The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-26
corn CLUB MEET
HAS fine DISPLAY
At COURT HOUSE
Fifty Boys And GirIs of County Schools
Exhibit Finest Of Farm
Prodaacfs..

girls OF the various public schools in
Forrest county, is being held at the
court house in. this city today. In
connection with this meeting display
Of products produced by members of
the club during the past eight months
is being made, and many splendid
specimens of corn, potatoes, syrup
and cane are attractively displayed IN
the county treasurer's office at the
court house.
AS previously announced, various
prizes have been offered for the best
production of corn, sugar cane, syrup,
sweet potatoes and other products, be-
sides poultry, and the awards will be
made this afternoon. Competitors for
the various prizes were required to
report to the county superintendent of
education on blanks furnished for the
purpose, showing the name of the con-
testant, the name of the school which
he or she attends, the variety of the
crop grown, amount of land cultivated,
time crop was planted, the variety of
seed planted, kind, quantity and time
fertilizer was applied and the cost of
same, cost of labor to make and gather
the crop, the amount of the yield ana
the net market value of the crop pro-
duced.
More than fifty contestants sent in
their reports to Superintendent Currie
this morning, and many of them were
on hand with specimens of their prod
ucts which it was necessary to Judge
according to quality. The reports and
exhibits were examined by commit
} tee consisting of three members,
Messrs, w. c. Bennett, E. L. Robbins
and Prof. G. A. Cobb, but their decis-
ion was not announced until o'clock
this afternoon, too late for publication
in today's News.
List of Exhibitors.
Those who brought specimens of
their products were as follows
Corn-Hugh Galloway, McCallum
school; Edgar Conn, Rogers school;
Vernon Pierce, Ideal school; Herbert
Lyle, Leaf River school; Arthur
Brooks, Vernon school,; Talbert Mont
omery, Eatonville school; Ben Bounds,
Eureka school; John Clark, Pine
Grove school; Pierce Frye, Rogers
school; Arthur Parker, Macedonia
school.
Sweet Potatoes-Eagar Conn, Ros.
ers school; Hubert Lyle, Leaf River
school; Pierce Fry, Leaf River school;
Bailey Anderson, Hopeful school,
Cane-Hubert Lyle, Leaf River
school; Talbert Montgomery, Eaton.
vile school; John Clark, Pine Grove
school, Ulysses Barlow, Macedonia
school, John Runnels, Macedonia
school and Hugh Galloway, Macedo-,n.
Syrup Brogan, Pine Grove;
Bailey Anderson, Hopeful; Hubert
Lyle, Leaf River; Nathan Millstead,
Macedonia; A. c. Lee, Union; Buford
Lee, McKinnon school; Jesse Runnels,
Macedonia John Clark, Macedonia;
Verna Pierce, Macedonia: Bennie
Richardson, Macedonia; Ulysses Bar
low, Macedonia; Dempsey Runnels,
Macedonia; Jesse Runnels, Macedonia.
Many of the specimens shown, espe-
cially in sweet potatoes and syrup,
were as fine as any ever seen in this
county, and the sugar cane exhibit
was especially creditable.
| Heard "Corn Club Man."
After the judges had finished exam
ing the specimens on exhibition, and
| reading the reports of the various con-
testants, the members of the club re-
paired to the auditorium of the court
house, where they were edited with a
most entertaining address by Prof. C.
A. Cobb, "The Corn Club Man" Prof.
Cobb was enthusiastic in his praise of
the splendid showing made by mem
bers of the Forrest County Club, and
urged them on to greater efforts in
the future. His address was compre-
hensive and couched in such language
that his meaning was clearly under
stood by the youngest person present.
approximately seventy-five per cent
of the school teachers of the county
were present at the meeting, besides
a large number of bows and GIRLS who
were members of the Agricultural and
Poultry Club. (