The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-12-14
FLORENCE NOTES.

FLOKfNCt NOlES.
The members of board of al
dermen and the mayor of Flor
ence for the term just ending
will be reelected today, Tuesday,
for the succeeding term. The
present officers are, R. G. Berry,
mayor; A, P. Dear, j. II. Single
tary and w. I. Butler, aldermen.
is. J. Dear, who at present is
street commissioner, will be the
marshal for 1917 and Is. No
one had offered to run against
this term at the primary last
month. They are the nominees
and are a splendid set of officers.
All south Mississippi mourns
the death CT a good and useful
citizen, Capt. J. t. Jones. presi-
dent and builder of the G. & S.
|. Railroad and founder of Gulf
port. The locomotives of the
several trains were draped in
mourning during Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday. His death
occurred in Buffalo, N. Y, his
northern home, on last Wednes-
day morning, the 9th. His fu-
neral took place Friday at p.
m. in Buffalo. At that hour
every wheel and every machine
owned by the G. & S. |. and ev-
cry person in the employ of the
company came to a silent stand
still for ten minutes out Of re-
spect for the funeral and in hon.
or of the noble dead man and
warm friend. Mississippi's loss
is great when this useful and
progressive citizen passed away.
No one man has done as much
for the commercial and industrial
good of the state as Capt. Jones
has done. Peace to his ashes.
There has been considerable
moving around in and about
Florence during the past two or
three weeks. Alonzo Martin and
Ed. Singletary, merchants, have
exchanged homes with each other.
ID. Taylor moved to Charley
Smiths place, a mile from town,
and Charley Smith moved to
Texas. j. D. Ross moved from
the hotel at the depot to his farm.
J. O. Parkerson, our magistrate,
has moved into D. Taylor's late
home. Mr.. Fallen, depot agen.,
moved several days ago from the
P. B. Berry house to Henry Sin
gletary's, and will move next
month into Will Martins house,
Mr.. Martin moving to the Or
phanage farm, which he has just
purchased from the superintend-
ent of the Baptist Orphanage at
jackson. Mr.. Averitt, from Ken
lucky, with wife and two chill
dren, now cupy Capt. Berry's
house, the captain rooming there
as heretofore, since his wife's
death.
The following citizens of Beat
One are engaged in the dairy in
dustry, shipping their cream to-
the Jackson creamery: Ed.
WansIey, Byram; C. E. Russell.
Byram; E. F. Muse, Star; DR..
Lofin, Star; Emmett Harrison,
Terry; Mute Harrison, Terry, and
the following from Florence: W.
F. Brooks, E. E. Brooks, Mr..
Stoker, w. C. Parkerson, W. G.
Ellis, L. O. Mullican, Enoch
Weathersby, John Miller, j. I.
Long, @. S. Long, w. L. Long,
Erred Williams, Mrs. Green Bote-
Ter and Arthur Compere. The
list shows 81 running home
dairies in Beat One. Besides
this valued industry in this beat
there is another which merits
notice. For three or four months
past wagons have been engaged
in hauling barrel staye timber to
the Florence depot to be shipped
to the Jackson stave factory.
Your correspondent has not yet
secured any record of the quanti-
ty delivered so far. The deposits
in the Citizens bank this season
are far above those Of last year
at the same date, showing that
these industries are profitable.
We make a safe guess that more