>From THE FLORENCE HERALD - Saturday, January 18, 1890: LEADING MEN, BEAUTIFUL SCENERY, & etc. The most striking feature about Florence is the fact that so many able men from different sections of the country, north, south, east and west, have come here to live. Men of money from New England, from old Virginia, from Georgia, and from the great northwest. The superior advantages of Florence have drawn here men who stand high in business circles at their former homes -- men many of whom occupy the first place as citizens in Massachusetts, the valley of Virginia, Illinois, Georgia and other states. Read the list and then the sketches: Dr. J. S. LAWTON, Atlanta, Ga. Maj. J. H. FIELD, Columbus, Miss. Judge W. A. HUDSON, Staunton, Va. Captain A. W. STOCKELL, Nashville, Tenn. Maj. E. B. COMLY, Logan, Ohio Maj. J. C. GREEN, Wytheville, Va. Mr. S. J. GRAHAM, of Rockbridge county, Va. Capt. J. H. H. FIGGAT, of Botetcourt county, Va. M. W. CAMPER and Mr. T. H. ALLEN, of Botetourt county, Va. Dr. A. D. BELLAMAY, formerly of Atlanta, Ga. W. H. KENDRICK, Wisconsin Capt. D. LEDYARD, Montgomery, Ala. C. H. PATTON, Virginia W. O.SKELTON, Virginia JOS. BUTTON, Virginia A. K. MILLER, Dalton, Ga. Capt. B. J. CURRY, Huntsville, Ala. B. A. LAWTON, Georgia J. P. JONES, Philadelphia ANDREW L. ELLETT, JR., Virginia PENDLETON Bros., Atlanta, Ga., and a host of others. There are so many notable men that it is difficult to select. I introduce a few short sketches of the men I know best.* ---------------------------------------- *Due to the length of the sketches printed in the newspaper, I did not print copies of them. If anyone wants them, they can order the microfilm of the newspaper from the Alabama Archives through the Interlibrary Loan program -- I do not have any other information on the articles. Peggy Horton