Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-10
SURE 10 GET TIE:
 PACKING PLANT Business Men Subscribe More Than S3O,OOO of the
 $50,000 Needed. RAISE REST TODAY Great Enthusiasm Displayed at Mass Meeting Held Las, Night,
RAISE REST TODAY

The packing plant is assured The business men of this city refuse to be looked on as "quitters. The larger end of the required amount of stock necessary to insure the immediate construction of the plant was secured last night at the biggest mass meet ing, in point of attendance, held in ject was launched There were not only local business men, young and old, present, but there were iaborers and others, including many ladies, who evidenced the fact that they too, are deeply interested in the progress and development of Pine Bluff There were prominent financiers of South Ar kansas and central Arkansas on hand and all of them seemed to be imbued with the packing house spirit. Among them were J. C. Bain and J. A. Dean, of Portland; w. B. DeYamperts, of Wilmot, and others. Sidney Helms was there from Stuttgart and he, too, subscribed for stock. w. J. Boyle, the industrial agent for the Cotton Belt, who, with other big officials of his road are simply ''nutty'' over the great possibilities of packing plant here, and are doing all they can to aid Pine Bluff in securing it, injected en- thusiasm into the skeptical ones and when the meeting closed nearly S31,- 900 of the $50,000 to be subscribed by Pine Bluff, had been raised through subscriptions for stock.
 Hearn Leads On.
 W. D. Hearn started the list with $5.00o. P. F. Byrd put down the Speers Company for $o,0O0; s. c. Alexander, $3,000; Nichol Brothers, S2,000; Leo M. Andrews, $1,000; W. B. DeYampert, Wilmot, $1,O00; Dan c. Rutledge, $1,Ooo; w. c. Hudson. $1,- coo; Jefferson Hotel Company, $1,30O Then there came rush of many | smaller subscriptions, ranging from S12O up to $500 each. w. l.. Mat thews made purchases of stock for the Cleveland Company and himself. Attorney A. H. Powell said he would be one of '52 young men to each subscribe for $250, making sure the remainder of outstanding unsold stock.
 E.. B. Bloom, who with his son, F, R. Bloom, subscribed for big block oi stock in the enterprise, suggested that i a. youne mems committee be named to raise the rest of the stock sub scriptions. His motion carried and there was a general offer of services on the part of enthusiastic young business men, anxious to be one Of the committee and determined to raise the rest of the money to insure the establishment of the great packing house plant and it's tributary plants here, The committee was named by Mir Hearn, who presided, and it VIII meet this morning at o'clock m MT Blooms office and start out. mere is not the least doubt that the mo- ney will be raised in one day. only about $19,000 is needed.
 The committee is composed or E R. Bloom, chairman; w. l.. Mathews T M Simpson, o, F. Tedstrom, A. II Powell. Harry Hanf, Herman Bahlau Frank Franey, Ben Veil and W. D Hicks.
 TWO progressive spirited and prom ;nent negroes, Ferd Havis and A. l. Rurnett who were present subscribed for stock and Ferd HaVls salo tlat n' would secure one hundred suDscrlDei' lamong the negroes of the clty thi' week. .,o
 The business men heard gioWmt ronorts from s. c. Alexander, Slmol Bloom and w. w. Cargill, who vlslteS Fort Worth to inspect the pacKlh' nlants there. They told of the grea Strides that had been made by tna Xiv since the establishment of th' nlants In 1900 Fort Worth was daad town. said MT. Alexander Something had to be done anu .n
 Fort Worth people, then hunioelin' aho,1t the same as Pine Bluh plee ent population gave Swl1t anu Al
 mour S1OO,OOO each as bonus eo ee +ab1;sh nlants there In addition the'
 aovo them 800 acres of land' Iort. ecras of which were used TOT pacA ;na house sites and the rest TOT iols
 Tbo nlants were built at a cost U
 e1 5oO OOO. Now the total lnvestmeh
 pf tbe two companies is more thal
 Gin onO ono. Fort Worth has grow from 2S.OOO to 75,000 people. m hank deposits there are enormous. M, VI, Careill, Cars according to MT. Alexandei ssaa aaSiei and is regarded as an Al pash;n ,.;. and is regarded as an A pA tni house @ manager MT. Alexander tu. , .s % .bo cordial treatment accorded tn m nar-v @ hv MT. Finney, the head or .n
 brrrour interests there, ana auus
 Al. M, Finney was positive that tn
 tlae M hare if it was given sufficlen
 working capital would pc sue1