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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 15. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 3 1 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: December 13, 1860., [Electronic resource] 1 1 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: December 13, 1860., [Electronic resource], Socialism in Arkansas. (search)
Socialism in Arkansas. --Some time since, a community of men and women was established at Harmony Springs, in Benton county, Arkansas, for the avowed promotion of "moral, social, intellectual and spiritual happiness." According to a paper published by the community, some of its principal tenets were community of property, a vegetarian diet, "reform" in the marriage relations, and a general seeking after the true, with a corresponding disregard of the artificial. Dr. J. E. Spencer and wife stood at the head of the concern, managing its affairs, and exercising a general superintendence. Recently, says the St. Louis Republican, some members of the Society became skeptical of the Doctor's antecedents, and began an investigation. Among other things, it was ascertained that the Doctor's wife was only an "affinity," for whom he had deserted his legal spouse, and that the virtuous pair had run away from Rochester, N. Y., to escape being mobbed. The Doctor and his "affinity" got wind