Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-01-19
Soil Protection, Good Roads and Thrift Are Subjects
 of Speakers.
TTLLAR MAN NAMED
 AS GROUP CHAIRMAN
R. H. Wofe Unanimously Selrc,c.I to Head Section of State Ass0ciatieu. Sheridan, Fordyce, Wares and
 Lake Village Also Remembered.

Following the adoption by unani- nous vote, of the report of the nomi- mating committee, Which meant the election of the nominated, Group z, ci the Arkansas Bankers association, closed it's annual session about 4:3O o'clock yesterday afternoon, the of ficers elected being as follows
 R. H. Wolfe gf Tillar, chairman.
 P. l.. Lewis of Sheridan, vice chair man.
 J. A. Abernathy of Fordyce, secca- ,ary-tA: :asurAr.
 H. G. Martin of Warren, member of nominating committee of Arkansas Bankers association.
 John B. Sirms of Lake Village, number of executive council of Ar. kansas Bankers association.
 A. D. Foster of Pine Bluff, H. ::. Strange of Pine Bluff, w. D. Troiter of. Dermott, R. l.. Fish of Star City, and c. A. King of Tillar, executive committee Of Group (.
 Was Enthusiastic SessiGn.
 Although there was not SC large an attendance as has been the case ir the past, the meeting was one of '.,e most interesting and most -en husi- astic in the history Of Group z.
 Better farming methods, good roads, thrift and better educationa. facilities were the subject which cc- cupied tho greater part of the time cf the speakers and the members of the gAoup, and some of the addresses, though impromptu. were plainly ef- fective.
 The meeting unanimously voted q resolution protesting against the pas sage of the law proposing a stamp tax of two cents on each bank check, and the secretary was instructed fc forward copies of the resolution to the senators and representatives ia congress, from Arkansas.
 Secretary-Tre George K. Knox reported having received SPA from the Arkansas Bankers assoc!a- tion, which amount he has on ham,. The auditing committee found the re- port correct. MT. Knox thus estab- ljshe1. the unique record in Arkansas, of not spending cent in the entire year, as secretary of group of the state bankers association.
 A resolution committee, consisting of H. D. Palmer of star City, A. D. Foster of Pine Bluff and M. B. Bloom oi Pine Bluff, was named. to prepare a digest of tho speeches made at the meeting, copies of the digest to bc mailed to all member banks and to all non-represented banks, that all might know the substance of the talks at the meeting.
 Morning Session.
 A talk by Love Banks, of smith vile, on Credit Merchants and Better Farming" was the most important address of. the morning session, al- though it was ably seconded bv an impromptu talk by John H. Page, state commissioner 'cf agriculture.
 MT. Banks spoke principally, and with notable effect. on the very great benefits which would accrue to the state, if sor:e means were founo whereby the bankers would lend money direct to the farmer. He urged upon the bankers the fact that in the situation as it exists at present, there certainlv is a "bankable equation," a "personal equation" ,.,
 The banks lend money to the credit merchant, he said. The credit merch- ant finances the tenant farmer, Wno paws so to 100 per cent. proflt 10 the credit merchant, for his years supplies. No institution, no man. can thrive under such handlcap. Mr. Banks urged that the bankers find the. right man, insls on lease of at least three years, end then lena the money to that man. Thus inc noor farmer is able to make bls crop' to improve his soil, and to pay n:s debts. while at the sane time he IS raising his family pr,par'y. and caa even arrange to buy a farm for him self, and leave the teHant-!afnef
 Mr. Banks stressed the importance Of tte livestock industry, particular lv because the soil thls is enricheo'