Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1915-03-21
j. c. 7. COUNCIL
HOLDS ELECTION
Senior Counselor Hollis and
All Other Officers Are
Re- elected.
BAGMEN TO PARADE
Travellers Fun-Making Organization
Will Turn Out in Full Regalia
During Convention
i'm May.

Pine Bluff Council No. 204, United
Commercial Travellers. yesterday held
it's annual election Of officers. the
incumbents being named 20 serve an-
other term, by unanimous vote. The
officers are:
NJ. c. Hollis. senior counselor; J..
II. Bartlett, Junior counselor; j. {.
Chestnut. conductor; &C. IT. Herring,
sentinel c. H. Rogan. page; w. l..
Carr. past senior counselor; }. W.
Martin, chaplain: f.. r. Wiles, secre-
tary-treasurer: r. 7. Daniel wv. P.
Lindsay NJ c. Hollis. delegates t.
grand lodge; B. H. christopher. l.. II.
Bartlett and E. r. Wiles, alternates.
BY virtue of having served six con-
secutive years as member of the eX-
ecutive committee, r. T. Daniel was
raised to the honor of past senior
counselor, by unanimous vote.
The membership of the council has
doubled in the past yea, the roll now
containing 10l names. w. l.. Carr and
J. w. Martin are already members OF
the grand council, which meets in
Pine Bluff May q and %. V. M. Har-
rison was elected a member OF the
executive committee.
Go to Church Today.
Today being Church Going Day
for the Travellers, Rev. w. J. e. Cox,
pastor of the First Baptist church,
will preach special sermon for the
travelling men. The council yester-
day, at its session, named committees
to visit the hotels today and person
ally invite and escort visiting travel
ing men to attend the service.
Members of the council and out OF
town travelling men will meet at the
Hotel Pines at 1915 o'clock, and
march to the church in body.
Cotton Mill Report.
J. Il. Boyce, u. c. FoWles and e. B..
Bloom, representing the Chamber OF
Commerce. appeared at the session OF
the council and addressed the gather
ing on the matter of the proposition
to move to Pine Bluff cotton mill
now operating in Tennessee.
The addresses were we'll received
by the Travellers and much interest
was manifested. AS soon as the
Chamber of Commerce has taken ac-
ton in the matter, The members of the
council and the travelling men gener-
ally will help push it to a conclusion
The Pine Bluff council started the
mill for Pine Bluff and took it up with
the Chamber of Commerce to get a
line en- one. The chances are no"
that Pine Bluff council No. 2o4, U. {,
r.. will see the dream realized, OF not
only one. but several cotton mills in
Pine Bluff.
Convention Plans Progress.
All the committees in connection
with the entertainment of the Crane
council. on May Il and %, teHorteo
everything in fine shape and the meet
ing promises to be enc of the largest
and best attended in The history O
the organization in the state.
]. c. Chestnut. who visited The
Texarkana council last Sa,urda,
night. reported that TeXarkana il
coming strong and will probably rul
special train to the convention
making a trade excursion out OF same
Mr.. Chestnut also attended the an
nual meeting of the Bagmcn OF Bag
dad, at which the following officer
we're elected to serve during the en-
suing year:
w. W. Harding. of Texarksna, grea
ruler: Henry Dawson of Little Rock
viceroy: j. McCook of Pine Blum
prime minister; j. c. Chestnut Q
Pine Bluff, master of ceremonies; !
G. Burlingame Of Little Rock. chief O
guides H. S. Spivey of Little Rock
calph: c. W. Mullin of TeNarkant
clerk of records and revenue; J. Il
Jordan of Fayetteville, inside gate
keeper: d. D. Dale of Fort Smitl
outside gatekeeper.
The Bagmen will give a costume pa
radc IN Friday night during the con
vention which is expected TO be OK
OF the biggest features Of the convcn
ton of the Travellers.
Want Many Singers.
In order that there shall be lots {
song during the Travellers CONVEX
ton, the council at its meeting yes
terday elected a quartet committee
composed OF {. J. Sawyer, James l.a'
kin. Thad Trawek and l.. II. Bartlett
whose duty it will be to get lars
number of songs and an organizatio