The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-04-28

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Beat i, Victor Maxwell. Claude
Byrne (Brookhavenl; Beat 2, Ben.
ME HemphilI, Dave McTaggart,
Harmony; Beat 8, Wyhe Peavey.
! Beason. and Riley Price, Pleasant
Hill; Beat 4. Will East, Arlington,
and John Kenna. Auburn: Beat 5,
James Wroten, Beaver Greek.
First prize of SIS suit offered by
John McGrath & Sons. was won by
James Wroten, time, IL seconds
second, 81 hat. by John McGrath &
Sons, went to Wylie Peavey.
i Broad Jump Entries: Beat /,
w. P. King and Claude Byrne,
Brookhaven; Beat 2, Charley john
Eson, Harmony; Beat 8, Wylie
j Peavey, Beason. Riley Price, Pleas
Eant Hill; Beat 4, Lloyd Badon,
Auburn, John Thomas. Arlington !;
Beat S, Elisha Barlow, Mount Zion,
Willie Strait, Beaver Creek. First
Eprize, $5 Stetson hat, by Moreton-
| Wentworth Co., and $3.50 pair OF
shoes, by B. E. .Brister, Bogue
Chitto, won by Elisha Barlow. Is
feet. 9 inches; second, pocket knife,
Eby C. B. Perkins, won by Claude
Germany, 18 feet inches. IS
/ Shot Put. Entries: Beat 1,
W. P. King. Victor Maxwell,
Brookhaven Beat 2, Earl McTag-
gart, Holly Springs; Beat 8, Luther
lice, Beason: Beat A, Lloyd Badon,
Auburn, Will East, Arlington; Beat
Is, Wincie Little, Grafton Alfred,
Grange Hall. First prize, So pair
Dutchess trousers. by Max Prize
batsch, won by Wincie Little, 33
feet 10 inches; second, umbrella, by
is. Lewenthal & Son, won by Graf
ton Alfred, 80 feet inches
High Jump Entries: Beat /.
Claude Germany. W. P. King,
Brookhaven; Beat 2, Charlie john
son, Harmony; Beat 8, Wylie Pea
vey, Beason, Luther Boyd, Pleasant
Hill; Beat a, Pate Gerald, John
Kenna, Auburn; Beat 5, Wincie
Little, Grange Hall, Garfield Rus
sell. Beaver Creek. First prize, SIS
pair shoes, by A. G.. Seavey & Sons,
won by Pate Gerald, 5 feet 6 inch
es; second, $3.50 hat by A. c..
Seavey & Sons, won by Wincie Lit
tie, 5 feet 4 inches.
Two Hundred Yard Dash-En-
tries: Beat /. Claude Byrne,
Brookhaven, Arthur West. Saron;
Beat2, Bennie Hemphill, Harmony ];
Beat 3, Wylle Peavey, Beason.
Riley Price, Pleasant Hill; Beat A,
John Kenna, Otis Lee, Auburn;
Beat 5. James Wroten, Beaver
Greek, Grafton Alfred. Grange
Hall. First prize, Sc pair of shoes
by Louis Cohn & Bros, and pocket
knife by The Leader, awarded to
James Wroten: second, So pair of
shoes, by Lincoln County Times,
won by Wylie Peavey.
Hammer Throw Entries: Beat
| l., Horace Cupit, Tom Chrisman,
Brookhaven; Beat 2, Ellison Lowell,
Fair River; Beat 3, Luther Lee,
Beason; Beat a, Will East, Claude
Moak, Auburn; Beat s; Grafton
Alfred, Grange Hall, Eugene Mont
gomery. Mt. Zion. First prize. SIS
pair of shoes by Parsons May-O Ober-
schmidt Co., awarded to Will East,
81 feet / inch; second, rocking
chair, by Brookhaven Furniture
Company, won by Eugene Mont
gomery, 80 feet 8 inches.
One Hundred Yard Dash-For
boys under 10-Entries: Beat i,
Bertrand Cohn, Brookhaven, Louis
Bowman, Boone's Creek; Beat 8,
Clyde Boyd, Tom Luper, Pleasant
Hill; Beat 4, John Williams,
Barney Moak, Mt. Pleasant: Beat
IS, Edgar Oliver, Beaver Greek.
First prize, SIS suit, by, George
Bowsky, won by Louis Bowman.
second, So 50 pair Rex shoes, by
Abrams Bro :, won by Edgar Oil
yer.
Teachers Race Farve Adams,
first, Barney Grice, second.
The basketball game between the
Ruth High School and Grange Hall
High School was won by Ruth, 10
| to s. The prize for the best in
dividual player was awarded to
Miss Mary Maude Middleton, of
Grange Hall. and second to Miss
Esther Ferguson, of Grange Hall.
The prize of Webster's un
abridged dictionary, given by the
Grafton Drug Co.., for the best
school exhibit, was won by Mt.
Zion, and this school was also
given first place for the best in.
Idiyidual piece of work in manual
training a desk. Union Hall
High School was awarded second
honors in both contests.
Graduating exercises were held
in the High School building at.
night, and splendid programme
was presented. Hon. M. McCul-
Tough gave the address. The fol-
lowing were presented diplomas
certifying their efficiency in the
studies of the common school
course:
Little Bahala Minnie Eta
Campbell, Jennye Belle Fur, Bessie
Bass. Minnie Lee Bass, Ray Furr,
Alcie Strahan, Mamie Womack,
Eunics Morgan, 4. Frank Campbell.
Carrie Hoggatt.
Moak's Creek Ray Brown.
Auburn Mary Reeves, Mabel.
Annette Carruth, Walter Watts,
Michael Wells Benjamin Wells.
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