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National Republican., 1877-05-02

RoOK ENoN SPRINGS,
tsltua,ed on the western slope of the Great North
Mountain, near Winchester, Frederick
County, NirRinia.)
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-08-09
TWO SIDES,

Remember that all questions have two sides; one is the right side, the other the wrong side; one is the side of justice, the other injustice. If you take the right side, the just side, ultimately men, however much they may oppose you and revile you, will come to your support. Earth, with all it's powers, will work with you and heaven is pledged to conduct you to complete success. If you take the other side, there is no pow. CT Tn earth or heaven that can lead you through successfully, because it is appointed in the counsels of heav- en that justice, and truth, alone can prevail.-Ex.
 Young man! Cut the above out and make it your talismanic guide. It is as true as the gospel, and if you wish to make life success you may do so by simply acting in all things in accordance with the above sug- gestion. There is not Q ten year old boy now living, who may not, if he follows this rule, make himself a useful member of society, and do much good in the world if his life is spared. Always stick to the Right.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-08-09
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 COUNTY FAIR.

At meeting of the Pope county Change it was resolved that county fair be held on Wednesday. Thurs day and Friday, the 10th, 11th and 18th days of October next; and that all the citizens of tho county be invited to participate and assist, and that meeting of citizens be called to meet at Russellville on Saturday the 11th day of August, to make necessary arrangements. Let every body come out at the preliminary meeting and help make the Fair a success.
 We are in possession of the above information through the courtesy of Hon. Chas. E. Tobey, and it affords us much pleasure to bring the mat ter before our readers and to urge the people of Pope county, to go earnestly to work to insure com plete success at this, Pope county's s first Fair. It is a move in the direc- tion which leads to prosperity and thrift among our farmers, and noth- ing which the people of the county can reasonably do to have a good attendance and fair display of ar ticles exhibited should be left un- done. The annual meeting of the producers of the county and the com petitive display of the fruits of their industry will be an incentive which will put new energy and enterprise into the people, and we venture the assertion that if the plan of holding County Fair every fall is inaugu- rated, our county will progress far more in her agricultural and me- chanical interests in five years, WITH THE FAIRS, than she would in eight years WITHOUT THEM.
 Competition here, as everywhere else is the great incentive to exer- tion. Let all the citizens of our county enter into jealous co-opera tion to have creditable County Fail in October. It will pay.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-08-09
A AGRICULTURE IN ARKAN.
 SAS.

The following from the Saline Go. Digest brings forward an important question--one which deserves atten- tion at the hands of those who are in positions to contribute any in- formation asked for in the Commis- sioner's letter. We shall try at some time soon to get up such data and information in regard to Pope Coun- ty as will do her justice. If any of our farmers are willing to receive some of the seeds from the Depart ment and experiment with the same they will please send us their. names and postoffice addresses and we-will forward the same with our descrip- tion of the lands, soil, products, &c., of the County.
 [DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
 WASHINGTON, July IT, 1877. Hon. A. H. Garland, Little ROCK:
 DEAR SIR: In view of the great importance which agriculture bears toward National and individual pros perity, and desiring to further ex- tend the operations and benefit of the Department of Agriculture throughout the Union, it is deemed of great movement to invite the ac- tive cooperation of Senators and Representatives in Congress from the various States, and through them to effect the assistance and sympathy of leading and thinking agrlculturists of their respective sec tions.
 have the honor therefore to re- spectfully request that you will at your earliest convenience furnish this department with such informa- tion as may be in your power, as to the character and diversity of the crops If your section of the State. Their quantity and quality, the character and possibilities of the soil and climate, and any data of interest on the subject. l would es- teem it favor also, to receive from you any suggestions, regarding in any way to the agricultural interests of your State, it's peculiar wants; and the leading farmers who would receive and experiment with such
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-08-09
District Normal Institute.
OFFICE OF SUPT. PUBLIC INSTRUCTION,
 LITTLE ROCK, August 1st, lS77,

LITTLE ROCK, August 1st, is77,
 The District Normal Institute for the fifth Judicial District, embrac- ing Franklin, Johnson, Pope, Con- way, and Yell counties will be held at Russellville on the 9th, 10th, and llth of August, commencing at 7 o'clock p. m. on the 9th.
 with pleasure state that I am authorized to inform the teachers attending the institute that they will be entertainedwithout cost by the hospitabl. citizens of Russullville. Teachers on their arrival will be as- signed to their homes by the com mittee of arrangements.
 Every teacher who is teaching, has taught, or expects to teach, a public school during the current year is member of this Institute by law. All other teachers and educa. tional officers are most cordially in- vited to become members. It is as much the duty of the public school teacher to attend this Institute as to teach his school. It is earnestly urged and hoped, therefore, that there be full attendance.
 Teachers are requested to prepare and bring with them to the Institute papers on such educational topics as they may choose to write upon.
 The exercises will consist of dis cussions of the methods ol teaching the different branches of study; the discussion of questions relating to the teacher, the parent, and the pupil; and the delivery of addresses and papers on educational subjects.
 County Examiners and Directors will please have the public schools closed and urge upon the teachers the importance of attending the In stitute. GEO. w. HILL, State Supt. Pub. Inst'n.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-08-09
NOTICE

Is hereby given that the following named exec utors, administrators and guardians have filed their accounts current for settlement and con- firmation at the October term 1871 of the Pro- bate Court of Pope County, Ark:
 W. II. MeEver gdn of J. s. Gray's heirs; James Whitesides gdn of the Whitesides heirs w. A. Barker admsr of J. F. Boon est final !. M. Yancy gdn of Maggie l.. Yancy; c. W. Ewing adm'r of Frank Hiekox est. hnai; N. D. Shinn admir- of J. II. Brooks est. final; Joseph Petty ex'r of A. A. Price; F. NJ. Hutsop gdn of Yeats heirs; A. NJ. Gibson adm'r of A. Weston est; Wm. NJ. Peeler admir- of John Patrick est Lewis Barnes and II. D. Brown ex'rs J. M' Thomas.
 All persons interested in said estates arc hereby notified to file their exceptions, if any they have, to said accounts on or before the second day of the October term 1871 of said Court. or they will be forever barred from eX- cepting to the same or any part thereof.
 Witness my hand and the seal Of said IL. S.l Court this 27th day of July, IS77.
 A. J. BAYLfSS, Clerk.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-08-09

seed and plants as from time to time might be sent them. Very respect fully, your obedient servant,
 WM. G. LEDuE, Com rsof Agriculture.
 The above letter explains itself, and is starting point that we are glad to lay betore our farmer read CTS as we'll as other citizens of Ar kansas who are anxious to see the State take rank in the fore front at once. As Senator Garland's time IS much occupied, and by his request and that of Hon. Jordan E. Crayens, and other influential men of the State we consent to take hold of this matter and will undertake dur ing the months intervening between now and the first of December next to prepare such matter and statistics as will fill the Commissioners re- quests. To do this, we shall need help, therefore we ask of the news papers of the State to compile and publish during the months of Au- gust or September, as full and com plete description of the county in which your paper is located as you can, that will cover all points men toned in the Commissioners letter and send to our address at Little Rock, Ark, marked personal. This will give us very accurate data from which to compile an interesting re port, and which shall be duly accred- ited to those papers furnishing the information.
 County officers of counties where there are no papers are requested to follow the same requests. Corpora tions, including railway or other .carriers and manufacturers and mer- chants are earnestly requested to give this matter thought. They may send any matter of interest by letter or otherwise.
 Farmers of the State who will re- ceive and experiment with seeds and who desire to do so, .may send us their names. It is better if these names be sent through the proprie tor of your county paper, Immigra- tion society, farmers club, and as near at one time as possible, that we may turn them over in good shape. As this is an important matter and of great interest to the State 1t should have the hearty CO., operation of everyone. Saline Co. Digest.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-08-09
DISTRICT NORMAL INSTI-
 TUTE.

From the communication from State Superintendent Hill, which will be found in another column of to.dav's paper, it will be seen that the Normal institute for the 9th Ju- dicial District will be held at this place on the 9th, 10th and 1lth days of the present month,--i. e. will commence to day at 9 a. m. and con tinue for three days.
 Teachers throughout the District should bear in mind that they will here have an opportunity for self improvement which they should not fail to embrace. Surely if there is any occupation which should have the whole soul of its follower wrap ped up therein, it is that of the teacher. Who has larger responsi- bility resting upon him than the in. structor of the young2 Who may prove greator benefactor on the one hand, or greater curse on the other than he who has charge of ( school of young people with tender susceptible minds s;-minds which may be trained either to emit sparks of light to illumine tho world, or to send forth the seeds o error and ignorance2 There is [ fearful responsibility resting upor the teacher, and he or she who does not realize it and honor the profess sion should be prohibited from at tempting to instruct school.
 The District institute should bt
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-08-09


 The Gazette says the Little Rock cooper shop is now turning out beer barrels for St. Louis.
 The Arkansaw Traveller adver- tises the town council of the village of Conway as strayed, lost or stolen
 Fortunate Conway.
 Gen. D. H. Hill has written tc Gov Miller, accepting the Preslden cy of the Arkansas Industrial Uni veasity at Fayetteville.
 The Lawrence County Journal reports great fatality among the hogs from some new disease, fol which no remedy has yet been found
 The Sunday Gazette is now got ten up in the handsomest style oi any paper ever printed in Arkansas and in fact it is now equal to any o1 the dailies. We congratulate the proprietors and the editor.
 The following is the full ticket nominated by the Ohio State Repub lican Convention: Governor, w. H West; Lieut-G Gov. Ferd Voeglar; Su preme Judge, W. W. Johnson; Atty Gen., Geo. K. Mast; Clerk of the Su preme Court, Dwight Crowell School Commissioner, J. T. Lukens Board of Public Works, A. W. Luck ey.
 The Western Immigrant and In dependent Arkansian are hereafter to be two seperatc and distinct pa pers. M. M. Mcclure will resume control of the Arkansian; and as soon as the material can be proeur ed (perhaps in three or four weeks MT. M. l.. Davis will resume tho publication of the Western Immi grant. We wish both papers tul measure of success and prosperity.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-08-09
THE STATE DEBT.

The matter or our StaGe lndeDJ- edness will not down. Notwith- standing the effort on the part of those who favor inaction, to post pone and defer the final adjustment of this matter, and to let it simply rack along as it will, we imagine there will be no cessation of discus sion on this matter until it is brought .squarely up and handled without gloves. And we see plainly, too, that the people are going to in sist on their right to exercise some say so in the disposition of the question. They it is who have the bill to foot, and we opine they will hardly sit quietly by and see the vast fraudulent claims which pack of scoundrels have created, disposed of just as a few men would have it. It is therefore meet and proper that all light should be thrown upon the subject which can be brought to bear, in order that the people may be prepared to act advisedly and intelligently. In the last issue of the Lonoke Democrat we find com munlcation from Hon. w. F. Hicks bearing upon this important subject, and as we wish everybody to get a true idea of this question, we here append his remarks, and commend careful perusal of the same:
 LoNoKE, Aug. 1, 1877. ED. DEMOCRAT: l am Tn receipt of several letters from leading Dem ocrats, in different sections of the State, on the subject of the outstand- ing so-called indebtedness of the State, on the subject of the outstand- ing so-called indebtedness of the State, and, with your permission, I take this opportunity to give my views on the subject to those of my friends who feel interested to know how stand, as l have no secrets on the question at issue before the people.
 In the first place, I hold thatsthere was no enactment in this State, since 1861, up to April Is, 1874, that rep resented the will of the people, prop erly expressed at the ballot box that the Constitution of 1868 was not adopted by majority of the people who were permitted to vote by the military authorities of the United States; that the declaration of the result was contrary to the facts and an unmitigated fraud upon the people; and that fraud vitiates all acts resulting from or through such fraud, and that it is not repu- diation to refuse to be bound by a fraud, or to permit the people to be robbed by such means; hence 1t was that I had the honor to introduce in the Senate, at its last session, the following amendment to the Consti- tuition of this State:
 "The General Assembly shall never levy tax to pay either the principal or interest on any bond, issued or funded by virtue of any act of the General Assembly of this State, for any purpose whatever, ap- proved between the first day of Jan uary, 1861, and the 16th day oi April, 1874"
 It will be seen that the proposed amendment cut deep into the SO called debt. Ittakes all the so-called rebel debt, which is owing to our own people, that the Government says we shall not pay, the Holford, Levee and Railroad bonds, and some others that were funded by Radicals during their usurpation.
 The total debt, as reported by the Auditor, is $lS, t56,llS. The taxa
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-08-09
Bankrupt Sale.

Pursuant to an order made, and to me direct ed, by the Hon. Fay Hampstead, Register in Bankruptcy, in the matter of J. F. McCarthur. Bankrupt. I, as assignee of said bankrupt, will, on Saturday the 18th day of August 1877, in the town of Russellville, Pope county, Ar kansas, between the hours prescribed for judi- cial sales, proceed to sell at public auction, to the highest and best bidder, for cash in hand, all the property, credits, and choses in action belonging to said bankrupt, consisting of Whistles, Brandies, Wines, a complete set of Bar Fixtures, one Pigeon Hole table and in- Pineapples, Bitters, &c., &c. Also various accounts, and said bankrupt's interest in oer- tain promissory notest and many other articles too numerous to mention.
 Privilege s retained by the assignee to rcject any bid that may be disproportionately small compared with the reasonable value of the ar ticle bid for. k. E. WILSON, Assignee.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-08-09

MErp5is is not easily earned in these times, XfI but it can he made in three months " [ by any one of either sex, in any
 part of the county who is willing to work steadily at the employment that WIG furnish. s66 per week in your own town You can give your whole time to ike work or only your spare moments. We have agents who are making over SEQ per day. All who engage time money cannot be made so easily and rap- Idly at any other business. It costs nothing to try the business. Terms and g outfit free. Address at once, II. HALLErT, k Co.,, Portland,
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-08-09

well attended, and especially should young teachers who desire to im- prove themselves, embrace this op- portunity to acquire experience from older teachers
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-08-09

of qualifications for citizenship, and women are not only admired but respected. 1 want to live where the universe for women does not turn on the cut of polonaise or the shade of ribbon"
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-08-09

Jennie June writes, on embarking in Europe for home: q want to go back to q country where life, char acter, conduct, stand for something; where men have to give guarantees
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-08-09
|" J. OLIPHINT,
Money!

All persons holding certificates of indebted ness against Russellylie School District ars requested to furnish me duplicates of such eer. tiacates by the 18th of August.
 By order of the School Board
 NJ. Il. BAIRD, Sec. of school Board
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-08-09
Notice.

That will on the first day of the next Octo- Der term of Pope Probate Court, which will be on the 18th day of October lSTT present a peti- tion to said Court, praying for an order to sell at public sale all the right, title and interest of Alfred Viek, deceased, to the following lands, lying in Pope county, Arkansas, viz: Tine north half of the south west quarter ef section twenty. township six, range nineteen west containing eighty acres; and the west part 0f north west frac tional quarter of the south east quarter of section twenty, township six, range nineteen west, containing four and half acres; ; or So much of said lands us will be sufficient to pay the balance of the unpaid purchase money on said lands, and to pay the debts due by said estate of Alfred Wick, deceased.
 VIM. I. HARKEY,
 Adm'r of Alfred Wick, decid.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-08-09
STATE OF ARKANSAS,l
 County of Pope,

the Circuit Court Clerk the County
  obtained same s not IT.. ST August 1877. A. J.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-08-09

For advertisements inserted in the Special Notice column, or in reading matter, 20 cents per line will be charged.
 Announcing candidates for State and Dis trict offices, sl0: County offices, $5; for Corpora tien, $2 50; and must be paid in advance.
 All circulars of candidates and other matter intended for personal benefit will be charged for at 20 cents D r line.
 Tho DEMOCRAT has the largest circulation of any paper in the State. outside of Little Rock, and Is not surpassed by any other paper in the Southwest being circulated in nearly every town and city in the south and west, and read by an intelligent, enterprising people.
 The DEMOCRAT is the best advertising sheet m the State. Its extensive circulation in the Southwest, among the planters, merchants and business men, renders it especially desirable to those who wish to reach the general and substantial public by advertising their respec- tive business and interests.
 J. E. BATTENFIELD, Editor,
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-08-09
ADVERTISING RATES {:

Cards or communications of q personal char acter. if admissible at all, double the usual rates, and strictly in advance.
 Marriage and obituary notices not to exceed four lines, free; four twenty cents per line. Transient advertisements, where the parties are not known or do not give references must be paid for in advance. Ten lines or less con- stitute a square
 Advertisements not marked with the number of insertions desired will be charged for at the regular rateSuntl ordered out.
 Advertisements inserted at s1 per square for first insertion, arr 50 cents each subsequent insertion.
 TERMS: 1 year tin advance) e)................T 50 months aO SmonthS 4U
 Single copy, cents.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-08-09
1857. Twenty Years. 1877.
 ]. V. zlMMERMAN'S NEW JEWELRY STORE.

Just removed and fitted up in elegant style with a superb new stock, in the Woodruff Block, on Markham St., doors from Main LITTLE ROCK ARKANSAS.
 Always on hand well assorted stock of Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silverware, Opera Glasses, &c., Sc.
 Personal and particular attention given to watch work. Agent for the Arundel Tinted Spectacles and Eye Glasses.
 Refer to any citizen of the State.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-08-09
Hogs for Sale.

have two Poland China boars fnd two sows all about one year old, which have never been nampered, and are therefore tne better az breeders. will dispose Of thsm for wheat or for other stock, C. F, I0BEI,
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-08-09
J. E. BATTENFIELD, Editor,

THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 9, 1877.