WILLIAM JOSEPH ECHOLS

William Joseph Echols, banker and merchant, who made valuable contribution to the development and progress of Fort Smith through the many years of his connection with the city, was born on a plantation in De Soto county, Mississippi, in 1848, his parents being Elkanah and Louisa (Shotwell) Echols. His grandfather, William Echols, was the owner of a large plantation in Alabama and later became a resident of Mississippi, where he also was prominently known as a planter. The father of William J. Echols was a resident of Huntsville, Alabama, before his removal to Mississippi and was descended from an old Virginia family. Like his father he was a planter and slave owner, giving his entire life to the management of his agricultural interests.

William J. Echols was reared on his father's plantation and pursued his education in public and private schools in southern Mississippi. He started out in the business world as a merchant at Senatobia, Mississippi, where he remained for about ten years and then removed to Fort Smith, Arkansas, in 1881. Here he opened a wholesale grocery house, which he conducted to the time of his death on the 2d of March 1897. Through the intervening period he built up a business of very substantial and gratifying proportions, his ramifying trade interests covering a broad territory. After a few years’ residence in Fort Smith he also organized and founded the Merchants’ Bank, now a National Bank of Fort Smith, of which he became the first president, remaining as its chief executive officer until his life's labors were ended. He made this one of the most substantial and thoroughly reliable banking institutions of the state. His business policy was always such as would bear the closest investigation and scrutiny and in which enterprise, determination and progressiveness figured strongly. His plans were always carefully formulated and promptly executed, and his energy enabled him to carry forward to successful completion whatever he undertook.

In October 1871, at Memphis, Tennessee, Mr. Echols was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Carter, of North Carolina, in which state Mrs. Echols was reared and educated. Three children were born of this marriage: William Joseph, who is now president of the Merchants Bank, which his father established and he became his father's successor in the office; Maud Shotwell, now the wife of C. W. Hammill of New York city; and Elizabeth C. the wife of James Reynolds of Fort Smith.

Mr. Echols was a democrat in his political belief and his religious faith was that of the Christian church. Since his demise Mrs. Echols has erected the Echols Memorial Christian church in Fort Smith, at Alabama street and: May avenue. She also built a beautiful residence on Fifteenth street, it being one of the most attractive homes of the south.

Mr. Echols was never a club man but gave his time and energy without limit to his business affairs and his close application undoubtedly hastened his death. By reason of his business activity he contributed in large measure to the upbuilding and progress of the city in which he made his home and he ever measured up to the highest standards of manhood and citizenship in every regard.

Mrs. Echols is a cultured lady of the southern school, devoting her life to her home and her family and taking helpful part in charitable and benevolent work, yet always without ostentation or display. Frequently her bounty is not known save to the recipient and to herself hut it is well known that the deserving never make appeal to her in vain. Her friends - and they are legion - say that she is one of the most honored and most loved women of Arkansas.

G. C. ELLIS

The high educational standards to which Arkansas is rapidly approaching are fully maintained in the efforts of G. C. Ellis, county superintendent of schools in Scott county. Actuated by a laudable ambition, he is doing everything in his power to promote the interests of the schools and during his incumbency in this position has introduced various improvements. A native of Tennessee, he was born in Rockwood. December 7, 1884, his parents being John and Mary Elizabeth (Bacon) Ellis, who are also natives of Tennessee, in which state they were reared and married. The father was a son of Monroe Ellis, a native of Tennessee, who owned a large plantation there, together with about one hundred negroes. The grandfather in the maternal line was John Bacon, who was likewise born in Tennessee and was a direct descendant of Nathaniel Bacon. John Bacon served as a Confederate soldier in the Civil war and was badly wounded. In 1899 John and Mary Elizabeth (Bacon) Ellis left Tennessee and came to Arkansas, settling upon a farm in Scott county, where they still make their home. They are stanch supporters of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, in which they hold membership. and in politics Mr. Ellis is a democrat. He served in the Confederate army under General Joseph Wheeler for four years and on one occasion was slightly wounded and also was captured, but soon afterward was exchanged. To Mr. and Mrs. John Ellis there were born the following children: G. C., whose name introduces this review; Claude, a farmer living at Mansfield, Arkansas; Jarvis, who married Henry Presson and is located at Dayton. Arkansas; Mae, the wife of Leota Waters, a farmer of Huntington, Arkansas; Cole Y., who is a school teacher at Mansfield, and Jane, who married Earl McDonald and lives at Shawnee, Oklahoma G. C. Ellis pursued his education in the Arkansas State Normal School at Conway and in the State Normal at Tyler, Texas. He took up the profession of teaching in 1905 and continued to engage therein until elected county superintendent of schools in Scott county in 1918. Throughout the intervening period to the present he has made a most excellent record in office, and the county is to be congratulated upon having at the head of its school system one who is so thoroughly informed concerning modern methods and who is so thoroughly interested in bringing about the best possible conditions in the schools over which he has supervision.

In 1907 Mr. Ellis was married to Miss Willie Simpson, who was born in Scott county, Arkansas, a daughter of S. W. Simpson. a native of this state and now living at Mansfield. where he owns considerable land. To Mr. and Mrs. Ellis have been born three sons, Byron, Weston and Merrill, all in school.

Mr. Ellis is a democrat in his political views. He has membership with the Masons, with the Odd Fellows and the Junior Order of American Mechanics, and he is likewise a consistent and faithful follower of the teachings of the Methodist Episcopal church, South. His labors have been a potent force in bringing about intellectual and moral progress in his community and he has accomplished a work the results of which are immeasurable.

HENRY CONRAD FABER

Henry Conrad Faber is one of the most active and energetic business men in Crawford county, and closely watching every opportunity for the attainment of legitimate success, he has made constant progress since starting out in the business world on his own account. For twenty-five years he has conducted the Faber Store in Van Buren and he is readily conceded to be a representative citizen of the community.

Henry Conrad Faber was born in Sebastian county, Arkansas, on his grandfather's farm in 1868, and this farm is still in possession of the family. His parents were William L. and Georgie L. (Knox) Faber. The paternal grandfather, Conrad William Faber, was for many years a prominent business man in New York city and a personal friend of John Jacob Astor. Mr. Astor and Mr. Faber were then on a par in the business world. Mr. Faber, however. met with financial disaster when, after shipping a large consignment of turpentine, tar and pitch to an English concern, that concern failed and the shipment was seized. Grandfather Faber's demise occurred in 1852 in Brooklyn, New York, and he is buried in Greenwood Cemetery there. Our subject's paternal grandmother was Annie Bolton Booth Faber, and her death occurred when her son, William L., was born. William L. was cared for by his grandmother Booth until he was seven years old. He was then sent to Germany and was there reared by Mrs. Harnickell, an aunt, and educated at Heidelbergsebas. A brother of Annie Bolton Booth, Prof. James Curtis Booth, was for forty years identified with the mints in Philadelphia and was a highly esteemed and representative citizen. William L. Faber, the father of our subject, was highly educated and was an accomplished musician. He was one of the first chemists and mining engineers in this country and at the time of his demise in Salt Lake City in 1873, he was in the employ of a large mining company there. He was a veteran of the Civil war, having served on General Van Dorn's staff in the Confederate army. Mrs. Faber's death occurred May 27. 1920. She was a daughter of George W. and Eudora (Rose) Knox. and both her mother and grandmother were natives of Arkansas. A diary was recently found by Mr. Faber which was written by his grandfather Knox. in which he describes a boat trip from Arkansas to New York in 1842, and speaks of St. Louis, Chicago and other large cities, as thriving little towns.

In the acquirement of an education H. C. Faber attended the schools of Little Rock. In 1892, after putting his textbooks aside, he came to Van Buren. and because of serious eye trouble at this time, engaged in raising strawberries. For four years he was thus actively engaged, achieving substantial success, and at the termination of that time be determined to enter the business world and subsequently opened an establishment in Van Buren. For twenty-five years now he has been one of the leading merchants in Crawford county and he is perhaps the only retailer in the country who is a stockholder in the Reynolds-Davis Grocery Company of Fort Smith, wholesale grocers. Mr. Faber is a stockholder in the Oklahoma Auto Manufacturing Company of Muskogee and the Coca-Cola Manufacturing business in Fort Smith. He likewise operates the old home farm of five hundred acres.

On June 6, 1918, Mr. Faber was united in marriage to Miss Pauline Sadler, a daughter of W. P. Sadler of Van Buren, who is clerk of the state supreme court in Little Rock. Mr. Fabersebas takes the interest of an intelligent and wide-awake citizen in public affairs, and in selection of competent men for public office. In his business life he has been a persistent, resolute and energetic worker, possessing strong executive powers, and added to a progressive spirit, ruled by more than ordinary intelligence and good judgment, there has been a native justice which has expressed itself in correct principle and practice.

EDGAR E. FOLLENSBEE

Edgar E. Follensbee, president of the Sunshine Plumbing & Electric Company, in which connection he executes large and important contracts, has today the largest open' shop in the state. Straightforward dealing and fair treatment of employees has enabled him to secure a liberal patronage. permitting him to pay a good living wage to those who work for him. This spirit of fairness and justice is characteristic of Mr. Follensbee and commands for him the respect and confidence of all who know him. Mr. Follensbee is a native of Wisconsin, his birth having occurred in the capital city of Madison in 1852, his parents being Joseph and Adelaide Follensbee. The father died when the son was but four years of age. On leaving Wisconsin, Edgar E. Follensbee became a resident of Clinton county. Missouri, and since that time has made his home west of the Mississippi. He learned the plumber's trade in Burlington, Kansas, and developing his natural skill and talent along mechanical lines. He has made steady progress in his chosen calling. He installed, owned and operated an electric light plant at Burlington, Kansas, in the year 1885, a plant that served three thousand consumers. Removing to Fort Smith, he began business with an open shop and never has he found it necessary to deviate from this policy. He is today operating one of the largest open shops in the state, doing plumbing and electrical contracting. He pays high wages and employs none but skilled workmen. He buys his material by the car load and he does perhaps more than one-half of the plumbing and electrical business in the city. His personal superintendence of all jobs and the capability of the workmen whom he employs insures excellent results in the execution of the contracts which are accorded him. He has been a close student of the labor conditions and problems before the country and he believes that fairness of treatment and fairness in the matter of wage will solve all the perplexing questions before the country today. His own course is a verification of his theory and his principles and there is no man who more thoroughly enjoys the respect and confidence of employees than does Edgar E. Follensbee.

0n the 31st of December, 1878, Mr. Follensbee was united in marriage to Miss Lelia Jackson, a daughter of Joseph and Clara (Siverly) Jackson, who were natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio respectively. The father died when his daughter, Lelia, was but four months old and the mother was married again, becoming the wife of George W. Brott in 1862. Mr. Brott departed this life in 1915, leaving two sons. Mr. and Mrs. Follensbee became the parents of a son, Donald, who died at the age of five months. Their religious faith is indicated by their membership in the First Christian church, while fraternally Mr. Follensbee is identified with the Masons. His political allegiance is given to the republican party.

JAMES A. GALLAHER.

James A. Gallaher, member of the Fort Smith bar, practicing as senior partner in the firm of Gallaher & Gean, a relation that has been maintained for more than six years, is a native son of Arkansas, his birth having occurred in the city of Paris in May, 1871, his parents being Thomas J. and Eliza J. (Rhyne) Gallaher. While spending his youthful days in his father's home he attended the public schools and later became a student in the Paris Academy. Determining upon the practice of law, he began reading with the purpose of winning admission to the bar and continued his studies in the University of Arkansas until graduated with the class of 1898. Immediately afterward he opened an office in his native city and there remained for about a decade, or until 1908, when he came to Fort Smith. Here he has continued in practice, and on the 25th of March 1915, entered into his present partnership relation with Roy R. Gean, under the firm style of Gallaher & Gean.

In 1912 Mr. Gallaher was married to Miss Elba B. Culbertson of Fort Smith, who is well known in this city, both Mr. and Mrs. Gallaher having an extensive circle of warm friends, and to them the hospitality of the best homes is freely accorded. Fraternally Mr. Gallaher is connected with the Modern Woodmen of America and the Brotherhood of American Yeomen, and he was a delegate to the national convention of the Yeomen, while for ten years he served as secretary of the local organization. He is also the secretary of the Southern Livestock & Lumber Company, which indicates that his activities have been extended into other business fields outside of his profession. His political allegiance is given to the republican party, and he was nominated on its ticket for the office of circuit judge. However, he has always considered the pursuits of private life as in themselves abundantly worthy of his best efforts, and he has made a lasting impression upon the bar of the state, arguing many cases and losing but few. His course in the courtroom is characterized by a calmness and dignity that indicate reserve strength, and while he has manifested the utmost devotion to the interests of his clients, he never forgets that he owes a still higher allegiance to the majesty of the law.

ROY R. GEAN.

Roy R. Gean, who since his service in the United States army during the World war, has been engaged in the practice of law in Fort Smith, being one of the younger members of the bar who is rapidly forging his way to the front, was born in Van Buren, this state, on the 19th of September, 1894, his parents being John R. and Charlotte (Mann) Gean. The maternal grandfather was a soldier of the Confederate army during the Civil war.

Spending his youthful days under the parental roof, Roy R. Gean attended the public schools of Van Buren and later prepared for his professional career as a student in the law department of the La Salle University through its extension course. He continued his reading until he had thoroughly qualified for practice and then, having passed the required examination for admission to the bar, he opened a law office in Fort Smith. Advancement in the profession is proverbially slow, yet he made steady progress and after a time entered into partnership with James A. Gallaher. His professional activity, however, was interrupted by his service in the World war. On the 26th of April 1917, he volunteered for the army and went to the First Officers Training Camp at Fort Logan H. Roots. There he was honorably discharged. Later he was drafted into the service on the 26th of August, 191S, and remained a member of the Fourth Company of the Fourth Battalion, I. C. O. T. S., until mustered out the following December.

Mr. Gean was united in marriage in 1919 to Miss Nan Fisher Baker of Oklahoma City, and they have become parents of a daughter, Francis Virginia. Mr. Gean is identified with the Masonic fraternity and also has membership with the Woodmen of the World and the Brotherhood of American Yeomen. He finds pleasurable associations in these orders and is loyal to their teachings and purposes. The major part of his attention, however, is given to his professional interests and earnest effort, close application and the exercise of his native talents have won him constant advancement as a representative of the bar. By reason of what he has already accomplished it seems that his future career will be well worth watching. He is now assistant prosecuting attorney of the twelfth judicial district.

RAY GILL

The outstanding characteristic of Ray Gill, secretary of the Business Men's Club of Fort Smith, is probably initiative. With a keenness that is born of energy and diligence he seems to see the possibilities of every situation and utilizes his opportunities and advantages in the attainment of results extremely desirable in the upbuilding of various interests and communities.

Mr. Gill was born in Paola, Kansas, in 1876. He completed his education in the University of Kansas and subsequently engaged in newspaper work and in teaching school. Both proved of worth and value to him in preparation for his activities at a later date. In 1900 he came to Arkansas and was first engaged in the hotel business at Hot Springs. While there residing, he founded the criminal identification bureau, employing the Bertillon and finger print systems. He also organized the Arkansas State Fair Association, offering prizes for mineral and agricultural exhibits, which resulted in a widespread interest and development along both agricultural and mineral lines. From 1908 to 1916 Mr. Gill was associated with the state department of education. While thus engaged he instituted the first agricultural club work in Arkansas and organized Boys Corn Clubs throughout the state. He prepared and issued pamphlets on these movements and their value, resulting largely in production of a greater and better yield of corn. As deputy state superintendent of public instruction he was in charge of publicity and propaganda, thus serving until 1916 with the result that there was a decided increase in the school tax in order that the schools of the state might be advanced to higher standards. Mr. Gill was also associated with the old Board of Trade and the old Chamber of Commerce of Little Rock and cooperated heartily in all organized movements of these bodies for the benefit of the city and the extension of its trade relations. In 1914 he was prominent in the movement for agricultural development and for diversifying crops. He greatly promoted these objects through demonstration by exhibit and through the distribution of literature on similar work in other states. In 1916 Mr. Gill became secretary of the Business Men's Club of Fort Smith, his work being the broadening of civic spirit. This was following the discovery of natural gas, which gave great impetus to the growth and development of the city. He also instituted a factory campaign, which resulted in locating twenty-five factories in Fort Smith, including many furniture factories and glass making concerns. He also continued the campaign for agricultural extension and he was instrumental in getting rid of the cattle tick in this campaign, so that Sebastian county was placed north of the quarantine line.

He likewise instituted a movement for the introduction of blooded cattle and from forty per cent of the normal milk supply there was an increase to full local supply, with six hundred to seven hundred gallons of cream per week shipped to creameries. Mr. Gill closely studies every question that has to do with the agricultural development and business progress of the state. Mr. Gill has also organized civic and cultural clubs which work in conjunction with the organized civic council, meeting once a month, representatives of these clubs, of the school board and other organizations, meeting in a round-table discussion of civic needs. The Civic Federation under his guidance has worked on the housing problem and on the entertainment of children, and each club which is organized devotes a part of its time to social betterment. During the World war the Business Men's Club was the center of all war movements and activities. A most complete card system was kept and any movement or project that was started was immediately systematized in this way.

Mr. Gill served as sub chairman of the war industries board and in every possible way furthered the work done in Arkansas in connection with the various war activities which constituted the home defense for the soldiers in camp and field. Every corporation was listed with an account of the nationality of the owner and that of the superintendent, together with the record of floor space and the number of employees both skilled and unskilled, together with an account of the possibility of increased output or the conversion of a plant to other uses if necessary. The system developed by Mr. Gill was used as a model throughout the country.

Another line of his activity was in connection with the bond sales campaigns and in this work every promise was an actual sale being accompanied by cash payment. The liberty loan work, the conservation work and other campaign work was handled by Mr. Gill in a concise and accurate manner, thoroughness and system characterizing all of the work done in the office. In connection with the social welfare work of which he has been the prime mover the old federal jail was ceded to The Fort Smith Day Nursery and a demonstration of kitchen activities and a free clinic were instituted. The building has likewise been used as a gymnasium and a place for teaching child welfare work and health improvement. The study of the milk situation has also claimed the attention of Mr. Gill, who aided in securing the establishment of health inspection for the school children, which disclosed a need of nourishment. Fifteen distributing stations were established, issuing a quart of milk per day to school children and the result was seen in the immediate improvement in the general health of the pupils. In the reorganization campaign of the Chamber of Commerce sixty new members were added in spite of the general depression of the times and this is in marked contrast to the falling off that has been shown in Chambers of Commerce in other cities. The funds of the Chamber are distributed through three different appropriations the industrial fund, the civic fund and the traffic fund and the interlocking directorates have handled in this way a total of thirty-two thousand dollars per year.

Mr. Gill has also instituted a home-building movement, promoting a stimulation in home building. There is now a campaign under way for securing substantial industries for the city.

Mr. Gill was married in 1894, to Miss Phoebe Hobson and they have two children: Hazel; and Mrs. Juanita Adams. Mr. Gill is a man of unfeigned cordiality, possessing a social, genial nature, while at the same time he is most alert and energetic, ready for any emergency and ready for any opportunity. He has studied closely the great sociological, political and economic problems before the country today and while concentrating his efforts upon Fort Smith, its local needs and its advantages he has at the same time aided many other cities in finding solution for their problems through the example which he has set. The worth of his work is immeasurable and Fort Smith could ill afford to dispense with his services.

CHARLES P. GREEN

Charles P. Green, assistant cashier of the Huntington State Bank and one of the prominent business men of Huntington, is a representative of one of the old pioneer families of the state, the Greens having come originally from Mississippi. S. F. Green, father of Charles P. Green, establishing his home in eastern Oklahoma. has devoted his life to merchandising and to farming, conducting a well appointed store at Cameron, Oklahoma. He married Miss Alma Pollard, a member of one of the old families of Georgia, her parents removing from that state to Oklahoma. Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Green became the parents of five children: Charles P.; L. J., who served as signal man in the navy during the World war; William, who was also with the United States army; Helen M. Green; and Harry P. Green. Charles P. Green was born in eastern Oklahoma, near Cameron, in 1896. His youthful days were spent under the parental roof and no event of special importance occurred to vary the routine of life for him in his boyhood days. He pursued his education there until he had completed the course in the Cameron high school, after which he made his initial step in the business world by entering the employ of the Bank of Panama. He was likewise employed at one time in the Bank of Cameron and in 1917 he became associated with the Huntington State Bank, in which he fills the position of assistant cashier. This bank was founded in 1912 and its officers are: W. L. Seaman, president; C. C. Graves, vice president; and G. R. Holbrook, cashier. Mr. Green's life has been devoted to the banking business and his close application, thoroughness and fidelity have been the means of winning advancement since he started out in the business world.

Mr. Green is a veteran of the World war. He enlisted in the army at Fort Smith and was assigned to Fort Logan H. Roots for training with the ammunition train. Later he served at Camp Beauregard and at Camp Leon Springs. He was promoted to the rank of second lieutenant at Camp Beauregard and was subsequently made first lieutenant at Camp McArthur. Lieutenant Green was united in marriage to Miss Pearl McAlister of Cameron, Oklahoma, a daughter of C. J. McAlister. They are well known in Huntington and enjoy the warm friendship of many with whom they have come into contact. Mr. Green is a Mason who loyally follows the teachings of the craft, and in every relation of life he has measured up to high standards of manhood and citizenship.

D. C. GREEN

D. C. Green, vice president and general manager of the Fort Smith Light & Traction Company was born in Patriot, Indiana, in 1884. His youthful days were spent in his native state and after completing his public school education attended Purdue University at Lafayette, Indiana, where he pursued a course in electrical engineering, winning his E. E. degree in 1908. Since that time he has engaged in public utility work in the states of California, Oregon, Washington and Utah. His varied experience covering thirteen years has brought him wide knowledge of every phase of the work and steadily he has advanced in positions of responsibility until he is now the vice president and general manager of the Fort Smith Light & Traction Company, which furnishes light and power for Fort Smith. He has been in Arkansas for the past four years and during his connection with the corporation at Fort Smith he has been active in introducing improvements and thoroughly systematizing the business in every way, his labors bringing about excellent results.

In 1910 Mr. Green was united in marriage to Miss Frances Sexton, a daughter of Dr. J. C. Sexton of Rushville, Indiana, and they have become parents of one son, John Sexton.

In public affairs Mr. Green takes an active interest and his aid is ever given on the side of progress and improvement. He belongs to the Businessmen’s Club, of which he is now the vice president and one of the directors - an organization that is doing definite work for the improvement of business conditions in Fort Smith, taking into consideration all the problems that in any way effect the commercial or industrial life of the community. He likewise belongs to the Noon Civics Club, which, as the name indicates, has for its purpose the upholding and advancement of civic standards. He is likewise the president of the Rotary Club, vice president and one of the directors of the Country Club and is national council representative of the Fort Smith Boy Scouts. During the World war he served on all the committees having to do with the Red Cross and war fund drives and by reason of his marked energy, enterprise and patriotism he has become a dynamic force in the community in which he lives, being widely recognized as a leader of public thought and opinion.

B. A. GRISWOLD

As the complexity of business has increased there has come a demand for efficiently trained men and women who are qualified to take up the onerous and responsible duties that have to do with the successful conduct of business at the present day. At various points in the country, therefore, have been established and conducted commercial colleges which have trained young people for the business world and today B. A. Griswold is manager and owner of the Fort Smith Commercial College, located at Sixth and Rogers streets. He became identified with this institution in August, 1917, and has since successfully conducted it.

Mr. Griswold is a native of Missouri, his birth having occurred in Chariton county in 1879. He pursued his education in the schools of that state and his business education was acquired in the Capital City Business College at Guthrie, Oklahoma. Practically his entire life has been devoted to educational work. He early became principal of the Lawton Business College at Lawton, Oklahoma, there remaining from 1907 until 190S. He was also principal of the bookkeeping department of the Taylor Commercial College at Taylor, Texas.

In the latter part, of 1908 he became manager and owner of the Moberly Commercial College at Moberly, Missouri, and there remained for about nine years, or until March, 1917, when he came to Fort Smith and purchased the Fort Smith Commercial College, of which he has since been owner and manager. During the intervening period of four years the enrollment of the school has greatly increased, until its student body now represents eleven different states. The school is conceded to be the best equipped in Arkansas and is perhaps the most widely known business college in this part of the country. Mr. Griswold maintains an excellent corps of assistants, splendidly qualified to teach in their various departments, and he has supervision over the entire school, studying each individual student so far as this is possible and directing his studies to his best development.

Professor Griswold was married in 1902 to Miss Lelia Brown of Missouri, and they have one son, Raymond. Mr. Griswold belongs to the Business Men's Club and to the Ad Club. He takes the keenest interest in all that pertains to the welfare and progress of Fort Smith and his cooperation and aid are given to every plan and measure which tends to benefit the city and uphold its civic standards.

HARALSON & NELSON

Although young in years. the two members of the firm of Haralson & Nelson, architects, with offices in the Merchants National Bank building at Fort Smith, have made a splendid record in their profession. Their patronage is now extensive and their business has reached most gratifying proportions. many splendid structures standing as monuments to their skill and ability.

J. J. Haralson was born in Lagrange, Georgia, in the year 1895, and in the acquirement of his education attended the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, which conferred upon him the degrees of Bachelor and of Master of Science. Early in his professional career he was associated with the E. E. Dunlap Company, well-known architects of Indianapolis, Indiana, and in 1917 came to Fort Smith, where he has since remained, and through the intervening period has successfully followed his profession. In 1919 he formed a partnership with Mr. Nelson, and the association has since been maintained most satisfactorily. At the time of the World war Mr. Haralson joined the coast artillery, enlisting at San Antonio, Texas, and winning a commission as second lieutenant.

E. C. Nelson was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 26, 1894, and was a lad of six summers when his parents removed to Birmingham, Alabama, in 1900. His professional training was also received in the Alabama Polytechnic Institute. His early office training was received while in the employ of the firm of Miller & Martin, architects of Birmingham, and he was afterward associated with Frederick Ausfeld, a well-known architect of Montgomery, Alabama. He has remained in Fort Smith since 1919, at which time he entered into a partnership with Mr. Haralson. He had also been in the army, having served for about two years during the period of the World war. The firm of

Haralson & Nelson gained almost immediate recognition by reason of their professional skill and ability, and they now occupy a most enviable place as architects of the southwest. Both have been thoroughly trained and have had wide experience for men of their years, and that they are doing splendid work is evidenced in the many substantial and beautiful structures which they have erected. They were the architects of the Arkansas Valley Bank, the store of the W. A. Johnson Clothing Company, the Presbyterian Sunday school, the Ninth Street Baptist church, also the Stadium at Fort Smith and the residence of Buckner Williams at Fort Smith, the Masonic Temple of Fort Smith and the Tuberculosis Hospital for Fort Smith District of Sebastian county. They have a thorough understanding of all of the scientific phases as well as the practical features which underlie their work, and as the years go by their developing powers are bringing them more and more into prominence.

JAMES HARTSHORN

James Hartshorn of Fort Smith, interior decorator, who established business in 1915, has through the intervening period of six years gained a patronage that is most gratifying. His work is seen in some of the most beautiful interiors in the best homes of the city. He possesses initiative and sound judgment combined with a highly developed artistic bent and his excellent work has brought to him many satisfied patrons.

Mr. Hartshorn came to the southwest from New Albany, Indiana, where his birth occurred in 1885, his parents being James and Matilda Hartshorn. He was reared and educated at the place of his birth and has devoted his attention to the decorating business throughout practically his entire lite. He designs interiors and advises concerning all necessary materials required in the decoration of a home. He carries in stock all materials such as paints, paper and other factors in household adornment and on receiving a commission for work of this character turns the actual task of painting and paper-hanging over to a contractor. He has won a large clientele in the short time that he has been in business and is regarded as the leading decorator of the city. When he first came to Fort Smith in 1911 he worked for a year in the employ of the C. J. Murta Furniture Company and afterward spent two years in the employ of James Sparks. 0n the expiration of that period he became identified with the Art Wall Paper Company, with which he continued for three months and then embarked in business for himself. He entered into partnership with a man by the name of Fleming, under the firm style of Fleming & Hartshorn, the senior partner advancing the money, while Mr. Hartshorn supplied the practical skill. After a short time, however, his partner decided to retire from the business and Mr. Hartshorn purchased his interest. He practically started the business on nothing, but he possessed skill and taste and it was not long before the value of his work met appreciation in a liberal patronage. He laid the foundation for his success in a four years' thorough apprenticeship and ten years of practical experience at his trade in Indiana. Steadily he has advanced and is now one of the capable and prosperous business men of Fort Smith.

In 1905 Mr. Hartshorn was married to Miss Hattie Clara Kierner of New Albany, Indiana, and their children are: Jane, Louis and Katherine. During the World war Mr. Hartshorn was a. member of the Home Guard, and served on various committees to promote war activities. He possesses an excellent voice and sang on many occasions in furthering the various drives. He has membership with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, is a member of the Rotary Club, the Ad Club and the Business Men's Club and when his cooperation is sought to further any plan for the public good he is never found wanting.

JESSE L. HIGGINS

A loyal and enterprising citizen of Mansfield is Jesse L. Higgins, who since the 1st of February, 1919, has been engaged in the hardware business here. He is a native son of Arkansas, his birth having occurred near Mansfield in 1891, a son of J. F. and Harriett (Goble) Higgins. The father came to Arkansas from Georgia when a boy, just after the close of the Civil war, and he engaged in farming here. His father. Reuben W. Higgins, served with a Georgia regiment throughout the Civil war and participated in the battles of Gettysburg, Manassas Junction and Bull Run. When Jesse L. Higgins became of school age he attended the country schools of the surrounding country and later entered Cumberland College in Clarksville, this state. Upon graduating from that institution he entered the business world as bookkeeper for the Bank of Mansfield. His rise in financial circles was rapid and subsequently he resigned his position with that institution to become assistant cashier of the Huntington State Bank. Sometime later he became associated with the Mitchell & Mitchell Manufacturing Company as secretary, that concern being located at Fort Smith and he was active in that capacity when the United States entered the World war. His patriotism prompted immediate enlistment and he was sent into training at Camp Pike. At the close of the war he returned to Mansfield and on the 1st of February, 1919, he purchased an interest in a hardware concern. Mr. Higgins has won for himself an enviable reputation as a careful man of business and in his dealings is known for his prompt and honorable methods. which have earned him the deserved and unbounded confidence of his fellowmen.

In May, 1918 occurred the marriage of Mr. Higgins to Miss Rowena Harwell. She was formerly a teacher in the public schools of Little Rock and also was an instructor in shorthand at Draughons College. One child, Harriett, has been born to their union. She is two years of age. Fraternally Mr. Higgins is a thirty-second degree Mason and he belongs to the consistory at Little Rock. He is post commander of the American Legion and takes an active part in furthering the interests of that organization. As head of one of the representative business interests of Mansfield, Mr. Higgins has the confidence and respect of all with whom he has come into contact and has won for himself a host of friends. He is loyal and enterprising, possessing the progressive spirit of the times and accomplishing what he undertakes.

JOSEPH MORRISON HILL

Joseph Morrison Hill, for thirty-four years a member of the Fort Smith bar, save for his four years' service as chief justice of the supreme court of Arkansas, was born September 2, 1864, at Davidson College, Mecklenburg county, North Carolina. His father, Daniel Harvey Hill, was a descendant of Colonel William Hill, commander of a regiment in Sumter's brigade, and also of Thomas Caheen, who served as a private in Sumter's brigade in the Revolutionary war.

Daniel Harvey Hill was a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point with the class of 1842. He was promoted from the rank of second lieutenant to that of major during the Mexican war and later he was professor of mathematics in Washington College, now the Washington and Lee University. He afterward filled the position of professor of mathematics at Davidson College and next was superintendent of the North Carolina Military Institute at Charlotte in that state. He served in the Confederate army as a colonel of the First North Carolina Regiment and became successively brigadier general, major general and lieutenant general, C. S. A. He was afterward well known as editor, writer and educator and filled a notable place in connection with the history of the south. From 1877 until 1885 he was president of the University of Arkansas. He married Isabella Morrison, a daughter of the Rev. Robert Hall Morrison, a distinguished Presbyterian minister and the first president of Davidson College. On the maternal side Judge Hill is descended from Joseph Graham, a lieutenant of the American army in the Revolutionary war and later a major general.

Judge Hill pursued his classical education in the University of Arkansas and afterward attended the Lebanon Law School of Lebanon, Tennessee, from which he was graduated with the LL. B. degree. He was admitted to the bar at Berryville, Carroll county, Arkansas, September 11, 1S83, and was engaged in the practice of law at Eureka Springs, this state, from that date until 1887. He then removed to Fort Smith and has since been a representative of the bar of this city, save for the four years of his service as chief justice of the supreme court of the state, to which office he was called on the 1st of November, 1904, remaining in active connection with that high tribunal until February 1, 1909, when he resigned to accept the position of chief counsel for the state in the railroad rate cases, which he won for the state before the supreme court of the United States. He now has an extensive clientele and has long been regarded as one of the most eminent representatives of the har in the southwest.

On the 19th of November, 1890, at Lake Village, Arkansas, Judge Hill was married to Miss Kate Reynolds, a daughter of General D. H. Reynolds, who was a brigadier general in the Confederate army, also a member of the Arkansas state senate and a most distinguished lawyer. Judge and Mrs. Hill have two daughters: Martha, the wife of David R. Williams; and Isabel Preston, the wife of John C. Hill.

Judge Hill belongs to the Country Club of Fort Smith, to the Elks lodge and to the Masonic fraternity, being a past master of Belle Point Lodge, No. 20, F. & A. M. In politics he has always been a stalwart democrat and was permanent chairman of the state democratic convention in 1920. In 1918 he served as a member of the district exemption board of the western district of Arkansas, and since June, 1909, he has been president of the board of trustees of the Arkansas Tuberculosis sanitarium. His keen interest in everything pertaining to the welfare and progress of the state has been manifest in many tangible ways, while his service on the bench was one that reflected honor and credit upon the people who had honored him.

G. R. HOLBROOK

G. R. Holbrook, who is the efficient cashier of the Huntington State Bank at Huntington, Arkansas, was born in Kansas, and after acquiring a public school education he entered railroad service in a clerical capacity. Since that time he has steadily progressed, through the wise use of his time, talents and opportunities. After his railroad service he was connected with the coal business at Midland and later removed to Huntington, where he has remained. Here he was also engaged in the coal trade for a. time but for the past nine years has been associated with the Huntington State Bank. in which he is now cashier. His ability in this direction is recognized by his fellow officials in the institution as well as by the general public that always finds him a courteous and obliging official�one who is just as thorough in looking after the welfare of patrons of the bank as in protecting the interests of the institution. He married Miss Clara Woodson.

DANIEL HON

ROBERT E. LEE HOOPER

REV. PATRICK FRANCIS HORAN

SMITH HUMPHREY

CLARENCE L. HUNT, D. D. S.

Dr. Clarence L. Hunt, an able representative of the dental profession of Fort Smith, not only deserves mention in this work as a prominent dentist and leading citizen but also as a member of one of the old and honored pioneer families of the state. He is a grandson of Hon. William H. Hunt, a Harvard graduate, who came from Georgia to Arkansas in the early period of settlement and development here and at one time served as a member of the legislature, aiding in shaping the policy and progress of the state in its formative period. His son, Charles Hunt, was a surveyor and did much important work of this character in Arkansas. Both he and his son, Dr. Hunt, were connected with topographical work for the railroad that was to extend from Ola to Hot Springs and in this connection estimated the timber, coal and the position for the railroad, which now extends from Ola to Plainview.

Charles Hunt was united in marriage to Ruth White and their family included Dr. Clarence L. Hunt of this review, who was born in Ola, Arkansas, in May, 1884. He acquired his primary education in Dardanelle and in 1901 made his way to Fort Smith, then a youth of seventeen years. Here he entered high school and completed the full course in three years. He afterward spent a year in study in the Central University at Danville, Kentucky, and later went east, attending the University of Pennsylvania from 1905 until 1908, in which year he completed his dental course and won his D. D. S. degree. Returning to Fort Smith, he spent four years in practice as the associate of Dr. W. T. Cate and in 1912 opened an office independently, since which time he has concentrated his efforts and attention upon professional duties, which have constantly increased in volume and importance. He displays marked skill and ability in dental surgery, being thoroughly conversant with the most improved and advanced methods of caring for the teeth. His satisfied patrons are legion and his practice has largely grown through that advertising which comes when an individual speaks a favorable word for his dentist. At all times he has kept in touch with the trend of modern professional thought and progress and in addition to his extensive private practice he was dentist for the United States public health service in his district for about fifteen months and was also a dentist for the vocational training board.

While a student in Central University at Danville, Kentucky, and also in the University of Pennsylvania Dr. Hunt distinguished himself in athletics. He received three medals at the Central University and eighteen medals in the University of Pennsylvania for his prowess in athletic sports. In the latter institution he made the record high jump. Even while a high school pupil he won a gold medal for three consecutive years as the best all-round athlete and he is still active and enjoys outdoor sports. During his school days he was given an opportunity to take part in the Olympic games which were held in London in 1908, but it was impossible for him to make the trip. Throughout his entire life he has recognized the fact that it is necessary not only to work well but to play well and that a man's success depends upon his recreation almost as much as upon his business activity. In other words there must be maintained an even balance for the best physical and mental development. The Doctor is still very fond of fishing and hunting and enjoys anything in the line of manly sports. At the same time no professional duty is neglected and his ability is widely recognized throughout Fort Smith and the surrounding country.

On the 27th of October, 1915, Dr. Hunt was united in marriage to Miss Lucia Belden, a daughter of Judge E. A. Belden, of Hamilton, Ohio, and they have become the parents of two children, Elizabeth and Lucia Leigh.

During the World war period Dr. Hunt served on the board of medical examiners. He is a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the nature of his interests and activities is indicated in the fact that he has membership in the Business Men's Club, the Lions Club, the Noon Civics Club and the Country Club, manifesting an intense interest in all of those projects and plans which have to do with the welfare and upbuilding of the city. Along strictly professional lines he has membership in the Fort Smith District Dental Association, the Western District of the Arkansas State Dental Association and in the National Dental Association and through the proceedings of these bodies keeps thoroughly informed concerning the advanced steps that are being made by the profession.

WILLIAM H. JOHNSON

The name of William H. Johnson is well known in connection with the industrial and financial interests of Fort Smith, where he is the vice president of the Merchants National Bank. Along the line of steady progression he has reached his present position, learning many valuable lessons in the school of experience and constantly developing his powers until his labors have become a potent force in the city's improvement and material upbuilding. Mr. Johnson came to Arkansas from New England, his birth having occurred in Bridgeport, Vermont, his parents being R. H. and Susan (Smith) Johnson. In early life he became a resident of the middle west and his preliminary education was supplemented by a course of study in Drake University at Des Moines, Iowa.

The year 1896 witnessed the arrival of Mr. Johnson in Arkansas and through the intervening period he has been actively identified with the lumber business and timber interests and eventually became president of the Fort Smith Wagon Company. While a resident of Iowa he engaged in the hardware business and his initial experience along mercantile lines acquainted him with the best methods of conducting his interests. He early recognized the eternal principle that industry wins and industry became the beacon light of his life. He learned to value opportunity correctly and has ever displayed ready discrimination between the essential and non-essential in business affairs, thus developing his interests along constructive lines and he made for himself a most creditable place in connection with the lumber trade of the southwest and with the manufacturing interests of Fort Smith as general manager of the Wagon Company. On January 1, 1917, he became one of the directors of the Merchants National Bank and in 1921 was elected to the vice presidency, so that he is now the second executive officer in this strong financial concern.

Mr. Johnson has also found time and opportunity to promote public interests and has displayed hearty cooperation in all movements for the general good as president of the Businessmen’s Club. During the World war period he acted as chairman of the county council of defense and was also chairman of the Liberty Loan drives and Red Cross work. Fraternally he is connected with the Knights of Pythias and also with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and in his life exemplifies the beneficent spirit upon which these societies are founded. He has many traits admirable and worthy of all praise and one meeting him face to face would know at once that he is an individual embodying all the elements of what in this country we term a "square" man.

LEIGH KELLEY

Prominent among the energetic, farsighted and successful business men of Fort Smith is Leigh Kelley, who is the vice president of the Kelley Trust Company and the vice president of the Mansfield Gas Company. His activities and interests are of an important character and he displays marked capability in their management and control. Mr. Kelley comes to Arkansas from the neighboring state of Kansas, his birth having there occurred in the city of Burlington on the 15th of May, 1887, his parents being Harry E. and Kate (Henderson) Kelley. His paternal grandfather, Captain Harrison Kelley, was a Civil war veteran, serving with the Union army. The father, Harry E. Kelley, has been a prominent figure in the business affairs of Fort Smith for many years. He has been active in the real estate field and is now prominently known as a capitalist and landowner and as the founder of the Kelley Trust Company.

Leigh Kelley pursued his early education in the public schools of Fort Smith, for during his infancy the family home was removed to this city. In fact he was but three months of age when his parents came to Fort Smith and with the interests of the city he has been closely associated throughout the intervening period, save for the time when he was pursuing his education in the Leland Stanford University of California, where he studied civil engineering. He then followed his profession for three and a half years in various parts of Arkansas. He has since been identified with financial interests of Fort Smith as vice president of the Kelley Trust Company, which was organized in 1905. He has closely studied all the problems relating to the business, has made himself familiar with every phase of the work and has accomplished excellent results through his superintendeney of the interests of the corporation in the position of vice president. He has also become the vice president of the Mansfield Gas Company and in business affairs he displays notably sound judgment and unfaltering energy.

Mr. Kelley attended the First Officers Training Camp at Fort Logan H. Roots and was commissioned a first lieutenant, being assigned to the Three Hundred and Thirty-fourth Field Artillery. In June, 1918. he was promoted to the rank of captain and went overseas in August. After reaching France he was assigned to the training school at Bordeaux and while there he was placed on detached service on the general staff of Base Section, N0. 2. He was mustered out on the 7th of March, 1919. He is a prominent and valued representative of the American Legion, having been chosen state commander for a term of one year, beginning in 1920.

Mr. Kelley was united in marriage to Miss Fay Alexander, a daughter of

of Fort Smith, and they have become the parents of three children, namely: Gordon, Elizabeth and Alexander. Mr. and Mrs. Kelley are well known in Fort Smith, where they occupy an enviable social position and where his standing as a business man is very high. He possesses untiring energy, is quick of perception, forms his plans readily and is determined in their execution, and his close application to business and his excellent management have largely brought to him the high degree of prosperity which is today his. It is true that he became interested in a business already established, but in controlling and enlarging such an enterprise many a man of even considerable resolute purpose, courage and industry would have failed. Mr. Kelley, however, has demonstrated the truth of the saying that success is not the result of genius but the outcome of clear Judgment and experience.

HON. ALLAN KENNEDY

Hon. Allan Kennedy, who in business circles is well known by reason of the extensive insurance agency which he has built up and who is leaving the impress of his individuality and ability upon the political history of the state, now represents his district in the general assembly. Fort Smith classes him with her valued citizens, for his labors have brought about splendid results in connection with the upbuilding and progress of the city. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee, a son of Milton F. and Julia M. (Williams) Kennedy. The father was -a son of John Kennedy, who removed from Richmond, Kentucky, to Farmington. Missouri, in the year 1820, taking his negro slaves with him. He was a nephew of General Thomas Kennedy, the noted Indian fighter and one of the distinguished Kentucky pioneers. The grandfather of Allan Kennedy in the maternal line was Duke Williams of Nashville, Tennessee, and his wife was a granddaughter of Colonel Nicholas Long. one of the Revolutionary war leaders of Halifax, North Carolina. Her name was, prior to her marriage, Mary Long.

Milton F. Kennedy, father of Allan Kennedy, was educated at Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri, and after residing for a number of years in Farmington, Missouri, he removed to Memphis. Tennessee, in the year 1865, there becoming a cotton broker, in which business he attained a notable measure of success. He continued his residence there until 1881 and then removed to Fort Smith, where he again engaged in the cotton trade and became one of the prominent cotton brokers of the southwest. He is now interested in oil development in Franklin and Logan counties of Arkansas. Moreover. he has been very prominent in the public life of Fort Smith, his activities being a direct and beneficial force in bringing about the present-day welfare and prosperity of the city. To him and his wife have been born three sons and a daughter: Owen, who died in Denver, Colorado, in October, 1921; Allan, of this review; John J., who is located in New Orleans; and Lucy W., the wife of Harry K. Albers.

Allan Kennedy was educated in the public schools of Fort Smith and following the I completion of his school days he secured a situation as teller in the Merchants Bank, there remaining for three years. On the expiration of that period he turned his attention to the insurance business, some years later organizing the firm of Kennedy & Albers. his associate in the undertaking being Harry K. Albers. For a number of years he represented as Special Agent for Arkansas the Aetna Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut. They now represent twenty-three different insurance companies, handling fire, life and accident insurance. They have developed an agency of notable proportions and Mr. Kennedy ranks among the best known and most prominent insurance men of the southwest.

Moreover, he has figured very prominently in public affairs and in 1918 was elected a member of the state legislature. He has promoted and fostered progressive legislation. being the author of a bill which was passed creating a municipal court at Fort Smith, also the bill for the improvement of roads leading to Fort Smith, a project involving the expenditure of eight hundred thousand dollars. He is also the author of a bill to improve and convert the old state capitol into a permanent war museum, that it may be used as a meeting place for patriotic societies. Mr. Kennedy was chairman of the house committee that was appointed to visit the State University, a visit that resulted in raising the tax levy for the university from four-ninths of a mill to one mill and thus greatly promoted the facilities and work of the institution. It was Mr. Kennedy who proposed a joint resolution in the two houses advocating a change in the United States constitution, enabling all treaties to be ratified by a majority of congress. He also introduced into the general assembly a workmen's compensation bill and proposed a measure for resubmittal of the new constitution. He likewise introduced a bill creating a city manager for larger cities and was the author of an act creating a new insurance code and stipulating certain qualifications for agents that the standards of insurance work might be maintained. His legislative work was of a most practical character, looking to the benefit and upbuilding of the commonwealth, and his labors brought excellent results.

Mr. Kennedy served for several years as inspector general of the State Guard with rank of brigadier, having previously acted as captain of a local militia company. He was the first president and organizer of the Arkansas Association of Local Fire Insurance Agents. He is a member of various local civic bodies and also of the Sons of the American Revolution. There is no good work instituted for the benefit of community, commonwealth or country that does not receive his endorsement and his labors have been an effective force for Arkansas development. In Fort Smith he ranks not only as a. capitalist but as one of the most honored and valued citizens. He has prospered in his undertakings and aside from his insurance business is today the owner of the Kennedy building, a modern office building erected in 1907. It is one of the attractive and substantial structures of Fort Smith and stands as a monument to the enterprise and business ability of the builder.

During the war with Germany Mr. Kennedy was appointed by Herbert Hoover, a member of the state executive committee of the Food Administration, and served under Federal Food Administrator Hamp Williams as food administrator for Sebastian county. It was he who initiated the movement for the saving and return of flour by the people of the state, resulting in shipping the starving Belgians one hundred and twenty-nine straight carloads, given up as a patriotic sacrifice from the pantries of the people of Arkansas.

JAMES O. KINCANNON

Logan county has always been the home of James 0. Kincannon, now successfully engaged in law practice at Booneville. He is a grandson of John Kincannon, who was a native of Tennessee but died in Georgia while on a business trip to that state. He had devoted his life to livestock raising and trading. His son, A. J. Kincannon, was born in Tennessee in the year 1856 and came to Logan county, Arkansas, in 1871 with his widowed mother. He started out in the business world empty-handed and at first rented land, but carefully saved his earnings until he was able to purchase a farm. This be improved and developed and upon the place he still makes his home. As the years have passed he has prospered in his undertakings, his carefully cultivated fields bringing him substantial crops whereby he has gained a liberal competence. He was married in Logan county in 1878 to Miss Victoria Acutf, who was born in Tennessee in 1866 and is a daughter of Frank Acuff, who was likewise a native of Tennessee. He enlisted for service in the Confederate army and was killed while on scout duty. To Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Kincannon seven children were born, six of whom are living: John E., a traveling man residing at Fort Smith, Arkansas; James 0.; Ollie, who is the wife of JAMES O. KINCANNON, a farmer of Logan county; W. L., who was born in Logan county in 1887 and was graduated from the law department of the University of Arkansas in 1913. after which he began law practice with his brother, being here active in the work of the bar since that time; Ora, now the wife of G. W. Elkins, a druggist of Booneville; and Nora, the wife of G. M. Word, a mechanic of Booneville. W. L. Kincannon was married in 1912 to Nell Ervin, who was born in Logan county, Arkansas. They have two children, Wilma and Neil Virginia, both of whom are in school. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Kincannon belong to the Baptist church and the former is a democrat in his political views. The family is widely and favorably known in this section of the state. Mr. Kincannon is a self-made man who justly deserves the high respect which is entertained for him throughout the community in which he lives.

James O. Kincannon was born on a farm in Logan county in 1882. Having acquired his early education in the home schools, he attended Ouachita College and later took up the profession of teaching, which he followed successfully for seven years, imparting readily and clearly to others the knowledge that he had acquired. While thus engaged he devoted his leisure hours to the study of law and was admitted to the bar in 1909. He entered the law department of the University of Arkansas at . Little Rock in further preparation for his professional career and was graduated in 1911. He then began practice at Booneville, where he has since maintained his office, and though advancement at the bar is proverbially slow, he has made steady progress. He has been admitted to all the courts and now devotes his attention to the interests of his clients, who are numerous, while his law work is often of a most important character.

In 1904 Mr. Kincannon was married to Miss Clem Pettus, who was born in Sebastian county, Arkansas, daughter of J. C. Pettus, a farmer still living in that county. They have two children: Pettus, thirteen years of age; and James 0., a little lad of five summers. Mr. and Mrs. Kincannon are members of the Baptist church and fraternally he is a Scottish Rite Mason, loyal to the teachings and purposes of the craft. In politics he is a democrat. His professional duties have constantly developed in volume and importance, so that he now occupies a most creditable position at the Logan county bar.

CHARLES F. KING

The drug business of Huntington finds a worthy representative in Charles F. King, part owner of the Kirkland Drug Store, and he is known as one of the substantial men of the community. Mr. King is a native of Arkansas, his birth having occurred at Lonoke in 1896, and he is a son of Charles and Betty (Bange) King.

In the acquirement of an education Charles F. King attended the schools of Little Rock. Upon the completion of his course he engaged in the drug business in Huntington and he has been active in that connection here ever since. He is now part owner of the Kirkland Drug Company, of which Frank Kirkland is the president. operating three drug stores. In April, 1917, Mr. King enlisted for service in the World war, was assigned to the Medical Corps as first-class private and was sent to Camp Pike for his training. He was in active service until the signing of the armistice, when he received his discharge and returned to Huntington and his business interests. Efficient in the administration of his business affairs, Mr. King has a comprehensive grasp of details and is also thoroughly competent in handling large situations involving the solution of intricate problems. Among his business associates he is regarded as conscientious and trustworthy, never stooping to do anything not in accord with the highest standards of business ethics.

On June 14, 1921, Mr. King was united in marriage to Miss Cathleen Hudson of England. Mrs. King is prominent in the club and social circles of Huntington and her husband is identified with the Ancient Order of United Workmen.

ERWIN KOLLER

The development and upbuilding of every community depends not alone upon one line of activity but upon the combined efforts of many men of enterprise who control various phases of business, all of which are essential to the welfare and well-being of a community. In this connection, therefore, mention should be made of Erwin Koller, who is the senior partner in the Koller-McKim Plumbing Company of Fort Smith.

Mr. Koller is a native of Switzerland and spent the first fourteen years of his life in the land of the Alps, after which he came to America, attracted hy the broader business opportunities which he believed he might secure on this side of the Atlantic. Arriving in the new world in 1884, he worked for a time in a grocery store and afterward learned the machinist's trade at Fort Smith. He was employed for a period in St. Louis and then returned to Fort Smith, Arkansas, where he secured a position with the Electric Light & Power Company.

Each experience that came to him brought to him wider knowledge of business conditions and activities and step by step he has advanced, utilizing fully the opportunities which have been his. In 1907 he established a gas appliance store and in 1910 formed a partnership with Paul McKim, opening a plumbing department in connection with the other business. Their present establishment is located at No. 16 North Seventh street, where they have one of the most complete display rooms of its kind in this part of the state. They handle gas appliances, furnaces and plumbing fixtures, do all kinds of plumbing and steamfitting and are agents for the Round Oak furnaces and also for the American radiators. Their business has assumed extensive and gratifying proportions. They are expert workmen in their line and they have thus secured many important contracts of this character and have rendered valuable service in the field of their chosen labor. Mr. Koller was united in marriage to Miss Hannah Graber and they have become parents of three children, as follows: Cecilea, Edwin and Robert.

Mr. Koller has never had occasion to regret his determination to come to the new world, for here he found the opportunities which he sought and in their utilization has steadily advanced. His position is now a gratifying one in connection with the industrial and commercial interests of Fort Smith and whatever success he has achieved is attributable entirely to his own labors and careful management.

CARTER LEWIS

Carter Lewis, cashier of the National Bank of Mansfield, has made for himself a most creditable position in business and financial circles' a position which many an older man might well envy. He has been a lifelong resident of this section of the state, his birth having occurred at Abbott, about three miles east of Mansfield, in 1899, his parents being C. C. and Gertrude (Carter) Lewis, the former a native of Arkansas and the son of P. P. Lewis, who was an officer of the Confederate army. C. C. Lewis became a lumberman and for some time was associated with the Fort Smith Lumber Company, conducting a profitable business in that connection. At the present writing he is filling the position of postmaster of Abbott and he is also conducting a. brokerage business in fruit. The Carter family, to which Mrs. C. C. Lewis belongs, came from Louisville, Kentucky, and for many generations has been represented in the south. Representatives of the family were prominent in the Confederate army during the Civil war and some of the name were killed in battle.


Carter Lewis was educated in the Mansfield high school and in the Henderson Brown College. When his textbooks were put aside he started out in the business world and became bookkeeper for the National Bank of Mansfield, with which he has since been identified. His capability and fidelity won him promotion and since January, 1921, he has been cashier of the institution. This bank was organized in 1901, its first officers being: W. L. Seaman, president; C. C. Graves, cashier; and A. T. Boothe, vice president. From the beginning the bank has enjoyed a steady and substantial growth and is regarded as one of the reliable moneyed concerns of this part of the state. The officers at the present writing are: C. G. Graves, president; R. O. Landrum, vice president; and Carter Lewis, cashier.


In 1920 Mr. Lewis was united in marriage to Miss Sadie Newell and they have many warm friends in Mansfield, enjoying the hospitality of the best homes here. During the World war Mr. Lewis entered the service and was with the artillery forces at Camp Taylor. He is ever loyal in support of those progressive measures which have to do with the welfare of community, commonwealth or country.

JESS M. McCONNELL

Jess M. McConnell occupies a prominent position in the financial circles of Greenwood as cashier of the First National Bank of that place. He is a native son of Arkansas, his birth having occurred at Greenwood, on the 6th of May, 1893, a son of S. and Sallie (Neal) McConnell. His father was a prominent agriculturist and a representative citizen of the community in which he resided.

Upon attaining school age, Jess M. McConnell attended the neighborhood schools and in 1916 he put his textbooks aside and entered the business world. For some time he was engaged in clerical work and in 1916 became assistant cashier of the First National Bank of Greenwood. Mr. McConnell was eager to obtain a better education and as a result in 1918 he enrolled in the University of Arkansas and later became a student at Purdue University, studying wireless radio telegraphy. He became a competent radio operator and upon the outbreak of the World war he joined that division of the army. He did not get into active service, however, the armistice having been signed a short time before the date set for him to sail. Receiving his honorable discharge he returned to Greenwood and became cashier of the First National Bank, a position in which he is now serving to the satisfaction of both patrons and higher officials in the institution. I. H. Nakdimen is president of the bank and V. R. Brownfield, vice president.

In 1919 Mr. McConnell was united in marriage to Stella M. Rowe. Mr. McConnell has thoroughly identified his interests with those of the community and he is a cooperant factor in many projects for the public good.

DR. NOBLE DUBOIS MCCORMACK, M.D.

Dr. Noble DuBois McCormack, a physician and surgeon of Fort Smith, with offices in the First National Bank building, and a veteran of the World war, was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1892, his parents being Charles B. and Marie (DuBois) McCormack, the latter a descendant of Captain Peter DuBois and of Revolutionary forebears, now having membership with the Daughters of the American Revolution. The father is a contractor, having devoted his life to business activity of that character.

Dr. McCormack pursued his early education in the public schools of St. Louis, passing through consecutive grades until he became a student in the Central high school. He next attended the Washington University, in which he won the Bachelor of Science degree in 1915 and completed his medical course in 1916, at which time the M. D. degree was conferred upon him. Following his graduation he became an interne in the St. Louis Children's Hospital, with which he was connected for a year.

In July, 1917, Dr. McCormack entered the army, becoming a captain of the Medical Corps of the regular army, assigned to the Eighty-first Division. He was on active duty overseas for a year and a half, or until June, 1919, and was with the Third Army Corps. When the armistice was signed he was sent to Germany and was later stationed at the surgeon's headquarters in Paris until December, 1919. Returning to the United States. he was on duty at Fort Sheridan, near Chicago, Illinois, until March, 1920, when he resigned from the service.

When released from military duty Dr. McCormack entered upon the practice of medicine in St. Louis. where he remained from May until November, 1920. At the latter date he came to Fort Smith and entered into active connection with the Holt Clinic as a specialist on diseases of infants and children. He is also attached to the staff of St. John's Hospital. He belongs to the Beta Theta Pi and also to the Nu Sigma Nu, two Greek letter fraternities, and he has membership in the Sebastian County Medical Society, the St. Louis Pediatric Society, the Southern Medical Society, the Arkansas Medical Society and the American Medical Association. He embraces every opportunity that will advance his knowledge and promote his efficiency along professional lines and in his specialty has developed his skill to a high degree

Dr. McCormack was united in marriage, in December, 1919, to Miss Janet Dickson, a daughter of George A. Dickson of Chicago. They occupy an enviable social position in Fort Smith, the hospitality of many of the best homes being freely accorded them. The Doctor belongs to the Business Men's Club of the city and also to the Country Club, but he never allows outside interests to interfere with the faithful performance of his professional duties and his close application, his study and his careful analysis of each case have been the elements that have brought to him a most creditable measure of success since he became a representative of the medical profession of Fort Smith.

CLAUDE B. McDONALD

Claude B. McDonald, veteran of the World war and now filling the office of postmaster at Mansfield, was born in Waldron, Arkansas, in 1894, his parents being S. C. and Roxie (Self) McDonald, the former a native of Arkansas, while the latter was born in Georgia. The father was both a farmer and engineer, devoting his life to the two pursuits. His wife was in early life a school teacher. They became parents of three children: Ernest; Beulah V., the wife of W. G. O'Neill; and Claude B.

Claude B. McDonald spent his youthful days under the parental roof, his boyhood being passed in the usual manner of the lad of the period and his education acquired in the public schools. This and his home training well qualified him for the practical and responsible duties of life. Starting out in the business world he was employed as shipping clerk by the Pitman Harrison Wholesale Seed Company at Sherman, Texas. Following America's advent into the World war he joined the army and served as a private in an ambulance corps of the Seventy-seventh Division. He was trained at Camp Pike, at Camp Greenleaf and at Camp Merritt and was assigned to Ambulance Company, No. 307. He participated in the entire campaign in the Argonne forest. He was also at St. Vaille, bringing the wounded from the front and was almost constantly under fire. He went through all of the experiences of modern warfare in the performance of his duty, never once faltering, no matter how difficult and dangerous the task assigned him.

Mr. McDonald was mustered out in June, 1919, and returning to his home he was soon afterward appointed postmaster of Mansfield, which position he is most capably and acceptably filling, discharging his duties with promptness and-thoroughness and the patrons of the office find him always courteous and obliging. He is highly esteemed by reason of the sterling worth of his character and all who know him speak of him in terms of high regard. Fraternally he is a Mason and member of the Eastern Star and is a most loyal follower of the teachings and high purposes of the craft.

HENRY GRADY MANNING

Henry Grady Manning is displaying marked efficiency as the manager of the Goldman Hotel of Fort Smith, although one of the youngest hotel managers in the United States in charge of a hotel of this size and character. Back of his present work, however, there has been long practical experience in hotel service from the position of check boy to that of control of all the business interests of the hostelry. Throughout the intervening period Mr. Manning, has made a close study of the desires, wishes and demands of the public as to hotel service.

Mr. Manning is a native son of Arkansas, his birth having occurred in Scott county, his parents being Dr. Henry G. and Virginia (Fuller) Manning. After completing his early education in the public schools near his home Mr. Manning came to Fort Smith to pursue a commercial course in a business college and while thus employed he accepted the position of check boy in the dining-room of a hotel in order to pay for his meals. He afterward entered the service of the Eastman Hotel at Hot Springs, Arkansas, and there learned to cater to a very fastidious and discriminating patronage. Subsequently he was employed in the Queen Royal Hotel at Niagara, Canada, which received the wealthiest and most exclusive patronage of any hotel in the Dominion. He served there as room clerk and his painstaking efforts and unfailing courtesy marked him as one "to the manner born." Since that time he has been widely recognized as a most desirable man in connection with hotel management. His tact and agreeable qualities in meeting the public have been most potent forces in his success in hotel life. In 1917 he became assistant manager of the Marion Hotel at Little Rock, Arkansas, taking that position during the momentous days which marked the early preparations for war with Germany. Camp Pike was situated near Little Rock and his duties were increased to a notable degree in caring for relatives who came to the city in order to visit the boys who were training at Camp Pike. In 1919 Mr. Manning accepted the management of the Basin Park Hotel at Eureka Springs, Arkansas, a popular summer resort in the Ozark mountains. A little later he was offered and accepted the management of the Goldman Hotel, the leading hostelry of Fort Smith, and has Drought this hotel up to the present high standard, which he has maintained in connection with all of his hotel ventures. The Goldman has one hundred and fifty rooms, well appointed, maintains a splendid cuisine and excellent service in the cafe and is the center of almost all of the important social affairs, halls and other interests of similar nature in Fort Smith. Mr. Manning always demands that the highest type of service he rendered to patrons and by reason of this the business of the hotel has constantly increased. He has introduced many improved methods into the Goldman and has made it a hotel which would be a credit to a city of much larger size than Fort Smith. He is at all times energetic and alert, watchful of the interests and comfort of patrons and quick to adopt any new method or improvement that he believes will be of advantage in hotel management.

W. R. MARTIN.

W. R. Martin of Fort Smith, recognized as one of the leading attorneys of Arkansas, was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on the 6th of February, 1865. The period of his minority was passed in his native state and when he had mastered the elementary branches of learning he continued his studies in the University of Alabama, in which he pursued an academic course, winning the degree of Bachelor of Arts at his graduation in 18S2, while the following year the Master of Arts degree was conferred upon him. In further preparation for a professional career he entered the law department of the University of Virginia and attained his LL. B. degree in 1884.

Returning to his native city, Mr. Martin there opened an office and entered upon the active practice of his profession in the month of June, but on the 2d of May, 1885, removed to Arkansas, settling in Fort Smith, where he has since made his home. Advancement at the bar is proverbially slow, yet no dreary novitiate awaited him. He soon gained recognition of his ability and for many years his practice has been extensive and of an important character. He is remarkable among lawyers for the wide research and provident care with which he prepares his cases. At no time has his reading ever been confined to the limitations of the questions at issue. It has gone beyond and compassed every contingency and provided not alone for the expected, but for the unexpected, which happens in the courts quite as frequently as out of them. His legal learning, his analytical mind, the readiness with which he grasps the points in an argument, all combine to make him one of the capable lawyers practicing at the Arkansas bar, and his name is associated with much notable litigation heard in the courts of his district.

Mr. Martin was united in marriage to Miss Sue Bozman, a daughter of J. A. Bozman of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and they have become the parents of six children, two of whom have passed away, while four are yet living, namely: Mrs. Sue Williams of Fort Smith; Mrs. Julia Coulson of Detroit; Mrs. Ann Ross of Fort Smith; and Mary, at home.

During the World war Mr. Martin served on various committees in soliciting funds for financing the war and upholding the interests of the government and was active in connection with the Red Cross. Although he had no sons to give to his country, all three of his sons-in-law were in the service, Mr. Ross being a member of the Marine Corps and wedding Ann Martin after his return. Mr. Williams was in the aviation branch of the service, and Mr. Coulson was connected with the navy.

In all matters pertaining to public welfare Mr. Martin displays an intelligent and helpful interest. He belongs to the Business Men's Club, with which he has been identified since it was first organized. He is also well in fraternal circles, being a Knight Templar Mason, a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and of the Knights of Pythias. His life is guided by the teachings and high purposes of these societies, and his sterling character worth commands the respect and confidence of all, while his professional abilities have gained him high standing among the leading attorneys of the state.

W. F. MOREHEAD

W. F. Morehead, conducting business under the name of the Fort Smith Drug Company at 1018 Garrison avenue, is a native son of this state, his birth having occurred in Arkadelphia, in 1883. He is a son of S. T. and Nannie Morehead, both of whom were also natives of Arkadelphia and representatives of old pioneer families of the state. The grandfather, W. T. Morehead, was a Confederate veteran of the Civil war. S. T. Morehead is engaged in the jewelry business.

Spending his youthful days in his native city, W. F. Morehead attended the public Schools there and afterward entered the St. Louis College of Pharmacy, from which he was graduated with the class of 1908. Having thus qualified for practical work as a druggist he secured employment in a drug store in Gurdon. Arkansas, and later he embarked in business on his own account. In 1919 he came to Fort Smith and acquired a, half interest in the store of which he is now sole proprietor, his partner in the beginning being H. R. Channing. After a brief period, however, Mr. Morehead purchased the interest of his partner and has since conducted the business independently, becoming sole owner on the 1st of March, 1920. The building which he now occupies was formerly a moving picture house. He made radical alterations in the interior and now has one of the largest and best equipped drug stores of the city, carrying an extensive line of drugs and druggist's sundries. He does a splendid business, occupying one of the principal corners of the city, his store being tastefully arranged, while his progressive and reliable methods assure him a liberal patronage.

Mr. Morehead was married to Miss Jimmie Calhoun and they have one child, Christine, now ten years of age. Mrs. Morehead was a very active Red Cross worker at Huntington, Arkansas, during the period of the World war. Mr. Morehead is identified with several fraternal organizations, including the Masons, the Knights of Pythias and the Elks. He is also a member of the Civitan Club and the Business Men's Club and is a most public-spirited citizen, his aid and cooperation being counted upon at all times to further any progressive movement for the general good. His standards of manhood and of citizenship are high and the sterling worth of his character is manifest in the class of people whom he numbers as his friends.

ARTHUR H. MORROW


Mrs. Arthur H. Morrow

CHARLES DAVID MURPHY
1873-1957

Greenwood numbers among her representative business men C. D. Murphy, who has been engaged in the hardware business there since 1907. He is a man of good business capacity, acknowledged integrity of character and also possesses an energy and progressiveness which are prominent attributes of leaders in all lines of endeavor. He was born in Sebastian county, this state, in 1873, a son of Elias and Elizabeth (Dumas) Murphy. The father engaged in farming in Arkansas, having come here at an early date from Tennessee. He was a veteran of the Civil war, having fought throughout the conflict in the Confederate army.

C. D. Murphy received his education in the common schools of his native state and after graduating from high school went to Fort Smith and entered a commercial college. There he became thoroughly learned in business training and subsequently made his initial step in the business world. He removed to Oklahoma, where for four years he was engaged in the grocery business and in 1898 he returned to Greenwood. He entered the same line of business here, conducting it with a great amount of success until 1907, when he disposed of the business and took up a hardware line. He also handles furniture and auto accessories. In the conduct of his business he has been a persistent, resolute and energetic worker and has built up an extensive and steadily increasing patronage.

In 1899 Mr. Murphy was united in marriage to Miss Mary E. Campbell and to them two children have been born: Foy, who married Elizabeth Fitch; and Blanche. Mrs. Murphy is well-known in the club and social circles of Greenwood and is a woman of charming and magnetic personality. Mr. Murphy is one of the estimable citizens of the town, who can always be depended upon to meet his obligations in both public and private life, as has been manifested during the period of his residence here.

W. J. MURPHY

W. J. Murphy, a saddlery manufacturer of Fort Smith, who has developed a business of large proportions, which is one of the important productive industries of the city, was born in the state of New York, in 1851. His boyhood and youth were passed in New York state and the period of his early manhood was spent in New York and St. Louis.

He came to Fort Smith in 1885, when thirty-four years of age and here turned his attention to the business in which he is now engaged. His thoroughness and capability have been manifest throughout the period of his residence in western Arkansas. In the thirty-six years which have elapsed since Mr. Murphy took up his abode in Fort Smith the business has steadily grown until today he utilizes a large building, five stories in height, with a frontage of forty-five feet and a depth of one hundred and thirty feet. His plant is splendidly equipped with the latest improved machinery to facilitate the work and the product is of such excellent quality as to find a steady sale on the market. The output is sold to the wholesale trade through Oklahoma and western Arkansas and the business is one of gratifying proportions.

Mr. Murphy was united in marriage to Miss Mollie Durkin of Dubuque, Iowa, and they have become the parents of two sons and a daughter: Robert J., William J., and Angie. The latter is now the wife of R. W. Halliburton of Fort Smith.

Mr. Murphy is a member of the Business Men's Cluh and also of the traffic bureau, being thus identified with organizations which are making a thorough and systematic study of business conditions and opportunities, with the purpose of upbuilding Fort Smith as a trade center and enlarging the scope of its commercial activities.

LUTHER B. NEWTON

Luther B. Newton, manager at Fort Smith for the Aetna Life Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut, in which connection he has greatly, developed the interests and business of the company in this state, was born in Gurdon, Arkansas, on the 13th of May, 1881, his parents being A. W. and Mattie (Bussall) Newton of Gurdon, where the father engaged in merchandising for many years. The grandfather in the maternal line was prominently known in Clark county, Arkansas, where for sixteen years he filled the office of county treasurer, and he likewise won the rank of captain during his service in the Confederate army.

Luther B. Newton obtained a high school education in Gurdon, Arkansas, and starting out upon his business career, turned his attention to the field of insurance. He subsequently became an agent for the Aetna Life Insurance Company at Little Rock and the ability which he displayed in making insurance sales led to his appointment to the position of district manager at Fort Smith on the 17th of June, 1919. At that time ubt few policies were held in this district and there was no office. Mr. Newton has developed the district and has been instrumental in building up a wonderful business for the corporation at this point. He now has fourteen men working out of this office, covering western Arkansas, and he and the agents under him have written insurance to the amount of over six million dollars. The agents now in his employ were without previous experience, but under the careful instruction and direction of Mr. Newton they have been developed into excellent men for the business and are reaping substantial profit for themselves and at the same time contributing largely to the upbuilding of the company with which they are connected.

Mr. Newton was united in marriage in 1909 to Miss Cora E. Jones of Gurdon, Arkansas, and they have become the parents of one child, Sarah Jane. Fraternally Mr. Newton is identified with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, with the Knights of Pythias and with the Masons, and in his life he exemplifies the sterling principles upon which these orders are based. He is a young man of most progressive spirit, of clear vision in business affairs and of marked executive ability, and as the years pass he accomplishes what he undertakes and each year sees him a long way in advance of the position which he had attained the previous year.

RUDOLPH NEY

Rudolph Ney, manager and part owner of the Boston Store at Fort Smith, Arkansas, has been identified with the commercial interests of this city for a period of twenty-eight years, or since 1893, and in this interval he has made steady progress, contributing not only to his own success but also to the commercial advancement and upbuilding of the city. He dates his residence in America from about 1S80, having come to this country from the Palatinate, where his birth occurred. He located first in New York city, where he resided for a time and then crossed the continent to Colorado, where he remained until he came to Fort Smith in the year 1893. His previous experience along commercial lines and his recognized ability led to his appointment to the position of department manager in the Boston Store when he came to Port Smith. In the intervening years he has steadily advanced as the result of the capability and efficiency which he has displayed and is now general manager and part owner of this store, which was founded in 1879 by the firm of Baer Brothers & Fuller, the partners in (he undertaking being Julius Baer, Sigmund Baer and Aaron Puller. At a later period the business was incorporated with Aaron Puller as the president, H. Kaufman as vice president, G. E. Berson as treasurer and Rudolph Ney as secretary. The store has been gradually enlarged until it has become one of the leading mercantile enterprises of the state and is the largest in Fort Smith. In fact it would be a credit to a city of many times the size of Fort Smith, owing to the attractive line of goods carried, the beauty of the display, the honorable methods of the house and the earnest effort put forth to please the customers. The company has always maintained the highest standards in the line of goods carried, in the personnel of the establishment and in the treatment rendered to its patrons and thus its success has constantly grown. The efficiency, farsightedness and enterprise of Mr. Ney have led to his being made general manager, and as the years have passed he has acquired stock in the enterprise. Moreover, he is one of the stockholders in the Goldman Hotel Company and whatever he undertakes he carries forward to success, allowing no obstacles or difficulties to bar his progress if they can be overcome by persistent, earnest and honorable effort.

Mr. Ney was united in marriage to Miss Marie Baer and they have become parents of a son, Lester, who is a veteran of the World war. While America was at war with Germany, Mr. Ney took a prominent part in the sale of Liberty bonds and in support of all the activities which arose out of war conditions necessary for the successful prosecution of hostilities. He has made a most creditable record in business circles and is prominent as a man whose constantly expanding powers have taken him from humble surroundings to the field of large enterprises and continually broadening opportunities. To the solution of complex problems he brings a clear understanding and his powers of coordination have enabled him to unite unrelated and even diverse elements into a harmonious whole.

THOMAS SAMUEL OSBORNE

Thomas Samuel Osborne, member of the Fort Smith bar, who entered upon the active practice of law here at an early day and has since become known by reason of his ability in handling cases entrusted to his care, was born in Independence county, Arkansas, in 1858 and is a son of Enoch Morgan and Emeline (Howell) Osborne. He received liberal educational opportunities at Asheville, North Carolina, and later was a student in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he graduated with the Bachelor of Arts degree. His identification with Fort Smith dates from 1886 and through the intervening period of thirty-six years he has remained an active factor in the practice of law. From 1889 until 1893 he was in partnership with George A. Grace. In 1887 he was elected city attorney and has been closely associated with professional interests here from the pioneer border days when Fort Smith was the seat of justice for Indian Territory, now Oklahoma. He defended the notorious bandit, Henry Starr, on a minor charge. He was attorney in the federal court in many important cases during those stirring early days before law and order had fully taken root and suppressed lawlessness in this frontier district. He has constantly been inspired by an innate love of justice and fidelity to the interests of his clients, yet he never forgets that he owes a higher allegiance to the majesty of the law. The tenacity and courage with which he defends the right as he understands it challenges the admiration of his associates. Moreover. he invariably seeks to present his argument in the strong, clear light of common reason and sound logical principle and he displays notable diligence in the preparation of his cases. Mr. Osborne is well known as a lawmaker as well as a lawyer, for in 1913 and 1917 he served as a member of the state legislature and while in the general assembly introduced and had passed a measure to create a commission form of government in Fort Smith.

Mr. Osborne's mother is still living at the advanced age of ninety years. His father died in 1876 at the age of sixty-one years, They were of well known families in North Carolina, and came to this state in 1854, locating in Independence county. His father owned a large plantation on White river, and was a successful and ideal farmer. He was a gentleman of the old school and of fine stalwart character and highly respected in his county; his mother, a woman of more than two generations back, was noted for her knowledge of the Bible, beautiful Christian life and charity to others; and both were known for their example and parental training of their five sons and two daughters.

Thomas S. Osborne was married in 1892 to Miss Jessie Collier and their children are Virginia E. and Howel C. The former, who was born in 1896, is a graduate of the University of Arkansas and also attended the University of Chicago. She engaged in the profession of teaching prior to her marriage to John S. Toney of Pine Bluff. For a time she was teacher of English in a high school at Fort Smith and also taught at Palm Beach, Florida. During the World war Howell C. Osborne was a student in the army training corps at Fayetteville, Arkansas. Five years ago he entered the grain business and has since conducted his interests as a grain broker and as a dealer in flour and feed at Fort Smith, where he has gained an enviable position in business circles. He married Miss Nell Wright of Fort Smith on the 1st of October, 1921.

Mr. Osborne has long been prominent in politics as a supporter of the democratic party and has ever been most loyal to any cause which he has espoused. He is everywhere recognized as a man of integrity and honesty of purpose, despising all unworthy or questionable methods in securing success in any direction, political or otherwise. He has wrought along the lines of largest good for the community and the commonwealth and is today one of the honored pioneer practitioners of the Fort Smith bar.

WILLIAM B. PAPE

One of the largest commercial enterprises of Fort Smith is the Pape Book Store, owned and conducted by William B. Pape. A spirit of enterprise and progressiveness has always actuated the proprietor in the management and conduct of the business and he has closely studied every problem relating to the trade and its improvement. His thoroughness and earnestness have ever been guided by sound judgment and he has never feared to venture where favoring opportunity has led the way. Fort Smith is proud to number him among her native sons, for his birth here occurred in 1860. His parents were Henry and Elizabeth Pape, the former coming to Fort Smith in 1854. Here he engaged in business as a contractor and builder and was prominently identified with the early development and improvement of the city.

William B. Pape acquired his primary education in the public schools of Fort Smith and in fact attended the first public school of the city. He afterward became a student in the University of Arkansas, in which he pursued his studies for three years from 1878 until 1881. In 1889 Mr. Pape was called to public office when he was made United States jailor at Fort Smith under President Benjamin Harrison, serving under the direct supervision of Colonel Jacob Yoes, who was then United States marshal. After retiring from that position Mr. Pape became assistant cashier of the Crawford County Bank at Van Buren and was thus identified with the financial interests of the county for a considerable period. In 1896 he was again called to public office when elected on the republican ticket to the office of sheriff of Crawford county. He served for one term in that position, discharging his duties fearlessly and faithfully, after which he came to Fort Smith and has since been identified with the commercial interests of the city. It was in 1899 that he turned his attention to the book and stationery business, in which he has since been engaged. The store was formerly owned by J. D. Van Winkle & Company and Mr. Pape acquired a half interest in the business, while in 1899 he purchased the remainder of the stock, becoming sole proprietor. He carries a large and most attractive line of goods. The reading public has little difficulty in finding what is wanted on his shelves and he also carries a large and well selected line of stationery, while the steady growth of his business is indicative of the reliability of his trade methods and the progressiveness which he manifests in the conduct of his store.

In 1916 Mr. Pape was united in marriage to

and they have become the parents of a daughter, Lucy Louise. In politics Mr. Pape has always manifested the keenest interest as a supporter of the republican party and has served as a member of the state republican committee from Sebastian county. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity, exemplifying in his life the beneficent spirit of the craft, and he is also a member of the Business Men's Club, displaying keen interest in the organized efforts of that society for the city's upbuilding and improvement. In whatever relation of life he is found in the government service, in political circles, in business or in social relations he is always the same honorable and honest gentleman whose worth well merits the high regard which is uniformly extended him.

GEORGE S. PAPPAS

George S. Pappas, engaged in the restaurant business in Fort Smith, as proprietor of the Manhattan Cafe, was born in the classic old city of Athens, Greece, where the violet skies and beautiful temple ruins have enchanted the traveler for centuries. He was there educated and came to the new world when twenty years of age, hoping to enjoy better business opportunities on this side of the Atlantic. He settled first in Nashville, Tennessee, and later removed to St. Louis, embarking in business in both places. Constantly alert to wider opportunities he came to Fort Smith in 1906 and here established the Manhattan Cafe. In the intervening period he has built up a large patronage and now conducts a business of very gratifying proportions. He has one of the excellent cafes of the city, splendidly appointed, and he holds to the highest standards in the nature of service rendered the public. He has at times been interested in zinc and oil development and is regarded as a wideawake. energetic business man. whose farsightedness and industry have brought substantial results.

Mr. Pappas is a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He has gained a wide acquaintance during his residence in Fort Smith and thoroughness and enterprise have brought him prominently to the front in business connections. He has never had occasion to regret his determination to come to the new world, for here he has found the opportunities which he sought and in their employment has made steady progress, until his business places him among the substantial citizens of Fort Smith today.

ALFRED LEE PEACHER

Alfred Lee Peacher, filling the position of postmaster at Fort Smith, was born in Linneus, Missouri, in October, 1870, and is a son of James and Elizabeth (Wilson) Peacher. The father was a native of Virginia and the grandfather came from Westmoreland county, Virginia. He served as a soldier of the Continental army during the Revolutionary war. The Wilson family came from Tennessee, so that in both the paternal and maternal lines Alfred Lee Peacher is descended from old southern families. His father removed to Linneus, Missouri, where he took up the occupation of farming and there spent his remaining days, always devoting his life to agricultural pursuits.

Alfred Lee Peacher obtained his education in the Brookfield Academy at Brookfield, Missouri, in Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri, in the University of Wooster at Wooster, Ohio, and in the University of Chicago, in which he pursued postgraduate work, in early life he took up the profession of teaching, which he followed in Charleston, Arkansas, and at Van Buren, Arkansas, where he was superintendent of schools. Thinking to find other pursuits more congenial and profitable, however, he entered the insurance field in 1903, establishing an agency at Fort Smith, and he had already built up a good business when he was called to his present position. It was in 1919 that he was appointed by President Wilson to the office of postmaster of Fort Smith, in which capacity he is now serving.

In 1904 Mr. Peacher was married to Miss Leanny Teague and they have one child, Alfred Lee, Jr. The parents are widely and favorably known and both as a business man and as a public official Mr. Peacher has made an excellent record that has gained for him the respect and confidence of all.

HENRI PERNOT

One does not have long to seek for the secret of success, for investigation into the record of most prosperous men shows that industry and capability are the qualities upon which they have built their advancement. Perseverance and diligence are current coin in the realm of industry. Henri Pernot has never held to any false standards of life and from the outset of his career has recognized that his progress has been dependent upon his own labor. He has therefore closely applied himself to any task which he has undertaken and today he occupies a most creditable position in financial circles as the cashier of the First State Bank in Bonanza, Sebastian county. He is a native of Van Buren, Arkansas, born in 1893, and is a son of Sidney and Mary (Lacy) Pernot. His father, also a native of the city of Van Buren. is a son of the distinguished physician and surgeon, Dr. Henri Charles Pernot, who came from Paris, France, in 1847, and located in Van Buren. He, in turn, was a son of Denis Etienne Pernot, professor of rhetoric and philosophy and inspector of colleges of the Royal University of France, and a grandson of the Countess De Monthule.

WILLIAM M. PHILLIPS.

William M. Phillips, district manager for the Morris Packing Company of Kansas City, Missouri, with headquarters at Fort Smith, where he controls extensive and important interests, at the same time maintaining his residence in Hartford, Arkansas, was born in Auburn, this state, on the 24th of July, 1894, and is a son of W. E. and Louise Ella (Richmond) Phillips. He acquired his early education in the schools of Fort Smith and of Little Rock and devoted two years to the study of medicine in the University of Arkansas but afterward abandoned his plan of becoming a physician and turned his attention in other directions. He became auditor for the Central Coal & Coke Company and was filling that position when in February, 1918, he enlisted for service in the World war and went to Camp Pike, where he was commissioned a second lieutenant and made bayonet instructor. He was honorably discharged on December 29.

When Mr. Phillips again took up civilian activity he became a salesman the Morris Packing Company of Kansas City, Missouri, and made so creditable a record in that connection that he was promoted to the more responsible position of district sales manager and is now acting in that capacity, controlling important interests in his present position and displaying those business qualities which ultimately win success the qualities of determination, perseverance and sound judgment.

JAMES L. PRESSON

Jacob L. Presson, owner of a general mercantile store at Mansfield, this state, is a representative business man and citizen. A substantial success has attended his efforts, although a short time ago he met with a great loss when fire destroyed his store and the adjoining property owned by him. He has rebuilt his store, however, and is hopefully starting again. Epictetus has said: "Difficulties show men what they are. In case of any difficulty God has pitted you against a rough antagonist that you may be a conqueror, and this cannot be without toil."

Jacob L. Presson was born in Tennessee in 1859, a son of Mathew James and Nancy Presson. The father was a farmer throughout his life and gained substantial success. in 1881, J. L. Presson came to Arkansas and located near Greenwood. There he engaged in farming and was active along that line until about eight years ago, when he came to Mansfield and purchased an interest in the Dixon-Rogers Company. Four years ago he bought out the business and conducted it with great success until a short time ago, when he was burned out. He has rebuilt, however, and his business is assuming larger proportions. Mr. Presson is a capable business man, resourceful and energetic and the continued success of his enterprise is assured because of his tireless effort and determination of spirit, the qualities that invariably win for their possessor the reward for which he strives.

Forty-one years ago in West Tennessee, occurred the marriage of Mr. Presson to Miss Almeda Mathew and to them thirteen children have been born, ten of whom are living. One son. Luther, served his country in the World war as a member of the Thirty-ninth Division Heavy Artillery and was overseas eleven months; and a daughter, Bertha, is engaged in teaching school. Mr. Presson is a public-spirited citizen and is actively interested in the growth and development of Mansfield. Loyal in his friendships and honorable in his business relations, he stands on a firm footing in the esteem of his fellow citizens

WILL A. RATTERRE

Will A. Ratterree, for many years an attorney at law of Booneville, is of Scotch descent, the ancestral line being traced back through six generations to the founder of the family in the United States. His grandfather, Thomas C. Ratterree, was a native of North Carolina, whence he removed to Mississippi, there making his home until he came to Arkansas. The father, John C. Ratterree, was born in Mississippi and it was subsequent to the establishment of the family home in Arkansas, in 1848, that he was married in Greenwood, this state, to Miss Mary Graham, who was born in Georgia on the 5th of May, 1855, and was brought to Arkansas by her parents in 1859. Throughout his life John C. Ratterree devoted his attention to farming, save for the period of his service in the Union army during the Civil war, at which time he loyally espoused the cause of an undivided country. He was a Mason who exemplified in his life the sterling principles of the craft and he was also a consistent member of the Baptist church, in the faith of which he died. He is still survived by his widow. They were the parents of eleven children, seven of whom are living, and by a previous marriage John C. Ratterree had become the father of twelve children. The living children of the last marriage are: A. L., a lawyer living at Beaumont, Texas; Will A., of this review; Asa H., a mechanic residing at Union City. Nevada; Flora, the wife of Harry S. East, a newspaper man of Booneville; Lillian, the wife of Frank Young, depot agent at Wagoner, Oklahoma; Myrtle Pearce, wife of Samuel Pearce, mail carrier of Dallas, Texas, and Jesse G., a coal miner living at Greenwood, Arkansas.

Will A. Ratterree was born in Sebastian county, this state, on the 9th of June, 1873. He is indebted to the public school system of Greenwood for the educational opportunities which he enjoyed. He started out in the business world by securing employment in a newspaper office and afterward took up the study of law, continuing his preparatory reading until admitted to the bar in 1898. He then located for practice in Booneville, where he has remained until recently. He is now located at Okemah, Oklahoma, where he is engaged in the practice of law, associated with Mr. Arthur Cochran. In a calling where advancement depends entirely upon individual merit and ability he has worked his way steadily upward. His power as an advocate is widely recognized and for a time he served as city attorney. He devotes his entire attention to his practice and his allegiance to the interests of his clients is proverbial. He was admitted to practice before the supreme court of the state, also the supreme court of Oklahoma and the federal courts.

On the 25th of May, 1898, Mr. Ratterree was married to Miss Lula Wood. who was born in Logan county, Arkansas, a daughter of J. S. Wood. He was one of the pioneers of that county, but was born in Faulkner county, Arkansas, and he devoted his life to farming and carpentering. Mr. and Mrs. Ratterree became the parents of four children: Martha J., the wife of Owen Pettet, who is express agent at Morrilton, Arkansas; Letha, who is a teacher at Hackett, Arkansas, and Grace and Gladys, in school. Mr. Ratterree is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, and his political endorsement is given to the democratic party. He has served as member of the city council in some capacity since 1900 and exercises his official prerogatives in support of many plans and measures for the general good. During the World war he acted as food administrator for Logan county and was one of the Four-Minute speakers. Fraternally he is connected with the Woodmen and with the Masons. He has taken the Royal Arch degrees and has served as master of his lodge, in which he is now filling the office of secretary, at all times exemplifying in his career the beneficent spirit of the craft and the splendid principles upon which it is based.

HENRY C. READ

Henry C. Read, a representative resident of Fort Smith, where he is engaged in the brokerage business, has not only gained a creditable position in financial circles, but has also rendered valuable aid in public affairs as mayor of the city and in other connections. His life record had its beginning in Columbia, Kentucky, where he was born in 1863, his parents being Rev. Henry C. and Ada (Frazer) Read, the former a minister of the Presbyterian church, who was graduated from Danville College at Danville, Kentucky, and also pursued his education in part in Princeton Seminary. He afterward located in Columbia, Kentucky, and in addition to his work in the ministry he entered the educational field as president of the Columbia male and female high school, imparting readily and clearly to others the knowledge that he had acquired, and thus contributing much to the educational development of the city.

Henry C. Read was a pupil in the Columbia high school and afterward matriculated in Center College at Danville, Kentucky, where he obtained his more specifically literary education that served as an excellent foundation upon which to rear the superstructure of professional knowledge. In 1883 he took up the study of architecture and engineering and for some time was associated with the firm of McDonald Brothers of Louisville, Kentucky, thus gaining much valuable practical experience. He afterward removed to Las Vegas, New Mexico, where he accepted the superintendency of the Aqua Pura Water Company, thus representing the Kentucky capitalists who were the stockholders in that company. It was during his residence in New Mexico that Mr. Read was married. In 1888 he removed to Fort Smith, where he entered the brokerage business, becoming a pioneer in the wholesale grocery brokerage trade. He has since handled and developed a business of very substantial proportions, and his activities of this character place him among the representative merchants and successful business men of the city.

While residing in New Mexico, in 1888, Mr. Read was united in marriage to Miss Stuart Eads, and they have become the parents of four children: Anne, who is the wife of Willis W. Hale, an electrical engineer of Cleveland, Ohio; Adele, who is the wife of Lyman C. Martin of Louisville, Kentucky; Dorothy, who is the wife of Wendel A. Robertson of Fort Smith, and Henry, who is at home.

In his political views Mr. Read has always been a stalwart democrat and in 1913 he was elected to the office of mayor of Fort Smith. He has labored untiringly for what he has believed to he the best interests of the city and was instrumental in securing the passage of a bill for the commission form of government. He acted as mayor of the city for four years, his administration being thoroughly businesslike and progressive, while the results achieved were most satisfactory. He served for twelve years as a member of the school board and was active in obtaining a construction program for bigger and better schools, his labors proving a most potent force in the development of the educational system of the city and improvement of the architecture of the school buildings, for his standards were high and he put forth every effort to secure their adoption. During the World war Mr. Read was active in promoting every interest that would further the welfare of the country and was active in teaching the principles of American government. Those who know him - and he has a wide acquaintance - esteem him highly as a man of genuine worth and one who by his own merit and ability has steadily risen to a place in the foremost rank of the business men and citizens of Fort Smith.

He has been an active officer of the Presbyterian church, lending his aid to all the church's activities, and rendering valuable help through his knowledge of church architecture.

WENDELL ARCHIBALD ROBERTSON


Western Front - France; World War I flying ace

Wendell Archibald Robertson, a well-known figure in insurance circles at Fort Smith, also deserves prominent mention through the fact that he became an aviation ace during the World war. He participated in many combats and made a brilliant military record as a member of the One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Aero Squadron. A native of Oklahoma, he was born in Guthrie in 1894, and is a son of R. Scott and Elizabeth Jane (Wendell) Robertson. He represents one of the prominent old southern families of Scotch extraction. The Robertsons settled in Tennessee prior to the Revolutionary war and afterward representatives of the name lived in Mississippi, Alabama and Texas. Captain James Robertson, the great-grandfather of W. A. Robertson was the founder of Nashville, Tennessee. James A. Robertson, a descendant, became the father of R. Scott Robertson, who is now president of the Reynolds-Davis Grocery Company of Fort Smith, Arkansas.

He was born in Galveston, Texas, but came to Fort Smith twenty-five years ago and here entered the wholesale grocery business, in which he engaged for a time. Later he went to New York city, where he was active in the brokerage business and still later returned to Fort Smith and organized the Reynolds-Davis Grocery Company, of which he is now the president, thus occupying a most prominent position in the commercial circles of the city.

Wendell A. Robertson was largely educated in the schools of Fort Smith, passing through consecutive grades to the high school, after which he attended the Holbrook Preparatory School at Briarcliff, N Y., and then entered Yale University, from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts with the class of 1915. Returning to Fort Smith, he became associated with his father in the wholesale grocery business, and later was connected with the Clear Creek Oil & Gas Company. When America entered the World war he joined the Officers' Training Camp at Fort Logan H. Root, near Little Rock, and from there was sent to the school of military aeronautics at Austin, Texas. His next transferral took him to Rantoul, Illinois, where he was recommended for a commission and sent to Garden City, Long Island. He was made a first lieutenant of the aviation section of the Signal Corps and went abroad with the One Hundred and Eighth Aero Squadron, proceeding first to St. Maxient, while later he was assigned to the One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Aero Squadron. He saw service at many points on the fighting front and participated in many combats. On one occasion he was flying with Dave Putnam, a noted air man, when they were attacked by fifteen German planes. Putnam was brought down, but Lieutenant Robertson managed to return to the lines in safety. So splendid was his military record that he was decorated as an American ace, but with the characteristic modesty of the American air man, he says little of his experiences in foreign lands, but history proves the splendid record which he made. Mr. Robertson has six official confirmations to his credit. When the war was over Mr. Robertson returned to Fort Smith, where he is now engaged in the insurance business, and with the same thoroughness and determination which characterized his pursuit of German planes in the air service on the western front, he is pushing toward his objective in the business world, basing his advancement upon thoroughness, diligence and a resolution which enables him to overcome all difficulties and obstacles in his path.

PAUL W. SHERIDAN

Paul W. Sheridan, numbered among the enterprising and representative business men of Fort Smith, has had the agency for the Ford motor cars during the past twelve years and in this connection has met with notable success. He was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, on the 30th of April, 1883, and was there reared and educated. On attaining his majority he became identified with the Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company of St. Louis, with which he remained until 1906, when he made his way to California. while the year 1907 witnessed his arrival in Fort Smith, Arkansas. In October, 1909, he secured the agency for the Studebaker cars and the following year took on the Buick and Ford agencies. In 1914, however, he became sole agent for the Ford motor cars and has since devoted his attention exclusively to their sale, his territory covering Sebastian county, Crawford county, the lower half of Franklin county and a part of Scott county in Arkansas, as well as part of Sequoyah county and Le Flore county in Oklahoma. Through his activities in this connection he has won an enviable and well merited reputation as one of the best business getters and most successful men of Fort Smith. His sales offices here are in a two story building, seventy-five by one hundred and forty-two feet, of distinctive and attractive appearance. Thirty-three people are employed in the conduct of the agency. Mr. Sheridan also manages branch offices at Van Buren, Mulberry, Charleston and Mansfield, Arkansas. During his first year as Ford agent, in 1914, he did a business of about thirty-six thousand dollars and this has since increased annually until the sales now amount to one million dollars yearly.

For his wife Mr. Sheridan chose Miss Stella Whittaker of Fort Smith, a daughter of J. W. Whittaker. He aided in the successful prosecution of the war with Germany through financial assistance, and his aid and influence have ever been given on the side of right, progress and improvement. Mr. Sheridan has won a large circle of warm friends during the period of his residence in Fort Smith, which now covers fourteen years, his many excellent traits of character having commended him to the high regard and esteem of all with whom has been associated.

ISOM SIMMONS

Isom Simmons enjoys an extensive clientage as an able attorney of Fort Smith, where he has followed his profession during the past fourteen years. He is a native of Kansas and a son of Benjamin and Matilda (McKenzie) Simmons, who removed from the Sunflower state to Booneville, Arkansas, where his early education was acquired. Later the family home was established about three miles west of Barber. After completing his educational training Isom Simmons took up the work of teaching and also read law in preparation for a professional career. On being admitted to the bar he located for practice at Waldron, there remaining until 1907, when he came to Fort Smith, where he has continued through the intervening years to the present time. He is now practicing independently but was formerly associated with Harold K. Watrous, who entered the army and subsequently settled in Connecticut. His clientage is extensive and of an important character. He is remarkable among lawyers for the wide research and provident care with which he prepares his cases. At no time has his reading ever been confined to the limitations of the questions at issue. It has gone beyond and compassed every contingency and provided not alone for the expected but for the unexpected, which happens in the courts quite as frequently as out of them. In 1914 he was elected prosecuting attorney of Sebastian and Scott counties, making a most creditable and commendable record in that position during the period of his incumbency, which covered two years.

Mr. Simmons has been twice married and had two children by his first wife. who in her maidenhood was Miss Jennie Blythe of Logan county. For his second wife he chose Miss May Brown and they have become parents of a son, Isom. Mr. Simmons has spent practicaily his entire life in Arkansas, and in Fort Smith he has become widely recognized as a most able and successful member of the bar.

W. B. SMITH

W. B. Smith, a man of enterprise and marked force of character who has been a resident of Fayetteville since August, 1910, has throughout his life made good use of his time and opportunities and is now engaged in selling state and United States lands. He is likewise active in the office of justice of the peace, to which office he was elected in 1912, and he is readily acknowledged a representative citizen. A native of Illinois, he was born in Chicago on the 30th of November, 1855, a son of John Gardner and Mary (Barker) Smith. On the paternal side Mr. Smith is descended from Scotch ancestors, the family having been members of the well-known House of Sutherland. His great-great-grandfather came to this country at an early day and participated in the Revolutionary war under the name of Smith. John Smith, the grandfather was a native of New Hampshire. On the maternal side our subject is of English descent, the family having originally come from London, England. It is said of the Barker family that in peace or in war they, like Chevalier Bayard, the French national here, have ever been "sans peur et sans reproche". The maternal great-grandfather, John Barker, was born in Pomfret, Connecticut, in December, 1756, and died in New Hampshire, March 15, 1834. He served in the Revolutionary war as a private and orderly sergeant and participated in the battles of Lexington and Bunker Hill and was at the surrender of Burgoyne and with Arnold at Quebec. The grandfather, William Barker, was born in Leominster, Massachusetts, on the 18th of November, 1788, and in later life removed to Syracuse, where he married, reared a large family, and died on the 30th of April, 1854.

The parents of W. B. Smith, John Gardner and Mary (Barker) Smith, are both deceased. The father was born in Manlius, New York, in July, 1828, and in 1875 came to Arkansas. For some time he was chief clerk in a large hotel in Little Rock and gained substantial success prior to his demise. Mrs. Smith was a native of New York, also, her birth having occurred in Syracuse on the 26th of November, 1830. Her marriage occurred in that city, October 10, 1853, and she died in Little Rock on the 5th of June, 1892. Three children were born to their union: W. B., whose name initiates this review; Mary Langdon, born November 18, 1864. at Bristol, Wisconsin, and now the wife of John M. Pemberton; and Robert Emmett, whose birth occurred on the 30th of November, 1857, and who died in Little Rock, September 13, 1920, after having been associated with the Rock Island Railway for forty years. Throughout their lives Mr. and Mrs. Smith were consistent members of the Presbyterian church and he was a Royal Arch Mason. His political allegiance was always given to the republican party.

In the acquirement of an education W. B. Smith attended the common schools of Memphis, Tennessee, having located in that place with his father, who was then secretary and treasurer of the Street Railroad Company, an association he maintained for eleven years. Upon putting his textbooks aside Mr. Smith made his initial step into the business world as cash boy in the Southern palace Dry Goods Store and worked in that capacity eighteen months, when he resigned and became stock boy on the third floor of the Urquhart Company, Wholesalers. His ability and conscientious performance of every duty assigned him won him promotion to shipping clerk and subsequently he severed his relations with that concern to take a position in his father's office. Sometime later he became a brakeman on the Memphis & Little Rock, now the Rock Island Railroad and was also active as switchman until 1879 when he came to Arkansas, locating in Fort Smith. He became associated with the Little Rock & Fort Smith Railroad at Cherokee, Indian Territory, and was later put in charge of the express department of the Little Rock & Fort Smith Railroad where he remained until he went into the general offices of the Memphis & Little Rock Railroad at Little Rock. He was connected with the Memphis & Little Rock Railroad Company until 1883, when he went to Camden, Arkansas, with the Cotton Belt Railway for about eight years and then became agent for that railroad at Pine Bluff. He remained in the service of that road until August 4, 1894, when he returned to Fort Smith and was engaged by D. J. Young as bookkeeper in the conduct of a brickyard and brewery business. For four years he was active along those lines, achieving substantial success for some time when hard luck attended his efforts, and disposing of his business interests he came to Fayetteville in August, 1910, financially crippled. Being a man of determination and pluck, however, he determined to let no obstacle remain in his path, and soon recovered from his misfortune. He indexed the probate records from the beginning down to date and then worked in the courthouse for some time. In 1912 he was appointed a justice of the peace, and he has held that office since. While in the courthouse he took note of the meager information that was at hand for homesteaders. So he platted and indexed government lands of the county and later the state lands, and became agent and attorney for the handling of these lands and the locating of settlers thereon. Mr. Smith has been married three times.

His first marriage occurred in Fort Smith, on the 14th of April, 1879, to Miss Jane George Rutherford, a native of Columbia, South Carolina, and a member of the distinguished Butler family of that state. Six children were born to that union, all of whom are deceased, and Mrs. Smith died in 1900. For his second wife Mr. Smith chose Miss Alta M. Williamson, a native of Kankakee, Illinois, and to their union five children were born, three of whom are living: Dorothea Orton, who works in her father�s office; Marion W., attending high school; and Harold Ney, in school. Mrs. Smith was a prominent woman in the community and in the Baptist church, of which she was a member. Her demise occurred in January, 1916. Mr. Smith was married the third time, Carrie Elizabeth Moores becoming his wife. She is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, where she was born on the 18th of June, 1856.

Since age conferred upon Mr. Smith the right of franchise he has been a stanch supporter of the democratic party, having firm belief in the principles of that party as factors in good government. His religious faith is that of the Episcopal church, while his wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, South. During a residence in Fayetteville which has covered a period of more than eleven years, Mr. Smith has made many close and stanch friends who admire him for his wonderful business ability and the enterprising and progressive spirit he at all times manifests in matters of citizenship, but most of all they esteem him because of his high sense of honor, fine personality and kind, generous nature.

VINCENT H. SORRELS

Among the well known representatives of the banking fraternity in Mansfield is Vincent H. Sorrels, cashier of the Peoples Bank. a progressive and popular official whose fidelity to the interests which he represents has gained him the high regard of his fellow townsmen. Mr. Sorrels was born on a farm about three miles east of Mansfield. near Abbott. in 1884, his parents being Dr. J. W. and Charity (Barnett) Sorrels. The father engaged in the practice of medicine in his community for more than forty years, carrying aid and comfort into many a household and ranking with the leading representatives of the profession in his section of the state. He also served as a soldier in the Confederate army during the Civil war, having official rank. The Barnett family, from whom Vincent H. Sorrels is descended in the maternal line, resided in or near Magnolia, Arkansas, and Dr. Sorrels was united in marriage to Miss Charity Barnett. He was still engaged in the active practice of medicine to the time of his death. which occurred in 1913. His wife died in Mansfield in 1919. Dr. Sorrels was quite prominent in public affairs aside from his profession and served as a member of the constitutional convention in 1874. He was also one of the recognized leaders of the Masonic fraternity in Arkansas, filling the office of grand master of the Grand lodge at one time. To him and his wife were born the following named: B. C., B. R., V. H., and Ora, the wife of Edgar Smith, an attorney of Muskogee, Oklahoma, and the mother of Read Smith, who was an officer in the quartermaster corps in the World war. The eldest son, B. C. Sorrels, is a practicing physician, while the second son, B. R. Sorrels, devotes his life to mercantile pursuits.

, The third son, Vincent H. Sorrels, obtained his early education in the local schools and later has learned many valuable lessons in the school of experience. Starting out in the business world he was employed by the Merchants Bank of Mansfield and in 1907 he went to Wilburton, Oklahoma, where he acted as cashier in the Citizens Bank. In 1908 he was instrumental in organizing the Peoples Bank of Mansfield, of which he became the cashier with C. C. Graves as president and R. V. Baldwin as vice president, at the time of this writing. The original officers, however, were J. M. Marshall, president; J. W. Sorrels, vice president; and Vincent H. Sorrels, cashier. In a word, the last named has occupied the cashiership since the organization of the bank and has been a most active contributing factor to its continued growth and success. It has enjoyed a prosperous existence from the beginning and now has many depositors.

In 1910 Mr. Sorrels was united in marriage to Miss Jessie Bland of Perryville, Arkansas, a daughter of John Bland, and they have become parents of two daughters: Mary Catherine and Mildred. Mr. Sorrels is identified with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and is also a Royal Arch Mason and member of the Eastern Star. He likewise belongs to the Woodmen of the World and the Modern Woodmen of America and he has many warm friends among his associates in these orders. The cause of education has ever found in him a stanch supporter and he has served as chairman of his school district. During the World war he took active and helpful part in promoting the interests of the government. He was at the head of the Arkansas united war fund campaign, was district chairman of the war stamps campaign, was chairman of the work in the school district and was a member of the Community Council of Defense. He also acted as treasurer of the Red Cross and was district chairman of the Liberty loans. He did everything within his power to uphold the interests of the government and thus give strong financial support to the soldiers in the field.

IRWIN MARCUS STERNBERG, D. D. S.

Dr. Irwin Marcus Sternberg, engaged in the practice of dentistry in Fort Smith, where he was born in 1882, is a son of M. and Sarah (Oppenheimer) Sternberg. The father came to this city in 1881 from Ozark, Arkansas, having previously resided in that city for six years, while prior to 1875 he made his home in Illinois.

Dr. Sternberg is the youngest of a family of four children. He was reared in Fort Smith and was graduated from the city high school with the class of 1900. He later attended the Washington University at St. Louis, in which he pursued his professional course, being graduated therefrom in 1907 with the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery. He then returned to his native city for practice and opened an office here. His success from the outset has been continuous and his life stands in contradiction to the old adage that a prophet is not without honor save in his own country, for in the city of his nativity Dr. Sternberg ranks with the ablest, having probably the largest dental practice here. Moreover, his high professional standing among his colleagues and contemporaries is indicated in the fact that in 1908 he was elected secretary of the Arkansas State Dental Association and by reelection was continued in that position until 1913. He was elected a member of the Arkansas state board of dental examiners in 1913, his incumbency in the position continuing until 1924 and from 1913 until 1919 he served as secretary of the board. In 1910 he organized the local dental society and became its first president, while in 1915 he organized the Northwest Arkansas Dental Society and was made its first president, continuing in the position for two years. He not only holds to the highest standards of the profession himself but seeks to advance efficiency in dental practice at all times and his work has been a stimulant to the efforts of others. He was the preliminary dental examiner of western Arkansas and of eastern Oklahoma.

Dr. Sternberg was married to Miss Bertha Levinson, a daughter of M. P. Levinson, formerly of Kansas City but now deceased. Dr. and Mrs. Sternberg have twin daughters, Ione and Leone, six years of age. During the World war Dr. Sternberg was secretary of the local advisory board of Crawford, Sebastian and Scott counties and did most efficient work to further those activities which were the support of the government and constituted the home defense back of the firing lines on the western front.

W. E. TEMPLETON

W. E. Templeton, a druggist and mine owner of Bonanza, is one of those men who uphold the stability of a community through their enterprise, progressiveness and wise use of opportunities. Mr. Templeton was born in Lincoln county, Tennessee, in the year 1882, his parents being A. M. and Mary (Couch) Templeton, the former a farmer by occupation. While spending his youthful days under the parental roof, the family having removed to Sebastian county, Arkansas, W. E. Templeton acquired his education in the public schools and for a time was also a student at Fort Smith. Putting aside his textbooks, he turned to the business world for the opportunities which he hoped would lead him to the goal of success. He became interested in coal development near Jenny Lind in 1914 and is now operating several large mines at that place. conducting his business interests there under the name of the Mama Coal Company. In 1915 he became actively identified with the commercial interests of Bonanza by purchasing an interest in a drug store, of which he is now sole proprietor. This business is carried on under the name of Carter & Company and was originally owned by J. V. Owens. In 1915 it was taken over by V. H. Carter and W. E. Templeton and carried on under the partnership relation for a few years, at the end of which time Mr. Templeton purchased the business, which he conducts independently. He has a well appointed store and his business methods are such as will bear the closest investigation and scrutiny. His enterprise and energy enable him to overcome all obstacles and difficulties in his path and steadily he has worked his way upward. His operations in the coal field, too, have been a source of substantial profit and he is regarded as one of the representative businessmen of his section of the state.

In 1911 Mr, Templeton was united in marriage to Miss Florence E. Carter, a daughter of William and Carrie Carter, and a sister of V. H. Carter, his former partner, who served in the army during the World war and was at the officers� training school at Camp Pike when the armistice was signed. While America was at war with Germany, Mr. Templeton was active in support of all war movements, was sales director of all the Liberty Loans and chairman of the District Red Cross. He was also active in promoting the War Savings Stamps drive, selling stamps to the amount of twenty-eight thousand dollars in one drive. He loyally stood back of every movement that maintained the home line, whereby the country financed the movements of the army on the western front.

Mr. Templeton belongs to all the Masonic fraternities and also the Shriners, and is a loyal follower of the teachings and high purposes of the craft. He finds his recreation in travel and spends from one to three months each year in making extensive automobile trips. He is a believer in the great out-of-doors and the benefit to be derived in that way, and he recognizes the fact that one should not only work well but also play well, or in other words that recreation must constitute an even balance to intense business activity if a normal development is to be maintained.

HON. CLAUDE THOMPSON

Hon. Claude Thompson, state senator from Fort Smith, has devoted much of his life to public service and in office has so discharged his duties as to win the confidence and respect of the entire community and commonwealth. A native of Mississippi, he was born in the city of Carthage, February 9, 1871, his parents being George W. and Mollie (Wilder) Thompson. The father was a farmer and merchant, living at Canton, Mississippi, where he carried on both lines of business with success.

Claude Thompson was reared upon the home farm in Mississippi, early becoming familiar with the best methods of tilling the soil and caring for the crops. His educational advantages were those accorded by the public school system of the state. He left home when about nineteen or twenty years of age and came to Arkansas, starting in business life as an employee in a store at Mansfield, this state. He subsequently traveled for the William Echols wholesale dry goods house of Fort Smith and later went to St. Louis, where he became a traveling salesman for the large Hargadine & McKittrlck Dry Goods Company, continuing with that house until he returned to Fort Smith.

It was about that time that Mr. Thompson entered upon his political career, for he became chief deputy sheriff under T. A. Norris, then sheriff of Fort Smith, and acted in that capacity for four years. In 1914 he was elected to the office of sheriff and that be discharged his duties with notable promptness, capability and fidelity is indicated in the fact that he was reelected and continued to serve for three successive terms or until 1920. He was the first deputy sheriff of the county that was ever made sheriff and he was elected to this office by the largest majority ever given a candidate. In 1920 higher political honors came to him in his election to the state senate by a large majority and without solicitation on his part. He is now filling this position and is giving most thoughtful and earnest consideration to the vital questions which come up for settlement in the general assembly. He has never lightly regarded the duties of citizenship but has faithfully met every obligation that has devolved upon him and his course has wrought for good to the 001m munity and to the state. In business circles, too, Mr. Thompson is well known and is now secretary and treasurer of the Collier Commission Company, wholesale dealers in flour and produce. This business has grown to substantial proportions and in commercial connections Mr. Thompson displays initiative, enterprise and progressiveness that bring substantial results.

In 1896 Mr. Thompson was married to Miss Emma Hughes, who was born in Leake county, Mississippi. Their children are Claude Hughes and James Howard. The former served in the navy in the World war, being stationed ab Hampton Roads.

Mr. Thompson is a member of the National Sheriffs Association and also of the Traveling Men's Association. He likewise belongs to the Business Men�s Club of Fort Smith and heartily cooperates in all plans and projects for the development and improvement of business conditions. That he is appreciative of the social amenities of life and recognizes the obligations which the individual bears to his fellowman is indicated in the fact that he belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Modern Woodmen of America, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Fraternal Order of Eagles, loyally following the teachings and high purposes of these different societies. He is also a popular member of the Country Club.

H. L. THOMPSON

It is a noticeable fact that a great majority of men who have operated successfully at the oil fields of the southwest have come to this section of the state from Pennsylvania, where the first oil discoveries of the country were made. They are men who have become familiar with the oil industry in the east and have recognized the possibilities and opportunities in this direction in this section of the country. To this class belongs H. L. Thompson, a well known oil operator of Fort Smith. He was born in Sugar Grove, Warren county, Pennsylvania, his parents being John H. and Ella (Phillips) Thompson, the former a newspaper man. The son was educated in the public schools of Irvington, Pennsylvania, and became a drilling operator in the oil fields of his native state. To this business he has since given his attention and has done a contracting business in drilling wells, following the business successfully in Ohio, West Virginia, New York, Illinois, Oklahoma, Texas and Arkansas. Thus he has made his way westward in connection with the discovery and development of oil fields in various sections of the country, at length turning his attention to the southwest when operations were begun in the oil fields of this part of the country. He has made his home in Fort Smith since 1916. He is thoroughly familiar with the oil industry in every department and his sound judgment, persistency of purpose and undaunted energy have brought him gratifying success.

Mr. Thompson has been married twice. He first wedded Neva English and they became the parents of three children: Winona, who is now a student in Wellesley College near Boston, Massachusetts; Edwin; and Harry. The wife and mother died and later Mr. Thompson married Elizabeth Garner of Clarendon, Pennsylvania. His life history is an interesting one, for opportunity has ever been to him a call to action—a call to which he has made ready response. At the outset of his career he recognized the qualities which are essential to success and has cultivated those qualities in the conduct of his business affairs until activity and energy have made him one of the representative oil men of Arkansas.

HARPER LAFEYETTE TOWNLEY
1874-1951

H. L. Townley is the senior partner in the firm of Cowne & Townley, merchants of Greenwood. Alert and energetic he is constantly watchful for Opportunities for the legitimate advancement of trade and has been active in the development of one of the important mercantile interests of the city, contributing largely to the commercial advancement of Greenwood. Mr. Townley was born in Florence, Alabama, in 1874, and is a son of B. R. and Martha (Curtis) Townley. The father had four brothers who lost their lives in battle in the Civil war, two of them meeting death on the battle field of Shiloh. The mother was a daughter of Jonathan Curtis, builder of the Muscle Shoals canal. In the year 1881 B. R. Townley came to Arkansas, settling at Greenwood, where he engaged in farming. He still makes his home on an excellent tract of land in that vicinity and is numbered among the representative agriculturists of his part of the state. To him and his wife were born seven children: B. W., now living in Oklahoma; Susan, the wife of R. Joyce of Oklahoma; Gaither, the wife of Tom Bryant; Viola, the wife of Lester Beam; Laura, the wife of R. Gant; W. V.; and H. L.

The last named pursued his education in the schools of Greenwood and in early life devoted his attention to farming, early becoming familiar with the best methods of tilling the soil and caring for the crops and he assisted his father in the further development of the old homestead. Later he was employed by a coal company at Fidelity, remaining with the Long Bell Company for a period of nine years, a fact which indicates his trustworthiness and industry. On the expiration of that period he entered into partnership with Mr. Cowne, forming the firm of Cowne & Townley in 1910. Subsequently they took over the business of the old and well known mercantile house of C. R. Owens. The Cowne & Townley store is one of the thriving mercantile establishments of Greenwood, carrying an extensive and well selected line of goods, while every effort is made to please their patrons, the firm having ever recognized that satisfied customers are the best advertisements.

Mr. Townley was united in marriage to Miss Dosia Moore and they have two children: Everett and Dosia. The son married Miss Bessie Scales and has one child. For his second wife Mr. Townley chose Willie Lamb, a daughter of John Lamb. Six children have been born of this marriage: Knotts, Mathe, Dorothy, Shannon, Cora and Charles. Mrs. Townley presides with gracious hospitality over their pleasant home and the family is widely and favorably known in this section of the state. Mr. Townley is an energetic and enterprising man, who at the outset of his career realized that success depended upon industry and close application. He has therefore always cultivated these qualities and his determination and perseverance have enabled him to overcome all difficulties and obstacles in his path and steadily to progress toward the goal of success

ARL B. WALLACE
1883-1936

The owner of the well known Tatum Hardware Company of Greenwood is A. B. Wallace, son-in-law of the late Major Tatum who founded that concern and conducted it with more than substantial success for a period covering more than forty-five years. Major Tatum was a veteran of the Civil war, having served in the Confederate army, and a highly respected citizen of Greenwood for more than half a century. His demise occurred on July 15, 1915.

A. B. Wallace, whose name initiates this review, was born in Van Buren in 1883, a son of M. V. and Role (Smith) Wallace. The paternal grandfather, Mathew Wallace, was a Methodist minister and was killed at Clarksville by bushwhackers. He was one of the earliest circuit riders in that section of the country and was widely known and respected. The maternal grandfather was Alvis Smith, a Federal soldier who was a resident of Van Buren.

In the acquirement of an education A. E. Wallace attended the common schools of his birthplace and later entered a commercial college. Upon the completion of his business course he obtained a position with an express company for four years, at the termination of which time he became associated with Major Tatum in the hardware business in Greenwood. Upon the death of the Major, Mr. Wallace became sole owner of the business known as the Tatum Hardware Company and he is now conducting the business on his own account. He has keen executive ability, which is manifest in the organization and management of the enterprise, and the continued growth of the business is notable.

Mr. Wallace was married July 20, 1905, to Miss Thad Tatum, daughter of Major Tatum and to their union two children have been born: Edward T. and Mary L. The political allegiance of Mr. Wallace is given to the democratic party and fraternally he is identified with the Masons, belonging to the thirty-second degree consistory and to the Mystic Shrine, both at Little Rock. Mrs. Wallace is prominent in the church and social circles of Greenwood and is a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the local chapter being named in honor of her father, Major Tatum. Mr. Wallace is tireless in his devotion to his business and he is in thorough sympathy with various organizations in Greenwood whose purpose it is to institute measures which will make known the advantages of the community and is active in promoting projects for adorning and improving Greenwood in many ways.

EARL N. WARD, SR

Earl N. Ward is the manager of the Fort Smith Ice Cream Company and therefore one of the most active and energetic businessmen of the city, for in this connection has been developed one of the large business concerns with a patronage that is constantly increasing. Mr. Ward is a native of Arkansas, his birth having occurred in Lavaca, Sebastian county, in 1883. He is a son of J. N. and F. L. (Barnes) Ward. The father was also born and reared in Lavaca and is a representative of one of the old pioneer families of the state, long associated with its development and upbuilding. The grandfather in the paternal line was Francis M. Ward, who was a captain of the Union army. The family was also represented in the World war by Harry J. and William K. Ward, brothers of Earl N. Ward, who served their country in the sanguinary struggle against Germany. The family of Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Ward numbered the following children: Earl N.; Claud C.; Harry J.; William K.; and Eva, the wife of Roy A. Drum.

J. N. Ward devoted his life to farming and stock raising for a number of years, but about thirty years ago turned his attention to the ice industry and today the family manages the largest ice house in the country. As the sons have attained sufficient age they have been taken into the business and have been valuable contributing factors to its success and growth. One after another branches have been established in various parts of the state, until the company now controls a trade in excess of that of all others in Arkansas. The various branches are distributed as follows: The Border City Ice & Cold Storage Company of which J. N. Ward, the father, is the president and manager, is located at Fort Smith; the Fort Smith Ice 6�: Cold Storage Company, also of this city, is managed by R. A. Drum, the son-in-law of J. N. Ward; the Van Buren Ice 8: Cold Storage Company is operating at Van Buren, Arkansas, with W. K. Ward as manager; the Rogers Ice & Cold Storage Company at Rogers. Arkansas. of which J. N. Ward is the president. is managed by John Pennington ; another branch is the Clarksville (Ark.) Ice & Cold Storage Company; the Mansfield Ice & Cold Storage Company is managed by Harry J. Ward; the Heavener ice & Cold Storage Company is another of the plants of this firm, situated at Heavener, Oklahoma, for the company has extended its operations into an adjoining state; at Poteau, Oklahoma, is found still another branch, known as the Poteau' Ice & Cold Storage Company, of which R. A. Drum acts as manager, as he does also of the Heavener branch. There are two other ice companies in Oklahoma, one at Quinton, operating under the name of the Quinton Ice & Cold Storage Company; and one at Stigler, conducted under the style of the Stigler Ice & Cold Storage Company. Also at Stigler the Ward family owns the Stigler Electric Light & Power Company, with C. C. Ward as manager. A twelfth branch of the business is situated at Hugo. Oklahoma, and is conducted under the name of the Hugo Ice Cream Company. This is a branch of the Fort Smith Ice Cream Company, although operated independently.

Earl N. Ward spent his youthful days under the parental roof, enjoying the educational advantages offered by the public school system of Arkansas, and under his father's direction he received his business training, his powers developing as the years have passed until he most successfully manages and controls not only the business of the Fort Smith Ice Cream Company but also that of the Hugo Ice Cream Company of Oklahoma. The Fort Smith Ice Cream Company was organized January 1, 1917. and its product commonly known as Ward's Ice Cream is considered the best to be had in the city. This is the largest establishment of the kind in Fort Smith and the product is shipped over a radius of two hundred and fifty miles.

J. N. & FRANK W. WARD

One of the most extensive and important corporate interests of Arkansas is that conducted under the name of the Border City Ice & Cold Storage Company, of which J. N. and Frank W. Ward are respectively the manager and assistant ~ manager. This company operates thirteen different plants in the state and the Border City Ice Company and the Fort Smith Ice & Cold Storage Company have the largest ice plants in Arkansas. The founder and senior partner of the business is J. N. Ward, accounted one of the most alert, progressive and enterprising men of the southwest. The Border City Ice & Cold Storage Company, with its main plant and its various branches, constitutes a million-dollar concern and is conducted as a family partnership, eight members of the family being interested therein.. Its branches are located in various cities of Oklahoma and of Arkansas and the business has enjoyed a steady and substantial growth through the thirty-five years of its existence. The plant at Fort Smith, supplying practically all of the ice used in the city, has a one-hundred-ton daily capacity, and the Fort Smith Ice & Cold Storage Company has a plant with a capacity for forty thousand barrels of apples during the winter season. With the settlement and development of the territory adjacent to Fort Smith, and intact covering western Arkansas and Oklahoma, the need arose for many other ice plants to meet the public demand, until today the company is operating thirteen in all in various cities of the two states. J. N. Ward, the active manager of the business, has been associated with the undertaking for thirty-five years while Frank W. Ward, the assistant manager, has been active in the enterprise for a quarter of a century. Prior to the time when they concentrated their efforts and attention upon ice manufacture they were extensively engaged in cattle raising, handling from five to ten thousand head of steers annually. After the organization and promotion of their ice business they attempted to give attention to both lines, but the development of their cattle trade and of their ice manufacturing interests made it impossible to manage both and forced the necessity of a choice of one or the other line. After due consideration they decided to abandon the cattle industry and devote themselves exclusively to the manufacture of ice. Their progress has been due to careful organization and to a recognition of opportunities for the enlargement of their business by the establishment of additional plants. Moreover, their interests have been of the greatest possible benefit to the communities in which they operate and each individual business is a monument to the well defined purpose and thoroughly organized efforts of its promoters.

Frank W. Ward, assistant manager of the company, was born in Lavaca, Sebastian county, Arkansas, in 1875, his parents being Frank and Christine (Campbell) Ward, the latter now living at the advanced age of eighty years. The father came to Arkansas from Tennessee and followed farming in this state. He was a captain in the Confederate army and now lies buried in the national cemetery at Fort Smith. There were twelve children in the family, of whom five daughters and two sons are yet living.

Frank W. Ward was married in 1902 to Miss Lulu Bell Moody, a daughter of Squire Moody of Monsana township, Sebastian county, and they have become parents of two children: Francis, seven years of age; and Lillian, who is a maiden of fourteen summers.

Mr. Ward is well known in fraternal organizations, belonging to the Knights of the Maccabees, the Elks, the Eagles, the Ancient Order of United Workmen and the T. P. A. He has been a lifelong resident of Arkansas and has achieved notable success, while his methods at all times have been such as would hear the closest investigation and scrutiny. Recognizing and utilizing the opportunities for legitimate advancement in the business world, he stands today among those who control large interests in the southwest and his efforts have ever been of a character which have contributed to public progress and prosperity as well as to individual success.

GEORGE WARMACK

George Warmack is a partner in the firm of Warmack Brothers, conducting an extensive and profitable wholesale, flour and feed business in Fort Smith, the firm acting also as sole representatives in this district for the Majestic Milling Company of Aurora, Missouri, which they represent in the states of Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas. George Warmack was born in Whitfield, Georgia, in 1875, his parents being Jesse and Winnie (James) Warmack. The father successfully operated a cotton gin, corn mill and planing mill in Georgia and in connection therewith he cultivated two hundred and eighty acres of land. His business interests were thus extensive and important and contributed to the progress and development of the community in which he lived as well as to the upbuilding of his individual fortunes. At the time of the Civil war, however, he put aside all business and personal considerations and joined the Confederate army in defense of his loved southland, serving with the cavalry forces throughout the period of hostilities. Wherever he was known he was highly esteemed by reason of his business ability and his sterling worth of character. To Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Warmack there were born three sons and two daughters, of whom one son, Elbert, is now deceased.

The surviving sons, George and John, are associated in business under the firm style of Warmack Brothers. George Warmack was reared and educated in Georgia and twenty years ago, or in 1901, he left his native state and removed to Arkansas, settling in Huntington, where he became associated with the Central Coal & Coke Company, continuing in the employ of that concern for five years. On the expiration of that period he began selling flour for the Rea-Reed Milling Company of Tulsa, Oklahoma, with which he was connected for two years. In 1908 he joined forces with the Majestic Milling Company of Aurora, Missouri, and has since been a representative of that corporation. He and his brother John are the sole representatives of the company in the states of Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas and together they have built up a very large business, handling flour and all mill products. Their trade is now very extensive and constitutes a gratifying source of income to the partners.

George Warmack was married in September, 1905, to Miss Grace Davis of Huntington, Arkansas, and they have become the parents of two children: Edward, seven years of age; and Ruth, a little maiden of four summers.

Mr. Warmack is a Mason, belonging to the lodge at Huntington, and is a loyal follower of the teachings and purposes of the craft. His entire course has been marked by fidelity to duty, by loyalty in friendship and by faithfulness in citizenship and his many sterling qualities have established him high in public regard.

W. N. WILKINSON

W. N. Wilkinson, capably filling the position of cashier of the Farmers Bank of Greenwood, is a native of Charleston, Arkansas, born in the year 1877, his parents being Ephraim and Margarett (McFerran) Wilkinson. His paternal grandfather, W. W. Wilkinson, for whom he was named, came from Tennessee to Arkansas at an early day, settling in Sevier county, and at the time of the Civil war he espoused the cause of the Confederacy. The McFerran family came originally from Mississippi and settlement was made in Franklin county, Arkansas, by Samuel McFerran, the maternal grandfather of W. N. Wilkinson. Thus his ancestors in both the paternal and maternal lines became early residents, of the state. His brother, Samuel Wilkinson, is now a well-known physician of Helen, New Mexico.

In the acquirement of his education, after completing a public school course, W. N. Wilkinson attended the University of Arkansas, in which he pursued a classical course, winning the Bachelor of Arts degree. In early manhood he taught school in Sebastian county but regarded this merely as an initial step to other business activity and was constantly on the alert to grasp opportunities that would make for advancement. He first engaged in banking in Howe, Oklahoma, where he remained for two years, and for the past fourteen years he has been associated with the Farmers Bank of Greenwood. This bank was organized in 1907 as a state bank, Mr. Wilkinson being the first incumbent in the office which he still fills, while W. L. Seaman became the first president and C. R. Owens the vice president. The officers at this writing (1921) are: G. C. Packard, president: C. R. Owens, vice president; W. N. Wilkinson, cashier; and Alice Holland, assistant cashier. The bank has enjoyed a prosperous existence throughout the period since it was organized, owing to the safe, conservative policy followed and the progressive methods which have been employed in securing business.

Mr. Wilkinson was married in 1902 to Miss Myrtle Means and they have become parents of three children: Louise (deceased) and Means and Lillian. The family is well known in Greenwood and this part of the state. the hospitality of many of the best homes being freely accorded them. During the World war period Mr. Wilkinson served as chairman of the War Savings Stamps committee and otherwise did everything in his power to uphold the interests of the government. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, in the work of which he takes active part, serving now as ruling elder, and he is also identified with the Masonic fraternity, being equally loyal to the teachings and high purposes of the craft.

J. BEN WILLIAMS

J. Ben Williams, occupying an enviable position in commercial and industrial circles, is now the president of the Fort Smith Vehicle & Machinery Company. He has gained a substantial measure of success as the years have gone by and at the same time he has won a good name, which is rather to be chosen than great riches. The integrity and enterprise of his business methods is acknowledged by all and steadily he is forging toward the goal of prosperity. Mr. Williams is a native of Sebastian county and a son of J. D. and E. J. (Bugg) Williams. The father followed farming for many years, but is now living retired at the age of seventy-eight.

Spending his youthful days under the parental roof, J. Ben Williams obtained his education in the public schools of Sebastian county and started out in the business world as proprietor of a small grocery store south of Fort Smith. Later he removed to this city and became identified with the Reynolds-Davis Grocery Company, a wholesale concern, with which he remained for two years. At length he embarked in his present business, ambitious that his labors should more directly benefit himself. The Fort Smith Vehicle & Machinery Company was organized in 1914, opening its establishment at 1105 Garrison avenue, with Mr. Williams as the president and N. C. Meals as secretary and treasurer. At first the firm handled vehicles and machinery buggies, farm implements and heavy farm machinery. In the course of time it broadened the scope of its interests to include shelf and heavy hardware. For two years the company remained at 1105 Garrison avenue and then removed to North Second street, where business was carried on for three years. Finally it secured its present spacious quarters on South Ninth street, where it has a floor space fifty by one hundred and sixty feet. The growth of its trade is indicated in the fact that the original store was but twenty-three by one hundred and forty feet. The firm's capitalization at the beginning was forty-five hundred dollars and today the business is capitalized for twenty two thousand dollars. The store is one of the substantial commercial interests of Fort Smith and the business has been developed along gratifying lines, showing a steady and healthful growth.

Mr. Williams was united in marriage to Miss Lyntice Shaw and they have become parents of five children: Hugh, Bernice, Lucille, Bessie, and Rosalee.

Mr. Williams belongs to the Business Men's Club. He enjoys the good will and high regard of his contemporaries in the trade circles of Fort Smith and his career is illustrative of the fact that activity does not tire but on the contrary hardens and gives resisting power.

LEON A. WILLIAMS

Leon A. Williams, numbered among Arkansas' capitalists, makes his home at Fort Smith and owns and controls important farming and live stock interests. His land holdings are, indeed, extensive and he employs the most progressive and scientific methods in the care of his fields and in the breeding of his stock.

Mr. Williams is a native of Kansas, born in 1881. He was but fourteen years of age when he took up his abode in Arkansas and settled in Fort Smith and here he started out in the business world by trading horses and mules. Young though he was, he displayed excellent judgment in recognizing the value of the animals and prospering in his undertakings, he acquired after a time a barn of moderate size. Gradually he expanded and developed his business interests and in this connection erected one of the largest barns of the kind in Arkansas. He rented his first barn at ten dollars per month and from that modest beginning he steadily worked upward until he has become one of the wealthy and influential men of the state. While only forty years of age, he is the owner of eight thousand acres of laud and has also made investment in some of the best business property of Fort Smith, with an estimated value of three hundred thousand dollars. Whenever he has seen opportunity for judicious investment he has added to his property holdings and he is today one of the foremost agriculturists of the southwest, employing the most scientific and improved methods in caring for his fields and in the development of his herds.

Mr. Williams has ever recognized the fact that play is second in importance only to work and that a man's recreations make or break him as surely as do his business habits. He has largely found his diversion in fox hunting, keeping a kennel of fine hounds which are the best bred of any to be seen in this section of the state. In business he has ever recognized the fact that application is what counts and that every man has it in him to work if he wants to. Indifference is the principal cause of failure and a lack of real interest in the business keeps most men from financial success. Mr. Williams, however, has always found pleasure in his work and has steadily improved and developed his opportunities until prosperity has followed all his undertakings.

LUM WILLIAMS

One of the substantial business men of Huntington, Arkansas, is Lum Williams, who has engaged in the grocery business here for some time. He was born in Shamokin, Pennsylvania, in 1881, a son of Nels and Elizabeth (Burgett) Williams. His father was a well known and successful physician and his demise occurred in Oklahoma, to which state he had removed. The maternal grandfather came from Alabama. Dr. Williams was an army surgeon during the Civil war, having offered his services to the Union upon the outbreak of the conflict. To the union of Dr. and Mrs. Williams four children were born: Martha, Mary, Nell and burn, whose name initiates this review.

In the acquirement of an education Lum Williams attended the schools of McAlester, Oklahoma, and upon putting his textbooks aside made his initial step into the business world in connection with the meat business. In 1913 he came to Huntington. Previous to locating here, however, he engaged in the grocery and meat market business at Bonanza. Mr. Williams has built up an extensive patronage and has a well equipped store with a butcher shop in connection. He is one of the prominent and representative business men in Huntington and has contributed much to the growth and development of that place.

Mr. Williams was united in marriage to Miss Ellen Hayes of Barling, this state, and to them three children have been born: Harry, Morris, and Louise. Fraternally Mr. Williams is identified with the Ancient Order of United Workmen and the Independent Order of A. M. He takes the interest of an intelligent and wide-awake citizen in public affairs and in the selection of competent men for office. He has never become actively engaged in politics, nor has he sought nor held public office, preferring the quiet home life and the association of a select circle of friends.

WINSTON LEE WINTERS

Winston Lee Winters has gained creditable standing as a civil and hydraulic engineer and is now practicing his profession with offices in the Merchants National Bank building at Fort Smith. He has been a resident of this place twenty-four years, or since 1897. His birth occurred in Charleston, Arkansas, and he was a youth in his teens when he came to this city. Here he resumed his education, entering the high school, from which he was graduated with the class of 1900. He afterward pursued a course of study in the University of Arkansas and is numbered among its alumni of 1906, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Civil Engineering. Since entering upon this professional work he has given most of his attention to civil and municipal engineering. In 1910 he established the firm of Winters & Dove, Civil & Hydraulic Engineers, and conducted the business under a partnership relation for a number of years but in 1918 he assumed entire control and has since directed the efforts of the office. He has been engaged in municipal engineering, including the building of water works and sewer systems, and the contracts awarded him have been of an extensive and important character, calling him in their execution into various sections of the state. Today as monuments to his skill, ability and handiwork are seen the water systems of Ashdown, Clarendon, Meno and Clarksville, Arkansas, and also of Sallisaw and Stigler, Oklahoma. He has likewise been the builder of the sewage systems of Siloam Springs, De Queen, Clarksville and Bentonville, Arkansas, and in the construction of these important plants he has solved many difficult probles and has shown himself fully equal to the responsibilities thus devolving upon him.

Mr. Winters was united in marriage to Miss Loma Harriss of Texarkana, Arkansas, and they are widely and favorably known in Fort Smith, where they have many friends. Mr. Winters belongs to the American Society of Engineers, also to the American Association of Engineers and he keeps abreast with the best thinking men of the age in relation to all engineering problems, constantly studying to develop his skill and efficiency, while already he has reached a notable place in professional circles.

JOSEPH WALTIN YOUNG

One of the well-known real estate men of Fort Smith is Joseph Waltin Young, who has his offices in the First National Bank building and who has gained a large clientele. whereby he has been connected with many of the most important realty transfers of the city in recent years. A native of South Carolina, he was born at Pickens, in 1853, a son of Archibald and Mary (Seeright) Young. The father was a Confederate veteran, who was wounded in the battle of Missionary Ridge, near Chattanooga, Tennessee, and afterward died from the effects of the injury there sustained. In the family were four sons and a daughter, one brother of Joseph Waltin Young being the Rev. W. L. Young, a Baptist preacher.

Joseph Waltin Young was educated in the old field school houses in Pickens county and in the school of experience, and after the death of his father he became the main support of his mother's family. He devoted his attention in early manhood to farming in his native state. He afterward removed to Arkansas and having married Melissa McWhorter in South Carolina they established their home in Sebastian county, near Excelsior. In 1882 he turned his attention to mercantile pursuits, but afterward removed to a farm near Greenwood. There he continued for six years, devoting his time and attention to the cultivation and development of his land. He next went to Huntington, Arkansas, where he again engaged in the conduct of a store and he was likewise very prominent in the public life of the community, serving as the first postmaster of Huntington and also as mayor of that town. At a subsequent period he again took up farming, locating on a tract of land near Greenwood. In 1895 he began selling machinery for the Aughtman Miller Company and also for the Kansas City Hay Press Company. His next business venture was in the line of contracting at Fort Smith and three years ago he turned his attention to the real estate business, in which he has continued. He was a successful contractor, doing cement and paving work and enjoying a-liberal patronage. Associated with him in his real estate activity is his son, J. M. Young . and both have become heavy property owners in Fort Smith. Mr. Young is a most alert, wide-awake and progressive business man. watchful of all opportunities pointing to success and whatever he has undertaken he has carried steadily forward, reaching his objective.

To Mr. and Mrs. Young have been born the following named: R. A., who is a coal operator; J. M., who is associated with his father in business; Walter A., a hardware merchant; Zeno, who is carrying on mercantile pursuits at Hodgen, Oklahoma; John H., a merchant of Heavener, Oklahoma; Bryant B., who is a coal operator; Bernard, a contractor of Fort Smith; George, deceased; Mrs. Lee M. Poole; Beulah; Bessie; and Thelma . The son, Bryant 8., served in the World war.

Mr. Young is a Mason and a past master of Pulliam Lodge, No. 133, A. F. & A. M. He has taken many of the advanced degrees of the order and is now a member of the Mystic Shrine. He also belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and he enjoys the confidence and goodwill of his fellow members of these fraternities to an unusual degree. He is a man of notably progressive spirit and his life has been actuated by that steady advancement which comes from intelligently directed industry and persistency of purpose.

J. M. Young, the junior partner in the firm of Young & Young, was educated in Buckner College and initiated his business career by becoming a bookkeeper for the firm of Sims 8: Foster of Stigler. Oklahoma. He afterward engaged in general merchandising in Le Flore county, Oklahoma, for twenty years ,but three years ago joined his father in the conduct of the real estate business, which they are still carrying on in Fort Smith. He married Georgia Forbes, a daughter of Dr. R. T. Forbes of Hartshorne, Oklahoma. and the young couple, like his parents, occupy an enviable social position, all having many friends who highly esteem them for their sterling worth.

Wilson L. Yowell

Wilson L. Yowell, cashier of the First National Bank at Mansfield. is a man of resolute and determined spirit, whose success in the business world has come as the direct result of his thoroughness, close application and laudable ambition. He has spent his life in Arkansas, his birth having occurred in Scott county in 1882. He is a son of J. L. and Georgia (Lewis) Yowell. The father was born in Kentucky and after coming to Arkansas settled in Sebastian county, while later he removed to Scott county, where he engaged in the occupation of farming. The Lewis family, to which the mother belonged, was one of the pioneer families of Scott county closely connected with the early development and progress of that section of the state. Her father was a soldier of the Confederate army in the Civil war and was killed in battle.

Wilson L. Yowell pursued his education in the schools of Mansfield and Arkansas and afterward attended the State University, so that he received thorough and liberal training, well qualifying him for life’s practical and responsible duties. After leaving college he taught school in both Scott and Sebastian counties, but was constantly watchful of opportunities that would lead into broader and more remunerative fields of usefulness. He accepted employment in the Bank of Waldron as a bookkeeper and afterward came to Mansfield, where he was appointed assistant cashier of the Bank of Mansfield.

The First National Bank was organized in 1918 with C. S. Marsh as its first cashier. The present officers are: I. H. Nakdimen, president; W. A. Martin, vice president; and W. L. Yowell, cashier. Since his connection with the bank, Mr. Yowell has contributed in no small measure to the growth and success of the enterprise, for he is a popular official and one who is most loyal to the interests which he represents.

In 1910 occurred the marriage of W. L. Yowell and Miss Ernestine Page of Abbott, Arkansas, and they are the parents of three children. They are well known in Mansfield, where they have an extensive circle of warm friends, while the hospitality of their home is greatly enjoyed by all who know them. Mr. Yowell is a Mason in his fraternal relations and is a loyal and exemplary follower of the teachings and purposes of the craft.