The Forrest City times., 1908-08-28
Palestine Times.
The sawmills are running.

last Friday.
 Kirk Billingsley was in with load Of ties Saturday.
 The amount of freight being re- ceiyed here shows that our merchants expect big business this fall. Will Porter spent several days at Naryell last week
 Mrs. Geo. Wilson spent several days of the past week as the guest of Mrs. Hurt, in the country.
 Mayor Hamlet Terrell attended the meeting of the Anti-Saloon League at Forrest City last Wednesday night.
 Mrs. Arthur Warr has returned from pleasant visit with relatives in Mississippi.
 Tom Lee, president of the Moon Lake Union, is the proud father of a fine girl baby which made her appear ance Sunday evening. Palestine was we'll represented at the ball game Monday night in For rest City.
 It looked like everybody west of the St. Francis river went to the picnic at Wheatlep Saturday.
 The Palestine Socialist Club has changed it's date of meeting to every Friday evening at 3 o'clock until cot ton picking begins.
 Dan Gore was in town Friday to see what the "bloomin' socialists" were doing
 County Surveyor Christian was here several days last week doing some surveying.
 The Rock Island bridge gang has completed the repairs on L'Anguilie bridge and moved west.
 Col Pace, ex-candidate for the leg | islature, was here Thursday, talking prohibition.
 Henry Halbert has only to keep up his pitching record made against Pine Tree, and next season he will be heard from.
 Albert Bailey, who is now on the United States snagboat at Madison, spent Sunday in Palestine. MT. and Mrs. Geo. Reeson, of the Egypt community, were guests of the lady's parents, MT. and Mrs. Halbert, Sunday.
 Rev. MT. Milford, of Forrest City, was a visitor here Sunday.
 Miss Patterson, pretty and attrac- tive young lady af Philadelphia, is the guest of relatives in the Moon Lake comm unity.
 Ernest Burns returned Sunday from vacation spent at Bentonville, | and says he had the time of his life. Mayor R. J. Izard, of the capital city, was business visitor here Sat- urday.
 Jere Burns returned Saturday from trip to Bentonville and other points in Northwest Arkansas. Tom Simmons and Hugh Coffey bit easier than any in the crowd of fish Friday.
 Messrs. Sweet, Mathis and Sherman. the trio who are seeking to represent St. Francis county at Little Rock, have been shelling the woods west of the L'Anguille this week
 Lucius Wood was confined to his bed several days last week from illness.
 c. II. Hendricks, a prominent farmer of the Gill community, was here Saturday trading.
 Hon. Sam Jones. socialist candidate for governor, will address the people at Palestine on Tuesday, September l, his subject being "Modern So- cialism.a a
 The Methodist congregation will begin protracted meeting Sunday morning, which will continue through out the week. Dr. Bennett, presiding elder, and Rev. Milford. are to do the preaching,a and the Methodists are ex- pecting successful revival.
 Mrs. $. B. Baskin returned Satur- day from pleasant visit to her brother in the southern part of the county.
 Mrs Wm. Halbert returned Satur- day morning from a pleasant visit to relatives south of Forrest City.
 We wodld advise all who desire 10 keep up with what's doing west of the L'Anguille, to send in their names and get The Times every week. A Slick-tOnpued trayelino fricL. ar tist held forth on the streets here Friday evening. The principal fea- ture of the entertainment was the ex- tracting of two dollars from the spec tators. It seems it never gets too hot for suckers to bite.
 Coleman Abel was over from Round Pond Saturday. He says Dave likes his place as railroad agent there. but gets awful homesick for dear old Palestine"
 Lee McLendon has the sympathy of the community in the loss of his little girl last week by congestion. The fn ,s-,+ T