Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-01-27

pense of same individually in order to make their gatherings more at- tractive. The maintenance fund is be- ing raised for entertainme ent, adver- Using and boosting purposes and is to be expended in the interest of the city and the Chamber of Commerce as it's commercial body.
 Slave Plant Coming.
 The Hampton Slave Company, of Fordyce, which recently purchased a large tract of timber land in this and adjoining counties, is planning to es- tablish a mill to handle the material. A letter was read from the staEe company in which it was stated that Pine Bluff was being considered as the location for the new plant.
 The trustees instructed the adver- Using committee to contract for ad- vertising matters, such as illustrated postcards, etc.. to aid Secretary Spaulding in properly advertising this city and section.
 The matter of entertaining the delegates who are coming here March 13 and 14 to attend the stock growers meeting, was referred to the enter tainment and finance committee, after being freely discussed. A meeting place will be provided for the dele gates and it is probable that a Dutch luncheon will be given them while here.
 Object to Train Service.
 A letter from E. w. LeBeaume, gen. i, eral passenger and ticket agent fo.' the Cotton Belt at St. Louis, to J. E. Boyce, was read, dealing with the present Gillette to Little Rock pas sengers train service. MT. LeBeaume assured Mr. Boyce that the Cotton Belt would not put on Jonesboro to Little Rock train, reported as being planned some time ago. Mir. LeBeaum added that he did not consider that the present Gillette to Little Rock train was harmful to the Pine Bluff retail trade, giving statistics that he said were in his office, showing that an average of only one passenger day made the trip to the capital from Gillette. He states that Pine Bluff was being we'll protected in the mat ter of train service on the Cotton Belt citing the through trains and the i Camden train.
 A. w. Mum was quick to take ls- sue with MT. LeBeaume's communl- i cation and declared that the Gillette to Little Rock train was doing Pine Bluff merchants much harm. "The retail merchants of this city are be- ing hurt by this train,' said MT i Nunn. "As far as the wholesalers are concerned, our travelling men get the business all over the lines, but it IS the retail merchants of this city Who should remedy the present dlserlmln- ating service on the Gillette branch A passenger, in order to reach Flhe Rluff under the new Gillette to Little Rock schedule, is compelled to spend s11O more to get to Pin Bluff than if he goes to Little Rock He has to go to Stuttgart then to Englaho and back to Altheimer and into Pine Bluff if he comes from Gillette ane wants to do his trading here. l have seen many people on the Gillette train. en route to Little Rock, wltf bundles, who formerly came to thl; city to do their trading
 MT. Mum thought it necessary 1o1 the merchants, retail and wholesale to- demand that the Cotton Belt glv' Pine Bluff better train service iron the prairie country. It was suggest ed that a committee take the mattel up with Superintendent E. A. Peck a the early possible time. MT. Boycei special committee and committee of wholesalers will discuss the mat ter with Mr. Peck, probably thi week.
 At the suggestion of Meyer Solm
 son the trustees requested Secretar!
 Spaulding to write to the officials O
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