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William P. Hutton, the popular district manager of R. G. Dun & Co.’s mercantile agency, at Little Rock, was born in Tennessee, and is a son of William M. Hutton, who was one of the proprietors of the Memphis Appeal early in the 50’s, also one of the founders of the Memphis Avalanche. The subject of our sketch was reared in Tennessee, and spent the greater portion of his life in Memphis, up to within eleven years ago, when he became connected with the R. G. Dun &Co.’s mercantile agency. About five years ago, he was selected to take the management of the territory contingent to Little Rock, having an experienced and trained mind, a thorough knowledge of the wants of trade and a genial nature, besides possessing a character of sterling worth, which was at once recognized by his patrons. The business in Arkansas, under his management, has prospered and developed to a large degree. Mr. Hutton is a man of untiring energy and devoted to his work, and the popularity he enjoys among business men is mainly due to their recognition of his ability in handling the delicate question of credits. He has established a branch office at Fort Smith, and presides over one of the most prosperous branches of the great system of R. G. Dun & Co. in the South west. His territory is rapidly growing, and the agency he represents is the oldest and largest, whose information is valued by all merchants, financiers and business men in general, who recognize it as the leading authority on credits. Mr. Hutton assists in making the patrons of this great institution appreciate its importance in Arkansas as it is appreciated elsewhere.