The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-06-01
FLOWER PARADE.
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it to the Secret Relief Society of South
Columbia. The public is also indeb ed
to the Pythians for the band, without
which there would have been no music.
The band cost the lodge 800.
The pctu man and the boy with the
Kodak were in evidence.
The windows of the business houses.
the courthouse and other buildings
were thronged with spectators and all
along the route everything that could
give Il position above the street level
was utilized-church steps, farm wa
CONS, fences, trees, telephone poles, and
other standing places being used, some
persons even standing up in their sad
dies to obtain better view.
Messrs. Frank Wisford Henry Troup
and Sam Peyton entered log wagons,
with large logs thereon prettily trimmed
in vari-colored flowers.
Ernest Sheppard acted as Herald, rid
ing at the head of the parade and blow
ing the bugle. He did his part exceed
ingly well.
The stores of Messrs. Dobbins &
! Ewing, W. p Woodbridge, McKennon,
Anderson & Foster, the Maury Dry
Goods Co, and r. G.. Farnsworth were
attractively covered with flags and bunt-
| ing
The tiniest cart in the list was the
little one driven by Master Henry Shell.
ton and drawn by dog. Both dog
and cart was prettily decorated, and
with the little driver, made cunning
| little picture.
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cart of Master Edgar Jones, carrying
banners advertising his agency for the
Louisville Courier Journal. The little
fellow deserves good deal of credit for
his enterprise and energy.
Not outstanding the bad weather in
the morning, the crowd in attendance
upon the parade was of ext -aordinary
size, all the trains arriving bringing
large numbers. The police did no,
make a single arrest during the day OF
night, the order of the crowd being
perfect.
Col. A. M. Hughes says that on it's re,
turn march, when the parade came
d ,wn West Seventh street double-file, il
reminded him of an inaugural procession
on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington
And he says too that he never has
seen anything in Washington to surpass
it, Many disinterested parties, who saw
both the Nashville and Columbia pa
rades, and Who are competent to judge,
say that so far as private vehicles are
concerned the Columbia parade was
ahead of the Nashville affair.
Mrs. j. f. Brownlov's beautiful
pneumatic bike, decorated in wisteria,
was one of the most admired vehicles
in the line, and to the admirers of fine
horses was not excelled by any. The
horse Mrs. Brownlow drove and the
two horses of her outriders were high
headed, handsome scrrels and three
TOPPER roadsters were not in the
parade.
Union City has representative here
to look after the matter of buving all OF
the flo " ers used in the parade, for the
festival 70 be given in that city.
| Had it not been for Mr.. Luke Walker.
of Nashville, serious accident won
doubtless have occurred. When the
baad struck up tune on North Garden
street, the horses attached to Mr.. j. L.
Hutton s vehicle standing near began
prancing wildly about among the Gro wd
Mr.. Walker placed himself in jeopardy
by grabbing the reins and holding the
horses until they had quieted, but he
doubtless saved other persons from in
jury.