their 2 times are 1, and the elder ones introduce the mysteries of physiology. grammar and other stud ies. The people of Palestine are de- termined to keep up with the process sion in schools, sparing no pains nor money to do so. The number of pu- pills enrolled is sixty three, with d daily average attendance of forty five. At night the church was filled with people interested in education, and there was introduced the following
 PROGRAMME.
 "Welcome Cleveland Mack, An 'l,ie Jones'
 Selection from Czerny-I Instrument tai Solo olo--Georgia Martin.
 ecitations-Johnnie McCree, Eddie Underwood.
 Recitation = Smack in School''- Kate Martin.
 Song" Merry Rain''-Iy the Class
 illustrated Story - Dialogue-By Mark Christian. Virginius Warr.
 pnnit.tinn bsDpl,tnnApc7f IIay1,n,.t Sulcer.
 s'TwinkIing Stars = Instrumental Solo-kate Taylor.
 Visitors from Story Land Mana ger, Coro Sulcer; Red Riding Hood, ; Emma Warr; silver Hair" Ada Sul- cer; ''Cinderella," Maggie Christians; Jack, the Giant Killer,' Phil Jones :; A'Bo-Peep,' Willie Warr.
 Little Boys Lament Recitation Willie Mack.
 Golden Ringlet Waltz''-Instru- mental Duett--Zora Alohler, Kate Taylor.
 Recitation ''The Mill Wheel" - Mattie Burns.
 Ten Little Birds'-Primary Class.
 Tyrclese Song-Class.
 How the Quarrel Began Dia- Iogue-Maggie Christian, Willie Con norS.
 summer House" -- Instrumental Solo-Cora Sulcer.
 Recitaton-"The Gamblers Wife, Georgia Martin.
 ''Lullaby Baby" - Vocal Duett-- Mattie and Noma Cotfey.
 Concert Recitaton-''The Flowers. :"
 "Tom's Practical oke"- Dialogue Fora Mohler, Dan Mohler, Fannie Sligh.
 ''I'll Gall Thee Back Again Song and Chorus-kate Taylor. Pat Moore
 Decamation-"T Ruins of Time Frank Sulcer.
 ''Ls Petite Carnival l'-InStrumen tal Duett t"-Noma Coffey, Kate Fay Tor.
 Dialogus-''Scene in a Backwoods School '-JameS Sulcer, James Jones. Hidden Moore, Walter Moore, John Jones, Willie Burns, Melvin Mack.
 Roll Your Hands s''-Song-By the Little Ones.
 Hon. 0. B. Rollwage delivered an address filled with good advice to parents and pupils. He was listened to attentively. and the address will no doubt be productive of much good Mir $. F. Sulcer followed with stir ring speecl, ill the interest of educa- tion. Judge Coffey delivered one of his characteristic speeches, full of plain common sense. At the conclusion of the oratory it was announced that TIE FORREST CITY TIMES would award a gold medal to the pupil having the greatest average in scholarship and de- pertinent the coming session.
 The exercises closed with q vocal solo, The Song That Reached My Heart, by Miss Kate Taylor.
 We have attended many school exercises but must confess that Pales- tine carries off the palm, and the sue cess is attributable to the energies of the school directors, Messrs. S. F. Sul- cer. c. c. Warr and ]. R. Jones, and the response of the people to their call for aid, and more particularly in the determination to keep good teacher. Palestine cannot boast of much, but what she has is of the best. The hotel gives you better food than style, and everything has d decided inviting ap pearance. Five stores face the rail- road, and all seem prosperous, and their proprietors have a pleasant word for all customers. About two thou. sand bales of cotton are received here.
 We are placed under obligations to Judge Cotfey and Mir. Martin for spe- cial fayors.
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