The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1920-02-25
FIELD DAY WILL BE
GREAT EVENT HERE
List of Prizes Offered-BOys and
Girls of County Expecting
Great Time.

Lincoln County Field Day exer-
cises will be held this year on Fri
day, March 10th, at Brookhaven.
Preliminary or Beat contests are now
being held all over the county to
choose the contestants for the round
| up in Brookhaven. Every school boy
has the ambition to represent his
school in some manly sport, while
the girls of county and town are
| striving for the honor of being nrst
in music or elocution.
Mr.. F. Eugene Montgomery, the
able chairman of the Field Day Com
mittee, has been hard at work and
with the assistance of Supt. L. Rus
sell Ellzey and corps of able lieu
tenants chosen from the teaching
staff of the county, has aroused
much interest in the coming event,
and promises to make March 18th q
day long to be remembered by the
young people of the county, and the
honor of winning FIRST place" in any
event an honor indeed.
Interest has Jagged in the Field
Day for several years past and re-
vival of the old-time enthusiasm will
be welcomed by both pupils and pub
lie.
The solicitation committee has Sc
cured the following list of prizes,
which will be awarded in the differ
en- events as designated.
ATHLETIC EVENTS
100 yd. Dash-1st-S16.00 Shirt
and $500 silk tie by John McGrath
& Sons; 2nd-$5.00 cash by S. B.
McNair.
rs yard Dash-(14 year old Race)
1st-Boy's Axe by Brookhaven Hdw
Company; 2nd-$1.50 Prize by King
Drug Co.
SO pard dash-(10 year old race)
-1st-$2.00 cash by Laird & Day
Auto Co.; 2nd-$1.00 Candy by City
Bakery and soc tie by Racket Store.
220 yard run-1st-$7.50 pair
Shoes given by A. C. Seavey & Sons;
2nd-$S.O0 Photos by McPhadden
and $3.50 Knife by C. B. Perkins.
440 yard Run-1st-Razor by T.
E. Coker and pairs High Grade
Socks by A. e. Moreton, jr.; End
$3.50 prize by Price Drug Co.; 3rd
800 Tie by S. Lewenthal & Son.
II Mile Run-1st-$9.00 Pair
Shoes by Aylward's and Barber work
at Day & Sutton; 2nd-$4.00 prize
by P. L. Farrell; 3rd-$1.50 Knife
by The Leader.
1 Mile Misunderstanding Chair
by F. H. Hartman; 2nd-$3.00 prize
by Priebatsch; 3rd-Dinners $2.O0
at Bell Cafe; 4th-$1.50 Work by
Model Pressing Co.
High Jump-1st-$3.00 merchan-
disc by Sam Abrams and $500 by
Abrams Mercantile Co.; 2nd-$2.50
Merchandise by L. Cohn & Bros.
Broad Jump-1st-$5.00 cash by
w. M. Turnbough & Sons and $500
prize by Peoples Drug Co..; 2nd-
$3.50 Hat by Geo. Bowsky; 3rd-1
year subscription to The Leader.
Pole Yault-1st-$500 cash by
the Arcade and $1.25 at Douglass &
Case; 2nd-$3.00 Candy at Hoff-
mans; 3rd-4 Suits pressed at j.
| Berger's.
Relay Race-(440 yards)-1st-
$3.50 cash by r. Lee Moak, $3.50
cas- by R. C. Applewhite, $3.50 mer-
chandise by Hartman Mercantile Co.,
$3.50 prize by e. B. Guess; End
$1.00 Fruit at A. Damico, $1.00 friut
at Brookhaven Fruit Store, $1.00
prize Brookhaven Drug Co., $1.Q0
Lunch at Smiths Lunch Stand.
LITERARY.
Defamation - Gold Medal by
Brookhaven Bank & Trust Co.
Expression-Gold Medal by First
National Bank.
Music-Gold Medal by The Lead
ing Jeweler, Chas. D. Smith.
Spelling-(8th Grade or under)-
Prize given by Lincoln County Times.
Civil Government-$2.50 cash by
Teachers Association. English, Com
position. Arithmetic = Each $3.50
cash by Teachers Association.
Basket Ball games both Boys and
Girls-Basket Ball Each by Teach
ers Association. Best Girl player
pair nice hose by Teachers Asso-
citation.
Teachers Race.-$2.50 Cash by L.
Russell Ellzey.