The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1916-03-23
LANCASTER WILL ENTER.
TAIN KNOXVILLE BOARD
OF COMMERCE
CITY Club And Business Men 0fLancsstsr
will Meet Train.

The Knoxville Board Of Commerce is
receiving enthusiastic letters daily from
the different Boards of Commerce Of the
towns and cities to be visited on their
First Trade Trip. assuring then OF their
hearty cooperation in making this trip
the decided success the Knoxville or
ganization desires il TO be. While this
is to be the first trip that Knoxville
has ever made Of this kind. neither
pains nor expense are being spared to
make il a success in every way.
The purpose of the trip is not alto
gether for bushes purposes, or for sell
ling goods. but rather to meet the
people of the various towns from whom
they buy goods and TO who they sell
goods, and to bring them into closer
relationship with each other.
In several OF the larger towns and
cities where the Special is to stop
for some length of time, preparations
are being made to entertain the visitors
in many ways: while in the smaller
towns where the length Of stay viii not
permit of extensive entertainment.
other. forms will be provided.
The special will consist OF eight all
steel Pullman cars. including two din
ing cars and one combination baggage
and Refreshments car.
The train will carry over 100 Of
Knoxvile's leading business and pro
fessional men and manufacturers ON
board. Besides these. there will be "A
large brass band TO help make merry
when the visitors arrive in the various
towns and cities.
Each member Of the party will wear
white hat and carry striped UNI
brelle in addition to wearing the re-
gular badge.
The CITY Climb and the business men
of Lancaster ana Garrard Co., VIII
meet this train Wednesday, morning.
April IL and escort them at once to the
Club room where they will be entertain
ed by the City Club. Every effort will
be made 10 make this visit of mutual
advantage to the business men OF
Knoxville and the business men OF
Lancaster. One of the slogans Of the
party IL "Get Acquainted.
The personnel of the party is made
ub Of the most prominent men OF Knox
vile. Practically every big enterprise
in that city has signifed its intention
Of having representative make the
four days trip on the special train.
Commercial bodies in many of the
towns and cities to be visited have al
ready arranged program for the en-
tertainment of the visitors.
The Knoxville committee in charge
Is endeavoring TO impress upon the com
mercial bodies in the towns to be visit
ed that this trade trip isn't made for
selfish motives. The social and the
personal contact features are consider
ed the most important, and every effort
will be made by the men on the
Especial to make real friends of the
men they meet along the route. The
Knoxville wholesalers want to visit the
stores of the men TO whom they have
sold in the past. The retailer wants ia
meet the men who have bought their
supplies from him. The bankers m the
party want to know the bankers in
other towns and cities. and so on
through the list. OF course every man
in the party wants to increase the busi-
ness he is now doing, but what is more
important, every one of them wants to
know from whom TO purchase some Of
the products Of the sections visited.