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<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ms. M.P. Thomas sent me this picture of the whistle from the KATE ADAMS with the following history and family remembrances of the KATE.<\/p>\n
My great grandfather, as I understand it, bought the salvage rights to the Kate Adams.\u00a0 The whistle was placed on the Planters Oil Mill in Clarksdale, MS where it was the morning, noon and go home whistle for the entire town.\u00a0 When the mill was sold the paperwork to the whistle was discovered and the whistle went home with my grandparents.\u00a0 As a child, I accidentally knocked it over and broke my dog’s tail with it (I was only a toddler).\u00a0 My grandfather loaned the whistle for a brief time to the welcome museum in Greenville.\u00a0 We retrieved it back from the museum after the state took it over.\u00a0 The whistle now sits in a case in my home.<\/p>\n
My great grandfather was Milton Ragan Jones, Jr.\u00a0 He ran the oil mill in Clarksdale, MS.\u00a0 My grandfather, James Hamilton Payne, married his daughter, Evalyn Brabston Jones.\u00a0 My grandfather took over the running of the mill from his father-in-law.\u00a0 My grandfather was always proud to show us the whistle that sat in their utility room for years after the mill was sold.\u00a0 My grandfather and his two brothers were from Benoit, MS.\u00a0 He remembered fondly riding the Kate Adams and the captain allowing him to blow the whistle.<\/p>\n
Thank you so much for your efforts in preserving the history of all of these great ships!<\/p>\n
Ms. M.P. Thomas sent me this picture of the whistle from the KATE ADAMS with the following history and family remembrances of the KATE. My great grandfather, as I understand it, bought the salvage rights to the Kate Adams.\u00a0 The … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"