The Sentinel=record., 1917-04-24
PUBLIC INVITED
 BANKERS SESSIONS
OFFICERS WOULD BE PLEASED TO HAVE RESIDENTS AND WISH
 TORS HEAR SPEAKERS.
Convention of State Financiers to Open Tomorrow Morning, and Big Attendance Is Anticipated

Residents and visitors are cordially invited to attend the sessions of the Arkansas Bankers Ass ciation Wed. nesday and Thursday morning some of the m st noted speakers this city has ever entertained will bc on thc program. and officials of the conven ton are very desIrous that the pnh- lie attend these meetings
 The convention will be called to order tomorrow morning by President Moorehead Wright of Little Rock.
 The sessions of the convention be held in the big dining room of the Eastman hotel The banker will he welcomed to this city by Mayor Me Clend n, and the keynote address of
 the meeting will be delivered by Hon. John M Parker, candidate fer vice president on the Progressive ticket Nr. Parker does not need any intro duo uCtion, for he is one of the most noted men of the South and leadei in Progressive and p liticaI affairs B Louisiana
 Wednesday neon there will be a luncheon at the Eastman under the auspices Of the Educational Depart. ment Of the Bankers Association. al which time Perry G Holden. aericm tural commiss oner for the Interna tional Harvester company will ad dress the meeting His subject at that time will be War Year Agri- cultural B. C. Powell f the South ern Trust company and F. j Bart man of the Uni n Trust company. both Little Rock banking institutions, will have charge of this event Prof. John C. Furtel Of the Arkansas Un'- yersity and Hon John C. Bond. sup erintendent cf public instruction will also speak at this luncheon. Imme- diately after the luncheon the dele gates will be taken for a ride over he city and West Mountain
 The session of the Arkansas Bank CTS Association Thursday morning promises to he Of unusual interest Mir. Holden will address the conyen- lion, taking as his subject The New The meeting will be of 2 decidedly educational nature Ella Flagg Young. former superintendent of schools of Chicago, has consented 10 be present al this meeting and ad- dress the state bankers. as education is a subject that she has not only made a life study. but is an authority on. and the committee feels both
 ratified and mplimented in secur- ing her for ths meeting Thursday morning
 Hon. w IT Martin will be toast master at the banquet Wednesday night. admission to which will be by card only Governor Brough will be present at this feature and address the bankers. as will also John C. l.onsdale Of st. Louis. whose subject vii he Back Home Rev. Mari.n N Waldrp, pastor of the Central Methodist church, will also speak on Optimism and Organization
 Secretary Robert E. Waite of the association arrived in this city yester day morning to look after the pre- liminary steps of the convention. He was much pleased at the manner in which the various details have been looked after by the local committee and predicted one of the best meet ings in the history of the organiza- ton
 Hot Springs has an attraction for our members, and | anticipate bis attendance" said Mir Waite. "The pr gram contains the names of some Of the most noted speakers we have ever listened to at the Arkansas Bankers Association meeting. and we would be more than glad to have the public attend the sessions Wednes- day and Thursday and listen to the respective addresses. The speakers are coming before us with message
 oa vital importance, which, in the
 present crisis cf the nation, should
 be given the closest attention.