The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1906-10-17


names above referred To- AZ except
J0siad PAIN. who vas living n Gesr-
"a when l2s1 heard from hare pass
e over he nyer q death. So -
trusr- are ROW resting Under the
shade o. the trees 1ne poe1 has sing
7he fnlloz ing sd requiem
Tbe busy tribes Of sesh and blood
With AZ their tolls an cares.
Are hurried downward by tEe anos.
And l0st in folrrinE years
/ prefer L1ngfslloEs version. No
~rose
Lives Of great men al remind Us.
We can make or lives suhIIme-
. Aad departing leave Behind ns.
F '-@7s-nrints on tie sands Of tine
ask ron 70 so hack with ne over
+ sf1y yeaFs ago and let rs briefly ~
view Ocals and Marion county as
lh-n saw then.
In Ocala there was an uapreren-
tlous ho-eI upon TIE block upon
which the Ocala Ho-se now stands.
known a me -OcaIa Holse.- con
5ucIed by that grea1 and good nan
--an :. 7. Paris. and his estimable
Wifa, another known a the ~BuIlock
House located about where Ga1sca's
store Is nov. There was in operation
two grocery stores. one saloon. foar
F stnrcS doin@ A general -leteaqfsle has
mess one taylor shop. two iruS
stores. one small repair OF harness
shop. one blacksmith and gleei right
( establishment and q pOsJO-hee TIE
. pracIieing physicians were Dr.. A. L
Brown. and Drs- Heard and Rogers.
As remember Col s NJ G. Gary.
Z Col Samuel St George Rogers an
Charles Paisley were the only p-ae-
ucnig attorneys Spann anu Province
having left the county
The above constituted the Business
interests Of Ocsla- The East Florida
Seminary stood where the Oeala higa
school nov stands There we're two
mails. south and north. by stage
from Pslatka TO and from Tampa
Transportation 10 and from Marion
county was by barges. operated by
poles from Silver Springs TO and
from PaIatka. and from that point BY
steamboat TO and from Savannah
and Charleston In the county there
were four towns. Silver Springs. Or
ange Springs. Remington and Wa
cahOoJa. which had respectively from
two 10 three stores. From 1S45 20 1856
large and small slave owners bought
and settled plantations in the most
+ fertile sections Of the county. which
marked a new era in its history
and largely changed the habits and
customs o. the people on lines Of
progress and prosperity.
The war between the states follow
ed. the results OF which are familiar
10 all present. IL was followed by re-
construction and the direful effects
of carpeibag rule from 1865 TO 1876
was borne with a fortitude thar
perhaps none would have submitted
70 but a dispirited and impoverished
people. In 1876 the democrats as
sisted by most Of the decent white
republicans OF the state. By their un-
.vided efforts redeemed the state
from misrule thereby causing another
era TO dawn.
The democratic party OF Florida es-
talished a wise. conservative and hon
est government, which restored con-
fidence anu caused capital and imni-
grafton 10 flow into the state And,
Notwithstanding millions of dollars
was swept away By two bank failures
in Ocala by the freezes Of 1S94-S5.
and the destruction OF the best pOT-
ton Of Ocala by fire. Marion county
rose above these disasters and Is now
girdled with railroads and prosperous
towns have sprung up rs if oy magic
luLUASEOUA TIT Jul Rr0F4C
as a whole are out Of debt. many of
whom have deposits in one or more
Of our four substantial banks. We
have a scnOol system that is efficient
" differed. which in educational IA
eilities is equal 10 the most advane-
ed counties Of the stale We have six
~ miles Of good roads. and the good
work continues
Did time permit ] would briefly 70
view some Of Marion eOunty's vast
and diversified resources. consisting
in part OF its agricultural and hOTti-
cultural productions. its untold Mi
lions Of phosphate, lime AMI timber
us manufacturing and Industrial IN
terprises. its blOOded stock. its vast
quantities Of pork. beef and rluttor
slaughtered annually; its beautiful
rivers. majestic lakes. and its far
famed Silver Springs. and BiUs
Springs. whose limpii waters
clear as crystal and more
r-.rvra-ar- rhan We~hr v-hara sfxfv