The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-06-08
CLo>ING EXERCISES
OF THE SCOTLAND NECK MILITARY
School.

| Society VA organize' Just l't'l- over
one year ago, and it !, their purpose Il
| have an annual celebration ev-rv wear m
W rdnesday preceding the drst tn sdav
in June. This year, however. BY = change
IN the programme, the celebration oc>
Cured On Thursday evening.
Tho representatives this year we're S.
W. WorthingtoD, President, S. II. Smith,
Seer stary. d. T. Hoffman. Earle Wal
ston, G. l.. Bell and j. II. Matthews, de
baters. These came in while the band
va playing = march and took seats on
the rostrum. In few wori., we'll suit
ed to the eccaslou, Mr.. Warrington, the
president, thanked the audience for their
presence aud welcomed them heartily to
the first anniversary If tho Cieeronian
Society. The Secretary, Mr. s. H. Smith,
then read the query for discussion, Re
solved that tho Indian has boen maltreat-
ed BY the White man." 1t was argued %
the affirmative by Mess. D. I. Hoffman
! and Earle Walston, and on the negative
by Mess. j. II. Matthews aud G. L. Bell;
the affirmative putting forth some good
argument as to why they claim that the
red man has been evily treated by his
white brother.
The negative responded with as good
| reason that be deserved ali that be 70
ceiyed from the whites. After the speak
ers had finished the argu ment, the presi-
dent then put the question to the audi
ence, aud it was decided ID the aff rma-
tive.
THE COMPETITIVE DRILL.
On Friday afternoon, 1t 1870 p. IN. the
competitive drill between companies A
and b of the Battalion took place. The
honor of the victor in this contest was to
be the position at the head Of the Battal-
ion and was to bear the fa9 next year.
Company A entered the arena first and
executed the various evolutions and re-
tired amid the applause Of the large
crowd that were present. Company
then came out and drilled with great
credit to themselves and to the admira-
tlon OF the crowd. Major P. S. Barraud
called the two companies 70 attention IN
Battanon drill and for half an hour they
performed as beautiful battalion evolu-
tons as one could hope to see anywhere
IN the S:aGe.
The judges, consisting Of Capt. G. s.
White, Messrs. alter Shields, and l. H.
Smith, awarded the palm Of victory to
Company A. That company then re,
tired to the dining hall, where cake and
lemonade awaited them. The magnif.
cent drilling OF these two companies IS
TESTING ny Of the efficiency Of Major Bar
raud, who has been commandant in the
School for two years We don't think
that the soldierly bearing of the boys of
this school could be beaten in any of the
military schools Of the State.
CLOSING EXERCISES.
Just as the crowd began to gather to
witness the closing exercises on Friday
evening, a tremendous rain storm burst
upon us. Consequently the audience was
not so large as the evening before. Still
the hall was filled to its seating capacity.
/; was pine O'Clock before the ex ercises
began. Then the eleven young men, who
were the contestants TOR tae declaimsr's
medal, marched in and took their seats
on the rostrum. The following is the or
der in which they spoke: |. N. Neal. G.
l.. Bsll, J. H. Matthews, W. G. Weeks,
d. T. Hoffman, S II. Smith, }. NJ. Will
hams, G.. G. Savage, E. Walston, w. s.
Brinkley and W. H. Allsbrook. The
judges we're Dr.. NJ. T. Savage. W. A.
Dunn and T. Whitehead.
They UNANIMOUSLY awarded the medal
MIR. D. 7. Hoffman. All the declaim-
ers did we'll. 1t was unanimously agreed
that the declaimers acquitted themselves
n many respects better than any preced
i:.s year.
Mr. w. a. Dunn presented medals to
20 following boys IN spicy little speech
,;.at kept the audience convulsed with
lighter throughout: .ledal fer scholar
ship. the highest honor, was presented to
j S. Brinklev; medal for department
was presented to J. a. White; for decla-
nation. to D. T. Hoffman, and medal for
beng the best soldier. to J. W. Wilkin-
S"n.
After five minutes drill by the best
Il lied boys in the battalion. Major
Earraud announced toe following officers
ior next year: Company A, w Cherry,
Captain; J W Wilkinson, LIST Lieut.; E
Manning, End Lieut.; D Biggs Jr, 1st
Sergeant; w. H. Allsbrook, End Sergeant;
j NJ Williams. 1st Corporal; I
Huffman, End Corporal. Company B.
|. n. Neal. Captain. w. S. Brinklev, 1st
Lieut.; II Matthews, End Lieut.; 8 b
Smith, 1st Sergeant; ] A White, End
Sergeant; S Hoffman, 1st Corporal;
y G Weeks, and Corporal.
The Superinte ndent granted diploma
t. G L Bell, he being the first one to
complete the course of study prescribed
Nv the school Certificates of proficiency
III Book keeping were awarded to W
Cherry, D L Hoffman, N Neal, Il
Matthews, and W & Weeks. After tho
Suoeri,, tendent had read out those who
we're worthy of prom otlon to higher
classes for next year and the names of
l. IL ~ 1~hn