The Forrest City times., 1905-09-15

1 IluRe mountains, anu ledNtS tO-nlRnt to take her old position as teacher in the Brinkley public schools.
 MT. NJ. l. Dawson, formerly If Haynes. now of St. Louis, was mingling with rrlat'ves and friends ih town couple of days the first of the week MT. Dawson hss a warm spot in his heart for Forrest City and. her peuI le and was more than pleased
 with the great improvement of the city.
 Louise Dement, has an interesting souvenir of her visit to Beebe. 1t is d basket made of twisted tobacco leaf and has the appearance of being carved from some beautiful brown wood. It IS filled with nuts made from the same material, and is the handiwork of an emplnye in her un- cle 8 tobacco factory.
 Mss Minnie Hol and has accepted a position as saeslady at the klonaike 1 Bakery. Miss Minnie is very pleas ant and treats all customers courteous l Y and promptly. She held this place 1 formerly and gave splendid satis'ac- ton to the trade and her employers. We congratulate Messrs. kieiber & Co. upon securing her services.
 Mrs T. Y. Prude, the efficient cashier and assistant manager of the 1 Telephone Exchange, left on Tuesday for a visit to her sister, Mrs. w. D. Prude. Haitshorn, l. T. Master Char lie accompanied her. The duties of assistant manager and cashier of the Telephone Exchange, will be assumed by Miss Emma Prewett, during the absence of Mrs. Prude.
 MT. and Mrs. Ellis Hurley, who had been sojourning in Hot Springs for several days. returned Wednesday evening. Mir. Hurley has been quite indisposed for several weeks, and we very much regret to learn that he is not improving as rapidly as We had hoped. He has been missed from the store by his many friends, and we sin eerely hope he will be able to resume his duties within few days
 T. w. Barrow has splendid new ad- vertisement in this issue ot The Times in which he calls your attention to his complete line of hardware, glass and queensware, etc., and especially to his line of cooking stoves, which has no superiors. MT. Barrow is building up a splendid business by his motto of best goods for lowest prices, and de- serves your consideration. Give him d call.
 Rev. k. 0 Rogers, of Paragould, who had been conducting tent meet ing in this city for several weeks in the interest of the Christian church, closed the meeting Thursday night, and returned home last Saturday. The meeting was quite successful. there having been 9 accessions to the church. Rev. Rogers is a very en- thuSlastie minister, and gentleman of great social power He made many friends during his stay here, who will be glad to extend him the glad hand whenever he shall return.
 Captain J C. SlerH returned home Nedne sday and was mlugllng with hts friends in Forrest City. He gave us d pleasant call and We aie glad to note that lie has improved considerably in energy and Is looking extremely well
 He went to Waterman, Illinois. in July, to visit his mother and other relatives and friends. and thence went with his sister to Portland and other western points on pleasure trip. He took in the Lewis X Clarke Exposition and other matters of general interest and was highly entertained
 We acknow ledge receipt of an in vitation to attend the wedding of oul
 former townsman and friend, MT
 Robert Elicit Palmer and Miss LiIltar
 Leta Collins, of Ardmore, Indian Ter ritory, which occurred in that city or Tuesday. September l2 h. 1905, at higt noon. They will be Ut home at Littit Rock. Arkansas, after September l5
 Messrs. T. C. Folbre, Jr., and J. S Shields, of this city attended. and were members of the wedding party, Wt offer our sincereSt good wishes to Mir and Mrs. Palmer tCr their tutl.re
 Becker X Lewis opened the season ot 1905 at their opera house, last Mon day night with An Aristocrati( Tramp, and followed 1t up last night
 with "rhe Russian Spy" to both oi
 which were attracted fairly large au-
 diences The patrons ot the house
 have been outspoken in pIaising tn
 excellence of these two companies, es pecialy the former, and the manage
 ment Is to be congratulated upon suel
 all suspicious opening, and the splen- did character ot the companies booked
 It is 10 be hoped that Becker X Lewi
 will continue to give the pub ic suct ! splendid entert ainment.
 Through the courtesy of MI NJ. N Gaines, we are enabled to give the fol lowing figures on cotton, he being county collector of ginners' reports Total amount of cotton ginned il
 st. Francis county from growth Q : 1904. 2. S56 bales; amount ginned il the State from growth of 1905. to Sep tember 1, 56 bales. There are 26 ac r tive ginneTies in the county, and thre that are Idle. For the season of 1905 to September 1, 209 active ginnerie were reported in the State, 31 for 1904 . and 8 for 1903, while Texas had fo
 1905, ?, 566; for 1901, 3,361, and fo
 1908, $50 active ginneries up to Sep , tember l. while for the entire cottol States to September l, 1905. wer } ginned 469 800 bales against 374 .S2l and fer 1908, l7,30S bales for COT