The Ocala banner., 1906-10-12
OCALA, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER IL. 10 g.
OUR LOCAL EDITOR in GOTHAM
New York, October. 5, 1906.

70 the Ocala Banner.
( We think Floridians make mis-
take in leaving home in May and June
for the northern resorts and return
ing in July and August.
rEese months are usually almost
as pleasant in Florida as in more
nortern latitudes. The middle Of
September and October is the ideal
time for visiting this section. The
weather now is cool and the atmos-
phere is. crisp and bracing.
The city people are returning from
mountains and seashore and the de
partment stores are displaying the
fall and winter fashions and the
streets are alive with shoppers. The
theatres are all open AMI are pre-
senting their new plays for this sea
son.
A great many southerners are fast
discovering that this is the best time
for coming to New York and the no.
tel registers contain tho names of
many prominent southerners, among
whom are a great many Floridiens.
Gen. and Mrs. VIM. B. Lamar are
guests at the Hotel Astor. Gen. La
mar is having many distinguished
honors shown him. He was taken
by Mr.. William Randolph Hearst in
mis- automobile in his recent stump
ing tour of the city and Floridas pop
ular congressman gave the New York
er the aid of his splendid oratorical
utterances.
Gen. Lamar is not entirely conf
dent that Mr. Hearst will be elected
but says that he will give Mr.. Hughes
and his aIles vary bad scare.
Gen. and Mrs. Lamar were among
the large audience that greeted Miss
Eleanor Robson at her opening night
ct the Liberty theatre Wednesday ev-
ening. and having seats near them
we had the pleasure of meeting Mrs.
Lamar She is a very handsome wo-
man and was beautifully gowned on
this occasion in old rose silk with a
big picture hat of black. Mrs. Lamar
before her marriage to Congressman
Lamar couple of years ago, was
Mrs. Ether Boyt Toy, of Atlanta, and
was regarded as one of the most pop
ular and beautiful young women OF
Georgia's capital city. She and her
handsome husband make a striking
Hooking couple and received marked
lattentions wherever trey visit.
! One Of the New York visitors from
Florida happened to a misfortune yes
terday While Mr.. w. r parr'o
Jacksonville. who is stopping at the
hotel Breslin, was enjoying an af
]ternoon siesta, he left his door un-
locked and a sneak thief entered the
room and went through his pockets
relieveing him of his pocketbook
watch and other articles Of value
He lost over two hundred dollars in
money and his safety deposit key
He had deposited in a vault of one Of
1.-THE New York banks checks and mon
ley amounting to $4,000 and as he
does not remember the number o.
his key is, being put to considerable
trouble in recovering his deposit.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Colson, OF
lGainesville, who have spent the past
three months at Green Harbor, Mass.
and who have been in New York
City for several weeks, left today fol
Lexington, KY, for a brief visit tc
their daughter. Miss Pearl Colson
who is attending college in that city
They will leave for home Sunday OF
Monday.
/ Mr.. Frank Harris and Miss Sara
Harris, after spending ten days il
New York, will sail for Jacksonville
to-day on the Arapho, reaching
home Monday night or Tuesday.
This morning, in company with Mr.
George W. Wilson, editor of the Jack
IsonviIle Times-Union, we called OF
Mr.. H. NJ. Flagler at his Offices il
the Standard Oil Building, &c Broad
way.
\ We were shown by him grea
. many photographs of the Key Wes
entension and were told that th'
work on this great enterprise is be
ling pushed as rapidly as possible
Four or five thousand men are a
work and it viii not be many year
before this railroad, which was TO
so long a time thought to be a mer
) visionary scheme. will be completed
The photographs show that tn
road passes along a beautiful sectiol
land shows cocoanut and other tropl
cal trees on the islands spanned b
this unique railway.
S. E. II.
MIR. earns Gift Appreciated.