The Forrest City times., 1911-06-30

Hon. H. Beecher Lewis was yisi- tor in the city Wednesday,
 Mrs Charley Mcdaniel left this morning for Singer, Arkansas to visit for while with MT and Mrs. Arthur Mcdaniel.
 Schrams Automatic Fruit Jars Quarts, I5c.; Half Gallons, Sl.00. This Is the same price you have been pay ing for Mason's Fruit Jars, but there k no comparison in these two jars The Schram's is the latest improved and best Jar on the market Buy them of Neblett, the Grocer, Phone 3i
 Mr J, k. Carder, of Millington, Tennessee, has purchased lot 57 in the Russell addition, and given to the Forrest City Real Estate & Insur- ance Company the contract to erect thereon beautiful Groom residence, a copy of the !. L. Pope residence re- gently built. MT. D. R. Halbert is doing the job. We understand that MT. Carder will locate here and open marble yards. We extend himself and family and associates a cordial welcome
 MeSsrs. Eugene Williams and his associates of the Bank of Forrest City, announced Wednesday that they had i purchased the Rice growers Bank. a flourishing financial institution of Wheatley, and that it wotld hereafter be operated as branch of the parent institution the Bank of Forrest City. | The Rice Growers Bank is capitalized at S25, 900, much of the stock being owned in this city. We congratulate the Bank of Forrest City, and the business men and others of Wheatley upon this change which must rebound to their good,
 News reached the city at noon of the death of Mrs. k. NJ. Pearson at Little Rock this morning. Mrs Pear son was the daughter of Mir and Mrs. Tom Oury, who formerly resided here for number of years. Miss Fife" as she was known by all her friends, had been confined to her room and bed for year or more with muscular rheumatism, which suffering she bore with the patience and fortitude which marks the Christian. The funeral will take place at Little Rock Sunday. l and friends of the family in expressing sincere sympathy to the afflicted hus- band. mother and other members of the family.
 MT l.. k. Davenport informed a Times man this weeksthat he was ex- pecting his son, MT. Louis Davenport, Jr., home Sunday or Monday From him we learn that Louis has been the victim of an auto wreck which occurr- ed in Oklahoma City couple of weeks ago. The young man was quite badly bruised up besides having his face severely and painfully cut by broken glass from the wind shield. It was found necessary to take twenty-Six stitches in his face, and it is feared that he will be disfgured for life A leader was severed in his face and it is impossible for him to open his mouth more than a quarter of an inch. In a letter to his mother he informed her that he was going to Chicago to see if any thing could be done toward fixing up his face.
 The Times job force printed Tues day the brief in the case of the Nick Peay Construction Company. ct al. vs. Max D. Miller, ct al, being an appeal from the Lee county chancery court. Hon H. F. Roleson, one of the attorneys in the case telephoned this office Monday afternoon, asking if we could print the brief in time to mail it to Little Rock Wednesday morning, and upon being assured that we could, promised to send the copy up that night. Work was started on the brief 1 FnlA lN., 9 o'clock that night, the book was all in type and printed The book was in the postofice. "Wednesday morning by o'clock The brief clntained thirty-two printed pages.
 MT. Ben Davis. returned WedneS- day morning from Mr Me Daniels s camp on the old Military road, where he went to do some surveying MT Davis informs Us that lie and Mir Me. went over new i0ute or rather a part of the Military road that had never been used from the upper end Of Shell Lake nearly to Biacktish Lake. This route was included in the original survey for tEe Military road, but was never cleared out If it could be used it would save nearly three miles of the distance across. and could be put in good shape with very little effort. He drew Us a diagram showing the location of the road as it now runs, and the line of the propos- ed cut of, which explains very clearly the distance il would save. He says that the work of clearing the obstuct- ed section of the road iS progressing nicely.
 As an evidence that the cotton crop is thriving two of St. Francis county $ prosperous farmers, have brought in samples of the stalks taken at random form their fields. The first specimens brought in was dozen stalks raised by Mir. Jack Vinson on his place on Linden Island. The stalks were waist high, and contained from twenty i've to thirty squares to the stalk Mir. Vinson says he has fine stand, and expects to make good crop The