The Daily soliphone., April 03, 1902, Image 1

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PAEAGOULD, ARKANSAS, THURSD EVENING, APRIL 3, 1902. NO 13& '
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T HAT”
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3ns a Silk
f Admir
s.
Might Cele
by Being
ayor.
us introduce you to the new
ayor of Paragould. This picture
of him as he stood at
the corner of
Emerson and
Pruet in front
of the Stancill
house last eve
ning about 7
o’clock. Around
him were gath
ered the faith -
ful who had
landed him in
the office of
chief magistrate of the best town of
its size in the world and the only
town we know of in Arkansas that
enjoys the distinction of having no
namesake on the map of the uui
ver e, Paragould, the only one.
To be mayor of this town is no
small distinction and when the elec
tors of this municipality selected
"Uncle” Tom Hester for chief mag
istrata Tuesday they conferred an
hor r upon him which he appreciates.
Straightway he dressed himself up
in a broad-cloth tailor made suit, a
bee-gum hat and patent leather shoes
and with new laundried shirt, collar
, and tie of immaculate white. Thus
caparisoned he attracted more at
tention than an Italian organ
grinder and a pet monkey and
amiu hearlv congratulations, which
. ' every passer "by stopped to
offfi, the cry of “Shoot that hat!”
“Who’s the dude?” “When did he
gat loose?” Ac,&c, came from almost
every direction. “Now you see it is
this way,” said Uncle Tom, as be
clasped the hand of a Soliphone men,
who stopped to offer congratulations,
and to inquire, “where did you get
that hat?” “You see it this way,
Bertig Bros., called me into their
store and said they wanted the new
mayor to have a new hat, and as I
never objected to a new hat that
didn’t cost me anything, I accepted
this one as a present from them. You
see it is a four story plug that do
ordinary individual can afford to wear
and then I had to wear my new tailor
made suit to correspond with the
hat and with the assistance of my
wife I kept on adding first one pieep
of paraphcrnailia to another until
now I am dressed for the inaugu
ration—‘don’t you see?’ And I am
no spring chicken, I am just 54
years old today and for the past
three months T have cherished an
ambition to be installed as mayor
in honor of my natal day, thus blend
log two great epochs in an other
wise uneventful life,” and “Uncle
Tom” chuckled while he was busy
with both bauds receiving congratu
lations from an admiriDg constitu
ency who stood appalled at the
alacrity with which a plain every day
citizen can be lifted from the walks
of life by our system of governmen'
and in a single day perched upon a
pinnacle of fame.
Now just watch “Uncle” Tom aid
see if he don’t make a crackerjack
mayor, a regular Carter Harrison, of
Chicago.
Sayed Many a Time.
Don’t neglect coughs and colds oven
if it is spring. Such cases often result
seriously at this season just becauso
people are careless. A dose of One
Minute Cough Cure will remove all
danger. Absolutely safe. Acts at once.
Sure cure for coughs, colds, croup, grip,
bronchitis aud other throat and lung
troubles. “I have used One Minute
Cough Cure several years,” says Post
master C. O. Dawson, Barr, 111. "It la
the very best cough medicine on the
market. It has saved me many a severe
sped of sickness, and I warmly recom
mend it.” Tbe children’s favorite. The
, Globe Drug Store.
BORN IN 1804.
Eldest Man in the State Lives in
independence County,
The Batesville Guard prints the
[following:
Sal ado, Ark , March 24, 1902.
In the Arkansas Gazette of Friday,
March 21, a clipping stating that
Mena, Polk county, has the oldest
man in Arkansas, in the person of
Dapt. W. C. Stone, who will be 95
years old June 16, 1902.
Salado township, Independence
county, has the oldest man by three
years. Uncle Billy Hooper, who was
born January 16, 1804, is now in his
99th year. He l as been in Independ
enc° county longer than the oldest
settler can remember. He was a
chain carrier when this country was
beiug sanctionized. He was a resi
dent of Batesville in 1844, when, in
that year, he made a trip to Little
Rock on horseback, taking a large
sum of money with him from the
land office at Batesville to Little
Rock, wearing his coon skin cap and
coat and taking along bis long range,
flint-lock rifle. At that time there
only three bouses between Batesville
and Little Rock.
Uncle Billy is hale and hearty,
possessing his faculties and doing all
of his work about the place, such as
gardening, cutting wood and attend
ing to his slock. He has ever been a
stanch democrat and says he is for
Rector for governor. He can tell of
many incidents connected with the
early seittementoi miseouuuy. ue
is a Dative of Tennessee.
DEMOCRATS A UNIT.
Carmack Thpiks Republicans Favor
Democratic Policy.
Senator Carmack, in speaking at
Washington yesterday of the Demo
cratic Philippine substitute to the
Republican Philippine tariff bill,
said:
“The Democrats of the senate art
practically unanimous on the Philip
pine question. We did not iose a
vote on the Democratic side when
our substitute to the Philippine
tariff bill was offered. The present
substitute is practically the same as
the other, made a little more definite
and changed in certain particulars.
The Democratic party in the senate
practically is a upit in opposition to
the retention of the Philippines and
ihere are mere Republicans in both
houses who rarely are in sympathy
with our views. The difference be
tween the senate and house Philip
pine substitutes is not in all materi
al, as both agree on the vital and
essential point of withdrawing from
the Philippines and giving them in
dependence. I, of course, think our
senate substitute is the better of
the two, but if we were iu a con
dition to pass the bill we would have
r,o difficulty in reaching as agree
ment after a conference.
Finch.
Born to the wife of John C.
Ellington on March 18th, a girl,
and on the same date, to the wife
of Beu Slattou, a girl, On the
20th of March, a girl was born to
the wife of Ed Bowling, and a sou
L. W. Bowling on the 22nd.
Torn Craft has traded for a team
of mules and a wagon, and is now
having tine sport breaking the
mules.
Mrs. Dr. Haley and daughter,
Lauette, went to Paragould on a
visit last Friday.
Wheat is coming out wonderful
ly since the recent rains.
There was not much corn plant
ed in March this year, but a great
many ore planting corn now.
J. J. Honey and his sister are
recovering from the measles.
T. /H. McClure has been sick
v_
almost all winter and still con
tinues so.
ADMIRAL SCHLEY.
The Hero of Santiago to Visit Mem
phis April 28th.
The following is the formal in
vitation to Admiral Sebley to visit 1
Memphis April 28ch aod to remain ]
x guest of that city three days.
The invitation is artistically en
graved on a circular plate of solid $
silver, which is gracefully mounted 1
eu a block of polished Tennessee oak, i
wh ich forms a pleasing background i
for the plate and the cordial senti
ments which it conveys to the hero '■
of Santiago. The plate is surround
ed by a border of beautiful design, <
wrought in solid silver. The in
vitation will rest in a case of artistic '
workmanship, and will be presented
to the admiral by the committee.
The plate bears, the following in
scription:
“Dear Sir—The City Council, rep
resenting our entire citizenry; the
MemphisCotton Exchange, the Mem
phis Merchants’ Exchange, the
Memphis Business Men’s Club and
the Commercial Publishing Oom
piny, by formal resolutions and
through then-constituted authorities j
unite in presenting this invitation '
to you to visit our city and be the
guest of our people.
“We feel that in seeking this hon
or we represent not only the people j
of Memphis and of the great Miss- j
issippi valey, but the right-thinking
people of the entire nation.
“We honor you for the great ser- L
vices which you have rendered ourj*
common country in the many trying 1
situations in which you have been
placed, and where you revealed to
the world American manhood in its;
highest and best development.
•'We look upon you as tho victor
in one of the only two naval battled;
ever fought by our country witiJ
modern warships, wherein you wob|
a renown that cannot be impugned?
by jealousy, mitigated by envy, ow
contemned by disappointed ambition
as long as justice holds empire oveir
the hearts of our fellow-citizens. ‘
“The lustre of your fame'is madle
to shine the brighter by your spleu -
did magnanimity in sharing tH e
honors with the :neu under you, ajlf 3
bv the generous consideration ail 3
courtly treatment of the proud at 3
brave vanquished.
“\Ve desire to have the honor )f
entertaining you as our guest, to
make manifest the high esteem fin
which you are held, and to accentu
ate the insistence o<‘ our demand tbjat
the guerdon of glory be bestoyiid
upon its rightful owner.’’ 'J
The negro Lane, of Philadelphia
who kilted his employer and her
daughter and wounded anot ier
daughter, is the son of a New Jersey
preacher and seems to be tolera uly
well educated. He first stole jibe
woman’s money and when he tl as
about to be discovered he mur'djjt’ed
the family, robbed the house fried
tied. No doubt he was looked vjpon
as a martyr by the longrange slym
pathizers of the negro in the Sojuth,
who will refuser to believa that he
has been guilty of wrong-dcing.
Even a superficial glance atj the
story as printed will suggest 4ome
curious ideas in connection with) the
case. Nevertheless the nounnerer
has been apprehended and he l will
be tried according to the dignified
behests of Quaker ideas.
Mrs. Minnie Philhp3 arrived i n the
city on last night’s cannon ball from
Memphis, and spent the night on C Center
street with friends. She had be m, in
company with her father-in-law. Rev
J. T. Phillips, on a visit to Rev. PI illips,
son and family, besides numerous
friends in Memphis. They retur ned to
Rector this morning.
Frank Spencer, a young mai who
came here from Missouri lately a nd ac
cepted work at the Wrape Stave facto
ry, happened to an accident yes terday
which will probably cause him t ie loss
of two or three fingers. The your g man
was equalizing bolts, when by a> scident
his hand was caught in the mac hine at
which he was working.
A bird’s eye view of the city, made
from the water tower, by the Payigould
Portrait & View Company, ion sale at
Lackner’a. They are fine, mader during
the recent sleet period. See thenJ. d tf «
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NEW INSTITUTION.
["he jParagould Investment Co. Now
Ready for Business.
T1 ie Paragould Investment Co., is
low ready for business and has its
dace of business at the office of
vnox Collier.
Tins company is capitalized at
>50,000 and today filed its charter
until the secretary of state for
nccprporation under the laws of Ark*
insiis.
1 he stock holders are: R. Jack
ion , T. R. Kitchens, R. W. Meri
ve her, Eli Meiser, W. J. Creditzer,
r. 'J. Block, M. F. Collier, A. A.
\ (iox, II. 8. Trice, R. C. Grizzard,
s. |L. Joseph, Joe Hirsch, J. A. Me
Mejil, J. R. HafTord and Joe Wolf.
jrhe officers are R. Jackson, presi
iept and T. B. Kitchens secretary
aad treasurer, while Kitchens, Jack
Meriwether, Meiser and Gredit
gr constitute the board of directors.
iThis company has been organized
|?r the purpose of buying and selling
a igotiable instruments, stocks,
f ouds, warrants and for making
uch other investments as may be
iemed advisable by the board of
i rectors,
J They will make a specialty of long
ime paper, but will not do any bus
ness properly within the province
if the backs. They prop jso to
landle a class of business that the
banks do not want. It will afford
fourties who can »nve satisfactory
notes an opportunity to secure money
on two or three years time, or even
five years, when the security is
deemed sufficient.
Such an institution will be quite
an advantage to the people and
ought to be a money-maker for the
stock holders.
Nice Present.
Chief Eivenson of the Volunteer
Fire Co., received a few days since
from the Pekin Stave and Manufac
turing Co. a check for $25 00 as an
award for the splendid service per
vic; performed by the boys during
the progress of the recent fire,
which wiped out the stave plant.
The fire laddies failed to save t.he
stave mill, but several thousands of
dollars worth of timber and material
were saved by heroic work.
At a meeting of the fire company
Monday night Chief Eavenson dis
tributed the donation among the
boys, who voted a card of thanks to
the Pekin people for the generous
donation.
Transient Visitors.
Among the number of transient
visitors to Paragould since yester
day, registered at the hotels of the
city, the following is a list:
HOTEL AMBERQ.
L H Dorman, E H Anderson.
Memphis; R L Newburn, New Or
isons; A O Look, New Madrid; J S
Hest, St Louis; JnoW Bloom, Earle,
/iTK, ii w ui (iU5Ut;i auu wuc, iuai~
maduke; P P Goodiny, Cincinnati; E
Solomon, Chicago.
NEW COMMERCIAL.
Mrs Annie Cobb and family, Mar
maduke; Joseph Phemister, Carbon
dale, 111; Walter Martin, Brinkley:
Will G Hubbard. Memphis; C B Cox,
Kuobel; S II Frazer, Salem, Me-;
Miss Lula Short, Granlin, Mo.
STANCILL HOUSE.
M Ruffeorn, W T Kartwright, Lee
A Fisher, T J Bross, St Louis; H T
Blanton, Blanton, Ark; J B Kirchoff,
Cardwell; George T Berdan, J MeRoa,
Rector; Searcy Williams, Chicago; W
D Grant, Memphis; S W Van Dyre,
Jonesboro.
HARVEY HOUSE.
DrPhillips, Boydsville; P C Wheel
au, Ft Worth ;J A Zimmerman, Cen
tralia; II Gurman, St Louis; W H
Bishop, Nathan Bishop, Cardwell;
Willis Green, Benton, Ky.
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A bill was passed by the senate in
Washington yesterday, authorizing
the White River Railwav Company
to construct a bridge across the
White river.
NEW CITY OFFICERS.
Installed Into Their Respective Places
Last Night.
Mayor Hester and the rest of the
city officers, chosen by the voters of
Paragould at Tuesday’s election,
were, inducted iuto their respective
positions at the city hall last night,
in the presence of a large audience of
spectators. Mayor Hester is at his
desk in the hail today and is occupy
ing his new position as though he
had been at the business a long time,
getting® things in running shape frr
the new administration of the city
affairs.
Each of the new city officials ’was
duly swoim in and they took up the
Yvorkof the evening and remained in
the hall until about 11 o’clock, there
being much routine Yvork to be dis
posed of. The appointment of a
night marshall came up and Ed
Lawson was given the place, Walter
Potter being a close contestant for
the position. The mayor’s voie was
required to make a decision on
account of an equal division of the
alderman.
Dan Meriwether was elected city
scavenger to succeed Dave Whel
chel. P. Woodard was given the
position of street commissi rnr, suc
ceeding Frank Zeigler.
Mayor Thompson in retiring from
the administration delivered a brief
but interesting talk, and treated the
r\r>f>r i rt n U n ; Irnf- Art
A lot of business that was to have
been transacted was deferred until
the regular meeting, next Wednes
day night. The city attorney will be
appointed at the next meeting.
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Mill Creek.
Wm. Stever and sister left for
Geneseo. 111., last Sunday night.
They will make that their future
home.
Miss Ida Zilska returned to her
home in Paragould Mondy morn
ing, after speudiug a week in Mill
Creek with friends.
Quite a number of our people
went to Loulyma on election day.
Mrs. Carrie Damman returned
home from a visit to relatives in
Missouri and Illinois, last week.
Dr. Gray, Jr., made a business
trip to Loulyma Friday.
Thos. Hunter speaks of goin g to
Illinois soon.
Aug. Gerdes and family were
the guests of Wm. Dammon Sun
day.
Hy. Bailer will soon have his
new house completed.
Rev. J. M. Robertson preached
at Rock Springs last Sunday.
“Aunt Katy” Frock visited M.
L. Kauble Monday.
W. A. Aulich ran across a large
gray wolf a few days ago, between
<■> vi f\ T /MilirmO
We have heard lately that there
are several mad dogs in our vicin
ity ; they should be killed before
any harm is done.
Wm,Shock, of Clay County, 111.,
is the latest addition to our settle
ment.
A party of fishers, headed by
D. L. Parson, went on the over
flow, lately, and killed twelve large
grinnels.
Wants to Help Others.
“I had stomach trouble all my life,”
says Edw. Mehler, proprietor of the
Union Bottling Works, Erie, Pa., "and
tried all kinds of remedies, went to sev
eral doctors and spent considerable
money tryiDg to get a moment’s pease.
Finally I read of Kodol'Dyspepsia Cure
and have been taking it to my great
satisfaction. I never found its equal
for stomach trouble and gladly recom
mend it in hope that I may help other
Bufferers.” Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cures
all stomach troubles. You don’t have
to diet. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests
what you eat. The Globe Drug Store.
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SIMPSON’S SWIPE.
— I,
Victorious In Six Out oftho
Seven Counties of His Ju
dicial District.
Allen Hughes, of Craighead County,
Wins a Unanimous Victory for
Circuit Judge. . f
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The frieuds of S. It. Simpson are
congratulating him on his splendid
victory as a candidate for rc-electioa
to the cilice of prosecuting attorney.
His majorities have been large in all
tbe counties of the district except
Poinsett, where his opponent lives
and he carried more than one-third
of the vote of that county.
He carried every township in
Craighead, every township in Cross
and everv township in Greene, his
majority in Greene
being 1737. He
carried Ciay by
more than 300 ma
jority. In Clay
county his opponent
made a close can
vass and announced to his frieuds be
fore the election that he had Simp
son beat in Clay. Simpson ran a
line race in Crittenden and at one
precinct, Earle, he received 126 to
Going 14. Mississippi ccnnty gave
Simpson a good majority and Going
will go into the convention with only
4 of the 43 votes of the seven coun
ties of the district,
Allen Hughes carried every county
in the district for circuit judge. Mr.
Hughes, while a young man to go on
the beech is a lawyer of recognized
ability and will no doubt make a
good record.
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Big Island.
Health is good.
Uncle Sam Thompson, of Gilts
Island had the misfortune to lose
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one of his horses last Friday.
A large crowd of people met at
our church Sunday morning, ex
pecting that thfere would be preach
ing by liev. E. D. Cooper, But we
were disappointed, as h9 failed to
come.
.
Jas. Nesbit and family, visited ^
the family of Will Young Jast.Sun*
day
Lee Wetherford and family via- A;
ited friends on Giles Island last 7 4?
Sunday.
We expect to have some
yards here this summer^ .q$A|
should have, at least, judging "
the amount of flower sec
Uy some of the women. , ; :
We would likr to ask our
if he was the “owl , hat caught the , , at
fowl”, and would advise him
that he had better learn to dodge,
as he might get hit by the hero or - 'T
heroine of his poetry.
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