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A. C. McAdams, druggist, opened his present establishment in March, 1889, in Arkadelphia, Ark., and his name has already given strength and importance to the town as a trade center. He was born near Cincinnati, Ohio, January 1, 1860, and is a son of O. P. and Mary E. (Boulware) Mc Adams, who were also natives of the ''Buckeye State,'' the former a successful mechanic by trade. Both parents are now deceased. The maternal grandmother lived near Bethel, Ohio, where Gen. Grant established his first tannery. A. C. Mc Adams was educated in the common schools of Williamsburg, Ohio, and had quite a hard time to secure even these advantages. By hard work he managed to save enough to enable him to obtain a good education, and after becoming sufficiently fitted, he taught school in the same building he attended school, this calling receiving his attention for two years. He spent the following year at work in Cincinnati, but in the winter of 1883 he came to Arkadelphia, Ark., and clerked in a drug store for five years, after which he opened his present establishment, and has since been in business on his own account. He carries an excellent stock of drugs, in fact, everything that is generally kept in a good drug store, and may be relied upon in putting up prescriptions with the greatest accuracy. He is progressive in his views, and has taken a deep interest in the welfare of his adopted county, doing all in his power to further worthy enterprises. After moving here he returned to his former home in Ohio, and was there married to Miss Olive M. Gould, a native of the "Blue Grass State." He and wife are earnest church members, and he is a member of the K. of P. lodge.