Paragould soliphone., 1921-07-01
GRIFFIN SMITH
 SELLS PAPERS
 T0R.C. WRIGHT
Daily Press And Soliphone Plants Change Hands July 1st-Present Loca- ton to Be Utilized.

(From Wednesdays Daily Press) The play is over, the curtain drops, Slow falling to the promptor's bell, A moment yet the actor stops,
 And turns to say farewell.
 It is both a sad and a pleasant duty to say goodbye to an old friend-pleasant because of the memories of close association that |crowd into the mind and fit be- fore the vision, recalling periods when prosperity smiled graciously and the morning faded into evening without bringing to ones ear the manifold messages of pathos so often heard in a newspaper office--and, isad. because one cannot spend decade listening to the stories or high hopes and blasted disappoint- ments that are unfolded to the re- porter and at the news desk with out forming a real attachment for those who are frank enough to
 come to us with their troubles, un-
 der the questionable impression that Ithe public's ear is a sounding board Iagainst which all of our ills and all
 of our joys should be tossed by the lpress
 But as life goes on apacc, and as
 we grow a little older each day, we learn to know that this is a world
 of give and take, and we must sometimes choose d path for the fu- lure and step out to meet new con |ditions. sacrificing the associations lof those who are dear to us, plant ling our efforts in new fields, water ling the seeds of our hopes and am lbitions with the experiences ol wears gone by and the faith we have lin ourselves and in our fellow man.
 Tomorrow my friend of the past lten years will pass out of my life' just as it passed out of the life oi U. R. Taylor, and just as it passed from the control of Mr. Taylor predecessors. The Daily Press and lthe Soliphone, once again, have
 been sold, but happily they do not
 become the property of strangers lThe two papers and physical prop Ierties incident to their publication
 have been sold to Rupert c. Wright who has been interested in theil
 production for more than fifteer - CT. In the future his is the re , sponsibility, his the fight. What
 ever of success he attains will como Ito him as a reward for honest, con
 |scientious efforts, well directed. He knows and understands the newspa , per business as but few men in smal
 towns do. He is clean, ambitious , not afraid of work, keenly interest ed in Paragould, alive to the needs
 of merchants who know the value ol printers ink, is not allied with any of the disturbing factions, and his Ientire purpose will be to give the city all that can reasonably b' ; hoped for or expected in a news - paper sense. His help has been my strongest aid during the past few , years. Without his splendid coop
 eration in the advertising depart Iment neither The Daily Press nol l the Soliphone could have taken the l rank they today hold. He is capa ble of taking the properties oyer and conducting them as they should be conducted. He will take contro of the papers Friday. July 1, free
 from any personal ill-will, intcnt wholly in publishing the news anf Iaffording to the business interests {
 medium of expression and publicity And now, just few persona . words: 1 am tired! I have been lin the newspaper business almost twenty-five years. During that en- itire period no successive six months have passed by during which my pa ipers have not been engaged in q
 fight of some kind. l have always
 felt that any man who assumed the
 responsibility for publishing news lpaper should frankly print his views land express himself on public qucs- ltions. This belief has frequently ,carried me into the maeIstrom of Ipcrsonal difficulties. and I am car Irving the scars of number of en-
 counters. But l have never harbor-
 cd malice toward those who differed
 with me, and today | feel that a weight of responsibility has been lifted from my shoulders in the fact that in Paragould. at least, it will mot be necessary for me to again Iongage either in winning or a
 losing fight. l can say. frankly
 that the attitude l have taken for
 the past fifteen years in conducting
 a virile policy is one of the most lgratifying memories left from my newspaper experiences. There have been times when it was necessary to speak plainly, in bold type, of jconditions within the city and in the county. That I did not neglect