The Russellville Democrat., 1878-08-15

-Tlss Sunday Morning News is a new paper just started at Little Rock, by w. II. Windsor.
 No county Tn the State has a better disciplined, trucr or more closely united democracy than has good old Pope.
 --Ex- Gov. II. NJ. Rector has form ally announced that he will be can didate before the next Legislature for the United States Senate.
 Vote "For Removal" and aFor Russcllville." It is the only way to keep court house tax of the next set of tax books.
 Senator Garland will accept our thanks for copy of Hough's Report upon Forestry compiled under direc- ton of the Department of Agricul- ture.
 Last Friday a terrific tornado swept across the New Englshd States doing ar immense amount of damage to property and causing the loss of a great number of lives.
 We have heard numbers of vo- tcrs during the past week speak in adnsiring terms of the fair, open, business like mannar in which Rus sellville kas gone to work to get the County Seat.
 Clark County held her Primary election on Saturday the Sd inst. There was pretty full vote of the party. Out of about 400 votes Col. NJ. L. Bell recieved near 900 for U. S. Senator, Baxter 275, and the re- maindcr Scattered between Walker, and Johnson.
 The Democracy of Louisiana has adopted platform eminently sound and liberal on the Finance question. Steadily the cause of the people grows in strength. The next National Democratic Convention will drive the last nail into the coffin of the bondhoiding arietocrscy.
 The initial number of the White County Beacon reached us last Fri day. It is edited by Rev. /. T. Ben nett and published by Jas. J. Baugh, who is also assistant local editor. The first nnmber is very good both in quality of matter and make up. We wish the Beacon saccess.
 -ExPLoDED.-The erroneous re- port which was put afoat some weeks ago to deludc the people, to the affect that the owners of private property. at Dover would recover damages from the County in case of removal of the County Seat, is now completely and thoroughly explod- ed, and it is generally understood that there is not the slightest foun- dation in law for that assertion.
 We would like to know if Esq. William Reynolds reflects the scnti- ments of the substaatlay men of Atkins when he asserts, AS HE DID ASSERT at this place last Saturday, that Atkins had been treated shame fully in regard to getting up the petition for election on the County Seat matter. We do not believe he does, for we happen to know that Atkins was treated with the most marked courtesy Tn the matter and was fully consulted. We can call some of the very best men in that town to testify to this fact, and we think Esq. Reynolds places himself in q very close position when he makes such reckless and foundation less charges as he did last Saturday.
 Ing ANNUAL SCHOOL MEET INas.-We once more remind the electors of each School District that next Saturday is the day fixed by law for holding the annual School Meetings.
 The business to be transacted at these meetings is the Election of a Director, the voting of tax for Schools for the ensuing year and the determination upon the length of the school session. The Electors of each District should attend the meetings and see that the business is properly transacted.
 While on this subject we will say that School Directors now have no time to lose in getting up the annual enumeration and making their re- ports for the past year to the Coun- ty Examiner. Heavy penalties at A