Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-06-01
1ose Their Convention Here Yesterday.
| v. WRIGHT IS , MADE PRESIDENT
|eot (lfficers and Select Lit.le Rock for the Next Convention
 City.
The Arkansas Association of Lum-

The Arkansas Association of Lum-
 Dealers closed it's fifteenth an-
 bal convention here shortly after
 pon yesterday in an enthusiastic ses-
 On at the Hotel Pines. A feature
 the session was the determination
 the lumbermen to enter whole
 aartedly into the national Own Your
 omep movement. Members declared
 e meeting here Friday and yester-
 y, the most pleasurable and profit tla convention the association has yer held.
 x V. Wright, vice-president last ear, was elected president of the as- bcation by unanimous vose. M. T.
 yke, of Fort Smith, was elected vice resident, and John R. GrObmyer, of brrest City, and J. B. Wnster, of Lit
 Rock, were reelected treasurer nd secretary respectively. The 1920 bnvention will be held in Little Rock, De date of the convention to be set the executive committee at later bte
 Name New Board.
 The new board of directors is as bllOws:
 l. M Hawkins, Harrisburg; Mrs. j..
 Porter, Dewitt E. R. Ball, Hot brings; H. w. Brown, Paragould; E. arnell, Helena Sam Grimes, Blythe tlle; A. A. Halter, Conway; O. G. orment, Marianna; David B. Russell, attle Rock; Charles 'Paggett, Bates lile; Thomas Henderson, Osceola: ean R. Merely, McGehee.
 The prevailing theme of the speech
 at the session yesterday was pub clty Speeches telling of the home wnership campaign in Oklahoma SNy New Orleans, Fort Worth, Dal- IS and other cities, were made, and |ecelved enthusiastically by the mem- Pers, B. H. Elsberry of the Stand fa Lumber company, this city, told ! lne good results obtained in this FLY ny the use of advertisements run nlae daily papers through the Pine pun Builders association.
 'A"Hy 'NCW DUlulIlkSS
 MT Elseberry told the association 'rlne Bluff has now more buildings Da nand than ever before in the city's h'ssory, and we attribute this largely V page advertisements run weekly U each of the local papers. A few sseks ago, our town was virtually 'ead rom building standpoint, not that hundreds of people were wanting homes. The dealers ! oallalng supplies got together and ,es ,esa'ea 10 use publicity. to encourage S 'U,ne building. We have been more a nan justified by the results obtain 7. ~, at a very slight cost to each mem , ;.., ana believe we have done the ''' a lavor in the hargain."
 Discuss Mail- Orders. v.s leature of the morning session esq .s general discussion of the mail asea os competition, J. c. .Dionne, edi- U or the Gulf Coast Lumberman pvHe ,,'s briefly on this subject. When hinh;l rlhaperman hears that man is h"",ng Of building :" he said she md Jula pest the mail-order man there nstoos m o9 actlve soliciting for business Israa praa or waiting for it to come in. :" ,das aesldent Wright spoke of the mail ouss. s competition. and how he had A' ,oos It m Philadelphia. Patrick R. nS SN, q, ol St. Louis, spoke on paint up ina .,eah ns up campaigns. H. w. For I na, ol the Indiana Lumbermen's Mn riaf,, insurance association. spoke R un insurance for lumber yards. no a truman, director of adyertjs-
 sau trade extension of the South