The Sentinel=record., 1915-03-24

| extended a personal invitation to | Mayor Charles Taylor Of Little Rock, Mayor Simon Bloom. Pine Bluff, and to the mayors Of ten otler cities and four in Oklahoma. asking them Co come to Hot Springs on Saturday and participate in this celebration The Business Mems League on behalf of
 the business interests of the resort has also invited the conan rcial organ
 ization of those towns to be present Thousands Of flyers are being
 printed for distribution in Little Rock, Pine Bluff TeIlraaua and other cities and towns in the state, which are gotten out by the League u add.
 tion to ghe independent adye-tising being carried on by the Memphis Dallas and Cult railroad It Is also expected that both the Boca Island and the Iron Mountain will run eXeur- 1 sions into Hot Springs on that day.
 George H Bedding. secretary of the Business MeAs League and VIII El- ls chairman Of the civic parade com | mttee reported great success in Lit l tie Rock. where. they stated. they mad 1 a conference with Mayor Taylor and l gentlemen repre- eut.ug tue Board oI i Trade and Chamber ot Commerce oG | that city, who entered into the spirit 1 of the occasion and promised tG send | big delegation to Hot Springs Im- l mediately after this conference a1- | other vas held with members of the ! Little Rock Automobile Club. al i which time arrangemeuts were made i for cars to compete n the racing pro gram as well as a big delegation of | autos 10 make the first trip over the ! new highway.
 John X. Riggs yesterday left for Lit | tle Rock where he will be two days | iu a boosting campaign for a rec. | ord-breabing crowd He will be as sisted by Row Brown, who has been associated with the state fair for a number of years.
 Officials Of the Memphis. Dallas and | Gulf road stated today that the first i train carrying eXcursionists from Mena. Womble and Glenwood would 1 arrive in Hot Spring. shortly before noon and would be followed by the other sections with residents from Texarkana the Oklahoma eXcursi on sionists and towns along the western outlet a few minutes after l o'clock. This time couid not be more appr0pr ate for the reason that il is planned
 10 have the big civic pageant that will be one of the features of the day,
 tarted al l2.30 o'clock
 Dr. Leonard Ellis has been appoint.
 ed grand marshal of the parade ana will announce his aides today An in- itation has been extended to locaJ | merchants to have floats in the pa- geant The committee appointed to arrange a style daE" disp1y wal
 have one of the most attractive floats i m the parade Fraternal and civic organizations win also be u line A mounted police escort will head th | procession and visitors to the spa will have an opportunity of reviewing
 Hot Springs excellent fire depart meut
 There ~ill be no lack of musical or gaHzatious for the parade Besides ! the l.edgeHNood band. there will also i be in line Al G Fields banl and
 minstrels TAe Banda Roma which | is big feature with street carnival ! now showing 1u Valley street, viii l likewise be in the pageant as wil l a}.o the band connected with tae J. l II Echmau circus, besides the drug and bugIe cotps of the local Moose
 and Eagles lodges
 N is doubtful if there has been any | one day in years when visitors had SO | much offered them as vii. be the case l Saturday The program al the -tate l lair grounds sill include exciting rum ming races. the auto and motorcycle | contests, besides a thrilling exhibition
 of daring rajdus by the Cossacks l with the '10l Rauca" wild west show ! Then, too there will be games sched. ulcd between teams ot the Piusburl l Natoual, and the Boston Americans. In the evening the big state bal will be given al the Eastman hotel Fireworks W.l, also play am important part iu the festivities or the night The big lawn of the Eastman WiIl be beautifully decorated and the bal win be the biggest and most important SD
 cjal event ol the season. Hot Springs is working to make Saturday
 the biggest and marr.est day in its history and judging by tue plans al- i ready announced, this hope is dcs
 tined 10 be realized in most success
 tul and glorious manner.
 GERMANS WERE KISSED.