Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-05-11
GREAT FLOCK 0F
 FABLES TO. SOAR
Pine Bluff Special Will Car ry Big Delegation to
 Meet at Hot Springs.

All arrangements for the members of Pine Bluff aerie No. 209 and their friends to attend the state convt ntion of Arkansas Eagles have been made, and when the Eagles speci9l pulls out from the Union station next We'd nesday morning it will have on board one of the largest delegations that ever left this city for 8 convention Ar- engagements have been made for train of chair cars and tourist sleep- CTS which will go over the Cotton Belt to Argenta, from which place it will use the Rock Island tracks into Hot Springs. There will be no change of cars.
 The special train will be lavishly decorated in national colol's, which are also the colors of the Eagles. The engine will be decorated as well as all the coaches, and on the pilot will ride the big eagle presented to Pine Bluff aerie by the Little Rock Eagles at the dedication of the local Eagles new home recently. An "all-Eagle crew." composed of George "Circus' Merrill as engineeer. John Merlo fire man, and Jack Caperton conductor, will be in charge of the train. The special will leave promptly at o'clock Wednesday morning, only two stops will be made, at England and at Argenta, the train arriving at Hot Springs at ii o'clock.
 A meeting of the aerie will be held at the hall tonght, in lieu of the regular meeting on Thursday. At this meeting final plans for the convention will be discussed and a large class will be initiated.
 The committee in charge of the ar engagements for the convention for the Pine Bluff aerie is composed of R. H. Williams, w. E. Green. Boo Fuuua, Henry Roberts, R. A. Poole, E.. J. Kerwin, Jack Caperton and Cir GUS" Merrill. They have contracted with Seibert's band to accompany the Pine Bluff delegation, to furnish mu- sic for the trip, and remain with the Pine Bluff bunch" during the con- vention. ,srhe officers of the Arkansas state aerie are:
 K. H, Sammons. worthy president, Pine Bluff; George H. Grimm, past worthy president, Fort Smith, Il. D. Riff, worthy vice president, Argenta; George Rye, worthy secretary, Foft Smith: A. J. Gunteher, worthy treas urer. Hot Springs; Joseph OShea' worthy conductor, Walnut Ridge; U. A. Finn, worthy inner guard, Bentoh' Charles Browning, worthy outer guard, Hartford; state trustees George II. Grimm, Fort Smith; 0. U. R1ackford. Walnut Ridge; Simon Bloom. Pine Bluff; J. M. Porter foft smith. and Fred Mcdonald, Argenta.
 "From reports l have received rom the various aeries," says State Presl- dent Sammon to the local officers, | look for bigger crowd at the no. Springs convention than has at!ehueu any in the history of the state aeile'
 Going After Prizes.
 The Claud Clegg baseball club wlis make the trip with the delegation or Ea oles and during the convenholi will play three games of pasepal1 aoainst a team from Hot Sprlhss' Tbesa hall games will be one of the big features of the conveh'io"' " ao;,o
 The Pine Bluff delegatlon IS gulns to tho convention with the d=ts sinli- nation of winning several oi a:.e nr;zas offered among them the prlze for having the largest delegation Ill tbo narade. the prize for the pest hand and the prize for having the sn,allest Eagla. Alex strauss VIII n.al,a inc effort tc win this latter nrize. local Eagles being oI the opin-