The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1910-04-02


County Teachers Association, and
Claude Bennett, Superintendent of
Education, have announced the list
of prizes for the sixth annual Field
Day of Lincoln County Schools to
be held in Brookhaven on Friday.
April %. Lincoln was the first
county in the State to adopt the
field meet for public schools, being
the saplan of T. p. Scott. Superin-
tendent of Brookhaven Schools, but
the example has been followed un-
til now nearly every county in Mis-
sissippi supports the annual con-
tests. Citizens of Brookhaven will
prepare a barbecue and basket dim
ner for all who attend. In con-
nection with the athletic sports,
there will be the usual contests for
prizes in elocution, defamation.
and music, and awards will be
made of prizes for school improve
ment. The list of prizes is an at
tractive one and is as follows:
Medal Contest
Elocution medal. given by Mer-
chants & Farmers Bank.
Defamation medal, given by
Brookhaven Bank & Trust Co.
Music medal. given by CONNER
cial Bank.
Athletic Contests
100 yard dash-1st, SIS suit by
John McGrath & Sons; End, 81 hat
by John McGrath & Sons.
Running broad jump-1st, trunk,
by Home Furniture & Undertaking
Co.; End, $3.50 pair shoes by B. E.
Brister, Bogue Chitto.
Shot put-1st, N$4 pair Dutchess
trousers by Max Priebatsch and
$3.50 pair shoes by The Leader;
End, $3.50 pair shoes by S. Lewen-
thai & Son.
Running high jump-1st. SIS pair
shoes by A. C. Seavey 4 Sons; End,
$3.50 hat by A. G. Seavey & Sons.
Mile race list, S. in gold by
Planters Bank, Bogue Chitto; End,
rocking chair by T. H. Perkins
Furniture Co.
200 yard dash-1st, Black Hawk
corn shelter by G. b. Perkins and
Liberty brand hat by Abrams Bros;
End, $3.50 pair shoes by4 Lincoln
County Times.
Hammer throw-1st, SIS pair
shoes by May & Cameron; End,
$3.50 pair shoes by D. G. Coney,
Bogue Chitto.
Pole vault 1st, SIS shaving out
fit by Noodles Hardware Store:
End, $3.50. John b. Stetson hat by
r. G. Wooton & Co.
100 yard dash (boys under 10
years. list, $3.50 suit by3 L. Cohn
& Bros; End, $3.50 pair shoes by
L. Cohn & Bros.
Teachers race $3.50 Crow-tut
derby by Cress- Mccormick Co.
Basket Winning team, nine
boxes Jacobs candy by Price Drdg
Co.; best individual player, 81
picture by W. j. Layton: End,
Student lamp by Charles Heuck &
Son.
School Improvement Prizes (To
Schools
Attendance-1st, $40 by John
McGrath 4 Sons; End. SIS by Com
mercial Bank; 3rd, 81. so by Abrams
Bros.
School Gardening 1st, $40 by
Grafton Drug Co.; End, set of tools
by G. B. Perkins; 3rd, $3.50 by
Norfeld Mercantile Co.
Material Improvement LIST, $40
by A. G. Seavey & Sons; End, SIS by
Brookhaven Bank & Trust Co.; 3rd,
$3.50 by The Leader.
Libraries 1st, $40 by L. Cohn &
Bros; End, SIS by ButterfeId Lum-
ber Co.; $3.50 by Hoffman Bros.
Interior Decorations LIST and
End prizes by The Climbers.
School Improvement Prizes (To
Students)-
Writing $5 piece of jewelry by
Price Drug Co.
History Prize by the Peripatet-
les.
English-set of books by A. A.
Cohn.
Spelling Fountain pen by C. D.
Smith.
Mathematics $5 prize by Felix
May.
Civil Government 81. so savings
account by Merchants & Farmers
Bank.
Manual Training So. so piece of
jewelry by A. Staf1er.
Drawing $4 picture by Girod.
For the best essay ON s'The Agri-
cultural High School. open to
pupils Of the county schools Of Lin
coin, Lawrence, Franklin and
Jefferson counties, the Commercial
Bank, of Brookhaven, offers one
hundred dollars in gold, to be
divided SIS first prize and SIS
second prize.