The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-24
BUSINESS MEN EXPECT
THOUSANDS VISITORS
DURING FALL FESTIVAL
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Cambridge City, Dublin, Hagerstown.
Greensboro, Economy, Williamsburg,
Fountain City, Lynn, Winchester, IN
ion City, Bethel and Whitewater.
The trip was made without serious
mishap to any of the cars, although at
least ten of the cars were laid up for a
short time for slight repairs. Just be-
fore the cars reached Winchester the
boosters met a horse and buggy on a
narrow strip of road, which required
a sudden slackening of the machines.
The machine driven by Clifford Price
collided with the machine driven by
Norman Craighead and some damage
was done to both machines. Both
cars continued on the trip after tenn
porary repairs
All along the route of the boosters,
farmers were out along the road
watching the procession.
At Williamsburg.
At Williamsburg the party was
served with a chicken dinner and af-
ter an hours stop the party continued
to Winchester.
At Fountain City the business men
met the boosters with a reception CON-
mittee. 1t was announced that the
business men of the city would close
their places of business on Thursday
and the entire population would come
to Richmond to attend the Festival.
All along the route the boosters
were met with smiles and the declara-
ton that I'VE are all coming to the
Festival"
Travelling the one hundred miles of
their trip, with stops, in eight hours
and forty-five minutes, distributing
oil h1
and experiencing only two slight acct
dents, the boosters of the Commercial
club. on trip No. 2, had very salts
factory tour
Go to WestviIe.
The fifteen cars, led by r. G. ST.
John, went east on the National road
to Westville. Bills were thrown
around the streets and the cars con-
tinued through New Paris and on to
New Madison. The party did not stop
at either Eldora6o or West Manches-
ter, but merely made a circuit of the
towns and distributed bills.
The members of the LewiSburg Com
mercial club. who came out in autos
to meet the boosters were G. NJ. Cum
mer. mayor of Lewisburg, Wynn Hoer-
ner, president of the Commercial club,
| Charles Hoerner. Ira G. Albert, G. c.
! Grishon, DR.. p. H. OHara, l.. c. De
fenbach. A. L. Lutz, w. c. Moore, H.
P. Smith, w. O. Banker c. E. Warnke,
E. S. Bunger, DR.. w. G. Brown, Muir
ply Gilmer, Noah Fray, J. J. Azeller,
S. N. Kiethly, B. S. Horne, G. c. AL
bert, l.. R. Poe and Seymour Bittle.
/ The crowd went to the town hall,
where the Lewisburg men announced
that they had tried to show their ap-
probation of the visit.
Jordan Also Talks.
Charles Jordan, representing the
Richmond Commercial club, thanked
the Lewisburg club for its courtesy
and commended the unsel6sh and real
booster spirit which they had shown
! No stops were made at West Alex
andria or Eaton, but the boosters went
/ to the fair grounds, and after witness.
| ing one race, were permitted to circle
the track and advertise the Festival
The club men went through West
Florence, Boston and Kitchell and
made the next stop when they ar
rived at Liberty at Ala o'clock. Car
No. 2, Buick, driven by H. F. Pill
grim, lost a tire. The party continued
through Abingdon and Centerville.