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POPULAR VOTING CONTEST FOR QUEEN OF THE HARVEST JUBILEE Reading Public to Choose from Photographs Submitted by Various Counties CONTEST CLOSES OCT. 23 In connection with the State Fair, to be held in Columbia from October 26 to 2?, the Columbia Chamber of Commerce is conducting a Statewide demonstration and fesUyal to be known aa tho South Carolina Harvest Jubilee, 'consisting of a series of pa rades and pageant? depicting the nat ural resources of tho State. One of the Important features of the Harvest Jubileo will be the crown ing of the beauty queen, to take place at the State capitol on the evening of October 26. In this ceremony tho Governor of tho State will officiate, assisted by a' committee from the Co lumbia Chamber of Commerce, a committofi of prominent Columbia ? matrons and twelve maids of honor. Who wUl attend upon the .queen. Th? queen and har maida will bo RECORD CROWDS FOR STATE FAIR selected, by popular vote from the photographs reproduced in this sup plement, all of which have been sub mitted 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 order In the voting will be appointed maids of honor. In order that tho votes be cast Btrlctly 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 host during thu State Fair, has entered no candi date in this contest, but nearly ovory other county In the State is repre sented. - Every reader of this newspaper is requested to All In the voUng coupon on tho opposite page, designating choice by number, signing his or her name and address and mailing the vote so aa to reach the Columbia Chamber of Commerce not later than 6 p. m., October 28, at which hour the content will close and the votes be counted. Attendance Predicted to Be 100,000. FEATURES TO VARY Harvest Jubilee Departure in Week's Programme-Queen Contest of Lively Interest. AU Indications point to an unusual ly. large attendance at the approach ing State fair. D. F. Enrd, secretary of the fair association, says that at no Ume has there ever been auch in sistent pressure for concessions and apace allotments. In addition to thia, more cities and counUes are taking an active part in assembling floats for the parades, and are planning to bring apeclal trains to Columbia fair week than on any pre ceding year. It ls generally predict ed that the attendance will run close to 100,000 persona against a normal attendance of about 66,000. The most attractive feature thia >?ar will be tho harvest jubilee cele bration, which ls to be held in con nection with tho fair. This will pr? vido an Angle of local interest in prac tically all counties in the State, the generr.l pl.-.n being to have one young lady from each county nominated for the harvest auecn contest. From all sectlona of the State unuaual Interest has been manifested in this new de parture from the conventional fair programme, and a bond of intimate relationship has been thus established. Following the coronaUon ceremonies lioiulay evening a dance is to be given at the capitol In the queen's honor. Heavy Schedule of Football. Another potent drawing card la the schedule of gridiron contests. A full bill In football has been acheduled, five gamea to be played in Columbia that week. Though the atruggle for supremacy between Clemson and Car olina will be largely the focusing point In interest, the gamea ot minor Im portance will be followed with vary ing degrees of enthusiasm and sup port Porter Military academy and Haytor Preparatory school of Knox ville, Tenn., play the Initial game Tuesday noon. On Wednesday the Presbyterian College of South Caro lina and the Citadel clash, with Car olina and Clemson meeUng on Thursday. Underclassman from the two latter Institutions also meet In ? Columbia that week. Carolina hos a third game scheduled with Davidson j for Friday. On three days three events In horse racing will hold the carde. Two of the purses each day are for $200 euch, with a third of (160. A saddle stake of $60 was recently appropri ated, together with a model class pre mium of $40. Everybody WUl Parade. The natural resource parade Wed nesday afternoon will bo of extra ordinary comprehensiveness. Seven teen counties have pledged floats as well as six or seven cities. Many ot the floats ari being built In Co lumbia, and are designed to interpret accurately the natural and Industrial resources of the State. An attempt ls being made to have the "floats" of artistic beauty in design, as well as representative of the State's wealth of natural resources. "South Carolina day" 1B to be ob served the following afternoon. This parade will be the huge caravan of the week. In this the trades display floats will be a distinct feature, as Columbia's business enterprises are to be represented In tho lineup. The State militia has been Invited to parUclpate in the week's festivities and will greatly enlarge the body of the parades. Sixteen companies of the National Guard will camp In Columbia during the week, as well as a contingent of coast artillery from Fort Moultrie. Militury day ls to bu full of athletic events, to br engaged in by tho member* of thc different companies. Supplemental to this are also to bc competitive drills, dress parades and other activities. Hoys' and Girls' Clubs Coming. Corn club r-iys and tomato club girls will also hold u prominent place in thc week's programme. In addi tion to the attractive booths at the fair grounds, which will display the results of tito year's efforts, the per sonnel of those groups will take an active part in thc parades. The corn club boys will competo for $68 In cash prizes. They will also march In the parades, dressed so as to em phasize the harvest season idea, with their palmetto hats and overalls and with red bandanas about their necks. The bread making contests by tho girls and the displays of canned goods and pickles, will also be of in terest. The mayor of Columbia ls to ten der a breakfast to all visiting mayors. Newspaper mew from all sectlona of the State are to hold an informal meeting. A convention ot horsemen has been called, and numerous other bodies will be assembled. One ot ganization, which will be largely rep resented, will be ?he South Carolina FederaUon of Labor, which will as semble then.