Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-10-16
GUESTS OF CITY IN
TOUR Of STATE.
Hospitality Will Be Extended
Motorists.
Upon Arrival in AmeFiCuS on Tues
day---BaFbeCuG Dinner at the Ball
PaFk---AmeFiCuS Will Be in the
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Americus is ready to open her gates
and extend greeting to the Round-th >
State automobile party upon arrival
here at noon Tuesday, and character
istic hospitality will be extended. TAe
motorists will be guests of the Amer
icus Board OF Trade during the If
stay of an hour here.
The reception will be held at the
Americus baseball park, where Field
Day sports will be in progress, and a
splendid barbecue dinner served.
The auto drivers will be guests at
dinner and will thus spend an hour
pleasantly here before leaving for
South Georgia.
In the Round-the-State course, ey-
cry car viii move in it's respective
city at s o'clock Monday morning.
The Atlanta cars will spend Monday
night in Macon and proceed to Ameri-
GUS Tuesday, moving together vita
tie Macon cars and others concen
trated there
1t is expected that a full score #
c;rs will be here by noon TUESDAY,
They will make headquarters at The
garage of tie Anierious Automobile
Co, through invitation extendel by
MI Rylander.
The Field Day Program.
Field Day" for the benefit IF .ne
Americus Library and Hospital will
lie a splendid occasion and one caicu-
ll.ed to attract and interest tho $
aaQs of visitors of town and county
An extended program of deld day
SPORTS will greatly interest The many
spectators.
The program will begin prom2,l. al
80 o'clock following the big otrba-
cue dinner, and is in part as follows:
Event No. Hurdle race.
Event 2-100 Yards dash.
Event No. -Wh,eelbarrow race.
Event No. 4-Standing broad jump.
Event No Running broad jump
Event No 6-Standing high jump
Event No. Running high jump.
Event No. 8-Tug OF war.
Event No. 9-Quarter mie run.
Event No. 10-Lean mans race.
race.
Event No. 12-Rooster fight.
Event No 13-Three-legged race.
Event No 14-Old shoe race.
Event No. 15-Pie-eating contest.
Event No. 16-Wood saving conte ST
Event No. 17-Target shooting con
test.
Event No. 18-Fat mans race.
Event No. 19-Sack race.
Event No. 20-Nail driving contest
Event No. 21-Peanut scramble.
Event No. 22-Potato race.
Event No. 23-Hobble skirt race.
The sports will be under the direc-
ton of special committees appointed
by the ladies in charge and will be
participated in by the boys of the
Agricultural College, the High School
and the Americus Y. NJ c. A. GYM.
class. Others will contribute to the
success of the occasion.
The hobble skirt race will be the
real article a dozen real hobble-
taires doing the Marathon sprint
| therein.
The Committees in Charge.
The following committees wifi as
sist the ladies in directing the sever1l
events. All are requested to be pres
ent at tie opening of the program at
2:30 o'clock
Timers-M. C. Austin. Walter I
Maynard, C. c. Yoemans.
Judges-C. R. Crisp, T. NJ. Everett
r. E. White.
Inspectors-H E. Allen, Prof. ], :
Mathis, C. c. Crockett, Frank La
nier.
Clerk of Course. L. Rowlson.
Starter-Sam Heys.
Official Megaphoner-Lee Hansford.
Referee-O. R. Harvey.
The Agricultural College band viii
furnish the required martial strains
and day of unalloyed pleasure is as
sured in the Field Day sports.
Ruv RIack Fat school shoes from