Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-10-08
RETURNS TO THE CITY AFTER BILLING EVERY POINT BETWEEN PINE BLUFF AND sHRE-
 yEsPoRT, LA.
People at ali Points Turn Out To See the Decorated Special and Hear Pine Blufflans 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- dsyl.
 The train left Pine Bluff at : 0 clock last Tuesday morning, and consisted of baggage ear and the private ear of Master Mechanic Galbraith.
 The special rain was pulled by engine No. l57. made Ut the Pine Bluff shops, and 1t is one of the largest and finest engines on the road. This engine ia equipped with aB e.ectrt1 i,raasight and It's fine linishings attracted no small degree oi attention 1t all points visited. The train was in charge of Condue- tor Billy Ken ward with Engineer Bob Rue at the throttle and John DInan fireman.
 The party composing the special were the following weI-kuown Pine BluftlRns: Hon. ". II. Langford President Of the Fair Associa ton; H. E. Westbroek. Superintendent; Editors Arthur Murray and J. ". Adams. Directors; ]. F. Hut, Lev. Fowler, James Matthews, J. D. rru- l0cb. Dr. J. r. Runyan, Fred H.. Jones, Travelling Passenger Agent of the Cotton Belt; Elmer Richards. Train Master. and Ghas. Senyard apd hls corps of assistant bin pes- tersS
 Pre@ldent l.angford had telegraph. ed ahead and invited several sf the "ceuntFy editors" Tt polnta along the Cotton Belt to Join the party and become the guests of the Asso- eiatlon. At Rlson. tho Hon. Y. J. Stunfield, editor of the Herald, and Prof. Wynn, Of the BaGoe, joined the party. Wien Camden WAS reached Ar. ". c. c spes. of the Beacon, be- eame q passenger on the special, and at New Lewisville Mr. 5. A. McNish. editor of the Lafayette Recorder. made the trip with the party to Shreveport and Texarkana.
 The special stopped at every sta ,ion and saw mill nlong the Cotton Belt between Pine Bluff and Texar- kana and Shreveport.
 The train would hardly come to Q staudstill until every member of the party was out with nn arm full or dodgers, catalogues and posters and distributing the same and personally soliciting the inhabitants to come and witness Pine Bluffs Great Fair, while Chas. Senyard and hls efficient stan Of bill posters were out cover ing every dead. wall and available space with illuminated and lItho- &raphed advertising matter which would cause tue ordinary circus poster to pale Into inslgnlticance.
 TO see such citizens as President 1.angGord. J. B. Truiock. ]. r. Hutt Lev. Fowler. Dr. Runyan. Hugh F. westhrook, and the other members of the party. running about the rowns and country stations, saw mllls and viilagesf with arms full of posters. dodgers and catalogues, distributing tue same and whooping I'D tho Fair, was a caution. It as au evidence of the intense earnest ness of the Pine BIufflans In the mat ter, and impressed the natives with tue importance of the event. There is not member of the party who could not now give the ordinary clr. eus advertisers cards md spades and then beat him out.
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