Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-10-09
City Builders Refuse to Nominate Another st
 Meeting Last Night.
ELEVEN NOMINATED
 FOR EIGHT TRUSTEES
Secretary Bloom Shows Accomplish. ment of the OrganizatiOn-Ben R. Vardaman Makes Inspiring Ad-
 dress on City Building.

l. Chamber of commerce. was paid a beautiful compliment by the members of the organization last night, when, at largely attended meeting and din- ner in the grill room of the Hotel Pines, he was virtually re-relected by unanimous vote. The bylaws and constitution make it obligatory for the organization to nominate three names for the presidency, but so well were the members pleased with his admin istration that his name was the only one mentioned.
 The nomination was made in way which won the greatest applause by all present. J. C. White complimented lis administration very highly and then, as mark of appreciation, nov ed that MT. Holderness be nominated and the nominations close.
 Tracy Mills directed attention to the fact that the bylaws and consti- tuition make it mandatory to place three names in nomination. He there upon placed in nomination the names of "John Doe and Richard No.," which he said, is variation of "Mr Roe" ," This make the nomination and cleo tion of MT. Holderness unanimous, and the nominations were accepted with hurrahs from all parts of the room.
 Eleven for Board.
 Eight trustees are to be elected on Monday next, the balloting to take place in the office of the secretary from g a. m., to 5 D. n., and the fol- lowing names were placed in nomina- tion:
 Minor Woodward, R. T. Louthan, Dr. 0. w. Clarke, T. l.. Brummett, D. B, Niven, T. adberry, Stanley Drey- fus, J. M. Kennedy, Drew White, J. A.. Mcleod, K. Carnahan.
 Holderness Predicts Cotton Mill.
 In his annual address, President Holderness said he felt sure the suo- scribers to the chamber of commerce felt amply repaid for what the organ ization costs. And if nothing else had been done, the building of the bridge ever Saline river is worth more to Pine Bluff than all the cost of the chamber for whole year.
 He also said there is a big thing coming in the way of a cotton mill, perhaps two cotton mills. He thank ed the board of trustees for their hearty cooperation.
 Secretary E. B. Bloom read his an nual report, which was received and approved by the applause given in ull- stinted measure. This report ap- pears in another part of The Graphic.
 Vardaman's Address.
 There was treat for every one in the masterly address delivered by Ben. + R. Vardaman, editor of the Mercahnts' Trade Journal of Des Moines, 1a., who came to Pine Bluff under the auspices of the Mercahnts' Retail Association and the chamber.
 MT. Vardaman is a man of magnifl- cent physique and splendid presence. He is natural, easy, graceful speak. CT, who speaks eXtemporaneously, and carries conviction in every sentence: His subject was "The Chamber of Commerce as a Community Builder and declared that to attain the best results, everybody should support the organization and cooperate with it's officers in the work of community building. He said in part:
 "First of all, the chamber of com merce has a purpose. That purpose is to develop citizenship, and tonight will go right to that proposition, the chamber of commerce. l would say the chamber of commerce should be the center of the business com munity, because the community rests primarily upon it's buisness: Not i'll any special business, but in every branch of business wherein we gather and distribute sustenance. to every home. I will cite case to illustrate my point:
 Back in the year 1872, a company of buisenss men went to the King of England, and asked permission to go to the wilds of Canada to establish trading post. This was the Hudson Bay company. First they merely hac post, which eventually became the center of community. First there came the hunter, then the trapper blazing trail to the Trading Post which was made the base for thell supplies.
 "They brought the families, ther the teacher to teach the children preachers to teach morality, then the