Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-20
MONTHLY BARGAIN
 DAYS PLANNED BY
 LOCAL MERCHANTS
Second Friday in March to See First Observance
 Here
PLAN TO HAVE ALL
 AGREE AS TO CLOSING
Oppose Hill Act; Each Merchant to Offer Different Articles at Reduced Price Once
 Per Month

Ter MOHLn
 Monthly bargain days will be in- ugurated by Pine Bluff merchants m the second Friday in March, ac- ording 10 plan adopted by the Re- ail Merchants association, at a we'll attended meeting at the Hotel Fines last night.
 The association by exclamation re- 'lected E. M .Schober president, and Z. B. Bloom, secretary, and in the ame manner chose Jack Elkins as ,ice president.
 The association approved:
 Six o'clock D. m., as the hour
 for closing on every business
 day except Saturday, and 10
 p. m. as the closing hour on
 Saturday:
 Plans for big celebrations on
 July Asd Labor Day.
 Observance of Christmas. New
 Years. Independence Day, Labor
 Day and Thanksgiving by clos
 ing at least half the day.
 Action by the Chamber of
 Commerce in naming a com
 mittee to devise ways and means
 of maintaining improved streets.
 Repeal of the Hill act, im-
 posing tax on motor trucks in
 Jefferson county,
 Mop4I,1,, ,>,ao+;,,.r, oc @l,o
 citation for interchange of in-
 formation and ideas.
 Work of the credit rating
 bureau of the Chamber of
 Commerce.
 Henry Marx, J. F. Smulian and o. z. Tedstrom were appointed as a committee to work out plans for the monthly bargain day. along the line If that of Neosho, (Missouri). where 'ach merchant offers one article at
 most attractive price on the monthly bargain day According to he plan there is no duplication of committee inviting each merchant to make a cut on something different from others offered. In ,iving people these unusual oppor-' unities once each month, Neosho has attracted trade from a large terri ory, including several larger cities which previously had attracted trade rom Neosho.
 Agree on Closing.
 s. Katzenstein. H. c. McGaughv, J. }. Crawford J. H. Mccain and E. M. ,chober were named to call upon III merchants with view of having hem agree to observe the closing tours, and the holidays designated. t is not the purpose to restrict any merchant to these hours, it was made plain. Any can close earlier if Ie desires. The closing hours de- ided upon would apply to all es- ablshments excepting grocery torres. To accommodate sales peo- lie in other establishments who are nable to make purchases during the ay, grocers would close at 6:3O p. n. except Saturdays, when they would close at 10:30 p. m.
 Present last night were: M. l.. El- ins, A. L. Elkins. J. H. Mccain. A. w. weatt, Ted Dansby, H. c. McGaughy, red E Vining. D. Stanley Dreyfus, :. w. Carroll, R. c. Thomson, l. F. M. McGaughy. c: F. Gra- am. o. r. Tedstrom. Louis Froug, . R. Austin, J. H. Eddins, M. M. J. E. Smulian, Wm. J. Rutstein, Henry Marx . Katzenstein. S. H. Holland, Sidney farx, E. M. Schober, E. B. Bloom, :. w. Freeman and A. G. Whidden. Following talk by J. H. Mccain n the importance of good roads, and " E. B. Bloom on the need for of the improved streets, he association adopted this resolu- ion:
 "Resolved, We endorse the action aken by the trustees of the Cham CT of Commerce in appointing 9 ommittee on ways and means of and protecting our hard urfaced streets and roads, and ledge our support in carrying out ny equitable plan adopted by said 
 Against Hill Act.
 Adoption of resolution urging re- cal of the Hill act followed a talk " MT. Schober, who declared that is faces undue burden on merchants nd other truck owners in Pine Fluff nd is discriminatory. "We have to ay state and city tax in addition, hough we may use the county roads cry little," he said. "while truck wners residing outside the county nay use our roads and streets more han we do, and they are immune rom this tax" MT. Rutstein sug- ested that if the tax is imposed 1t hould apply throughout the state, nd to all kinds of vehicles.
 The merchants decided thta no inform method of dealing with the heck problem could be adopted, but hat each merchant should. in self rotection, insist upon identifica- ion of strangers presenting checks. The work of the credit rating ureau has saved merchants immense ums, it was declared, several mem CTS asserting they had not olst an count 70. K.'d" by the .ureau, perated under direction of MT loom. < Discussion of the secretary's sug- estion that endorsement of ths hamber of Commerce be insisted x non before merchants contribute t9 lnds for purposes about which ths4 re not informed and to apeeiet schemes indicated ths erchants will adopt this attitnde The association deferred until tAa
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