The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-03-27
eRAaAMvILLE AND coNNoR
Special Cor. ocala Banner:

whole county, also many visitors, and
also the birds Of the air and beasts
Of the fields and wilds.
Miss Mamie Dupuiss, who taught
the Indian Mound school, is spending
few weeks at her home at Fairfield.
After a rest Miss Dupuis will come
back to Grahamville and teach the
four unexpired months of the Eaton
Creek school, the school which Miss
Belle Haycraft only taught one
month, giving it up on account Of
mumps in the neighbOrhOOd.
Captain w. S. Kirby Of Chicago.
who is superintendent Of the Chicago
division of the c. B. & Q. R. R.. with
his sOn-intlaw, Mr.. F. w. Phillips, also
of Chicago, recently purchased from
Messrs. Graham Brothers, Ocala, the
These gentlemen expect to bring their
families here next winter and will
make their home among us. We ex-
tend to them a hearty welcome.
The bridal couple, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernest Harvey, of Johnstown, Pa,
say that Grahamville and Conner are
the grandest places on the globe to
spend a honeymoon in. They called
on us at our writing den a few days
ago, and figuratively, we took over
one hundred and fifty scenic com
plimentary' words of our homeland a
minute. In bidding them goodbye we
wished them happiness, blessed hap
piness in all the days to come. While
in our midst they are guests at the
Randall
Mr.. William Counts and charming
daughter, Miss Rebecca Counts, went
to Ocala Friday and took in the big
Van Amberg shows. Several others
went up also, and among them were
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Harvey of Johns
town, Pa, and Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Randall and bright son, Lonnie.
Mr.. Alonzo Long is over in the big
scrub looking after his cattle
Raymond Holley and Walter Sewen
spent few very pleasant hours with
friends in Grahamville Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Long of Gaines
vile, after spending two weeks here
with friends, have returned to their
home
We herewith extend many, many
thanks to Editor Bittinger of the Star
for his nice editorial about our
"chatterel" in the Banner for home
folks to do their trading at home
Mr.. P. L. Durisoe, our king farmer
and trucker, has solved the strawber-
~ problem, or of how to keep the
birds from eating the berries as they
ripen. He will build over his straw
berry patch a wire cover fencing in
the patch from all things except
worms, and worms DO not bother the
Florida berries very much.
Capt. w G. Davis of Richmond. Va.
an old eX-COnfederate soldier. is stop
ping al the Randall"
Mr. J. P Phillips of Ocala, a candi-
date for tax assessor of Marion, was
in our section, was in our section, Civ
ing us the glad hand all of last week.
We lived out in Hood River. Oregon, !
nine months, at Slocums Hood Riv-
eT is indeed one of the most beautiful |
places in the United States. Guarded
by that grand old mountain sentinel
majestic. snOw-crowned Hood. rising |
from the vending, rolling Oregon, |
Columbia river, into the blue dome of |
heaven, in oregon, and by the roman
tic and snow-capped sentinel Mt. Ad- !
ans, in Washington. The place is !
glOriously beautiful place built on
the very bridge of the gods" And |
Hood River is well advertised all over
the world for her apples and straw !
berries, and cherries in particular. |
They are the best in the world Sue
cess is attained in Hood River under |
the slogan: I'VE pull together and |
cut the wires" A farmer. of course.
is a farmer out there, but he cannot |
ship his own fruit A better fruit !
man ships it for him and thus beauti- |
full and we'll known Hood River is
preserved in all her girlish sweetness.
Mr.. Frank Long of Gainesville is /
setting out an orange grove on the
Long plantation at Connor
Mr. Dillon Ions of Pats Island |
spent a few days in our midst the
past week.
Mrs. L. NJ. Graham is contemplating /
taking a trip to Gainesville some time /
soon to visit her son and daughter-in-
law, Mr.. and Mrs. Dillon L. Graham. /
Among the newcomers over in the
Lake Bryant section are Mr. and Mrs. /
Cole, from the north.
The many friends of Commander L. |
NJ. Graham, who has been down for
the past two months with a lame
back. are very much pleased that he