The Forrest City times., 1891-02-27

The Ladies' Aid Society of the Methodist church met at the parsonage
 at 8 D. m, and reorganized fol the year
 by electing the following officers: Presi'
 dent, Mrs. Dr. Dooley; vice president l Mrs. McCrary: treasurer, Mrs. Louis
 Rollwage. secretary, Miss V. V. | Lloyd. The ladies decided to give an
 orange tea at the opera house one
 aight next week. A full attendance | is desired at the next meeting. in or
 der to perfect arrangements for the
 aforementioned entertainment. Your home paper is worth more to
 you than any half dozen city papers, 1 Y our home paber works for the people
 where it is printed. and the city paper
 does the same for it's city. 1t is the 1 duty of every legitimate business en-
 terprise in which they are engaged. 1 In working for the material interests | of the city or town in which it is To- cAted the home paper aids to increase ! the general home business. and is thus
 entitled to general home recognition. ! In this matter we favor reciprocity says the Events.
 1 It would be next to impossible to enumerate our stock in these columns, 1 but we must call your attention to a i few of the bargain departments of l our large store. In Hardware | Stoves, Furniture. Harness, Saddles, ! and Carts. we can't be beat. We i have a mountain range of these goods | waiting your exploration, and there are snug little valleys of low prices
 with sturdy reliable qualities which
 are just adapted to purses which will | not bear a heavy strain Give us a 1 call, Russell, Graham X Go.
 1 The First Quarterly Conference for Forrest City Station M. E. Church will convene March the 7th and Sth. Rev. | NJ. B. Umsted, presiding elder, will 1 occupy the pulpit morning and night 1 on Sunday. The official board will meet at the pastor $ study on Monday
 the 9th. at D. m. At the close of the morning service on Sunday the infant 1 daughter of Rev. and Mrs. K Keley will
 be christened by the presiding elder.
 Parents desiring their children bap- tized are requested to have them pres ent for that purpose on that day.
 The government wants number of young men from Arkansas to take
 clerkships in the various departments
 at Washington at s1 ,o00 a year Each ! nation and then come home and re-
 main until he is wanted, which may be month, a year or three years. The examinations for this state will be held at Texarkana, March 6; Little Rock.
 March 2l; Fort Smith, March 24. Any bright young fellow who can write a good hand can spell and punctuate
 well, can copy accurately and do simple
 sums in arithmetic has good chance of appointment.
 Several years ago Chamberlain & Co.,. of Des Moines, Iowa, commenced the manufacture of Il cough syrup, believ ing 1t to be the most prompt and reli- 1 able preparation yet produced for coughs, colds and croup; that the public appreciate true merit, and in time it 1 was certain to become popular. Their 1 most sanguine hopes have been more than realized Over three hundred
 thousand bottles Chamberlain Cough | Remedy are now sold each year, and it is recognized as the best made, y
 where ever known It will cure a
 treatment. For sale by II. Evans & 1 Co.
 Russell, Graham & Co. either want to make fair profit or tell the reason why. All business centers around
 profit. It is the vitality of trade. the l ambition of all, the object of your
 work and ours. But profit has more sides than mere percentage To them
 good reputation is a distinct profit,
 and thus square dealing enters into
 every transaction. Individual profits are small ia their store, but the az gregate of the sales is large enough to permit them to make fair show l ing on the right side of the ledger. i The public is cordially invited to visit their store and partake of their bar | gains.
 The Georgie Hamlin theatre com pany played to crowded houses at this place two nights last week, and gave l better satisfaction than any company during the season. By request, and
 having spare night, this excellent
 company returned to our city yester-
 day evening from Marianna, where
 they played three nights, and last
 night presented "A Child of the Regi-
 ment" to very large and apprecia-
 tive audience. Miss Hamlin, in the
 title role, won the hearts of our peo-
 pie. Her support is strong and she
 carries one of the best bands and
 orchestras on the road We had the
 pleasure of meeting MT. Paul Hamln
 father of Miss Hamlin, and he is one
 of the cleverest and mosi jovial men in
 the profession. He is also an earnest
 K. of F.. and gave one half of the pro-
 ceeds last night to Gen. Forrest Lodge
 During the performance Chancellor
 Commander John Gatling presented
 Miss Hamlin with a beautiful three.
 section cake. with the compliments
 and best wishes of the members of ths
 lodge.