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The free bath house is an institution set apart by Congress, where the afflicted poor may come and take the baths without price or hindrance. "The superintendent shall provide and maintain a sufficient number of free baths for the use of the indigent." (Act of Congress, approved December 16, 1878.) Under these conditions we furnish about 450 free baths each day, except Sundays. This aggregates about 12,000 per month, and 72,000 per year. It is with much inconvenience and crowding that this number can be accommodated with the present capacity of the house and pools, and the number of the afflicted poor seeking free baths is constantly increasing. The superintend- ent then continues with an appeal to the depart- ment for authority, and means to enlarge the capacity of the free bath house. This dilapidated structure, which it really is, stands behind Bath- house Row, a little higher up the incline. It is divided into apartments for both sexes, and is used to a very great extent by a very unfortunate class of individuals, many of whom are totally incura- ble, but whose lives may be lengthened by the cleansing and curative properties of the water. Official statistics show that this free bath-house is patronized by individuals from every State and Territory of the United States, and from several foreign countries.
In front of Bath-house Row, and between it and Central Avenue, is a lawn from sixty to sev- enty feet in width, extending the entire length of
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the row, and containing about two acres. This lawu is set with shade trees and grass. On a bench of the mountain just above and east of Bath-house Row stands the United States Army and Navy Hospital, which was erected in 1883. It is a mag- nificent building overlooking and fronting Hot Springs Valley, and also fronting to the south on Reserve Avenue. Connected with it are several large and ornamental buildings and bath houses. supplied with water from the hot springs above. The hospital grounds, embracing about ten acres, are laid out with beautiful drives and walks, and the whole is ornamented with natural trees and grassy lawns. From the buildings on the west side of Central Avenue, or from any point on the eastern slope of West Mountain, looking toward the east at the bath-houses, the Arlington Hotel, the Army and Navy Hospital, with the background of beautiful trees and shrubs, many of which are evergreen, on the side of the mountain beyond, one beholds a picture of the beauties of Nature and Art combined, unexcelled elsewhere on the continent.
On the summit of the Hot Springs Mountain, about a half mile northeast of the Army and Navy Hospital, there stands a frame observatory eighty feet high, owned by Mr. E. Woolman, who, by the sufferance of the Government, is permitted to oper- ate it for the use of the public. From the highest seats of the observatory, which are about 700 feet above the valleys of the vicinity, one can view the surrounding country and see mountain peaks far and near. To the south the observer beholds the Ouachita Valley, which is from six to eight miles in width and about twelve miles in length, forming a basin entirely surrounded by mountains; looking about eighty degrees west of south, he beholds the Crystal Mountains in Montgomery County, at a distance of about twenty-five miles, and due west he sees Blakeley Mountains at a distance of fifteen miles. As far as the eye can reach, the view is a grand panorama of mountain scenery. The city of Hot Springs, at the foot of the mountain, also adds much to its beauty.
The city of Hot Springs is separated into two parts by the mountain range heretofore described,
and the parts are connected by Central Avenue, which, as also described, passes through the nar- row valley by the hot springs. In that part of the city lying northwest of the mountains there are only a few stores and business houses, but there are many hotels, boarding houses and dwellings, also a number of churches. By far the largest part of the city lies south of the mountains where opens out the valley or basin of the Ouachita. The country to the south, southeast and southwest will admit of unlimited extension of the city, while to the north and other points of the compass, the mountains and hills will not permit of its exten- sion far beyond the boundaries of the original res- ervation as laid out by the Government commis- sioners. The business in the commercial line com- mences at the upper end of the valley and con- tinues down Central Avenue, and on the south side of the mountains it widens out on many other streets and avenues.
Hot Springs may justly be termed a city of hotels, boarding houses and "furnished rooms to rent." Many cottages and suites of rooms are also furnished already for housekeeping, and visitors, who prefer to board themselves, can rent such cot- tages or rooms for a long or short time, and at once begin to live as though they were at home. Per- haps more than half of the dwelling houses in the city have the sign out "Furnished Rooms to Rent." These signs, of course. will soon be taken in after the influx of visitors, at the usual season for them to come, commences. It is said that of the hotels, boarding houses and houses furnished for housekeeping, there are more than 500. The principal business of the city consists of entertain- ing and supplying the wants of the great army of visitors who come here to regain their health. It is the " capital stock in trade." The surrounding country adjacent to the city would not of itself sustain a village of 500 inhabitants. But as a re- sort for invalids Hot Springs stands without a rival, and as a watering place or pleasure resort it is be- coming popular. As to the latter it bids fair to become the most favorable resort in America. It is now a great pleasure resort in the hot summer months for the people of the country south of it,
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and as the people north of it learn more of its de- lightful and health invigorating climate, they will adopt it as a pleasure resort for the winter season.
Among the largest and best hotels in the city may be mentioned the Arlington, Avenue, Hay. United States, Sumpter, Josephine, Grand, Bur- lington, Bloomington, Windsor, St. Louis, New Morse, Beldin, Plateau, Irma and Waverly. There are many smaller houses where equally as good accommodations can be had. With all the con- veniences for entertaining visitors the number in attendance in the spring of 1889 was so great that beds had to be set up in halls for many that could not otherwise be provided for. The Arlington and Avenue Hotels can accommodate over 300 guests each; the Sumpter, Plateau and Waverly about 100 each. A large new hotel, the largest one in the city, and among the largest in the South, will be completed and opened for guests before this reaches the reader. It stands opposite the Army and Navy Hospital. only a short distance east of Central Avenue, is built of brick, and made as nearly fire- proof as possible, contains about 500 rooms, and will cost, when completed. over half a million dollars. It is being built by foreign capitalists, who thus show their confidence in the future prospects of the city. The foundation for another large brick hotel is now being laid on Malvern Avenne, and it is to be completed, furnished and opened early in 1890. It is estimated to cost about $200,000. Many other new buildings-business blocks, hotels, boarding houses and dwellings-are in process of erection. The city contains several hundred business houses, but its manufactories are limited to three planing- mills and sash and door factories, an ice factory and a few minor industries.
The city contains three banks: The Arkansas National Bank, organized in 1882, the Hot Springs Valley Bank, established in 1884, and the City Savings Bank and Trust Company, organized in 1
1888. Of the public works of the city there are seven and a fourth miles of street railway, over six miles of mains in the sewer system, four miles of mains in the gas-light system, six and a half miles of mains and fifty-five hydrants belonging to the water works, 100 miles of telephone wire, eighteen
miles of electric light wire and a fire department. The capacity of the water works is 2,250, 000 gal - lons per day. Among the mercantile houses there are twenty drug stores, and the number of physi- cians in the city is forty-five. The board of health consists of William H. Barry, M. D., president, and John H. Gaines, M. D., and G. C. Greenway, M. D., consulting members.
The city also contains railroad depots, fifteen churches, seven schools, many large and costly residences, and many pretty cottages. The popu- lation is estimated in the last report of the super- intendent of the Government reservations at from 10,000 to 12,000, while by many others it is esti- mated at from 13,000 to 15,000. The former es- timate is probably the most correct. The city is growing rapidly and the population is increasing in proportion. The number of visitors to Hot Springs in 1888 was reported at 50,000, and the number is rapidly increasing with each successive year. The city will continue to grow in propor- tion to the increase of its visitors, or in other words, to the extent of accommodating all its visit- ors, and there is no doubt but that the number will continue to increase so long as mankind re- mains afflicted, and the waters continue to flow from the thermal springs.
Hot Springs was incorporated June 5, 1875, upon petition of George Prichard and 296 others. It is now supplied with a full corps of city officers and a police force, and though there are several drink- ing saloons in the place but very little drunken- ness is seen upon the streets. It is a very quiet and well-governed city. In addition to what has been mentioned, it contains lodges of various secret and benevolent societies, and two newspapers published in daily and weekly editions. The Weekly Sentinel, published by Ellis Woolman, is issued every Satur. day. It is a seven-column folio, and is nearing the close of its tenth volume. The Hot Springs Sun- day News, J. L. Wodley, proprietor, is published every Sunday. It is also nearing the close of its tenth volume, and is a five-column quarto. Both of these papers are well edited and neatly printed.
The climate of Hot Springs is about the same as that of Little Rock, though perhaps a little
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more invigorating on account of its greater eleva- tion and more mountainous surroundings.
Aside from Hot Springs there are no towns of any considerable size in Garland County. A few small post villages exist, such as Lawrence, Shang- hai, Whittington, Mountain Valley and Shippe.
The only railroad in the county is the Hot Springs Railroad, connecting the city of Hot Springs with the Iron Mountain Railroad at the town of Malvern. This is a narrow-gauge road, belonging to "Diamond Joe." Preparations are being made to widen the track to a standard gauge before this month (October, 1SS9) closes.
Persons contemplating a visit to Hot Springs will do well before leaving home to send 25 cents to Charles Cutter for his "Cutter's Guide to Hot Springs," a small pamphlet containing much in- formation pertaining to the place, especially as to prices charged for accommodations and for medi- cal treatment. "The regular fees of physicians are $5 for the first examination, with bathing directions, and $25 per month for office practice (two or three consultations per week). Higher charges are only made where extra attention is required and visits made at the hotels." Visitors. if not informed in advance, are very likely to be imposed upon by unscrupulous parties who are seeking their money. In going to Hot Springs reject the offered advice of all strangers who volun- tarily engage you in conversation. Wait until you arrive, then if you have not been fully informed, and have no friend or acquaintance in the city, lo- cate temporarily for a day or two and look around, examine and investigate, and you will find good accommodations and medical treatment at reason- able prices.
In compiling the foregoing some extracts and much valuable information has been taken from "Cutter's Guide," and the last annual report of Frank M. Thompson, superintendent of the Gov- ernment reservations.
About the year 1845 a subscription school was begun at the Big Chalybeate Springs, three miles distant from Hot Springs, and another one was opened at the lower end of Hot Springs Valley. From this time forward subscription schools were
annually taught at these places until the outbreak of the Civil War, and were probably the only schools taught during that period in the territory now embraced in Garland County. Soon after the war closed, such schools were opened in Hot Springs and continued until the inauguration of the free school system. To show the condition of the free schools of the county, the following sta- tistics are taken from the report of the State superintendent of public schools, for the year ending June 30, 18SS, it being the last one pub- lished.
Scholastic population: White, males, 1,875; females, 1,845; total, 3,720; colored, males, 375; females, 423; total, 798. Number of pupils taught in the public schools: White, males, 1,181; fe- males, 1,069; total, 2,250: colored, males, 196; females, 219; total, 415. Number of school dis- tricts, 29. Number of teachers employed: Males, 30; females, 18; total, 48. Average monthly sala- ries paid teachers: First grade, both sexes, $40.00; second and third grades, both sexes, $30.00. Amount expended for the public schools: Teach- ers' salaries, $18,692.11; treasurer's commissions, $395.08; total, $19,087.19. Value of schoolhouses, $9,030.
These figures show that only 60 per cent of the white, and 52 per cent of the colored scholastic population attended and were taught in the public schools; accordingly, it can not be said that the system is well sustained or well patronized in the county. There is a Roman Catholic Convent School and two other select schools taught in the city of Hot Springs.
St. Luke's Episcopal Church at Hot Springs is located on Spring Street, near the largest hotel in the city, and Rev. W. J. Miller is rector, and James P. Mellard and George G. Latta, wardens; number of families about sixty.
The Presbyterian Church at Hot Springs is lo- cated on Whittington Avenue, under the pastorate of Rev. J. S. Van Meter.
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, there are the following organizations: Central, on Central Avenue just north of the Plateau Hotel, in Hot Springs, Rev. C. C. Godden, pastor; mem-
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bership about 300. Hot Springs Mission, consist- ing of Park Avenue and Glen Street Church, and Third Methodist Episcopal Church, South, the latter being located on Grand Avenue and Third Streets, Rev. W. A. Freeman, pastor; membership, eighty. The Hot Springs circuit of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Rev. C. A. Bayless, pastor assisted by local ministers, has sixteen ap- pointments in the country, the whole embracing a membership of abont 400. There is only one other appointment of this denomination in Garland County not embraced in the foregoing.
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church there are the following organizations: First, at Hot Springs. Rev. J. B. Mclaughlin, pastor. This church was organized in June, 1889, with only three mem- bers, but the membership had increased up to Oc- tober, of this same year, to seventeen, and the congregation from seventy-five to 150. Services are held in a vacant Presbyterian Church standing on Spring Street. Trinity, at Hot Springs, was organized in 1885. Rev. G. H. Gideon is present pastor, and the membership is about seventy. The church stands on Rector and Second Streets. The Hot Springs Circuit, now supplied by Rev. Echols, consists of eight or ten appointments ex- tending into Garland, Hot Spring and Montgom- ery Counties, and has a membership, as shown by the last conference minutes, of sixty-two. Of this denomination the colored people have Haven's Chapel, on Walnut Street in Hot Springs, Rev. A. J. Phillips, pastor; membership about sixty. These people have also in Hot Springs two Mis- sionary Baptist Churches with a combined mem- bership of about 500, and one African Methodist Church, with a membership of about 300.
The Christians have a large organization in Hot Springs, and a new church edifice, but no pastor at the time of compiling this history. There is one Roman Catholic Church in Hot Springs, the edifice of which, a fine brick structure, stands on the cor- ner of Park and Whittington Avenues. It was erected in 1886. The priest is Father P. H. Garaghty, and the number of families belonging to the church is large. A convent school taught by the Sisters of Mercy is connected with this parish.
The Baptist Churches of Garland County, pastors and memberships, as shown by the minutes of the proceedings of the Saline Regular Baptist Association, held at Malvern in October, 1888, are as follows: Hot Springs, First, Elder J. H. Carpen- ter, 144; Bethlehem, Elder W. A. Neighbors, 34; Corinth, D. K. McVay, 35; Clear Creek, James A. Haycraft, 12; Marble, James A. Hay- craft, 28; Mountain Valley, same pastor, 18: Mount Pleasant, W. A. Neighbor; Mount Tabor, A. H. Armstrong, 34; Mcclellan Springs, J. A. Haycraft, 14; New Prospect, John Lenease, 8; Rock Spring, J. J. Adams, 55; South Fork, J. A. Haycraft, 49; Smith Creek, C. F. Moore, 84. In addition to the foregoing there is the Second Baptist Church in Hot Springs, of which Elder J. M. Gaycraft is pastor.
All the churches in Hot Springs, save the Roman Catholic and several in the country, have Sunday-schools connected with them. The county is well supplied with religious organizations, and the cause of Christianity is prospering.
B. F. Ballard, conceded to be among the pros- perons farmers of Hot Springs Township, Garland County, Ark., was the oldest in a family of ten children born to Eli Ballard and Sethenia (McVen) Ballard, natives of Georgia. His birth occurred in Georgia in 1837. His father, who was reared on a farm, received a limited education in youth, and was married in 1836, rearing a family which consisted of four boys and six girls: B. F. (the subject of this biography), Robert M. (deceased), W. B., Joshua, Cassandra, Elizabeth, Rachel, Martha J., Maria and Catharine. Mrs. Ballard died in 1883, as a member of the Methodist Epis- copal Church. Mr. Ballard is a stanch Democrat. B. F. Ballard was educated in the common schools . of Georgia, and began farming for himself in 1855. The following year he married Eliza Strickler, daughter of Roswell Strickler, of Georgia. Sub- sequently the affairs of ordinary life were inter- rupted by war troubles, and, in 1862, Mr. Ballard enlisted in the Fifty-sixth Regiment Arkansas Infantry, Company A. under Capt. Brewster, re-
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maining in service until the surrender, in 1865, at Greensboro, in North Carolina. He participated in nearly all of the principal engagements. Mr. and Mrs. Ballard are the parents of nine children, four of whom are deceased: Julian (deceased), Caria (now Mrs. Bworo), Mary (deceased), Eddie, Russie E., John W., Martha J. (deceased), Eli (deceased) and Alphonso. Mr. Ballard owns 150 acres of fine land, and ranks among the influential and enterprising citizens of the township. He is a Democrat in politics. Mrs. Ballard is a member of the Baptist Church.
Albert L. Barnes, one of the principal mer- chants and dealers in general merchandise and oil stone, whose well-known establishment, the "Last Chance," is situated on the Little Rock Road, was born at Hot Springs, Ark., on April 6, 1845, and is a son of Phineas and Julia A. Barnes (nee Judd), natives of Ohio. The father came to Hot Springs about the year 1838, being among the first settlers of that place, and resided there until his death. He was one of its most industrious and enterprising citizens during his life, and foremost in developing the industrial and agricultural inter- ests of his State. One of the first discoverers of the rich beds of oil stone in that locality was the elder Barnes, who made it a principal article of commerce, and was a large exporter of the "Oua- chita Stone" which received its name on account of coming out of the Ouachita River in Arkansas, and taking its name at New Orleans. For a great many years Mr. Barnes was a justice of the peace, and was one of the few who remained in Hot Springs during the Civil War. He had been a member of the Methodist persuasion for a long time, and was a leader in religious work. His father was Phineas Barnes, a native of New York. of Scotch descent, who lived and died in the State of Ohio. The mother of Albert L. Barnes is still living and resides in Garland County. She was a daughter of Philo and Nancy Judd, of New York and Ohio, respectively, who were married in the latter State. In religious faith the mother has been a member of the Methodist Church for over forty years, and is a devout Christian woman. Albert L. Barnes is the oldest of five sons and
three daughters born to his parents, all of whom are living except the oldest daughter. He passed the days of his youth in Hot Springs, receiving a limited education on account of the poor advan- tages for schooling. At sixteen years of age he enlisted in Company E, Nineteenth Arkansas Vol- unteers, Confederate Army, and served a short time in Tennessee and Mississippi, but was dis- charged on account of his youth just before the fall of Vicksburg. Soon after he went to Texas where he remained for eight months, and upon re. turning home joined Cook's battalion in Gen. Price's army, taking part in the battles through Missouri, Kansas and the Indian Territory. He then returned home, but later rejoined his com- mand at Magnolia, Ark., where he was assigned to duty as orderly-sergeant, and being highest rank- ing officer was in command of his company, serv- ing in that capacity until his surrender at Marshall, Texas. Upon returning home he entered into the business of exporting oil stone with his father, and has since continued in that line, being prob- ably more conversant in that work than any other man in Garland County. He is running three quarries and employs about ten men, his ship- ments amounting to between $5,000 and $6,000 annually, in the rough, besides cutting a quantity for the retail market in Garland County. Since 1883 Mr. Barnes has been operating a general store on Park Avenue, the last one on the road to Little Rock, the sales and cash collections of which amount to about $12,000 annually. He also owns a fine residence on the corner of Bower and North Streets, Hot Springs. In 1875 he was mar- ried to Miss Rachel Wallace, of Hot Springs, but lost his wife by death the following year. His second marriage occurred in 1883, to Mrs. Eliza- beth Martin, an estimable widow of Texas, by whom he had three children, two of them yet liv- ing: Edna and Judd, who have obtained the best education to be found in the State. In politics Mr. Barnes is a stanch Democrat. casting his first vote for Greeley in 1872, and for two years served as justice of the peace. In secret soci- eties he is a member of Hot Springs Lodge No. 62, A. F. & A. M., Commandery No. 5, Chapter No.
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47 and also the Council. He is present Past Mas- ter of his lodge, and in 1880-81 held the office of Master as also most all of the other offices, besides having twice been representative at the Grand Lodge at Little Rock. In religious belief Mr. Barnes and his wife have both been members of the Methodist Church for about eighteen years.
Dr. William H. Barry. Hot Springs, Ark. This prominent physician was originally from Spartanburg, S. C., where his birth occurred February 11, 1836. His parents, Hugh W. and Malinda (Kilgore) Barry, were natives of South Carolina, the father born in Spartanburg, and the mother in Greenville, and both of Irish ancestry. The paternal grandfather was a captain through the Revolutionary War, and his death occurred in South Carolina. The father, Hugh W. Barry, followed agricultural pursuits for a livelihood and remained in his native State until 1839, when he removed to Cherokee County, Ala., and from there in 1845 to LaFayette County, Miss., where he died in 1880. The mother is yet living. They reared six children, only four now living, and Dr. Will- iam H. Barry the eldest. He was early taught the duties of farm life, and remained under the parental roof until fifteen years of age. when he en- tered the academy near Oxford, preparatory to the university, He began the study of medicine in 1856, graduated at the Memphis Medical College in March, 1858, and immediately began practicing at his home in Mississippi, where he remained two years. In December, 1860, he came to Monticello, Ark., and here lived until the war broke out, when, May 4. 1861, he enlisted with the First Ar- kansas Regiment, as assistant surgeon, and was in Virginia when Arkansas seceded. At the battle of Shiloh he was prostrated with jaundice and went home on a furlough. After the war he resumed his practice at Monticello, remained there until April, 1875, when he came to Hot Springs, and has since been in active practice. Soon after com- ing here he was one of the organizers of the city government of Hot Springs, and as chairman of the committee on ordinances, wrote all the original ordinances of the city and served two terms in the city council. In 1876 he was elected
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