The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-12-22

:. c., accompanied her cousin. Mrs.
Alice Voet, home from that city and
will be her guest for the winter.
Hon. H. w. Long. of Martel, chair
man of the board of county commits
siorers. was 4 familiar figure ON our
streets Wednesday,
Mrs. e. Haycraft Won the ladies
:'ri2e yesterday afternoon at " eihe's
auction sale, while Mr.. J. c. Pow ell, of
the Maroon Farms, captured th4 gen.
mems ptize.
Mrs George F. Armstrong and her
Ga. are the guests of Mrs. Armstrong;
parents Col. and Mrs. Camp. ard viii
will re!1r..in until after the holidays
Mrs. Roland Marsh and little son, of
Pannasofkee, are visiting Mrs. Marsh's
parents. Mr. and Mrs. David Gamble
at their home in the third ward and
viii remain until after the holidays
Mr.. William N Ross returned to
Ocala Wednesday afternoon after an
absence of six months, which he has
spent in the mountains of North Car
olioa- Mr. Ross is greatly improved
in health
We had an immense wind and rain
storm Wednesday afternoon. Several
fences and trees were blown down and
for few moments the wind blew pref
ty flercely but no great damage was
done.
Mrs. Nathan Mayo is in the city
from Belleview to spend the Christmas
holidays with her parents, DIR. and
Mrs. w. ". Newsom. She is accom-
panied by her interesting little son,
Nathan, Jr.
lost-Wednesday morning on the
streets. a gold breast pin. Finder will
be rewarded by returning it to this
Office. The pin is a long one with a
gold flower in the center, set with a
small diamond.
L. II.
ton Plant. but now Of Leesburs. was
q visitor to Ocala Wednesday and was
the guest of his daughter, Mrs Ell
more Davidson. He is now a mer-
chant, farmer and orange grower and
is prospecting along all these lines.
Col w. n. Camp is at home from
Roanoke, Virginia, to spend the hOli-
days with his family. This is Col.
Camps first visit home in several
months and his friends are all glad
to see him.
Mrs. Alice Vogt and her daughter,
Miss Dora VOgt, returned home
Wednesday morning from Columbia,
8. c., where they have been visiting
for the past six months While in
Columbia they were the guests % Mrs.
Vogt's son, Mr.. Ernest VOgt.
Messrs Williams and Spencer Stone,
of Chattanooga, Tenn, returned to
Their home yesterday after spending
a few days with their mother IL this
CITY. They were called to Ocsla on
account of the death of their father,
the late Capt. S. c. Stone.
Mr. JACK McCully our whilOm cor
respondent from Fellowship was in to
see us Wednesday and incidentally
doing his Christmas shopping We are
pleased to state that after January
first Mr. McCully will continue con-
tributions to this paper
Messrs. T. A Butt and ]. A. Steine,
of Pittsburg, Pa, heirs of the late
Zephamiah Butt, of this city, are here
closing up the business of the state
They have already disposed of their
city property but still own a good deal
of land in the county. These gentle
men will remain in Ocala for several
days.
Mr.. Frank L. Reese, one of the most
popular lawyers Of Live Oak, was a
visitor here Wednesday and was reg
istered at the Ocala House. Mr..
Reese reiterates what everybody says
about the push and progress of his
city and says it is making steady
strides IN an upward direction
Mrs. T D. Lancaster, of Ocala Fla,
is in the city with her young sen, L.
D. Lancaster, Jr. Mrs Lancaster is the
wife. of General T. d. Lancaster, of
Florida, and sister-in-law of Mrs. L.
]. Simmons. widow of the late Chief
Justice Simmons-Atlanta Journal.
The civiI docket will be taken up in
the circuit court today. Besides the
Shaw Thompson case which has been
set for rial December %, there are