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Page Sixteen BADIN bulletin contest. The water sports were in charge of Mr. A. J. Rice, while Chief Early acted as a starter, and the judges of the contest were Messrs. R. E. Parks, J. G. Taylor and H. C. Nash. It had been planned to have an old fashioned barbecue in the park at noon, but on account of the promoters of the “cue” not being able to secure the proper porkers, it was decided not to give it. The events of the afternoon with Mr. A. G. Moore heading the committee opened at the ball park at two o’clock with a hundred yard dash by the men. One of the most interesting of the sports was the running high jump, and the one to furnish the most fun was the ball-throwing contest of the ladies, which was won by Mrs. Devei’eaux, with Miss Whitley second. Some remarks were made about the way Mrs. Devereaux won, some saying that she took advan tage of the other married ladies in the contest by standing her husband in the field and throwing at him. Both Mrs. Devereaux and Miss Whitley have a wonderful “peg” and could easily secure a berth on the ladies’ ball team. A ball game between the local boys and the R. J. R. team of Winston-Salem furnished a splendid closing event. It was a wonderful game up to the eighth with the score tied at two and two, when a Winston man came to the bat and put one over the fence with two men on bases and ruined the whole game. Some little discussion took place about the man batting out of his order, but it was proven that he did not, so things went off smoothly. The evening opened with everybody at the movies, where a splendid pro gram of pictures was shown and put all the folks to laughing. The dance started at nine o’clock, and everyOne present voted that it was the best dance that has ever been given in Badin. The music was furnished by the Davis orchestra, of Winston-Salem, and was all that could be asked, it being exceed ingly tuneful and the time was perfect, and the players put a goodly quality of “jazz” into the evening. The tired but happy dancers drifted home in the wee hours of the morn, heavy eyed, but thoroughly happy after spending a wonderful day crowded with many pleasures. Much of the credit for the success of the day should be given to Mr, F. A. Cummings, Welfare Director of the Com pany, who labored hard to have the day filled with interesting sports that would please the throngs that were here. He was ably assisted by members of the American Legion, officials of the Com pany and business men of the town. The celebration would have done credit to any town in the State, and the suc cess of the occasion is lasting proof of the community spirit that exists in our town. May the day be long remembered. —C. M. Sturky in Badin Tribune Prize Winners in Independence Day Contest Water Sports—Morning, , The 100-yard canoe race was won by Withers Pannill and Earl Leinster, the competing canoe, with Messrs. Vann and Mangum paddling, having overturned near the goal while leading by several lengths. Several fine swimmers were shown in the swimming races, the 60-yard race for boys under 18 being won by R. C. Bizzell, first prize, and Wm. White, sec ond prize. The prizes in the 60-yard race for men were taken by R. V. Richards and P. E. Day, first and second respectively. In the 40-yard race for ladies, little Miss Elizabeth Pannill won first prize; Mrs. Thorpe taking second. The log race was won by Wm. White. In the watermelon race the largest num bers w’ere picked up by J. Vann, who got four beauties; E. Erb, three; and L. G. Daniel, four. In the long distance swim for men, Jas. Vann came out first, with R. V. Richards a good second. Field Sports—Afternoon The first event, the 100-yard dash, was won by J. T. Jackson; W. T. Hund ley being second. Sixteen boys entered for the 300-yard relay race. The team composed of Alpheus White, Ralph White, Basil Mil ton, and J, D. Black won by a comfort able margin. In the girls’ race, Elizabeth Ross first, and Dorothy Frazier second came in for the prizes. After their burst of speed, the girls challenged the boys for a relay race, but lack of time prevented the ar rangement of the match. R. P. Rees won the running broad jump, with a record of 18 feet, 4’/^ inches. J. T. Jackson was second, with 18 feet, inches. The standing broad jump was also won by Mr. Rees, his jump of 9 feet, inches being too much for the others. Mr. Parks, how ever, made 9 feet, inch, and won sec ond prize. Mr. Woodall, of the Winston Ball Team, entered the High Jump, and tied for first place with J. T. Jackson, at 5 feet, 1 inch. All the entrants did well in this event, Messrs. Pai’ks, Rees, Bla lock, and Erb being the runners up. The ladies were out in force for the throwing contest, and were warmly ap plauded by the spectators. In the elimi nation match, Mrs. Devereaux, Miss Whitley, and Miss Rockfield won out. In the finals, Mrs. Devereaux was first, and Miss Louise Whitley second. Some of the events scheduled were left out, in order that the baseball game might begin on time. In that ball game, we were let down with a crash. A slim fellow of the Rey nolds persuasion, who goes by the name of Boyd, was our undoing. Four of their five tallies came in on his two home-run blows. Cooper and York both pitched welli and their support was good. Winston brought a pitcher, too; and our fellows could not find him when the hits were needed. Summary: R. H. E. Winston....0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0—5 7 3 Badin 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0—2 3 1 Batteries: Odum and Masten; Coopei'> York, and Rees, Hits: Off Cooper, 4 in 6 innings. Hits: Off York, 3 in 3 innings. Home Runs: Boyd, 2. Two-Base Hits: Cooper. Stolen Bases: Masten, Myers, Glad stone, Laughley, Rees. Bases on Balls: By Cooper, 1; York, IJ Odum, 4, The Vegetable Garden As the Irish potato crop is short in this part of the Piedmont section, it wiU be well to plant all vacant ground yo-^ possibly can to this crop. Plant about the middle of July. Cold storage pota toes are the best seed for this plantings unless one can buy seed from a crop planted in July the previous season, that have been kept in a cool cellar, and have not sprouted. If potatoes have sprouted, and the sprouts rubbed off, it weakens the plant; therefore a short crop is pro duced. Several pei’sons in Badin havo told me of burning their potato vines with Paris green. The potato bug one of the easiest insects to control that we have to contend with. Keep in mind
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