The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-12
FIFTEEN CHECKS FORWARDED BY AGE-HERALD TO THE
 WINNERS OF "S WORD" CONTEST ANNOUNCED LAST SUNDAY
Remarkable Interest Shown in Word Contest Wine Ap- proval of Well-Known
 Educators


 Educators
 All of the checks in The Age Herald's "S-Word" contest have now gone forward to the winners announced last Sunday, The sue cessful 15 were as follows; Clifton Matson, BOP Miller
 street, Pratt City, first $i ,000.o0 Mrs. c. M. Winslett, Bon
 Air; second .....,.,, 5000 Mrs. J. w. Powell, Flor
 onco, third ..,...... 3oo.oo C. M. Barrier, P. O. box Q No. 342, West Jackson
 Miss. fourth ....,. 10000 Geo. w. Tinney, 1221
 American Trust Bldg,
 City, fifth .......... 15.0O Katherine Holt, 1929 11th
 Ave-, S., Birmingham;
 sixth ............... 5000 Merit D. Street, 1O1 Mar
 win Hill, Anniston; sew
 enth ......,........ oo.UO Mrs. James M. Hutchins,
 Huntsville; eighth .... 5000 Mrs. R. s. Moon, 225
 Owen Ave-, Bessemer; Mrs. L. P. McCurdy, l Burnsville; tenth ...7.. 2.o0l B. A. Kincaid, Route No. | l, Dallas, Ga.; eleventh 200 Harold T. Godfrey, 317
 Clayton St., Montgom- f cry; twelfth ......... 3O.O1l Mrs. C. w. Taylor, 1130 s. 18th St., Birming- ham; thirteenth ...., 200 Mrs. C. H. Drury, Route 5, Box 83, Greensboro;
 fourteenth ...... 200 Joseph J. Paitis, 545 N.
 32d St., Chicago, H.;
 fifteenth 200 Even though the famous contest has been closed for week, there is still the greatest interest in the win ners and what they propose to with their money.
 But the greatest feature of the contest was it's educational value. Leading educators of the city have said that there has never before been anything which did so much fer education in so short space of time.
 A man was in a downtown store last week and bystander asked him the meaning of word. q don't know," he said, "but if it be- gan with an s. 1 could tell you"
 AS an indication of the universal interest in the contest, nearly 10000 lists of words beginning with the letter "s' were sent in to the con- test manager. Men, women and children were interested. Hundreds of them bored over the dictionaries. Waiting lines were established at the public library, where contest = ants wanted to consult the different dictionaries there. Letters of in- quiry poured in by the score. School children entered into the spirit of 1 the contest with zest. People of all ages were taught new things about the English language.
 Furthermore, it was one of the most satisfied 10000 people to be found. They all seemed to feel that the best man had won and that the efforts he put forth deserved to win. There was universal regret that the sec ond prize winner had failed to qualify her list and consequently drew but $3O when so little more effort would have Drought her check for $500.
 During the three weeks the contest was Tn progress it seemed to be in the mind of everyone. People talked about their lists on the streets, in the clubs, in the homes, in the schools, in the shop, wherever they were gathered together. It was this feat ure of the contest that gained it such ap- proval from educators, for they knew the knowledge that was given imparted day by day.
 The judges who made the final awards were Judge Hugh A. Locke, chancellor of Jefferson county; Frazier Banks, assistant superintendent of schools of Birmingham, and Thomas Bowron, vice president of the First National Bank of Birmingham. Of course, the judges were unable to go over each of the 10000 lists of words personal ly and a corps of certified school teachers was assigned the task of checking over the lists, sitting out those which were most nearly perfect and then placing their work in the hands of the final judges for their decision