The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-09
Studies of Few Florala Citizens.
4. Z. HucI1es.

j. z. Hughes.
II you should pRS4 ~ Il 4 street II
F1oraIa on a pleasant day and notice
a tall nervous looking man stan6iEs
out in the middle of the street in hiz
shirt sleeves shaking the index fnge!
OF his night hand in the race OF tef
man he is talking 10, the probabilities
are that 1t is A1r. Hughes. If you viii
take a second lock YOU'LL A0rice g
green-bouna check bound sticking on;
of one hts- pocket and a OUTBOUND re
cefpt book stuck in the 0taeF. Then
If yoa wiA note Carefully you Will see
alis upper eye-ltdS twit6h up and down
as he talks and his voice w4ii be pitch.
cd high.
Now don't make the mistake OF
thinking he is angry with the man
he is talking TO for the chances are
that he is telling that man why Bryan
ought to be the next president Or Civ
ing him some sound advice. about this
years crop.
That check book as the key to the
door behind whSch is pile of monev
that has been made IS the result al
forty years hard woEk6 IRat reoeiyst
b00& Will show tSrat it VIII need renew
ing soon for this nIan Is paid E0tS Of
meney. That index finger IS Used to
take the place of Punctuapf0n MARKS III
conversation, and every time those
eye-lids (which there is Just one more
thought registered in his remarkable
brain.
He may not look like a we'll to do
citizen or very smart man, but if
you try TO palm off gold brick on
him you viii soon find that mea are
not always known by appearances.
You might happen along when he
Is just concluding half an hours Grgu-
ment against the rate of taxation, or
he might be Qu+fJbiing over twenty
i've cents in the price of a mule, but
the chaaees are that the next day
youth find f1tn writing out a check for
a Thousand dollars for the benefit OF
some charity.
That's the man J.rE. Hughes. Just
after the war he came to FloraEa, set
tied on the south-side hill, and made
a trade with another man involving
yoke of oxen. He has been busy trad
Ing ever since.
When he was a boy the little red
school-house" couldn't be found on
every hillside. His education was
along the lines of common sense and
the old fashioned idea of what is
right That's why he hSs been sue
ceSsful.
Some folks say he is Cranky" but
most folks think the other fellow is
cranky" if the other fellow doesn't
happen to agree with them. It's just
his way of looking at things.
or course ME-. Hughes has been
identified with every public enterprise
On the city and contributes literally TO
all worthy causes. Personally he is
4 very interesting character and Flor
10 o,,IA - 10 l.
The people appreciate the many
good things he has done ana is doing
20 help the town to advanca He owns
more city property than anyone else,
and any man that wants to build "a
home has only to see ''Unc:e Jim" and
the thing is soon attended TO.
He always stands for what khe be-
fieves the best thing morally and
every. Sabbath morning you VIII find
him in his accustomed pew ut the
Baptist church.
J. NJ. Mclean.
Dignified. cordial, urbane; unrelent-
ing in his ideas of WHAT'S right, and
vet withal conservative, that's Mr.. J.
n. Mclean. He came to Florala as
dt was being transformed from a
country community into city. built
and has since been identified with
every public project for the uplift of
the people Always ready-to- extend
the hand of sympathy and with fun
appreciation of the duties of citizen,
he is popular. with all classes. AS a
consistent Christian, he has been an
dmDortant factor in raising the stand
ard OF public morals.
He served one year as mayor, and
has been a valuable member of the
board of county commissioners since
his appointment to the latter office.
Mr.. McLean's family life is most pleas
ant, and his home is thoroughly repre-
sentative of the city in which he lives.
VIM. c. MCLAUGHLIN.
Mr. MCLAUGHLIN. cazile o Alabama
years ago from North Carolina. and
brought with him every characteristic
of Scotsman. He is not only sue
ceSsful business man. but also an OPP
timist and a philosopher. A born
story-teller, he mixes the humorous
with the serious to helm HShten the