Show VEAl Oll TH FOR ARKANSAS NEGRO MERU EL DORADO Ark rk June 4 Fiction Fiction has nothing nothinG more romantic to offer than true life at LI El 1 Dorado Dorado Dorado-as as witness ocer the rise of ot a 1 negro from slavery to wealth as the result of oC El 1 Dorados Dorado's gushers J P i Mack an old negro who lives neGro on oa a m fa-m In section al 5 18 was In his younger days day a a slave sla e. When hen the Civil Civi was youn er was ended he set out to make a living for Cor himself him him- I self By Dy dint of oC much hard work a and d many trials trial Mack scraped enough money together during his more than seventy five years year of ot life to buy this farm tarm seventY Here HEe e he le and his large family of thirteen children and forty se en grandchildren have been living from hand to mouth for many years ears They raised cotton oton mostly and and may like many may of oC the cotlon caton farmers did business on borrowed capital when hen cotton colton prices were low v. pw This was usually the case and Mack's Macks life Hie had many more lean years ears than fat Cat ones ODes Vh Whan n the Foster Foter Barton Larton well wel which was drilling on the Mack Macit farm came in last week neck flowing at t the rate of at more than 1600 1500 barrels the old negro sold the royalty on al his place for Cor Mr He lie and Ms his Ils family are now considered Immens ly wealthy and there will wil be no n mo work for Cor the old negro and his family as long as they live lve Phil was overjoyed when Phi as the well wen came and as an appreciation of oC the work done by the drillers drier of oC the well wel he presented each of oC them with a 8 complete outfit of oC new f clothing nJ the tho best bes that that could be purchased In El Dorado r I |