The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-04-21
A ROYAL entertainment
FOR CHICAGO VISITORS
Will Be Given Automobile Ride Ov-
err Pike Roads to BE Followed
by Reception at Elks' Club.

| The committee recently appoint
| ed by the Commercial club to pre-
| pare for entertaining the members
of the Chicago Association of Com
MERGE upon the occasion of their Wis
| ii to Waxahachie next "Wednesday
afternoon met yesterday afternoon
and perfected the necessary arrange
ments for that event, The committee
| is composed of s. p, Spalding, chair
man: Mayor Prince, Roy Connally,
7. A. Ferris and Geo w. Coleman.
Mayor Prince was selected to act
as master of ceremonies.
According to the plans that have
been adopted by the committee there
will be plenty doing while the WISH
tors are in the city. 1t is regarded as
a significant fact that in arranging
their itinerary they gave WaXahachle
more time than was given to any
other town of like size in the state.
About eight hours will be spent in
this city The special train bearing
the Chicagoans will arrive here from
Ennis at $3.50 p. M and will depart
at 1890 that night.
| 1t is planned to have committee
| go to Ennis to meet the visitors. II
the weather is favorable several au-
! tomobiles viii go through the coun-
try and give some of the members Oh
the party an automobile trip to this
city.
reception committee headed by
the Trinity University band Will meet
the train at the Central passenger
station Forty-one automobiles Will
be on hand to take the visitors for
ride over the city. They will first be
driven to the greenhouse OF w. b.
Forrest, where a committee OF ladies
will be in waiting to pin carnatlon
on each member of the party. A trip
will then be made to the cotton mill
where a short talk will be made by
Manager f. A DuBose, after which
the entire party will be shown thru
the plant. Then will follow an infor-
NAL ride overs the pike roads in the
vicinity of Waxahachie. Upon return
log 10 the city late in the afternoon
tn visitors : III b" taken TO tde Elks'
club rooms where a public reception
: will be held. This is open to every
| DnGE and all lHt tlllHtho VI " S-N'
: hachie are invited to be present and
! meet the city's guests. Later in the
evening there viii be short pro-
g gram which will include short talks
nv local citizens and by mNnbers oil
n The visiting party. This Will be foi
e lowed by a light luncheon.
d The reception committee has been
d named as follows:
S S. p. Spalding Ed Cunningham
n w. C. Dalton. S. L. Hornbeak, r e
: Moore, L. w Bateman, f NJ Hines
e r. Boehle, Lynn Reagor, o. f. Dun
r. lap, Paul R. UT, W j. McDuffie, J
d Lee Penn, Patrick w Sims, A. w
o Wilson, O. B. Sims, j f. Plummer
IS e. p Hardin, G. c. Groee, ]. l.. Nc
IS Cartney, DR.. w. d. Boyd, r. K Er
Il win, f. L. Hawkins, Robt. Harri
l. son, John ID. McRae, n. w. Pierce
} John Spalding, e. II. Griffin, j.
d Hines. Dabney Sims. c. l.. Penn, }
a Y. Langsford, viii Munroe, {. Y
Thomson, w. w. Woodroof, G. W
IS Mcknight, j. r. Mayhem, L. c. Todd
Y. p. p. Smith, Jas A Weaver, J M
ID Alderdice John M. Harrison, j. II
l. Hamlin, r. w Rushing, Cary VII
er son. A. NJ. Browning, VIII Hancock
Henry McCarter, John B. George W
! d. Anderson, o. T. Murphee j. L
: Cannon w A. Gibson, w G. Nc
p CLAIM, John Cornwell, Billie Hughes
n, d, j. MCGEE VIII Moore, E.
Campbell, Cole Y. Bailey, j. c. Gu
hertson, Fred Noteworthy, ID. t
~ Thompson, j W. Sawyer, W. a
r, Baird, o. B. Dunaway, Lee p Quaitt
g Tom Bullard. c. w. Lambcrth, /
c. Rogers w b. Howell, r. {
er Johnston, T. j. Cole S. w. Durham
T. l.. Keplinger, J . G. Lumpkins, d
Mt Simpson, Lem Curtin, S. H. Andrews
n Geo W. Coleman, Tom Whipple +
n 8 Burke, r. R. Hendricks.