De Queen bee. [volume], September 24, 1897, Image 5

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I The War in Cuba is not a Circumstance to the War in PRICES now raging and the
■ UM MERCANTILE COMPANY,
IS IN THE LEAD.
WE WIN EVERY BATTLE.
Miommnmßis.
30 yards Calico sl.oo* 30 yards Wide Domestic SIOO. 30 yards of Cotton Checks SI.OO
30 pounds Soda SI.OO. 25 cent bottle of Snuff 10 cents. Soap worth 5 cents a Bar 10
Bars for 25 cents. 20 pounds of Sugar SIOO. 12 pounds good coffee SI.OO, Ladies good
heavy shoes, lace or button 75 cents. Mens shoes, lace and congress SI.OO. Best jeans
pants 75 cents. Mens suits from $2-50 up. Boys suits from one dollar up. Pants at
your own price. Come and see us.
Sevier County Mercantile Company.
REGULATORS OF
SEVIER COUNTY, ARK.
Something About Its Ad
• vantages, Resources, etc.
A FINE TIMBERED COUNTRY.
There le no Richer Land in the State
Than Can be Found in Bevier
Oounty-Good Farm Oan
be Bought Cheap*
Sevier county comprises no urea
of 360.000 ncret uud baa about
15,000 inbubiiants.
By reference to the map of the
State, it will be seen that this
county la located in the Southwest
ern part, being boauded on the
went by the Choctaw Nation, T. I.
The Northern part of the county
le mountainous; the remainder
somewhat broken. Only a email
portion, except the bottom*, is
lev* 1. The climate U mild and not
subject to sudden changes of tern
perature. The soil of almost the
emir** county la very fe.tile, only
a very small portion of it being
unfli for agricultural purposes.
The soil in the hills and uplands
has a foundation of gray or red
clay, alternating with sand or
gravel. This la id is loose, easily
cultivated and produces well. The
southeastern part of the county ia
black land and is like that of Illi*
ttols and lowa. White Cliffs,
noted for the manufacture of
cement and chalk, are te be found
in this black belt.
The Saline river borders the
c«>nniy on the east, and the Coe
satot river divides the county imo
almost equal parts, while RolUng
Fork runs through the western
part. These streams are all tribu*
Uries to Little River, which is the
dividing line between this and
Little River counties. The land
rlong these rivers is as fertile as
that of the Mississippi valley, and
the advantage of no: being subject
to overflow makes it belter land.
Thia land yields on an average 60
bushels of corn or one bale of cor*
ton to the ecre. The hill land
produce a little less there is
more land here than the people
who now live here can work, ami
for a very small amount of money
a good tract ot land can be bought
either improved or unimproved.
THS X. 0., P. O. RAILROAD,
the great air line road, runs
through the entire length of the
county.
Bevier county is rich i» timber.
Almost every variety of timber
grows here in abundance, vast
lorests of pine yet untouched are
to be found here. Black oak,
white oak, post oak, burr oak, red
oak, walnut, cherry, hickory, gum
boia d’arc, eotionwood, holly, elm,
etc., are abundant. Timber is
cheap here at present, and those
with money to invest can bod do
better opening.
Ihe reports of the l«*t geo*
graphical surveys show that Be
vier county la rich in valuable min
erals. We have the Antimony
City minei, <!•♦* Davis si' lo , and
lead mines, the Bella lead mines —
the only lead mitirti worked ny the
Confederacy for lead. Roofing
slate and building stone are found
herein nbundano' 4 . Cotton, com
and oats are the principal ur«»p.%
akhongh all crop ate raised and
do well; the garden spot of *he
world tor vegetables; t ba< co
does splendid. The la; d ol tins
county seem io be ?Hpeci«lly
io lap led to L uit raising
Bto-k, such as horses, cattle
hogs and sheep, are raised to a
large exten The winter-' are so
mild, the grass so fine in the
"pring and summer and tne cane
along (he stream* ao plentilul,
that cattle make their own Hing,
going through the entiie \<ar un
sheltered and unfed. Hog* re
quire some attention in summer,
but get fat enough in the fad tor
meat on acorus.
Excellent water i* found in all
paitrt of the county, flood well*
can Le had an) win re from 20 t »
30 feet, and there i* an unlimited
number of cold spring* that run
all the year. Good school houses
and churches arc sou >i all ovrt
'bo county. Toe conn ,v is divided
into flfty.five school districts with
from o io to three school houses in
each district. A five mill tax is
generally voted for the support of
the public schools. The children
got the benefit of five months’
school every year, and the to-viis
have good high scliO' Is.
Thus* wishing good cheap
homes are invited t ► come and in
vestigate for themselves.
GILLBAM, ARKANSAS.
A lew Town On The K. 0., P. 4 G.
Rail load.
About two miles from the north
line of Sevier county and 12 miles
north of DeQueen on lhe greatest
and best line of railroad in the
United States, the K. C., P A G.,
the beautiful town of Gillham laid
off the 17th of last month, deriv.
ing its name from lion. Rob’t
Gillham, general managet of the
K.C., P. AG*
The writer made a trip to Gill*
ham the first of lhe week and met
a few of the enterpnsing and good
people of the town, some of whom
we will mention later on in these
columns.
Our readeis are already quite
familiar with the country that sur
rounds Gillham as it has the Roll
ing Fork bottoms four miles to
the west and the Consatot bottoms
six miles to the east and all those
who have read the Bek have been
told of the rich productive lands
that lies along these beauliful
streams, therefore we will not
dwell on what the soil around Gill
ham is best adapted to in this is
sue but may have something to
say later on in the futuie.
The town of Gillham ia well lo
cated and has a bright future. The
enterprising people''ho have, lo
cated there have plenty of push
and pluck and feoi very hopeful
of making a good ..town of it.
Among the people we met while
at Gillham are as follows :
Messrs. Goff A Allen, one of the
leading and most enterprising
firms of the town have about finish*
ed moving their grocery stock in
to their new building and expect
to also handle a nice line of dry
goeds in the near future. They
are both young men and are made
of the kind of material it takes to
build up a good town. They are
good hustlers and will no doubt,
get their share of the trade that
goes to Gillham,
Mr J. N Beavers, the town site
agent, is a very pleasant gent e
man and expects a great future for
Gillham. He is also engaged in
the flour and feed business. The
Town Site Company done the
right thing in selecting Mr. Boav
eis their agent,
W. S. Johnson, better known as
“Bud,’’ is quite an extensive farm
er and property holder of Gillham-
He is also engaged in the saw mill
business with his father Jno. C,
Johnson and W. M. Luttrell, the
firm name of which is John C.
Johnson A Cd. * -
T. B. Veal is also carrying on
quite an extensive sawmill bust
ness.
W. W. Milwce has bought tim
ber for three large mill sites for
the King, Rider Lumber Co.,
which will be located at Gillham
in the near future.
Walter McNew, the accommo
dating operator, will always be
found at his post. He is -one of
the oest on the line.
W W. Clark baa bought a lot
and will begin the erection of a
hotel in the near future.
R. Foot is also engaged in the
hotel business and runs a good
hotel.
S. H. Smith, one of the !• ading
merchants, was out of the city af
ter carpenters to put up his new
store building but we had the
pleasure of meeting his father Col.
E. S. Smith, who is one of the old
est settlers in Sevier county. He
came to Sevier county with, his
father sixty years ago and has
lived here ever since with the ex
ception of three years. Mr. Smith
at one time was next to the largest
merchant in Sevier county, but he
is now on the retired list having
done his duty towards building up
Sevier county and Southwest Ar
kansas.
Go to Goff & Allen’s .nd see
their new lino of dry goods; Gill
ham, Ark.
I have a good complete barber
outfit that I will sell or rent to re
liable parties. Write or call on
me at once.
•Pete McQuilhams.
Buy n 81 00 wot th of good 4 for
cash at Goff & Aden a *nd get a
chance on 100 pound* of flour—
Gillham, Ark
REMOVED, REMOVED, REMOVED!
XI/Ef moved into our now store room at Gtll-
W FL ham and are prepared to sell our customers
better goods and at Lower Prices than ever
before. We thank our patrons for all favors shown us in
the past and cordially solicit a liberal share of their trade
in the future For every SI.OO worth of goods bought at
our at re for cash, we will give a chance on 100 pounds
of flour. Come in before it is too late and get a chance on
it. We are also putting in a nice line of
D R Y GOODS.
GOFF & ALLEN.
GILLHAN, - - ARK.
WE ARE
Adding to our big
stock of
Groceries and Hardware:
HATS, SHOLV and -
JEANS PANTS.
We are getting in good shape to
fill the wants of the public at
LOWEST PRICES.
LAMBRIGHT)()( BROTHERS.
—Sj® B GO TO
- DE : QUEEN : SALOON :■
FOR FINK I
Wtei, - Wm - aoi - Ciiars.
No Gambling. No Rowdyism.
I>K QXJBBJV AV.. NEAR SECOND.
W. K. WILLIAMS,
Drugs, Schoo! Books, Stationery.
In fact everything that ia kept in a first daaa drug
store. You are invited to call on ua when in
need of anything in our lino.
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