The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-09-16
COLUMBIAFALLS
BEFORE $RINERS
AL MENAfTEMPLE
CITY. is TAKES BY STORM
THOUSANDS WrNEss ANUS
ING STUNTS VISITORS.
BARBECUE AT HIGH SCHOOL
Shimmying Lizzy ,fcrms; official
photographer HaBusy Day Event
Closes With Biyntreet Dame on
Garden.
(From Monday aaily Herd ID,

SllgHJiy cHdnSlnsle more ~ 1893
well known Words Caesar, rThey
came, they saw, ley conqufed'-
indeed they did. cdmbia tel com
Dletely into the harE of the invad'
ing army of $50 no9s OF Al ,Menah
Temple of the Mysti$hine Of Nash.
vile.
Arriving at the unB station short
" after o'clock SaHday afternoon,
the visitors were weighed by asplen-
did reception commiEe composed Of
representative citizeI OF Columbia,
headed by Noble WS. ElemiIg, Jr,
chairman of the recllon and enter
tainment committee.
Thousands OF peon having assem-.
bled here from every ook andcranny
IN the county, despigFhe threatening
weather, witnesseSr.se Wig stIeet pa
rade. The parade W headed by a
visiting noble on afold fashioned
high wheeled bicycle Next in line
came Mayor W. o. Clfry and City At.
torney Hugh Lee Water. with T. L.
Digger and W. S. Be'ley. rebresent
atiyes of the busintA dteresrA OF the
city next in line ollowins these
representatives were iidge Joteph C.
Higgins and l. E. PaHr, who breced-
Cd the mirth provoalg and famous
"shimmying Lizzy" fhe drill team,
Mobiles Of AL Menah Triple ant ladies
Id Automobiles folloga in tht order
named.
Prolonged applausl /greetet the
.'Fe2zy Tribe" as theywung with prac-
ticed and springy stelown the Tinci-
pal streets, finally daping un at the
west door Of the cot house, wheEe
the address of WELDON was delivered
BY City Attorney Hug Lee Webster
The response was mse by !. y. Par
ker, who was in chap of THO party.
Attorney Webster taAed over to the
visitors a gigantic gied key repre-
Eenting the key to theiY--he pld the
mobiles to use it freelr that te city
belonged to them dung Their stay.
The response of Mr.. Hker was most
appropriate, and fOlloing its delivery
the fun started--the fimmyig lizzy
begun to shimmy, Unofficial photog-
rapiier Of the Shrinei.who w$ none
other than Prentice jhgh, reaor Of
the Church of the vent na Nash
Vile, and to say thdeast he made
some shocking" pidres-tht man
with the leaky umbhla had bodies
OK fun as he inquiresIhis way from
place to place over 10 city-nt he
had nothing on the oeial hand shak
eps, whose personaliz and "npgnet
ism" was most pleahg CD
II was just too mYtt for one ,yeport
err to see, or for a haMozen reporters
for that matter. Thehow the Shrin'
ers put on was bigG than althree
ring circus running Sfull blast-fun,
frivolity, mirth, huAr, good Fellow.
ship filled the air. 1e carniva spir'
II prevailed. II
The Shimmying Ley perhaps at
tracted the most attftion, and prov.
ed to be the greatesthirth proaoker
Scores of the bellies fthe city enjoy,
ed ride upon this itionally Known
filvver. Up and dowfhe street it ca.
vorted, snoring and rearing Ike a
full fedged bucking oncho-su lden,
ly deafening rept, a CLOUD of
smoke and the occuuits wouldfslide
gracefully to the grmd, or init the
arms OF some OF the 3bles ready and
eager to receive theIl
The fun continued fst and u|ious
from $3.50 o'clock Am nearly six
when the crowd bean to disHrse.
Red fezzes in twos, Tree, fours, half
dozen and dozen lot might be ieen
making their way tchrd the cbMty
high school, where 7 Kiwanis lark
the famous "Dimple barbecue and
watermelon feast waIenioyed.
Returning after thsarbecue, TN AL
Menah Band gave amost delightful
concert on Court S9re, which WAS
heard and applaudedby hundred of
people. There were local solos and
other features also gritty enloyeb be
fore the big snake daie.
While the festivitigOf the eyhins
had been in PROCESSION West Sew
enth street and arouf court sdlare,
the block between Sin and SeAnth
streets ON Garden hSP been w8hed
FOR the big block dancdwhich stated
promptly at o clock. Electric $ires
were srung, and manybags of peal
we're strewn upon the lock, and the
place rcped of for the n. With sap-
py Jacks Orchestra q the Job the
grand march headed Ira Parker
and wife opened one Of e most rye
ly attended dances ev| held iH Co
lumbia. Hundreds OF 4ples wet on
the floor" and the seet was fau-
tiful one, the rich and 9idy costumes