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Bisbee daily review., 1912-12-28
THAT WORD IMPOSSIBLE"


 The Carlton vidette has good editorial about the word Impossible. D The spirit Of it is so fine and firm and admirable that instead of writing one We are going to print il here:
 "Impossible." cried Mirabeau, the greater orator of the French reyolu ton. Never name to me that block. head of word!" And Carlyle, one of the greatest writers of the world, de- ciared l. is not a lucky word, this same impossible No good comes oi those that have it often in their mouths,
 Robinson crusoe," Pilgrims Progress. 'Raleigh's History of the World" Luthsr's Translation of the Bible" and many other ef the earth's grandest books were written in prison.
 Milton and Homer were blind when they produced the greatest epics ever penned And Wellington, when some one spoke to him of the word i'm possible" exclaimed: 'Is anything i'm possible? Read the newspapers!"
 The word impossible is found only in the vocabulary of the ignorant The word failure is written only in the hearts of the cowardly. The same principle that moves the drown ing man to battle for life against the most overwhelming odds, and to cling 10 his hope long after the ship from which he fell has disappeared below the distant horizon, auimates the mind Of man constantly to seek and struggle for the things that lift him up. until impossibilities disappear.
 The word impossible is the yer inform appendix ol the English Ian guage. We could get along better with out it.
 The word impossible is brother to the word failure" The men who have become great nave laughed at it. The men who have remained little have bowed down before it. To the weak all things are impossible. To the strong nothing is impossible AnG being strong is a state Of mind that discards the word-a state of mind that can be self created.
 Prescott wrote his great histories with blocks to guide the hands his blind eyes conld not guide ParEman, SC sick and weak that he could work but a few minutes at time, wrote a marvellous ten volumes about the struggle between France and England Fer the possession of North America
 Impossible is mischieyous word. Anything is impossible to the man who admits it. Nothing is impossible to the man who discards the word from his vocabulary.
 Impossible is a towards word.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-12-28

Let's see. that suit was postponed couple of times .t is due for trial during the holiday week. isn't it?
 That thing ought not to be drop ped, for the colouels sake and Tor the editors sake
 And all the innocent bystanders will watch the developments with in. terest
Bisbee daily review., 1912-12-28
HONEST.

1 am a very honest man.
 Nobody hands me dough ! never have received a bribe,
 As my friends all well know. The Standard oil has not bought me I have not sold my soul. l think that my name should be wri: Hish up on honor's roll I've never got single cent
 No one has strings on me. Though some are tied both hand and
 foot. :, I'm surely glad and free. When some trust magnate whistles Am not obliged to dance. For l have never sold myself
 I've never had chance.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-12-28
SOUNDS FAMILIAR, ANYHOW.
New York World.1

(New York World.) The Pennsylvania Democrat who 1f fered $500 for q postmastership is evidently much more of a PennsyI vanian than a Democrat
Bisbee daily review., 1912-12-28
ouR VoTE.

hsii 2 .slSt3sss11s
 Four weeks. ago sis thought Te'd vote For Roosevelt He had our goat Three weeks ago. in moment daft We changed our mind and favored
 Taft We switched again two weeks ago And said we'd Foie for Woodrow
The Forrest City times., 1912-01-05
J. W. Higgins Appointed General Man
 ager Mo. Pae.-IrOn Mountain Ry.

MT. J...W. Higgins has been appoint- ed General Manager of the Missouri Paciiic-lron Mountain Railroad. to succeed A. W. Sullivan, resigned. The announcement is made in cir. cular issued by First Vice President E' J. Pearson and approved by Presi. dent $. F. Bush, the appointment be- ing effective January I, 1912.
 John Wilfred Higgins has for some. time been regarded as one of the brightest transportation men in America. Familiar with every phase of the operation of a railroad system. he is most thoroughly equipped for his new position.
 MT. Higgins, who was born at New. port, k. l., on Octobe l2, 1864. entered service of the Illinois Central Railroad as messenger boy at the age of l5. He continued in the service of that company until the latter part of 1903. when he left the position of General Superintendent of Transportation. af. ter having served in almost every ca pacity in the operating line, including telegraph operator, conductor. chief clerk to General Superintendent. train master, division superintendent. su. perintendent of terminals. etc. He lett the Illinois Central to accent a position as Assistant Superintendent of the Graud Trunk, and resigned In December, 1901, to go to the Missouri Paciiic-lron Mountain as Inspector of Transportation. After three months service in that capacity, he. on March l, l9O5, was promoted to Assistant General Manager, which position he has held since, and in which he has a most enviable record.
 The breadth, depth and quality of MT. Higgins, growing out of his wide experience, his absorbing personality, association with superior and subor- dinate officers and employees, conspicu- ously qualify him to direct the ad- 1 ministration of the operating affairs Of the 1900 miles which comprise the Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain lines. He is man full of inherent energy. with a keen perception of the duties Of public carrier, and, while exact ing honest service from employees, his generous and discriminating consider ation for them eminently it's him for the position.
The Forrest City times., 1912-01-05
Another Bridge Promised Memphis.

According to the Commercial Ap- peal, of Thursday, December T. the Rock Island railroad system has con- pleted plans fer expending millions of dollars in Memphis in new bridge, freight and passenger terminals.
 The plans include the building of a new railroad bridge over the MiSsis- sipp river, the construction of im- mense terminal yards and the build ing of freight depots and large pas senger station.
 The total expenditure before the | the final carrying out of the plans which have been made by the officials of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad, will probably amount to not less than sl5, 5,0o0,000 to S2o, 000,- GOO.
 As the first step in carrying out these plans, application was made yesterday for charter for the Ark ansas and Memphis Railroad, Bridge and Termi al Company.
 The incorporators are J. T. Hara- hand C. II. Raine, ]. A. Riechman, B. L. Mallory and Maj. F. E, Wright. The capital stock of the company is placed at Sl ,000, GOO.
 The Memphis papers devote large amount of space to the story and it bears all the earmarks of probability The Commercial Appeals story con- cludes with the following special from Chicago, regarding the plans for the new passenger depot which it is reported the Illinois Central intends to build on the site of the present Union depot or Calhoun street sta tion, which will also prove of interest to Forrest City readers:
 Chicago, Dec. 27.-The Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad has already signed contract to use the new Illinois Central depot at Mem phis. There has been no change in tie original plan by which the Rock Island, Frisco and Illinois Central roads were to be joint tenants of the new structure.
 When The Commercial Appeal correspondent told C. A. Markham, president of the Illinois Central, to- night of the story from Memphis to the effect that the Rock Island had given out a statement from which the inference was that it would build a new passenger depot at Memphis, he said there was evidently some mis- understanding as to what was meant by the report.
 " The Illinois Central k to build the new station on its property, and the Frisco and Rock Island roads will be joint tenants Of the new structure, he said. There has been no change in the original plans.
The Forrest City times., 1912-01-05
lnc0nyeniently Located.

Springfield. H., Dec, 23, l9ll.-
 Dear Sirs:-Probabiy no one will question the statement that the St. Francis Leyee Board was created and is maintained for the advantage of the tax payers of the St Francis Valley. Mere matters of sentiment should have nothing to do with the administration of the affairs of that great project. But it looks as if sen timent and sentiment only had dicta- ted the moving of the Levee Of1ice l from Memphis, much to the incon- venience of the people of the district
 What difference does il make where the Levee Board Office is is where it can be most easily reached by the majority of the people who have business to transact with the Board?
 Marion is bright, thriving town, and the tax payers of the valley must take oil their hats t0 the astuteness Of that growing community for pro- curing the Levee Board Oilice within it's borders.
 If the convenience of the people could be served best by having the Leyee Board Office in Marion. 1, for one, would vote for Marion But such is not the case.
 All railroads in the Valley lead 10 Memphis. They certainly Go not all lead to Marion, Even people living on the Frisco Railroad must lose d whole days time to transact half hours business with the Levee Board Office. Nearly every tax payer in the Valley who has business with the Board, goes sometime to Memphis, when his business with the Board probably requiring but a few minutes can be combined with other business to be transacted in the city.
 Will some one please tell us what advantage is gained by having the office in Arkansas as an offset for the tremendous inconvenience that is sure to be experienced by hundreds of people because of this awkward loca- tion of the Board? It is to be ex- pected, of course, that someone will appeal to sentiment and say that an Arkansas institution ought to be in Arkansas. But how long should business men be compelled to pay in inconvenience and actual expenditure of money for the mere sentimental idea of having the Office within the borders of the District? It is incon- WI 9OiC bliai iiICii NliO lldNC bP Ha1 for the maintainance of this senti- mental idea are ever going to be con- tented to do so without protest. People who pay no taxes, who have no business with the Board, and who are not inc0nyenienced by the pre- sent arrangement, are not entitled to the slightest voice in this matter The people who must pay out money for unnecessary railroad fare and hotel bills as well as sacrificing yalu- able time to maintain the present awkward arrangement, are, it seems to me, the ones to be heard in this matter The people cf Marion and vicinity are very enthusiastic about the present arrangement and will continue 10 be so, and the rest Of us would be if we lived there, but sub nit this question 10 tic people who have business with the Board after they have had a years experience with the present arrangement. and l believe they will all be clamoring for changing the Otiiee back 10 Memphis
The Forrest City times., 1912-01-05

where it belongs because it best serves the peoples interest located at that convenient point.
 This letter is prompted by an effort on my part the other day to transact some business with the president of the Leyee Board in Memphis. When he told me that I would have to go to the Office in Marion to transact my business with him, but he is right in such requirement. Let the people have twelve months of actual expert ence of the present arrangement and they will be good and tired of it. A single case of this inconvenience amounts to very little, but take a vote at the end of twelve months and see how many people have lost time and have been put to inconvenience. and settle the question in the light of experience.
 Experience is coming all right, and when the actual operation of the present plan has, inside of q year, poked the sentimental idea full of holes, surely we can have the old arrangement re-established for the convenience of the people.
 l am touching only on one idea, namely, that of convenience for the people concerned. A great deal might be said about the present location of the Levee Board office on the score of extra expense and inconvenience to the officers themselves in their work at certain times. When quick work alone can save us from disaster and atquick work is rendered impossible because the men who must perform the service are not where they should be, namely. at the point from which supplies. workmen and information can be dispatched most promptly, l believe We will get our eyes wide open to the fact that we have handi- capped the Officers of the Board in a very serious manner.
 Yours very truly,
 R. G. Hobbs.
The Forrest City times., 1912-01-05
COMMISSIONERS SALE.

NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a decree rendered in the St Francis thancery Court at the October term, 1911, thereof wherein Louie Murray was plaintiff, and White Lumber Co. was defendant. the under signed, as Commissioner of said Court will on
 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10th. l9I2, at the front door of the Court House in St. Francis County, Arkansas, sell to the highest and best bidder, on q credit of four months. the following described real estate, to-wit:
 Lots One CD, and Two f2l, and that part of Lot Six (6l lying east of the Iron Mountsin X southern Railway, all in Block Seven t7i in me City or Forrest City, the same being part Of the Southeast Quarter (S. F.. ia) of section Twenty eight C2s) T ] N. R3 l..
 Note with approved security will be required of the purchaser.
 R. ". PAYNE, Commissioners. December 20 i9il.
The Forrest City times., 1912-01-05
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The Forrest City times., 1912-01-05
GREAT DRAINAGE PROJECT.
involves "Sunken Lands" in North east Arkansas-About 300 Square
 Miles Included.

Memphis, Tenn, Dec. 2I.-One of the most gigantic drainage proposi- tions ever undertaken in the South Is announced blythe Morgan Engineer Ing Company of this city, which in wolves the noted "Sunken Lands," in Mississippi county, in northeastern ArkanSas, supposed to have been caused by the great earthquake, 100 years ago. About 300 square miles are included in the district 10 be drained, or almost 100000 acres of land. At present about one-fourth oi this is now available for use. That IL IS valuable land is apparent from the fact that the land now under cul. tivafion is valued at slO0 to s20O an acre. Drainage. it is said, will place the greater part of the sunken lands Tn the same class. The contract. which will be let on January D, calls for the construction of 300 miles of drainage ditches, 2s0 miles of which will be dredge ditches varying from 4O to DO feet in width at the bottom. and 10 to l5 feet in depth. The main ditch will be D miles in length. The surplus water will be led into the St Francis and TyronZa rivers. The re- clamatlon of the districts covered by the plans of the Memphis engineers Will cost about Sl ,j00, GOO. The cost o1 the work Is borne by bond issue by Drainage District No. 9, under authority of state law. The bonds Will be retired by taxes levied in the district. The same seismic distur- oance which sunk the property to be drained created the celebrated Reel Foot Lake
The Forrest City times., 1912-01-05

New le3r day was very general y observed throughout the city, good many of the stores closing their doors Tor at least part Of the day, the postotlice observing Sunday hours, and the banks uspeniing business entirely
The Forrest City times., 1912-01-05
Remarkable Remedy for Skin Disease

While We were living in Monte chrlste, Texas, last winter and spring we had severe breaking out on our hands and it was so severe at times 1t made us get up at night We put on some of your Hunt S Cure and only had to rub it on few times till we had 1t cured.-H. Men, denhall, Audubon, Iowa. Positively guaranteed. No cure no pay. Price soc. All dealers.
The Forrest City times., 1912-01-05
A Hero in a Lighthouse.

For years !. S Donahue, So Haven, Mich, a ciyil-war captain, as light housekeeper, ayerted awful wrecks. but queer fact is, he might have been wreck himself. if Electric Bit ters had not prevented. They cured me of kidney trouble and chills, he writes, after had taken other so called cures for years, without benefit and they also improved my sight. Now at seventy, l am feeling fine ' For dyspepsia. indigestion. all stom. ach. liver and kidney troubles, they re without equal Try them Only soc at All Druggists.
The Forrest City times., 1912-01-05
The Danger of La Grippe

Is its fatal tendancy to pneumonia. To cure your la grippe coughs take Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. k. E. Fisher, Washington, Kan, says: Il was!troubled with a severe case of la grippe that threatened pneumonia. A friend advised Foley's Honey and Tar Compound and l got relief after taking the first few doses. took three bottles and my Ia grippe was cured" Get the genuine, in the vel low package. J. T. Sanders.
The Forrest City times., 1912-01-05
Colonel Sweet Reminiscent.
Widener, December 30, 1911.


 Widener, December 30, 1911.
 MT Editor
 For the past l5 days, whenever you meet a man his first words are. did you ever see so much rain and mud in your life? l have frequently, but es- pecially do I remember forty-nine years apo on the 18th day of Decem. Der, when the 9th Tennessee Infantry was detached from the army at Mur- freesboro and sent to LaNergne fif- teen miles from Nashville, and there employed as skirmishers to combat the whole Yankee army, until We reached Bacon creek on the night of December 18th, where we burned bridge, and delayed the battle of Murfreesboro one day, the Yankees having to rebuild the bridge before they could cross With the artillery. The rain having ceased on the night Of the 29th, on the night of the Both, we were placed in line of battle on the north bank Of Stone river, tie ground frozen hard. we were not allowed a spark of fire CT light: the Yankee army in line on the Wilker- son Pike with I battery composed of eighteen Napoleon guns. with their line Of pickets and sharp-shooters 1 only 300 yards in front. We had orders from the commanding general, detailed each regiment bY the Adju- tant, 10 watch for the sky rocket that would go up in the town of Murfrees- boro the next morning for Cheatham' s i Division 10 open fire and advance on the enemy, We caught the Yankees mapping, and got some of their good coffee and ham. something we had not had ill a long time,
 would like to know how many are living in St. Francis County to- day who were on that memorable field. And well do l remember on the night of the 3lst. in line of battle all night, still cold and without light, and on January lst, when the gallant General Raines charged those masked field pieces on the Murfreesbero Pike and thereby lost his own life, three comrades who were there, W. II. Cotfey, ". II. Mcdaniel. and J. B Hodges have crossed the river. know of no others myself, but possibly many others in this county were there, l had the honor, or misfortune to be there myself. 1 held the rank of high private in the rear rank of Con- pany C., 9th Tennessee Infantry: since the close of the war have held higher positions, and now rank as Colonel
 It always affords me much pleasure to meet comrades who know from ex- perience and observation how many Yankees we killed in those two days, and how few we lost ourselves.
 Respectfully
 $. Emory Sweet. [Our Senior, Col. Ed Landyoigt, was in this memorable fight, as member of the organization known through out the army as Clay Kings Hell hounds, n which was stationed on Breckinridge's right.-Ed
The Forrest City times., 1912-01-05
Allen.Lindsey.

Mir. Walter Allen, of Bonair, and Miss stella Lindsey, of Haynes, were married in the Methodist church at Haynes, Wednesday evening, De- rember 27, 1911, Rev. J. K. Paris, Presiding Elder of the Helena Dis trict. officiating.
 Both of the young people are we'll and favorably known to large circle of friends and acquainrances lin this county. The groom is a prosperous voung business man of Bonair, while The bride is one of the fairest and most charming young women.
 The wedding was one of the pretti- est affairs ever witnessed in Haynes, or in much larger cities. The pretty little church was decorated with potted plants, and an arch and large white bell, draped with evergreen. being suspended directly over and be- hind the altar, under which the couple stood while the minister pronounced the beautiful ring ceremony which made them man and wife Pink and white candles were used as illumi- nants, further enhancing the beauty oi the scene.
 Mir. Ed. Allen, of Forrest City, acted as best man.
 Mrs. C. c. Hines, of Bonair, matron of honor
 Miss Ethel Lindsey, of Searcy, maid Of honor.
 Bridesmaids-M Fay Curtis, of Haynes; Miss Stella Andrews, of Ma Fianna; Miss Daisy Bullard, of Haynes. Ribbon Girls-Misses Elizabeth Ho- shall and Mary Hines, of Bonair.
 Groomsmen-Messrs. Charley Grey, Robert Lindsey, Jr., and Raleigh Ro- buck.
 Ushers- Messrs. Willie Hughes and Sam IIigginbottom.
 The bride was dressed in white satin over dress of dewdrop net, and pearl garniture; veil and lily of the valley wreath; carried brides roses and lilies of the valley.
 Miss Ethel Lindsey was dressed in pink messaline, pearl garniture. and carried pink carnations.
 Miss Fay Curtis wore white brocade messaline, chiffon and pearl trim- mings, and carried white roses.l
 Miss Stella Andrews wore white satin with embroidered marquisette and pearl trimmings; carried white roses,
 Miss Daisy Bullard wore white mes- saline, lace and pearl trimmings, and carried white roses.
 Misses Elizabeth Hoshall and Mary Hines both wore pink marquisette, with point lace and fringe trimming
 The groom, his best man, the grooms- men and the ushers were dressed in conventional black,
 During the ceremony Miss Lindsey, of Marianna, sang Il Love You Truly and "To the End of the World With You Miss Nonie Rogers, of Torres City, played beautiful violin solo. accompanied by Mrs. ] J. Bryant of Haynes. Mrs. Bryant also played Mendessohn' Wedding March.
 Ihe bridal party was entertained after the ceremony by Miss Madge Hughes after which Mir. and Mrs. Allen q parted on the northbound train fC Memphis
 The Times joins the many other friends If the young couple in wish ing fer hem long, happy and pros porous N dded life.
 New e3r day was very general } observed throughout the city good many of the stores closing their doors Tor at least part Of the day, the postotlice observing Sunday hours and Che banks suspen1ing bnsiues, entirely