The Green Forest tribune., 1902-02-08
IGNORANT ORPREJUDICED.
Newspaper Correspondent Gives
 Green Forest a Black Eye.

A correspondent of the Little < Rock Democrat writing from Fayetteville, Jan. 29, seems very sore over the fact that Green For est was selected as the place for 4 tae next meeting of the state hor- ticulsaral society. Among other things he says:
 The executive committee se- }ected Green Forest, Carroll coun- ty, as the place, and the first week in January next as the time, for the next meeting of the society. This, in the opinion of your cor respondent, is an unfortunate
 selection of place. Green Forest is a ittle inland town having only 100 inhabitants in 1890. The ac- commodations for 200 or 300
 members of the society would, even if the town has grown to thrice that size, be totally in 8 adequate. 4 much better selec- ton would have been Little Rock, F CiarksviIe OF Van Buren. The z expense of getting to Green For # est for all people living in central, Z eastern or southern Arkansas z would be much greater than to ! either of the abo1e-named points. 8 The executive committee should \ remedy this as soon as possible hy selecting some more accessible \ and appropriate place. No large H and enthusiastic meeting, such as # that at Fayetteville, can be gotten < together at Green Forest, It ! would be q fatal mistake to try to # do so. Let the place be changed
 as soon as possible.
 < The writer of the above is either
 inexcusabIy ignorant or else he is ! wilfuily disposed to misrepresent
 the facts. The latter seems most
 likely to be the case, since no one
 who attended the Fayetteville < meeting could have formed such
 an idea of Green Forest as he has
 expressed. Ours was one of the
 best represented towns in the
 state at this meeting and our fa-
 cilities for entertaining the next meeting were urged not only upon the executive committee, but were made known to all members and < visitors as well.
 In reply to the above siur upon
 our town Mayor A. J. Russell of < Green Forest has sent the Dem-
 ocrat a communication upon the
 subject, a copy of which is as follows:
 Green Forest, Ark, Feb. 3, 1909.
 Editor Arkansas Democrat: I
 note in your issue of Jan. 29, you publish 8 communication from Fayetteville in which your cor Respondent endeavors to give Green Forest 8 "black eye" by
 asserting that it was 8 great mis- take of the executive committee in selecting Green Forest as the place for the next meeting of the
 State Horticultural society.
 s He says "Green Forest is a little inland town having only 100 Inhabitants in 1890. The accom-
 modation for 200 or 800 members of the society would, even if the town has grown to thrice that size, be totally inadequate. ' He further suggests that the execu- tive committee should change the place of meeting at once.
 In justice to Green Forest and to the executive committee l de- sire to say that your Fayetteville Correspondent exhibits consider able ignorance, if not prejudice,
 in the matter.
 Green Forest is situated on the line of the St. Louis and North Arkansas Railroad which has been completed from Eureka Springs to Harrison during the past year, and construction work is DOW under way for 60 miles further to the southeast. Green ! Forest has population of about 700, having doubled it's population within the last two years, It has four good hotels and another large stone hotel nearinp com.