The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-19
PRIZES COMPETED FOR.
Many Prizes offered by Citizens of
sumter for School Meet.
From The Daily Item, April Is.

Field Day exercises began prompt
ly at 1880 o'clock this morning when
there were gathered in the court house
and on the court square a large
number Of school children from prac-
tically every school In the county and
a great many of the teachers. patrons
and trustees OF the schools which
sent children to compete for the va
rious prizes.
The sky, while not free from
clouds was not so dark as to prevent
| many OF those who had intended
coming from doing so, and there was
no rain during the morning while
the many visitors to the city were
watching with breathless interest the
| children as they strove at the various
| contests In the efforts to win prizes
| offered for the best school work. The
tables were arranged on the grounds
and great many baskets of dainty
things were handed in to the COM
mittee in charge to be spread out
when the time for the feasting came.
Other committees were in charge of
the exhibits which were brought in
and placed where they could be con-
veniently criticized by the judges
when the time came for them to
render their decisions on whose
work was best. Still another COM
mittee was In charge of the crowd
itself and they saw to 1t that the
crowd of people got seats where they
could see what was going on and
that they did not interfere with the
contestants for prizes.
Everybody seemed to be having a
good time and everybody seemed to
be trying to make everybody else
have a good time, so everything was
passing off finely all through the
morning hours.
Following is list of prizes with
names of donors:
1st. Prize, reading-Knight Bros,
Handsome box paper.
End Prize. reading. ". Wilson
$3.50.
ard Prize. reading-Jas. McCutch-
en-s2.00.
1st. Prize. arithmctic-P. M. Pitts
s2.5O.
End Prize. arithmetic-Sibert's Drug
Store-Fountain Pen.
1st. Prize, history-D. ]. Chandler
Clothing Co-s5.O0.
2nd. Prize, history-.H. A. Moses
$500.
1st. Prize, Geography-Osteen Pub
fishing Company-S9,00.
1st. Prize, WrItlng-H. ID. Barnett
$500.
1st. Prize Declaimer's Contest
Lucisn Strauss $500 Model Incu-
bator.
End. Prize Declaimer's Contest-Dr.
w. E. Mills-s2.O0.
1st. Prize. Sewing-Parrott's Book
Store-Order.
End Prize. Sewing Everybody's
Store-Order.
Best Loaf Bread-L. w. Folsom
Jewelry Box
Best Biscuit--Sumter Hardware Co
Order.
Best Pound Butter-Ducker & Built
man-s2.50.
Best Cake-M. b. Randle-Order.
Best Runner-C. NJ. Hurst-$2.5O.
End Best Runner-M. Green-Or-
der.
Standing High Jump-McCallum
Realty Company-$2.5o.
Running High Jump--McCallum
Realty Cmpany-$2.50.
Best Broad Jump-King's Cigar
Store-Catcher's Mask.
Best Plain Plow Stock-Dr. ]. H.
Morse.
Best Axe Handle-Levi Bros-$5. 90.
Best Cotton Basket-H. j. McLaur-
In Jr.-$o.OO.
Best Sedge Broom-Bultman Bros.
Order
Best Hoe Handle-DuRant Hard
| ware Co-Order.
Best Free Hand Drawing (Girls)-
Schwartz Bros-Order.
Best Free Hand Drawing (Boys)-
Mrs. Belser-Order
Best Speller 1st Grade--C. G.
Smith-$1.O0.
Best Spcllcr End Gradc-G. L..
| Warrcn-$1.OO
Best Speller 3rd Gradc-The Sa-
vny-$1.0O.
Best Spcllcr, 18th Gradc-Horacc
/ Ilarhy-$1.OO.