Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-09-07
Bl-MONTALY MEETING
 OF TRUSTEES Board Transacts Much Rou- tine Business and Ar ranges For Elec-
 tion.
J. F. MCINTYRE RESIGNS
Election of Eight New Trustees and President to Be Held on
 October 7-

commerce held their regular bi- monthly luncheon and business meet ing at the Hotel Jefferson yesterday and disposed of much routine busi- ness that had accumulated during the summer vacation of Secretary H. G. Spaulding, who recently returned from Winslow, Ark. President w. D. Hearn presided at the meeting and there was a good attendance of trus- tees.
 After the business meeting w. J.. Doyle, industrial commissioner for the Cotton Belt; James Gould and Paul Reyburn, guests of the trustees, and W, E. Mullikin made brief talks. MT. Doyle said that he considered the Pine Bluff Chamber of Commerce the most wide-awake commercial body on the Cotton Belt system and that he could see great things in store for this city in the near future, especial ly if the packing house was built.
 There will be a general meeting of the members of the Chamber of Commerce Thursday night, September 12, for the purpose of nominating 24
 members for trustees and three mem- bers for president, as eight trustees and president are to he elected at an election to be held at the Chamber of Commerce rooms on October {. The trustees are to fill the vacancies of eight trustees, who were elected for one year and whose terms expire this month. They are to be elected for the long term of three years. President w. D. Hearn's term as the presiding officer of the organization also ex- pires this month.
 ]. F. Mcintyre. a trustee and vice president of the Chamber of Com mefce, rendered his resignation to the trustees yesterday and it was accept ed He stated, in a written resigna- tion. that business prevented him from giving the Chamber of Con- merce the attention it demanded. His vacancy, as trustee, will also be sup piled at the regular annual election
 The trustees whose terms expire are Ben Robinson, J. w. Martin, T. II. Nixon, E. A. Howell, Edgar Brewster, J. B. Simon, Dr. A. G. Thompson and c. D. Bair.
 At the meeting of the trustees ar engagements were made for the nam ing of delegates to represent the Chamber of Commerce at the Nation. al Drainage Congress, to be held in Memphis; the big Waterways con- vention, to be held at Little Rock. and the Conservation congress, to be held at Indianapolis. President Hearn and Secretary Spaulding will announce the list of delegates in a few days.
 The trustees also approved the ac- tion, of the executive committee of the Chamber of Commerce in reaching an agreement with w.. J. Miller, of La mar, Mo-, for the building of the Pine Bluff and Northern Railroad.
 w. E. Mullikin spoke of the value of the Waterways convention and urged that this city tie to it" and stay with it in order to get the benefits of it's great work if the plans of the or tiOp ara cI1cpocSf,,1
 c. E. Bair informed the trustees of the Chamber of Commerce that the Pittsburgh trade special of Pullman cars was coming south in few days with a number of Pennsylvania cap:- talists, who alre to tour Southern states with a view to making invest ments. AS Little Rock is the only city in this state on the itinerary, Mr. Bair suggested that the Pttsburghers be invited to stop in Pine Bluff for n few hours. Secretary Spaulding was instructed to wire an invitation to the Chamber of Commerce to visit Pine Fluff on it's Southern trip
 O. E. Mckenzie. one of the mem- beTs of the board stated that he and F O.. McGehee were preparing to make the Northern trip on "The Ar kansas on Wheels train again this year. MT. Mckenzie suggested that ]le Chamber of Commerce also be on the trip and $200 was for space and an attend mt. Captain J. D. Milner, who made the trip in 1911, was suggested md President Hearn and Secretary nan to represent the Chamber Of commerce on the train.
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