The Russellville Democrat., 1882-12-14
RUSSELLvIlLE, THE ''SWEET AUBURN OF
 THE PLAIN" And the Adjacent Country the ArcadIan Land- of the Ar
 kansas Valley. her Advantages. ana Induce ments for Eastern Capital. The Progress Within her Busy Walks Since the Last Issue
 Of The Democrat.

" $ GkktLe0 or huSSeIfFtUr. or Pope county. the beauty of the town and its excellent location are facts too highly appreciated to require an editorial to convince them of or to establish. But to those Of our read CTS who are beyond the confines of the subject oE this artlcle and who have never examined our soil, coal. and timber, or threaded the lovely { brooks and water courses of our county, IL IS a necessity. and they look to the DEMOCRAT for news of her progress and her future pros poets. For all such, this article is written.
 The town, though old, dating from an early period when she b0rderd the outposts on the frontiers. and for several years was scarcely more than 8 stage stand, could hardly be called village unti. after the completion Of the Little Rock 6 Fort Smith R. R, from which date her growth has been s.os but certain, until within the past few years she has extended that western vim that pleases the eastern capitalist, and bids him wei come to her dilightful cline and sun ny skies.
 The county Is bordered on the south by the Arkansas river, and ] rising towards the north. is the be- ginning of the beautiful table land that So gracefully finds it's limit in the summit of the Boston Mountain. Uutil the building of the Little Rock and Fort Smith railroad in 1872, her commercial relations were maintain ed by steamboats that piled the Ar kausas river, the channel by which nature provided her for the transfer Of her produce and merchandise - The county lays slmest north and south, is about forty miles in length, and twenty five in width. For about one third the length of the county from ths southern border, the soil is a sandy losm that requires no fer tiIiziug, 1t Is here that the cotton plantations stretch away in their magnitude and perfection, and st this season Of the year the aeeey 1 staple covers the fields with white ness and beauty, resembling a vast snow field that refuses to move be fore a DeCember's sun. We need not wonder when the poor eOlOred man sighs for Old Master and the plantation, and his home among the cotton ields-Hhen 1t makes ont 1 pulse quicken to view 8 scene ot beauty that his eyes have heheld from his infancy. The remaining portion of the county to its northern border is rolling tatle land, covered with heavy forests of pine, oak sni hickory and interspersed with wal nut, ash and cherry, and underlaid with rich coal beds
 The town of Russellville is noted for it's heslthful locality, it's beauty and neatness. and it's stability. Her wants and demands are many, which are being met freely. In the sum mer time her groves and brooks are cool and pleasant, and th- hawthorn blooms in fragrance and with beauty. She bids fair to become quite 8 sum mer resort. as she Is with her other inducements. easily accessible, and the numerous and valuable springs iR the spur of mountains just on her west. promise to be quite an ac- quisitjon tO her inducements tO pleas ure seekers. The counties north and south of this are rich and fer tile. and the trade, traffic and travel demands & railroad through shat ' scope of country; response to this demand is made in the shape Of ST tielas Of association Of the Kansas ! City and New Orleans R. k Co, who filed their articles of incOrpOra- ton in,the office oI secretary of state on the 2Ist inst. and who at once are 10 make preparation for the be ginning and completion of their llne 1 6l road. l. enters the state on the north sestern b0uier. NOrSIng it's way down the banks ot the clear and sparkling streams of the Boston Mountains, where the scenery equals any among the AIlegLanles, the lay of me country leads to Rus~ellviile. and the survey for the establishment of the road bad crosses st this poiu[ and on direct to. New Orleans. the ! Crescent Git ol the South. Thus Is assured the b, gialiug for railroad center at this tsoiHt. when Compeu .ioa will be instituted, and reason be made tn control passenger and freight ra,es and time schedules
 ! Business tranactions greatly de mand bank ct this point, and we must have one. Tbs Is one Of the wants that IS seriously felt, tLe de pOsits would be considerable in~ a short time, and It's increase gathered over q scope of country with radl- us or forty or fifty miles We also need 8 large taHnery, with boot sad shoe maaufactOry. The stock business has grown until 1t Is eoa- siderable and together with the 1 shipments of hides tn nthis point were an iuducemeut offered, would be im- meuse. No locality Is better adapt cd for an enterprise 0f this kind, or oilers more inducements for the in vestment Of capital thaa thIs. The