The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-12-08
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
OcaIa, Fla, Dec. 4, A. D. 1906

| lar session on the above date. Pres
ent: H. W. Long, chairman, N. A.
Fort, j. L. Edwards, c. w. Turner,
| .. r. Pyles, commissioners.
Minutes read and approved of both
meetings. November 6, and November
Is. 1905, separately.
| Upon motion bond of S H GaitskiIl
as notary public was approved, with
I II. L. Dickson and W. R. Brown as
I sureties.
! letter from DR.. Wilson at Red
dick, with reference to a party, viz:
III. Noble, was referred to Commits
| sioner Turner, with power to act
Judge L. L. Hopkins appeared be-
| fore the board and asked a reduction
| to be made for the purchase of GER
tain tax sale certificates. Request was
! refused.
Upon motion it was ordered that 2
| O'Clock be fixed as a special hour to
| canvass the election returns of the 10
cal option election. held in Marion
county, November %, 1905.
The board, upon the request of Mrs.
! Tuck, ordered the tax collector to al
low her a reduction of $500, as an ex-
| emption due widows, by the law.
Mr.. Long thereupon read his report
| Of the poor farm. which report is as
follows:
To the Board of County Commission
ers of Marion County, Florida:
Gentlemen visited the poor farm
December 9, and found Mr.. and Mrs.
Johnson in an infirm condition, but
I improving.
Mrs. Jane Wilson. who was admit
ted to the poor farm October z, died
/ November Z, from the effects of old
L age. She was helpless when receiv-
ed, not from disease, but from age.
The superintendent selected eligi-
BILE location, east of the hard road, in
the northeast corner of our land, as a
cemetery, and buried her in it, and
will take IS in money which she had
and with it place a modest tombstone
to mark her grave.
The sugarcane made 31a barrels of
excellent syrup. one barrel of which
will be sold to a hotel, or to any per-
son wishing to pay so cents per gall
Ion for first class syrup.
There are eighteen meat hogs to
kill, eight or ten of which will be
placed in a pen and fed on cassava.
with little corn added for a few
weeks before slaughtering.
We have a fine young calf whose
dam was two years old to the day at
its birth That broad gauge progress
i've man. MI. Z. G. Chambliss, has
kindly offered to donate to the poor
farm a male calf of his shorthorn
stock
1t will be necessary to build a quar-
ter Of a mile Of wire fence on the
Hendrix 40-acre tract of land. The
rails from that point will be necessary
to repair the remainder of the rail
fence
AS our superintendent, c. c. Priest,
has been faithful and efficient, I
cheerfully recommend that he be con-
tinued for the year 1906, at the salary
he is now receiving.
The vegetables are good and are af
fording a bountiful supply; sweet po-
tatoes not harvested as yet.
Herewith find appended financial
statement for November:
Superintendent. $S5: regular hand,
$12; extra help. $16.35: washing and
ironing, $3.50; cooking, IS; T. w.
Smith & Co., 1895: Rheinauer & Co.
s.. 30; Mrs L. p. Olin. $16.46; McIver
& MacKay, 1920; Ocala Furniture
Co., s2.25; A. G. Gates, SOC: Tydings
& Co., Sis; DR.. A. L. Izlar, 81; Stan
dard Lime Co.. $1.65; DR.. Kidd Co.,
So Total. $121.51.
H w. Long, Com. in Charge
Upon motion the board thereupon
took up the election of a superintend-
ent for the poor farm during the year
1906 Whereupon Mr.. Clarence c.
Priest was reelected as superintend-
ent of the poor farm at the same sal
airy, viz: $35 per month.
Dorse Williams was placed upon the
pauper list at 50 per month indefi-
nitely.
Upon motion the following resolu-
ton, offered by Mr.. Long, was unan-
imously adopted:
Resolved, That the thanks of this
board are due and are hereby given
to W. M. Gist. state fair commission
er of Marion county. and his efficient
corps Of assistants. and to the Ocala
Banner and Star. and to other papers
of the state, for their we'll directed ef-
forts in securing a creditable exhibit
of the various products and resources
Of the county, thereby securing In
premiums the sum Of $2780, placing
Marion county where she belongs as
the banner county Of the state. COW
ering her people with a halo of COM
rnendable pride. and placing them in
position to fulfll their pledge that in
case the county received the premium
for the best collective county exhibit,
to pay back to the county treasury
the $500 appropriated by this board to
oid In securing an exhibit from the