Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-03-29
Pine Bluff Organization En-
tertains Big Gathering
at Pines.
BOOST TALKS MADE
Prof. Jordan Tells OF Schools, While
J.. Is. Bloom Relates OF Business
Activities and the Future.

Boost Pine Bluff was the slogan
of the banquet given last night at tie
Hotel Pines by the Young Mems
Progressive business League More
than 300 travelling men and boosters
were in attendance and many talks on
Pine Bluff and the progress it is now
making We're heard.
All who We're on the program for
talks spoke in high terms of Pine
Bluff, and in their boosting way
termed it the Queen City Sam
Russell, vice president OF the League
acted as chairman and POSTMASTER
and in his usual fine way introduced
the speakers.
Attorney Daniel Taylor way the
first speaker, and he told of the
friendly feeling existing between the
League and the travelling men, and
termed them as "our boosters"
DR.. Junius Jordan, spoke on Our
Public Schools" He told of the
steady growth of the schools in the
past five years and paid a high COM
pliment to the school board, saying:
"They are the most generous set OF
men ever brought together, and the
work they are doing and the good
they, are accomplishing, prompts me
to say that they are real booGters.' .
He said that in the past year the
board had spent $4,000 in improve
ments and that they had plans map
ped out whereby they would spend
five times that amount during the
coming year by building schools and
making other improvements neces-
sary. He also spoke in high terms
of the good work done by Mayor
Simon Bloom toward helping build
the new athletic field, and also
praised the work done by the Young
Mems Progressive Business League in
the building of the athletic field. At
the end of his speech he was accord
ed most hearty applause
The next speaker, who was intro
duced as "The small, but really big
booster" was e. B. Bloom, who
spoke on "City Activities" He spoke
at length on the wonderful strides the
city was making, and told of the
numerous improvements now being
made Because of the absence of
William Cargill, manager of the Ar
kansas Packing Plant, who was to
talk on Packing Plant and Stock
Yards" Mr.. Bloom was asked to say
something on this subject, and he
briefly outlined what this big plant
will mean to Pine Bluff.
DR.. ]. l. Norris who spoke on CAS-
ISOLATED Charities" told of the good
being done by this association and
said that it was the best managed of
any in the state. He said that it was
the logical point through which a
man should give to charity.
N. ]. Can't, who spoke on the
Free Bridge told what this big
structure meant to this city, and said
that it would bring Pine Bluff in
closer touch with outer world, and
naturally mean more railroads, and
showed many other advantages to be
derived from it's construction.
Mayor Simon Bloom spoke on the
athletic Field" and said it was his
one aim to see that 1T is the best in
the South, when completed. He also
said that he was pleased to see that
the League took such interest in this
matter, and further said that it has
been his longing desire to see an
athletic field the city.
d. C. Hastings, of Crossett, presi-
dent of the State Athletic Association
told of the estate High School Track
Meet" and said that the coming meet
was going to be the largest ever held
He also said that Pine Bluffs new
athletic field was attracting attention
everywhere.
Mack Hollis and Will Carr, both
gave fine booster talks, from travel
lag salesman's standpoint. and sale
!, It was the aim Of all the travelling
statesmen of Pine Bluff to boost thu
city at all times.