Year: 1877

i've acknoWldge pleasant call from our friend and former fellow townsman Mr. J. D. Rushing, now of Cagle's Mills, this county. Mir. R. is merchandising, and says he sells goods at RussellviIle prices. Success to you, John!

 A SUGGESTION. lowing to the late day to which our County Fair has beeh postponed it would be well for the Directors to reduce the quantity of green peaches for which they offer a premium, from one bushel to a half dozen peaches. 1t will be impossible for many to save bushel of green peaches so long. A half dozen might be savsd very conveniently.

 The called session of Congress will commence next Monday. It will be an important session and all the people should keep posted upon it's doings. Send us $l.50 and get the DEMOCRAT and you shall nave a careful and cor rect synopsis of the proceedings. No intelligent citizen can afford to do without a paper at this day and age. Send along your names and your cash.

 -Ho, FOR THE STATE FAIR!--Our friend Mir. Jesse R. Duke informs us that he will place a bale Of his Central American Prolific Cotton in the hands of the firm of J. l.. Shinn to be for warded, entered and exhibited at the State Fair. THIS IS BUSINESS, and we should not be the least bit surprised if f,iend Dukes cotton takes the blue ribbon. The cotton was grown near Norristown on land that has been in cultivation for years. Mir. D. in- forms us that he will enter another bale. and also some potatoes, corn, &c., at our County Fair. Hurrah for friend Duke!

 This is the period of the year when everybody has some ready money. We ask our friends to interest themselves now in behalf of the DEMOCRAT. Each person who is now subscriber can, if he will procure us an additional new subscriber or two. We ask that you do it. Our power to do good with the paper is dependent upon the circulation It has among our people. No one has any encouragement to make good paper unless his efforts are appreciated. Let us have the cooperation of such of our citizens as wish to see our county advance in importance, intelligence and prosperity. Without the aid of the press in this age you are lost in the fog. Do you intend to sustain your home press in Pope county 1? Who speaks first?

 ---Messrs. Senter & Co.,, one of the heaviest and most solid Commission houses of St. Louis, present their com pliments to our shippers by their card in to-day's paper. They are well known to our people and show their appreciation of the Arkansas trade by patronizing our paper. Ifanything we could say would add to the popularity of the firm we would gladly add our recommendation, but the well estab- lished popularity they have gained makes our endorsement mere work of supererogation.

 Through te-day's DEMOCRAT the County Assessor favors us with some statistics in regard to the taxable per sonal property of Pope county. The figures given by Capt. Peeler show progress and prosperity. Taking into consideration the fact that the slice of territory given to Johnson county cut of about l30 of our poll taxpayers we have gain of something like 600 polls since last years assessment was made. This is cheering. Our county is rapid- ly advancing In importance and if our people will be frugal, industrious and energetic, and be liberal and enter prising in sustaining free schools and the local press in our county we will soon be second to no county in the State.