The Forrest City times., 1892-12-30

Bound bv an Oath" Is the title OF
"a splendid drama. soon to be produced
by our home talent under the direc-
ton of Mrs. b. L. Manning. for the
benefit of the Baptist church organ
fund. There is yet due on the organ
$50. The TIMES sincerely hopes at
least this amount will be raised at this
entertainment.
The Christmas tree at the Baptist
church Saturday night. under the aus
pieces of the Eppworth League, was
grand success in every sense and an oc-
casion of much genuine enjoyment.
The building was full of anxious little
faces. and nearly all of them were lit
up with heavenly smile on receipt Of
the beautiful presents. Perhaps the
most appropriate gift on the tree Was n
huge bar of soap for Master Charley
Rutledge. Santa Claus appeared tn
the children. and some were amused
while othere were frightened out OF a
years growth.
Rev. L. f. Taylor is the name of
the new minister ut the Methodist
church. He has been stationed ut
Walnut Ridge for three years, and
lived there two years before serving
his church MS presiding elder of that
diftrict. He comes highly recommend
ed. We extend to him the hospitali
ties of the city aud hope he will find
his sojourn here as pleasant as at the
place from whence lie come. THE
TIMES acknowledges pleasant bust
ness visit from Rev. Taylor Monday.
He left Thursday to bring his family
here and will preach Sunday.
Subscribers ought to understand
that the cost of sending them paper
every week is well worth dollar and
half year, and that we cannot af
ford 10 send them the paper unless
they pay for it. We hope those in ar
rears will not wait until we are forced
to stop the paper to their address. and
take more positive Measures to collect
what is due us. This also applies to
those who owe us for advertising and
job printing. and We sincerely trust
we shall not have occasion to refer to
this matter again in The TINES. A
word to wise ought to be sufficient.
1.-The Emergency Man" at the opera
house Monday night, was by long odds
the best play Of the season. The com
pany played to too many vacant chairs.
however. and we may not expect them
to return to this city. 1.-The Emergen-
CIV Man" is queer sort of comedy,
with plot which hinges upon the in
cidents of a strike which occurs in Ire
land, where the scene of the piece is
laid. There are many amusing situa-
tons in the play, and SO cleyerly ex-
ecuted that you laugh and applaud,
and hours after you have left the thea
ter you recall those scenes, and you
laugh again just as heartily as you did
while witnessing the performance of
the players.
A famous play by famous author.
The Burglar" by MIR. Augustus
Thomas, also author of Alabama"
will shortly be seen here. This play
particularly appeals to the ladies and
children, as one of the principal roles
| is enacted by child not yet seven
years of age and the costnmiDg of the
ladies is very rich and appropriate. A
pretty love story is entwined in the
plot Of The Burglar" and the sensa-
tional Developments, though mild, are
absorbngly interesting. Three years
ago The Burglar" when produced at
the Madison Square theater, was the
NEST potent drawing attraction at any
of the theaters in New York, and it is
produced in tone with all the attention
| to detail that cbaracterizes the produc-
| ton at the home theater. AS pretty
and interesting play as ever graced
the boards of any theater is The Bur-
glarn