The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-04-10

has as her assistants Misses Hollie
Welborn aud Eugenia Hentz. Second
honors In the parade contest went
to the Honea Path school, CT which
Prof. B. e. Giyens is principal. He
has as his assistants Misses Julia
Moffett. Lizzie assaway, Leila Thomp-
son, Ollie Orme Adams, Emma Glass;
away, Leila V. Edwards. Lena Flow
ers. Helen Blackman, Lola Anderson
and Annie b. Arnold.
Third place was awarded Flat
Rock school, of which Miss Kate
Shirley, is principal. She has as her
assistant Miss Pet Tate.
The Tomato Club.
Probably the prettIest feature OF
the parade. one which brought ap-
plause from the onlookers, was the
squad OF tomato club girls. This work
is supervised by Miss jamie C.. Gar
lington and enlisted I'm the work are
girls from all sections CT the county.
The girls were dressed yesterday In
blue frocks, with white aprons and
white caps. On the sides OF their caps
they wore large red tomatoes cut
from paper and carried In their hands
small baskets filled with limitations of
tomatoes.
With the parade over, hundreds of
pupils and grown people repaired tc
Anderson College, where the contest
were staged. These contests were in
defamation, reading, arithmetic and
spelling. After these were over din,
ner was served on the spacious col
lege campus, and in the afternoon
came the athletic contests While thu
exercises were N progress hundreds
of people viewed the splendid exhibits
which had been arranged In the colon
ades connecting the main building
with the two dormortoYies.
The DeciamatTOns.
Upon assembling in the college au-
ditorinm, brief opening exercises we're
held, consisting of prayer by Rev. w.
Z. kirkland, editor of the Southern
christian AdoVate, and an address OF
welcome by County Superintendent of
Education FELTON,, and President Kin
ard OF the college. Several musical
numbers were rendered by the Colleg,
Glee Club, which were enjoyed ana
applauded. s-.
Tha. portion OF the exercises claim
Ing most attention, was the decIama-
ton contest, which was engaged in by
l5 girls and IL boys, representing as
many schools. Judging from the
ease ami ability displayed by the
speakers there will be no dearth of
orators In Anderson county for many
years to come. 1t was no easy mat
ter for the judges 10 decide upon the
winners, but the two medals, one for
the girls and one. for the boys, were
wen by little Miss Ruth Parker who
recited James Whitcomb Filey's
poem Little Orphan Annie" in a
most captivating manner "Indepen-
dence Bell' was tn esubject of the
defamation which won for Master
Louis Gambrell the medal for Inc
boys. Eelila Singleton, OF Starr won
the second place for the girls, and
Master Maxwell Green, for the boys.
Rev. w. C. Kirkland. DR.. Jas. p.
Kinard and w. w. Smoak acted as
the judges. Their decision and the
presentation of medals was made by
Mr.. Smoak.
The following is a list OF the de-
Chalmers and the subject of their de-
| clamations:
Rose Knox-"Country Eggs"
John Pepper-"Cowardly Jim
Maxwell Green-'The Village
Blacksmith.
Clarence McGill-"Jack's Big Sis
ter"
Lucy Sloan Slower Sweet June"
Ellison -''Thanatopsic.
Lewis Independence
BILL"
Ethel Adatanay-"A Kentucky
Green Watermelon.
Annie Wiles-"The Dead Pussy
Cat"
j. P. Campbell-"Two Little Out
casts Plea"
Mable Burdett-"Counting Eggs"
Howard NJ. ReeNes-"The Confed-
! crate Soldier-The Hero or Dixie"
Marie. Wilson-"The Gamblers
Wife" ~
Leila Singleton-"The Bridge
Keepers story"
Many Vandiver-"The Dandellon.
Mammie Entertaining Big
Sisters Bean"
Mae McAllster-"Lord Melin's
Daughter"
Ruth Parker-"Little Aspirant An
ME-" ~
Charles Gambrell-"The Dedication
of Gettsburgh Cemetery"
Edith Naughty Girl in
Hotel"
Annie Hill-"Who Is She?'
Harris Holcombe-"The Train
Misses.
Charlie Durham-"E "Eulogy of South
Carolina"
Clyde Emerson-"T Strength of
Faith."' sget
Parker Bowie--"Sword of Lee."
Mamie Kilgore-"Curfew must not
Ring Tonight"
Edith Parker-"The 'Possum. and
Why His Tail is Bare"
Other Contests.