The Forrest City times., 1900-05-11

Mrs. J. A. Giles. accompanied bv
Misses Eva and Mammie Sellers and
Miss Dovie Sattertield. of the Good
Hope neighb0rhOed, were visiting and
shopping in town Tuesday. The ladies
dined with Mr.. and Mrs. Robt. Sellers,
and were guests Tuesday night at the
A fishing party composed of the fol-
lowing ladies and gentlemen spent the
day most pleasantly on the river above
Madison Yesterday: Rufus Scott and
wife, ). l.. Hodges and wife; Mesdames
w. Moore and Rob't Sellers; Misses
EmmaHnmphreys aud Clemmie David;
Messrs Gervase McClary. John Ha-
yens and Frank Doyle.
Prof. J. b. Sanders and Ed. a. n.
Couch left Thursday morning for Hot
Springs to attend the Southern Baptist
convention. Owing to the absence of
the pastor the usual morning and
evening services at the Baptist church
will not be held Sunday. The Young
Mems meeting and Sunday School ex-
ercises, however, will be conducted at
the usual hours.
Henry Lloyd. of Dyersburg, Tenn :,
young man of good appearance ana
engaging manners, arrived IN the city
the first of the week to take charge of
a lucrative position with the ST. Fran
els Electric Light Co. His duties will
be of clerical nature. and he will
keep the books and accounts of the
company. We welcome Mr. LLOYD
and hope his business and social rela-
tons in our community will be pleas
ant and profitable.
| Mr.. +. Bonner was an interested
+ participant in the Dewey celebration
! in Memphis the first of the week. Our
venerable towusman had the distin-
guished honor of shaking hands with
the great mariner, and holding brief
conversation with him. Mr.. Bonner
! Shaking hands admiral, can un-
/ derstand how you captured Manila but
tell me how you captured Mrs. Dewey"
J George tsmiling bandlyl-"Well, nv
friend, that victory is one over which !
am as deeply puzzled AS yourself. Mrs.
/ Dewey WAS present. of course. during
the exchange Of courtesies between our
friend and the hero or Manila. aud re-
ceiyed the gallant attentions with be-
coming grace and appreciation.
The Cosmos Club inaugurated what
should become "a series of public enter
tainments last evening al the opera
house. the proceedings OF which were
highly instructive and amusing. The
audience was large and appreciative,
and the excellent program of music,
Rotations and readings represented
the best talent Of the city and its rem
dition was heartily and genuinely APP
plauded throughout. The leading feat
ures Of the evening from musical
standpoint were the vocal selections
by Mrs. w. Ii. Barnes. Of 81. Louis
Her full. rich soprano filed the house
with delicious harmony and sweet
melody. ana the souls OF her listeners
with rapture aud enthusiasm. The
most deserving paper presented was
that read by Mrs. {. Ia Knight, which
set forth all the most wholesome meas
ures for the beautifying aud upbuild-
ing of the town. The paper also in
corporated many practical and timely
suggestions for the promotion of mu-
nicipal reforms. The entertainment
was littingly closed by happy speeches
from Attorney John Calling and Hon
y b. Rollwage. All praise to the Vii
lage Improvement committee of the
Cosmos CLUB, ana may they be success
ful in routing all the elements of an
cleanliness from the limits of our cor
poration = The Hog Must Go, " i.
their theme. and all their efforts to ex
clude his hogship will receive Thu
hearty sanction of the community
The next attraction at the opera house
will be the TON Thumb Wedding
Wednesday night, under the auspices
of the Ladies Guild of the Epise0pa
church. Admission 80 cts, children
half price.