Historical review of Arkansas : its commerce, industry and modern affairs . s wild lands which he is bringing into also owns valuable city property in his home city. In the spring of 1878 he was appointed to fill out an unexpiredterm as county .judge of Pope county, and \vas at the succeeding elec-tion elected for another term. Vp to the time of his incumbency thecounty had been running behind in its finances and was then over thir-ty-two dollars in debt, with no public imiirovements to causethe deficit. As soon as he became county .judge he inaugiirated a sys-tem of r
Historical review of Arkansas : its commerce, industry and modern affairs . s wild lands which he is bringing into also owns valuable city property in his home city. In the spring of 1878 he was appointed to fill out an unexpiredterm as county .judge of Pope county, and \vas at the succeeding elec-tion elected for another term. Vp to the time of his incumbency thecounty had been running behind in its finances and was then over thir-ty-two dollars in debt, with no public imiirovements to causethe deficit. As soon as he became county .judge he inaugiirated a sys-tem of refoi-m and duiing his incumbency he reduced tlie indebtednessover one-half, greatly In tlic disLusl m| the In the spring of l.^^ss Mr. Wilsim a|i|iiiiiited by President Cleve-land as register of the rnitnl land dftice at Dardanelle, andwhile the appointment for this office is for a term of four years theappointee is subject to removal at the pleasure of the president at anytime, with or without cause, and although his predecessor, a Republican,. H18T0KY OF ARKANSAS 1233 had been allowed by Mr. Cleveland to serve his full term and althoughMr. Wilson made an excellent official and there was no complaint againsthim in any , yet President Harrison removed him just as soon ashe eoidd get to hun, in August, 1889, appointing a Republican in hisplace. He then returned to Russellville and has ever since devoted him-self to the practice of law and to his farming interests. To the marriage union of Mr. and Mrs. AVilson were born: Wilson, January 6, 1879; Marv, March 4, 1881; Frank C, May81, 1886; Adalissa, October 25, 1893; and Robert B., Jr., April 23, Howell Wilson graduated in the Russellville High School, then grad-uated as an electrical and mechanical engineer in the State Universityin 1901 and now holds a responsible position with the PennsylvaniaRailroad. Mary attcmlcil :\Iaddox Seminary at Little Rock and thenthe Virginia Femalr liis
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