The Springdale news., 1907-08-02
UNPRECEDENTED PROSPERITY.

belt IS just the midst 0t a season Ot prosper ity unprecedented in the history of the State, Fort une is smiling kindly on the energetic people of this favored section, and the year 1907 will be one that will be talked about for years to come, although there will be other years Tn the future equally as good and better
 It has been but few weeks since the greatest strawberry crop ever known so far as returns to the growers IS concerned, was marketed Thous- ands of dollars were broug ght to Springdae, and numerous instances could be cited where growers realized more than S100 per acre from their straw berries Following the strawberry came the rasp- berry, the blackberry. the dewberry and the early vegetables all of which brought good money to the producer
 But just now the beautiful EIberta peach IS the central figure and in the back ground. looming up good and strong is the big Ben Davis apple king of them all.
 As the peach season Is not yet over t is not definitely known what the returns VIII be. but The News knows of one grower who will clear up at least S250 per acre on 15 acre peach orchard. The apple season Is just no4 opening up. and this paper were to hazard guess oa what the in- come to the growers vii be t would be SO large as to sound unreasonable to some. Ne know Of one grower, however. who has already sold his apple crop for Sl50 per acre. and maag vii realize more than that before the season closes
 Besides our fruits and our berr.es ue have our corn wheat, oats hay hogs. cattle horses. poultry, etc., all of which brings in thousands and thousands of dollars.
 Taking all these things ato consideration IS t any wonder that the people of tais vicinity are prosperous? What matters It to them whether "call money IS high or low in W all Street? What care they if the frenzied hnaneers of the East fall afoul of each other and fight to a hnish2 Why should they trouble over the schemes of the poi- ticans or worry as to what will be the issues Tn the next campaign 50 long as God sends the sunshine and the ram. things which no man can corner or monopoize they are assured bountifuI returns for their labor, and prosperity and happi- ness for themselves and those dependent upon them.
 Great is Arkansas and great Is Washington County. in which IS the good town of oprngdale!
 4QUlTTERS@
 The world has GtIe use for gutter For ex- ample:
 The man who starts and backs out because the creek IS up.
 The man who starts to trim the hedge bGsters his hands and decides to let t go until next spring. The man who promises to come and your wood on Wednesday. and discovers about nine o'clock that screw is loose n his saw. and lets you know Saturday that he could not come.
 The boy who goes to school until he gets as far as simple fractions, then wants to leave school and strike job.
 The girl who starts out to be great musician and learns just enough b plaY part of a tune or two to begude the (ances o some young man
 There is big family of the quitters but they are sorry lot ! 4ou will ind them all along the road to human failure They are clogs in the wheels. broken rails in the roads. time killers and patience killers With the qualifications q bi-poster they would like to earn the wages o railroad presi- dent.
 The ones who succeed in this world are those who qualify themselves Tor something and stick to it-n spite of bad crops high water and the meas les And 1t IS not always the ones with the great est amount of brains who succeed the best Often the greatest victories are won only throug great effort and many hardships
 The best thing parent can do for child IS to compel him to finish whatever he undertakes. no matter how much he may cry and rebel against it; with gentle frmness keep at him until he has done the thing he started out to do.