The Sentinel=record., 1915-05-07
FARMER SAVED
 EXCURSIONISTS
FLAGGED M., D .& G. TRAIN AND PREVENTED TT RUNNING
 OVER LARGE TREE.
Hot Springs Busi ess Men Return
 Last Evening After a Most Enjoy able Junket 10 Southwest Arkansas

able Junket 10 Southwest Arkansas
 The 9G cNcur-ionsts composed of business and professional men of Hot Springs would have either been in morgucs or hos1Itals this morning but for the precauion taken yoster- day afternoon hy ". D. Thompson farmer of Melton postoffce. about one mic this side of Percy
 The high wind of the afternoon had torn down huge pine tree, ahoF 2l inches u diameter and had blown t directly across the tracks of tao Memphis, Dallas and Gulf road. lNot only this, but the tree had been | blown across the tracks at a point just around a curve. and it would have been impossible for the engineer to have anticipated any such trouble ahead, or to have stopped for it. Thompson discovered the huge log across the tracks and decided that there was trouble ahead He was uu- familiar with the method of flagging | trains, but he did stand in the middle of the track and wave his hands with such wild gesticuauons that the en- sipeer knew something must be wrong ahead. and slowed down. The train crew was then informed of the trouble, and set about getting the | tree removed from the tracks
 | Members of the excursion crew i'm mediatoly set about to make up a purse for the farmer and it was de- ! liyered over to him. but there were i two other donations made of & each | yesterday afternoon after reaching the city they being from Charles II. Merkle, chef of the Arlington. and M. | H. stanton of the Sulzberger Com | pauy. These sums will be forwarded | forthwith to the farmer.
 The Hot Springs business men re- port a most enjoyable trip. They also expect good results from the trip Evcrywnere they were met with a spirit of cordiality and wel- come, and the people of that district
 were much interested in the fact that here in Hot Springs they w.U find good market for their pro duets.
 The special edition Of The Sentinel | Record was accepted with much gratitude everywhere and number of subscribers were added. as well as
 negotiations opened up for agencies and correspondents in that section of the state.
 On the way south the Hot Springs deleeation stopped first at Glcnwool
 where they were given a most cordial reception Next they stopped at the
 point nearest Amity. and the Amity people there had couyeyances to 1 take them to this progressive little l city mile distant from the railroad | The next stop was al Murfreesboro, where the dclegation spent the lunch | hour. and where they had another most cordial reception They then went on to TeXarkana, where they were entertained by the Board of Trade and the Huckns House There was a program and speeches were made of welcome and of thanks for the splendid entertainment provided for the Hot Springs boys
 Yesterday morning the first stop on the return trip was at AshdoVu, where Inc Chamber of Commerce had arraueed special entertainment for 1 the visitors. and where delegations
 of ladies also met the train and pinned bouquets on all Of tde eXcur sionists The next stop was al Mia. | eral Springs and then the excursion proceeded to Nashville. where lunch was taken and where the party was escorted in autos about the city. The next stop was at the famous peach orchard. where thc canning factory
 was in fuu operation, and where they are canning strawberries and mus tard greens at the rate of 1000 cans a day Bert Johnson, proprietor of l the big peacn orchard, assisted in
 the entertainment of the party
 A resolution as follows was adopted by the eNcursionists on the train.
 We. the citizens of Hot Springs and members of the Merchants Asso-
 citation desire to hereby express our sincere gratitude and appreciation
 for the many and varied courtesies
 extended to us on this our first bust ness iunket by the officials and em- T pIoyes of the Memphis Dallas and GuIf railroad, Mir Bert Johnson. c.ti-
 zens of Glenwood Mineral Springs, | Ashdowu, Nurfreesboro. Amity l Nashville and Texarkana We feel
 that this trip has been of inestimaole ! value to us all both from a personal | and a commercial standpoint and We sincerely trust that we may have the delightful privi oge Of reclprocatine ,I in kind at a very early date Alp I proved this Gth day of May 1915. by 1 the members of the iunket and un- auimously voted on"
 Despite the fact that it had been raining here during the two days of the iuuket, the eNcurSionists eNperr