The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-08-03
IN THE GRAHAMvlLLE AND CON-
NOR COUNTRY.
Special Correspondence:

centers is heralded around in big rec
and black headlines by the papers o
the city; the paving of streets anC
avenues, the construction of gas ant
electric plants. the dredging of chan
nels across bars; these are all dali,
talked and written of by press ant
people, but the happenings in field!
and forests, remote from our cities
where the tilling of the soil and tn,
telling of the forests are carried on
and also where the euectric harness
streams, with which to produce anC
transport to our cities to make then
grow, all this seems to move to the
front with such little comment tha
only very few tat times only those
who are connected with the work
know of the great things which are
carried on to erect our busy. pretty
and modern Florida cities.
Were it not for the screeching
blasts of the pull-boat whistle which
daily rend the air in Silver Springs
run, few of us would know of the
great work that is being done up in
that remote section
The Wilson Cypress Company s
pull-boat No 3, which is stationed
within one mile of Delks Bluff, is do
ing large business pulling logs
from the swamp to the river.
On Tuesday, accompanied by Miss
Rebecca Counts, her cousin, Miss Jes-
sic Woods, of Ocala, and Mr.. George
Hodge, this scribe went up to the
Wilson Cypress Company's pull-boat
No. 3, in rowboat. Arriving there,
we were given the key of the pull
boat and told to be Eat home" by it's
genial engineer, Mr.. Oscar Furr. We
went up to the boat to get news notes
for the Banner, and incidentally for
a pleasure trip.
Those who have not had the oppor-
tunity of seeing a log-boat pull logs
cannot imagine the strength of the
swamp giant. 1t is indeed a giant, and
it tears the swamp in twain when
two or three sticks attached to it's
hree-quarter-inch cable come in.
In talking with the boats popular
engineer, Mr.. FUR, we learned that
three Sticks are generally pulled at
a trip, and on an average nine trips
are made in a day. Each "stick" con-
tains three logs, therefore on an aver
age the boat will pull eighty-one logs
in day. These logs are fioated down
the Oklawaha to the wilson Cypress
Company's mill at Palatka
The comany's launch, Rust, comes
up from Palatka every ten days to
pay off.
Prof. W. H. Russell, wife and child
of Inverness, are the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Pat T. Randall, at Common.
For the past several years Professor
Russell has taught school at Inver-
ness, Fla. This summer he attended
the normal course and taught Latin
at Gainesville, Fla. This year Pro-
fessor Russell was elected principal
of the Starke high school and today
he leaves for Inverness to pack up
in order to move to his new home
Immediately We sympathize with In
nerness over the loss of such an hon.
orable family as the Russells, and
we rejoice with lucky Starke for gain
ing their citizenship. Professor Rus
sell, for several years before he went
to Inverness was the efficient teacher
of the Grahamville public school, and
there is no better teacher and edu-
Gator in the land than he.
Miss Jessie Woods, of Ocala, who
is the guest of her cousin, Miss Re-
becca Counts in Grahamville, leaves
tomorrow for her home.
Mrs. Howard B. Hall and daughter,
Opal, of Arcadia, were the guests last
week of Mr. and Mrs. p. L. Durisoe.
Friday evening after the day sniff
of flies had gone off and the night
shift of mosquitoes and firefiies had
come on duty, and the stars had come
out, there came from the Grahamville
direction the sound of the picking of
banjo. Immediately following it
was the ho0m of Guns and tha ROT
ting of old plows and bells, and we
knew that, from the sound, an old
country serenade was on. Our curl
osity was up instanter, and we
learned that a party was serenading
our new corners, Mr.. and Mrs. Hamp
Price. and Miss Eula Fort, Mrs
Prices sister-in-law, who is visiting
them.
Misses Carrie and Flossie Holly are
in Ocala taking music lessons. Miss
Carrie Holly will teach the Graham
vile school this coming term.
Lest we forget, there will be pic
mic at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. H. Perkins on August I. Every
body who can, come and bring your
baskets. This picnic is an annual az
fair given in honor of Mrs. W. H.
Perkins, whose birthday comes or