The Russellville Democrat., 1878-05-30

kind end deeeryipG of HI reepect from others, We found them pfogfess' l i've in more ways than ono. In theil 1 agricultural inter68fs they nre rnaIx! ling progres5 They follow the die
 tates of wIsdos1 gAined by experience 1 in conducting their farms,a and in taste about the farm -house and garden 1 they are practicing that eystefn that cultivates the liner and higher natures of their children. Tn lthe caso Of their live stock they ex- lhibit { habit and disposition that docs not require . society for the protection of animals against cruel masters. And here and there we found tho thoroughbred cattle and sheep md the hogs are III improved, and horses as int as we found them in tho older Staten.
 And beside the soil is almost unl- versally good, both upland and bot. tom, and according to the reports ] had from the farmers the yield of Ill crops is good. They grow corn as heavy as 1 ever handled and wbeai was reported to me to be usu.sfy good, since they have found they can grow it. Though the rust and fy seems to destroy thel present crop prospect very much yet the rule has been to make a yield of 10 to 30 bushels. In the neighborhood about Galla Creek the land is without ex- ception good, and easilly cultivated, and it is cared for in . way that will keep it good for generations. It does not wash. That is settled up with North Carolinians mostly, some from 5. c. and some from Tenn, and nei- ther of those states can claim they have any better farmers nor better society than is in that section. They have the same preachers and teach. CTS, they had in those States. And they wore not renegades from those States. They were simply peacea- ble, quiet, upright citizens, good there, good here. They were pio- neers seeking homes in new and unworn country, and they found it. In the vicinity ofAtkins is anoth- CT well titled ana well improved part of the country. Filled with good cit izens from the older States, with the same habits and tastes of the good society of the states whence they come.
 About Russellyille is another sec tion of similar peculiarities with the others, on out to Shiloh. All have the same religion and the same forms of worship of other older States, and the same God to serve, the same Heaven to gain and the same hell to shun. Those who are on the road to the first place are guided by the same light others travel by; and those making their way to the latter, adopt the same plans to lead them on that others adopt; some take the liquid fire, others disobey one or more of the ten commandments, and secure free passes--not free of pain and jails and penetentiaries and the gallows, but free of Hope and joys that are and are to come.
 The townspeople vie with the country people in their hospitality and kindness, none of them omit to entertain strangers. The profess ional and bnslness men arc courte- ous and kind and give earnest heed to their calings. Towns spring up like magic and soon become great county centres, as Russellville and Atkins, they have . trade between the Ark. river and R. R. south, all of which is productive and pretty we'll settled and north for 25 to 50 miles as was informed by some of them. At the two places it amounts to hun dreds of thousands an- nually, SO stated by some of the old est business men.
 The Oranges It Shiloh and Gala Greek and in the Cove are living be- ings, with determin ation as their watch-word, and self help and mu tual help as their polar star, which they realize can be rendered only by cot cooperative effort and unity of ac- tion that they obtain and that they are determined to practice not to the detrlment ofany one else, but solely with the view of doing the greatest good to the greatest number.
 They have learned that co-opera- tive business of whatever kind capi- tai and labor sees proper to associate together in, can be successfully con ducted to the satisfaction of all; di- vide the profits by consent and do no injustice to any, but great good to all. Nearly all the independent Patrons of the county have associa- ciated for cooperative commission business and have their own house in New Orleans now in business, un- der the style of the Southwestern Co operative Association. And other business of the same character for home accommodation, will be, ere long, Tn operation. Sensible! !! Public spirited business men see success in it and give 1t encourage ment.
 Pardon me, MT. Editor, justice to your people, to you, and to the Sec retary of your Fair Association, and f T. l. IT..