The front page of the Columbus (Miss.) Commercial, Oct. 28, 1917, tells of an "old fiddlers' contest" attended by "more than a thousand people, representing two states." About 23 fiddlers too part. Noah Sanders, of McCrary, Miss., walked off with the first prize of $25 - about $450 in today's buying power.

The article lists the names of the tunes that were played. Not all of them are now identifiable:

Leather Breeches
Alabama Girl
Johnnie Stole a Pumpkin
Katie Did
Home Sweet Home
Lost John
Lone Indian
Sally Goodman
Lost Child
Old Dan Tucker
Wolfs [sic] are Howling
Old Slow
Casey Jones
Mississippi Sawyer
Hell among the Yearlings
Indian Warwhoop
Cotton Eyed Joe
Old Grey Horse
Johnnie on the Railroad
The Devil's Hiccough
Turkey and [sic] the Straw
The [sic] Fisher's Hornpipe