The Forrest City times. [volume], June 07, 1907, Image 10

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Jamb* Freestl, J. T Fohdken, V. W. 5o*t* h,
President. Csehier. Vlc*-Preeideal.
THE BANK
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Eastern Arkansas
Is fully equipped to do a General Banking Business and
Solicits the accounts of Corporations. Firms and Individuals.
DIRECTORS.
Jamba FrMBLL, of Ftissell-Graham-AMerson Co.. Forrest City.
John W. Aldekson, of Fussell-Graham-AIderson Co.,
Forrest City.
A B» kfk of Becker & Lewis, Forrest Citv.
John A Navmhi, Capitalist and Planter, Porrest City.
T t . Folhkk. Jr., of T. C. Folbre, Jr. A Co.. Forrest City.
A J. Vau aro, of A. J. Vacearo & Co., Forrest City, Ark.
E 1 Tav lor. of Taylor. Knight A Co., Forrest City.
N W Norton. Attorney, Forrest City.
S 11. Mann, Attorney, Forrest City.
Capital Stock $30,000, Surplus $30 000.
Undivided Profits $3,000.
Will extend to patrons every accommodation consistent with safe
Banking Principles.
Safety Deposit Vaults for Customers.
C. A. AHLSTHDV
Contractor
^ Builder.
t^rp Ians and Estimates on all classes of Buildings
and Repairs cheefully furnished upon applica
tion, and first-class service guaranteed.
Correspondence invited, and gilt-edge
: references furnished. :
Don’t forget Ahlstedt.
Telephone No. 155.
L. R. GROBMYER,
PROPRIETOR OF THE
4|C3ity Meat Market^
| West Side North Washington Street.
Keep* Fresh Meats of all kinds and Game in season. Ituys and sells
Live Stork, paying the Highest Market I’riee for Hogs and
Cattle. Your trade and inquiries solicited.
THE l'KAKL CAKE.
R. J. ASH BROTHERS, Props.
Elegant New fixtures.
Improved Service,
I For Ladies and Gentlemen.
A complete line of Fresh Fancy Groceries, Fruits,
Nuts. Confections. Cigars and Tobacco.
I-ST’Y our patronage is respectfully solicited.
Call, or Phone No. 1P1.
BOOKS! BOOKS!
The biggest and best line of BOOKS ever
shown in Forrest Gity or any other town of its size,
may now be seen at
THE, NEWSSTAND
We also carry a complete stock of
Stationery. Games, Blank Books, Novelties.
Desk Furnishings and 01 lice Supplies
If you cannot find what you want elsewhere, try
THE NEWSSTAND
LANDVOIGT VADAMN
South Sida of Railroad Phone 42
Always Remember the Full Name
| .axative gromo Quinine
Cures a Cold in One Day, Grip in Two.
on Box* 25c,
AROUND THE CIRCLE
HOW THE PRACTICE OP HOME
TRADE HELPS EVERYBODY.
THE RESULT OF ADVERTISING
An Increased Use of Printers' Ink In
ths Local Paper Brought Pros
perity to the Entire Com
munity.
have to stay over Sunday
Mary, so 1 can have a chance for a
visit with you. Can't possibly get the
time through the seek. Business too
lively."
"Things must be getting bettor
with you, John. Last time 1 was here
you seemed to have lots of time to
spare. Said business had gone to the
dogs, or rather to the mailorder
houses. What made the charts'
"Well, to tell tlie truth, Mary, 1 ; : •
wakened up one da> and thought I
would give them fellows in the t it; a
Utile of their own medicine. I got
onto the fact that they were killing
me by feeding the people around he re
on printer's ink in the way of adver
tising, nnd while i knew most of
what they said was lies the people
didn't know it, and 1 started in to
show them what I Could do. Not at
inc 'hey vf ted me a raise In salary for
the coming year. In a talk made by
Itr 'her Jones he explained that th:s
was possible because the people were
keeping th* ir money at home rather
than sending it to the catalogue houses
of the cities. Brother Frank (the post
master! explained that the money or
der business of his office had dropped
to almost nothing within the past six
mouths. He said that less than a year
aeo he was handling more than SI 000
each month in the shape of money or
ders and 'hat now the total is not 0110
fourth of that. I understand that they
w ill also increase the school tea her s
saiaiy nt xt tei m.”
"A 12 pace paper this week. I see.
An.x'hing special doing?"
Not nt all. That's to he the regular
size of the Record in the future. The
n< ea •• in business warran's it The
campaign of advertising being conduct
ed by the no chants forced tile to in
cria-9 the size or encroach upon my
!• ailing matter columns, and so I in
to .. Then, too, my subset i; ta>a
I t is grow ing People who never took
the paper before su> they want it now
if for nothing more than to he-p post
ed on the prices the merchants ar»
quoting Business in the Record office
is booming all around. I have had to
advertise for two more job printers,
and have just ordered a new printing
press By the tray, is that horse you
offered me some time ago still on the
f UOCA|^
fA^ATlO^p
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The local merchant who must bear the burden cf local taxation is en
titled to the assistance of every resident of the community. When you send
your dollars to the mail-order houses of the city ycu tut add to the load he
must carry. Keep your dollars at home.
lying, >mi know, but at selling good
goods as cheap as tlie city fellows
did. and lots of times a little cheaper.
"I went to the local paper and pret
ty near scared the editor to death by
ordering a half page of each issue for
six months Then 1 set about seeing
"hat I had to sell that the people
would want. I really didn't know
what was in that store until I started
to look it over. Some of the things
had been there so long 1 had forgot
ten about them I hauled them out
and put a bargain sale price on them,
told the people about them in the
next week's cord, and gave the
prices, and say, i just couldn't get
them tilings wrapped up fast enough.
Ever since then I ve just been buying
and selling, buy in? and selling.
Stems like nothing stays in the store.
Have hired two more clerks, and
they re everlastingly telling me wa re
out of this, that or the other tiling 1
f> 'ind that telling the people what
you've got and what you are willing
to sell them for pays. 1 ve paid off
that mortgage (hats been hanging
over us for the last ten years, and
gave $ 100 to the new church building
besides, and it's advertising that
did it.
’ You'll stav ever Sunday, won't
you? 1 vc got to get to the store
now "
"Jones ordered a new delivery
wagon this rt.o.uing, Jane. Said
• inee the folks around lure had
started to fade at 1 me and quit
■ending so much n nt to tr... mail
order houses he sin. had to have it
> a i an have w l.a: ! i. cm that
wagon :o gt : that new g ■ « >, tH.it
you V.- be* n wan'mg V. h > n
buy it of Jones though fo: !.*• always
trades with me "
' Ye? sir. I fie re I n; a' < a ! a little
me-re than the fre.uht . that buggy
besides getting a better •; me; than
you got. 1 intended to send r.vay for
mine, too like you dul. b • 1 saw
brown s advertisement te :,g the
kind of a buggy he Ha i a:.d the price,
and I con* !ud*'d I'd i . k at it first
lie s making better pri*. s than the
catalogue fellows, and he's pa ng the
freight besides. 1 tig me f; at 1 saved
Just about enough - n that buggy to
pay the doctor's bill for M-* ys sick
ness. and then, besides. Urown or
dered bis hay of me. and be s paving
a getd price for it. te.
"Now. * v dear, y an mav engage .
M:$3 Herman to g- ! • s n . ;*.
lessons for the wuve of prosperity In
the community Las struck the minis ,
market'’ If an you can bring him
around. I want him fur a birthday
present fur my wife.”
WRIGHT A PATTERSON’.
-♦- _
TEN GOOD REASONS.
Read Them and Patronize the Mer.
chants of This Town.
Here are ten good rontons fur trad
ing with your home business people,
as given by an < xchatig*
llecaiis* d* u examine your pur
chase and are as-tired of satisfaction
before investing jour money
Because Your home merchant is
always ready anti willing to make
right any error or any defective arti
cle pure hased * f him.
Because When you are sick or for
any reason it is necessary for you to
ask for credit, you can go to the local
merchant c* u’d you a k it of a mail
order hous* 1
Because: If a merchant is willing
to ex:* rid voti credit y, i should give
him tlu- benefR of your cash trade.
Because Your home merchant pays
local taxes and exerts , v.--v effort to
! ” an<l b* ttei y< ur matket, thus In
creasing both the value of city and
country property.
Be* aus*- 1 he mail . rder merchant
v.oes not l.ghten yottr tax.-? ,,j- any
"ay hold til.- V..: . of .... ■ . !l(,rtv;
Re* an-. Tin m.t:’ ord* r merchant
do, s nothing f. r it * I- unfit uf mar
kets or : wi! * t;,’. va
Ri-.-ause: If your • a n is good
enough to 1 iv« in ;t . .j „n,.,lgh to
spend money ir G E ;K ,,f M;s- 1
souri.
i'.-tuise- T’.r be-- . • rc !n vour j
community t n : . nt!,,v,n I
w l.v not e one of .. ,
Because: if y0„ c;ve Vl,,;r hom8
merchant an opportunity to compete
by bringing y« ir vd.-r to him in the
quantities y* u buy 0 ;t (f town 1 e will
demonstrate tha-. qus’iw- considered.
he will save you m, u, v
Search for Old Cannon.
A tradition S’:.l - :rvives in E-tzp^ne
county, 1M . that wh.-n G.-m John
Sullivan ma-, i •• -h tha: regi n
in 1*,9 on Ids expedi- on against the
Indian confederacy Cf cental New
dork, he buried some superfluous
brass cannon along the YYdkes-Ba: re
mountain. To search for these revolu
tionary redes a nnmher of the best
known citizens of Asbi.-y have formed
themselves into an historical societv
- s
*comvJ l! ,“ hi- it.fain in the vk-initv
of L‘vurr! but c* M find no relUa !
except a fevv iL^.an arw» i curia.
CAlLS METHUSELAH NOT SO OLD
Prof. Starr Thinks He Lived No Long
er Than Fernando Jones.
Chicara—Prof Frederick Starr is of
he opinion that Fernando Jones is old
;r than M* thuselah.
Not that he believes the oldest local
inhabitant to be more than 900 years
jhl—oh, no! Hut he refuses to ac
cept the word of Holy Writ in regard
to the age of the traditionally oldest
man. and asserts that his life prob
ably was shorter than the lives of
modern and up-to-date people, win
ran ly pass the century mark
This shattering of another idol "via
ssayi d by Prof. Starr while holding
forth to his (lass in anthropology
»t tho I'nivrrsity of Chicago Wishing
to test his students' fund of general
information, he suddenly propounded
the question:
"How eh] was Methuselah '
A great, blank silence prey) vd
among the CO embryo scholars, and
the prof*e.-.or gloat* d over their
comfiture.
Then he condescended to ir form
them that Methuselah was 969 •.-Mrs
aid. and that they had better go h r.r.
atnl read their Hibles.
Hu'. ' h* continued, "it 1$ tin r C
[iCabh that Methtts* lab • -1
to such an extreme old age. It is also
doubtful if Saul, David and Sol.n.-ta
ever reigned 40 years tacit, a the
U*bio declares. Mi n lived no lon**tr
in biblical tim* s than they do t> lay
In fact. 1 believe the avera-i? of
longevity is hie! < r to-day than it *;-.*r
has 1 fen in the history of the human
ra'
And then, after mining poor >11 Me
t.- all's tcputatinn, Prof, ri'arr
tune d t a discussion of the idiotva
gin si* s of the Iroquois v*;b,
TO SEE EUROPE WITH SAVINGS
Trolley Cc-dact.-r and Wife Will En
jcy Results of Economy.
i it. - . i':*y. M —a six month*'
to.,;- of Kurc.: e is the purpose )i
< : ; M. Ki-. '•. 11 years a conductor
tli i .. . .-i-ft division of the
.Metrojiolitant Street Railway tutu
pany, and Mr- Kelly.
Mv wifi- and 1 have planned thi3
trip since we were married six veira
ago,” said Mr. K* ily. "What I have
saved a a conductor will he enough
to pay our expenses,"
The Kellys own Uieir own home, a
pretty two-story frame cottage. They
intend to spend JikOOu on their trip
'i havi a six months' leave of air
s' nee from my work.” Kelly said
'We Inti ml to .- tax the limit, too. Such
a chance i i-n • - only once in a life
tom for iii'-n like my-uR*. Glad?
V>'hy. my boy. 1 haven't slept well for
month". I've lain awake nights plan
ning this trip. So has Mrs Kelly.”
The Ki liys will sail from New York
on a Hamburg-American liner. The
first stop wii! 1." Naples. After Italy
will c ’.m Switzerland, then Germany,
with a trip down the Rhine to Cologne.
The Netherlands and Belgium are
next on fli< schedule. Then comes
Boris and latm London.
Wl at will you do when you re
turn
Tale up my old position as con
doctor on the Fifth street line. I'll
r* i'ort for duty tin second day I ur
rive in the city."
DEFINES AUTCS' ROAD RIGHTS.
Iowa Supreme Court Requires Reason
able Regard for Others.
I>»s Mdints. Ia The law of tp..
roads as to automobiles has 'b“t>n
enunciated for the first time by tt -
supreme court of Iowa. The owners
of automobiles have the same righ.’s
In the road and on streets as the
drivers of horses or persons riding bt
oye]. s or t: a vliiig by some oth-«r v «
lii.-le. But tln-y an* to use this m-anc
of locomotion with due regard for
the rights of others having occasion t.j
travel on the highways.
in the rase before the court if M
Cramer ran his ear up to a blacksmith
shop before which was hitched a
t am belonging to Hugh House and
S'o; pod his machine, hut did not. stop
the spurker. The moment he stopped
the ina< bine The House horses rear is 1
up, broke away anil ran. House sued
for damages and recovered. The su
pi cine court says that no case was
made for the jury and reversed the
judgment of the lower court. It de
' hh - that Cramer had a right, to be
there, that he did not display negli
gene... and that no fair recovery t
I ossible.
BUY ARMY MULES BY POUND
Figures Show Pr.ces of Government j
Animals Arc Rsing.
'1~ !n: *"n Im-r.-a ed difficultjj
f>' ; - *'\pcrience,i in obtaining horses
•n.i in i!. s for tlu* army. liids which
li-.ut just been opened show that
; rices generally have increased. For
h«* cavalry 72a horses are to he
an average price of $175
ea. h Hie artillery corps is to buy
, ea '■> i0. f,»r which $211 is the aver
se’ I':u. e. Army mules heavy enough
t ) d i draft work bring $11<J each, an i
fioa..\ .,00 of these have been con
tracted for. Load mules, somewhat
rliter in weight, bring *1GS. and pack
muics, still lighter, $m. The quar
termaster's department says that army
mu « are bought practically by the
pound.
An . \periment is being made at
r,i ! Kiiey. Kansas, in buying yearly
a email number of pedigreed colts and
--.g them through a course of
training rur the cavalrv service
Vhis experiment has proved beneficial
1 of <> oeded horses hays
Just been i uretasefi.
HOW HE
r««h Cut Jump from f0
ber Home Plate. **%
BHIy Powell, greatest hUr4,
west has produced, was ref .
his college days on the T1*11
track e
“There were five In the ~
drew the extreme oii’slfc 1
which gave me a bad tlnUh U*
But I got a peach of a start ^
the curve like a yacht on h.',*,!?
ends and came down the
taking the Jumps in beautiful ^
t felt I had a varsity r«rord
at that clip, and I threw J" *»
power into the final s'r; !.*3 V 51
Ing for the ninth hurdle j
flew through the air. and.
to ’he finish, broke th» tap«!j
world s record for the low
f>r the 220 dash, an 1 f.(r the*^
ning broad jump, the tjme 'Jj*
21 fl it, and my last jump ov»r t5
hurdles at once, clearing 4.; feej' *
some tnch*'S. **•]
' V.'hi w’ exclaimed Oile Sned!,to*
why werea t the reco, is eve- e
lowed?" ;
Well." continued Pow«-ll u*vM
they w«nt to measure that l«]
Col. Edwards s’ar’-'d shave y'
cane in. to In lira’*' my foremost,,^
mark, and the stick jumped out VyJ
hind They scraped th-> short
away and found a solid rubber boa,
pia*e Imbedded where th- varsity be
tery used to practice."—aan FraaCjc*
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