The log cabin Democrat., 1921-06-17
FINANCE JOURNAL
 PRAISES CONWAY

High praise for Conway and Faulk- her county is published in the June is- sue of the Southern Investor" financial journal at New Orleans, copies of which have been received | here. The write up is accompanied by ] a photo of the Farmers State Bank as l representative business building The whole was submitted by P. F. Cleaver, president of the Conway Con- mercial Club, and is publicity calcu lated to help the city and county. The Investor" has the following to say about Conway:
 Look at the exact center of a map of Arkansas and you will find Faulk- ner county. The total area is 416,640 acres, with population upwards of 30,000. Altitude 30S feet above sea level. The county is bounded on the south by the Arkansas river and con- tains an abundance of fertile bottom lands, as well as productive uplands The average rainfall is 49 inches per annum and equable temperatures pro- vide a growing season of fully nine months a year With cotton as the principal money crop, there is also successful cultivation of corn, oats, wheat, alfalfa, clover and other hays sweet and Irish potatoes, berries and fruits. The acreage in alfalfa is rap idly increasing and furnishes six cut tings year Three hard surfaced highways across the county are ap- preaching completion
 Conway, with population of over 4500, is the county seat of Faulkner county Here are located the Arkan- sas State Normal, Hendrix College, the Methodist state college for young men, Central College, the Baptist state college for young women, public grade and high school with splendid buildings and equipment and enroll ment of 1000 children; Catholic parochial school, and fourishing i business college. In churches, the de- nominations are we'll represented and some of the buildings are among the a S70,000 building, the Baptists with | $40 900 building and the others in well kept and commodious churches. Conway has five miles of paved streets in it's business and residence section a modern sewer system muni-
 cipally owner water and light plant 1 giving exceptional service, fire station and equipment, good water supply,
 mosquitoes eradicated. Beautiful trees
 gardens and lawns are a feature as Conway is a city of homes.
 There are three banks with com
 bined deposits of million and half The business houses are chiefly of
 brick and several of the largest mer-
 cantile establishments in the state are
 located here. Conway's trade terri
 tory includes not only Faulkner coun-
 ty, in which it is the only incorpo-
 rated city, but also adjoining counties.
 There are three wholesale grocery
 houses which indicates it's importance
 as distributing center. Located on
 the Little Rock-Fort Smith branch of
 the Missouri Pacific, the statistics of
 the railroad show more freight and passengers HIHuleu lTOHl COHWdS IildH
 at any other point between these ter
 mini It is 30 miles from Little Rock,
 the capital of the state.
 The industries of Conway include a
 cottonseed oil mill, cotton compress,
 four large cotton gins, modern ice plant, milk and cream station, steam laundry, blaming mill, broom factory mattress factory, ice cream factory two bottling works, machine shops, etc.
 There are three weekly newspapers and one daily with Associated Press service. A live Commercial Club and Rotary Club, Masonic, Odd Fellows Elks and other lodges. There are no divisions or factions in Conway, but instead citizenship that pulls strong and together for the upbuilding of their town and county.
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