Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-22

eral were coming from McGehee, Hot Springs, Stuttgart, Dumas and other places.
 1t was announced last night that all committees had finished their work and were only awaiting the arrival of their Brother Elks to demonstrate how perfectly they have planned to care for them. The influx of lAlks began last night. Individual Hello Bills" and their ladies dropped off of carly evening trains and others ar rived at midnight.
 The streets of the city are "dolled up ill puli i.le and white and the in i terior of practically every business house, office building. cafe cigar store bal JeY shop and public building are laVishly done in the Elks colors some elaborate window displays have also been made, in which the Elks color scheme is carried out in detail. Ellls heads are everywhere and the famli- ar Eleven is shown on the dial of many clocks throughout the ely.
 The Days Program
 The morining will be take up en- tirely in receiving the ,arious dele i gation at the Union Station and re- <. gistering at the E,lks Home. The vi sitors will also be assigned to the various quarters, after being listed l at the Home Credentials will be 1 given only to those who register.
 Tine opening ceremonies will take i place at the Elks Theatre at o'clock. i Mayor simon Bloom and Exalted l Ruler x. J. Can't Jr., Nill deliver the welcome addresses. Hon w. s. Steel, of TeXarkana, president of the Arkan- sas Elks Association, will respond on hebalf of the state association. 1 Following the o5aning ceremonies, which will be brief, the Elks an> their friends vii go to Forest Park, Nhere the baseball game between tht Pine Bluff Elks and the Little Rock Elks will be featured The Little ! Rock team has been making threats of what it intends to do to their bro thers at this end of Sne line, but tha
 local enthusiasts say that they cannot
 make good. Care will be in waiting
 for the I1lks after the opening cere-
 monies are concluded to take them
 to the Park.
 At night the one feature of the day the Grand Dress Parade-Wlll doubtless attract thousands There will be about 1880 Elks in line, many , decorated automobiles and floats anc | many ladies on horses. Torch lights in addition to the hundreds of cleo , tric Iehts will illuminate the route O : the parade.
 1 All during the day band concert! S will be the attraction at various D downtown corners and refreshment' , will be served throughout the day d
 tle Elks Club.
 q Elks are Pouring In. 8 All during the wee small hours o 0 this morning, members of the Arkan n sas antlered herd have been pourin d into the city and over 200 visltln Elks will breakfast in Pine Bluff thi - morning.
 V On Southbound Cotton Belt Tral = No. 3. which arrived in this city a
 3,y90 o'clock this morning, delegation
 from Jonesboro, Paragould, Clarer
 don and Brinkley arrived to atten
 the convention, their sleepers beln ~ side-tracked in this city. The Jones
 boro delegation, 50 strong, occup
 two sleepers and is accompanied by
 band. The Paragould Elks is als
 accompanied by band and they nun her about 50, occupying two sleeper
 Clarendon and Brinkley each are re resented by 25 Elks.
 The first arrivals after daybres this morning will be the Stuttga "bunch," who will come over the GO