The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-15
Mighty Hunters
Warm Up For
Bear At Banquet

Some rs red -blooded he-men from
many states Of the virile American re-
public will foreSather Saturday night
around the banquet board of the Hotel
Gayoso for the Gargantuan feast which
will precede mighty sortie into the
chnebrakes OF Mississippi, to assault
the, brown bear, the deer and the wild
turkey
Frank +. Hill, president of the union
and Planters Bank and Trust conn
pany, Will be host at the dinner to the
big game stalkers, who are to be the
guests of Col Tom G.. James, OF Shar-
key, Miss, next week on a hunt on the.
Carrier estate, In the Tallahatehle river
bottoms, Is miles from Sardls.
Col, Paul Rainey, world traveller and
big game hunter, will be present with
motto pictures OF hunts which he has
conducted from the frozen whiteness
of the Arctic circle TO equatorial MAS
mic jungles. Col. Ralney will lecture
on these pictures as they are shown to
his fellow guests, The pictures win
show the lassoing by Col Rainey OF a
great Polar bear, the largest now Ia
captivity, In the white desert or the
Arctic region. II will also show a re-
cent incursion into the land OF the
grizzly in the Rockies. during which
Col, Rainey and his party killed IL of
r.
The party win leave Sunday morning
for Sardls over the Illinois Central and
will 20 from there over r. M, Carriers
private railroad to the camp, which has
been prepared for them under the di-
rectlon Of Col. Embry Holmes, city
editor of The News Scimitar Col.
Rainey's famous pack of 80 veteran
bear hounds have already gone TO the
camp. Horses which the hunters Win
use have also been corraled at the
camp. together with a squad of cooks,
bcaters, guides and huge stores OF
food
The hunters viii remain In the Mis-
sisslppi wilds until next Saturday, when
they will break camp a
The party of hunters includes some
of the leading financiers OF the North,
East. West and Middle West and South.
Among those who will rally for the
hunt as the guests OF Mr., Hill Satur-
day night and will go to the camp
Sunday to accept the hospitality OF Col,
James, are the following: p B, Lows
rance. Ponca City. Okla. w, r. Elder.
Proctor, Ark; Tom McHepry. Macon,
Miss W. ", Bowman, Louisville, Kys
Robert NJ, Carrier. Sardis Miss: Col.
r. G. James, sharkev. Miss: W r,
Paris Tex. T.. n. Kimerrer, Paris,
Tex. H. w, Marland, Ponca Cttys
okla; w. H. McFadden, Ponea city.
Okla, John Lord, Eermanvillex Miss
Harvey Harris. Charleston, Miss
Charles Ransom, Memnhis George
Wood, St Louis. Mo; c, 3. Dudlew
Memphis Ed G. Gibbons, Memphis; g.
a. smith Memphis; DR. George w.
Phipps. Caruthersvile, Mo-; 4. "
Lee Wilson, Jr., Wilson. Ark; DAVID
X. Francis Jr., st. Louis; Wiui9m IN
Lackev, st Louis Col Franklyn, Ken
new, Ponca City, Okla; r. +. Lee VIE
son' Sr, Wilson, Ark. f. Shelly cor
Ton Plant, Miss Col Paul Rainey.
New York city: Sheriff Fowler McAt-
thur Marks. Miss. Edison ]. Noble.
cleveland o.: Fontaine Martin, Mem
nhis, Ralph Jurden, Memphis; =. II.
Mastin Kansas City; Charles Q. Pfsih
Memphis; Gel Ben Mitchell SarclS,
Miss. r. L. Jordan, Memphis; Or, Ed
Wright, sardis. Miss; = p. Beneks.
pa John N. Penrod, Kansas City: Ed
roisuan Como, Miss. Caruthers Cole
man Como, Miss Riley Wilson,
Tharleston, lIi w. Va; Ed Lowrancc,
CIarksdale. Miss Harry Walton Mifs~
Tar CITY Miss; @. Il, Wright. Green
wood, Miss. II. II. HIT, Winona, Miss
" q, Pritchard. Seyppel Ark: w
Toi Thomas. Grenada, Miss, Mr.. west
faIl ponga City, Okla. Mr. Aeoris
Ponca CITY. Okla, nr. f. G ElieEtl
Memnhis; pr II. n. Mitchell. Memphis;
Dr casa Collier. Memphis; Mr. Fro.n-
ineham, New York city; DR.. Y A. Crls-
ler Memphis; Frank +. Hih ana ph
= The Il, iSna'sd hunt win open al dawn MONDAY
morning,