Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-30
Big Delegation From Pine Bluff Aerie is Given Cor
 dial Reception at Capital.
MAYOR HEADS PARTY
D utch Luncheon and limitations Feat ured-Many to Attend Con-
 yentiOn Here.

The big delegation of Pine Bluff Eagles. after being royalty entertain ed by the members of Little Rock Aerie No. 60 and Arsenta Areie No. 500, at the booster meeting held in Little Rock Wednesday night. re- turned home yesterday. At the meet ing, which was attended by more than 250 Eagles, thirty oi whom were from Pine Bluff Aerie. the Little Rock ant Argenta lodges decided to run a spec ial train over the Cotton Belt to the Pine Bluff convention June IT. A band of eighteen pieces will be brought along by them and the Little Rock and Argenta Eagles, numbering probably three hundred will make the trip and remain here for three days.
 Other aeries in the state, including those in Fort Smith and Mena are preparing to come on specials and will bring bands The Cotton Belt was adopted by the Little Rock and Ar genta Eagles as the official route, through the efforts of George Merrill and Jack Caperton. who presented the matter to them in the shape of letters and telegrams from E. w. Le Beaume and local Agent s. M. Dickey. The entire train crew will be Eagles and the boosters said they would white wash the porter on the train.
 The invitation to attend the con- vention here was extended in speeches by Mayor Simon Bloom, President D.. H. Sammon, of the Pine Bluff Aere; Past worthy Presidents Edgar Bre- wster and J. R. Stewart, Trustees Meyer Solmson and Ben Feinberg Judge J. A. Frazier and J. M. Shaw. President Jack Maree in speech of welcome thanked the Pine Bluffians for the cordial invitation and assured thme that they would come full force to the state convention here.
 N c. Pohl. of this city was initiated at the meeting, with three little Rock candidates and after the session a fine Dutch lunch was served. The Pine Bluffians were recipients of many favors during their visit to the capital and Mayor Bloom especially was given fine reception by the Lit 1 tie Rock Aerie members, as well as those from Argenta.
 The following committee on arran- gements for the convention on behalf of Aerie No. 60 was appointed: E. Koehler, chairman; J. w. Harper, T. Norton, A. Ginocchio E. Barber, c. A. Ohth, H. Heibach, Gus Vogel, E. H. Counts, R. Leonard, J. R. Robinson, A. Cupp, J. P. Henderson, w. G.. Ter, George Wright and w. D. Gin .occhio.
 Pine Bluff members present were: E. H. Sammon, president of Pine Bluff Aerie No. 209; Mayor Simon Bloom, Sheriff Edgar Brewster, Police Judge |
 J. R. Stewart, Judge J. A. Frazier Constable Evan Parnell, R. H. Will Hams, w. D. Higginbotham, Ben Feinberg, J. E. Lytle, G. A. Nixon, B. c. McCammon, A. Johnson, Ben Robinson, c. B. Yauch, T. A. Maxwell, Henry Marx, Meyer Solmson, and J. M. Shaw.
 SammOn Is Endorsed
 At a big meeting of Pine Bluff Aerie held last night, at which nearly ;a hundred members were present, E. H. Sammon, president of Pine Bluff } Aerie No. 2O9, and one of the most po- pular Eagles in the state, was en- dorsed for state president and the local Eagles will support him to a man during the state convention.