The Forrest City times., 1897-06-25

We have just received at the news stand an invoice of Red and Blue Pencils, Maps of Arkansas, Program Pencils with Passes. Pocket Memo. randums, Stsfford's Inks. Sasfmds Red Ink, LePages Glue, Fine Linen Legal Cap, nurLbered lines; etc.. -rc. Give us |; call When you want anything in our line. Will make prices right.
 Mt Chas, LaThappsons the archiiect From Lit. .letisook. ,lwhasef flans fer ths Me~ courthouse were accepted. left f'r ais if,me Monday evening. Mir. f. S uT,der contract with Judge Cawan suc Commissioner Baugh to perfect his plans and submit them for ap- yrevsl at the meetipGBf Ehe coIuty r court on Lhessecspd AeuSiayssn Juiy.
 Robt.L. iFreeland was in the city Tuesday, and we note IS much i'm proved from his serious illness. caused by the wound inflicted bysK. D. lIuff some months since i, Memphis. Prior to his entlring into business in the ba0R City isOb WAS an esteenned ciii- zen of Palestine and well known throughout the county, and his muiv friends are truly glad to know that he IS on the way to.ultimate recovery.
 Our old friend and fellow sclthen, Waltet Gornlan. QftChattanooga. ar- rived in ths city Saturday, and is cIr- culatt,lg among his numerous friends laest. He isscoming back to Arkansas. and maybe to Forrest City. pHE TIMES sincarsly hopes he will. as the addition of shiuself ann highly cnlti- yated familyst0 nlr business and social circles wouldihe a gain of which we would indeet,,besproud.
 Mrs. Susan Nf. Reber. of Brandon, Miss, xrrived,in the city Friday morn ing and is tte.guest of the family of ti. w. PeHrsOn. EsA. Mrs. Reher has passed the SOth mile post along the Cal endsr of life and is remarkably active tor one of her age. MT. and Mrs. Pear son are e6 And159 years of age respect lively and Mrs. Reber was their first school tea cher, in the village of Bran- don.
 Dr. Alex. MOhler, of Widener. was visitor to the city Wednesday ani reported matters away up in G in his locality since the rain. He stated that a system of intensive farming on small scale would le pracriced in lis neighbOrh0Od. That where irregular stands of cotton prevailed tl1 skip. ping places would be planted in corn, and where the stand of cotton was to, thin," the beds would be reversed upon the staff of life" The Dr. has a firm faith In the bottom country, SD much so that he has recently bought the Jock McCullars place, two miles south of his town and is preparing for Il crop of potatoes.
 Miss Gray Taylor. formerly of Wheat ley. now of Nashville, Tenn, was i: the city few hOurs Sunday evening. nnd WAS the etAest of Mfr. and Mrs Otto ROllwage. Miss Taylor has leased the Bentonville gArkansas) College for three years, with the privilege of pur- | chasing at expiration of lease, and will take full charge of that institution and open a select school there in Septsm- Der. She was en route from bentua- vile to Nashville, where she ia con ducting a pleasant home for visitors tu the expOsitiOn: and will continue her business there, with the help 0f rpla- tives, until the exposition closes. We note also that she has red uced hvY rates to $l % per day, and we can as- sure our friends that they will be well entertained should they stop with her while taking in the centennial.
 Week before last THE TIMES sug~ gested that our citizens contribut. something towards paying the salary of an instructor for our band. We knew that . neat little sum could be raised for this purpose, because the people here appreciate good thing and always help it along, and tb-y want the open air concerts. Some en. terprisinE citizen. presumably MT. C. R. lizard. circulated the subscription list, as suggested. and we note win pleasure that some &a0 O per moni., has been pledged. This sum as an auxiliary to the private means of lh. band will insure them first class l,s structor, and we hupe soon to hear them hard at preparatory work. Nov, in connection herewith. We want iu ask the city council tU build tue b,ys 4 bandstand. We don't mean d rough platform either, but a neat. handsome pavilion, with all the little extras. a.d which will be an attraction and credit to the city for years to come.
 Messrs. J. W. West, of Alabama. C. S. Lowthorp, of Tennessee, and !. Y. Mouldin and w. l.. Page. of Texas. with the first named as manager for the State of Arkansas. arrived in the city last week, and will remain here some two or three months. These are very pleasant gentlemen and they aie selling The Farmers Business Record. which, as its name implies. enables a farmer to keep books, and bv cour- pairing facts. one year with another, every transaction being readily and inS telligently recorded, he may know tn w cent what his profit or loss has beer each year, or part of year. oi rarr and every product of the farm. This book offers to farmers an easy neLsoh of doing what we have often suggested they should do. 1t is just as import ant for the farmer to know what be IS doing as the merchant. and by k~~p- ing record of gains and L,ssys h. will be enabled to get sut of tb,r oli ruts of loss. and drive in the new road Inf Uxiu Wa wiah ttom slaeasa