The Green Forest tribune., 1916-08-11
A FEW "REMINISCENCES.

Editor A. C.. Miler's report ot the
 Methodist Conference held in Green Forest in June causes veteran miillS- ter. EId. D. c. Summer, to call to mlnd Green Forest and surrounding country in 1878.
 From his letter in the Arkansas Methodist of last Thursday we extract the following:
 .The editorial in the Methodist m which the editor gives an account ol his visit to the Fayetteville District Conference awakened in my mInd some thoughts of the long ago. ,,
 "He says: Green Forestls splenuld town on an elevation Tn the center ol d plateau surrounded with mountains. It | is lovely for situation, and the loVeiy homes, substantial stores ana attrac- tive park in the square indicate pros peritv. The new Methodist Church, costing $3,500, evidences the interest the people take in matters religious.
 "This is so different from conditions at the time of my pastorate there. AL that time one store, postofflce. ana printing press constituted the town. There was no church or school mousse there. A MT. Camp ran the store ana MT Tiden ran the newspaper. There was school house q think It was) about one mile west of the little town, where the M. E. Church held servlces once month.
 "Mr. J. J. Grim lived near, and he and his family constituted the whole church. There were perhaps few others. A Rev. Ntr. Hood was thelr pastor when 1 first went there, and sometime during the year he was changed and man named knease was sent in his place. They were both very courteous to me, and invited me to preach in their house, which did once week on d week night. l al most always stayed with Bro. Grim, who was very kind to me, and his kind, ness is remembered and cherished until this day. had sixteen preaching places besides this at which 1 tried to preach once a month.
 ""We had a small organization six miles east of Carrollton near the Harri- son road, which was known as the Flat Woods Glass; Boaz Lipps and his fam ilv were the principal 'Methodists' i'll that peighborhood, though there were some others that were indeed the salt of the earth.
 Again he says: Last Sunday was spent by the editor in Harrison, and the Sunday school is large and well organized, and speaksof the beautiful and convenient house of worship, at a cost of $16, 1000. am led to think how different from the conditions that obtained in 1878.
 ""I was on the Carroll ton Circuit, and preached some in Harrison, though 1t was not in my work. At that time the best the Southern Methodists could do for place to hold their services was in the court house. Sister Crump pret- ty nearly constituted the Methodist South Church. The M. E. Church had little organization at the place, and perhaps some other denominations, but the town was not 'churchified.
 "'I mean that there was not much in- terest taken by the people in matters religious. The editor says, Harrison has grown to be d town of four or five thousand, and our church has kept pace with the progress of the town. This affords this writer great satisfac tion, but not much surprise, when he recalls the sturdy stock of men who were at the helm when he was there, such as Rev. Dan Evans, w. A. Dees, k. w. Goudelocke, J. o. F. Ruble and others of their kind. ;, ...-.,- .-----..
 To the best of The Tribune editors recollection, Ed. Summer is mistaken about Green Forest having paper in 1878. The paper Mr, Tilden edited was at Carrollton and bore the name of "The Carroll County Bowlder." It was in honor of this paper that BoWlder Russell, former citizen of Green For est, but who now lives near Oak Grove, got hls name, being the first child born after the advent of the first paper pub lished in the county.