The Van Buren press., 1904-06-04


more you needn be ashamed to send
our work out. 1t Il stand comparison.
The KC Grocery has a talk on -four
in this issue of THE Press, and the
prices they offer should bring them
trade See them for bargains in groce-
ries.
Hugh Toney, who has been attending
the Fort Smith Commercial college has
accepted a position as news agent on the
Fort Smith & Western, and will run
between Fort Smith and Guthrie, Okla.
In the Decoration Day baseball game
at Fort Smith last Monday the Spring
field team administered defeat on the
Fort Smith team, and the Fort Smith
fans have been kept busy telling how
it happened.
T. f. Morgan has disposed of his
laundry business to Lloyd Bros, and
will go to Forrest City to establish a
laundry We are sorry to see Mr.
Morgan leave but hope he will find the
move an advantageous one.
Mr. and Mrs. Rolla johnson passed
through Van Buren, Monday evening
bound for st. Elmo, Ill. on visit to re-
latives. Quite number of their friends
assembled at the depot to greet them
during their brief stay here,
Miss Agnes Cordingly started last
Wednesday on her first round as rural
mail carrier on route No. 2. Miss
Agnes bears the distinction of being
the second woman to secure the posi-
ton Of rural carrier in the U. s,
| will not be at my Office next Wednes-
day Thursday and Friday having made
arrangements TO spend those three days
at Mulberry attending to the dental
wants Of the people Of that town and
vicinity. DR., FL, SIMS.
Evangelist Hendricks, assisted by
Prot. A. l., Carter, soloist, has been
holding daily meetings at the various
business houses around Van Buren, at
a different one each morning, and n
good deal Of interest has been mani.
tested at all Of them.
The heavy loss Fay Chew experienced
in the fire at Mulberry Sunday caused
his friends here much regret, as Mr..
Chew had Just made good start in
business and had not yet secured him.
self by insurance when fire and rain
wiped out his holdings,
in Justice Davis court Wednesday,
Rob- Mize was tried for assaulting his
imbecile step-son, John Anderson, The
charge appears 10 have been piece OF
neighborhood spite work and the defend-
ant was discharged without any Of his
witnesses being called upon TO testify,
From the manner in which Lees Creek
rose Sunday the northwestern section OF
the county must have been visited by u
very heavy rain Saturday night, The
creek rose between six and eight feet IN
half that many hours, but by Monday
morning It had run down to nearly Its
old stage
Mary Lee Chapter, Y, G, v, has
fixed on tomorrow as the day for decor.
ating the Confederate graves In our
cemetery, All veterans, sons and
daughters Of veterans and the public
generally are invited TO assemble at 4
p,mn tomorrow at the cemetery for
that purpose,
We do not know what the people
would do without the Racket Store
II It WASH { for the Racket, where would
we 20 for the small things the cheap
things, the new things and the simon
pure bargains But we will not worry ,
p, |, Allen " here to serve the people
for all the time,
The first early peaches were being
shown by Messrs Tallman and Smell2er
last Monday, The Elberta crop, the
variety which makes up the bulk Of tho
shipping crop promises well Many
OF the trocs shed sufficiently TO obylate
the necessity Of thinning, but there are
some trees IN every orchard that will
need TO be thinned TO make good fruit
Hon, Roht McFarlane Of Greenwood
and Capt W II Alexander, membors Of
the state commission, inspected the
pfpIIIorsloneQ QuArries At BatewIllo, from
which the stone for the state capitol n
being obtained during the past week
These 1uarries will furnish the marble
for the new capitol They are owned
and operated by brother Of Mrs Frank
Anderson Of this city,
W,R, Bolllng, J,F BGshmOier, I'd,
steward and Jesse Herald will represent
Alma NJ the u G, V reunion ut Nash,
willie, Another meeting Of Camp j T,
stuart Of Van lIuren will be held today
nj which committee appointed NJ last
Saturday = meeting will report on routes
aud rates The attendance from here
this year will not be as large IA has been
the case In past years,