The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-08-15
Annual Picnic Of The
Publishing House.

OF describing the day or real pleasure,
the outing, the excellent time had by
the one thousand or more people who
took part in and were responsible for
the greatest of all annual picnics in
the history Of the Baptist publishing
house. The event had been long
looked forward to, as exceptional pre-
paratlons had been made to make the
occasion just what it was, far superior
to any Of its predecessors. A general
committee consisting of the foremen
and the chief clerks of each depart
lnent headed by Prof ]. D. Crenshaw,
editor of the Union-Review, as chair
man, had been chosen. This general
committee was subdivided into other
committees, who took into considera-
zion every way and carried out every
detail of the happiness or the en-
ployees. So on Tuesday morning by
$3.50 o'clock the force of employees,
their families and invited guests who
had gathered at the publishing house
corner Market and Locust streets
formed line of march headed by the
National Baptist Band, marched two
blocks to the Public Square, where
they boarded four large summer cars
and were taken to Greenwood Park.
From the time the cars started. pass
ing through the station, until they
reached Greenwood, there was almost
one continual strain of music by the
band and by the gay young people.
When the band stopped playing the
young people would sing, as a special
carol had been composed for this oc.
casion. As soon as the cars reached
| the Park and the crowds were I'm
loaded, the band led the way through
the club house, down past the Penny
Arcade, under the arch of vines. on
down past the springs and pump
house and up the magnificent hill that
completely overlooked the city of
Nashville where shade trees. stately
oaks and weeping willows made
yeritable grove and where the weary
ones lie down to rest or romp over
the tall blue grass until their appe-
tites forced them to partake of the
good things that were in the scores
OF baskets round about. Dinner was
served at o'clock and after many of
Them had eaten some to the point
that it was almost neces ilry to call a
doctor, cleared up their dishes and
repaired to the baseball park that
had been converted in a modern
amphitheatre, where the sports of the
evening were carried out. The first
feature was an amateur game of base
ball between the Junior Y. M. C. A.
team and the Red Sox, resulting In
tie, but which proved to be a slug
ging match for both sides. Then
came professional game, the Baptist
Hill Swifts against the Nashville
Globe, which was styled as the
Slaughter of the innocent" The
Globe boys were no match for the
Baptist Hill Swifts. But the pleas
ure of the evening, the one big time,
was the races and the prizes, the
jumping and the running that were
INDUCED in by young and old, big
and little. The following are the
prizes contested for, won and award
ed:
One-fourth mile run: David Phil
lip, LIST prize, soc; VIM. Cauley, End
prize, Csc.
Girls one-eighth mile run: Ella Win
ston, LIST prize, soc; Connie King, End
prize, Csc
Mixed one-eighth mile run-Frances
Brooks, list prize, Csc; Charles Steele,
End prize rs cents.
Adult woman one-eighth mile run
e. A. Battle, ladies' hand bag.
OF al
Myers, book, $5.75.
Ladies blind-folded one-eighth mile
rGn-C. ]. Jordan, perfume.
Mems blind-folded one-eighth mile
Frun-E Porter Bond, 2 IL gallons Of
toll.
Mems whistling contest, Joe John
son, IL gallons Of oil.
Young ladies one-eighth mile run
Katie A. Boyd, toilet water.
One-eighth mile run-Mrs A. e.
little, kodak.
Mems one-eighth mile run-Andy
,Stockard, ST.
Ladies' one-eighth mile run
Frances Brooks, 81.
y Mems one-fourth mile run-Chas
Thorn, list prize, load of coal; U. S.
IGarnes, End prize, $3.50 credit.
Long Jump-H A. Boyd pocket
book
Towards evening the crowd con,
tinued to increase until the Baptist
publishing house picnic at Greenwood
Park was converted into small cele-
bration. Among the invited goests
were the A. M. r. Sunday-School
Union and its secretary, Mr.. Ira T
Bryant, the One-Cent Bank officials.
the Nashville Globe officials and en-
ployes, the National B. Y. P. U. Board
officials and employees the Nashville
Clarion and its employees, which does
not include the private invitations. as
each employe had the privilege of in
viting his or her intimate friends.
Employees and guests were furnished
with souvenir National Baptist pic
mic badges. II was 7;90 o'clock be-
fore the chairman of the general com
mittee announced thar the events of
the day had come to a close and that
the cars We're in waiting. Upon the
return trip Their were six special cars
land one regular car, making up.
street car parade, starting from Green
wood Park and going to the city of
Nashville. Upon reaching the trans |
fer station the great crowd pulled off
the National Baptist yell of
Rah, Rah, Rec,
Who are we?
We are the Natl B. P. B.