The weekly soliphone., 1915-01-29

range to occupy it until his own
 building could be repaired and again
 made habitable.
 When the Lackner property took
 fire it was feared that the First Ma
 tional Bank building might be dam aged. There are a number of win
 dows opening on the north side of
 the bank building from the second
 story. A stiff breeze in all probabil- ities would have famed the flames through these windows, but fortu- nately the atmosphere was unusually still. Over the bank is the law office
 of R. P. Taylor. MT. Taylor has one of the most complete legal libraries to be found in Paragould, and fear
 ing the fires spread, he had most of the books removed. Upstairs and in the rear of the bank building is the GACQduS6 duu SW lICllpod4d U oI lLC Southwestern Telephone and Tele
 graph company. The young ladies op- number of times by citizens that their position might at any time be- come untenable, but they declined to leave until word should come from
 Manager Campbell. MT. Campbell, who is captain of the fire depart ment, kept a close lookout upon the structure, however, and would have warned the young ladies to leave had danger threatened them.
 The s. L. Joseph Mercantile Com pany has been one of the show places of Paragould for a number of years. Its founder, s. l.. Joseph, although having died a number of years ago, still lives in the hearts of Paragould people, whose confidence and respect he held during the entire period of his residence here. MT. Joseph was German Jew. He came to this coun- try during the eighties, settling at Gainesville, the old county site. At Gainesville he entered the mercan- tile business with Ike Less, who now lives at Walnut Ridge. He and Less, operating under the firm name of Less & Joseph, were successful from the very beginning, but on account of disagreement with reference to the policy to be pursued, MT. Joseph sold his holdings to Less and returned to Germany. He could not, however, secure the consent of his mind to re- main permanently away from this country, and after sojourn of about three years returned to Gainesville and re-entered business, this time with gentleman named Harris. liar ris is now at St. Louis. At a later period, when it became apparent that Paragould was to be the metropolis of Greene county, rather than Gaines vile, MT. Joseph came to this city and launched into business on the corner now occupied by J. B. Mime. After remaining at that place for short while he removed to the south end of Pruet street, to the building now occupied by the Clyde Mack Mercantile Company. From that stand he moved to the corner where the Joseph store now stands. This latter move occurred in the late eight ies. A large theatre at that time oc- cupied the upstairs quarters over the space now housing the grocery de- partment of Joseph's, and the Lack ner and Spain property. Col. s. R. Simpson, then a practicing attorney of Paragould, occupied quarters in the same environs. Fire destroyed the theatre and other buildings. h. cluded in the loss was the law library of Col. Simpson and the Joseph store. Joseph's then rebuilt and have occu- pied their present site ever since. The entire front of the main build ing underwent a remodeling process several years ago, at which time the furniture department was done away with and the second floor space into a ladies' ready-to- wear department. The fire of last night revived in the minds of many the excellent qualities of S. L. Jo- seph. In conversation with an old time resident of the city this morn ing, the gentleman said: IS. L. Joseph was every inch man and was ornament to Paragnuld in many