The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-30
SALE DAY WINDS
| UP BIGGEST FAIR
AT HACERST0WN
Prize Stock, Shown During
Week, is Auctioned Off Sat-
urday-Event Success. =.
BY WILLIAM r. SANBORN

BY WILLIAM r. eANBoRN
Saturday is farmers and breeders
day at Hagerstown. the day of all
days to the boys and girls of the calf
| and pig clubs, more especially, and to
the exhibitors Of fine stock which was
to be sold during the afternoon.
Included in today's sales are the
| calf and pig club exhibits, registered
and grade horses, cattle. hogs. mules
| and poultry.
Not all exhibits are being put up
| for sale, but every exhibitor having
live stock to dispose Of is having the
benefit Of the crowds and the services
Of the four auctioneers on the grounds.
Colonel Fred Reppert. OF Decatur.
Indiana, is the auctioneer who is "cry-
| ing" the great exhibit of Polled Angus
cattle Saturday afternoon, and the at
tendance Of Angus fanciers Is quite
large, many hailing from various parts
Of Ohio and Indiana.
| Forty head Of this breed were fed by
the boys and girls Of the Wayne and
Henry county calf clubs, and all that
| showed in the cattle rings will be euc.
toned to the highest bidder before the
sale winds up Hagerstown's greatest
horse show and free fair.
The sale of black cattle Is being
conducted by the Henry County Aber.
deem Angus Breeders association of
Henry county, Of which Harry Modlin
OF Newcastle Is president and Orville
Carpenter, the secretary-treasurer
The work Of this association is begin
ming to tell. In both Henry and Wayne
counties.
| The list Of auctioneers at sales In
clude: Colonel Fred Reppert, of Deca-
tur; Albert Hindman, Of Hagerstown;
Everett Button, Of Spiceland and Glenn
Conway. OF Nooreland They are
busy bunch. this closing day.
Cambridge In Parade.
The people Of Cambridge City
showed their appreciation Of what
| Hagerstown has accomplished in the
show line Friday The Cambridge
auto parade was an attraction in it.
self
They own a lot Of good cars in Cam
| bridge and the folks who rode over
to enjoy the events staged for Cam
bridge City Day drove with banners
flying and coat ribbons proclaiming
their pride in the city from whence
| they hail. This auto parade doubled
! over the course and was generously
applauded by the grandstand
! The crowd Of Friday was even
| larger than had been anticipated. The
show was a good one, both as dis
play Of live stock and from the point
of amusement.
The grandstand was comfortably
filled after noon, and the walks were
crowded from end to end Of the grand
parade grounds. All bullying streets
were parked full Of autos, and on all
sides were the evidences of a happy
and prosperous people out for a care
| free day.
The Baby Show.
One of the interesting events
staged in front Of the band during the
afternoon, was the Baby Show. Chairs
were arranged for IA proud mothers,
each of which presented the very
dearest and sweetest baby on earth
for admiration.
! While each baby was entitled to a
prize there wasn't enough of these to
go round, so many had to be content
with the applause Of the multitude.
| There were eleven boys and but
three girls IN the contest, but at that
the girls won just as much money as
! cid the boys. The first prize for boys
! was awarded to Charles Huffman, Jr.,
! and the second to Charles Parsons,
Jr. Rosana Roth took first honors
and Grace Cotter the second prize in
the girls contest.
! Two Comic Parades
Following the "Suffragette" parade
on Thursday night which was a
scream, according to all beholders,
came the Comic Dress" parade on
Friday night. These parades and the
various attractions of Pauls' United
Shows held the crowds until a late
hour on both evenings.
! There was plenty Of good music
during both afternoon and evening and
the airplane exhibit at o'clock was
one of the best of the week. The high
wind prevented that attraction being
pulled off, at the afternoon show.
One Of the most important and
highly appreciated exhibits of the en-
tire affair was that of food. made by
the Ladies' Aid of the Methodist
church of Hagerstown, both in the
! tent near Main and the double build
ing on Main street and in the tent
close by.
Mrs A R. Jones. is president of
the aid" and most of the ladies of
the congregation assisted in the serv.
ing. These women are anxious to as
sist largely in the building Of a new
church on the site Of the present
structure. The new edifice is to be
a credit to the community, and the
cost approximately $4,000.
The proceeds of the sale Of any mum
Der of good meals, and the thousands
Of pies. and sandwiches, etc, are to
be donated to this good cause.
Numerous Awards Friday
The men who won prizes in the
horse rings during the week made
final exhibit on Friday afternoon, and
received verious premiums. No cattle
were shown for premiums on Friday
The list Of awards for the week were
given in The Palladium, covering the
entire cattle show, in Fridays issue
The completion of the premium a
wards in the Garden Club exhibits
Friday, added a number of names to
the list of those making the best show.
ing in the contest held in Floral Hall