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Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922)

WILLIAM M. JONES.
    One of the well-known newspaper men of Columbia county is William M. Jones,
who for seven years has been active in the conduct of the Columbia Banner at
Magnolia. A native of York county, South Carolina, his birth occurred on the
14th of March, 1869, a son of B. C. and Susan E. (Sturgis) Jones. His father,
whose death occurred in 1885 at the age of fifty years, was for many years one
of the prominent merchants and stockmen of Winnsboro, Texas, where he resided
until his demise. When just a boy he enlisted in the Civil war and served
throughout that conflict, participating in many of the most important
engagements. The Jones family are for many generations back of American descent,
and for many years they resided in North Carolina. In York county, South
Carolina, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Jones to Miss Susan E. Sturgis, a
native of that county, of Welsh descent, her ancestors having come from Wales to
America prior to the Revolutionary war. Some years after the death of Mr. Jones
Mrs. Jones was married to James Johnson, now deceased, and she is making her
home with a daughter near Warren, being hale and hearty at the age of
seventy-five years.

    In the acquirement of an education William M Jones attended the public
schools of Warren and later entered Ouachita College at Arkadelphia. In 1897 he
was graduated from that institution, receiving his A. B. degree. For thirteen
years Mr. Jones engaged in teaching school in Bradley, Lincoln and Columbia
counties, the last two years of that time being spent as an instructor in the
schools of Magnolia. In 1901 he gave up teaching and went into the drug business
at Magnolia, under the name of the W. M. Jones Drug Company, which business he
conducted successfully until 1912. During that time he became a registered
pharmacist, having studied at home and acquired some knowledge along that line
while attending college. From 1912 to 1914 he went on the road as traveling
salesman for the Arkadelphia Melting Company, his territory being southern
Arkansas, and in the latter year, resigning his position, he entered the
newspaper business at Magnolia. Mr. Jones purchased the Columbia Banner, which
was established in 1878 and is one of the oldest newspapers in the state, and he
has since been active in its publication. The Columbia Banner is one of the most
popular sheets in the county and has an extensive circulation. The paper is
known -for the high and honorable policies it maintains and it readily champions
every cause for the development and improvement of the general welfare. Mr.
Jones is one of the public-spirited citizens of Magnolia and has been chief
executive of this community for one term, his administration being marked by
general development and prosperity.

    At Pine Bluff, Arkansas, on the 22d of November, 1897, was celebrated the
marriage of Mr. Jones to Miss Mollie C. Cannon, a daughter of B. F. Cannon of
Hempstead county. She is a woman of much culture and refinement and a leader in
the club and social circles of Magnolia. She is a graduate of Central College at
Conway, which institution conferred upon her the degree of A. B. Mrs. Jones is
now active in educational work, being an instructor in English in the Third
District Agricultural School. She has done more or less writing and is an active
member of the Authors and Composers Club of Little Rock. To the union of Mr. and
Mrs. Jones one son has been born, William J., Jr., nine years of age.

    The religious faith of the family is that of the Baptist church, in which
Mr. Jones is a deacon. Fraternally he is identified with Columbia Lodge, No. 82,
A. F. & A. M„ and he is likewise a member of the Woodmen of the World.


Additional Comments:
Citation:
Centennial History of Arkansas
Volume II
Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1922


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