The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1914-10-10
COMMITTEES On
ASSESSMENTS
HELD IMPORTANT MEETING LAST
NIGHT TO PLAN LOCAL ADVER-
Using CAMPAIGN.
Three New and important Features
Develop During the Discussion.
Meeting Largely Attended.

! RealZlng that now IS the Tune 10
take active steps to secure big aid
vertising fund that will place Hot
Springs before the eyes of American
tourists, thirty-siX of the city's repre-
sentative business and professional
men who We're appointed members OF
the assessment committee 10 suggest
the amount that every business and
profession in Hot Springs should give
as its just share to this project, met
last night in the Business Men 5
League. Chairman Martin A. Eisele
presided.
| The meeting brought out three very
important features, the first OF which
was suggested by Representative l..
f. Sawyer, and that was that the let.
ter read by Secretary George X. Beld.
ing to be sent to business and profes-
sional men also be mailed to every
wageearner in Hot Springs. who. he
believed, would be patriotic enough
to assist in this campaign and thaL
the aggregate of small amounts would
be material factor when totalled in
The second suggestion was the so,
licitation of contributions from prop
erty owners who are women. AL.
though it is not generally understood
there are nearly 100 women who hold
very large property interests in Hot
Springs, and the committee felt that
they, too, should be asked to con
tribute their share of this campaign.
for a prosperous season means a
prosperous city, and that carries with
| it the assurance of increased values
in real estate and other property in,
| terests.
The third suggestion was that an
contribute TO this fund, and it was
thought that the executive committee.
which will consist of the committee
that selected the assessment commit,
tee, with the addition of S. e. Dillon
who was unanimously elected treas
urer of this fund. could induce the
railroads TO give their share to this
project.
The gentlemen who RESPONDED last
night to their committee citing
were as follows:
Merritt Biggs, John G. HIGGINS
Harry A. Jones, Mark Brizzolara, L.
e. Sawyer, Al Reynolds, w T. Woot
ton, Dr. John NJ. Proctor, Dave Bur
gauer, Jack Frisby, Mr., CochDurn,
Martin Eisele, w. H. Moore, Mia
Wootton, L. d. Cooper. Simon Cooper.
Sidney NJ. Mutt ~ NJ Cohen NJ. c.
j Hickman, Robert McRoberts, George
| Sclmelzel. George Antonio, Joe
Kempner S. T. Dillon, John Wolf,
| Iucien Ramseur, Charles r.. Birn-
baum, Sam Bloomensteil, ]. c. Rush,
| Robert Kittleberger, George W JAM
son. c. Floyd HUFF, Frank Walker,
George r, Belding Frank Stearns and
W. w Waters.
Secretary Belding outlined the sys-
| TEN used in previous advertising cam
paigns and in the discussion that TO-
| lowed ~ M. Cohen advocated that
when the visitors are here that Ho-
! Springs endeavor to provide amuse-
ments for them. NJ. c. Hickman
stated that he believed every mer-
chant who employed both men and
women could be of material assist.
ance to the committee and suggested
that those in charge Of business
houses be requested to ask their EN-
ployes if they would contribute to the
advertising fund. He called attention
to the fact that the Underwood Type
writer Company had called a confer
ence OF their agents recently when
the "buy-a-bale" of cotton movement
started, and told of the number OF
bales that had been purchased by
this method, and believed that the
same good results could be obtained
in Hot Springs among the wage
earners.
The chairmen of the respective in
terests represented on the assessment
committee will receive from Secretary
Belding a list Of the persons, firms
and professions that contributed TO
the advertising fund two years ago
which they will use as a guide for
this years assessments. addina such
new business as may have been
opened since that time. These assesa.
ments will be turned in no later than
Monday afternoon and IT, in the iudg-
ment Of the executive committee, an
other meeting of the assessment com
mittee is necessary to consider the
assessments as a whole, the assess
ment committee will be called. 1t is
planned to start the advertising cam
paign before the holidays, and jug0.
ing from the representative body OF
men wac met last night and the en-
thusiasm that has been aroused in
this project, fund of at least $500 3
will be raised for this purpose before