The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-05-18
FLORALA.

FIorala, Ala, May 17.-Brick work
is progressing rapidly on the new
! three-story building that will be &C.
cupied by Lamar Britton Mercantile
| Company at an early date. The side
| walls have been erected and the ma
sons are now working on the front.
which will be a very handsome one.
Brick and other material is being
laid on the ground for the erection OF
a large garage and two other build
ings adjoining same on Fifth street in
the business district
Fire destroyed a fve-room residence
in the northern part of the city early
by w. J. Bell and family. They were
asleep and when reused found the
building in flames barely had time 10
get out in safety They escaped
without sufficient wearing apparel,
Mr. T. H. Cawthon. of DeF'uniak
Springs, is spending the week in Flor
ala. He is always welcome visitor
to this city. Hope gave Florala
big boost. He said he Travelled a
good deal in West Florida, and South
town in the entire section.
Prof Hathaway. of DeFuniak
Springs, was in the city yesterday en-
route from Policy, where he had been
on a visit to relatives He was &C
companied by his little daughter.
Farmers in this vicinity are very
busy just now harvesting their oats.
For the most part these oats are good, |
that is they average up well and have
headed out admirably, and the farm
ers hawke experienced no trouble
whatever in curing them. As a rule
the oats are baled and stored away in |
barns. One farmer, Alex McRae, has /
sixty acres in one field which aver |
aged four feet lin height. Mr.. Nc |
Rae has charged of the Central of !
al nl3Pa
the oats on this are exceptially fine.
c.. A. O'Neal has resigned the Office !
of chairman of the Covtngton county |
board of revenue. He was appointed |
and has made the county a splendid |
official. The appointment of a F1orala |
man is being urged by a number of
business men of this city. The COVER
nor has the matter under Amusement.
D. F. McDougal was summoned to
Quincy, Fla, on account of the seri-
Gus illness of a relative who suffered
a stroke of paralysis.
Numerous friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. G. Mclaughlin, Of this city, will be
pleased to learn that Mrs McLaugh,
lin is recovering from a long spell
of serious illness. She has been in q
Montgomery sanitarium several weeks.
News of the death OF J. P. Lee, of
Morgan, Ga, has reached Florala. 1t
will be remembered that he lived here
esta bishment. Sympathy
is extended. Miss Beulah Lee was
quite favorite among the younger
set at that time.
DR.. aud Mrs. j. w. Watzek, who
have been visiting the family of w. s.
Harlan, returned to their home in
Iowa, recently. DR.. Watzek
to spend next winter here. He
is president of the Jackson Lumber
of Lockhart.
ployed by the fair association to boost
up the fair to be held next fall has
just returned from a trip over a por-
ton of Covington county. Mr.. Miller
reports that he has met with much
interest in the movement than he an
ticipated at this time of the year, and
that at several points where he ad-
dressed gatherings there was genuine
expressed. Many promi-
nent farmers have come voluntarily to
Mr.. Miller and promised support and
cooperation. Without doubt Flor
alas fair will be hummer this fall.
News has been received in the city
that the turpcntine still belonging to
J. L. Edwards and located az Glen
dale, in Walton county, was complete
~ destroyed by fire together with lot
Of spirits, rosin and dip. 1t is be-
ieved that a f1rebug is at work in that
part of the county as it has been only
a few weeks since Mr.. Edwards lost
his handsome new dwelling by fire.
OF more than usual interest was the
last meeting of the Florala Industrial
League. Among other business dis
posed of by the large and enthusiastic
gathering of boosterA for this entire
section, was, announcement for the
current year of committees and it was
moved and adopted that the secretary
Of the league, Mr.. Robert Tyler, be
made a consulting member and sec
retary for each of the committees. 1t
was decided to provide suitable enter
tainments for and to properly adver-
tise the Gath of June. This matter
was referred to a committee on en-
with full power to act.
This committee was also directed. to
for a social meeting each
month and to secure the cooperation
Of the ladies of the civic league and
wives of members Of the industrial
eague to make the meetings serve as
pig get-together affairs. A motion was
adopted for the appointment of a
special committee to carry on a can
cleaning campaign, cooperating with ,
he city government. The secretary
vas authorized to have printed sew
eral thousand circulars. especially
calling attention to the fact that Flor
ala has been designated by the L. &
N. railroad as a point to which tickets
1t homeseekers rates will be sold.