The Green Forest tribune., 1900-04-05

The law-abiding class is largely in the majority. We have no col- ored population, and while we entertain no prejudice against that race and are willing that they should enjoy all the rights guar anteed to them by the constitution. we believe in separation of the races and are not seeking to pop ulate this country with colored people.
 Advantageous Location.
 Green Forest is so located that it is not likely that any rival town will spring up as competitor for the trade of this country.
 We have an advantageous To- cation. It is twelve miles east of Berryville and it will probably be that far east on the railroad to station. North and south we control a good country from thirty to forty miles. Green Forest is recognized as being the receiving and distributing point for this large area of country and 1t is reasonable to conclude that the coming of the railroad will strengthen our prestige in this respect.
 In fact it is the opinion of men of large experience and good judg- ment that this is destined to take first rank among the prosperous towns on the line of the St. Louis 6 North Arkansas railroad.
 Educational Advantages.
 THE TRIBUNE refers with pride to the splendid educational ad- vantage afforded in Green Forest. Without exception we have one of the best high schools in this part of the state. And, kind reader, is this not a high endorsement for our town and the character of our people? Is 1t not an incontroverti- = Die fact that the status and stand- ing of the school indexes un- mistakably the intellectual and moral worth of the people? No question is so important to the man of family, relative to the country in which he desires to make his home, than the school. However excellent all other con- ditions favorable to man S habita- tion, the lack of good schools would be a barrier that the aver- age man could not possibly over- come in selecting a permanent abiding place. The public schools of this country is the poor mans opportunity and capital. When he avails himself of these advantages by educating his chil- dren he gives them the best possi- ble equipment for life's battles. The very best men and women in America today in all the vacations in which men and women engage are the products of our admirable public school system, and fully 95 per cent of them came from the humble homes of the common people. We gladly invite the closest investigation of the stand ing of the Green Forest school. Toy you, brother, north, south, east or west, ii you want to change your location and look with favor upon this country we earnestly ask you to consider the following facts relative to the high school of this place: The high school of Green Forest was established in November 1893. That year the enrolment was 106 pupils; the present term the attendance has reached 248 pupils. Course of study equals the best high school or academies in the state. Pupils, after completing the common curriculum, are required to take a three years course before they are fitted for graduation. This institution has sent more pupils to colleges in the past seven years than all other schools in the coun- ty combined. Students of this school have taken high standing, at the Arkansas Industrial Uni versity of Fayetteville; the State University of Missouri at Colun- bia; at Oxford, Miss; Hollins Institute, Virginia; ct Ann Arbor, Mich, and the medical colleges of St. Louis, Nashville and Little Rock. This school was put on the accredited list of the Arkansas