The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-05-06
NEWS NOTES OF
BUSY CENTURY
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Century, May 5.--A most delightful
smiling and refreshed to-day.
Century Is improving every day.
Her new Ice house is almost finished
and she and Flomaton are putting in
a telephone exchange and there are a
number Of phones to be put into com
munication.
Great quantities OF strawberries
have been picksd and shipped from
farms near this place The crop is
By no means marketed yet. This
shows that the country about Century
is second to none in the possibilities
OF truck farming. We predict quite
an increase in this special line next
year
Mr.. w. D. Judge, of Montgomery,
who, with party Of friends has been
on fishing excursion to Harrington,
spent two days with the family of
Mr.. Willie Rice.
Mrs. Clara Miller visited Mobile
last week. She returned home a few
days ago accompanied by her son,
Mr. Nat Miller.
The bank of Flomaton will open
Monday 1t was to have been opened
on the first but on account of the de-
lay of bank supplies the opening was
postponed
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Hall are re-
joicing over the arrival of a little
daughter.
Mr.. Taylor, our genial dairyman,
has been observed to wear a more
smiling appearance than usual. Cause
a little baby girl has came to cheer
his home.
Mr.. Laughton, the master machin-
list of the Alger-Sullivan Lumber Co.,
left for Gait City Wednesday. He is
to erect a mill of his own.
Little Ruby, daughter of Mr.. Board.
man Vaughan, of Ballentine, whose
feet were badly burned a few weeks
ago, is now able to walk again Mr.
Vaughan is now with the Ballentine
Lumber Company. They have con,
structed a number Of new houses at
their mill. Their nice new residence
will be completed in a very few days
This company has purchased large
timber interests near the mill
Mrs. ]. D. Franklin, of Alec, Ala,
who has been spending the week with
. j. H.
turned to her home to-day.
Mr.. Joe Booth, who attends school
in BrewtOn, Ala, spends his Satur-
days and Sundays with his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. T. J. Booth.
Mr.. Hartwell Vaughan, who has
been connectaI with the Alger4Sulli.
van Lumber Co.. for three years has
resigned his position and is now
erecting. a small plant of his own at
Pringle Switch, one mile south Of
Century.
Misses Bodie Hagood and Grace
Stewart, and Mr. Ed. Goldsmith. of
Atmore, visited the Misses Rice Sun
day. "a, 81
The Public School had May-day ex-
ercis,as on the evening of May LIST.
The following program was carried
out quite nicely: .r
Choral Opening Grammar Grades
and High School. No.
Growing the May Queen-Primary
Grades.
Wand Drill-Twelve1 Girls.
Play, Mrs. Wfllis's Will-Five Girls.
The Zuzus-Twelve Boys.
Tableaux-Day Dreams Carnival.
A small admission fee was charged
for the benefit of the school rooms
and neat sum was Melted.
Mr.. Frank Miller leaves Monday for
Rodman, Fla, where he goes to prac-
tice dentistry.
Mr. and Mrs Sheehan spent Satur-
day in Mobile.
Mr.. Glover has returned from a.
business visit to Opp, Ala.
Miss Marsh, from Detroit, who has
been with Mrs. Hecker for some time
is spending the week end with Mrs.
Miller.
Mr.. Miller has gone to his summer
home, Duluth, Mimi, where Mrs.
Millen will join him next week. The
many friends of Mrs. Millen are loath
to see her go. Her ready sympathy
tally will be greatly missed.
Fishing parties are now of frequent
occurrence. Mrs. Vaughan and Mrs.
Willie Rice with their families spent
Friday on the banks of the beautiful
Escambia river. They. spent a de-
lightful day, but the Lord was msr-
ciful to the fishes. Messrs. w. H.
Mitchell and N. R. Wilhelm went fish
ing one day last week. They report
a catch of forty-two fish. They also
shot and killed seven large mecca
sins in one hole. Fish and snake
story, but II tell it as twas told to
me-"
The gang saw, which the Alger-
Sullivan Lumber Company put in the
mill is doing fine work. Lath, shin
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