The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1899-05-04
THAT SPELLING BEE,

Inc SpelllDS Zee ut tIle ieciuTe room
of the Baptist Church on last Monday
night was largely attended. The Mari
eta Orchestra discodrsed delightful
music, while Messrs. Duncan, Freyer
and Fields rendered some choice selec-
tions on guitar and mandolins. AIR. J.
NJ. Hilburn was the very efficient man
ager of the entertainment. Prof. Geo.
E. Nolan, Capt r, w. Boone and w. S.
N. Neal were judges. Supt. S. V. SAM
ford gave out the words. Judge ]. M.
Stone and Mr.. r. H. Earle chose sides
and had class of sixteen each. The
occasion afforded good deal of amuse-
ment to the large crowd present. Mrs.
Isle Reynolds used an "e" in mortar"
and it crumbled to her discontinue.
Capt. Hudson has been footing ''millin-
cry" bills long time, but this time he
knocked out an 81" and put in an sc"
and he retired. D. G. Cole and Miss
Irene Barnes went out on 'parsimony,"
yet they are very generous. DR.. John
Greer seated himself on efficacy"
Will Metcalfe got the 'e' before the 81"
and couldn't see how to spell "griev-
Gus J. 2. Dawson sandwiched an r"
in "ludicrous" and was dismissed.
Charley Foster had telegraphed many
difficult words but he cut the wire on
periphery" and threw up his job.
Miss ALA Dobbs failed on periphery"
Oscar Keller disappeared on the word
epiphany" Miss Dykers tried to
row ''bateau" with two "t's"a and failed
to make landing. Miss Pearl Nc
Clatchey and Miss Agnes Hardeman
thought rarity" was too rare and sue
cumbed. Robert Anderson shattered
Imagery. George III. Sessions is a
peaceable man and left "schism" for
the next speller. NJ. d. Hodges is or
thodox and he tried to give ''heresy"
an 81" to see the light of truth. Ber-
tie Freyer was fascinated by the gal
axy" of beauty that surrounded him
and he thought galley" would give
him an opportunity to play his mando-
lin quicker than any other route. Col.
Pat Green thought "orrery" was not in
the solar sytem of his legal lore, and
failing to make u motion for a new
trial he lost his case. Miss Cleta Quill
liam let "diser thrall' retire her from
ranks for the lack of n requisite a."
Miss Maud Foster found that "pallia-
tive" afforded her no extenuating ex-
cuse by the omission of an 81" Miss
Myrtice Cason, an excellent speller,
welded "cutlass" with only one IS"
and broke her weapon of defense. Miss
Laura Shugart didn't think it "neces-
sary" to use two SIS" and lost her
place. Miss Elma Reynolds missed
"distill' and gracefully retired. Miss
Blanche Hirsch tried to make 'infamy"
doubly so by adding one I'm" too much.
Mountainous" proved too high
climb for James 7. Anderson and Miss
Willie Thornton. "Appertain" had too
many "p's" for Ben Wellons, and he
'ON1i iO'S PN"o VIC
to catch the word Miss Blqnche Barnes
missed, but she had bad spell" of it,
Mr.. Crosby came to the conclusion that
"feoffment" was not in his apothecary
vocabulary and he failed to fill "the
prescription" and passed it to the next.
Mrs. Little spelled "turquois" ending
with an sc" which is the correct
French way, but the "blue black SPELL
er" ruled her out. Col. Joe Foster was
dazzled by the same gem and went off
duty after doing somesof the best SPELL
ing of the evening. Col. VIII Cheney
missed "obeisance," bowed and retired
to his seat. This left only the two
leaders, Judge Stone and Mr.. Earle,
each a worthy foe man. Mr.. Earle I'M
thoughtedly let ''c' slip into witt
ate' and he yielded the mastery to
Judge Stone, who is hard to vanquish
in spelling bee.. The entertainment
was pleasant and proved success.