Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-10-26
sUBORDlNA1ES EVERY INTEREST
 TO PATRIOTISM distinguished Statesman Served With Roosevelt, Y Will Speak Tonight. HELPING TO PLACE THE LIBERTY LOAN Ven and Women of Jefferson and .Ad- joining Counties Invited to At-
 tpnd-Judge w. B. SOrrells
 Will he Chairman.

president of the UnlteQ OtdteS, WHO served with Preside mt Theodore Roosevelt, will arrive in Pine Bluff 4his afternoon at 5:20 o'clock and will deliver an address at 7:30 o'clock at the tabernacle to help Jefferson county raise it's quota of $596,000 for inc Liberty loan. This amount must he placed this week. The distinguish i ed American citizen ard statesman is serving the cause of the country with Tout charge, having placed himself at 1 the disposal of the national committee to render any service, within his pow er It his own expense.
 He was asked to speak in Pine l Buff to assist in stimulating inter. et in the Liberty loan and to support tAe Jefferson County Loan commit | tee in it's efforts to raise Jefferson count7's quota of $5aG ,000.
 Judge Sorrells will be chairman / Of the meeting, will introduce the speaker, and after the address has | been delivered, will make several re- marks to the audience. Mrs. J. I.
 Norris will have charge of the song program. The song numbers will
 be rendered by Mrs. J. Moore and
 Misses Margie Bell Atkinson, Lucy hearn Broadstreet and Ethel Schloss. Reception Committee.
 Acting upon resolution adopted l by the general committee, and in ac- cord with the general custom of re ceiving and entertaining visitor of MT. Fairbanks distinction, M. E. Bloom, chairman of the Jefferson County Liberty Loan committee, yes terday appointed the following com mittee to meet MT. Fairbanks at the train and escort him to the Hotel Pines where dinner will be served: Judge w. B. Sorrells, Congressman Sam Taylor, Judge J. M. Elliott, May
 or Simon Bloom, Dr. J. M. Lemons, D. Stanley Dreyfus, President H. I.
 liolderness, Secretary B. E. Bloom,
 chamber of commerce: President H. K Toney, Secretary A. G. Whidden,
 Rotary club; Press Geo. IT. Adams,
 P, W. Freeman, ST., Roscoe West, and CnaS. w. Miller.
 Members of the Red Cross society
 are requested to attend the speaking
 ID body and to take their seats in
 the choir of the tabernacle. Eery arrangement has been made 10 accommodate the largest crowd ev'
 CT assembled in the tabernacle. A large section has been reserved for
 eoiored citizens, as a large number
 expected to attend, specially from |yei!erson and adjoining counties. Dr.
 M. Lemons and his efficient corps
 VI 70 ushers will be in attendance to
 seat the audience.
 General Invitation.
 announcement of the coming of
 tae former vice president of the Unit
 n states has been sent to all parts r m !ellerson and adpoining counties
 Snairman I'M. B. Bloom had mum
 ver ol circulars printed and mailed
 r,s ;Ssm m all the letters sent by the
 sluseEs bank to the merchants, GUS
 .m9Oels and banks throughout the
 severM counties. so that all would
 auvw that MT. Fairbanks will speak
 sa.snt In this city. and extending g
 AS.. M cordial invitation to attend.
 Fl Fairbanks is one of the fore
 vss citizens of the United States and
 rh hsppearing in this campaign for the
 ty loan as an American citizer
 anS v nas subordinated every persona
 aasra po'ltlcal interest in order te
 s Im. President Wilson and thu
 nros.s .!can government. He has beer
 ;ss ;v'eo as having saiG he is an Amer tim. ti cltlzen first. last and all thu
 nci;s;. ; ana a Republican so far a,
 Snt S.cai affiliations are concerned
 tim. us does not believe that this is { emrha J aoi any man to talk politics. H, -aalzes the need of every Amer