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William Farrell, Sr., an extensive lumber merchant of Wrightsville, is a native of Canada, and came to Arkansas in 1880, from Ludington, Mich. He is sole proprietor of the well-known Wrightsville mills (saw and planing), the property possessions also embracing one dry-kiln and a private railroad, running back into the timber regions about nine miles. This railroad will eventually extend twenty-four miles, in order to reach desirable timber localities. Mr. Farrell owns 51,000 acres of land, covered with magnificent forests, which, at the rate of his present astonishing business, must soon be cleared. The business is rapidly increasing, and though now only seventy-five men are employed, that number will soon be inadequate to carry on the work demanded. The stock invoices not less than $250,000, to which additions are constantly being made. The straightforward and honest method that is manifested in the transaction of his business, ensures for Mr. Farrell, what he well deserves, a liberal and continuous patronage. He is widely and favorably known throughout a wide territory.