The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-13
FALL FESTIVAL
| BOOTH SELLERS
OUTLINE WORK

Within a few hours Of the signing
of q contract for staging the centen'
NAL celebration the week Of Oct. 16.
the exposition booth committee held
meeting and outlined work which
will begin at 9 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing. Every merchant and manufac-
turer will be called on In two days
and the advantages Of display booths
will be explained. One hundred dis
play spaces will be disposed Of.
The committee Is under the leader
ship Of Ira Swisher. who explained to
the members that the exposition, the
biggest ever planned here. is really
an entertainment for residents OF the
city's trade radius Of Is miles, in
which there are approximately $4,000
inhabitants. The executive committee
is composed OF Lou Iliff, Mr.. Swisher
and f. E. Eggemeyer.
Details Worked Out.
1--WE went carefully into every de-
tail Of this exposition" said Mr..
Swisher. I'VE did not do so in a
day or week. but we have taken
two weeks. 1t was our desire to fully
satisfy ourselves that anything given
Richmond in the way OF Improvement
and entertainment. SO far as we were
concerned, must have every appear
ance OF being worth while.
We are now as committee pre-
pared to say that we firmly believe
the exposition as outlined is going to
prove to be one of, II not the greatest,
public efforts OF this character Rich
mond has ever known. The display
Of the commodities made In Rich.
mond and the personal contact of the
merchant with the thousands Of visit
ors from all over this county. an in.
spection of his goods and a more in.
innate acquaintance with the trade
radius, that. in my opinion, can be
gained only through these channels,
and will prove of inestimable value to
the commercial interest of Richmond.
do not believe any manufacturer
or merchant can afford not to be rep.
resented. That Is of course the Opin-
ion OF this committee after thorough
investigation of every detail of the
exposition directed by our promoter.
Offer Unusual Attractions.
The attractive features in the way
of decoration. attractions and histori-
cal features surely surpass anything
Richmond has ever offered and the
one feature that has impressed me
most Is the cleanliness, and unusual
merit OF the several entertainments.
The very fact everything will be
free but the admission which will be
ten cents, and the wonderful pageant
employing 500 people, makes the show
more appealing from an amusement
point of view.
1T is the season Of the year when
we may expect bis business. 1t seems
really up to Richmond to entertain
her trade radius in manner BETTING
her prominent position among the big
towns of the state.
The price we have agreed upon
has been gone over very carefully and
the entire booth committee of twenty
have passed upon every consideration.
It has been decided that the commit
tee will rebate 20 per cent Of the
gross receipts to the exhibitor, cut
ting his original price down proper
tionately.
Gees Directly to Pageant
Aside from this, the money made
from the sale Of booths goes directly
to the payment of the big pageant, the
bands, the free attractions and the
decorations aside from one thousand
dollars in subscriptions which will be
turned over by the committee and the
one thousand dollars in cash which
has been deposited by H. B. Marks.
From my knowledge of the amuse.
melt business do not believe. after a
careful investigation, that this ex.
position could be put over for less than
twice the amount without the services
of II. B. Marks, his manager J. A
Darnaby and the assistants they will
bring to this city. These men know
their business and in this business
especially their services are going to
be worth great deal.
I'VE want to interest the entire
community in this exposition and with
that thought in view we have tried
to complete program full Of inter.
est and attractive to the masses with
out offending one single visitor or in