The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-04-22

L. b. Fraser, both of them inter-
esting and very appropriate for the
occasion. Mr.. Robertson welcomed
the visitors to Sumter with fitting
words, saying that people Of the coun-
ty made the city and 1t was q home
for one as much as the other lie
dwelt on the need Of good citizens and
showed that the only way to get good
citizens was by educating the chill
dren.
Justice Fraser made a short talk.
He named the four things which made
the school success in the COM
munity. He stated that there was
good superintendency. good teaching,
good material in the schools and there
must be good training by the par
ents to make the fourth requisite for
successful education. These four must
cooperate with each other and by
working together they could make
Sumter county one of the most ad-
vanced in educational matters in the
State. He mentioned the fact that
Sumter people were proud of their
schools, but there was still room for
improvement and they must not rest
until they had the very best that could
bo had.
The day was all that those in charge
Of the School Day could have wish
ed for. 1t was warm and pleasant
and this added to the pleasure Of the
occasion for the visitors.
change from former progtams
was the omission of the general pic
mic dinner, each school having pro-
vided dinner for its own pupils and
patrons.
The events Of the morning passed
of quietly. There was some. delay in
forming the parade and this conse-
QIently put the test behind the time
for them. but otherwise there was no
delay.
In the afternoon the first feature
was the announcement Of the winners
in the various mental contests of the
moring. This announcement was made
by Prof. s. III. Edmunds and was the
occasion of much jubilation on the
part OF the winning pupils and schools.
The next contest was the old time
spelling bee. Twenty or more school
children were lined up and made to
spell the most difficult words in the
text book. All of them were good
spoilers. but they had TO meet defeat
after time, when hard words after
hard words popped at them. Fin
ally the spelling team were dwindled
down to four. and these four SEEM
ed capable OF spelling any word in the
book. Finally it dwindled down to
three. then two and soon one Of those
left missed a word he had already
spelled once before and little Miss
Daisy Allen OF the Winn schol was
left standing the champion speller of
all of the pupils in the county schools
The prize was a Victrola given by the
Str tCr Victrola Company for the
benefit OF the school, This contet
was heard with great interest by many
OF III" friends of the pupils i'm it and
excited great deal of interest.
AT the same time the spelling bee
was going on the athletic contests
were being held on the court house
grounds. These also excited great in
terest and were watched by hundreds
of men. women and children. They
were conducted by DR.. Il. p. DuRant
and Mr.. IL. G. Lord and passed off
most successfully.
The prizes were awarded as fol-
lows:
Best Banner-Dalzell School. Miss
Dorothy Napier and Mrs. Harold
Bradley, teachers.
Best Booth-Dalzell School.
schools in various classes winning
South Carolina State flags for largest
number Of prizes-Bcthcl, four
teacher school; Dalzell. two teacher
school; Winn. one-teachcr school.
Defamation. Boys)-Frank Will
son. Mayesvillc: (Girls)-Janic
montgomery. Mayesvilc.
idterdry Contests; Spelling, grade,
Catherine Furman and Eugene Gcd-
dinss' Bethel, tied; grade, Margaret
Cooper. Mayesvillc; grade. May
Cooper. Mayesvihc and Mamie Wells
Bethel. tied; grade, Helen Allen,
Belts; grade, Franklin White. Con-
cord. Annie May Boykin. Dalzell. tied,
s grade. Marion Dwight. Argyle: Z
grade, Ellen Foxworth, Oswego. and
John Parker, Dalzcll, tied: grade. !