The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-14
BY Staff Correspondent.

BY Staff Correspondent.
LIBERTY, Ind. May 14.-(With the
Richmond Boosters). AS a token of
the welcome given them in this city
when the Richmond auto train carry
Ing more than hundred business men
arrived at noon, they will take back
with them a huge tin key to the city.
The Boosters delegation was met by
Liberty business men in machine.
William D. kennedy and Fred Max
presented the key to the city" to
President George Seidel of the Com
mercial club. In making the presenta-
tion they expressed a warm welcome
to the visitors and their best wishes
for the continued prosperity of Rich
mond
Mr.. Seidel received the key and
thanked the Liberty men for their
interest, inviting them to visit Rich
mond often and especially on June
IL. Literature was then distributed.
savory Meal Ready.
When the caravan arrived at the
hotel odors from a steaming dinner
brought the hungry delegation clam
bering from the machines. Like school
boys, dignified business and profes-
sional men rushed the dining room.
There were plates for all, however.
After the meal was over and the
cars prepared for the last lap of the
trip the unanimous expression was
that it had been some meal"
Leaving here at 2 o'clock the driv-
ers expected to be in Richmond by
5:45 O'Clock after visiting the follow
ing towns in order: Roseburg, Dun
lapsville, Alquinia, Connersville, Mil
ton, Cambridge City, Dublin, East
Germantown and Centerville.
Arrive in Liberty.
After three hours running, marred
only by sharp, damp wind and a
dashing rainstorm near Cottage Grove
the caravan of twenty-three motor
cars pulled into Liberty for lunch on
schedule.
Sweeping southwark from Rich
mond the decorated cars with their
flying colors and heralding buglers
attracted attention from the farm
houses along the road. Farmers stop
ped their horses in the furrow to
wave greetings to the Richmond
Boosters. Wives and children gather
ed along the fences of front yards and
in doors, cheering as the cavalcade
passed
Posters, bills, readers, pamphlets
and newspapers telling the story OF
Morton Lake and Park and the varied
attractions to be there June IL, on
the day of the opening, and on subse
Quent days were thrown from the
moving machines to the children who
scrambled for them, and then distrib
uted the literature among the older
persons.
Manifest Good Will.
The good will toward Richmond and
Richmond business men was demon
strated in Boston, College Corner and
Cottage Grove. Business and profes
sional men left their stores and Of
fees as the bugle notes sounded the
approach Of the hundred visitors, and
lined the sidewalk to give them wei
come No meetings will be held at any
OF the towns. The few minutes hal,
at the first three places visited were
occupied in distributing the advertis
ing material.
We'll be there" was the greeting
with which many of the citizens met
the Richmond delegation.
At College Corner the machines
parked for moment in the center Of
the town, where some of them were ir
Ohio and others in Indiana. Not only
We're the machines in two states bu'
in three counties as we'll.
Arriving and leaving on schedule
the procession reached Cottage Grove
at 11:4O, and came on to this city fol
lunch. According to arrangements
which Secretary Charles Jordan made
early in the morning a steaming ho
dinner was awaiting the hungry
Boosters.
The pathfinder car with Walter
Land as peacemaker has been run
ming at a moderate, steady rate enab
ling the machines to keep close to
gether and make the schedule withou
danger of accidents. So far not one
of the twenty-three autos has had tC
take out time for trouble.
Leave This Morning.
Replete with the booster spirit, theil
enthusiasm for Richmond and Morton
park aroused to its highest point, abou
125 boosters left Richmond, the thirty
decorated automobiles rolling away
from North Ninth and A streets short
ly after O'Clock this morning. The
cavalcade responded to the bugler':
call, the engines were started, and the
first official booster trip of 1914 wa:
under way.
The lineup of automobiles, we'll
decked with banners and each bearing
number, presented a line of adver
tising which it is hoped will prove al
Turing enough to the people in thu
fourteen towns in Union, Fayette ant
Wayne counties to draw them to Rich
mond.
The signs as read from either sidt
of the parade which left Richmond
follow in order: Richmond Boosters
Morton Park Opening, Thursday. june
II, Big Entertainment Free, Swim
ming Matches. Band Concerts, Boa
Racing, Motorboat Racing, Bathing
Beach, Balloon Ascension, Richmond
Amusement Picnic Grounds, Lakeside
Lots, Summer Homes, Remember
June IL.
Four of each sign were used, two tt
car, and two cars carrying the same
signs.