The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1897-05-21

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We nrc pleased 90 see goodly mum
Der of visitors ia our strse this week
among Wham are prtf i.ruest Aver,
son Of Dr. Aver ~ Georgia, who is
visiting be- our tts aud Is The guest of
our distinguished representative, AIr
Alfred Aver
Mr.. }. p. Hale, o. Cincinnati, Ohio,
paid his friends here pleasant visit
last week.
We are pleased 10 see Miss Balizell
in our city again, af,er shori visit to
friends ia Sanford. She intends
spending the summer with Us and is
stopping at the hotel.
Mrs. :. G. Means has returned to her
summer home at Spartenburg, :. c.
Her return Is hastend this year to see
her sister, who will shortly leave on
an extended European tour.
Mr. r. q. Sampson and family
are on short visit 10 Orlando. MIR.
:. 20 attend a meeting Of the Fruit
Growers association.
Our school closed on Monday, the
10Th, for the summer, to he opened
In October under the management of
our present able instructors.
One Of our school children had quite
a serious accident last woeek. Quite
a crowd of girls were running around
the school house when Edith's leg
came In contact with the Chicago
foot 81 one Of the other girls result,
broken leg fsr Edith. The lilile suffer
er was resting well at last account.
We understand an effort Will be made
10 incorporate the fees Of the other
girl or at least 70 have her wear bells
on her toes like The old woman in
Mother Goose melodies.
Our annual picnic came oil as per
programme. Quite crowd were
present. We are glad TO note that the
next picnic will be held on the beau
tiful Mcintosh grounds. Miiler's
Park i too small and surrounded by
open fields and is quite too close to the
adjacent cow-pens.
Many fish-frys and picn!cs are on
the tapis, for the bright May days.
We are pleased to see that prince of
truckers and genial gentleman, Mr.. ].
:. Neal on our streets again after his
severe attack. lie is looking rather
thin and weak bat is chuck full OF
vim and energy.
The young folks have organized a
tennis club and perform three even
ings In the week al the park.
" Farmer" Is OF the track, Touch
stone" is solid for Call-in fact, he i
for everything that the RAILROAD crowd
il against. His only religion is 10
love God and hate the devil. His OIL
ly politics Is TO love the people and the
peoples rights and 10 hate all mohop-
olies, trusts and railroads and never 10
vote for a railroad lawyer or tool OF
the railroads. Call bas shown him
self a man Of the people--a man who
dared "the peoples rights maintain,
unawed by power and unbribed by
gain" and should be promptly re-elecI-
ed. IL l. a sad fact that tricksters and
trimmers are promptly reelected to
Office, while the man Of the people,
our great eOmmoner, who has been
steadily battling forour people against
the great octapus that is crushing the
life out Of our fair land, finds bitter
and persistent opposition. VIII the
people never learn to think for them.
selves? viii they always "crook the
pregnant hinges of the knee"
Whenever our railroad Caesar mods his
awful brow?
If pure, unadulterated blow could
build up a town, Lowell would certain
ly grow to Metropolitan proportions,
for " Farmer" would certainly Ray
scr raise her.
Call down your imagination Bro.
Farmer, you'll have your creditors
down on You II you don't mind. We
have learned up here TO sing ia mi
ner key when We manage to get lit
tie " dough {" lest the fellows We owe
grab US and greet Us with that most
grewsonle Of saluiation, "pay what
thou owest. "
We understand that the Plant Sys-
tenn attorneys are preserving files or
the Banner and intend to use Lowell
locals to show that rates are not too
high and il will be necessary TO in
crease the rates on Florida truck to
prevent the currency OF the country
being congested at Lowell.
$4,000 from forty acres Of lettuce.
Gee whiz! Pile on the tariff, King
Plant. ToUCHsToNE.
Referring to the last paragraph, viii
say that the amount made on the for
~ acres OF lettuce mentioned by Far
mer" should have been Sls6 The
mistake was made by the intelligent
typo" Ed.
80 odd vests at half price at j. j.
Fuiler's.
Impeachment. Resolutions Adopted.