The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-04-09

county. Around eight thousand peo-
pie gathered here for the third an
nual county commencement. The
occasion had been looked forward to
for months by thousands of school
boys and girls and others IS we'll and
early in the morning the folks be- !
gan to a'rrive-some walking, others
riding on wagons, carts, buggies, BIZ
cycles, automobiles-and special !
trains operated over all the railroads /
leading into Lumberton brought
thousands of people. While perhaps
larger crowds have gathered on SIM
liar occasions, never has one been a
grander success in every respect. The
cay will ltng be remembered--ana
pleasantly so-by the thousands who
were here.
Nearly 2,5OO Children in Parade
The first thing on the program
and one Of the special features Of the
occasion was the parade, in which
| near 2 thousand hundred school chill
dren marched. The parade started from
the graded school building at II a.
m, and marched Seventh street to
Elm, down Elm to Second, then across
to Chestnut end up Che smut to Sew
enth and back to the starting point
! The parade was headed by Chief Mar
i shall ]. B. Bowen and twenty other
mounted marshals The marshals were
> riding steeds which seemed to have
5 the spirit of the occasion as they
) pranced. Next following the mar
shals was an automobile in which
several U. S. soldiers were seated.
t This auto was draped in U. S. flags.
:, Then came a beautiful pine float pre-
: pared by the East Lumberton school
Just behind this was the East Lum-
= berton band, which furnished music
: for the occasion. There were 33
schools which carried banners in the
? parade. These in their order Of march
S We're: Jennings cotton mill Gall the
pupils riding on beautiful automo
! bile float), Lumberton graded anC
t high school, Glennwood, Philadelphus
high and farm-life school, East Lum
= berton, Smiths, Broad Ridge, Raj
4 Swamp, Orrum high school, Nye
Oakton, Marietta, Bethesda, Proctor
S vile, Iona, Fairmont high school
e Long Branch, Oak Ridge, Antioch
: Regan, West Lumberton, Meadows
Cedar Grove, Saddle Tree, Smyrna
d White Pond, Ten Mile, Tabernacle
: Centerville, Mcleod, Mt. Eliam. Man
' of the children carried U. S. flag
II and yelled for their respectiv
schools.
n Dandy Floats
: There was number of beautifu
IL and attractive floats in the parade
r One that coused much favorabl
comment was an automobile floa
= resembling a battleship on which tn
senior class of Lumberton high schoe
is were riding. The boys were dresse
in sailor uniforms. A number of i'm
st itation guns were placed upon tn
h float and it resembled very much
l. real battleship. The boat was fly
ing the U. S. flag. Perhaps no pal
Of the parade created more intere:
than did real live deer which marcl
ed along with the children. The dee
Up belongs to Mr.. J. D. McAllister {
I'd Lumberton and marched along {
though he had been trained for tt
e. occasion.
t. While all the children marche
g. we'll, the prize, S5 in gold, offere
al by Mr.. H. E. Stacy for the scho
en- making the best appearance in II
ID. parade, taking into consideration tt
nd marching and order, was awarded tt
n East Lumberton school. The iudg
st of this contest were Mrs. w. P. M
" Allister and Messrs. Robert Chaff
o. and Fred Brown.
or Spelling Contests
de Immediately after the parade t
spelling contests took llace in t
I'D high school auditorium. There W
h a number of contestants. The co
We test was conducted by Prof. +.
M Sentelle, superintendent of the Lul
~ T T11(
MS May McCallum of the Rowland era
it ed school won the prize, $3.50 IN go
offered by Mr.. C. B. Skipper for +
winner in the elementary spelll
contest, and Mr. Worth M'White
at the Ten Mile school won the $3.50
lay gold offered b. Mr.. NJ. w. Floyd
at entering the spelling contests spe
ent ed we'll and there was much inter-
manifest in the contests A Gro
that filled the auditorium to ov
flowing heard the contest.
the Diplomas Awarded 176 Students
yht After the smelling contest diplon
The we're awarded 176 boys and girls W
m had completed the seventh grs
work this wear. Those who recei1
diplomas we're:
sed Mcdonald school-D. c. Fat
ub- Freda Faulk, John Worth Hall, E
les Hall, Cornie P. Hall.
ond Meadow school-Crowson Bry
vas, Frank Bryan.
nty Rozier No. 2 miss Daisy Mach
Dad teacher)-Hampton Fisher, Cha
The Rozier.
by Tabernacle high school-Harl
one Kinlaw, Harvey Kinlaw. Elizab
KEY Kinlaw. Carson Blackwell.
The Saddle Tree school-Mae Pow
son, Pearl Prevatt, Virginia Humphrey
mes. Oakdale &C. A. Waldrop princir
ia Ken Morgan.
was Clybourne miss Black)-Ambl
Prevatt.
Rozier No. 1 (Anderson Britt
ack- Fannie Britt. Walter Britt, Dous
at Britt, Sallie Holden.
for Antioch-Elliott Smith, Blar
Britt. Furah Britt, Aline Melvin,