Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-01-09
LONG.bELL SALES FORCE GUESTS
 OF R01ARIANS
Hot Springs Legislator, Ex- pert and Revenue Collect
 or Other Guests.

Members of the sales force of the Long-Bell lumber companies, now holding conferences here with Man ager J. NJ. Sowards of the Arkansas Short Leaf Lumber company and Manager c. H. Murphy of the Saline River Hardwood company, were guests yesterday at the weekly lunch con of the Rotary club of Pine Bluff, which also entertained John A. Riggs, owner of the Hot Springs New Era and father of the woman suffrage primary law; Meyer Solmson, deputy collector of internal revenue: W. L. Dodd, sanitation expert, and Jack Connor, Rotarian of Birmingham, Ala. AS tribute to the visiting lumbermen and their Pine Bluff colleague, Jules T. Borresen. repre- senting the wholesale pine classified tion in Rotary, yesterday was called by the Rotarians "Borresen Day in Rotary" and MT. Borresen was given l charge of the session to introduce the visitors, several being called up. on by the acting president for short talks.
 The event was made the occasion
 by Dr. Wm. Breathwit, who discov-
 cred that yesterday was the birthday
 anniversary of Dr. J. l. Norris, for
 brief but high eulogy of the repre- sentative of the ministers in Pine
 Bluff Rotary. Dr. Breathwit said it
 twas a fortunate day for Pine Bluff
 when Joe Norris was born" Another
 Rotarian who attained another year
 of age yesterday is N. E. Rrightwell,
 vno Nf npYVnn6V &
 Leaders in Business.
 In accepting the temporary presi-
 dency, Mir. Borresen paid compliment
 to the Long-Bell organization, and
 said he was proud to be selected to present to the Rotary club and it's guests some of the biggest men in !, the lumber business" That the Rotarians "may see what good-look- ing. big men they are." Mir. Borresen called upon each to arise as his name was called. The visitors good-na . turedlv did so, and each was roundly applauded
 Those in the Long Bell rerty were !, W. NJ. Beebe. manager sales depart ; ment. Kansas City; ". NJ. Hayward c. w. Thornton. Kansas City; w. c
 Dix, Memphis: w. H. lobe. Detroit
 George A, Houston. Fred c. Kuehnlt
 and H. D. Jones, Cleveland; J. F
 Moses, Oskaloosa, Iowa. c. l.
 Knowles and L. R. Schofield. Kan
 sas City; w. s. Robinson. Abingdon
 ln.: w. NJ. Simpson. Omaha: H. E
 Webster, Wichita, Kan: John A
 Spencer and c. w. Lawrence Chica
 go; c. c. Mullen. St. Louis. Chas.
 Ash. Topeka. Kan; E. Houston an,
 (. H. Murphy. Pine Bluff
 l. Acknowledging appreciation of tn i: courtesy shown. the. Long-Bell mer < MT. Beebe said that only half of tn ! selling organization was present | that i've are going to school to MI | Murphy. and he is soms teacher. I The Kansas City man compliments < Pine Bluff said that Rotary in hi | city is the livest organiza ton there | and invited the Pine Bluff Rotarian < to make the 16-story office buidin | of the Long-Bell company their hea( < quarters when they are ir Kansa < City in June. attending the Intern; ! tional Rotary convention. Upon r, * assuming the chair, H. Kemp Tone. ' the president. called upon F.. < Bloom. secretary of the Chamber ( f Commerce. to tell about the part tn | Long-Bell companies and their head < here have had in the commercial lii ' of Pine Bluff. Mir. Bloom said the ! were most liberal, and were neve 1. called upon to assist any movemel I for the betterment of the city b, + that they responded literally H ! told of obtaining $10,0o0 subscri | tion from R. A. Long for the Secor < Liberty loan, though the compar | had subscribed literally at Kanss ! City.
 Y Mfr. Solmson, who is here to aid T making returns under the income ts ! law. urged all to make their return i promptly and to be liberal. "It is u ! duty of every man to come across. i he said. because the sovernme | needs the money in the war for d $ mocracy, liberty and world peace I Incidentally. Mir. Solmson dropp 3 tho hint that attemntA to eYade t]