The Forrest City times., 1897-08-27
Forrest City, Ark.

Forrest City. Arkansas, Is a thriving, prosperous ard steadily growing city of 1000 inhabitants on the junction of the Little Rock x Memphis Railroad and Helena Branch of the St. Louis. IrOu Mountain X Southern Railroad. forty live miles west by south of Memphis, Tenn, forty-tiye miles north ot Helena and ninety miles east by north of Llt- tie Rock, the States capital.
 The town nestles upon the western slope of Crowley lsidge. thus being af- forded most advantageous natural drainage. and is remarkably healthful AN efficient board of health, with d vigilant health officer. requires strict sanitation, and tlie city waterworks supply the finest artesan water ill Eastern Arkansas, thus guaranteeing its citizenship against ali eXtraneouS | unhealthy conditions.
 Situated in the midst of most fer tile farming region, where all products of the soil grow luXuriantly. 1t does d
 large business i'll agricultural products, foremost among which are cotton, cor4, potatoes, melons, fruits. etc.
 | The are some fifteen or twenty large
 stores and double tlat number of small
 CT ones, besides a bank and score or | more of shops, etc, large saw mill,
 gin and woodworking establishment,
 and pronerouS and thriving business Ilof all kindS hourisheS. The town is | lighted hy electricity. and has d sturdy
 growth.
 1 Our enterprises and growth are the | result of demand and Is not buided upon any attempt at booming. We need factories, d ilouring mill, oil mill compress, etc. and are prepared to offer
 the greatest natural advantages and
 some others, of any town iu Eastern Arkansas. An abundance of valua-
 ble timber is accessible from and adja-
 cent to town, and woodworking factu-
 ries would thrive here.
 l As an evidence of the prosperity of ! Forrest City, 1t may be stated that nol :
 wlthStanding the general cry of hard | tlmeS' and stagnatiUn i'll business else
 where, a magnificent school, a hand-
 some church, the walerwOrks, the cleo 1 tric light plant, and dozens of other les
 ser and private enterprises have been inaugurated within three years and are
 now fiOurlSbing. Good schools. fine
 churches, pleasant park and health.
 giving springs d mile from the center
 ot town, together with advantages ot
 railroads and conyrniencrs of enter prlSes heretofore mentioned. q hospita
 ble, generous and lively citizenship.
 makes Forrest Cltv a most desirable 1 place in which to reside.
 ! The potato industry. inaugurated in
 this couty only a couple uf years ago. is
 becDming one of the largest and great
 y beneficial and profitable industries
 ot the country, bring money att two seq
 sons when there are scarcely any other
 marketable crops. Two crops per year
 are produced, maturing in June and 1 October.
 The possibilities of this section are | just beginning t0 be understood by the
 people. though rapidly coming tn the
 front. and whereas we used tu impur; hundreds of ears of corn. meat. pota-
 tGes. etc.-everything in fact. but cot son i've now make these things fur eX-
 port. and new era has dawned For further information write to
 those who advertise in this paper. and they will no doubt take pleasure in giving you full information.