Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-12-01
Corn Club Boys and County Teachers
Meet Together-Winners An
nounced-Prizes Awarded.
Fine Speeches Made.

Fine Speeches Made.
Daily Argus, Saturday.
We do not believe we are stating il
too strongly when we say that this has
been tie greatest day in Goldsboro's
hIstoly-great in achievements al
ready accomplished made manifest
here today; greater in the inspiration
instilled today into the farmer boys OF
the county; greatest in what the far
reaching influence today engendered
will roll up In material wealth and
physical and intellectual development
as the years roll on.
The corn growing contest inaugu
rated among the farmer boys of the
county last spring under the auspices
of the State Board of Agriculture-in
common throughout the State-and
fostered in Wayne county by the
county board of education, was deter
mined today as to the prize-winners
and the prizes We're awarded accord
ingly.
1t will be remembered that the State
Board of Agriculture offered S10O in
cash prizes-$50 as a first prize: $50
as a second prize and $40 as third
prize, to the boys making the three
best yields of corn to an acre of land
in the State. When the matter was
taken up in Wayne county, we pledged
GOIdchOro 70 noao+ tho Ctata ,,r;1oc ~,
the same proportion for the best
yields in Wayne county-$10O in gold.
In addition to this, the John S1augk-
ter Company offered, as a fourth prize,
a $3.50 New Century" two-horse
Cui6ivator. manufactured by the Rod
erick-Lean Manufacturing Company
If Mansfield, Ohio. and the best culti-
Vator of the age-and indeed a most
liberal gift on the part Of the John
Slaughter Company that cannot fail
Of appreciation by every farmer in the
county. AS fifth prize, the Yelver-
ton Hardware Company gave a So
Chattanooga plow AS a sixth prize
the Sutton Hardware Company gave
So plow. AS seventh prize, the
Ideal Hardware Company gave a $3.50
plow, and as an eighth prize the
Goldsboro Shoe Company gave two
pairs OF shoes-a sSunday-go-to-meet
ing pair and plow pair.
In addition to these the G0ldsbOrO
rgus gave $25 in cash to the first
'r1ze winner, which made the first
'rize for the county aggregate $500
n-eash, and should the same boy win
the State prize he will have, all told.
1925.
To determine the winners among
the forty boys who, out of the sixty
three that entered the contest last
spring, persevered unto the end the
county board of education appointed
rec disinterested farmers in every
triet to measure the ground, see the
n gathered, weighed and measured.
cir reports were then taken by an
er committee composed OF one from
q 3 township and carefully computed
n / the following are the winners,
arrels of corn measured from their
.aspective acres and the prizes as
hove reported, were publicly award
d to each by Col. Jos. E. Robinson.
airman of the county board of edu-
alton:
James Musgrave, 22.6I.
N u R1ackmon 10 90
J David Scott, 17.49.
4, Eddie Wigs, II.
). Gurney Edgerton, 16.4s.
6. Willie Spicer, 1922.
T. Benz. R. Lewis, 1912.
s. Paul Moore, 1901
In addition to these prizes, Mr.. II. D.
Ham, who has been moving spirit
all along in the enterprise, offered S.
Il gold if the boy on his farm, who
yas in the contest, should beat him
IN his own farm-this the boy did
That boy is Master Retus Rowe, and
..e was duly awarded Mr.. Ham 8 50 in
gold by the chairman.
Just at the conclusion of these
Awards Mr.. Will P. Granger addressed
The chairman and asked what boy il
the forty had made the lowest yield
On being given his name Mr.. Granger
said tLat he wanted that boy to be no
ased-that he was sure he hae
done MS best, and in order to encour
age him to still further effort h,
would give him a watch for havins
done his best. This thoughtful an,
generous act on the part of Nh
Granger was roundly applauded, ali;
| the little lad at the bottom of the lis
was made very happy
At the conclusion of the priz
awards, the entire forty boys wer
! marshalled in front of the Couf
| House, with their ears Of corn in thei
| hands and with the prizes and tn
| prize winners lined up in front of tn
| group, and a picture taken of the az
/ gregation, which The Argus hopes t
| publish in the near future.
i Previous to the announcing an
award of the prizes, Mr.. T. b. Parke
of the State Board of Agriculture, WI
by invitation was present, addresse
tho CORN cl11h-and fhe great aadient