The Forrest City times., 1900-04-20
MADISON TIMES.

IT y0 editors VIII grant us the privi. iege, incompetent and unworthy as we are. we will again accept the position of correspondent of THE TIMES. This is net of our own volition but xt the solicitation of some of your readers. but unless we, to some extent, regain ouT health VIC humbiy entreat you not to expect too much of us, for we can scarcely find ths time. between chills and levers and levers and chills. tu say nothing of the torture from an enlarg. ed spleen, to write anything that might interest the reading public. But with your permission we will contribute what news we car gather for you. These sunshiny days seem to have inspired everyone with a spirit to do something. and they seem 10 be doing it with vim.
 Business in all lines is rem ark ably active.
 Farmers are making good head way preparing their lands and planting them.
 Timber receipts and shipment of tim. Der products are larger than ever known here.
 News reached here Wednesday that 2 case of smallpox had developed on what is known here as the McFall farm. one mile and half south oi Madison. We failed 10 learn anything of reliable nature in regard to it. In answer to interrOgatiUns we could only hear that negro woman had thv smallpox. Wheeler & Co. have put on a nigh, crew and are running their mill = hours out of 24. The hum uf machinery, the working of 30 or 40 men and sey. erai teams, and the m,ii and yard lighted by electricity presents quite a businesslike spectacle.
 The steamer Lorna Uuone cleared yesterday for Old Witstburg and all way landings, K. II. Morrow. master; John Garrett. engineer. and J. E. Nev. Ing aL the wheel. We learn that this steamer will run from the Cut on be low here to Wittsburg, And is due t., leave on her upper trip every Tuesday l Capt. Morrow is quite a genial gentle. man, and the running Of his boat is q great convenience to the people along the river.
 l Madison now has telephone connet. ton with the world thanks to Col. Head. who, by his untiring efforts, sue ceeded in having the line extended [, this place. The office is in the post office, and W. F. Eppes informed yonl correspondent that he was the ''hello' not Hell of girl" at Madison The appointment of Mir. Epprs give. universal satisfaction, and ths tele- phone people are to be cengraiuixt,, on procuring so competent q gentleman to serve them.
 Mrs. Geo. Lannon and her three in terestiag children, returned to l.itti, Rock Saturday after a visit of sryera days 10 Mrs. Ed Berry.
 Our young friend. Chas. Barnett. i, suffering from an attack of malaria. l II. N. Wheeler, with his interesting wife and littI. babe, ''youhg Henry returned to Madison sunday mfter Il protracted visit to Mfr. Wheelrr's pa rents in Memphis.
 l Dr. C. C. White wa6 in Madison ihi! week. He is trying to reduce tl, spleen of yonr correspondent to It's nor tnal size. Doubtless you are aNare n the fact that II takes no ordinary de gree of melt to become X newspaper correspondent. but in our case i II seems ihat we were possrssrd with superabnndancr of ih. mi,icl- if Dr White is correct in his diagnosis, whici fact can not be disputed.
 Mir. and Mrs. A. C. Wheeler lef Sunday for Nohl-svill-. Ind. to spen, ] A moul h wit h Inc fo, mpr's purpntS
 Otto Guessing returned from Mem phis Weddesday night.
 Miss Tommir Davis is teaching th, public school here. She is l"'ssesse. of superior qualifications ss x teacher and We besprak fur her the cu-oprra ton af the entire comniuhiiy in her ef forts to teach the young idea how i' shoot.