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W. P. Phillips has been connected with the mercantile interests of Clark County, Ark., since 1884, and ever since coming to this county he has had her welfare at heart. He was born in Georgia in 1860, and nine years later was brought to Arkansas by his parents, and with them located in Searcy County, after which they moved to the northern part of the State, where they made their home for five years. After a short residence in the eastern portion of the State they came to Clark County in 1879, but after making one crop at Amity they moved to Curtis, a station on the Iron Mountain Railroad, where the parents still reside. The greater portion of W. P. Phillips' education has been received in Arkansas, and his earliest recollections are of attending the district school and assisting his father in his labors on the farm. He remained with his parents until he was twenty-two years of age, after which he entered a store as clerk, but after a short time embarked in business for himself. His stock of general merchandise is well chosen; and as he is very reasonable in his prices, honest in his dealing, and agreeable and accommodating with his customers, he has built up a lucrative trade, which is constantly increasing, and a bright future is predicted for him. He was married, on the 12th of February, 1887, to Miss Julia E. Hulsey, by whom he has one child, Annie Estelle. Mr. Phillips and his wife are members of the Baptist Church, and he belongs to the Masonic fraternity, and is a young man of intelligence and enterprise.