Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1904-07-05
CROWDS FLOCKED TO THE PARK

The baseball team divided honors
with the Genwood Stock company in
helping the people of Pine Bluff to
celebrate the "Glorious Fourth and
between the two attractions the peo-
pie were kept busy ali day long and
far into the next day also Although
the rain in the morning made the
basebalIs wet, it in no way dampened
the enthusiasm of the small crowd
which saw Pine Bluff win the first
game from Greenville while in the
afternoon the sun shone brightly and
everybody turned out in glad clothes
to witness whatever attraction offer
ed. Most of them went to the ball
game and had a hair-raising time all
round. The game was of the kind
that just suits large crowd, Though
the locals lost
Down town the small boy and many
of the larger ones, too had lots of
fun placing torpedoes on the street
car tracks, shooting hrecrackers and
firing cannon.
"Co1. Booze" also came in for his
share of the fun. It was everybodys
day, and everybody proceeded to Gel
citrate. All the business houses
closed in the afternoon aud some
were closed all day, while nobody
but the fireworks man and the grocer
tried to do business
The street car company handled
tbSpcrowds in the afternoon and night
A. best of their ability, which Is
; 80 .>E.>ng great deal, as their abil-
ity~ Nsomewhat limited. The bail
game was over at six o'clock and
practically all the people got in from
Forest park by 40 or o'clock. The
new cars were in evidence and car
ried lots of people, the greatest
trouble being with the schedule as
there We're SO many cars on the track
at one time that the motormen and
conductors could not guess right ev-
cry time and spent much time at
each end of the track and on the
switches waiting for the crowds to
persuade them to move on.
For the most part the crowds were
orderly and good natured, and there
We're no demonstrations out of the
regular run of Fourth of July cell
ebrations.
AS fitting close to a crowded day,
Forest park presented a congested
scene at night when the Glenwood
stock company and the fireworks di-
vided honors with the baseball team.
People walked out. drove out in bug
gies, carriages, hacks, and last. but
not least, rode out in the cars. How
so many people got SO far away from
town will long be mystery. The park
was crowded when Prof. LeMaire
and his band started the concert at
7:30 and just about half the crowd
had arrived at. that time. Prof. Lee
Marie and his fellow musicians had
prepared an especially fine program
for the day and the musical numbers
We're we'll received Each number
n was rendered in a manner which re-
Hected credit not only upon the indi-
j vidual members of the band but the
director as we'll
By $50 O'Clock there was not
room in the park for half the people
n to set seats, but the curtain rose tor
n the show on time The Glenw0od
q Stock company presented pike C0un-
N ty Folks, a humorous sketch in o
s* clever manner. Those who were for
81 tunate enough to be within hearing
Nhdistance of the stage enjoyed the
#ashoW while those who could not hear
gztook up the time "rubbering" The
small boy saved a few cannon crack
sers to set off at Opportune moments.
sSSMr. Mayo and his company did the
fNbest they could to make all hear. but