The Russellville Democrat., 1876-12-21
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 five months to make the DEMO
 AT worth no small sum to this
 ktion of the State. We expect
 do this by keeping the advant-
 es which this part of Arkansas
 CTS, prominently before the
 asses of the people, and thereby
 tracting a liberal share of the
 ores of immigrants who will be
 the move tor the next six
 onths. We wa:.t to give some
 rominence to each and every Ectioh of this part of the State, |r there is not q township in tLis hrt of Arkansas but which has
 he inducements to offer those
 ho are seeking new homes.
 To do this it will be necessary br us to have the cooperation of
 mum Der of the good citizens of &nis section of Arkansas, for it Fiil be utterly impossible for us D go in person to each section nd hunt up the facts concerning Advantages which exist. And |ust in this connection we beg to |fier a word by way of apology, |est, perhaps, the readers of the DEMOCRAT should think the edi- |or thereof has been selfish and |lnsociable during the two past l-ears in which he has had editori kl charge. We admit that we nave not mingled among our con, Etituency and formed as extensive personal acquaintance as would have beer good for uS. Certainly we should have been highly grat- flied to lo sn had it heen possible. Dire necessity has alone prevent ed us from doing so. We, like the majority Of the people in this quaiter of the globe, have to look
 
 to ou. daily labor for a livelihood, and every day must be employed.
 The newspaper business in Ar kansas, so far as our eXperience and obseIy yation goes IS far from being q lucretive employment, and there are few men to day engaged in the business in Arkansas who would be willing to risk their chance for support solely to the newspaper business. The support given to papers in this state IS such that the editors are al- most invariably y compelled to fol Iow some additional avocation in order to make a living. We, among the rest, find this absolute .y necessary. Our whole time du ring business hours is taken up with the av"cation upon which we dopend for a support, and at- tcr our days work is done, our edi- torial labors como in as extra du- tv for us to REST ON for three or four hours before seeking our re- eshiug slumbers. The midnight taper is an indispensable friend to ye editor. So our friends wll see why it is that we do not have time and opportunity to scout around more and mingle with our constituency. Were the support accorded to our paper sufficient to justify Us to devote our whole time to it we woald have a chance to bc more sociable, and we would take great pleasure in wis ting all the different sections in our county, and those joining pu. $, and giving due notice and detailed information as to the advantages presented by each section,
 But onr enforced seclusencss need not prevent our friends from freely using the DEMOCRAT, aUl We nnw strongly urge upon pu iIiru,ls that they shall not htvt any hrsitancy about making ,r,e use of our columns. We de- sire to give explicit information, (and bring in to some promi- nenco) c"acrrning every section of tbis and adjoining counties, ;wi ve aopr eur trien"s will use u fut lhie puWose. Every neigh ho hood hls It's attractions, it's cnarus and It's advantages and We are anxious to lay them before the lnbIc. The advantages of our ction of the state should b, made thoroughly kLown dur ing the next year, and if It is done there will he thousands of acres of wild land converted into 4 l.