The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-31
EUTAW IS HOST ID
 GREENE COUNTY Greatest Day In History of the
 Town VISITORS NUMBER 250O Fifty carcasses Are Barbecued and at Monster Dinner Are Garnished With Chicken, Pies and
 Cakes Galore.
VISITORS NUMBER 25OO
By R. E. MORLEY.

Eutaw, July 30.-(Special 1.-The barbe- cue and brunswick stew given by the people of Eutaw to the people of the county yesterday was a grand success. several weeks ago Eutaw resolved to get up this dinner, and when Eutaw re- solves to do a thing it generally does 1t thoroughly and to the queens taste, as the success of yesterdays affair amply testif1es. For some time committees ap- pointed at a public meeting have been busy making preparations and well did these committees do their work By T o'clock the people began to come in, and before 10 o'clock there were, according to estimates by conservative citizens about 2500 people, the surrounding coun- ties contributing a liberal quota. People were here from Tuscaloosa, Hale Sumter and Pickens. The arrangements were so complete that this large crowd was hand led without trouble or friction
 The Commercial club rooms were thrown open for the use of the ladies, and the court house was also thrown open for the benefit of the crowd, and barrels of ice water were placed at convenient places where the thirsty could slake their tbirst. All stores were closed and the ladies, business men and clerks of the town all turned out to make the day pleasant for the visitors.
 An orchestra from Meridian gave fine music from stand in the court house square. The citizens of the town. men and women, vied with each other in their efforts to make this, the first dinner given by Eutaw to the county, a success, and that they succeeded is testified by the visitors, who were loud in their praises
 The first thing on the programme was ball game between Knoxville and West tory for the invincible boys of Knoxville a score of 5 to 4
 At 4. o'clock another game was played between Knoxville and a nine from Sum- ter county, which also resulted in a vic tory for the invncible boys of Knoxville by a score of 10 to l.
 At 12 o'clock dinner was announced and such dinner More than 100 carcass es had been barbecued, and these fanked by pies, custards, pickles salads and chicken, fried baked and in pies in enormous quantities, made up a dinner the like of which has not been seen in this section in quarter of a century The word was given that the visitors must eat first, so the town folks waited on the hungry crowd and saw to it that they went away satisfied. After the white people had finished 200 or 300 negroes were called up and given a dinner that astonished their stomachs.
 After dinner the tournament was called and that and the races proved about as exciting and interesting as the baseball games Several of the young men en- tered. and there was some good riding. The first prize, crown, was won by Stiles Ulman, a knight of Greene county; the second, wreath by John w. Cook, Jr., knight of Eutaw, and the third, a wreath, by Charles Coleman, knight of Sunny Brook. Miss Bessie Rather of Tuscumba was crowned queen of love and beauty by MT. Ulman. Miss Mary Wilson received the wreath from MT. Cook, as first maid of honor, and Miss Ynita Cribbs of Tuscaloosa was crowned by MT. Coleman as queen of Sunny Brook The tourney created a great deal of interest, and the victors received the hearty cheers of the crowd.
 After the tournament there were sev- eral scrub races, which created consider ADle amusement ana was the occasion or much merriment. At night there was ball in the upper story of MT. Duncan's new store, where the young people en- joyed themselves in the mazy dance and love-making until late in the night, and then went their way, weary but happy. Taken altogether, 1t was the biggest day Eutaw has experienced in long time, and in the future events will be re- ferred to as happening subsequent to the t.t-t orderly, the dinner sufficient to feed a much larger crowd, the arrangements so perfect that there was no hitch any where. No unpleasant incident occurred and everybody went away happy and full. The ladies of the town deserve great praise for the noble manner in which they responded to the call of the committee for baskets, and the members of the different committees deserve thanks for the efficient and thorough manner in which they discharged their duties.