Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-04-14

Day and School Fair held at Wal
halla last Friday. 1t was great
day, viewed from every angle. There
were from $500 20 1000 visitors in
town during the day, this number
of course including the participating
and non-participating school chill
dren Of the county.
In the oratorical contest held at
the Walhalla High School Audito-
rum Friday night the winner was
Pritchard Payseur, Of Westminster,
first place; Ellison Smith, Of Wal
halla, second place; Bruce Lynch, of
Blue Ridge, third. The winners of
first and second places were pre-
sented with handsome medals.
There were upward of 1000 peo-
pie in the auditorium audience Fri
day night, the largest assemblage in
the building so far All seats were
sold long before the hour for the
contest began, and when the seating
capacity, first floor and gallery, had
been exhausted, there was a general
rush for purchase of standing room
accommodation.
Winning Contestants.
III the various events, other than in
the oratOrical contest, are given be
low:
Winner Of banner for most points
Westminster.
Winner Of l0-dollar gold piece for
best marching-Westmin
Winner Of South Carolina flag for
prettiest banner-Walhalla.
Literary Contests.
Map rawing-Gertrude Ramey.
Westminster, 1st; Walter Reaves,
Westminster. I'd; Willie Brandt,
Walhalla, Sd.
Reading-Julian Cross, Westmin-
ster, 1st; Ethel Rhodes, Seneca, I'd;
Clara George, Keowee, 3D.
Writing, Glass A-Carolyn Rog-
ers, Walhalla, 1st; Elizabeth Pc
den, Westminster, ID; Maggie Jones.
Tabor, Sd.
Writing, Glass B-Ruby Spear
man, Oconee Mill, 1st; Emily Mar
ett, Seneca, I'd; Walter Duckworth,
Glue Ridge, Sd.
Spelling, Glass A-Mary Stead
man, Clemson College, 1st: Adde
Mae Boggs, Westminster, I'd; Annie
Strutton, Walhalla, Sd.
Spelling, Glass B--Mae Garrison,
Picket Post, 1st; Louise Singleton,
Oakway, I'd; Eta Adams, Bounty
Land, Sd.
Arithmetic, Glass Awkward Lee.
Long Creek 1st; Rosa 'MdMahan,
Fairview, I'd; Lillian Carter, West
minister, Sd
Arithmetic, Glass ) Eunice
White, Walhalla, 1st; Alice Adams,
Seneca, I'd; II. b. Gilbert, Westmin-
ster, Sd.
Composition, Glass A-Grace
Beard, Walhalla, 1st; Mary Foster,
Westminster, I'd; Mary Hines, SEN
eoa. Sd.
Composition, Glass B-Maron
Kay, Westminster, 1st; Annie Busch,
Walhalla, I'd; Vera Coe, Richland
Sd.
Domestic Art.
Uarned Hose-Carrie McMahan.
Richland, 1st; Lula McGuffin, Oak
Grove. ID; Bertie NJ. Rhyme, West
minister, Sd.
Patch--Salena DuBose, Blue
Ridge, 1st; Mertie Thrift, Long
Creek, I'd; Lucia Nimmons, Seneca,
Sd.
Button Holes-St. Clair Hopkins,
Seneca, 1st; Ploma Martin, Walhal-
la, I'd; Bessie Grant, Earle's Grove.
Sd.
House WorkApron-Verner Spen-
Ger, Madison, lst; Roxie Gibson,
Providence, ID; Maggie Jones, Ia
bor, 3D.
Embroidered Centerpiece-Dai
liesse, Walhalla, 1st; Mary Single
ton, Westminster, ID; Thelma West
moreland, Walhalla, Sd.
Yard of Crochet-Sue Nimmons,
Seneca, 1st; Nettie Hubbard, Rich
and, I'd; Pauline Singleton, Tabor,
Sd.
Yard OF Tatting-Bertie Lawrence,
Westminster, 1st; Jennie Richey.
Earlc's Grove, I'd; Mary Lyle, Oak
Grove, Sd.
Dressed Doll-Samilee Breazeale.
Westminslo". 1st; Eleanor Keese.
Westminster, I'd; Annie Wilson,
Walhalla, Sd.
Six Iland-Hemmed Table Napkins
-BeatriX Gribble, Walhalla, 1st;