The Forrest City times., 1897-12-03

John Witt. ir. negro employed on Riley Hunts place, near Ferguson. .sl-- ctme itnpudent and abusive to his rm- nloyer Wednesday and threatened t., Kill Mir. Hunt He went to his cabin and procured his gun, which hr ,I,s- charged, presumably as bluff IT,. now laguisles in jail where he went iu default of tle payment of a $50 fine and costs assessed by Squire Ricbar.... an charge of threatening to kill. IT,. was brought in yesterday by Depit,y Sheriff Richards.
 J. A. Bowman. of Little Rock. tl.s Arkansas receiver of the late IamensS.a Southern Building and Loan Associa. tion. was in the city Wednesdssv. looking after the interests of thuf, defnnct organization. and investigaI- Ing the Likelihood of a few settlements with the unsuspecting and greatly dr- celved Borrowing members at ,h's point. He made known the ''rule' l.. | which we are to walk up to the cal tain's desk, and at present we don see any alternative. hut to compl,
 However. we shall investigate the mat. ter very closely.
 Rev. Jas. Noble preached two splen- ''o ot'ui'hS dt tIc IsDfStODHi eflflfcn
 Sunday. which have been highly spoken
 of in the hearing of the writer. Rev. l Noble is highly appreciated by all who
 attend his services, and it IS the gen
 eral verdict that he is accomplishing l much good in the Masters vineyard.
 If the membership of that church c0uld
 una the means to retain his services
 exclusively, and prevail upon him to
 reside here, the church would be vastly
 benefited. He went to Iattle Rock
 Monday to attend the called session
 of the Diocesan council.
 John Lee, of Phillips bayou, in Le.
 county, and grandfather of the Brown
 Fakes children, upon being notified of
 the present lamentable condition of
 these little unfortunates. made haste
 to come to this city, arriving Wednps-
 day, with an offer to care for them.
 He is well to do. and a good citiz n.
 and could give them good home. but
 MT. Fakes, whais in jail for the killing
 of Bud Williams. refused to give his consent. and the philanthropic old gen
 tleman, with sorTowing heart. returned to his home, without having accom- , plished his most laudable purpose.
 George Shelton was welcomed vis-
 itor at THE TIMES office Tuesday and gave us information of horrible and 7 perhaps fatal accident which berel [ Monroe Pryor, negro assistant at E.i , Berry's gin in Madison OH the moruiiiY of that day. Pryor undertook tn put on the belt to carry up the fallow block
 but instead of carrying the block up. It was carried down. and carried Pryor ! into the press. where lie was prisons r
 in mortal agony for some fifteen IT
 twenty minutes. He was finally res : cued ty citizens, who were compelled
 to "pry him out as the block would
 neither bring him mp nor down. His
 left arm and shoulder were terribly
 mashed, and he was otherwised bruised.
 It is stated that had the block slp
 scended but eight inches further. the
 entire left arm would have been torn
 from the body. We have been unabI..
 to learn his condition since, but 1t Was
 feared he would die.
 Lisle Aven. the sweet little 8 yea . old son of Mir and Mrs John w. Avcn
 of Caldwell, died Tuesday night .,i
 diptberia, and was inferred in the Mt ] Vernon cemetery the following day
 Dr. Crutcher attended the chlld. an.i though fruitle- sly. all that mediclt,.
 and loving hands could do. was ex. = erted to save the little ones life. It |.
 unknown how the little fellow con " tracted the dread disease, but it is b..
 ieved to have been from waini~rin. c kitten which strayed iuto their home r and to which the little fellow very nat e urally took kindly He was their onI, a boy. the pride and ivy of his parents a. and all who came in contact with tlr.
 prattling little fellow loved and p@itr,
 hHn. His rather sudden death is ~ m awful blow to the fond relatives aiis e, we extend them our sincere and earn v- est sympathy. There will he hung. IS in that home for this innocent bah ne boy which only time and prayer Cal
 partly satiate.
 k The Methodist conferpnce. W hic d. convened at Newport last week. wa of largely attended and a great work wa '. accomplished. The meeting WAS ei .d thusiaslic throughout. The fnllnwin ve are the appointments for the Helen IS. district: !. II. bye. presiding eide. Helena station; J c. Brown; |. 't Grange, F. C. Sterling; Marianiia. / as T. Bennett; Haynes. w. W. Andersoi as Forrest City. A. F Holloway: Taylqr' ne Creek circuit. K R. Dnrham; Wynn IS. and Vanndale. J. E. McDonald; NJ, aS Crory circult. N. F.. Gardner, Cott, as Plant and Howell. A. NJ. R. Bransol a' Brnkley and Wheatley. A C. Gratan IS, Oak Forrest circuit. S. D Evans; lloIl
 Grove circuit. J. K. Paris; Tnrns
 mission. J. K. Pope; L'AnguilIe mi, "a. sion. to be supplied; Clarendon. A. { IT. Morehead: educational secretary. J. IL. Brown. From the above it may | 'e. seen that Forrest City is supplied vii + new preacher, in the person of lsr' 'li; A. K. Holloway. and he arrived in tf S city Monday. preparatory tp takin K pastoral charge. Rev. J. F. Jsrnigar St the former pastor. has been assigne tir to Beebe and West Point. in whic lp field TIE TIMES wishes him ahnndaI 'ii' success. ro Rev. Holloway we rxt~h ,li | cordial welcome. aud will cuo.rral M. with him in all things reasonable f. ui- the glory of t5od and the brttermenL li E. l...f