The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-05-21

EENWOOD, LEFLORE CC
ford vas qaartsreA a ths Kit0Asll h,
tcl aDd the Reiman Hcaas ss3srtaIne
the A. md y. squad. Roth hostslris
we're crowded 70 ovsraowing, and II N
impossible foe an outsider 10 sscsrs .,
comodations. TAe loSal faas md sal
pofters. male aaA female, Of these 90
lego teaas AosksA asoand tho lobbis
and overAowsd tAs sidewalks into ID
streets.
HEADQUARTERS EERENADED.
During the morning tho four head
Quaftsrs wess ssrsnaded BY the b.nd q
. cifsus which Aappsasd to be showin
in the town. The A. and N. hand too
up the work In tho afternoon and con
ttnued In Il during the hall game.
The citizons Of Greenwood had pre
pared . monster barbecue for thei
guests, knowing that IL would be i'm
possible for all Of them to secure neal
1t the hotels and boarding houses Of tn
city. The barbecue was complete |,
every respect, and fully two thousan.
people wore most generously served.
The streets lost some OF the conges
tion during tho ball game. but 1t tia,
tho park more than made up the dc
hciency in the streets. Fully 5,OOt
spectators saw the University team 10
ceive its third straight defeat at thu
hands Of tho A. and N. It was q con.
test hard for A. and ". to win and still
harder for tho Oxford team to lose
The same generous college spirit which
was ever present yesterday displayed
itself more than ever after the game,
when tho A. and N. boys admitted to
their rivals that they had won on a
''huke.'
After the game came the second
scramble Of the day for meals. There
was no barbecue this time, and many
found it most difficult to satisfy the
cravings Of the inner man. The incon-
veniences were cheerfully borne, how
over, and not word OF complaint was
heard. Greenwood WAS doing all In her
power to acoomodats her guests, and
eventually saoceeded In the big under.
taking.
Long before . o'clock, the appointed
hour for tho orstoricrl contest, tho
srowds began 70 wend their way to-
ward tho nagniacsat now courthouse
II LsAcre county. where, In tho i'm
nense court room, tho coatsst was 10
10 held. In body and headed by the
iuttering and gaily-colored pennants Of
heir school, tho students marched
o the courthouse and squeezed them
'elves Into the space allotted for them
" tho officers Of the association.
The Oratorical Association OF Mis-
'issippi Is over quarter Of . century
Id. Its present officers are Ben Tin.
lall, president; G. N. BrumHeld, vice
7. D. Brown, secretary, and
J. H. kirkland, treasurer. All ar-
for tho contest had been
made By these gentlemen, and barring
ho delay usual to such occasions, their
'rogrammc was carried through with
ut q hitch.
The four contestants were to de-
Iver an original essay of not exceed
ng 1000 words and were allotted twen-
y minutes each in which to deliver
heir addresses. The honors were based
pom general average Of composition
The manuscript judges select
d by the association for this year were
ellis Campbell Of tho University Of
'exas, @. W. Steed, Of Mercer Univers-
", Georgia, and ]. G. Metcalf, Of Rich
'ond College, Virginia. Their decision
n the manuscripts was reached hours
Store the contest took plsce, but was
OF announced until after the Judges on