Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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i j— . ■ *%***'-'&* 3&u.ms^ tit, r- :- «- .,. - . j3d ' v - V>^ J Sl i i, m A V X\ 'V 1 i\ *;ss 4 r 7Ls> 1S> & §? [i] K a.jgaar- ■ .•"‘I|b. •*| t "> :,li M v »±n h / t i w POPULAR VOTING CONTEST FOR QUEEN OF THE HARVEST JUBILEE selected by popular vote from the photographs reproduced In this sup- ReaHintf Puhlir to Choose from plement, all of which have be£n sub- Keaaing rUDUC IO V>nOOSC mmi newsoaoer. or local Photographs Submitted by Various Counties CONTEST CLOSES OCT. 23 In connection with the State F to be held In Columbia from Oct< ?* to t». the Columbia Chamber Commerce la conducting a State' demonstration and featlval to known aa the Bouth Carolina Jubilee, constating of a aeriao^ot rad as and pageant* depicting '* Mrml resources of the State. One of the important feataraa it Um Harveot Jubilee will be the grow*, tag aT tbe beauty goasa. U taka mt tbs Hate aafttet oa tbe oeenlrg M IB tbm uremea> tie ad tea atate will em -'« i tbe COr ft mltted by newspapers or local com mittees in various counties of South Carolina. The young lady receiving the greatest number of votes will be announced queen.at the close of this contest, and the twelve next In. ocder In the voting will be appointed maids of honor. In order that the votes be cast strictly on the merits of the photo graphs. all names and addresses have been purposely omitted and each can didate has been assigned a number by which she will be known In the vot ing. Richland county as hoet during tbe State Fair baa entered ne candi date In this contest, but nesu-ly every other county in the State la repre sented. Every reader of thie newspaper la requested t« Bll la tbe voting oa tbe oppootte page RECORD CROWDS F0R1STATE FAIR Attendance Predicted to Be 100,000. FEATURES TO VARY Harvest Jubilee Departure in Week's Programme—Queen Contest of Lively Interest All Indications point to an unusual ly large attendance at tbe (approach ing State fair D. F Eftrd. secretary of tbe fair association, says that at ao time baa there ever been such In to 100.000 persons against a normal attendance of about 65,000. The most attractive feature this year will be the harvest Jubilee cele bration, which is to be held In con nection with the fair. This will pro vide an angle of local Interest In prac tically all counties In the State, the general plan being to have one young lady from each county nominated for the harvest queen contest. From all sections of the State unusual Interest hai been manifested In this new de- pa ture from the conventional fair pn gramme, and a bond of intimate rel itionship has been thus established. Fo lowing the coronation ceremonies Mt iday evening a dance Is to be given at he capitol In the queen’s honor. Heavy Schedule of f-VmtbalL i nother potent drawing card is the schedule of gridiron contesta A full bill In football has been scheduled, JLv< games to be played in Columbia that week. Though the struggle for sngrrmary between Clemson and Car- oll a* will be largely the focusing point la interest, the games of minor tm- C tones will be followed with vary- degress of enthusiasm sad sup porter Military academy aad two latter institutions also meet in Columbia that week. Carolina has a third game scheduled with Davidson for Friday. On three days three events in horse racing will hold the cards. Two of the purses each day are for $200 each, with a third of $150. A saddle stake of $50 was recently appropri ated, together with a model class pre mium of $40. Everybody Will Parade. The natural resource parade Wed nesday afternoon will be of extra ordinary comprehensiveness. Seven teen counties have pledged floats as well as six or seven cities. Many of the floata are being built In Co lumbia. and are designed to interpret accurately the natural and InduaUiai resourcea of the State. An attempt is being made to have the "(teats" of ] artistic beauty In design, as well as ’'representative of tbe State's wealth 1 of natural resourcea. “South Carolina day” la to be oft- served the following afternoon. Tftls parade will be the huge caravan of . the week. In Yhw Um tradea floats arm be .. k Cohunk girls in the Uon fair : result ;sonnf actlvg ! club i icash < ! tt