The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1900-09-15


The deceased had reached the ripe age
i of SO years,
With the streets full of white and
negro loafers there is a scarcity of cotton
+; pickers in the fields at 75c a hundred.
There should be some compulsory means
of making these do nothings go to work.
Dan Hunt had his warehouse at the
head of Main street taken down the past
ten days and the material loaded on cars
for shipment to Okmulgee, /. T. where
Hunt Bros. will establish a branch
store.
jeff Davis majority over H. l.. Rem
mel for governor is 49S. Governor
Jones majority over Kennel was 374,
and over Auten 415 Jeff Davis majo-
rity is lO4 greater than Jones vote In
1894 over Kennel.
There is talk of stock company being
formed TO: the purpose Of building an
opera house. We hope the move will
result in something more than talk, for
it Is shame for town the size of Van
Buren, to be without a public hall.
A negro, whose home is said to be at
Fort Smith was captured this morning
by City Marshal Ryan and Mayor Hall,
The negro had stolen the grip containing
some clothing from Engineer Pew of
the Valley railroad. Wagner Sayings.
The Boston store has determined to
enter the field for the purchase Of cotton
this fall. We are glad to see this, as it
will give growers confidence th,.t the
highest possible price will be paid here,
and thus induce them to haul their
staple to this market.
Mrs L. B. PIERCE and children of
Fort Smith have arrived to join Mr.
PIERCE assistant solicitor for the Choctaw
road, They will reside at Fifteenth
and Arch streets and will be u welcome
acquisition TO the social circles Of our
town. Little Rock Democrat.
II Is thought by railroad men that
Supt McKee's thorough examination
Of the yards and property Of the Mo.
Pacific at this point will mean q change
Of some nature, though Mr.. Mckee did
not give out any information on that
subject.
The Street Fair executive committee
Of Fort Smith has had large quantity
Of buttons made for advertising the
fair, A number Of these buttons have
been placed with the Van Buren, Hard.
ware company and will be sold for u
triiiing sun, the money to 20 into the
Van Buren, float fund.
The board OF health and the members
of the school board held a joint meeting
yesterday afternoon to consider the ad.
visibility now that the danger Of scarlet
fever Is abating, of opening the public
schools before the date fixed at another
recent meeting. We went to press be.
fore any decision had been arrived Mt ;.
S, A. Miller IL back from stay In
Oklahoma, and has decided TO locate In
Grupl tho onupty ooot 80 nuy ,o,otv
where he will practice law He returns
within short time and his family will
follow Mt the close OF the next term Of
school, Mr. Miller has received tho
nomination Of county attorney at the
hands Of the Democrats OF Day county
and has no opposition for election,
Put liberal sum opposite your name
! when the paper for the basket factory
bonus Is presented you, Our people
must roach out after enterprises Of that
nature and must be willing TO 20 down
, into their pockets TO secure them, Such
! factory will mean the employment
Of much idle labor, the wages of which
will flow right into the pockets Of the
merchants and householders,
| Jno Ward began moving into the new
: livery barn yesterday and will on have
everything IN ship.shape, The barn
will be one Of the most conveniently mr..
ranged barns In the state when complete
There Is stall room for some thirty hcad
Of horses, which can lif necessary be
increased, Tho ventilation Ia perfect
and all IN all II will make u model es
\ tblshment
|, Governor Fishback received n tele.
gram today from W, y, Kinkead stating
that his daughter, Mrs, j 3, Wheeless,
who Ia In Galveston, WAS safe IA were
the other members Of the family, but
that they had lost everything. This
simply means that the reports from the
devastated coast town have not been ex Z.
b aggerated and makes the disaster all the
f.. more appalling The fact, however,
4 that tho governor 4 daughter and family
have escaped tho horrible fatality Of
death IL gratifying, and will more than
/. compensate for the property loss TINT
0 they may have sustained, Fort Smith