Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-02-11

said h..ranId M 83 ssa=faGa Als ur had 5"pn selected h aaar tar.s,I- come addre-e. IIe#Has no aaHtt .ar ~Ieh Il performance h. said. and rad- iHiHe it he appgIVf r1 Se1reEW Royce to Mahe a=e.amer amj somebody to speak. 06o aa m5c. capable Mr Hoyee refused, Nr. nca1n said, evidently beine oa taa opinion that he would save himael' much embarrassment by insistina that Mr uearn make the welcome al dress Even Geor4e W Rogers. of Little Rock, rubbed it ill when hc heard he was to welcome the dele- gates N1r. lIearn said Nr. Rogers telephoned him several days ago and asked the exact time that he would l speak When informed of the hour Mr Rogers told him that he would be absent during the effort and than ed him for the information \. D. Foster wrote Mr lIilIiard in St Louis and told the gentleman that He would not have 10 worry about not arriving for the morning session, as there was nothing of importance 10 take place in the forenoon, adding that W. n Hcarn was to make the welcome ad- dress in the morning. Other embar- fasSments were referred to by Mr, Hearn in exploiting his utter Im- Fitness for the honor
 Mr. IIearn welcomed the eaesta in 2 neat speech. however. declaring that the churches. banks. bu#fae4s houses theaters. hotels. and reslaHr-
 nts were open to thcm He added that tbo saloons were also open, but #3utioncd the visitors rat 10 a54zo ihr latter priziIe@e for f.a. of the eft, fatl being opone1 fof tbem
 II. Thane, prominent banker ar arEaasae GtN responded happily t7 tfc welcome address and declared That the country bankers had come a Pine Bluff to learn sometime from the "city bankers. Ije assured tho Pine BluHians That the visitors would ttake in" all the good things i'll store for them.
 Charles Mccain of Fordyce spoke on e1'ho Trials and Fluctuations of q Country Banker and scored a decid- ed hit when he read two letters, pur porting to be from two Little Rock banks. and at the conclusion of one of which he exclaimed By George It is believed that he mean George w. Rogers, as all the delegates look cd at the Little Rockian suspiciouslY. f Tn the letters MT. Mccain read many amusing inducements offered by the capital city bankers to secure cores nondents in country towns. The i trials and tribuiations of the cOuntfV banker during the past eighteen months, he said were few, owing to thc high prices paid for cotton and the excellent financial standing of ! tue farmers of Southeast trkanSas i Good loans are essential to 8Hcceea among country bankers, he said, and he declared that personal Friendships and private interests were not to be Heansidered by q banker in making a loan. He dwclt at lensth on the re- responsibilities of the banker and hi8 endcavors to refrain from becomi4s financially involved His address wa enc cf tse features of the mornias aeesien
 Ray Underwood, of smttsart. re- viewed the great rice industry, md gave convincing facts and figures relative to the progress made in tHe f.ee country nj and aroand Stutt- gart He told of the great progress being made by rice growers in Ark ansas county and said that even large growers of rice in Japan were max ing inquiries of tine rice industry Il this section. Mr Undenwo cod said tha bankers of Stuttgart have worked hard to make rice culture success and they now feel that if is beyond the experimental stage.
 The Officers.
 The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Henry Thane, Arkansas City, chairman; JO Nichol. Pine Bluff, secretary and treasurer; A. D Foster, Pine Bluff; l.. Thomas son. Altheimer; T. r. Hunter, For dyce; A. M Keller, Wilmot, and W. C. Hudson. Pine Bluff, members of Executive Committee; Carl Hollis. Warren, member nominating commit tee of state association. Pine Bluff eX- tended the Group an invitation to meet here next year and this city will be selected by the executive com rittee shortly