The Cairo bulletin., 1908-06-08

a very successful three days met al
Belleville Saturday night and it /
! generally conceded tnat the me TIM
surpassed all previous gatherings ol
the organization. Cairo was not for
gotten by the Hustlers and theil
| friends, however, and there were
many expressions of appreciation o.
the Cairo meeting and the hospita'it!
shown by Cairo citizens.
The most important business ses
sion of the convention was held Sat
turday morning in the attractive
/ Lyric theater where an enthusiastic
audience of Hustlera und their friends
spent several interesting hours.
The meeting was called to order
by President Joseph Poupeney of St
! Louis and the invocation was made
by Rev. Fr Christopher Goelz CT
Belleville.
The first business before the crn-
vention was the selection of the next
meeting place of tae Hustlers and
speeches were made by F. H. Mole
man and l.. NJ. BostwiCk prominent
citizens of Centralia in behalf of that
city while Mayor Silas l.. Cook, F. l..
Joiner a banker, Daniel McGlynn an
attorney and John Nj. Chamberlin of
the Real Estate Exchange eloquently
presented the claims of East st. Louis
for the next convention. The ballots
were taken and the result was that
Centralia was the winner by a large
majority. When Secretary Albert
Goelitz announced the fact there was
great burst of applause while the
band played and several enthusiastic
Centralia young nru stationed in the
balcony threw a shower of red and
white carnations Gown upon the
heads of the members seated on the
lower floor. The effect was very
pretty and creates pleasant sensa-
tion. Centralia took a thousand of
her population to iJelleville on a
special train to bid for the, Hustlers
and deserved the acceptance OF an
invitation so heartily given.
One Centralia orator said in his
flight" that the spirit of Pharaoh
lurked about Centralia, that the city
was truly Egyptian but one of the
clever speakers from East st. Louis
retorted that East st. Louis had no
mummies but was city of live ones.
All the speeches were clever and
formed an interesting part of the ses-
sion
Good Order Maintained.
Mayor Kern of Belleville who is a
newspaper man, owner and publisher
OF the Belleville NewsDemocrat,
made a string talk in which he told
the Husters that tney had relieved
him of the responsibility of managing
the city for three days. He also re-
ferred to the fact that there had been
but one arrest made in the three days
showing the excellent order of the
great crowd that thronged Belleville's
streets during the three days meet.
Mayor Kern who is very popular with
the Hustlers was given an ovation at
the close of his speech.
A letter from Mrs. Eva Bittner,
whose husband, newspaper agent.
died on the steamboat after its ar
rival at the Cairo wharf the first day
of the convention held here last year.
was read acknowledging the generous
financial aid extended to her by the
Hustlers. 1t will be remembered that
Mrs. Bittner and MISS Bittner were
guests at the hospitable home of Mayor
Parsons during their sad stay here.
communication from the Padu
cab Commercial club was read invit
Ing the organization TO meeting of
the travelling men of Kentucky Ten
nessee and Mississippi which is to
be held In that city July 3, 10 and II. /
A special train viii go from Cairo
to Paducah on July 10 which will be
the great day of the meeting.
Former President George w. Dek |
ker read resolution before the con-
vention providing that hereafter no
meetings shall be held on Sunday by
he Hustlers., A motion that the reso- !
luton be adopted and placed in the |
bylaws was made by f. NJ. Baldwin,
Of st. Louis. seconded by Charles L.
Frazier of indianapolis. aud unani
adopted
A letter from w F. Shoenhard OF
St. Louis protesting against the mail
Irder houses as being detrimental to
he interests of travelling men was
read by the secretary and the con
yention voted that committee be /
appointed to draft resolutions accord |
ngly.
Memorials Presented.
A memorial to the late John L. |
Prather of Centraiia, who died In |
Cairo several months ago at st
Narys Infirmary, was read by ]. F. |
zetzsche of St Louis. president Of =,
The Harris Polk Hat company and the /
iecedents son, young man about ]
eighteen years of age was called to /
he stage. President Poupeney in an /
manner pinned one of the
Hustler badges on the Young mans i,
,Oat and was about to make some re-
marks but was almost overcome by
emotion. For a moent there was
silence as the boy went to his seat I