Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-11-12
THE VISITING GROCERS
From Little Rock Royalty Euter-
tained by Local Grocers


strong, arrived here Tuesday after
iOGn on the Iron Mountain train. and
were met at the depot u a commit.
tee from the local Retail Grocprs as
sociation. The Little Rock delegation
was augmented by dr Robert Reich
art. of Fort Smith. president of the
Fort Smoth association
The visitors We're given most cor
dial greeting by the Pine Bluff gro
GERS.
Prior to the meeting at the Office
Of the secretary. the visitors were TAX
en in charge by the Pine Bluff grocers
aad piIoted around the city. The
neN ilik5 home and theater was vis-
lfed aud other enterprises and build
a+s Of note about the business part
d The city We're pointed out to them.
Ine meeting was held at the office
: tic secretary, Mr. Senate Seabrooh
OF West Second avenue II Was 4
business meeting CT kindred spirits
eusa ged IN a similar business and was
@alculatea to he Of great benefit to
both local anG visiting grpcers Ia
fact such was TIE object OF the visit
# the Little Rock grocefs here To
exchange ideas and methods employed
and 10 cOmmingle in a fraternal spirit
Was the benefit they hoped to de
rive in coming to Pine Bluff and the
4npe Was realized
Al the business meeting several no
table addresses We're delivered by the
visiting grocers. Al We're along the
iiue OF the good to be accomplished by
the association. The addresses OF
Messrs. T. J. Kramer, Of Little Rock,
president of the state association of re-
tail grocers. Robert Reichart. presi
dent Of the Fort Smith association;
August Probst secretary of the Lit
tie Rock association: G. W. Clements,
George Shelton. Miles Scull and w.
Dickinson, Of Little Rock. We're all
Gf unus ual interest to the grocers and
many excellent ideas We're conveyed
thereby
Several Pine Bluff grocers were
heard from along similar lines. Mr..
j. II. Mccain. president of the Pine
Bluff association presided al the meet
ing and made an excellent presiding
officer
After the addresses were heard and
yhe business of the meeting was con-
Guided, the grocers. both local and
visiting. repaired to the TrulOck ho-
tel where an elaborate banquet spread
signed. but impromptu efforts along
that line were made. and MesSrS. }.
3. Dickinson. Miles Scull and George
shelton proved the stellar fun makers
Of the occasion.
After the banquet the visitors were
further entertained, and on the morn
:ag train they returned to Little Rock.
The visiting grocers were as follows
Little Rock-C. J. Kramer. August
'robst. Frank Durfey, Mike Riegler,
George Shelton. George krickenberg,
J. B. Dickinson, George w. Clements,
Miles Scull, w. G. Kirst, w. M.
Branch, G.. Oliphant. ]. Lynott, c. G.
Williams.
Fort Smith-Robert Reichart.
The address of President Kramer,
who is also prominent in the national
organization of retail grocers. is print
ed in full, and is as follows:
Fellow Merchants: In accepting
your invitation to be present with you
tonight. | thought that you probably
expected an orator but if such is
the case, must say that you have
the wrong one although / have brought
part of my oratorical staff with me.
Whether you expected me to talk
to you on the subject of local or state
organization I did not quite under
stand, but presume you wish me to
national association is to you. To
some I would say none whatever. To
the enlightened ones. it depends on
what your local does. With strong
local association we can have a pow
arful state association and with a
good state association, we can con-
tinue the national association. We
will then have one of the strongest
organizations in this broad land of
ours, reaching from the Pacific to the
Atlantic, and from the Gulf to the
lakes.