The Sentinel=record., 1914-07-24
SIGN NOTES HERE FOR STATE SUPPORT
LOCAL BUSINESS MEN HELP GOV ERNoR HAYS HOLD ON TO AR
 KANSAS BUILDING SITE.
Fund Will Be Raised in General Cam
 paigH Throughout the State to Pro tect Notes and Erect State Building.

The sum of $3,500 was guaranteed Governor George w. Hays in his eff fort to have erected at the Pan American exposition a state building for Arkansas. when, at a brief meet ing called by George R. Belding, sec retary of the Business Mems League, seven well known citizens personally agreed to sign and execute their note for $500 each, payable March 15, 1915.
 The signing of the notes will en- able the governor to raise immediate ly sufficient money to let the con- tract for the Arkansas building, which contract must be given out by August 15, otherwise the lot given for the Ar kansas building will be again turned over to the Pan-American officials and the deed for the same revoked.
 The signers of the notes yesterday, MT, Beldng explained, were taking no chances whateVe-
 Governor Hays has told me that he would personally guarantee that none of the notes would have to be paid" explained Secretary Bedding, "He stated that money is being rais- ed all over the state for the Arkan- sas building and that in the event this money now coming in every week is not enough 10 meet the notes, he will make a personal appeal to the legislature to make an appropriation fer this purpose. l believe that he is already assured the support of the men who will be in the next General assembly that such an appropriati ln will be one of the first things that will be considered by him, and we | certainly owe it to Governor Hays | and the interest he is taking in the State Fair to give him this immedi- ate assistance. From what he has told me ] know that none of the notes
 will have to be paid and none Of tbhose who sign the notes will be taking any chance whatever. Tester day in Little Rock, l understand they secured the signatures of 26 oi that city's prominent citizens, and
 Hot Springs should do her part iI | this work, too"
 Captain C. N. Rix was one of the | first to sign the agreement to exc cute his personal note for $500 in or | der that the governor might hay, ] immediate funds to enable him to lei
 the contract for the building ant thereby save a revocation of the deed for the site granted the Arkan sas commissioners. He was follow ed by George R. Bedding. w. w. Wat
 CTS, Simon Cooper, Earnest Latta Jesse Murphy and Dr. A. U. Williams It is understood that an effort will be made to get this agreement sign. ed by other local citizens today. Thc agreement, which bears the sigma, ture of Governor Hays, T. B. F. Hol
 lenberg and R. F. Allen, of Little Rock, is as follows
 Whereas, it is imperative that ar. engagements he made immediately for the raising of sufficient funds to erect the Arkansas building at San | San Francisco, a-'
 Whereas, it will be impossible to materalize all plans for soliciting as assembling funds in time to retain the lot deeded to Arkansas, as the deed will be revoked and cancelled on August 15th, unless the contract for the building is let, now
 Therefore. in order to provide means to accomplish this purpose we