Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-04-25
Inter=High School Contest.
A Great Day For Education. Visiting
Delegates Were Royalty Entertained.
Next Contest Will Be Held in Americas.

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the Third Congressional District technically the inter
High School Contest of the Third Congressional District in
this city Friday D. and Saturday last was the event
of the seasons entertainments
The Enterprise should have devoted page to the
occasion in its Saturday ISSUE but sudden and unex
peced call to the United States Court found us unprepareo
and those on whom depended to furnish the copy failed
us utterly That however is the merest incident Which
but few Enterprise readers interested AS to the contest
itself it was immense
1t attracted to the city quite number OF important
personages educators from every town IN the dstrc
CONSPICUOUS among them j. W. Blvns, County School
Commissioner Cordele A. G. Miller Supt Public Schools
Americas; Aldne Pound Supt Public Schools Waycross
The first feature of the occasion was the reception
of the visitors roya great impressive and characteristic
of Fitzgerald Many business houses decorated and
40 of our accommodating automobiles with their cars
bedecked in streamers and coors in line at the A.
B. & A. station on the arrival of the 800 p train on
which most of the visitors to the city.
The Owl Band played popular airs while everybody
else welcomed those who had participate in the
The visitors taken thirty minutes ex-
curson about the of the city and around the live
mile drive In every direction the speeding cars were IN
evidence with their decorations loaded with the happy
visitors who evidently appreciated the splendid welcome
to the colony city.
The excursionists assembled at the high school
building at about four o'clock where the business session
ofthe meeting was held and which officers for the en-
suing year were elected resulting in the election OF Pro
lessor A. G. Miller of Americas, president; H. NJ Richard
son of Montezuma vice PRESIDENT E. Sans OF Fitzgerald
secretary Americas named as the place for the
next contest
After the business meeting the visitors were given
the freedom of the town. and the happy greetings OF
Genuine welcome extended to tn individual
delegates judges and contestants and they made to
realiz the full meaning of the word hospitality The
spirits of the guests and hosts exemped in the ideal
weather
An early supper was the order of the day, and at
o'clock the great Superior court of the county court
house was filled overowing and to the last foot OF
standing room Chairman Turner of the city School Board
opened the meeting with few remarks when President
Miller of Americas took charge of the program and with
out the loss of moment the several dozen contestants
were invited to report in turn by numbers. Each
of which was heartily cheeed preponderance ofthe
pIause coming from the school children present.
There were five contestants in defamation, six in
recitation and seven in music. The judges were Mrs.
Edward Hines of Milledgevile, Miss Mary Duggan of
Forsyth Miss Annie Lord of Ocilla Miss Kate Long of
Macon and Prof. Aldine Pound of Waycross.
The judges not supposed to know the names
of any the contestants and to be free of interest in
the results jury Keeping by figures they retired
after the last recitation and quickly made their report
The first prize in defamation by perhaps the
Youngest contestant Willie Dews Miller the Il year old OF Sup
Miller the Americas schools and president of the association He
easy and indeed prodigy The second went
to Emory Asvvel of Cochran, third prize B. Kelly Cordee
Music; FIRST went to Miss Corme Stills Of Americus; Miss
mogene Mcbride Of Ohorpe the second prize while the third
was taken by Miss Lucy Powell of Cochran.
The first prize recitation went to Cochran also, the talented
Miss Fannie Dykes capturing that price, the second went Miss
Helen REYNOLDS Rochelle the third Miss Mildred Lde of Ame-
nearly eleven o'clock when the exercises closed at the
court house. be resumed the city High School building Saturday
morning clock where the essays of the heard
by the same committee Of judges In that the first prize
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