Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-05-26
.Ll]MbERMEN Of
STATE convene
IN CITY TODAY
First of 200 or More Dele
gates Arrive in Pine Bluff
Last Night.
FIRST SESSION
THIS AFTERNOON
Visitors to Be Entertained at Moving
Picture Party and Banquet This
Eycning-Several Feature Talks
on the Program.

The third annual convention of the
Arkansas Association of Retail Lum-
bermen will begin it's session here to-
day, at the Hotel Pines, and the ad-
vance guard of members and dele
gates arrived last night. Early today,
and on each train during the day,
more delegates will arrive, and it is ex-
pected there will be 200 or more in
attendance by, tonight. Many Of the
ladies.
During the forenoon today, the dele
gates will register, get their badges,
and renew mountaineering. At the
noon hour, the visitors and their ladies
will enjoy the annual luncheon, and in
the afternoon the business session will
be started, with the following program
prepared:
Program for Today.
2 p. NJ, opening session-Address
of welcome, Hon. Simon Bloom, mayor
of Pine Bluff.
Response, L. R. Putnam, Northwest
Arkansas Lumber company, Fayette-
vile.
Presidents annual address, J. w.
Trisschmann, East Arkansas Lumber
company, Paragould.
Secretary's annual report, ]. B.
Webster, Little Rock.
Treasurer's annual report, H. F.
Rieff, Little Rock.
"The Business Mans Interest in
Better Farming" E. j. Bodman, chair
man of the Arkansas Profitable
Farming committee, Little Rock.
Interests Common to Manufacture
ers and Retailers of Lumber" w. T..
Murray, Fordyce Lumber company,
Fordyce, and member of the execu-
tive committee of the Southern Pine
association from Arkansas.
Better Advertising and Better
Business Methods for the Retailer" j.
B. Powell, instructor of advertising in
the school Of journalism at the Uni
versity of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.
Publicity - The Lumberman's
Need" J. R. Morehead, secretary of
the Southwestern Lumbermen's as
ISOLATION, Kansas City, Mo.
"The Lumbermen's Fraternity"
Emerson D.. Tenant, secretary and
treasurer of the Concatenated Order
of Hoo Hoo, Saint Louis, Mo.
Appointment Of committees.
Social Features.
As guests of the Long Bell Lumber
company of Kansas City, which has
two big plants in Pine Bluff, the men,
bers Of the association and their ladies
will be entertained at 7:45 o'clock this
evening, at theatre party at the Best
theatre. Mary Pickford in "The
Eternal Grind" will be the feature.
A banquet, rendered by the chamber
Of commerce to the delegates, and at
which President N. j. Can't, Jr., of
the chamber of commerce will be toast
master, will be enjoyed at the Hotel
Pines, by the delegates and their
ladies, after the theatre party. The
following appropriate menu has been
prepared
Tomato Bouillon, Creosoted
Celery, Edge Grain
Olives, Soda Dipped
Baked White Fish, "Pines"
Sartoga Chips, Kiln Dried
Mignon of Beef, B and Better
Potatoes, Short Leaf
New Garden Peas, Long Leaf
"Surprise," Extra Clear
Salade Jardinere, Forked Leaf
Ice Cream, Fine Red Heart
) Fancy Cake, Free from Checks
Neufchatel Cheese, Sound Wormy,
Toasted Waters, Air Driet
| Demi Tasse
! Smokes
The Local Committees.
The local reception committee i
composed of F. o. McGehee, chair