The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-04-10
SCHOOL DAY announcement.
LIST OF PRIZES OFFERED AND
BY WHOM THEY ARE Do
NATED--MANY CON-
TESTANTS.
Contests Will Begin Promptly at 1O:3O
saturday Morning and Everybody
Should BE- ON Time-Parents and
Children Must Bring Baskets for
Picnic Dmner-Number Of Speak
ers.

been arranged and the committee in
charge of the event is now ready to
handle the crowd and the contest in
such way as to make everything
during the day pass off pleasantly
and without unnecessary disorder or
delay in any feature Of the days
events.
The contests will begin promptly
at 1890 in the morning and all those
who expect to take part in any Of
these contests must be on hand at
this time, so that there will be no
confusion resulting from de-
lays. Last year everything connected
with the execution Of the program
was carried through successfully and
as the members OF the committee
have learned by last years experience,
II Is probable that their plans will be
executed much more easily than
then. Last year a crowd Of nearly
fifteen hundred children and grown
people were on the grounds to enjoy
the occasion. This year the plans
have been slightly elaborated and en-
iarged and 1t Is expected that at least
1000 persons will be present to take
part In the School Day exercises or
to lend their approval to this plan for
interesting the children and public
in educational work in the county.
The parents and children, while
! they are requested to be on hand in
time are also requested by the COM
mittee to bring baskets. so that the
big picnic dinner will be success.
The crowd will be a big one and it
will take a correspondingly large
amount Of picnic dainties to feed all
Of them. 1t Is the wish Of the COM
mittee that everybody bring baskets
well filled with provisions. SO that
there will be no chance Of the little
folks going away from the table hun
cry. A committee Of ladies will be
in cnarge of the baskets and tables
and can be found in the rear Of the
court house. where they will take
charge Of the baskets and relieve
those who bring them Of the trouble
Of having to look after the dinner
themselves.
The committee. through Mr.. Scott,
who has had the active work to do,
wishes to thank the people OF Sumter
who contributed the prizes for the oc-
casion without which the day would
not have proved a success. Mr. Scott
states that the committee is very
much gratified at the interest taken
In the event. by the people Of the city
and the willingness with which they
have offered their services and gladly
given the prizes they were asked to
give. The spirit Of all Of the citizens
who were approached on this matter
Is something most commendable and
the committee feels highly elated at
the outlook because Of this assistance
and interest which has been shown in
the securing of prizes for the contest
| ants. knowing that with this spirit
shown all the way through, the oc-
cas!on is bound to be the success that
they wish to make and that IL ought
to be.
In the contests there are many more
entries than there were last year.
Practically every school in the county
Is represented I'm the contests and
| generally several children from each
| school are entered. The chief inter-
est I'm the school contests proper lies
| in the declaimer's contest. There are
between fifteen and twenty contest
| ants In this event and the boy or girl
who gets the ten dollar gold piece
which Is offered as prize will have
4 to he n good declaimer. In the af-
ternoon the athletic contests will
take place. Messrs. III. +. Moses f.. y.
DuRant and A. Il. Theis having been
l selected as judges for these events.
The school contests will take place In
the morning i'm the court house and
the prizes will probably be given out
In the afternoon after the athletic
contests. Dinner will he served at
about 1870 to 900 o'clock in picnic
style. everybody eating together out
on the grounds.
| The speakers. of whom there are
several, will make some short talks
on various matters connected with
educational work and along educa-
tional lines. Among those to he pres
ent To make these talks are Miss
Marie Cromer OF Aiken. who has been