The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-03-22
FAIRMONT NEWS LETTER
Program OF Preliminary Commence.
.ment of Fairmont District to he
Held March PTS Schools Will
Take Part-Prizes Are Offered
Personal Mention


Personal Mention
correspondence of The Robesonian.
Fairmont, March 21-Nrs. w. T..
Sledge and Mrs. F. H. Pittman left
tuesday, morning for Greensboro.
Where they will attend the 9th an
nual session OF the Woman's Mission
ary union of North Carolina.-Miss
Elsie Flowers, music teacher of the
airmont graded school, was called
70 her home, Waycross, Ca, Tuesday
on al account OF her mothers illness
MRS. Edwin Wright of Boardman is
visiting her mother, Mrs. W. r
| Grantham.-Messrs. Joe Worlev onJ
Ott. Reaves Of Gretna, Va. are snend.
ing a few days in town.
Preparations for the nrelin,inarv
commencement of the Fairmont dis
trlet, which will be held here on
March 27, are nearing completion and
there isevery indication that it will
be. a success. Eighteen schools of
this district will take part in this pre-
nmnary and record-breaking crowd
is expected. u
One OF the features of the dav will
be the parade of the school children
VINO will form line in front of the
school building at IL o'clock Tues
day morning and after marchino
through the main streets of the town
led by the East Lumberton hand
Will assemble at the Robeson tobac.
co warehouse, where they will sing
"America".
TO add to the interest of the occas
lon,. number of the merchants anc
business men Of the town are offer
ing prizes to the winners in the va
r1ous contests, exhibits, and athleti,
: events and also to the school hayine
= the best-drilled line in the parade.
Much interest centers in the de
y clamation and recitation contest O
the, Fairmont district, which will
: be held in the Fairmont school aud
- 1torlum Monday night, March 26, at
o'clock. Each school is entitled t
. one contestant in the defamation an
one in the recitation contest. TIL
elementary and high school spellin
= contests, in which each school is al
y so entitled to one contestant, and th
ei various exhibits, both literary an
- industrial, will be held in the Rot
= eson tobacco warehouse, while tn
= athletic contests will be held o
Main street. A baseball game b,
= tween Fairmont and one Of the neigl
:: boring towns is being planned for tt
l. afternoon.
N The program for the prelimina,
y commencement of the Fairmont di
iel trict is as follows:
ID Monday, Mar. 26, 8 p. M, scho
" Observation-Disclosures and recit.
" tion concontests.
,yl Tuesday, March p, II a. mp;
le M rade of school children, beginning
" school grounds.
ie IL o'clock-Elementary spellir
N contest-Robeson tobacco warehous
or 1880 p. NJ. High school spellir
ne p. m. Recess.
n n street. Ql 100 yard dash, (2) 2:
n, yard run, 81 44O yard run, (4) stan
Tn ing high jump, (5) running his
tte jump, (6) running broad jump, {
ne $3.50 p. m. Baseball game.
nd Prizes will be offered as follow
1g 1. For the best exhibit of one, tw
and three-teacher schools; 2. One
d. the best literary exhibit; 8. One f
r. the best industrial exhibit.
p Mrs. F. L. Mitchell of Oxford
::e. visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
he S. Floyd.-Mrs. C. D. Baker and MI
m, D. C. Lassiter were Lumberton vi
as itors Tuesday.
he The Young Peoples Missionary S
We ciety of the Methodist church W
x serve sandwiches, coffee, and crea
Tuesday, March 27, at the Robes
n tobacco warehouse for Ehe bene1
RI of the church.
he Miss Catherine Mclean of McDo
nd aid spent Wednesday in town wi
Nv her sister Miss Bessie Mclean.