The Forrest City times., 1908-04-10

Your porch and veranda should be made comfortable for the summer with our beautiful porch furnishings. Crex Rugs for porches is the very latest fad. Also porch chairs. porch settees and porch Rockers, lawn swings, etc. We have a big stock and many different styles to select from. Becker & Lewis.
 Mrs. s. F. Mcdaniel gave a recep- tion Tuesday afternoon, to her lady friends to meet her daughter, Mrs. Charles McDaniel. The house was beautifully decorated with cut flowers and potted plants and lighted with waxen candles. The dining room was decorated in pink. Mrs. Mcdaniel was assisted in receiving by Mrs. Er- nest Hoshall, Mrs. Marshall, Mrs. Naccaro, Mrs. Dickerson, and Misses Mary Norfleet and Nonie McDaniel. There were large number of friends present, and all enjoyed the occasion to the utmost. Dainty refreshments were served.
 MT. Joe James and Miss Malone were happily married at the residence of Mir. Jim Thompson and family who reside in Franks township. on Tuesday afternoon of this week, Elder Pippin, of the Baptist Church in this city, officiating. Miss Malone is most prepossessing and splendid young woman, who recently, with her pa rents, came to that neighborhood from Tennessee. MT. James is son of Mir. Lee James, and is wel-to-do farmer, who has large circle of friends and acquaintances. We wish to join in all the many good wishes for their future happiness and prosperity.
 Messrs. c. ". Jones and !. ". Barnes have recently purchased the stock and good will of the store form erly owned by MT. Ed Mallory. at Round Pond, and organized the Round Pond Mercantile Company, with Mr. Jones as president, Mir Barnes, secre- tary and treasurer, and MT. Jno. Mallory as manager. This company has enlarged the building, and added materially to the stock and are pre- pared for any trade, large or small. We commend this new firm to the good people of the bottom country, with the assurance that all customers will receive square deal"
 We have been unfortunate in getting our subscription accounts made out and mailed this year, on account of multiplicity of other duties, but MT. Enos Altman has very kindly consent ed to take the matter in hand for us, and is revising our list. and making out all subscription accounts up to the first day of next January. These are being mailed out as rapidly as pos slble, and we hope each subscriber who receives statement will give 1t prompt attention and remit at once. Those who are in arrears more than one year will have to be dropped. and when dropped their accounts will be placed in the hands of an attorney for collection. The subscription price of our paper is Sl 50 per year, and is due invariably in advance.
 We take pleasure in calling the at tention of our readers to the adver- tisement of Messrs Iung & Ducker, Merchant TailorS, who have located here and opened tailoring establish ment in the rooms upstairs over the poStoffice. These gentlemen are skill | ful workmen, and have come to For rest City to earn livelihood Their speciality is mems garments to order. 1 The 1eld Is verdant. as all of this kind of work is now being done abrosd Tor those of our citizens who have thelr clothing made to order and we believe they will receive a very liberal patronage, all thing being equal We have met MT. fung, and find him to De very pleasant and courteous gen tleman. We hope this new enterprise Will be literally patronized, because we believe the firm worthy and that the money should be kept at home. Give them call and let them make that new Spring suit for you.
 Labadie's presentation of Goethe's taust, was the attraction at the opera house Thursday night. and attracted d falr house. The drama was well | acted and staged, the characters of Meptistcpheles, Valentine, and Mar | guerlte were fine, and the duel be- tween Faust and Valentine and the 1 oeath scene Of Valentine, was a very | artistic piece of acting The story of , faust k an old one-and one that points the moral that virtue is ever triumphant over vice, and that the punishment of sin is death. "Hy. i gooo Doctor, look, see: all this YOU snail feel and more: you shall know what it is to mock the pure and inno- cent; to give thy soul into my keen ing. l, satan, whom all the universe fear and tremble o, for the soul of one wise man to show on Judgment Day-though l gather fools. and my work is never done. The play was well received, judging from the ire. quent applause.
 We are pleased to note from the Little Rock Enterprise that the Rose City Bank has been organized will our our old and highly esteemed friend Capt. James NJ. Stewart as it's presi, aent. i Tn making mention of the sey. era gentlemen by whom this institu- ton IS otiicered the Enterprise nays Capt. stewart the following handsome compliment; The other active ot,i Cers ,.er {, 9i the bank are also well and fla SSofaoiy known in this city. James NJ stewart, the president. is secretary oA tIe Arkansas Building and Loan