The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1910-05-20
MEETS HIGH SUCCESS
U. c. T. S. at Dyersburg Annual
Track Meet.
sEID WADDELL.

The delegation that the u G. T. s.
forwarded to the Annual Track Meet
held last Friday at Dyersburg met with
success in every particular. Prep.
schools were represented from all parts
of the State, and all morning, up to the
time of the games, the thoroughfares of
the town fared and fluttered with colors
The day was an ideal one for such a
manifestation and the surrounding seem
cry wore a look of brightness.
Virtually the events of the day began
at ten O'Clock in the morning when the
announcement was made that the con-
course assemble themselves in the High
School, one of the handsomest buildings
in this section. There they were usher
ed into stage-ftted chapel and enter
tanned for an hour or more at the Fifth
Annual Oratorical Contest of the Dyers-
burg High School, given under the di-
rection of the U. d. C's. The program
was as follows:
Invocation
Trio-Festmarc h----------Gs Gsten
Misses Hurt, Chamblin, Smith.
Oration-The Battle of Gettsyburg-
--------------Leon Jerre Cooper
Grafton Memories OF the Civil War
Con.ro N-oFforJ
Solo-A Song of Waiting ng---
------------M Miss Aileen Howell |
Oration-Our Glorious Southland
Dewitt Holland |
Oration-Southern Heroes -------
Crofford Prichard
Oration-The Men Of the Confeder-
ate Ranks -Algernon Killough
Piano Solo-Palms--------J Leybac
Solo Kashmiri Song ng--------------
M Miss Kate Cooyer
Each Grafton was full of interest and
admirable figures. Cooper led off with
a mastery composition on the Battle of
Gettysburg-a complete enumeration of
the maneuver which paved the way for
this battle, and spoke with deep in
tensity which brought smoke, shrieking
shells, the groans Of the dying and
wounded and the thunder of skirmish-
ing hosts to the mind of his audience.
Crofford's dramatic delivery of Memo
ries was almost faultless. With a rich
and profuse variety of vocal feats- the
bend, the upper slide, the glide in his
voice with hardly faw-he told Of the
many heroes who had fought and bled
with Lee, Jackson and Davis. His to-
nations were full of appeal and pathos.
Holland treated the Glorious Southland
and in an interesting man
ner. Prichard thundered forth his ideas
in manner difficult to emulate; and
Mr.. Killough's delivery was full of in
terest. The musical part OF the contest
was very entertaining. The medal was
won by Mr.. Leon Jerre Cooper
After this contest dinner was given {
% the visitors by the Daughters of the /,
Jonfederacy which was greatly enjoyed !;
oy everyone.
At two O'Clock the crowd collected for :,
he games. The gatekeepers reaped an
lbundant harvest, the proceeds of which i
vent towards the building of gymna- !
um. First to be pulled off wasa 75- :,
yard dash, the prize gold medal. The II
,rize was sought by representatives from :,
)yersburg, Union City, Covington and :
Fulton-Smith, league, Calhoun and :
Mcclellan. st the pistol shot league :,
,ot a cumbersome start, but, flashing :,
long at most astonishing rate of
peed, instigated by the rousing 'rahs
# his U. G. T. S. constituents, succeed
d in outstripping Calhoun and winning
irst place. The next Marathon, 200 S
ard dash was easv for him On the II