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A. L. Johnson, merchant, Hope, Ark. The important enterprise controlled by Mr. A. L. Johnson comprises so many articles of practical utility and absolute necessity to every home, as to merit for this establishment a more than passing notice. His present business was established in 1880, and here he has since continued, meeting with unusually good success. He is a native of Tippah County, Miss., born February 2, 1853, and the son of Abraham and Eliza (Hewitt) Johnson, natives of South Carolina. The parents emigrated to Mississippi, and there they now reside, the father engaged in tilling the soil. A. L. Johnson was reared on a farm and educated in Mississippi. When fourteen years of age he went to Middleton, Tenn., and after remaining there for some time went to Arkansas, and located at Forest City, where he clerked for two years. In 1877 he came to Hope, and was employed as traveling salesman for Derby & Day Distilling Co., for four years. In 1880 he established the mercantile business in Hope, and carries a full line of dry goods and groceries, and in connection is also engaged in the liquor business with Hicks & Johnson. In 1881 he was married to Miss Mollie Barton, who bore him one child— Hazel. Mr. Johnson is a member of the K. of H., and a man who merits the esteem of all acquainted with him. He began on a very small capital, but today is enjoying one of the best trades in Hope.