The Ocala banner., 1907-10-25
GRAHAMVILLE AND CONNOR
Special Cor. Ocala Banner:

guest at her home in GrahamviIIe
Miss Edith Kupperbush Of Palatka.
Mrs. Allen Gibson went to Ocala
Friday 10 do some shopping. as did
also Mrs. \. \. Fort; and others who
went up the past week were Messrs.
Raymond Holly, W. X. Fore. VIII
Fore, F. f Randall, Fred Wellhorner,
Jr., and DR., B. F. Lisk.
Mr.. Fred WelIhomer. who is work
ing al Green Cove Springs. spent Sun
day with his family
Mr. Everett Mills is sinking an irri-
CATION we'll on the farm of Mr.. Thorn
rs Randall Mr.. Randall has one Of
the prettiest little orange groves in
this section.
Mr.. John NJ. Graham of OCala was
in Grahamyille for day recently.
T. J. Graham Of Humboldt. Arizo-
na, is now in Jacksonville. Fla, Guess
Tom got tired of the wild and woolly
West We did; simply because way
down in our heart We loved this dear
old Land OF Flowers. and nowhere
was home, sweet home but here. ana
We came back-liNe the cat.
How about a Florida Development
League? Let every Florida city's
commercial club, or board of trade. or
chamber of commerce, or whatever
the name may be, rally around the
flag, so 10 speak, and form one great
league TO be known as the Florida
( Development League At the com
ing out convention in Ocala on No
vember II, would be a nice time to
/ launch this league. All for Florida.
She is great, but we must make her
greater.
1t is indeed fine 10 get out once in
a while and enjoy the pleasures OF a
/ trip down the road-down the Allan
tic Coast Line road--tha road of trop-
ical wonders. for truly it is a road
! OF wonders, and, of course. here in Our
land they are tropical. as TO nature
We in Florida laugh at the idea of
calling the scenery here wonderful.
but let me tell YOU, go out into the
great Northwest states and ride for
days and days on 4 train over the
plains. and there you will call even
little butte, with a lone pine on if |
a wonder
While on recent trip down the
road" We jOtted down the following
in our note book:
Gainesville, the beautiful and love
" city that it is, was as busy as bee
IN tar bucket when we rode through |
on ~. Brick buildings were going
up on all sides of the square and in
several other parts of the city, and
handsome residences were rising ran.
IDLY all over the city. from North
gainesville 10 South Gainesville and
from the University building out West
Liberty way to a distance of q mile or
so east OF the Seaboard tracks on the
east. Gainesville is growing and her
,
sit down and watch her grow.
Down along in the Boardman. Evin-
st0n and Mcintosh and Orange Lake
country. everybody. il seemed was in
tereSted in the growing of grain. The
country looked to us very prosperons
Also did the country around the STA
ions at Reddick. Lowell and Ken
drick
OcaIa, the cream of the Florida
salad bowl was as pretty as ever
"hen We arrived. Every OcaliaD is in
love with the town. and conseouentIvl
-hey were talking of the town when t
arrived, and kept it up till we left q
\ WhlH OF the delicious cool Florida .
zone famed our brow when we came 81,
Il view OF the Florida Mediterranean
AXE Weir. Florida is well sunnIied Il
With lakes, and this lake is one of
ne ne most beautiful in The state. The q
E'ftS OF the lake remind one of the n
'aciiic coast al Long Beach. CaIif9~-i "
ia Everything Is so clean and hsau.l Fl
iiHL The Coast Line track arnun5
he lake is Iheued 10 The stree, CAR \.
faeh around Green Lake in Seattle .d
Washington. We wish We could -rYl .,.
-aA' Weir ami It's climate tn the
i~~.a l"Aon-Pacihc Exposition inf,
.a-.'" i'm 1884, 8,
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