The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-06-25
BIG BAND COMING
TO ENLIVEN THINGS
At COLUMBIA FAIR
WILL CONSIST OF THIRTY-FVE
PIECES AND is THE BEST
ON THE ROAD.
DIRECTORS HOLD A MEETING
Prize offered for Cover Design for
cataloeue-Premiums will Be Ma
terially lnereased-outlook is Very
Bright.

If present plans go through and the
outlook is that they will, the music at
the fall fair will be the best the asso-
citation has ever been able to secure,
and will be as good or even better
than any fair association in the state,
not even excepting the State Fair and
the Tri-State Fair. The band in ques-
ton will consist of thirty-fve pieces
with several eminent soloists and has
no superior south of Chicago, and 1t
is doubtful if even that city could ex-
eel it in excellence. The Association
is not at liberty to give out the name
of this band at present, or rather they
do not feel that it is good policy to
give it out until all contracts have
been signed, but it goes without say
ing that when the announcement is
made and the name of the band is
known, that it will give general and
entire satisfaction. The contract will
doubtless be closed within the next
few days.
At the meeting Saturday OF the
directors of the Association a number
of matters were disposed Of Among
them it was decided to offer a prize
of five dollars to the Maury countian
who would design the most accept
able front cover page. These designs
are to be in by July 1st. and should be
sent to the manager, Mr.. ]. t. Moore.
A committee composed Of the presi-
dents of the three banks of Columbia
will act as judges and the name OF the
fortunate winner will be made known
through The Herald, and check will
be forwarded Immediately upon the
award being made. This is an oppor-
tunity for some Maury countlan with
a little artistic talent to make little
ready money and at the same time TO
do an acceptable service. The design
may be a photograph, pen and INK
sketch "a water color, or any thing
from which an electrotype can be
made. Full credit of course, will be
given on the front cover of the cata-
logue to the successful artist.
matter of interest to horsemen
and stock breeders of this and adjoin-
ing counties was the announcement
that premiums in the show would be
increased. The increase will be both
In the various arenas in the day time
and at the horse show at night. The
members of the association have al
WAYS been as liberal as circumstances
would permit in this line. They are
not running the fair as money-mak-
ing proposition per Sc, but with de-
sire to build up the breeding and
farming interests of the county. They
have put the money they have made
in past years back in improvements
and new lands for the park and IN
better and larger purses and pre-
miums and this determination should
result in larger rings and general In
crease in the interest in this depart
ment of the fair.
The horse show this year will, in
consequence of the splendid music and
larger purses, be better than In FOR
mer years, though this department of
the fair has had a rapid and steady
growth, and has become the social
feature of the meeting. There Will
be four nights of the horse show this
year, and on Saturday night, the fifth
night of the fair, there will be band
concert and a number of free attrac-