The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-08-07
PICNIC Or MODERN <
WOODMEN AMERICA
MOST SUCCESSFUL
MANY ENTRIES IN ALL OF THE
CONTESTS, WHICH WERE
VERY SPIRITED.
MISS GARNER MOST POPULAR
Mrs. Joe knight, Of This City, Voted
the Most Beautiful Lady on the
Grounds-Ladies' Foot Race Won
BY Miss Jennie Mai Sellers.
Fridays Daily.)

" S'SAS oh6iC, Ill every respect
S the picnic given by the Modern Wood
$ men OF America was a success. Lat
J. er estimates of the crowd in attend
ance ran the number as high as 5000
= people. 1t took two and a part of 6
:, third lot to hold all of them.
8 After the dinner was spread and
y eaten beneath the big trees, Dime,
J. that was plentiful enough to have fed
4 twice the number who were there
. and tit for the palate of a king or a
/ queen, the holding Of The various
contests took place. 1t took most OF
the whole afternoon to decide the
: winners in all of them and to award
, the prizes, which were unusually
handsome and valuable. In many of
them there were as many as twenty
contestants.
f.. The contest for the most popular
lady on the grounds was a most spir.
tied one and 1853 ballots were
cast. Both the young lady candi-
dates and their friends waged an &C.
tive, vigorous fight, as the honor was
not only greatly to be desired, but
there was beautiful gold watch
bracelet, offered by Gotham Bros, as
prize. When the polls closed about
two o'clock, it was found that Miss
Fannie Mai Garner, Of Knob Creek,
had more than 500 votes for the
honor. She mounted the speakers
stand and made most gracious
speech, thanking her friends for
their interest and the coun.
ty candidates for their support, ex.
pressing the desire that each Of them
would be elected at the coming cleo.
ton. Miss Garner is a most charm.
ing lady and the honor was worthily
bestowed upon her.
Mrs. Joe knight, of Columbia. after /
strenuous contest, was selected as
the most beautiful lady upon the
grounds. There were several contest.
ants. She was awarded the dozen
offered by Anderson's
Studio and the parasol given by An
derson Bros. and Foster.
The oldest lady upon the grounds
was Mrs. NJ. Reese, of Columbia. She
was "a years and months of age.
She was awarded the half dozen pho
tographs offered by the Anderson Stu
die. q ..,--3.. <~l y.eJ..,. ;
The race that provoked the most
general interest and amusement was
the ladies' foot race. There were I
more than dozen contestants 1t
seemed that everybody on the l
grounds tried to see this event, which
was a sidesplitter. Some of the la ,
lies threw their dignity to the winds,
oiled up their skirts and ran in dead
earnest. 1t took three heats to de-
Tide the winner, Miss Jennie Mai Sci.
ers finally getting the fifty piece din.
Ter set offered by the Modern Wood. !,
nen Of America.
The fat mans race, two silk shirts
ffered by Evans, Parker & Moore,
vas won by A. Lon Smith, of Co.
lmbia, Route S.
mi, la
The sack race for boys, in which ~
here were about twenty entries, was ;.
'on by William Dowell, of Columbia. =,
[e was given ball and bat. -
1t seemed that half of the ladies
the ground entered the next event.
lie nail driving contest. Miss Clara
illehay, of Columbia, Route s, won :
lie leather satchel offered as a prize
Y the Knebel Jewelry Co. Mrs. Jas. :,
was close second.
Miss Ray Tanner Of Columbia was
10 fastest runner in The potato race I
r girls under Is. She was award
set OF ice tea glasses, which was
fered by the Latham Drug Co.
Another race that provoked great
al of interest was the mems foot ST
ce, which Malcolm Fitzgerald won,
It'll ]. Lester Briggs in second place.
le prize was a pair of handsomely
ilored trousers, the gift of Speed Sp
Anderson. ,
The Morocco Bible for the oldest Au
uple on the grounds, given by the for
oodmen, was won by Mr.. and Mrs. ne,
A. Caldwell, of Columbia, who of
re rs and 70 respectively. Law
The gold signet rings fer the pret.
st boy and girl babies on the s
ound under three years of age,
ich were given by the Knebel Jew. ina
y Co., were won by Curtis Lee inc
lest and Mary Lucas. Ne,
The boxing contest, in which the or
re was $3.50 in money, was for cat CO:
ted to A. Lon Smith. To
Knob Creek won the baseball game of
m Carriers Creek Z to 1. Mo-
\ onr the feature. =, The d.~ a.. Sic