The Forrest City times., 1898-01-07
A musical treat. Opera house Jan. ls


town Wednesday. We were clad TO
zee him He used TO send The TIMES
-nme valuable Communications from
franks township, and We hope TO enlist
him again. He has raised LIS bales Of
cotton End 300 bushels of corn this
year. and considering the prices. is rea-
sonably prosperous.
DIR. j. 9. Howard. the popular South
side dentist. has disposed of his BUSH
ness TO Dr. T. @ Gibson. and leaves
today for Evansville. Ind. where he
has lucrative position and will locate.
DIR. Howard is thorough practitioner.
clever and popular gentleman. and
made large number of friends here
during bis few weeks stay. who join US
In regrets at his departure.
Elsewhere in this paper may be seen
the attractive announcement of Vernon
Hancock. He has opened for business
and Is dispensing the very best goods
the market affords. His place will be
known AS The Four Hundred
saloon. and he invites share of your
patronage. Fine wines, liquors. cigars.
beer. etc. may be had at his place. and
II viii always be an orderly resort.
Judge n. W. Norton went to ST.
Louis Monday night to appear in the
United States Court of Appeals in be-
half OF the Parham heirs, in the we'll
known case of Pearl Mann ct al, vs..
Keene Guaranty Savings Bank ct. al.
in which large landed Interests are in
question. He is confident of final sue
cess in this matter. and its outcome is
being watched with much interest by
the family.
). b. Trap. jr.. recently of the firm
OF Brandon. Baugh & Trapp, has pur-
chased Ellis Turkeys stock of goods.
and took possession Tuesday. In dis
solving with Messrs. Brandon & Baugh.
Mr.. Trapp takes one third of the stock
The division was begun Wednesday
and Mr.. Traps portion removed to
his new quarters. He has retained
Mr.. L. Z. Davenport. the popular
salesman. who was formerly with the
firm. They have our best wishes for
success.
The following paragraph was in
advertently omitted from the COM
munication of L. Fl. McGnffey, which
appeared in The TINES last week:
We have our bridges, our roads, our
school houses. and our schools. i'm
which all classes arr offered an educa-
tion-whether they accept it or not.''
And this omission greatly detracted
from its merits. as Mr.. McGuffey is a
thorough and enthusiastic supporter of
the public school system, and believes
the schools Of more Importance than
any other public enterprise for which
We pay taxes.
Geo. NJ. Rowland, of near Caldwell
and one Of the most affarle and sub
stantial planters in the county. re-
turned last week from his holiday visit
To relatives and friends in Tennessee.
where he enjoyed himself for several
days. He was in Tuesday on business,
gave us a pleasant call, and advanced
the figures on his subscription for IL
months. He also renewed his sub
scription for The TINES to Rev. A. T.
GoodIoe, TO whom he has sent our paper
for nearly Is years. We thank him
for these favors and his esteem.
The genial hosts aud charming
hOstesses, of whom there are MANY in
this city, have Wed with each other in
their hospitallties quite frequently of
late. and there have been many very
enjoyable occasions and entertain
ments. Among these perhaps none
have been more largely attended or
more genuinely pleasurable than the
progressive euchre party at the lovely
home of DIR. and Mrs. j. K. Stone.
Wednesday night. There were ten
tables and one crokinole table, and at
convenient time refreshments were
served. Those present were Mr.. and