The Daily soliphone., April 09, 1902, Image 1

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THE DAILY SOHjpiONE.
| VOL. IV. PARAGOULD, ARKANSAS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1902. N0 14?>
HOT CHURCH ROW
Prominent Pastor at Ft. Smith
and His Deacons at
Loggerheads,
'« _
The Sisters Came to the Pastor’s
Rescue and a Warm Time is
* „ Being Had,
Concerning a warm church row at
Ft. Smith a special from that city
says:
An interesting situation has arisen
here in the Ninth Street Baptist
Church, and the prospects of a live
ly fight between Rev. J. L, VanPelt
and the deacons of his flock are
splendid. Yesterday morning Rob
erts Whiting, one of the deacons,
locked up the church and announced
that VanPelt should never again
therein enter in the capacity of
minister, a position he has held f r
the past six years. This move was
upon advice of Justice of the Peace
Sam Edmonson, upon the repre
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had agreed to relinquish his pastor
ate upon payment of $100 in cash
and a note of $125, which Whiting
alleged VanPelt had received last
Sunday at a meeting held at the
church. It soon became known that
WhitiDg hud locked the church, and
^^ievjr^i^^iejemale members of the
congregation went to V
sistance, and visited the office of
Justice Edmonson, where they said
VanPelt had not been discharged
by the congregation, the maj >rity of
which is in favor of retaining him,
but that the deal was the result of
a fight upon the minisier by the
deacons because some of bis utter
ances had pressed not lightly on the
deacons’ toes. The official then ad
► vised them to re-open the church
and allow VanPelt to resume away.
This they did. This morning Dea
con. Garuou and Whiting formed a
committe of two to wait upon Ed
monson for more advice, and when
told to tell their troubles to Prose
cuting Attorney Ben Cravens. They
began a hunt for him, but he learned
of their intentions and d sappeared
and could not be found. Mrs. Van
Pelt, wife of the minister, whom
the deacons are trying to oust, said
today that there wars iu trouble
in the congregation; that the
deacons objected to \ an Pc It’s
sermons on the habit of dtink
ing whiskey because they touched
their weaknesses. She admitted
that her husband bad agreed to ab
dicate upon payment (if the cash and
the notes, aud that these had been
received. Wednesday night, she
s'aid, a • congregational meeting was
held to decide whether VanPelt
should remain or go, at which Dea
cons Gordon, Whiting and Bowden
presented the pastor’s resignation,
which they requested him to sign,
which he declined to do, saying be
would present his own resignation in
due form at a meeting he would call
at a later date. It was several days
later that the alleged agreement be
tween the deacons and the preacher
wa3 entered into. Mrs. VanPelt in*
timated today that the deacons lnd
been beaten at their own game, and
’ were out just $225 without haying
accomplished their object.
*« A neighbor ran in with a bottle ol
Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera anc
Diarrhoea Remedy when my son wa
suffering with severe cramps and wai
given up as beyond hope by my regulai
physician, who stands high in his pro'
fession. After administering threi
doses of it, my son regained conscious
ness and recovered entirely with 1
t twenty-four hours,” says Mrs. Mar^
Haller, ol Mt. Crawford, Va. Thi
Remedy is lor sale by R. C. Grizzard
Hon. Alf Taylor in the City.
Hon. Alf Taylor, of Tennessee, is
a distinguished visitor iu the city to
day, being enroute from Campbell,
Missouri, to Batesville, Arkansas.
He is at the Stancill House.
Mr. Taylor arrived in the city
at noon over the P. S. E , from
Hornersville, having reached that
place this morning in a vehicle from
Caruthersville. He will leave for
Batesyille tonight over the Itod
Mountain. BeiDg somewhat fa
tigued from travel and the loss of
sleep he is spending the afternoon
at rest in his room at the hotel.
The distinguished Tennesseean
is pleasantly remembered by the
citizens here, he having delivered
his famous lecture, “Poetry and
Pearls,” to an appreciative Para
gould audience some time ago.
He is billed to lecture at Jones
boro one night this week, the pro
ceeds of which will be for the benefit
of the State Orphan’s Home.
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 AMBEKG.
George R. Williams, Little Rock;
a±% jk. cuutif, v-fuuja^u, ui •
Graham, Bailey, Ark.; F. C. Lauf
ketter, C. H. Kennedy, C. S. Egel
hcff, St. Louis; Tbad Cothern, Wal
cott.
STANCILL IIOtTSE.
Hon. iilf Taylor, Tennessee; Chas.
S. Jones, Corning; Luciau Hubbard,
piK*£&; 'Fr-a&k- oson, C. H.
Steven, W. T. Ward, St.'~Lou'.S^
E Porter, Paris, Tenn., C. H. Ma
son, MaldeD; W. H. Kennedy, Mem
phis.
HARVEY HOUSE.
Lee B Wilson, Jonesboro; E. T.
Marron, S. F. Hill, Illinois; W. J
Doolan, Earl Ouan, T. J. Turner,
Cordwell; W. S. Dugger, Wynne.
NEW COMMERCIAL.
Louis Ryan, St. Louis; W. H.
Hubbard and son, Marmaduke; B.
L. Steen, Kansas City ; D. F. Burns,
Jonesboro; J. T. Clark, G. W. Ev
ans, Wiekliffe, Ky.; L. J. O’Neal,
Malden; EdS. Telly, Rector.
Notice.
The Greene County Board of Medical
Examiners v. ill hold their regular meet
ing Monday April 14th for the purpose
o. examining applicants for license to
practice meoicino m orei-co cuumy,
Ark,
A. G. Dickson, President,
G. T. Hopkins, Secretary,
c’Gfc wit A. G. Clyne.
A VALUABLE MEDICINE
For Coughs t-nd Colds in Children.
“I have not the slightest hesitancy in
recommending Chambertain’s Cough
Remedy to all who suffering from
coughs or colds,” says Chas.M. Cramer,
Esq., a well known watch maker, of
Colombo, Coyloo. “It has been some
two years sines (ha City Dispensary
first called my attention no this valuable
medicine and I havo repeatedly used it
and it has always bson beneficial1 It
has cured me quickly of all cheat colds.
It is especially effective for children aud
seldom takes more than one bottle to
cure them of hoarseness. I have per
suaded many to try this valuable medi
cine, and they are all as w ell pleased as
myself over the results.’' For sale by
R. C. Grizzard.
Good for Rheumatism.
Last fall I was taken with a very
severe attack of muscular rheumatism
which caused me a great pain and an
noyance. After trying several pre
’ script ions and rheumatic cures, I de
cided to use Chamberlain’s Pain Balm,
1 which I had seen advertised in the South
Jerseyman. After two applications oi
i this Remedy I was much better, and
r after using one bottle, was completely
3 cured.—Sallie Harris, Salem, N, J.
• For sale by R. C. Grizzard.
STATE AND FOREIGN.
News Notes of a General Interest
Briefly Paragraphed.
During the last three months more
than one hundred and five thousand
immigrants have landed at New
York.
The largest and fastest printing
P'ess in the world is now being built,
and when completed will print an
eight page newspaper complete at
the enormous rate of one hundred
and fifty thousand per hour, two
thousand aud five hundred per min
ute, forty-one per second, or, seven
times faster than an ordinary person
can count. The Soliphone may get
one of them some day.
The National Committee having
under consideration the proposition
to change the date of the presiden
tial inauguration, met in Washing
ton and unanimously voted to recom
mend the last Thursday in April as
the day.
The House passed the Chinese
Exclusion Bill after the adoption of
several drastic amendments. One of
these excludes all Chinese of mixed
blood and another prohibits the em
ployment of Chinese sailors on
A _„i_: rni _i. ~
ixiuv.1 ivuu ouipoi a xiv/ vm i u euu'-to
all the existing exclusion laws and
extends them to the Philippines and
other possessions of the United
States. The conference report on
the War Revenue Repeal Bill was
adopted and the bill sent to the
White House. Late in the afiecnpolT
the House passejJ-thfc'brtr’"extending
the CnSrters of/ national banks for
twenty years'." The Democrats made
an unsuccessful attempt to filibuster
against the bill.
President Roosevelt and party
were guests at the Charleston ex
position yesterday. The president
was cordially received ao*d the recent
Tillman episode seems to have had
no effect upon his reception.
The new Bjptist church at Seart y
was dedicated Sunday and the Pas
tor, Rey. Ben M. Bogart, preached
the dedicatory sermon. The edifice
is of press brick and one of the pret
tiest aud finest iu the state.
The Aikansas Democrat is yet de
lirious over the result of the recent
election and is making bitter attacks
upon Governor Davis. Iu the opinion
of the fair minded reader the Demo
crat has experienced sufficient re
buke for it, t.n ker-n nuipt awhile, hut
we guess the old sister can’t.
The miny buildings recently de
stroyed by fire at Brinkley are being
rebuilt. A one hundred feet front
brick building is one of the new ones
in course of construction.
There are now over 1,000 miles of
railroad under construction in Okla
homa a-:d the Indian Territory.
The United States authorities at
Haldenville, I. T., de.tioyed about
$1 500 worth of slot macuinea and
other gambling devices last week.
Shot In His Left Leg.
For all kinds ot sores, burns, bruisas,
or other wounds DoWilt’s Witch Hazel
Salve is a sure cure. Skin diseases
yield to it at once. Never fails in cases
of piles. Cooling and healing. None
genuine] but DoWitt’s. Beware of
oounteifeits. “I suffered for many
yoara from a sore caused by a gun shot
wound in my left leg,” says A. S. Ful
ler, English, Ind. ‘‘It would not heal
and gave[me much trouble. I used all
kinds of remedies to no purpose until I
tried DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve. A
few boxes completely cured me.” The
Globe Drug Store.
Tho family of Dr, Haley, of Finch, is
In the city, stopping with relatives on
North Center street.
Miss Ju’ia Lawrence has re-entered
the Parrish Business Colb g ».
I Back from College.
' Thad Cothern, Ben Walker, Will
Owens, Ed Bradsher, Jim Bobbitt
an 3 Luther Baarder, Greece county
boys who have been students at the
Memphis Hospital College are now
at home. Cothern,Owens, Bradsher
and Bobbitt will go before the
county medical board next Monday
t)be examined fora certificate
authorizing them to practice during
the vacation. Walker will go to
Sewanee, Tenn., June first to atte d
a summer course of lectures, which
will enable him to graduate in jone
more term at Memphis.
All the boys are looking well and
tell some funny experiences of
their first term in school.
There were (590 students in the
college the past session and Mem
phis breathed easy when they all
left for home.
Get the boys to tell how they en
joyed carving dead “niggers.”
Chancery Court.
Judge E. D. Robertson arrived
yesterday for the purpose of holding
the spring term of the Greene Chan
cery Court.
J udge Robertson was on the tick
et at the recent primary as a candi
date for‘the democratic nomination
for the office he now holds, and hav
ing no opponent received the unani
mous vote of the party. Judge Rob
ertson now holds the office by ap
pointment of Gov. Dan W. Jones,
aud will be elected at the September
electiou for a period of four years.
The judge conducts the most dig
nified and orderly court of any judge
wL'd ever sat upon the benc'h”'ifi"Thts*
county and is a most pleasant and
affable Christian gentleman.
Court has been in session two
days and is confronted with a small
docket, consisting in the main of
confirmation and divorce proceed
ings. The proceedings will receive
further atteution tomorrow.
Crockett Denies It.
O C. Ludwig, Deputy Secretary
of State, writes the editor of the
Soliphone as follows under date of
April 8 .h:
A statement appeared in the
Helena World a fev days ago stat
ing that Secretary of State Crockett
had sent a message to Hon. R B.
M icon to the effect that Woodruff
county is entitled to ten delegates
ia the state convention. Mr. Crock
ett has sent no message of the kind,
and is taking no pj,rt in the congres
sional tight in that district. It is a
mistake and .1 wish you would so as:
sure the friends of Judge Taylor and
Mr. Parrish.
Pdasonic Temple.
There are prospects that in the
near future Puragould will have r
fine three story masonic temple.
The matter has been taken up by
the Masons, Blue Lodge and Royal
Arch, and they have decided to con
struct a building if a suitable site
can be secured.
The contemplated building is to be
three stories, covering a lot 50x100
The first floor will be two business
rooms, the second an opera hall and
the third lodge rooms.
The building is to cost not less
than $10,000, and will be constructed
of brick.
Comm ttees are now at work try
irg to secure a site.
Such a building is much needed in
Paragould and an opera house will
fill a long felt want.
Tom Menser, Dan Cole and J. W.
Lindsey were initiated into the A. O.
U. W. lodge last night.
The weekly dance will be given at
the hall tonight.
Bob Gossett, road overseer of district
No. 2, Hurricane township, was in towi
tiday and took out the county roac
Bcraper, for the purpose of working thi
I roads.
A NEW CLUB.
But This Time It Is One Entirely Dif
ferent From the Rest.
Paragould has a Maudolin club.
Of course this is new to the people
of Paragould, as the organization
of the club was not completed until
last night.
On last Wednesday night a num
ber of young ladies met at the
home of Miss Grace McKinney for
the purpose of effecting the or
g inization of a mandolin club, but
it was not completed and the final
arrangements made until last night,
when they met at the homo of Miss
Georgia Ware. This is a club that
has been wanted for quite a while,
among the young people especially,
and now that the organization has
been effected, it is at least under
headway.
The club will meet twice a week
for the present, and the next time
and place of meeting has been set
for next Friday night, at the home
of Miss Amy Spiece. It is probable
that the nights of practice will be
Tuesday and Friday.
This club is composed of young
ladies who are capable of perfect
ing an enterprise of that character
when they resolve to do so, espe
cially so, when it is considered that
half of the members are possessed
of musical talent and ability. Miss
Alma. Johnson will instruct the
needless to say tkat^slie ^ilTmeet^"'^'''
every requirement of the under
taking as her pronounced attain
ments in the musical art is assur
ance of her success in making the
club one of sincere pride to the
music lovers of Paragouhl. The
club will be introduced in the ren
dition of the most popular and
latest productions in music, and it
bids fair to be one of real pride to
the city.
Those who were present last
night and the iutstruments they will
play are: Misses Alma Jchoson,
Grace McKinney, Sudie Willcock
son.Kate Young, mandolins ; Miss
es Georgia Ware, Ula McAfee,
Nina McKinney, Amy Spiece, Ella
Belt, guitars. Misses Ava Ham
mond, Lillie Conwell and Inez
O’Steen will be with the club after
next Friday night. Miss Lelia
Head met with them last night, as
a visitor.
Parrish Business College An
niversary.
This school will celebrate its third an
niversary about the 15th of Juno. Will
have a class of about thirty graduates
in bookkeeping and shorthand. We
v-':ry much desiro that all old students
who have net taken the examination
would review and be ia our class.
Special arrangements will be made, if
necessary, in order that all may be able
to take the examination.
For further particulars, call on
d 4t B. H. Parrish, Pres.
Hon. J. M Rains, of Jonesboro, was
transacting business in Paragould today.
Judge Rains fairly gloats over the vie*
tory of Clarke for Senator. Fie contri
buted largely to Clarke’s success in
Craighead by making speeches and
otherwise exerting his personal influ
ence.
Bert Potter will be with the John
Robinson Bhows next season as a mem
ber of one of the bands. Fie has received
a call from the band master to report
about the 20th at Cincinnati for the
pu-pose of organization and practice*
' He will leave in a few days.
.
[ Mr. and Mrs. Poindexter left latfe
s night for St. Lonis for a lew days*
visit.