The Forrest City times., 1902-11-14
ST.LOUIS MERCHANTS About Seventy Rrepresenta- tives of Leading Whole. sale, Manufacturing
 and Banking In
 tereSts
COMING TO FORREST CITY
Meeting of Citizens Last Night tc Arrange to Show Visitors Such Courtesies as Time and Gp-
 portanity will Permit.

Wednesday by Hon, Walter Gorman. mayor of Forrest City:
 sT. LOUIS. November $. lgo2. THE HONORABLE MAYOR.
 Forrest City, Arkansas. Dear Sir:-Thc St Louis Merchants and Manufacturers Excursion Association will give m excursion through Arkansas and Louisiana, November 10th to s3rd Wewill visit your city on the l7th. arriving there Al about pm, stopping about 50 minutes. our party will consists of about seventy repre. sentatiyes of the leading wholesale. mann. taeturing and banking interests of our city The object of our visit k to become better acquainted with the business interests oi your state. obtaininEa better knowledge ol its resources and of it's needs. We deem it a favor to make this Visit. and we think that in justice to the honorable position which you occupy, that you should have notice of our contemplated visit.
 We will mail an Itinerary giving trajn schedule. a list of the houses represented with names of representatives and other in. formation, 10 your merchants in a few days
 Yours Very Respectfully, ST. LoUis MERCHANTS AND MANUFACTURERS
 EXCURSION ASSOCIATION,
 II. $. FUTILE, President.
 Immediately upon receipt of the above, Mayor German set about to put citizens in possession of the facts and the city in order to receive them ia a bei-ting matter.
 In response to his call represents i've body of business and professional men met at the court house last night to discuss the ways and means of en. tertainment.
 The meeting was called to order bv Mayor G0rman, who read the above letter and stated the object Of the meeting to be to arrange to meet and entertain the visitors in some cordial manner fitting their distinguished positions, &c.
 Upon motion of Capt, James Russell, Mayor German was unanimously chosen chairman of the meeting. and [. L. Nadakin vas chosen secretary.
 The chairman then called for Il e pleasure of the meeting and the man ner of entertaining the St. Louis visitors was thoroughly discussed.
 It was moved and carried that the chairman and secretary, together with ten gentlemen to be appointed by the chair from the business men of Forrest City, compose an executive committee on entertainment, to whom WAS dele. gated the matter of all arrangements with power to incur such expense as to them might seem necessary.
 Chairman German appointed Sol Louis, J. D. Baugh, Robert L. Pettus C. B. Pettus, 0. B. Rollwage, James Russell, A. Meyer, F. Hurley, ". T. Sanders and J. <. Shields. These gen. t.emen represent nearly, if not quite all of the various lines of commercial affairs in Forrest City
 After authorizing the committee tC m Ike an assessment to defray what ever expense may te necessarily il c IrIed the meeting adjourned.
 COMMITTEE MEETING.
 Immediately after the adjournmen, Of the mass meeting, Chairman Cor man called the committee together Tae roll was called and every membtl responded.
 It was moved and carried that Hon 0. 5. Rollwage he sent to meet the b3dy of visitors at WyuHe or such oth, CT place as may he most convenient for the purpose of ascertaining ,hdl wishes and what kind of hospitalitts would best suit the occasion, and that he should telephone the committee such information and suggestions as his judgment and observations sug. gested.
 It was the sense of the Committee that carriages should be provided and in waiting tt the depot upon the arli- val of the guests, and to this end ciI. 'zans generally are requested to bring CT send such equipages as they may have at their disposal, to be used for trai & portati0n of guests about the city.
 IL IS also the sense of the Committee that an informal reception be extended the visi tors at the courthouse, in N hieh the ladies are cordial invited to par. tiepate.
 The Secretary was authorized to pro. vide a suitable badge for the commit teemen. Adjourned.
 Owing to the short nozice, and es pecially to the very short time the ylsi- tors will be in the city, Forrest City cannot hope to entertain them as she would wlsh. The probability is that they do not care for or expect a banquet or retreshment of a physical nature, and neither do they have tune to listen to speech making, It will be proper for the mayor to offer a very short and