The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-24
JUST TWENTY DAYS

If you are planning on making an
exhibit at the Wayne county fair, as
so many of our readers are, you will
remember that the time is short and
make a quick decision as to just
what you are to show The fair opens
on Wednesday, September Is, contin-
uing three days. This allows you
twenty days from this date in which
to complete and place your display.
With reference to rushing along the
preparations for a first class fair, one
of which we may all feel proud, one
of the officials said on Thursday
morning that twenty days gave ample
time to get everything in ship shape
and that much had already been done
by those responsible for the outcome.
THE wheels are going round" said
he, ''and the faster they turn, the
greater the enthusiasm on all sides"
This is most encouraging. The var
ious committees are working like
beavers to put across a show which
will be an acknowledged success,
| from every angle. AS a matter of fact
| the farmers are doing their part and
| the majority of farm exhibitors made
| instant decision as to what they would
! show as soon as the fair was an
nounced at the date set. The man
agement asks that those who are hes
itating, or still undecided, be notified
/ that the time for preparation is short
and invites their displays and coop.
Grafton
! The rain on Wednesday was of the
oId-fashioned kind, one which the
farmer appreciates. 1t seems to have
been quite general over the Richmond
area. Calls made for some distance
in all directions told the same story
of hours of rain, beginning early il
the forenoon and continuing unit
evening. Corn, pastures and late gar
den stuff we're all benefited.
The Pressure for Coal
With the settlement of the strike il
most of the soft coal area country
coal dealers and elevatormen havC
turned their attention to getting II
coal. In a talk with the manager o.
the elevator at Crete he stated tha
he recently received an offer of Goa
from a Kentucky "wildcatter," the
price to be 1926 at the mines. tc
which would be added the freight bill
of $3.50 per ton, or a net price deliv
cred at Crete of S1185 a ton. This
showed that there are men in the Goa
trade who are not averse to maxim;
dollar in an emergency.
Another country elevator man II
the west end of the county said tina
he had heard nothing from coal ship
pers for some time. 1.-THE new orde
provides, said he, that he make re
QUESTIONS for coal, based, l think. OF
a price of S. at the mines. Paymen
must be guaranteed by the bank, whel
the coal is ordered, so that if we wan
1000 tons we must put up $4,000, ant
await our turn, according to the pr
ority regulations.
1t is felt that the situation as t
coal will now be quickly cleared u
: in the soft coal districts of the middl
west. The outlook for getting anthra
cite is not so favorable. There is
wide area over which hard coal mus
be distributed before the soft Goa
mining sections will get any anthra
cite to speak of.
William Parker, living in the Hol
lansburg district, said on Wednesda
evening that he recently disposed o
SIS head of hogs and that he still ha
140 head on feed. He isn't feedin!
any cattle this season, he said, haV