The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-06-15
SEVEN UP
ON THE COUNTRY SIDE WHEN ALL THE
CITY PEOPLE WERE DOWN.
The Representatives From the Rural Dis
trlots Easily vsnquish the City Spoilers
in a uonteat for the Handsome Banner.

in Contest for the Handsome Banner
When IL was decided 10 end the spelling
contest at the Tabernacle last night, be-
tween twenty spoilers OF Canton and
twenty from the country, twas dlscoverd
that only thirty.three were missing and
that there were still seven persons stand
ing. j. Sarver, captain OF the city people,
went carefully down the line, scrutinizing
these seven people, getting their pedi-
grees and making strenuous efforts 70
flnd familiar ear mark, but II was no
use. Not one of them belonged TO his
flock 30 the contest was decided in favor
of the country by the score OF too.
A distinguishing feature OF the spelling
match was tue small crowd in attend
Ance. There are several reasons why tue
crowd was small but they need not be
stated here. So far as having an audlS
ence is concerned tue affair was an nbject
failure but being chsritaby inclined the
NEWS DEMOCRAT will permit the pre-.
sumption that II was because q number OF
spelling contests have been held in CAM
ton and such things are perhaps q little
fTayed at the edges The contest was
success, though, and there was plenty OF
excitement.
Tue first of the exercises was q song by
class OF young folks, who acquitted
themselves qrAoefuly and sang
very entertAiningly. Then class
of young spoilers, all under Ia years
OF age lined up. They proved that tney
could twist their tongues around some
pretty hard words. John Sarver read o
sentence and then pronounced words
from the sentence he had read Inc
young folks spelled a number OF difficult
words, but the contest narrowed Gown 10
Helen Backert and Paul Chapman. The
latter, possibly through gallantry, went
down and Miss BAckert was awarded the
prize. Paul also got prize.
The fourth grade OF the Washington
avenue school sang couple OF songs
showing that music 10 not neglected III
that grade. The class was well trained.
A class composed of spoilers frcm both
the city and the country was then called.
This class was rated over IA and under Il
After spelling u while there were nve per-
sons standing. Mr. Neisz, who was the
main man in the contest for the banner,
stated that these Ave belonged to his class
and that there was no use for further ue-
laying the big contest. The prizes In the
contest will be divided up later.
The contest for the banner then COM
menced. There were arrayed on one sue
twenty people from the country and on the
other side twenty people from the city.
Captain Sarver and Captain Martin gave
notice that all was ready, so Charley Mar
tin got up on q chair and went to work 70
knock out the city side with his peculiar
pronouncing. Charley pronounces wen
but he manifested disposition to give the
city people the worst OF II. Ihe WORDS
went around the big class twice, before
any body missed. John Palmer, attorney
at law and member Of the Magnolia
Board OF Education, tried hard 70 get
down first, but he escaped owiDR TO Inc
fact that "braziern is spelled two wsys.
That was the first dispute settled by the
referee, John G. Harmony. Mr. DehoH,
Canton, went down first. Then country
girl slipped and her fail was soon Iol-
lowed by two people from the city. Albert
Pontius made his usual speech when
Captain Sarver called attention to
the fact that some notes were
in the hands Of some OF the country
spoilers. The country resented the IN
sinuation that there was any intention TO
act unfairly. Allen Cook got "ailantus,"
mixed up and dropped the vi" be was
called down and disconsolately went TO
the rear of the house and mutlled himself
in his surtout. Then John Palmer got
floored. John thought syzygy had some
connection with wienerswurst, so ne
spelled something with sAuerkraut
flavor, but il wasn't the word Martin pro.
poupced, so John went back to the rear
and continued figuring up how much the
school board of Magnolia owed him. Mr..
Stauffer was still fledgelinR in the spell,
ing business evidently, for he didn't get
an @ in the middle and down he went.
There was subdued excitement when II
came Squire Reigner's turn to spell.
Martin pronounced "candied," but the
Squire has not had occasion to invest in
candy yet, hence he didn't know how to
spell the word. He dropped the !.
Prof. Lehman then went in to pro"
nounce, and when he eyed the class he
discovered that there we're seven city spell
ers missing, while only two country spells
ers were down. Prof. Lehman did not at
tempt any tricky pronouncing, and was
not so successful q pronouncer for the city
.fA do Martin hRan the
country side. There was no special inci'
dent while he was pronouncinR. Then
Prof. T. II. Smith OF Massillon took the
elevated chair and pronounced. DE was
succeeded by j. G. Lawrence. The last
named young man was very TRICKY. ne
were placed in the book to be spelled, but
hunted up little marginal notes and gave
them out. or course he did not give any
of them to the country spoilers, but reserve
ed them as traps for the city: The first
word he gave out was syilabication. IL
was missed, the speller insisting upon in>
serting fl, which makes the word more
common. There 10 such word as syllab-
ication, hence the referee decided that
the speller was down. The next word
given was in one of the first lessons. The
word was "jib," and il fell to the lot OF
"gibe,n possibly because he wanted to
"gibe" the foxy young man who was doing
the pronouncing. John was down, how
ever, and had to retire.
Prof. Wyman got the word 'privativen
but had an "in for the "a, and was called
down. b. Il. Buxer was prime favorite
but he Cancelled the whole business by
putting in two rs in Cancelled.
After short time, when there were
only few left, the word Kapp was given.
The eagle eyed young man from North
Lawrence had found the word on one OF
the pictures in the book. IL being the
name of the enRraver. 1t did not ap-
pear, ,however,it was complete word and
that II might not be an sbbreviation, so
Referee Harmony decided thatit should be
ruled out. Cicero Hiner was the last man
up for the city side, and he finally went
down on "liliaceous," though he knew
first rate how TO spell it. John Sarver,
him the word. That settled the
contest, with Elson Wolfe, Ed McBarren,
Wesley Delap, Elmer Delap, Lawrence
Delap, Albert Pontius and j. Royal Sny"
der still standing on the country side.
The contest for the banner among those
seven people will be held at the Waco
school house Friday evening, June %. IL
was twelve o'clock when the contest was
ended and the crowd had greatly thinped
out, and was even thinner than when the
contest began. A number of prizes were
given out. Mayor Cassidy presided.
The city side was composed OF the fol-
lowing spoilers, named in the order In
which they stood up last: G. L. Hiner, ].
W. Wyman, Mrs. Wilcoxen, Miss Mary
Sarver, Miss Leila Roper, A. g. Braden,
j. M. Sarver, b. II. Buxer, II. ii. Thomas,
John Kirby. Frank Troutman, Miss Mary
Mesnar, c. Il. Stokey, Miss Leach, Isaac
Stauifer, John Il. Palmer, Allen Cook,
Mrs. Bennett, A. j. Dehom.
The following held up the dignity of the
country: j. w, Martin. Edison Wolfe.