Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-09-29
THOUSANDS Will
SEE EXHIBITS Of
STATE PRODUCTS
Washington, D. c., Planning
to Make Visit ARKANSAS
on-Wheels" Great Event.

Washington, D. c., is preparing to
make big event of the stay there
October % and "a of the Arkansas
on Wheels" train, on which there will
be exhibits of jefferson county's
agricultural products and Pine
Bluffs lumber manufacturers. The
county agricultural exhibit will be in
charge of Capt. S. F. Hilzheim, who
is preparing an exhibit that will at
tract the thousands who will visit the
train and impress them with the
| wonderful opportunities offered here
for profitable investment, farming
and stock growing. The lumber inter-
ests have not yet announced who will
be in charge of their exhibit.
One of the features of the Washing
ton stay is to be the presentation Of
an Arkansas diamond in an Arkansas
setting to Mrs. Woodrow Wilson.
wife of the president. Another is to
be the staging Of cotton picking
scene-a novelty to the thousands
from all parts of the world in the
capital who have only vague ideas of
how cotton in produced and harvest
ed. Stalks of Arkansas cotton will
be set up in the streets of the ma
TONS capital and expert Arkansas
negro pickers will do the picking.
Evidence of the interest the visit OF
the Forthcoming train is attracting in
the East is indicated by the New
York Central and Pennsylvania rail-
roads which have announced special
low rates from New York to Wash
ingtcn on the days of the Arkansas
on Wheels" visit to Washington, and
by preparations being made in the
capital for attracting attention to the
exhibit and entertaining the Arkansas
Travellers A dispatch from Washing
ton to the Memphis Commercial APP
peal tells something of these ar
rangements The dispatch says:
"Members of the Arkansas society
| in Washington, of which Edgar B.
Merritt is president, are preparing to
entertain the Arkansas on Wheels
excursion scheduled for display
here Oct. q and "a. William B. Fol
som, in charge of the excursion, has
notified the society that those dates
have been decided on for Washing
ton.
lie IOllOWlu6 SOiliIIAeeNSe Ao
been named and are at work on pro-
gram:
Location of exhibition train
James H. Brodnax of government
printing Office, chairman.
"Parade-George B. Reid, Indian
office, Jerry S. South, ctief clerk
house of representatives; J. w. Hin
ton. local attorney. This committee
will procure all necessary police per-
mits and escort for parade, If the
weather permits.
experimentation B. Williams
and J. K. Jones, local attorneys;
James l.. Wilmeth, treasury depart
ment; Miss Mollie Nance, commerce
department.
"Publicity-R. NJ. Gates, represen-
tative of the Commercial Appeal;
John w. Flenner of the Arkansas
Democrat and E L. Smith Of the Ar
kansas Gazette.
cat meeting of the chamber OF
commerce of Washington today the
entertainment Of the Arkansas ex-
cursionists was taken Up and a buffet
luncheon for Monday evening, Oct.
%, was agreed upon, and commit
tee appointed to cooperate with the
Arkansas society in looking after the
guests while here"
In reaching Washington, the train
will go through Tennessee, Alabama,
the Carolinas and Virginias, and, on
the return, the people of Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio, Indiana and Missouri
will be given opportunity to see ex-
hibits of the varied products of Ar
kansas and learn Of the opportuni-
ties awaiting investors, manufac-
turers, farmers and stock growers, as
we'll as be impressed with the pro-
gress this state is making in school
improvement, good roads building,
drainage and other work of develop |
ment.
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