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nobler elements of moral courage, deference to others and the consideration of the community be- fore the individual. The life of the pioneers was anything but dull, though, as a rule, not one in ten saw a newspaper more than once or twice a year, and the only news that reached them from the East was brought by the last newcomer, by some trav- eler through the country, or perhaps, by letters, that did not arrive until about three weeks after they had crossed the Mississippi. Notwithstand- ing such deprivations, their very surroundings and the life they lived furnished excitement that ex- actly fitted them, and if any people filled well the place assigned them in life, the founders of Pope County did. The following reference to the pi- oneer epoch is from the pen of Hon. John R. Homer Scott, of Russellville: "I look back to the good old days with wonder, astonishment and sad- ness at the change. No bolts or bars, no locks or keys, no shotguns, pistols or bowie-knives were then necessary to guard against the evils which, in this day and age beset us on every hand. Killing, stealing, incendiarism and other heinous crimes, of the most atrocious and heartrending description, as constantly portrayed through the public press of the present day, were then almost unknown and unheard of, to shock our sensibilities, and cause sorrow, trouble and distress. But all was peace and quiet, and the hearthstone and fireside, the sanctuary of domestic happiness, love and enjoy- ment. The people were united and cemented in the strongest ties of friendship and brotherhood. There were then no scandalous misrepresentations or bitter partisanship; no animosities, rancors, en- vies or jealousies, private or political; no desire or animus to pull neighbors down or traduce char- acter. But each and every one seemed intent upon an honest and laudable ambition and pursuit, which might result in the betterment of his own or his neighbor's happiness, welfare and prosperity. Would to God that such a state of affairs as was embraced in our early pioneer code yet existed, for honesty, integrity, morality and virtue, as dis- tinguishing and prominent characteristics, marked the advent of the early original settlers of the long ago-that we might again realize and enjoy the
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blessings and satisfaction which were once so very pleasant, even amid primeval forests and dense and lofty canebrakes, and have with us again as then, at all times, such grand, congenial and noble men for fellowship as Uncle Davy Harkey, Ransom and Madison Shinn, George W. Lemoyne, David West, John Wilson, John and Mathew T. Logan, Dr. Thomas Russell, Dr. J. McFadden, Dr. G. R. Davis, Dr. J. H. Brearley, Samuel Norris, Benjamin Langford, George Williams, John, Rob- ert T., John L. and D. F. Williamson, Mahlon and John M. Bewley, Richard S. Witt, E. W. Duval, Thomas Murray, L. N. Clarke, J. L. Cravens, Kirkbride Potts, Stephen D. Lewis, William Ran- kin, James, Thomas and Philip Madden, Jesse and Thomas May, Dick Adams, John Howell, John and James Brewton, Andrew Scott, James and William Carden, Daniel Gilmore, A. J. Bayliss, Sam Hays, Hillary Herring, Abram and Jobn I. Smith, Will- iam Parks, Charles and Josiah Perry, John Brad- ley, the Howells, Bernards, Jamisons, Logans, Sullivans and many other dear old friends fondly remembered, but now no more, whose smiles, pres- ence, company and counsel once served to enliven, cheer and gladden our hearts. Peace to their ashes."
Ever since the war there has been a constant stream of home-seekers flowing in this direction from other States as well as from other counties in this State, which has added greatly to the wealth and general prosperity of the county. New towns are growing up in communities where a dozen years ago the solitude was almost unbroken by the presence of man. Railways, not alone in the county, but in all parts of the New West, have contributed largely to this advancement. All parts of the county are now settled, and schools and churches are everywhere. The increase in popu- lation has been gradual, yet quite steady, and at this time the county seems fairly well peopled. Notwithstanding this, many magnificent acres re- main unoccupied, to which the attention of all who wish to settle in a fertile land, a genial climate and a moral community is directed, and a cordial invitation is extended by the citizens here to all who may wish to occupy these lands and unite their
fortunes with theirs. Following are the names of those who are recorded as having entered land in Pope County previous to 1845. The orthography of the names as given in the records has been pre- served and in a few instances may differ from the modern orthography of the same family names: 1833-Stephen D. Lewis; 1834-Samuel Norris, John J. Morse, John Drennen; 1835-Thomas Russell, Alexander Madden, Mary N. Norris, George Poplin; 1836-Joseph H. Brearley, Kirk- bride Potts, Augustus W. Scott, Robert Davidson, Andrew Scott, John R. Homer Scott, Francis Lo- gan, Jr., Burr H. Zachary, James Allen, Thomas Butler, Keziah Mason, Isaac Hughes, J. Clark, Willis J. Wallace, William I. Albright, L. C. Howell, Sheldon Wooster, James and Philip Mad- den, Peter Thornberry, Eliza Evans, David Slink- ard, James Madden; 1837-Samuel Norris, En- glish J. Howell, Jesse May, John Burkhead, Will- iam G. H. Teevault, Cyrus F. Smith, Robert Da- vidson, Samuel Davidson, Levi G. Spear, J. D. Rose, Alfred Wallace; 1838-Wilson and Barnett, James Tittsworth, Robert Tweedy, Kirkbride Potts, Isaac W. McConnell, Joseph Potts, Thomas Russell, Ellen P. Bryan, John R. Bryan, James Allen, Thomas, James and Philip Madden, Hum- phrey P. Rose, Persis Lovely, Aaron Clark, Thomas Butler, Bartlett Zachary; 1839-Joseph P. Ring, Thomas Campbell, James Campbell, Moore & Blaisdell, Richard H. Blaisdell, Willbourn and Thompson, A. Barnett, John Aplin, William G. Barnett, William Aplin, Polly Roberts, William L. Wharton, Richard T. Banks, James Menifee, William H. Boyer, B. H. Thompson, Joseph Chan- dler, Elisha W. Owens, James J. Tweedy, Benja- min Moore, James Hollyfield, Jesse Bernard, Vin- cents J. Hutton, Abram Bernard, John E. Met- calf, R. J. Blounts, Elizabeth Carter, James Car- der, Daniel Gilmore, Joseph Parr, George W. Carter, Carter and Pattillo, Blake H. Thompson, Littleton Pattillo, John F. Burns, Aaron Clark, P. H. Smithson, William J. McCormack, Robert A. Logan, Isaac N. McConnell, Elizabeth Ewing, Cyrus Ewing, James A. Howell, Thomas A. How- ell, Joseph D. Combs, David A. Logan, Jesse May, Johnson Gibson, Moses Hough, Robert Da-
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vidson; 1840-Samuel Norris, Haines A. Howell, Amasa Howell, James A. Howell, English J. How- ell, Nicholas Beatty, Thomas J. Dart, Aaron Clark, Thomas Russell, Coke B. Darnell, Thomas H. An- drews, William A. Logan, Benjamin D. R. Shinn, Josiah S. R. Honeycutt, Cyrus Gibson, Elizabeth Parkett, Dempsa Taylor, Nancy Clark; 1841- Owen Williams, Ephraim Lemley, Thomas J. Dare, William A. Logan, Charles Himina, James Bru- ton, Thomas B. Wade, Robert B. Ross, John Bru- ton, Adam Ross, Jephtha Johnson, Ellis A. Gard- ner, James McCoy, Isaac Brown, William A. Bark- er, Lewis Potter, Edmond Tyler, Benjamin Lang- ford, John Rowland, Nathan B. Rowland, Robert S. Buley, John L. Goates, John Petrie, George P. Williamson, John Logan, Meredith Webb, John A. Bryan, William Bryan, Richard Young, John Williamson, William Phillips, Philip C. Hollidger, William O. Bryan, David S. Williamson, Augustus N. Ward, William Ennis, James G. Williamson, Alexander D. Crews, John S. Williamson, Ellen P. Bryan, William Bryan, Horatio Bernard, Henry Phillips; 1842-Henderson Benefield, John Sulli- van, Peter Pless, Joseph D. Tate, Joshua A. Hearne, Garrett Pless, John Harkey, Robert Mc- Anulty, Leonard Maddox, Samuel H. Howell, James M. Shinn, James L. Hardaway, Samuel Battenfield, John Battenfield, Elijah T. Timmons, Richard A. Bryan, David F. Williamson, Robert T. Williamson, George M. P. Williamson, Richard Ennis, John E. Shinn, John S. Williamson, James Allen; 1843-Joseph C. Johnson, Horatio Ber- nard, William O. Bryan, Samuel H. Balch, Na- thaniel D. Shinn, William L. Poynter, Calvin Vir- dan, Caleb Davis; 1844-W. A. Saphamore, George H. Feeter, William A. Logan, Joel Jones, William S. Johnson, A. Cochran, Miranda Tackett, James F. Hill, Candez Reynolds, Stephen Mat- thews, R. D. Ashmore, Samuel C. Strickland, Sam- uel Maloney, John H. Williams, A. A. Price, John S. Williamson, Elijah Pruitt, John Howell, James E. Harville, Moses W. Harville, James G. Williams, Samuel M. Hays, William H. Logan, R. W. Jamison, William C. Dixon, John Ewbanks, William J. Farriba, Robert Edmiston, Joseph Wil- son, R. Cunningham, Adam Ross, George Rush-
ing, Sarah Hays, William M. Mason, John Wilson, Tristram Rye, William Rye, Enoch Wood, Jesse Dunlap, Samuel Leonard, Hiram A. Linzey, Isaac Brown. In 1879-80 Pope County participated with Faulkner and Conway Counties in a quite extensive German immigration.
During pioneer times in this county there was a small class of men who with propriety might have been called itinerant school masters. One of these would find a settlement where enough chil- dren lived within a reasonable distance to consti- tute a small school. Visiting parents and guard- ians, he would organize a subscription school, usu- ally agreeing to teach a term of three months for a stipulated price per pupil. After having ob- tained enough subscribers to support a school of from fifteen to thirty pupils, this traveling educator would begin his school, board around with his pa- trons, teach for the time agreed upon, and then pass on and find another settlement where he would in like manner organize and teach another school, thus keeping himself almost always employed. An old surviving pioneer says that, though they were all strangers, these pedagogues were usually hon- est and gave satisfaction as teachers. As they kept constantly on the move, it was seldom that one of them was employed twice in the same set- tlement. By the time the settlers could afford a second term of school, the first teacher had passed beyond recall, and his place would be filled by another stranger. This county had to depend upon subscription schools entirely until the estab- lishment of the present free-school system. Some of the parents sent their children away for educa- tional advantages. The public schools of Arkan- sas are a post bellum organization. Prior to that epoch, the educational facilities of Pope County were very limited and primitive. The scarcity of population rendered permanent schools impractica- ble, and a small log cabin, 18x20 feet in size, would accommodate all the children within a ra- dius of six to ten miles, and a teacher did not have to be far advanced educationally to secure a school. The school-houses served also as a place of public worship. Now Arkansas has a well organized public school system with a State superintendent
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of public instruction, and a county examiner in each county. Provision is made in the Constitu- tion of the State for the support of public schools, requiring an annual tax of twenty cents upon each $100 of taxable property, to be levied and collected for that purpose, in addition to a per capita tax of one dollar upon each adult male inhabitant. The territory of each county has been laid off by the respective county courts into convenient school districts, which are managed by three directors elected by the electors of the district. In addition to the amount raised by State tax, each school dis- trict, by vote, can levy a tax not to exceed fifty cents upon the $100 for the support of its school. A large portion of the districts vote the full amount allowed by the law, paying in the aggre- gate for this laudable purpose seventy cents on the. $100 of taxable property together with a poll tax of one dollar. In towns and densely populated neighborhoods this enables the schools to be kept open for nine months in each year.
Pope County has made great advancement un- der the operations of this law, and her public schools are in a flourishing condition. New dis- tricts have been added almost every year, until now there are about 100. About the same number of teachers are employed, and the county has nearly fifty school-houses. There are over 7,000 children of the school age in the county, of whom not 600 are colored. The latter are taught sepa- rately. New school-houses are being built in nearly all parts of the county, and an almost unan- imous desire is manifested by the citizens to build up and protect that bulwark of the people's intel- lectual advancement-the public free-school. In the Russellville Graded School are enrolled nearly 400 pupils. Prof. A. E. Lee, principal, is filling his second term with marked acceptability. His assistants are Profs. M. H. Baird and R. A. Ross, and Miss Teeter of Ohio, Miss McClure of Vir- ginia, and Miss Lillie Rankin of Russellville. There are about 300 pupils enrolled in the Atkins School. Prof. J. H. Fry is principal and also county examiner. Mr. T. D. Bullock is teacher in the intermediate department, and Miss Scarlett in the primary department. Dover also has a good
public school. Its last principal was Prof. J. E. Howard, 1889-90, who was elected county clerk at the September election, 1890. These schools are carefully graded and thoroughly equipped.
The Little Rock & Fort Smith Railroad was completed through Pope County in 1872-73. It has stations in this county at Atkins, Russellville and several other convenient points. This railway has done much to develop the county and advance its best interests. It has had an influence upon set- tlements, the growth of towns, and in removing the center of trade and the seat of justice from the interior of the county to the Arkansas Val- ley. Russellville is on this line of railroad and has one of the largest and most fertile districts in Arkansas or any other State tributary to her, which promises shortly to be further opened up by a line of railway from Kansas City to Hot Springs, thus crossing the State transversely to the Little Rock & Fort Smith Railroad, and mak- ing Russellville the distributing point for an im- mense area of as rich and fertile territory as pre- sents its upturned face to the beams of Phoebus.
The following are the names of the several post-offices in Pope County: Allegan, Appleton, Atkins, Augsburg, Caglesville, Dover, Economy, Freeman, Gum Log, Hector, Holly Bend, Laurel, London, Moreland, Pearl, Northwood, Potts Sta- tion, Russellville, Santos, Scottsville, Silex Smyr- na. Atkins, Dover and Russellville are money- order offices. Several of the places mentioned are business and trading points of importance. Three of them are incorporated towns. Rus- sellville is a flourishing little city of about 1,500 inhabitants, situated in a lovely, fertile valley be- tween the Crow and Norristown ranges of mount- ains, for healthfulness and picturesque scenery hard to be surpassed. The town is immediately on the line of the Little Rock & Fort Smith Rail- road, seventy-five miles from Little Rock. The place is beautifully laid out. The streets are wide and run at right angles and are lined with shade trees, which present an appearance of comfort and tranquility during the long summer days. The sidewalks are paved with flagging, of which there is an abundant supply near the town. The build-
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"* ings are in the most part constructed of wood, but, with the exception of a few which look like old family relics, they are constructed after modern designs, and some of them are really beautiful and attractive. The dwellings generally are comforta- ble and conveniently arranged and display a refined taste in keeping with the high culture and progress of the inhabitants. The principal busi- ness houses are of brick, and some of them are de- cided ornaments in an architectural way and would be an honor to any city in the State. Russellville is one of the principal business towns in the county and is the county seat. It is an old town, having been settled as far back as 1840. The town has made rapid improvement since the completion of the railroad in 1872-73, and is now one of the most prosperous in this part of the State. The past few years have marked many improvements in the aspect and commercial importance of the place. The population has largely increased, the town has spread over a mile of territory, and numerous broad streets have been laid out and many handsome and commodious business houses and residences have been erected. Russellville is justly famous for its freedom from contagious or serious local diseases. The moral and social status of the people is not surpassed in the State; her educational facilities are of the best; the public school building, a handsome two story edifice, is one of the largest and finest in Western Arkansas. The city is under excellent municipal control, and strict sanitary measures are enforced. Its scrip is worth 100 cents on the dollar and it has no out- standing debts. In the matter of churches, Rus- sellville is well to the front. It has seven religious denominations represented, as follows: Christian, Methodist South, Methodist Episcopal, Baptist, Primitive Baptist, Cumberland Presbyterian and Presbyterian, the latter denomination possessing as yet no church building.
An advantage possessed by Russellville is the wealth of the coal district surrounding it, one of the Ouita Coal Company's mines being distant just two miles west, and undeveloped coal fields a short distance southeast, so that it is exceedingly favor- ably situated respecting manufacturing, fuel (either
wood or coal) being cheap and abundant; and its present and prospective transportation facilities surpass those of any other town between Little Rock and Van Buren, possessing as it does the Little Rock & Fort Smith Railroad, and the Dar- danelle & Russellville Railroad, the latter road connecting Russellville with the Arkansas River four miles distant. The seat of justice of Pope County was located at Russellville in 1887, and the county buildings were erected by the citizens of the town, and, together with the land on which they stand; presented by them to Pope County. Russellville was incorporated June 7, 1870. The following named persons have been mayors: B. W. Cleaver, L. S. Poe, J. E. Battenfield, A. E. Luker, G. E. Burney, J. B. Erwin, J. H. Battenfield, S. N. Evans Robert H. Jamison, J. A. Erwin, J. E. Richards, J. W. Russell. Several additions to Russellville, known as J. L. Shinn's addition, J. M. Shinn's addition, S. M. Shinn's addition, Luker's addition, Russell's addition and Torrence's addition, have been platted with a view to furnishing cheap and comfortable homes, inducing an increase of population, and extending the visible limits of the town as well as enhancing its real estate interests. J. L. Shinn's addition is the largest and most important, em- bracing most desirable territory and affording op- portunities to home-seekers seldom equaled. It is probable that Mr. Shinn has done more than any other one man to build up Russellville's interests. During recent years the capitalists of Russell- ville have to a considerable extent turned their at- tention to manufacturing. Perhaps the most im- portant industry is that of the Melrose Manufactur- ing Company, of which J. L. Shinn is president: J. M. Haney, superintendent, and J. E. Batten- field, secretary and treasurer, and which gives em- ployment to from fifty to seventy-five operatives. Incorporated in 1882, the annual business has shown a decided rise each year. The plant is situ- ated on the line of the Little Rock & Fort Smith Railroad, and occupies a one-story brick building 52x252 feet in dimensions, with a boiler-room 24x50 feet. The officers of the company are busi- ness men of recognized ability. Rope and twine are manufactured. L. M. Smith's flouring-mill
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has a capacity of about forty barrels of flour per day. In connection with this mill is a carding factory, one of the best in the State, which pre- pares the raw wool for the making of all kinds of woolen goods. Under the same management are a planing-mill, re-sawing machinery, a fruit-box manufactory, and a cotton-gin which can gin and bale twenty-five bales of cotton per day. Brown, Settle & Co.'s foundry and machine shop is one of the most profitable enterprises of the city. They work a large force of hands. The Russellville Can- ning & Evaporating Company have an extensive plant here, and employ a large force putting up berries, fruits and vegetables. This enterprise will be an inducement to farmers to devote more time to the cultivation of these products than hereto- fore. Another important enterprise is the wagon and plow factory of Luker, Davis & Co., with a capacity of over 400 wagons a year. The Citizens' Savings Bank was organized under the name of the Weimer Savings Bank, in 1887, with a capital of $10,000, and conducted as a private bank by W. G. Weimer, its founder, until April 1, 1890, when it was reorganized by a stock company with a capital of $50,000. It is the oldest bank in Rus- sellville, and has been very successful since its opening. It does considerable business with sur- rounding counties, and contemplates early reorgan- ization under the national banking system. Its officers are G. W. Harkey, president; R. F. Roys, vice-president; W. G. Weimer, cashier; James A. Potts, assistant cashier. The People's Exchange Bank was organized March 22, 1890, with R. J. Wilson as president; John M. Harkey, vice-presi- dent; John W. White, cashier, and W. J. Rey- nolds, assistant cashier. Its directors are R. J. Wilson, W. J. White, J. M. Harkey, W. H. Hill, W. M. Oates and Charles S. Mckinney. The People's Exchange Bank does all branches of general banking business. About December 1, 1890, it will move into its new three-story brick building, on the corner of Main and Jefferson Streets, which, when completed, will be one of the handsomest bank buildings in the State. Besides those mentioned, the principal business interests of Russellville may be thus summarized: General
stores, J. L. Shinn, White & Son, Morton & Co., R. M. Oates & Co., J. B. Everts & Co., R. H. Tate, R. J. Wilson, T J. Russell & Bro., M. Jacobson, Wooten & Oates; grocers, Perry & Son, C. C. Winn, Smith & Brown, Bernard Bros., Tucker & Son, M. L. Gard- ner; butchers, Baird Bros .; liverymen, Rodgers & Rankin; stationer, W. W. Brashear; wagon-makers, C. C. Lukes, J. A. Jamison; dentists, J. W. O'Kelly, H. Sherman; hotels, White House, Judd House, Central House, Buck House, Bottom House; lum- ber dealer, G. E. Howell; mill and gin, A. E. Luker & Co .; printers and publishers, Democrat Printing Company, Methodist Herald establish- ment; physicians, R. M. Drummond, J. W. Pruitt, J. M. Yancey, W. H. Hill; druggists, Weimer Drug Company, J. W. Wells; cigar manufacturer, A. C. Lawton; photographer, J. H. Ganner; milliners, Mrs. Webb, Mrs. Perry; jeweler, H. C. Wilkey; furniture, J. A. Erwin & Co .; hardware, Love & Roys Hardware Co. Russellville is no " mush- room " town. The natural causes that build up all cities have been at work here from the first, and the place has never had a "boom," so called. Its growth has been strong and vigorous. Its busi- ness men as a class have had life-long training in their special pursuits, and to their sagacity and en- terprise the future of the town may be safely en- trusted. Russellville dominates a magnificent sur- rounding country. The Arkansas River bottoms for miles are tributary to its trade, while it sup- plies the interior country to the north for miles, the people bringing in their cotton, and trading in exchange. In view of these manifest advantages, it requires no prophet to look even a few years into the future and see a busy little city of 5,000 or more on the foundation which has been laid so deeply and so well. The second town in the county in size is Atkins, situated on the Little Rock & Fort Smith Railroad, twelve miles from Russellville, and prettily located at the foot of the Crow range of mountains. From the summit of a spur of Crow Mountain, and within a mile of the town, a picture of rare loveliness stretches out over forest and field as far as the eye can reach, and on all sides are fertile farms. The town is only five miles from the famous Arkansas River bottoms,
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where everything grows so abundantly. The health of the town is excellent; chills and fever are rarely ever known. Atkins has a large mer- cantile trade and is a shipping point of large quan- tities of cotton. Considerable live-stock is handled here. The manufacture of wagons and carriages has been a leading industry. Atkins was incor- porated October 23, 1876. The following named additions to the original town plat have been platted: Reynolds', Beeson's and Cahill's addi- tions. The gentlemen here mentioned have served the town as mayor: J. F. Darr, W. H. McCul- lough, James Cagle, William Reynolds, M. Kirt- ley, J. A. Westerfield, W. A. Wilson, A. M. Gib- son. Following is a list of the principal business interests of Atkins: Lester & Riggs, general mer- chants; A. J. Sisney, furniture dealer; A. Arnn, tinner; W. S. Hinton & Son, druggists; W. A. Galloway, druggist; A. J. Croom, general mer- chant; Matthews & Matthews, grocers; Bledsoe & Ford, druggists and grocers; J. F. Darr, gen- eral merchant; E. A. Darr, general merchant; J. C. Darr, general merchant; Reynolds Bros., hard- ware dealers; M. F. Cleveland, general merchant and furniture dealer; Avera Bros., grocers; C. Bell, general merchant; E. Epstein, general mer- chant; Paul Reiss & Co., grocers; J. U. Dunn, dealer in meat; W. S. Jones & Co., grocers; Weaver & Son, wagon manufacturers; Beckham & Hammond, blacksmiths and wagon-makers; the Scerlett House and Leatherwood House, hotels; Weaver & Son, proprietors of saw-mill, planing- mill and grist-mill; M. Alewine, cotton-gin and grist-mill; J. H. Potts, J. H. Westerfield, J. M. Yandall, R. B. Whiteside and D. J. Warren, physicians; B. F. Wilson, dentist. The Meth- odist Episcopal, the Baptist, the Cumberland Presbyterian, the Methodist Episcopal South and the Catholic Churches all have organizations and hold regular meetings at Atkins. Some of their houses of worship are very fine buildings. The population of this town is about 1,000. Dover, long the county seat of Pope County, was incor. porated December 3, 1852, and its incorporation lapsed some years ago. It was once the seat of Dover College, an educational institution of more
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