The Van Buren press., 1899-09-30
TOGINNERS.
TO GINNERS. -
We can save you money on Oils, Resin
and Lamp Black.
w. C. BosTIcK & Son.

row.
The town. as we'll as the cemetery
should be put in presentable condition
for the day of unveiling.
Mesdames G.. T. Higgins and G. W.
Jones spent several days in the city this
week visiting friends.
The veil covering the figure of the
Confederate monument will be removed
for a few hours tomorrow afternoon.
Bostick & Son handle everything in
Patent Medicines, and are prepared 10
fill your receipts at lower prices than
ever.
Mr.. and Mrs ] E. Jarvis and daughter
are back from very delightful Visit TO
the principal points of interest in the
East.
Mrs. T. J. Rogers spent few hours
in the city Thursday en- route to her
home at Russellville from a visit to
relatives at FayetteVlile.
Mr.. Love of Russellville, who as ad-
ministrator of the estate of T. H. Elgin
finished the contract of erecting the
Confederate monument, left for his
home Thursday, having finished the
work.
10 johnson the muchly indicted prose-
cutting attorney of the Fort Smith district
was placed on trial at Greenwood Thurs
day to answer to some of the half dozen
or more charges made against him as a
public officer.
Rev. J. B. Whaling, the new rector of
Trinity Episcopal church, and family
arrived yesterday from New Kensington,
Pa. Until they get the parsonage fitted
up they will be the guests of S. A.
Pernot and family.
The Fort Smith papers are showing
very liberal spirit in the manner in
which they are advertising and calling
attention to our unveiling exercises on
the 10th of October. and their action is
appreciated by our people.
J. NJ. Comstock was in the city yes
terday and placed considerable
quantity of cotton on the market. He
reports work on the Uniontown High
School progressing satisfactorily and
that they expect large attendance when
the school opens on November 9th. Mr..
Comstock is president of the board of
directors.
Josiah Stahl this week made arrange
ments to follow up the find on his land
of zinc and lead ore by sinking pros
pect shaft, and he is very sanguine of
striking good deposit of these minerals.
We hope he will strike it rich for the
discovery of such a deposit would prove
of great advantage to the entire county.
Uncle Chap Echols who lived five
miles west of town, died last Monday,
the 18th inst. He was born on the day
of the battle of New Orleans January 8,
1915, and was therefore over "a years
old. He was one of the old land marks
and was quite extensively known as an
honest citizen Mulberry Leader.
T. D. Goldsmith has taken the right
steps toward investigating the hidden
resources underlying Van Buren,. He
was around getting our business men
to subscribe to fund for the purpose Of
having boring made to depth of one
to two thousand feet somewhere near
Van Buren,. By all means let the in
vestigation be made. The money will
be we'll spent.
The lassitute, which naturally per
vaded during the torrid weather of the
past two months, we are pleased to see
is giving way to more active feeling.
and we hope to see those who should be
interested in the welfare Of Van Buren,
take a fresh hold and with renewed
energy push Van Buren where by right
it belongs In the front rank of the bust
ness towns of Arkansas.
Mrs. Pitts nee Knowlton after an
illness of several months with con-
sumption died Wednesday at the resi-
dence of her mother in this city. Her
end did not come unexpected, as for
several weeks past her spirit had been
lowering at death door; yet the blow
is a hard one to the mother, who has
within but few short months watched
the whole family cross the dark river
and the sympathy of the community is
with her.
The watch and chain, which it wat
decided to present to little Jimmie
Miller as a gift from the people of Val
Buren for the heroic conduct he dis
PLAYED in saving several girls from
watery grave has been received. 1t II
a memento of which he may justly b'
proud the balance Of his life. The watcf
is a solid gold one and on the inside o
the case bears this inscription ''Pre
sented by the Citizens of Van Buren FOL
Heroism, Sept. 7, 1899.
After representing for eleven year
throughout this territory the Kelley
Goodfellow Shoe companyp Jess Woo
has severed his connection with tina
firm and hereafter will represent tn