The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-04-17


county. was a great success despite
the fact that rain began falling early
In the morning and steady down
pour continued through the whole Of
the morning. There were more than
{ 500 children present from the rural
schools OF the county and a great
many trustees, patrons. teachers and
other persons interested in education
nj work.
The day was success not only I'm
spcint of attendance. but was also a
success I'm that II showed the ability
Hof pupils TO do many kinds of indus
trial work and TO do IL we'll. 1t also
>showed In a marked way what schools
deserved praise and what class Of
work thoy were turning out. There
were thicty-odd contests OF various
kinds and many contestants i'm each Of
them. the winners I'm most cases COM
mg out first by narrow margin.
During the morning the school con-
tests were held In the county court
( house and I'm the afternoon the ath-
fetic contests were pulled off on the
court house grounds. the rain having
let up about 2 o'clock and in time for
b, these events To come off as scheduled.
10 add to the enjoyment and social
feature Of the occasion a big bask IT
picnic was successfully served TO the
multitude of small children In the
court house. the tables which had
, been prepared on the grounds for this
fpose proving unavaiing I'm the
n This feature was one which was
vsfy m6Sh enjoyed ey ihc Young foiAs.
nor did older persons present refuse
to eat OF the tempting dishes which
we're spread out before them.
Mr.. w. NJ. Scott. principal Of the
Sumter high school for boys. acted as
chairman OF the proceedings and sue
cessfuliy carried out his part OF the
program. Committees had charge ..
the examinations I'm the various school
contests and each committee did its
work promptly and there was abso-
iutely no disorder or confusion dur
ing any part OF the execution OF the
program.
The Bethel school. OF which Mr.. VI.
vi. Brunson. recent graduate Of
Clemson College. IL principal. and
Misses Marie Garner and Lucy Pugh
are assistants. showed that IL was do
ing excellent work among Its pupils.
for this school won every contest in
which the prize was awarded through
competitive examinations. except In
three cases In the spelling contests
although this school won seven out II
ten prizes offered for spelling. The
individuals winning the greatest num-
Der Of prizes were Ernest Kolb Of the
Bethel School and James Dabbs OF the
Salem school. one of them taking off
four prizes and the other five. Dabbs
winning four In the athletic contests
and Kolb winning all of his In the
school contests.
The exhibits OF hoe handles. single
trees. and cotton baskets were excel.
lent. being as good as the manufact-
ured articles In most cases. The dis
plays OF cooking. biscuits. cakes
loaves OF bread. and the pats Of butter
were also good. The displays alonp
this line were probably as good a:
any ever seen az county fair I'm this
state and In some cases much bet.
ter.
During the morning. while the
judges were making their decisions r
the various contests short addresses
were made by MesSrs. ]. Frank VIII
liams. T.. w. Dabbs and a. v. Smell
Messrs. :. NJ Clarkson. county super
intendent of Richland county. and
Col. q. J. Bond superintendent Of tn,
Citadel at Charleston. who were tc
have been tho guests cf honor. wcr,
prevented from coming.
One or the prizes. the winner oi
which was announced School Day
that was eagerly sought by n large
number of contestants was that offer
ed hy The city National Gank. for
tho best composition on diversified
farming. The prlzo. s25 I'm cash. was
won by James Dabbs Of tho Salem
school. n son of n. w. Dabbs. prcsl.
dent Of the state Farmers Union.
Mr. H. L. scarborough I'm announc-
ing the winner OF prizes stated that
three ~ the compositions were ex.
ceptionally good. II was only by very