The weekly soliphone., 1915-04-23
HONOR BESTOWED
 ON COL. COLLIER
County Judge Light Creates New Township and Names It After
 Former Paragould Citizen.
From Wednesdays Daily Press)

IOuA WCuhOoooy o DoAAJ S'~| Perhaps no single act performed by County Judge Jason l.. Light during his several terms as judge of Greene county will meet with more hearty and universal commendation than that performed yesterday when he acted favorably upon a petition ! to create a new township out of the territory formerly comprising the east end of St. Francis township and named the new township Collier, in honor of Col. M. F. Collier. one of the biggest hearted and most public spirited citizens whose phil anthrophy and kind deeds ever graced and adorned a community
 For some time there has been a movement on foot to divide St. Francis township into two townships because of the fact that as hereto fore constituted the road overseer could not properly work the great number of roads in the township. Under the law the court cannot di- vide a road district, which con- prises entire townships, but he may divide the townships, and by this means create a new road district. It was for the purpose of making a new road district that new town ship was created. It embraces the eastern portion of St. Francis town railroad, while the Cotton Belt re- mains in old St. Francis township.
 'In considering name for the new township" said Judge Light this morning, T thought of men who have lived in Greene county and whose acts have been a bene- diction to the people. Standing head and shoulders among the many strong characters who have left their impress upon the history of Greene county is the universally beloved and noble hearted Col. M. F. Collier who spent the best years of his life and nearly all his fortune here. No ] man was more thoughtful of his fel- lows than was Col Collier and cer- tainly the citizenship of this county never had a benefactor whose deeds of kindness were so unselfishly and even lavishly scattered as were those of Col. Collier. His life and character are an inspiration to those who have been associated with him, and his name ought to be kept before the boys and girls of this county as an ideal to which to as- pire. In naming the new township for Col. Collier I had two objects in view: One to erect to him a perpetual memorial and in a small degree acknowledge the obligation the people of Greene county owe; the other, to keep his name, his life, his character and his acts before the boys and girls of the county that they may use his example as a pat tern by which to shape their con- duct
 Col. Collier was for years a citi- zen of Paragould and during his | residence here he was prominently identified with the development of
 Paragould and Greene county and
 was leader in every good cause
 For several years he has been a res | ident of Ell Paso, Texas, making a
 valiant struggle against physical in
 firmities. His hundreds of friends
 in Greene county are deeply inter
 ested in his welfare and are con stantly inquiring about his condition
 Judge Light appointed R. L. Van
 over road overseer of Collier town
 ship. It will be incumbent upon
 Gov Hays to appoint a constable
 and two justices of the peace.