Nevada County picayune., 1889-03-27
CAMDEN, ARK.
A Rising City, Full of Plucky and Enterprising Business Men,
 Advantages and Prospects.
Water Works, Electric Lights, Street
 Railroad, Almost in Sight.


 this paper resolved to visit it, con- bining business and pleasure. Thurs day the resolution was carried into effect, and a part of two days were spent there.
 Camden has many advantages, both natural and acquired, Besides two railroads, the Iron Mountain, and st. Louis, Ark. & Tex. railroads, she has navigable river, the Ouach ita. This gives her exceptional transportation facilities-low freight rates. Another thing she is an old town, any many of her citizens have acquired wealth in trade, and are nov beginning to appreciate the ad- vantages already in hand, and add others, by libcrally going into public enterprises for her future welfare. The want of this public spirit is all that has kept Camden back hereto fore, Her merchants and citizens deserve credit for now taking hold and pushing public enterprises, that will rebound in the improvement and advancement of the city and them selves. With a population of over 2500, and her merchants, many of them large dealers, Gin another part of thls article we have more to say of them) enjoying fine trade, and a bright outlook for the future, she has cause for congratulation. By reason of favorable location, a large trade is secured from five or six counties, among them Clarke, Calhoun, Union and Nevada. About half of the lat ter county, nearly all of it south of Rosston. go there to trade, because it is the nearest desirable point. By or der of the Governor, Camden has just been made city of the second class, through the efforts of her city fath CTS, Dr. J. W. Brown, one of them, having gone to Little Rock to effect the same.
 Progress and improvement seem to be the order of the day. A cotton compress has been in successful Oper- ation for over a year, and will event. ually do the city and the surrounding country much good. There are a number of small manufacturing es- establishments, cotton factory, a broom factory, and others, that, with the proper fostering, will materially assist in building up the place. Pipes have been laid and arrangemets are being perfected to give the city a good system of water works, and while we were there, contracts were entered into to furnish the city with electric lights. A charter has been granted company, who propose to build and operate street rail- way. The Knights of Pythias will soon erect a very handsome, large three-story brick, and a number of other brick business houses will go up this summer. A good hotel is badly needed, not having any, save two or three houses that are poor excuses but we learn a public-spirited citizen will build a S20 .000 brick hotel in a few months, when this want will be supplied. A S30,000 new brick court house will soon be built. A good-sized boom is on hand.
 Camden has many splendid mer- cantile establishments. While we have not space to enumerate all of her. principal houses (nay do so at some other timc) we will give few of them here: Bry X Bro,, is one of the largest, if not the largest, general dry goods, notions, clothing, etc., house Tn the city. They do an immense business, at wholesale as well as retail, in general dry goods. and clothing, and guarantee prices as low as St. Louis in their jobbing trade. Dr. ]. w. Brown. besides dry goods and grocery house, has a separate hardware store, and does big business. Morgan, McRae X Co.,, is another large house, well known in all this section. Mir. NJ. r. Watts, former citizen of this county, is now at the head of one of the largest establishments, with large and growing trade in general dry goods and groceries; he also does fine jobbing business. In his specialties, clothing, ladies dress goods, boots, shoes and hats, he lets no house m Camden take rank above him. In the way of groceries and feed stuffs, stand D. w. Chandler. D L Ian D;t,I;n l ~. L.. 1..-