BITTICK & WARE
DECEMBER 24 , 1909
THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
TRANSCRIBED BY : TINA EASLEY
FRANK BITTICK & BILL WARE WERE AMONG THE FIRST MEN TO CONDUCT A MILL BUSINESS IN PARAGOULD. BITTICK DIED IN 1885 AFTER HAVING COMPLETED A NICE RESIDENCE FOR HIMSELF AND FAMILY IT BEING THE PLACE NOW OCCUPIED BY JAKE LAMBERT AND FAMILY IN EAST PARAGOULD.
SEVERAL ADDITIONS HAVE BEEN BUILT TO THE HOME SINCE MR. LAMBERT BOUGHT IT BUT AT THE TIME IT WAS BUILT IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST RESIDENCES IN THE CITY.
MR. WARE WAS A BROTHER TO OUR TOWNSMAN TOL WARE AND THE TWO BROTHERS CAME HERE TOGETHER FROM TENNESSEE BEFORE THE STREETS OF PARAGOULD WERE OPENED.