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The Forrest City times., 1899-05-19


 Forrest City is not on windy boom, but she IS moving along at Il fine speed, and will grow rapidly if there are houses to accommodate the influx of would.be inhabitants. The building of twenty good houses would give employment to large number of men, put money in circulation, pay the builders a good rate of interest on their in- vestment, and materially assist the town in its struggle towards the 5000 mark. "Build house, " should be the slogan.
The Forrest City times., 1899-05-19

The Arkansas State Teachers association will be in session at Newport, June 20-22. These an- nual meetings are of interest to every patron and friend of our schools. The practical suggestions and discussions will benefit every teacher who may attend and he will arouse greater interest among his pupils. For these reasons we request teachers to attend the meeting of the association and to urge other teachers of our county to attend. An excellent program has been arranged in which many of the promin ent educators of the state are to take part. Every one will find something ot interest and profit.
The Forrest City times., 1899-05-19

In another column we reproduce an act of the legislature relating to pensions to certain survivors of the war between the states. Those who have not yet received pen sion will be interested, and we print 1t for their information. There are no doubt quite large number of persons in this county who are entitled to become bene. iiciarles of the act, and as pensio n lists always grow larger, it might be we'll to preserve this actin the crown of your hat for future ref erence. If you are not eligible this year perhaps you will be next year. See?
The Forrest City times., 1899-05-19


 The roads of the county are in a bad condition, very bad ind eed, and they will remain in that fix forever and Q day unless the sys- tenn of improvement is changed. IL is an absolute fact that the old system of working" the roads, actually makes them worse instead Of better. The first impulse of many of our readers will be to take issue with us upon this as- sertion. We know that some peo- plo don't believe anything they read an newspaper, because they think they know it all and the editor don't know much and wouldn't tell the truth if he did. But on reflection. It is a fact that there are roads in St. Francis county that have been :. worked !" for fifty years, and some of them are much worse than when we saw them first, ten or twelve years ago. Then look at the new road to Mad ison. When it was first opened it was the pride of all who passed that way. It was considered to De the best road in the county and 1t was promised that it should be graveled, but it hasn't been, and In fact, though it has been tempo. rarily improved by the new over seer, 1t IS not anything like as good a road now as when first laid out, and never will be until the system is changed. We might go on at length and cite instances to substantiate the assertions made but we believe we have made t plain enough. Now, what is 10 be done about itg Experiences of this sort will in time convince the people that the old system of road working" is time and money worse than thrown away, and oth. CT and more enlightened methods will be adopted, such as more ad. vanced sections of this country have found are profitable and sat.
The Forrest City times., 1899-05-19
The qualified electors of the sew

The quaiifed electors of the sew eral districts of the county will be called upon to vote upon the ques- tion of county uniformity of text books at the school election to- morrow. The country districts should not overlook thls feature, as the law requires the question to be submitted. We believe there is practically no sentiment in favor of uniform text books in this coun- ty, at least so far as we have learned. Neither do we see any benefit to be gainedby it,and there is liability of much evil resulting from this scheme. We shall vote against uniformity.
The Forrest City times., 1899-05-19
AN ACT.
To be Entitled an Act to Provide for the Relief of Certain Soldiers of tine Late War Between the
 States


 Be it Enacted by tue General .As-
 seDblY of tue State of .drkan- SaS.
 SEC. l. That section 5578 of Sandels X Hills Digest and the Act of February 12, 1895, be amended to read as follows: There shall be paid out of the treasury of the State of Arkansas, on the warrant of the auditor, to every person who has been for twelve months immediately pre- ceding his or her application for pension bona fide resident of this state, and who is indigent and incapacitated for manual labor by reason of wound received while in the discharge of his duty as a soldier or sailor in the service ot the State of Arkansas, or of the Confederate States of America, or who is disabled by reason of age, ar by reason of disease, having en- listed as soldier in said state dur ing the war between the states, ,and to the widow remaining unmarried of any deceased officer, soldier or sailor who lost his life while cit izen of this state in the confeder. ate service, or of the Confederate States during the late war between the states, or who IS now an ex- Confederate soldier who enlisted in some other state, but is now a citizen of this state, the following sums, annually, according to the degree of disability ascertalned by the following grade, viz:
 Paragraph l. To such as have received wound which renders them totally incompetent to per- form manual labor in the ordinary vacations of life, one hundred dol. lars per year.
 Paragraph ?. To such as have lost foot or hand, S75 per annum. Paragraph 3. To such as have been partially disabled by wounds other than the loss of a limb, or by great age or disease, an amount shall be awarded at the discretion of the County Board, who shall have the applicant at his own ex- pense examined by competent physician; provided, Tn no case shall the amount exceed S75 per annum, or less than S25 per annum.
 Paragraph 1 To all indigent widows of Confed derate soldiers and sailors whose husbands died CT were killed during the war, or who have died since the war, who have remained unmarried, S25 per an nun.
 | Paragraph 5. That any soldier whose name has been placed OR the pension roll and approved by the County and State Boards, and af- forwards dies, hls widow shall con. tinue during her widowbood to re- ceive the amount awarded her husband; provided, this shall not preclude the widow of any deceas- ed soldier or sailor who has re. mained unmarried from applying for pension after the death of her husband.
 | SEC. ?. That hereafter any Con. federate soldier who has been ad. mitted to the Soldiers Home under the provisions of Chapter 121 of Sapdels X Hills Digest the State ot Arkansas, shall upon applica- hon to the superintendent of said Home, to be approved by the Board of Trustees, be entitled 10 a furlough of thirty days in any one year, and while upon said furl ough shall be entitled to draw sl0 in cash; provided, such soldier shall not be entitled to draw said money and also remain at the Home.
 SEC. 3. That this Act shall take effect and be in force from and af. ter its passage.
The Forrest City times., 1899-05-19

Be it Enacted by tue General as- senbtY of tue State of .drkan-
The Forrest City times., 1899-05-19

Corn in the husk is coming in from Kansas by the several car loads. This is shame. The farmers are losing on cotton and paying freights on corn. No bus mess could prosper under such conditions. It's a case of heads, you lose tails. 1 win"
The Forrest City times., 1899-05-19

With view to impressing it up. on the memory of those who have the means and suitable lots, we wish to again remind our readers that there is not vacant house in town, and that more houses must be built before the town can hope to take on it's natural growth and accommodate the boom.
The Forrest City times., 1899-05-19

are now being planned, and we want you to bear in mlnd the wis. dom of taking reasonable sup ply of the good things we sell along with you. You may not be able to get good wine and liquors where you go for the summer, es pecially if you travel it will be hard to get good qualities. Let us supply you and be certain that you always have what you want.
 l. w. MALLORY.
The Forrest City times., 1899-05-19
The Appetite of a Goat

Is envied by all poor dyspeptics whose Stomach and Liver are out of order. All such should know that Dr. Kings New Life Pills, the wonderful Stomach and Liver Remedy. gives splendid appetite. sound digestion and regular bodily hab- it that insures perfect health and great energy. Only 25c. J. II. Duliavant X Co.
The Forrest City times., 1899-05-19

One years earnings of the great American Hen would buy all the minerals produced Tn year, and Tn addition pay every cent of interest on farm mortgages. One bushei of wheat costing ninty cents will feed a hen 300 days.
The Forrest City times., 1899-05-19
FtlDAY AFTERNOON. MAY 10. 1909.

Put a tax on the dogs and thus accumulate revenues with which to push the many importan! and necessary improvements now pending for the material advance ment and growth of our city.
The Forrest City times., 1899-05-19

Iuc Cily cOuuCii uiu nut ldhc acton upon the matters of park
 fence, hose house and band stand, nor upon the petition of Mir. Blan. ton and others looking to the sew. craze of the alley just back of South Front street. The coun- ell has much 10 think of.
 There are so many things that the people want ard so little money with which to provide them that the counci! hardly seems to know
 which one of the boys it is. We have been trying to coach them on the proper things to do, but news paper advice don't go much with
 the council. We cannot afford 10
 become discouraged, however, and
 will again suggest that the first and forem ost thing to do is to put an iron fence around the park and
 build hose house and band stand. This improvement ought not to cost less than S700 or $500, because if something cheaper is put up, it will be money worse than wasted. This sum is trife to big corpo- ration like Forrest City. The council should grade the court house yard, in conjun ction with the county, and put this beautiful place in order, so that it will be a paying advertisement for the town. When these projects are accom- plished, there is still much of the years taxes remaining with which to put in the many street sewers that are needed and the one in the alley mentioned. Now these are all what may be termed minor inn provements, but nevertheless nu. merous and necessary. fla man owed fifty debts, forty-nine of which were small and one was large, it would be the part of WIS., dom if he had only sufficient mon- ey to pay either the one large or all of the smaller debts, to pay the lat ter. So it IS with these improve ments. We must get all these small things cleaned off the board, then we can breathe freer and talk about extending the water works and other great things. It will cost much money to extend the water works. It was the out. lined policy of the council when this enterprise was first undertak. en, to extend them gradually each year. This would have been the sensible way to getthe waterworks over the entire city without "miss. ing the money" but it seems that the council could not carry out their good intentions at least, they have not done so. and now this question IS agitating the public mind. The waterworks must be extended. They are too valuable to keep bottled up in the little space now covered. The town has been thrice saved from fire by their timely use, and other fires could have been extlnguished had the citizens been able to procure the water. Forrest City is grow. ing rapidly. Protection is neces. sary, to say nothing of the luxury of water mains at home, and THE TIMES ia heartily in favor of ex. tending the mains at the earlies, possible moment. The council will consider these things at its next meeting, no doubt, and as we have drawn such practical and satis. factory picture of what ought to be done, we naturally hope they
The Forrest City times., 1899-05-19

..,,o eases and will guarantee you permanent cIac lc at moderate cost. He has cured thousands wno thought their cases hopeless. All letters prisa.@ Write for question blank. Consultation HSA Medicines sent free from observation
 3l4 Main Street, Memphis. Tenn
The Forrest City times., 1899-05-19
Private and Chronic Diseases of Men

Men suffering from evii ei' fleets of youthful indlscre' tions. syphilis, gonorrhea, gleet, structure, sezu... weakness, varicocele, nn. natural discharges, lost vitality, failing memory unfitness to marry, blo0u' skin, kidney or private dls' eases, are speedily cureac; ac DR. COOK has spent ~ years of persistent stuay and experience in his own sa practice and among o tle largest Eastern hospitais in c,,r,n0 this class Of dis-
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-10-05

Daring the winter of 1897 Mr..
James Reed, one OF our leading chi
2rns and merchants OF Cay, Clay
Co, w. Va, struck his leg against 8
cake OF ice IN such q manner 81 To
brntse /, severely. 1t became very
much swollen and panied him SO
baby that he could not walk with
OFT the aid of clutches. tie was
treated BY physicians, also used ses
eral kluds OF lluIment aud two AMI
half gallons OF whisky in bathing It
but nothing gave any reilei uLiil he
began using Chamberlain Pair
Balm. THIS brought almost a com
ple,e cure IN a weeks time aud n.
beiievcs that had he not used TN:
remedy his les would have bad t
be ampu,aled. Pain balm is IN
eqnaled tor sprains. bruises an'
rheu natism. For sale by w \
Hayes, Druggist.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-10-05
iDnrham Herald

Hereafter no child under twelve
years OF age will be allowed to work
IN the East. Durham cotton mill.
This rule is TO 60 into effect next
week. All of the mills OF the city
are now practically under n man
aycment, and it we are not mistaken
this rule already prevails IN the W est
Durham mill. Good schools are
maintained in both East and West
Durham and the management of the
mills are determined that the chill
dren at least shall have the ad'
vantage o! them. This action, while
it may seem a hardship TO some OF
the parents, is proper and out justice
to the children. A cotton mill, OIL
any other mill for that matter, Is no
a tit place for a child under twelve
years old. Let such work as this
c%Onllnue.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-10-05
MILLIONS GIVEN AWAY.

1t is certainly gratifying to the
public to know of one IN
the land who are not afraid TO be
generous to the needy and suffering.
The proprietors OF DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, Coughs
and Colds, have given away over ten
millions trial bottles OF this great
medicine and have the satisfaction o.
knowing it has absolutely cured
thousands of hopeless cases. Asthma
Bronchitis, H~oarseness and all dis
eases of the Throat, Chest and Lungs
are surely cured by ii. Gail on W
a. Hayes, Druggist, and get a trla
bottle free, regular size SOC. and 81
Every bottle guaranteed, or price
refunded.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-10-05

n CURES WhtRe AL ELSE sEaS. q
- Pest Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use Ia,
Va in time. Sold by druggists -


WEEKLY IiILLsBoKO MARKET RE
POnT.
Wheat, per bushel of 90 los, TO 10
IS cts.
Corn, per bushel OF So lbs. 80 cts
Oats. per bushel OF 81 ibs., 40 CTS.
Meal, per bushel OF 40 lbs, = TO 90
cts.
Pork, ) 10 & cts per pound
Bacon hog round TO 10 cts.
Flour, per barrel, 81 90 10 $500.
Taliow, per pound, i to : cts.
Beeswax, per pound, 20 cts.
Butter, per pound, 10 To 20 cts.
Eggs, rer dozen. l. cts
Peas, per bushel, IS 10 - cts.
Beans, per bushel. 10 CTS. TO Sl.00.
Hides 6ry, + 10 10 cents per pound
Chickens. each. 10 10 % cts.
Fea,hers-Llve Geese-40 cts. pc
pound.
Wool-washed-1S to % cts. pc
pound.
Un~ashed Wool, 10 els. per pound
BURY Wool, 5 cts per pound.
Coffee, 10 To 10 cts. per pound.
Sugar, ) 20 cts per pound.
All kinds OF country produce
good demand.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-10-05
"You all Know hips.''
DRUNIDE FOR YOUR WIFE
AND CHILDREN.

You can do 80 by taking out a life
policy with the Peoples Mutual Be
~nevolcnt Association of North Carolina.
the cheapest insurance known. and yet
as rood a. any. You can't afford to be
without protection when YOU can get it
50 cheap and life being So uncertain.
1t is a duty you owe your family to
see enc OF our Agents and put in your
application 1t once. Our officers for
the Orange Division tor Orange an
Durham Counties are AS follows:
.'resiIent->amuel NJ. Ga,tis See
rotary and Treasurer Harry l.. Par
i>h DirectOls-John K. Hughes.
Thomas j.. Oldham. l.. B. Wilt
ted. j. Frank Crawford. II. l.. McDaJe.
W. l.. McDade. y. V. Ray. 5. !. For
lest. p. NJ. sykes. W. L. Wilson. d. :.
| Miller. Il. \. Hodge, w. b. York. Thos.
VI. Check. J. Frank Pickard, NJ. \.
McCauley and X. l.. Smith.
Division Agcnt-A. {. Griffin.
Local Agcnts-D. r. Crawford and
\. \. Muruock.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-10-05
Joseph Stocstord, HodgoD, Nj

Joseph Stocstord, HodgoD, Me
healed a sore running Tor seventeen
years and cured his piles OF long
standing by using De Wits Witch
Hazel Save. 1t cures all skin DIS
eases. w. A. Hayes.
-"How's all the folks up yonr
way ?" well, mother amt SO
peart now Mo!ly's got the measles;
Johns stove up with the rheuma-
tism, an Dicks down with snake
bite. When air you a coming to
see US ?"-Atlanta Constitution.
President Kl"g, Farmers Bank,
Brooklyn, Michigan, has used De
Wits Little Early Risers in his
family for years. Says they ale the
best. These tamons little pills eure
constipation, b.liousness and all live:
and bowel troubles. w. A. Hayes.
-Elon College has entered on
one OF its most successful years.
More students have entered and
prospects are better for a prosperous
wear than ever before. This is a
noble institution and We take pleas,
ure in its Observation-Disclosures
News.
when our boys were almost
dead from whooping cough, our
doctor gave One Minute Cough
Cure. They recovered rapidly
writes p. B. Bellies, Argyle, Pa. 1t
cures coughs, colds, grippe and all
throat aud lung troubles. w. A
Hayes.
The cattle syndicate has been
organized, and will shortly be incor
pora,ed under the laws Of New
Jersey with s25,OO0,O 600 capital
THE promoter will apply for a yer
nit to do business in Texas, anc
there is some prospect that he vii
meet with opposition from the State
officials.
-The"Plow Boy Preacher" Rev
J. Kirkman, Belle Rive, III says
"Ar,er suffering from Bronchial .
Lung trouble for ten years, | wa
cured by One Minute Cough Cure
1t is all that is claimed for it an'
more 1t cures coughs, colds
a grippe and all throat and Ian!
troubles. w. a Hayes.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-10-05
\ CLEVER TRICK.

1t certainly looks like it, but there
is really no trick about it. Any
body can try it who has Lamc Back
and Weak Kidneys, Malaria or ner-
vous troubles. We mean be can
cure himself right away by taking
Electric Bitters. This medicine tones
up the whole system, acts As a atm
ulant TO Liver aud Kidneys, i, a
blood purifier and nerve tonic. II
cures Constipation, Headache, Faint
ing Spells. Sleep'e.sness and Mel
anchoiy II is purely vegetable, a
mild laxative, and restores the sys
tenn to It's natural vigor. Try Fec
tric Buffers and be convinced that
they are q miracle worker. Every
bottle guaranteed. Only 900 a bot
tie at w A. Hayes Drug Store.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-10-05

One OF the most attractive girls
We have ever read about is Barbara
Roschlan, IN Augsburg, Germany.
she il so attractive that at tunes
everything !o1se within several Zee;
OF her flies or rolls toward her,
sometimes paliing her 10 peril OF
bodily Injury. She is, according to
a loca, ph, stefan who reports these
phenomena, simply a living magnet
of wonderful power.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-10-05

The Public Ledger is very glad to
see that a number Of the State
papers are agreeing with it in regard
TO General Julian S. Carr being
mes, suitable gentlemen TO repre-
sent the grea, State OF Nor,h Caro-
lima and her people in the United
States Senate He is broad-ganged
and The very best mao tor the posi-
lion within our borders.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-10-05
f S. S. ). ; every claim

made for it is backed up strongly by convincing
testimony Of those who have been cured by 1t
and know Of its virtues by experience.
Mr.. L. J. Clark, Of Orange Courthouse, Va, writes:
For six years | had an obstinate. running ulcer on my
ankle. which at times caused me intense suffering. | was
SO disabled for a long while that was wholly unit for
business. One of the best doctors treated me constantly
but did me no good. I then tried various blood remedies.
without the least benefit. s. S. s. was 80 highly recon-
mgnded that I concluded to try it. and the effect was
wonderful. 1t seemed to get right at the seat OF the
disease and force the poison out, and | was soon COM
pletely cured" Swift's Specific
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-10-05
baskerville CitlZen.1

Bruce b. Freeman, for many
years well known as a postal CLERK
on the Salisbury and Murphy routes,
died this morning at $50 o'clock at
his home. 81 Depot street Mr.
Freeman was 81 years of age, and a
native of Western North Carolina
He fought on the Confederate side
in the Clvi. war, and it vas he who
during a battle carried Gen. Matt
Ransom of the field when the Gen
eral had been shot from his horse.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-10-05

Millions OF dollars, is the value
placed by Mrs. NJ ny Bird, Harris
burg, Pa, on the ltte OF her child
which she saved from Group by tht
use OF Que Minute Cough Cure i
cures oil coughs, colds and ,Droa
and lung t-onbles. w. \. Hayes.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-10-05
DEATH OF Mrs. REBECCA Eau

DPATH OF VI Rc. IALDENNH
CETTE.
Died a, her home in H~'llsboro on
Saturday. September goth, Mrs. i'e-
becca Faucet,e, relict OF the late
Rober, Faucet,e. in the 10Th wear
Of her age. She had been confined
70 her bed about two weeks. -
daughter, four sons, a sister ana
four brothers eurvive her. The be-
reaved ones have the heartfelt sym
pa,hy OF the entire community.
The funeral services were hello
from the Methodist church Sunday
afternoon at 3 o'clock, and were
conducted by Revs. + w. Fox apo
II. 5. Bradshaw. The following
named gentlemen acted as pail bear
els Messrs. D. II. Hamilton, Jame'
f. Jones, w. A.. Hayes, George A
Durham, James II. Hedgpeth AM
Joseph A. Harris The intermen
was made in the family lot IN tn
new cemetery.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-10-05

George w. NauderblI,'s taxes IN
Buucombe county amour TO SIS,
900 20 Col Frank Coke is The
next highest tax payer, bis ben.
Sl5iG %.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-10-05

On the 10th OF December, 1897,
Rev S a. Donahoe, pastor VI. 4.
Church, South, PIT. Pleasant, w. Va,
contracted a severe cold which was
attended from the beginning BY vi
client coughing. He says After
| resort,ng to a number OF 90 called
specifics usually kept in the house
to no purpose, / purchased a bottle
Of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
which acted like a charm. | mos
cbeerfolly recommend it TO the pub
lie. For sale by w. a. Hayes
Druggist.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-10-05

Treatment with lymph from
glands OF goats is reported as having
been tried successfully tor he cure
OF 40 insane maj in an Illinois asy.
lum.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-10-05
Eat plenty, kodol Dyspepsi;

Eat plenty, kodol Dyspepsia
Cure will digest what you eat. 1t
cures all forms Of dyspepsia and
stomach troubles. +. r. Gamble.
Vernon, Tex says 1T relieved me
from the start and cured me. 1t is
now my everlasting friend" w. A.
HAYES