Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-03-16
ARkANSANS WERE GUESTS OF HONOR Simon Bloom Tells of Trip to Big Stock Show at
 Fort Worth.
PRAISES THE TEXANS
Arkansas Delegation Given Right ol Way Over Eyerything-Band Played
 ''trkan>a> Traveller" All Day.

About ten of the party of Arkan- sans who left Wednesday afternoon on a special train over the Cotton Belt for Fort Worth. Texas, to attend the Feeders and Breeders Eat Stock Show to inspect the huge packing plant of Armour and Company in that city, returned home yesterday.
 They are unanimous ill the opinion that Fort Worth is the most progres sive, the most sociable and the best boosting town in the great south west.
 Arkansas Day" was one of the fea- tlre days of the big stock show, and by the way, the occasion was the first ill the history of the show. Never be- fore has the show entertained party of citizens from from another state and the Texans showed their aprecia- ton by keeping ideal hosts to the Ark. ansans. While stock entries com, from all points in the Lone Star Stat attend il was the first time in the his tory of the institution that it receiv, ed intrastate patronage.
 Mayor Simon Bloom was one of the number that returned yester- day and he praised Fort Worth and it citizens fro mthe time he had embark ed from the train until he went to bee last night.
 They met Us at the train with band, said MayOr-elect Bloom, May or Bill Davis, who was here recently headed the welcoming delegation ano from the time we hit Fort Worth un til we started home we had the timo of our lives. Everything was free to Us. The whole town was ours and i, seemed like they couldn't do enough for us because we went down therC in a special train.
 They took us to our hotel in auto, mobiles. Then to the big $l1 100000 packing plant of Armour and Com pany The plant employees 1,700 peo- pie. It has been built and developed in the past twelve years and is an in dustry that is now the backbone oi Forth Worth. Every man in oul party. almost, had a personal escort We were taken through the plant ant everything of interest was pointed out to us. At the horse show that night the band played The Arkansas Tray eler' continuously and the Arkansas bunch Was eheered repeatedly. Tho new state flag was placed in the bandstand and it is there yet They wouldn't let us bring it home. The coliseum in which the annual horse show is held will seat at least l0 0U people and was erected at a cost O. $200,000 It is used only once a year That's a sample of Fort Worth spirit The show is one of the biggest events held i'll the state. And some of the finest stock ever seen anyw here is seen right in Fort Worth The fa1 stock show is not outclassed by those held in Kansas City or Chicago,
 We were wined and dined and pat ted on the back until We felt so goo( we hesitated about coming home ant if the train hadn't been a few minute. late l would have had to wait unti tomorrow.
 Fort Worth people have more pride than citizens of any other town know. There is nothing too big fol them and they certainly showed tha they knew how to take care of a buncl of people who had travelled from am other state to see what kind of town and exhibition they had
 Many of the Pine Bluftians, afte spending Thursday in Fort Wortl went to other cities in Texas to visi friends and relatives and will return home later. Among others who re turned yesterday were H. G. Spauld ing. William Cargll. of Pine Bluff Dr. A. F, Wight and John II. Page, O Little Rock and R. B. Paris, of BirnI ingham Ala. a representative of tn Progressive Farmer