The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1894-09-21
PROGRESS OF THE CAMPAIGN:
The Banner Man alone in his Glory
He tells about the Candidates
Notes of Progress.


The Banner devoted Monday and
Tuesday to looking after the county
campaign. 1t took in Weirsdale and
Summerfield. The staunch democrats
Of these sections were very much dis
appointed at not seeing the nominees
of the party, especially DIR. Smith and
C. NJ. Brown, candidates for the as
sembly.
Besides desiring look at our legis-
lative timber they desired an expires
sion of their views on the railroad
commission question. In the absence
of these distinguished representative
democrats the Banners representative
took great pleasure in telling all about
the good points of the parties in ques-
tion--of Browns push and eloquence
and DR.. Smiths legislative experience
in the great state of Georgia. This
bit of history was well received.
The reporter failing to secure OK, ass
or equine transportation of any de-
scription from Summerfield to Pedro,
was reluctantly compelled to give up
that appointment.
NOTES.
Never have we seen the orange and
lemon groves of the south side present
a more thriving appearance, while the
crop of 1894 will be as large if not lar
ger than that of 1893. OF the groves
that met our eye as we travelled west
toward Summerfield, a distance OF
two miles, we recall those of Ben
Shook, Miss Baker, Tom Shook, Lake
Weir company, DR.. Faunce, Mr.. Up
ham, Mr.. Connolly, Messrs. Mead &
Pernell, Mr.. Potter; off from the road
to the right, we catch glimpse of the
groves of Mrs. Perrin, Mr.. Gillett, the
Ackron grove, Mr.. Spofford, Mr.. Will
our, Mr.. Foster, Mr.. Porter, Mr.. CHI
ley, DIR. Chase, the Fishers, MIR. Pray,
r. Shay, Mr.. Shoeren, Mr.. Williams
and Mr. Saulsberry.
At rough calculation the groves
oilOhCu VI Will CONCI OOO tCtCS vi lduus
Nest Of Them are in a fine stage OF
/ bearing and their yield this season
will reach 10000 boxes of oranges and
about 5000 boxes of lemons, and finer
| fruit of the latter kind never grew on
a lemon tree in any section of the
world.
The largest bearing lemon groves are
those of Gillett, 1900 boxes; Lake
Weir grove, 1000 boxes; Tom Shook,
500 boxes; Porter, 1900; Kicker, 400;
Fisher, $50. The latter has begun
| shipping.
| We caught sight of Lehman & Hos
tetter's vineyard but had no time to
tarry and taste their superior wines OF
which they made 5000 gallons this
season.
AT Summerfield we had the pleasure
of meeting Squire Newsome, father OF
our M. D., the Nestor of the place, and
foremost In all good works and true
blue Jackson democrat. From him and
]. b. Douglas, true type of the young
! democratic workers, we learned that
the populists at their meeting last
Saturday, could not secure an audi
ence, SO Senator Borden and young
Hoag, Will Lucius' competitor, at
tempted to convert parties visiting the
stores but the results were nixy. They
ran against Sam Grimes, than whom
there is not better posted young
democrat in Marion county Che reads
the Banner) who had to draw the rec
ord of facts so often on the young pop
ulist barrister that he ceased in dis
gust his attempts at proselyting and
became real sociable.
Monday night several populists
made an appointment to meet the ne
| groes at the Summerfield Methodist
church and induct them into the mys-
teries of populistic doctrines, but the
brother in black" didn't respond
worth a fat sou marquet.
At South Lake Weir a prominent
citizen, who is a republican, said sew
eral attempts had been made by the
populists leaders of that section TO in
duce the republican voters to frater-
nize with the "pops," but without
success.
From conservative voters, the inn
preston is expressed that the "pops''
will not poll as many votes in the Sec
tions spoken of as two years ago.
We are the people and the Banner is
the oracle. BY actual count the Ban
ner in three post offices visited had "a
| per cent larger than all the other local
papers of Ocala combined. BIT.