The Russellville Democrat., 1882-09-07

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 mands of town and country for dress ed lumber. Lewis Nj. Smith has Touring mill that is not excelled b, any outside of Little Rock for sig and superiority of machinery. Ey cry branch of industry is represent ed and would take too much spac, to describe. The merchants are en ergetic and enterprising, and carry stocks of goods to supply any ant all demands. One of the largest ant finest school buildings in tte State i' located at this place, and a success ful session of nine months closed or the 9th day of June last. The next session will begin the first Monday in October, the faculty consisting o six of the best educators in the State The cause of temperance has strong hold upon the community, and this fact coupled with good, working churches and an excellent school, places Russellville in the front rank of first-class Arkansas towns. Two papers are published in Russellville the DEMOCRAT under the auspices of the Russellville Printing Co.,, and the Arkansas Evangel, the organ of the Missionary Baptists. Rev. B. R. Womack, D. D., publisher and editor.
 Atkins, the second largest town in the county, is located on the railroad ten miles southeast of Russellyille, is the home of as energetic, enter prising and prosperous Q communi- ty as can be found anywhere in the State. The business houses are built in the most substantial, con venient and tasty style, many of them being handsome brick build ings, and the merchants are wide- awake, progressive and we'll up with the times. Like Russellville, our neighbor IS supplied with the best of religious and moral influences, and the community IS composed of good citizens who labor assiduously for the advancement of the best inter ests of their town, county and State. One paper is published at Atkins, Gus Gill, Esq, proprietor, and wv. Gill, editor and publisher The News ie progressive journal and does good work in the Arkansas newspaper field.
 Dover, the county seat, is near the geographical center of the county, about ten miles north of Russellyllle, and is charmingly located in the midst of healthful, productive re- zion. The citizens of Dover are noted for their intelligence, sobrlety, morality and industry, and their hos pitality is proverbial. The mer- chants, though few in number, rank among the most substantial in the county and conduct their business on safe basis. There are two churches, Methodist and Cumber- land Presbyterian, and fine school building. The cause of public edu. cation is zealously encouraged in Dover.
 Scottsyille, Caglesvi.le, Appleton, Moreland, London, Norristown and Potts Station are located in differ ent portions of the county and are towns of more or less importance. The communities of these towns and contiguous country are all of the thrifty class, and noted for thelr in. !. dustry and sobrlety.
 PUBLIC THoRoUGHFAREs.
 Public roads dlverge from the county seat and principal towns, and every portion of the county can be easily reached. These roads are we'll kept and worked. The Little Rock and Fort Smith railway, one of the most important lines in the south west, runs through the south ern part of the county at an average of about four miles from the Arkan. sas river, and renders this portion of the state of easy access to the mar. kets of the West. Besides this, the Arkansas river forms the southern boundary of the county and, being a navigable stream, affords cheapness of transportation for farm products and return freights. No part of the state is more accessible to the coun. try at large than is Pope county, and this is an important considera- ton to the immigrant.
 CONCLUSION.
 We have endeavored in the fore. going to briefly sketch the advan- tages our county possesses in soli eli. mate, etc., and in conclusion we say to the seeker of home in the south west, "Come and you will be wei come." Here you will find warm hearts and outstretched hands to glve you a cordial greeting. No drones or idlers are wanted in this busy Western hive, but workers men of snap and "push," honest, sober, intelligent and industrious, who are not afraid of work. Ten thousand such men are wanted in Pope county, and we can assure such they will be welcomed and encour- aged in their efforts to develop the great agricultural resources of as far body of land as the sun ever shone on. Here are good schools, churches of all creeds, rigid prohibit tory liquor laws in full force, moral, s.A. { Al