Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-12-16

 large business and bears an onyia3Ie reputation.
 The Chicot bank orsauized in la't, with capital and surplus of $25ooo. has SAoo00 deposits, and embraces among it's patrons the prominent 2ust- ne. and planter clement ol one of E7J1 Ifiehe+t# sections iu the south Heat Thauc i7 prrsiaeut,X. F. Carbon ta Izice= president aid j. T. S.Mns cIe'=
 Tae Bank of I.aka Naia4e, iueoe= Poa3rd in ls4l capital $2o4aoo. siY95 special attention te collections Wal soa Da4tes. president Jeff Peaf vice president, and N. F. HeeoftIe. eazl= fer.
 Tho railroad facilities Of the place are excellent IL is q junction point dc43sneei to he of moro than ordinary
 importance. Under the management ot F. ". Wright, as local agent, the business whcih is being built up is handled with dispatch and the outlook ie most encouraging.
 The local post office is credit to the place, and is i'll every way satis- Ifactorily managed by Postmaster !. A. Maxwell.
 Mayor F.. P Toney. one of Chi
 cots progressive citizens, is ready to answer all inquiries. and has in his lpersOnal charge some Of the choicest Battlefront property.
 The progress and push of the place, }that spirit of enterprise which Is put ting Lake Village to the front, is also
 we'll represented by the following per lsonnel of the business element:
 The City Drug Store, $. M. Oden proprietor; d modern pharmacy and complete line of druggists sundries. M E. RosenzWeig, general dry goods, clothing, shoes and millinery.
 \. Gurdin, dry goods and furnish ings.
 furniture, sporting goods, coffins, crockery, agricultural implements, harness and saddlery. With the enthusiasm of it's people urging it forward, with the develop ing influence of a rich surrounding country to support it's continued pro- |. |gress this place has an assured flu ! ture It will not be long before | it's popularity will require the estab- 1 lishment of a great hotel of grade and 1 capacity equal to that of any resort { in this section of the country. Its 1 agricultural possibilities are phenom
 enal The recently elected senator l John G. E. Simms, has demonstrated
 something of that upon his suburban 1 farm, where he has worked wonders | in grains, vegetables, fruits and Der { ries
 Such work as this and such com 1 munities as that represented by Lake { Village are bringing Arkansas to the { front and winning the appreciation oi an observant public.
 As for the county as whole its people represent an element of Ameri-
 can citizenship without superior, fol { refinement culture and intelligence for liberality, broad-gauge character and progressive enterprise. The natural characteristics of the county are equally noteworthy. Land may be easily obtained today which cannot be touched few years later The situation is similar to that across { the river, where railroad buildings has advanced to a market value of from $20 to $40 an acre lands exactly similar to those in Chicot county which sell today for $10 which sold five years ago for $2, and which will soon com mand prices to equal those of the Mis- sississippi lands referred to. 1 These lands are said to be shown by government analysis to be among the richest cotton soils in the world. second only to East Carroll parish in Louisiana.
 The lesson these facts teach is ob- vious.
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