The Little River news., 1919-10-29
Seeing Lille River County
 By Daylight,
X Visit to Foreman.


 hours run (to be exact, only 45 minu- tes, according to schedule} from Ash down to Foreman, which is so close to the western limits of Arkansas that one feels it is almost the jumping off place. Little River County is well named, for by looking on the map you will see it is bounded on the north, east and south by rivers-the Red on the south and Little River on the east and north There is little of interest to be seen from the car windows from Ashdown to Foreman, as there has been little development along the line of the railroad But when you get to Foreman your eyes open. From it's high point you can almost look over into Texas and Oklahoma.
 The first thing that graets you from the station at Foreman is the Gath Y right Hotel big well built three- story brick structure that presents an inviting look from the very start. It was a hot afternoon when we rolled on in the town We sighted nice corner room on the second floor o1 the hotel. with the breeze blowing the curtains in the large windows on eith- CT side. and it looked good to us for the night And as luck Woald have it fGoubtles due to the thoushtfulness of Fred Can't. cashier of the Bank of Foreman, who was our "arranger) ) that was the identical room assigned us on the register. So it was sea breezes for us during our stay within the hospitable borders of the town,
 Friendly Banks.
 Foreman is another tWO-bank little city, both institutions located on the same side of the broad main street, a block OF perhaps two, apart The wis itor encounters the Citizens Bank first. This is Roll of Honor Bank, in that it possesses surplus and profits in eX- cess of capital stock Of the thou sands of banks in the United States only one in ten occupies this proud position The Citizens figures are, capital $15 600. surplus $15 900, and un- divided profits $13, 900 At the time of our call it's deposits were running around $1400O0 The bank is manag ed by J S Mitchell, cashier and r. F. Bell. assistant cashier. E. G. Camp bell as president, heads a strong board of directors.
 Further up the street, and on cor her. is the Bank of Foreman, which styles itself the peoples bank. Though late in the afternoon it's in terior presented busy scene. D. A. Cook, with whom we labored in War Stamps days is president, and is as "active" as they make them. His board of directors comprises some of the strongest men of the community, and as their "adjutants" as the State Bank Commissioner would say, they | i have that live wire Fred Can't as cashier and two assistants, H. C. Free | man and s. T. COvington. Three bright young ladies keep up the heavy | end of the work. The Bank of Fore man is proud of a capital of $4O,0O0, 1 surplus $10,000, and and undivided 1 profit a little over 12,500. The June 3Oth call found them with $2SG,314 69 | in deposits.
 Seeing the Sights.
 On summer afternoon it takes a l I ,ly fa Foreman. and they wait until it is good | and dark there before anybody is will ing "to come to meeting. So, supper over. we settled ourselved comfort able in an easy chair on the hotel DOT 1 tico for d ruminati0n over a u. C. l.. cigar Perhaps, with the shades of evening so near at hand, we would | have seen little of nothing Of the country surrounding Foreman had it not been for Merchant Gathrght, who | owns and for whom the hotel building | i is named You better believe we were ] glad to do his bidding and SCOUT the | country with him in his Stearns- Knight car until darkness had fallen and we had to move tracks to our lit tie banker conference. A few years i ago Gathright came to Foreman with few cents in his pocket and after this crop is "in he plans to retire $50, 900 to the good, That shows what folks Of thrift and industry can do in that country.
 We drove first around town; not vacant home in sight and number huilGing; and then eight or ten miles southWesterly down through the rich i bottoms to the Oklahoma line-and a | little further, just to be able to say we had been in Oklahoma. We passed the l place which a few years ago the Hol man boys moving up to Little Rock sold for $40000 thinking they had got ten fortune for it, and now that body of land will easily bring $75000, so Gathripbt said and tha wondarful crop