The Van Buren press., 1899-08-12

WY n0t nGflIf ne IL II. No1iA-i4o1-
/ if the railroad companies fail 10 provide
proper accommodations in their waiting
roomsf We think this should come
within their province.
Van Buren and Alma teams will cross
bats at the old base ball grounds near
the compress next Friday afternoon
Both teams are practicing. and appear
ances are that there will be warm
game.
Capt. Sam Steward came down from
Lancaster Thursday TO meet the other
members who served in this company in
the battle of Oak Hills and talk over old
times with them. He joined one Of the
outing parties for stay on Illinois
river.
The time for adding your subscription
to the monument fund list closes this
evening. Do not fail to enter your
name, even if only for a small sum, and
remove the necessity of the Z. D. c.
personally making good the deficiency.
The list can be found at THE Argus ,
Office
There are too many boys allowed to
loaf around the mayor Office and OBJ
struet the sidewalk. Merchants are
compelled to keep sidewalks in front
of their places of business free of OBJ
structions and we can t see why the city
should have any more rights than a
/ private individual. Then the cases that
come up in the mayor court are not
such as will benefit any of the boys to
listen to.
1t is a strange place of human nature
that causes man to think he is doing
something smart to get on Jag and
make a fool of himself. There is a
crowd of young men in this town, a
number of them not yet of age, who ap-
pear to have that idea very strongly i'm
pressed on their mind If they only
knew the opinion of those who witness
their antics they would stop their
| foolishness.
| A number of the survivors of the battle
of Wilson Creek-better known as Oak
Hills-met in the city last Thursday the
thirty-eighth anniversary of that memoir
able struggle to talk over old times and
recount the incidents of that terrible
clash one of the most sanguine of the
war, considering the number of troops
engaged. The grim reaper has been
making sad inroads in the ranks of late
years of those who participated. Ofthose
who were young men then more then
one now counts his three score and
more.
There is no need of Arkansas farmers
not having plenty to live on when they
can raise two crops of potatoes or a crop
of potatoes and crop Of corn successive
ly on the same land. One thing that
will always remain drawback to them
until they get out of it is the "one-
crop habit. Let them raise plenty for
home consumption first, and then they
may put their surplus land that they
can work to cotton or other ready.
money crops and then there will be less
complaint.
The finances of the Home and Hospital
are said to be in bad condition. We
thought a sufficient amount had been
subscribed to keep the hospital in good
running order if such was the case,
why are these sums not collectedY There
certainly must be something wrong. II
those who have put their names down
do not pay scratch them Off and we. be
lieve others will be found willing tC
take their places. Since the above was
put in type we learn sufficient amount
of the subscriptions has been collected
to defray the expenses of the institution
for some time. The fault evide ntly
lay with those who had charge of thu
collections.