The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1919-02-10
BY WILLIAM r. sANsoRN.


The pleasant farm home of Mrs.
Nollie I. Pheanis. four miles north
east Of Liberty, in Union county, was
the scene Of great gathering OF
friends and neighbors ON Wednesday.
It Is seldom indeed that q farm sale
brings out SO many ladies as were
present on this occasion. The ladies
of the Hannah's Creek Christian
church were nearly all present, and
served the lunch. and 1t was q good
lunch. That they collected consider
ably over 500 was not surprising, In
view Of the crowd Of buyers at the
sale.
Owing to the recent death Of her
husband. Mrs. Pheanis decided that a
sale was imperative and the friends
of the family we're present In large
numbers to help make her sale a
success. Mrs. Pheanis will now re-
eide In Richmond with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. T. J. Bennett. where her
pretty little daughter will be a petted
grandchild.
The sale took place on the old T. J.
Bennett farm, which had been pur-
chased by other members Of the
Pheanis family, we are told.
A Nine-Thousand Dollar Sale.
After deducting some articles which
were reserved for private sale, includ-
ing an Overland car. the sale totaled
$8.878.90. This ranks the Pheanis sale
among the big" ones Of the sale sea-
son in this vicinity. w. E. Bake and
o. 8. Bake, father and son, of College
Corner, were the auctioneers, and T.
e. Rodefer and Guy B. Howren, of
Liberty. Ind, were the clerks. Mr..
Rodefer, who Is connected with the
Union County National bank, acted as
cashier. 1t took about six hours to
dispose of the hundreds Of items COM
pr1sing the offerings and the sale
closed at I o'clock.
Five mares and two horses, ranging
from five to ten years old, sold for
81 1,494.50, practically $214 per head,
which speaks well for their quality.
Cliff Pheanis bid the high dollar on
some of them.
e. e. Post, of Liberty, took 600
bushels Of corn at s1.61, while L. C.
Downer. also of Liberty, paid $1.66A
for contents Of crib No. Q, containing
between $50 and 400 bushels, estimat-
ed. Hay sold at from $16.5O to $22, as
to quality, about thirty tons going to
various bidders
Ninety Hogs Were Sold.
There was a liberal choice of hogs.
ninety head of various ages, and of
both DurOcs and Big Type Polands, be-
ing listed. L. c. Downer paid $51 each
for two sows; while others went con-
siderably higher for mature animals.
Chas. Ross paid SIP for two sows A
lot of little pigs weighing about fifty
pounds caused some animated bid
ding among feeders. All hogs found
quick and ready sale, showing that the
great American hog is still in high
favor. regardless. so far, of the ups
and downs in price of corn. As mat
ter of information it may also be stat
ed that this has been the rule at all
recent farm sales coming under the
writer's observation. both in Ohio and
Indiana.
Fair prices were paid for cattle, of
which twenty head were sold. The
top price was brought by black Hol-
stein COW. A. p. Creek paying $3.50 for
her. Walters & son. of Brookville, Ind.
was represented at the sale by Jacob
Abraham. who bought one COW. one
heifer and four steers for a total OF
$52S.60. q good high average.
An extensive showing Of agricultural
implements and a lot of good harness,
hog houses. etc., added interest to the
sale, also dollars. A Brown make"
wagon sold for $139 and a corn binder
at $50. The usual assortment of
plows. rakes, harrows and tools were
disposed OF quickly at satisfactory
1gures in the main.
The following named were among
the buyers who settled at the close OF