The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-09-05

were in active operation They se-
cured their "juice" for this purpose
by means of contact with the trolley
wire and the street car tracks. In the
evening this float was left on the pub
lie square and lighted with a myriad
of electric lights.
The first glimpse of the entry from
the Walker lumber yard gave one the
impression that he was looking at
section of giant sequois tree from
California, but closer inspection show
ed it to be only an excellent imitation
of log.
A miniature greenhouse on wheels
with ferns and flowers in profusion
on the inside attracted a great deal of
attention and favorable comment. 1t
was the entry from the Sharp green
house.
Two pretty nurses kept a smile on
the face of q poor unfortunate and
much-bandaged young man in McCor-
mick's ambulance as it rolled along in
the procession.
The Busy Bee restaurant entry in
the parade attracted great deal of
attention as the designer used very
attractive color scheme of pink and
black. The float carried banner in
the rear of the same colors that gave
the business address Of the Busy Bee.
A canopy was formed over the float by
means Of large pink parasol and
streamers of crepe paper.
The Stamm clothing store displayed
on its entry several suits of clothes
mounted on life-size forms. The dec
orations of this float consisted of a
black background with the name OF
the store in pink and white letters.
A doll-baby bride and bridegroom
stood inside of large wedding ring
on the float entered by the Clough &
Lauderbaugh jewelry store.
The decorations of the Everly shoe
store entry were very good. On this
float little girl sat at the rear hold
ing in her hands number of stream
ers leading to row of shoes ON
platform in front of her.
A bride and groom in a closed car
with a banner advertising a we'll
known brand of silverware excited a
great deal of attention and caused
some speculation as the spectators
thought it possible that they were
bona-fide until the discerning eyes Of
their friends penetrated the false
whiskers of the bridegroom and his
identity became known. After the par
ade he received many congratulations
but protested that he was only acting
the part. This float was entered by
the Young jewelry store
Both beautiful and original was the
float representing yacht with sails
set and boys and girls on board in
yachting costume. This yacht had a
banner flying from the masthead
showing IL to be the entry from the
Lawler pharmacy.
The state of Ohio was represented
in the parade by a large automobile
decorated with flags and bunting.
Handfuls of candy thrown from the
Trenwith grocery entry kept children
scrambling all along the line.
All told there were about sixty floats
in the procession besides two bands
and the men, who marched. The to
, tai number of people in the parade
/. was estimated to have been between
six and seven hundred.
, One of the floats worthy of mention
( was an automobile driven by Mis-
/ Pearl Harris. This machine resemblet
a a large bank of flowers and was ex
ceptlonally beautiful. 1t won frs
/ prize, while the Sharp greenhouse
a float gained second honors.
h Following the parade the crowd dis
a persed for dinner. Many people went L
Q Riverside park and enjoyed a picni
r dinner on the grass.
t. The first event of the afternoon wa
o the ball game between the Ashlan
d Moose and the Mt. Vernon team. TIL
g Ashland team played in this city Sur
o day and remained for the game Nor
o day afternoon. On Sunday the gam
q was close and exciting, going for l
e innings with final score of 5 to 1
favor of Mt, Vernon.
l. However, on Monday the visitor
Ie were for the most of the game entirel
k at the mercy of Rufus Horn, who's
" twirling was almost faultless and th
n. final score stood seven to five. Th
lie score itself is not an indication of tn
lie ease with which the locals defeate
rs them as the Ashland boys found it a
lie most impossible to connect wit
Horns service after the first innin
~ In the first inning they poled out thre
1t runs, but Rufus struck his pace an
r. held it through the rest of the gam
be Horn lacks some of the speed he use