The Daily soliphone., April 08, 1902, Image 1

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V0L IV PARAGOULD, ARKANSAS, TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1902.
V II I ———
' CONGRESSIONAL
Revised Figures Put the Covet
ed Plum Almost Within
Macon’s Reach.
•Woodruff Co. Has Ten Votes in the
Convention Instead of Eight as
Heretofore Announced,
The Helena World 5th inst. pub
lishes the following:
Hon. R. B. Macon last night re
ceived a telegram from the Secretary
of State at Little Rock, stating that
the vote of Woodruff county in the
congressional convention- would be
ten instead of eight.
This gives Woodruff the largest
vote of any one of the eleyen coun
ties composing the first district, and
4t also insures Mr, Macon thirty
seven votes in the convention. Un
der the ruling, however, t here will
be seyenty-five votes in the conven
tion, and it will therefore require
thirty-eight to nominate. Mr. Ma
con goes into the convention but one
vote shy of the nomination on the
. l I_11—4.
ui a t uttuuwi
According to the official figures
given out by the Secretary of State
the representation of the counties
will be as follows:—
Phillips. 9
Lee.8
St. Francis. 4
Woodruff.19
Cross.5
Mississippi.9
G reene...... .^.T
Craighead.9
Crittenden ..4
Poinsett.
Total
Mr. Macon carried five of the
eleven counties, having votes in the
convention as follows:—Phillips 9,
Lee S, St. Francis 4, Woodruff 10,
Mississippi 6—Total 37.
Mr. Parrish carried three, as fol
ovv.s:—Craighead 9, Greene 7, Cross
5—Total, 21. Mr. Taylor carried
the remaining three, as follows:—
Clay 8, Crittenden 4, Poinsett 5—
Total, 17.
Taylor and Parrish, by combining
their total vote, could elect either
one over Macon by a maj >rity of one
vote, while if Macon secures one vote
from any one of the six counties ear
rit-d b.v bis two opponents ue win re
ceive the nomination by a maj irits
of one. Both he and his friends here
are positive of getting the necessary
vote. In Cross county, which was in
so much doubt from the bi-ginumg
the final official vote of the primary
shows that Parrish’s majority over
Macon was ten votes, wnilo Taylor
was over a hundred votes behind.
Mr. Macoa should, therefore, be the
second choice of the delegates from
that county.”
The Little Rock bureau of the
Commercial-Appeal in commenting
oa the situation saye:
‘‘A question hasarisen in the First
congressional district over the dele
gated vote allowed Woodruff county
in the coming congressional convet*
tion. According to the report issued
by former Secretary of State Hull,
Woodruff county cast 1,397 votes for
Davis for governor at the last gen
eral election. The .Democratic
State central committee in its call
for primaries to the State convention,
fixed the basis of representation of
each county at one vote for every
175 votes cast for Goy. Jeff Davis at
that election. This would entitle
Woodruff county to seven votes in
the State and congressional conven
tions.
The Commercial Appeal ’a corres
pondent examined the official records
in the secretary of state’s office this
morning, and discovered that the
vote cast for Davis at the last elec
tion in Woodruff county was 1,797
instead of 1,397 and the figures in
M-\ Hull’s report are not correct,
therefore, Woodruff county will be
entitled to ten votes in the conven
tions named. This mistake will
have quite a bearing in the congres
sional convention to nominate a can
didate for congress to succeed Con
gressman P. D. McCullough, as it
increases the delegated vote of Hon.
Bruce Macon by three votes, and
gives him just one-half of the dele
gates, or iu other words he will need
only one vote, accord5 ng to the
figures, to get the Democratic nom
ination for congress in the First dis
trict.”
The call for the convention puts
the vote of Poinsett at 4, but the
Helena World says the officicial re
turns give Poinsett 5. If this be
true Judge Taylor has 17 instrad of
16 votes and Mr. Macon will be with
in one vote of the nomination.
Nothing short of the consolidated
strength of Parrish and Taylor will
defeat Macon and even that will
give Mr. Macon one half the vote of
the convention uialess it be true that
Poinsett has 5 instead of 4 votes.
Mr. Macon has decidly the advan
tage in the returns aud the nomina
t'on seems almost within his grasp.
EIGHT PAGES.
The Soliphone Expands to Keep Pace
With the Town
The Soliphone appears this even
ing enlarged to eight pages. This
is the largest 'ciaTry ^p£r'iTf'the
state published in a town the size
of Paragould. We haven’t as yet
enough advertising to maintain
this size sheet permanently but if
our business men will do their
whole duty there is no reason why
it should not be permanent.
The Daily Soliphom has passed
the experimental state and is now
one of the permanent institutions
of the town and in the matter of
promoting the best interests of the
town we hope to make it the most
valuable.
There are many people who do
not appreciate the value of a live
local paper as a means of promot
ing the interests of the town, and
hence there are some who cou
tribute nothing to its support, but
a majority of the people of Para
gould are progressive and wide-a
wake and fully realize that the
local paper is indisper le to the
growth and prosperity oj. the towu
and hence give it their substantial
encouragement.
Away from homo a town is
estimated according to the charac
ter of its newspapers, the local
paper being considered essentially
an exponent of the intelligence,
thrift and enterprise of the people.
Give us the support necessary to
maintain an eight page daily in
Paragould and we will give you a
paper that will be a credit to the
town.
Sayed Many a Time.
Don’t neglect coughs and colds even
if it is spring. Suoh cases often result
seriously at this season just because
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 and other throat and lung
troubles. “I have used One Minute
Cough Cure several years,” says Post
master C. O. Dawson, Barr, 111. "It Is
the very best cough medicine on the
market. It has saved me many a severe
spell of sickness, and I warmly recom
mend It.” The children’s favorite. The
Globe Drug Store.
FROM THE ISLANDS)
Charley Johnson Writes the
Soliphone from the
Phillippines.
The Natives Take Quickly to American
Ways and are an Intelligent
Race of People.
San Pedro Tinasaw, Laguna Pro
vince, March 6, 1902.
Editor Soliphone,
As I have time, I take great
pleasure in telling you something
about the Phillipine Islands,
It has never been the habit of
the masterful Americans to shrink
away from duties or opportunities
just because they are new or
strange. But the duties and oppor
tunities which confront us in the
Phillipine Islands are not so strange
or new as some people imagine
they are. The islands are rich in
almost everything that contribute
to the comfort and happiness of
man. Their resources, when pro
np.rlv dftvplonpd. will ho vprv vnl
uable in many ways to the United
States. It is useliss to say so, but
in a very short time the United
States will develop the induitries
here and will greatly benefit the
-people. The people in these islands
haV^ been taxed severely by an
other power before being taken by
theJ3ince_the rebel
lion the commerce has been aBbk
ished aud is until this time, and as
soon as the rebellion is completely
suppressed these islands will sur
vive aud prove a profitable invest
ment to our government, but not to
our laboring men, as some think.
For instance native labor is cheap
here and American labor cannot
compete with it. An Ameirean
workingman would find himself at
severe disadvantage in the Philli
pine Islands. The common class of
workingmen receive about $4 per
month, gold ; skilled labor $15 to
$35 ; clerical labor from $30 to $00.
The natives here live principally
on fruit, rice and fish. They are
quick to learn American ways aud
quite a number of them can read,
write and speak the English lan
im.KW Rnnuish is snnlr.-n to n
great extent in all of these Islands
because the Spanish have been here
for the past three centuries and
their ways and language have been
learned by the natives. Some
people have au idea that the na
tives are ignorant and do not know
anything. It is entirely different.
Many of them are able to do skill
ed labor. The cities along the
coasts have attained a great degree
of civilization. There are a num
ber of Chinese merchants h§r«.
There are about GO,000 Chinese
here. A Chinese merchant can
sell goods on a much smaller mar
gin than the Americans can, as
they live so much cheaper. The
great increase of onv commerce
with the orient has inspired the
hope that chore may be an outlet
for our manufacturers and that
would benefit the laboring men.
The American ways are being
qnickly introduced and the Philli
pinos are eager to learn them. The
natives’ clothing consist of a light
cotton or duck cloth of the Chinese
manufactures, and their garments
are very plain. The farming im
plements are of the rndest kind.
A farm here is seldom larger than
One acre, and the long ranches are
unknown. The country is moun
tainous and therefore there is not
much tillable land.
Nearly all the cities are on the
coast so they can have water trans
portation.
The Soliphone is always a wel
come visitor to to me. With best
wishes for the editor, and readers,
I am Respectfully,
Charles Johnson,
Co. D. 28th., Inf.
PERKINS’ EXPANSION.
Making Large Additions to His Whole
sale Warehouse.
E. B. Perkins, the hustling broker
is nothing if not progressive, and in
keeping with this characteristic he
has entered upon another era of ex
pansion. He is now making exten
sive additions to his wholesale
brokerage establishment and is
building an additional story on the
west end which will be used for his
office, thus enabling him to enlarge
the storage capacity of his ware
room. The partition between the
ware room and his present office is
to be torn out;
The new office is to be 24x26 with
windows on each side, thus affording
an abundance of lightand ventilation,
Perkins already has the prettiest
and most expansively appointed bus
iness office in town bub he proposes
to improve in this respect on his new
one. J. B. Norwood i3 in charge of
the work with a crew of men.
Mr. Perkins success in the whole
salt-) broke rage _bii_s; ness has been
phenomenal and he is nj
wholesale business tm
most every town wi‘.^
of Paragould, end in sot
he goes even farther,
traius begin ruuning
P. S. E. extension there will
new field opened up
prise and he will capture a large part
of the trade of Mississippi eouutv,
which is now controlled by Memphis,
With the bridge tolls against the
Memphis merchant, Perkins can
take trade right from their door and
save morcey to his customers.
Perkins is made up of the kind
ol stuff that will make Paragould a
strong wbole-a.'e market.
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Transient Visitors.
Among Use number of transient
visitors to Puragould since yester
day, registered at the hotels of the
city, the following is a list:
HOTEL AMHERO.
C S Egelhoff. O U Delvin, E Wer
ner, J L Bly, St Louis; E D Robert
son, Wynne; Fred Cheiolor, New
Orleans; H G'Barger, Springfield,
111; F C Royal, Chicago; MD Rob
bins, Paducah, Ky; Lewis Meyer,
Belleville, 111.
STANCILL HOUSE.
f J II Hill, Rector; J E Houston,
L C Sacker Jonesboro; Nelson Hag
nader, E L Lobban, St Louis; John
O'Neal, Memphis; J G Kirby, Dex
ter; S F Muirhead, Bethel; S E
Brady, Cairo; J E Whitaker, Opal
orra, 111; J A Taylor, Lucian Hub
bard, Piggott.
HARVEY HOUSE.
A R Rice, Campbell, Mo; W S
Dugger, Wynne; T J Turner, Card
well; M E Frundenberry, Bethel.
Neglect Means Danger.
Don’t neglect biliousness and consti
pation. Your health will suffer perma
nently if you do. DeWitt’a Little
Early Risers oure such oases. M. B.
Smitbj Butternut, Mich., says "De
Witt’s Little Early Risers are the most
satisfactory pills I ever took. Never
gripe or cause nausea.’’ The Globe
Drug Store.
ready in position, ready to lire up
and about 50 men are at work setting
the engines and water vats and
other machinery, besides a large
number of other employes. The
work ot setting the machinery is un*
der the superintendency of A. F»
Finley, ®f New York.
The floors of the engine and boiler
rooms are built of concrete. The bus*
iness office is supplied with a large
fire and burglar proof safe, and the
whole structure is the most substan*
tial and exoensive brick buildinu in
Paragould.
The compan'
ing that they
plant in the st
May, or soonei
supply custom
quantities, in
There is a
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T
plant h
pervisi
H. Jones
they have
labor to m
The com pa
works for which
received th
a wholesale
faclure and summer^HrasSraSaH
a ,fv:s. 'i he in this dHHHHHH
ni.'nt will b1 10.000 bottles a