Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-28
'OUR POPULATION
IS NEARLY $4,000
Estimate From Pine Bluff S
New City Directory Shows
Remarkable Growth OF
Citv-Increase 4, 469.
WHAT'S IN A NAME?

Total Population Placed at s6.fba-
Some Pecularities OF Names-Anto-
n;o tbbene Head List and Angus
Terrell Last Same Listed
THE FIRST.
Abilene, Antonio shoemaker, toS
Main, r same.
THE LAST.
Terrell, August. carp, :. 516 East
Eighth avenue.
The 1903 edition Of the Pine Bluff
City Directory came from the 'bindery
yesterday afternoon, after several
weeks of painstaking labor by the
compilers, and the delivery will begin
this morning. The new book was IS
sued by Folks Southern Directory Co,
and is the largest and most complete
ever issued IN Pine Bluff, and is
credit 10 the city and its institutions.
The first copy was delivered 20 May
or W. L.. Toney at the City Hall Mon
day afternoon by David R. Summers,
who has had the work in charge. The
directory is strictly modern, embrac-
ing all the features of the largest Ii
rectories, and presented in 9 concise
and convenient style.
Antonio Abilene, a. shoemaker, has
the honor of occupying the first place
] in the list OF names in the 1908 direc-
tory, and August Terrell, a carpenter,
is the last man named in the book.
Total Population Is 2e.49s.
1.-THE population Of Pine Bluff, &C.
cording to an estimate based on the
humber of names in the new directory,
! Is 26,469. This is a. gain Of 4,496 since
| the LASTS issue. The Approximate popu-
lation is estimated by multiplying the
individual names, exclusive OF firms.
non-residents, etc, by three, the null
tfDle now considered most accurate
for representing the names Of women
and children not included in the pub
ilished list The book has 140 more
pages of alphabetically arranged
names than the last edition.
Johnson is the most frequent name
IN the book, and not Smith, as in most
directories. There are about $50 John
sons Jones is a close second with
444. Smith is accorded the third
place There are some 400 persons
in Pine Bluff rejoicing in the honest
old name The Smith list is exclusive
iof the Schrnidts and Smythes. There
are 300 Browns in the book not count
ing the Brauns and the Brownies.
The paper on which the directory IS
printed is of many hues, but it is OF
scarcely greater variety than is indi-
Gated by the names within. There are
Browns, Blacks, Whites, Greens, Blues
and Redd.
The letter B is most frequently
found as a. final initial, appearing in
1.054 instances Second is NJ, found
I1,O23 times, and s is third, with 961
times to Is credit. x is not found in
the book.
Variation in spelling constitutes an,
other fruitful source of comment,
There are Cohens, Coins and Kahns
all, doubtless, derived from the same
original patronymic. Then there ara
Gains, Kenneys, Kennys and kidneys
and MilIers. Muellers and Miehlers
OF similar variation are the Paynes
Pains and Paynes. There are Reads
Reeds and Reds, and Schneiders
Sniders and Snyders The Rice fam
lily also spells the name Refs ant
Reiss. When the good old name o
Smith is reached, still more startling
variations are found The word /!
rendered varlously Smith, Schmidt
smyth, Smythe, Schmid, Schmidt ane
Smitt.
Development and Progress.
AS growth in population is always
regarded as an evidence Of prosperity
and material Improvement, the popu
lation of a place is always an interest
ing matter The total population o
Pine Bluff is nearing the twenty
seven thousand mark and Is conclu
sve proof of the development ant
progress when it is recalled that the
last government census credited this
city with about 1000 inhabitants.
pine Bluff is better and larger thar
ever before says the directory
business is good in all lines of trade
our people are all occupied, our bust
, ness streets are filled with busy, hust-
? ling people; our residence streets are
being filled with new homes and signs
) of prosperity are visible from all
r points Upward, onward ever aptiy