The Sentinel=record., 1915-04-22

If the trip of of members of the local Merchants Association over the Mem
 phis, Dallas X Gulf road. visiting the various twons along that right of way
 is an effort to establish better social and business relations with residents of said places, is not a big success in every way, it won't be because the committee having this commercial feature in charge is not working hard
 Yesterday the members of the com mittee met at the Business Mems Lea que and continued the planning of de tails for the trip The train will leave the M D. X C. depot on Wednesday morning, May ;, and the trip will ex tend over two days returning to Hot Springs on the 9th
 An invitation mas already been ex tended by the Board of Trade of Tex. arkana to visit that city. That body desires the Hot Springs business men to arrive there in the afternoon and re- main in Texarkana that night, giving the Board of Trade there an oppol- tunity to entertain the Hot Springs boosters" That was exactly the ar rangement that had been planned by Arthur H. Katz, chairman of the com mittee
 Mir Katz and the committee will start this morning on d visit to tae various business men in an effort to ascertain how many will agree 10 go on this trip.
 We have figured that 5000 will cover the cost of railroad fare and all hotel expenses. said Mir Katz. and we desire every business man to eith- CT go on that trip or provide the means to have a representative If there are any who will make this trip they can facilitate matters greatly by ca ling either myself or Secretary C.. l.. Russ, of the Merchants Association and letting us know, or, better still, by sending in their S5.00 It would not look right, after the big delegation that came from those clues when thls line was opened, to send q small crodn down there on our trip, and | hope that local business men will ap- preciate the value of the trade that awaits us there if we only make an effort 10 get it."
 A very interesting meeting of the dry goods bureau of the Merchants Association, as well as tne clothin. in. terests was held at the League last night A communication was read from J. C. Clary, state labor commis- sioner. wlo stated that he was con templating a trip to this city in the near future, at which time he hoped to confer with the memeu1s of the Mer- chants Association on the nine hour law Mir. Clary is favorable to the elimination of the Saturday night closing. provided the merchants would agree to close their stores at o'clock and Secretary C. l.. Russ stated that already thrty-two merclanta have signed an agreement to that effect Other merchants who, it is be eicvcd will also agree to this, have not as yet been seen, They will be inter viewed this week, and when Mr. Clary arrives one of the biggest meetings 0. the Merchants Association is expect ed.
 Secretary Rose also called the at tention of the merchants to the fact that many of them at various times have considerable job work, and ask d that local newspapers be patronized. He stated that it was the local press that gives publicity to their meetings. boosts their various projects and con- stantly keeps the Association before the eyes of the public and that it was the duty of the mercnants to recip- rocate with any work of this nature.
 Among the towns that will be visit ed on the trade excursion are:
 May ,, Glenwood, Roseboro, Amity Shawmut, Murfreesboro, Toho and Texarkana; May 6. return trip, AsI down, Nashville, with a special cele- bration in honor of the Hot Springs delegation at every place The Mer chants Association will also take the Moose Drum and Bugle Corps with them on this occasion, arransements to that effect. it was announced, hay in been completed yesterday.