The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-04-21


been more or less under the weather as TO
health for the past few days, but will
try to get on to items and editorials for
this issue.
We have passed through some strenuous
hours of Iate-but enjoyable all the same.
The storm broke in on us last Friday
night rust as the Rankin county field day
exercises began in the school building.
Nevertheless, the interruption of the ex-
ercises were for few minutes, only
while the hail was pelting down upon the
building and by its rasping, rafting sound
drowned the voice of the young lady
who had commenced the reading of the
Scripture selection in contesting for the
prize offered for the best reader of the
selection. Once under way, the exercises
continued without interruption according to
program
Our people opened the doors of their
homes fully and gladly to take care Of
the vast company of teachers and pupils
for the different beats in the county. Every
one, hosts and guests, were at ease and en-
loved each others acquaintance and as
ISOLATION to the fullest extent. This is
just like Florence on every occasion of
public gatherings among her people.
Throughout the exercises Friday night and
all day Saturday good humor prevailed,
even if the weather was somewhat out of
humor Even the atmosphere for good
part of the time was full of humor. The
carpet in the grove where the big dinner
was to be enjoyed, was too damp to admit
of the carrying out of that most interesting
and enjoyable feature of Saturdays pro-
gram So the guests were entertained at
the noon hour within the portals of their
temporary homes
Friday night and Saturday forenoon
were devoted to the or atorical, Evolutionary
and spelling contests, with the cake and
embroidery contests in a separate room.
Mrs. Eckhardt's we'll trained music
pupils RECALLED the large gathering with
choicest and enhancing selections of songs
and instrumental pieces between the con-
tests, directed by her own leadership.
There was no baking nor faltering in
any of the rendering of the music. The
best of order prevailed throughout the
exercise Saturday afternoon was given
over to the athletic performances. The
weather was ideal, yet cloudy and turn
ing cool, and the grounds were none too
damp. This part of the program was
full of the thrills and excitement usually
incident to games played by the youths
The grown-ups and gray-heads were
children once more and entered with zest
and eagerness into the spirit of the plays
Every father and mother were eager for
their kids to be first best Every girl
had her enthusiasm and ambition stirred
for her "feller" to win, and all of Flor
School boys to bear off the honors. So
likewise were the visiting force from the
other beats inspirited in behalf of the
champions Who blames them for it?
The honors were pretty we'll distributed
among the beat representatives.
The following shows the results of the
various contests:
i. High School Girls-Elocutionary
contest; prize, gold medal, Ruth White,
2. Boys Scripture Reading Contest
prize; So cash, to Alfred Brown.
5. Girls Scripture Reading contest
prize, s. cash, to Mamie Dear.
4. Rural Girls-Elocutionar contest
prize, gold medal, to frankie Nash.
S. Boys Defamation contest-prize,
gold medal, to Wallace Williams.
6. Spelling contest-frst prize, gold
medal, to Nolan Horne; second prize,
to Bessie Jones.
2. Best Plain Loaf Cake-frst prize,
s. brooch, to Carrie Clark; second prize,
gold pin, to Mary Collins.
8. One hundred and fifty yard dash
prize, SIS pair shoes; to Tom Webb. i.
9. One hundred yard dash (boys un-
der 14) first prize, S. 50 pair shoes, Err
nest Lowther; second prize, ST. 50 mer-
chandise, to Frank Ford.
10 Barrel race, (boys under I4) prize
Sc cash, to J. B. Mashburn.
II. Shot Put-prize, pair trousers, to
w. N. Mangum.
IL. Sack race, (boys under I2)-prize,
81 so cash, to Rainond Berry,.
IS. Standing high jump-prize, Stetson