The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1898-06-16

Walls Bluff attending the Prairie
county Normal. She comes home
every Friday afternoon and
spends Sunday.
! The many acres Of "beauti-
fuP' flowers (dog fennel) that
nearly cover our streets and also
sidewalks, are great beautifiers to
the town and reflect great credit
on the city florist.
/ Among the Brinkleyites who
attended the Delinquent Tax Sale
at Clarendon Monday were II. A..
Carter, W. C. Fiddyment, VIM.
Hooker, T. L. Hefferman, George
Rich, Jim P. Smith, II. C. Strong,
E. C. Brown, James Gum, Sr.,
u. w. Savage, Attorney Moore
land II. II. Myers. Nearly all Of
them were purchasers.
While in Cotton Plant q few
days since, we were pleased to see
the progress Of our clever young
merchant friend, w. S. Crafford.
The firm was Pennell & Crafford
! A large two STORY brick, most GEN.
trally located and filed from
bottom to top with splendid
stock of general merchandise.
One side of the store, 80 feet long,
is given to shoes and he makes q
Especially Of carrying everything
worn on the feet but cOrns and he
says if you buy your shoes there
you will not have corns. Mr.. G..
is young man, well worthy of
the success he has attained and
we are indeed glad to see that the
people of Woodruff county appre-
ciate and give him Hlarge patron
age.
! The following local was writ
ten two weeks ago, but misplaced
and failed to appear. Since II
was written the potato crop has
been mark etcd. and while it did
not net the growers IS cents per
bushel straight, tho it paid a
hundred per cent better than cot
ton.
| It is pitiable to look around
us and see the way some Of our
farmers are progressing, while
others right adjoining them are
doing so nicely with their crops.
The farmers who will not plant
anything but cotton have just
started on their crops with very
near an entire year of hard work
ahead, and then no certainty
whatsoever that they will make
enough to pay for what they
have eaten while making the
i'crop. While on the other hand
the farmer who planted a few
acres of Irish potatoes is now
gathering his erop and willsiaaw Z
few days longer hayesit gathered
land sold at 4 price and profit per
tacre aqual to ten acres of cotton.
In a few weeks they will ;have in
another crop Of Irish potatoes,
and three months before the cot
ton raising farmers have gathered
their crop, will have another pay
ling crop of Irish potatoes gather
ed. We do not know but it is
lost sympathy to spend iton those
who will continue in the same old
rut year in and year ont, pre-
fering to labor thirteen months in
the year to find out at the end OF
that time that they are yet in
debt for the provisions they used
in lmaking the thirteen months
crop. They claim that they can't
sell their potatoes and they can
sell their cotton for cash. II they
could but see the efforts being
put forth by the several potato
men who are here buying the
tubors they would perhaps have
to find another excuse for not
raising them. The buyers are
paying 70 and rs cents per pushel
for potatoes right along and are
hunting them to pay that. Over
14OO bushels have been sold here
this week at the above prices and
lit turns out the Brinkley has the
credit Of shipping the first car
load of potatoes that has been
shipped from Arkonsas. The
buyers will remain here until the
entire crop is marketed and then
tw;ll rnturn hora lafar ~ IN the