Adam Clark is the able editor and proprietor of The
Standard, of Arkadelphia, Ark, which is one of the leading journals in
this portion of the state. He was born in South Carolina, but his
parents, Andrew and Francis (Thomas) Clark, were born in Connecticut and
North Carolina, respectively, the former being an exceptionally shrewd
and successful merchant and tailor. He came to Arkansas in 1845, and in
1853 became postmaster of Camden. Adam Clark came to this state with
his parents, and was first a resident of Hempstead, but in 1853 moved to
Camden and entered the Herald office a an apprentice serving in this
capacity for about three years. He then purchased the paper and
conducted the same until 1861, when he came to the conclusion that in
this case the sword was mightier than the pen, and accordingly
shouldered his musket and started for the front, becoming a member of
the Confederate army. During his service he received two wounds, first
at Hatchie Ridge, having the two front fingers of his right hand shot
off, and again at the siege of Vicksburg. In January, 1868, in Company
with Col. I. W. Gaulding, he established The Standard, and they showed
that they were admirable newspaper men, and thoroughly understood their
business. Mr. Clark is now the sole proprietor, and has always
exercised judgment and sense in the management of its editorial columns.
The journal is now in its twenty-second volume, and has the largest
circulation of any paper in Southern Arkansas. Mr. Clark is very
progressive in his views, and his ideas are reflected in every corner of
his paper and is management. He has been twice elected president of the
Arkansas Press Association, and is the oldest newspaper man in the State
of Arkansas, having been proprietor of a paper for the past thirty-five
years. He is past grand master of the I. O. O. F. lodge of Arkansas,
and in the XLVIIIth and XLVIXth Congress he served two years as a
messenger in Washington D. C. He was married in January, 1868, to Miss.
Mollie Singleton, by whom he has three children: Frank, Adam and
Charles.
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