The Russellville Democrat., 1878-09-19
now, and trust they may soon be re-

-Bro. Y. Donan, oI the bent0nNilie Advance IS back home again, after sew eral weeks absence at the Grecnlriar White sulphur Springs, aud gseets his brctiiren of the State press, tllusly
 To ALI our brethren of the State press--Howtlye Shake!
 Put your hand right iu between both of ours, and let us give you a genuine ''welcone home" shake. We hope yoG have hadea good time, and trust you may make money enough by next sum- mer to take in not only the White Sul- phur, but also Paris and the balance of the world.
 "A case of some importance was tired in Esq. Burney's Court last Mon- day, it being,the State of Arkansas vs. - Moore. Moore was charged with selling property mortgagcd to Mr. 5. A. Buck, for supplies and merchanCise advanced to make his crop. The accus- ed escaped the variegated and fluctuat- ing pleasures of Feb Wards boarding house at Little Rock, on account of the mortgage not having been filed at the time he sold the property from under it. Morsl-when you take a mortgage have it recorded at once.
 MT. Cad.J. Hanks and family ar rived in town last Monday. Mir. Hanks is we'll known throughout Ar kansas as the representative of the gro- cery and cotton factor establishment of Brooks, Nicely & Co.,, of Memphis, Tenn. He informs us that his house is fully prepared in theirsnew establish- ment at St. Louis to serve the wants and wishes of their many Arkansas | patrons. We trust those who have been dealing with the Memphis house | of this firm will still stick to them, and we feel confident they will get the same satisfaction from the St. Louis house that has ever been given by the firm at Memphis. | The meeting which has been going on for the past week at this place, un- der the auspices of the Presbyterian Church, has resulted in much good. Much good and wholesome admonition has been dispensed from the pulpit, sinners have been turned from the error of their ways and souls converted to Christ. The pulpit has been occu- pied most of the time by Rev. Sam. Buchanan, of Little Rock, an earnest, Jealous worker in the vineyard of the Lord. Reverends J. b. Boone, of the Church at this place, and T. J. Buch- anan of Dardanelle, have rendered efficient assistance in conducting the meeting.
 We had the pleasure of a short chat last Tuesday with Messrs. Jno L. Allen and E. T. Harris, ot Cabin Creek, Johnson county. They had been at Dardanelle attending the Baptist Asso- citation, and were returning home. They give cheering report of the prospects on Piney, and report active exertions, with a ilattering prospect of speedy success, to build Baptist Church edifice in the Colony Mountain settlement. We wish the good work speedy complshment, for more churches, more school-houses, more Sabbath schools and more moralizing and ciyilizing influences of all kinds is one of the great needs of all new coun- tries like ours.
 We are sorry to sec that the Russell 1 vile DEMOCRAT and Atkins News are unamiably disposed toward each other. Brethren, let the sorghum of peace trickle over your bellicose souls, like the prec.ous hair oil of liermon that flowed down on Aarou's beard even to I the spurs on his conestoga boot-heeis. ---Bentonyille Advance.
 Indeed, Brother Donan you do us an injustice to suppose that we have any feeling toward our young ncighbor but the very utmost good will. We don't think the News feels very amiable to- ward us, (why it doesn't, we cannot tell , but we would not throw straw in the way of it's success. We realize and see every day. too plainly, the need for still more agencies and means of enlightening and eleyating the peo- pie, to feel any ill-will, jealousy, or resentment toward any newspaper eiI- terprise. We regard the press of the country, if it was properly used, as one of the greatest agencies in educating the masses, which will ever be brought into use, and we are therefore always glad to see respectable newspapers es- abolished and sustained by the people. -CoTroN PiCKING.-The cotton pick ing season is just at hand. Very many fields are white with the opened bolls of the fleecy staple, and invite the l, laborer to come and gather the fruits of his labor. The cotton crop Is hard , one to make, and when made 1t should be gathered at such time and in such manner as to yield the producer the very best compensation possible for his years labor bestowed upon it. But , many cotton growers do not manage in this way. Instead of picking their crop while it is clean ard white and lleecy, early in the season, they await and allow 1t to stand in the field until it is | is..- aN hs...