Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-10-09
RETURNS TO THE CITY AFTER BILLING EVERY POINT BETWEEN PINE BLUFF AND SHRE-
 yEsPORT, LA.
People at all Points Turn Out To Soe the Decorated Special and Hear Pine Blufffans Talk
 About Their
 Great Fair.

The special advertising train char tered by the Jefferson County Fair Association to advertise along the line of the Cotton Belt road the great Pine Bluff Fair to be held Oc- tober 18th to 23rd, returned to the city at 6 o'clock yesterday (Thurs- day).
 The train left Pino Bluff at ' 0 clock last Tuesday morning. and consisted of baggage car and the private car of Master Mechanic Galbraith.
 The special rain was pulled by engine No. l57, made at the Pine Bluff shops, and it is one of the largest and fnest engines on the road. This engine is equipped with an electric headlight and it's flnG hnishings attracted no small degree of attention at ali points visited. The train was in charge of Conduc- tor Billy Ken ward with Engineer Bob Rue at the throttle and John Dinan fireman.
 The party composing the special were the following weil-known Pine Blufiians: Hon. ". H. Langford, President of the Fair Association; H. r. Westbrook, Superintendent; Editors Arthur Murray and J. w.. Adams. Directors; !. r. Hutt, Lev. Fowler. James Matthews, J. E. Tru- lock, Dr. ]. P Runyan, Fred II. Jones, Trayeliug Passenger Agent of the Cotton Belt; Elmer Richards, Train Master. and Chas. Senyard and his corps of assistant bill pos tcrs.
 President Langford had telegraph ed ahead and invited several of the country editors at points along tho Cotton Belt to join the party and become the guests of the Asso- ciation. At llison, the Hon. ". J. Staniield, editor of the Herald, and Prof. Wynn, ol the Bazoo, joined the party. When Camden was reached MT. ". C. COpes, of the Beacon, be- came n passenger on the special, and at New Lewisvllle Mr. $. A, McNlsh, editor of tic Lafayette Recorder, made the trip with the party to Shreveport and texarkARa.
 The special stopped at every sta- ton aud saw mill along the Cotton Belt boeween Pine Bluff and Texar- kama and Shreveport.
 The train would hardly come to a standstil until every member of the party was out with an arm full oi dodgers, catalogues and posters and distributing the same and personally soliciting the inhabitants to come and witness Pine Bluffs Great Fair, while Ghas. Senyard and his efficient staff of bill posters were out cover ing every dead wall and available space gith illuminated and litho- graphed advertising matter which would cause the ordinary circus poster to pale into insigniflcance.
 To see such citizens as President Langford. ]. E Trulock. ]. F. Hutt, Lev. Fowler, Dr. Runyan, Hugh F Weathrook, and the other members of the party, running about the towns and country stations, saw mills and villagesf with arms full of posters. dougers and catalogues, distributing the same and whooping up the Fair, wns caution. It as an evidence of the intense earnest ness of the Pine Biufllans i'll the mat ter, and impressed the natives with the importance of the event. There is not member of the party who could not now give the ordinary cir GUS advertisers cards and spades and then beat him out.
 The proprietors and managers of the various saw mills along the route were personally solicited to close down their mills on the Cotton Belt excursion days (the 10th from Camden and the 2lst from Shrege- port) and many promised to com ply therewitb.
 Alter spending the first day In this manner. aud after a hard and earn est days work, Shreveport was ,ss 4. Al z 4 S.sa1oa4y Tho f,ttfofo1a