The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-06-09
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bors of Prof. j. Fl. BrinsOn are pleas
ed to note his appointment, or cleo
tiou, as principal of the business de-
partment of Rollins college. Dee"
is home product, having made him
self what he Is by perseverance and
close attention to work. His father,
a very worthy man, fought four years
in the civil war, came home penni-
less, carrying an ounce ball in his
body, and was not able to give his
son but little assistance in getting an
education. But all these hindrances
never stopped the boy, who had de-
termined to be a man. We are all
proud of "Dee," and only wish that
all boys would strive more to follow
his noble example instead of smok-
ing cigarettes and wearing baseball
stockings.
Capt. Jack O'Hara made his month
ly visit to his two large turpentine
farms here last week. On being ask
F., ed how things were going he said he
had no kick coming with spirits tur-
pentine at 20 cents per gallon and
first grade rosin at S. per barrel.
He only regretted that the shipping
| facilities were such that he could not
get the stuff off fast enough, Captain
! Howard having to stop to repair the
steamer William Howard, and the
river was so low that the steamer
, made slow time. 1t now seems that
if Captain Howard expects to carry
all the business up and down the
| Ocklawaha he will have to put on an
other steamer. This goes to show the
necessity of some company building
| a railroad through this section, which
would cause thousands of acres of the
fiatwoods to be planted to vegetables.
Foreman III. A. Atwateris progress
ing fine in putting up the new camp
, at Eaton Creek for the Wilson Cy-
! press company. He has already put
| down several hundred yards of track
and built some shanties. They will
not get through piling here until Au-
gust, when the dummy will be
sent to the new place
Supt. A. A. Thompson will soon
commence to put a telephone line
from Dexter to Ultra, a distance of
ten miles. This will give this section
advantages heretofore not enjoyed.
Rumor has it that there is another
big land deal on by parties of this
place and on the east side of the
river. Something is liable to drop
any day, but we IRE not at liberty to
use names yet.
By consulting the proceedings of
the last meeting of the grand lodge
of Masons we learn that there are 153
active working lodges in the state
with membership of 6,O11 up to De-
cember q, 1904, net gain of $50 for
that year; 367 Masons died in that
year. Past Grand Master Samuel
Pasco's picture graces the front
page. He is well and favorably
known throughout the state as an ex-
United States senator.
Miss Stella Martin mas returned to
DeFuniak. where she has been at
tending school for the past two years.
Mr.. George Harper, the efficient
bookkeeper for Hodges & O'Hara, at
Dexter, has been quite i'll the past
week But DIR. Eaton Lindner will
soon have him on his feet again.
Some fine rains have been falling
the past few days and sweet potato
planting is the order of the day.
Mr.. NJ. B. Waldron, one of the
leading stock men of this section,
will begin this week to deliver about
5000 worth of stock cattle to parties
living near Orlando. This trade was
made ten days ago.
Sixty days of law-making and re-
pealing laws. How do YOU like It?