The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-01-03
eRAHAMvILLE AND coNNoR
sneciaI Cor Ocala Banner:

Christmas has come and gone. Kris /
Kringle made his annual visit to our
homes here in Grahamville, and he
filed every stocking that he could
find. 4 merry Christmas to the Ban
ner and to all again, and now happy
New Year.
Home, Sweet Home! Marion in old
en- times an Indian playground, IS
home. sweet home! Most dear to our
hearts are mother and home. On Jan
uary p. 1908. we must all grab for
the dangling ropes and hoist to the
TOD of the f1agpOle of our home the
strands of little white ribbOn-all for
mother and home.
Mr.. Harry Cole, with the H. B. Mas
ters Company's store in Ocala, has an
artistic taste of the call OF the
woods" His grocery window is a.
beauty in its arrangement Of holly
and bamboo. Wei done, Harry.
Miss Alberta" of the Star says "A
merry Christmas to the Banner" and
she also sends the Star a Merry
Christmas" through these columns, as
she has been Of late very busy. cook
ing CD for Christmas, and has not
had a minute TO drop a line to that pa
per. Miss Alberta" is a great ad-
mirer OF the Banner. She says the
Sunday issue was grand, and that she
could not get along without the Daily
-Banner-which is making the
Brick City the cream of the Florida
salad bowl"
Messrs. Alonzo and Rube Long fin
ished their cane grinding last Fri
day evening, and on that particular
evening everyone in the country
around was invited over TO the wind
I'D" Among those who were there
We're Mr.. and Mrs. AlOnzO Long and
children. Mr. and Mrs. Rube Long
and children, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Randall and children, Mrs. WellhOrn-
er. Miss Rebecca Counts, Rubie and
Eta Belle Long, and Irene and Nellie
Stevens. Cora WellhOrner Helen and
Kate Mills and Beade SeweU, Erie
MiRs, Jack WellhOyner, Walter Sew
ell. Lonnie Randall. Fred WellhOrner,
Joy and jennie Long, Claudius
Counts, Edward Dudley, Oliver Sew
ell Everybody had a "high-faluting
time.
Cane grinding is still going on. Mr..
P. Stevens and son, Jesse, are grind
ing this week.
Mr.. Samuel Long and DR.. Percy
Lisk spent last week over on Pats
Island, hunting.
Rev. Weaver preached his last ser
mon at the NJ. E. church last Sunday
week.
Messrs. Calvin and Dillon Long
spent a few days with friends in our
midst last week.
Larry Louis. a prosperous cOlOred
farmer from the Lynne section, spent
two suns in Ocala this week. He went
up with a load of hams for cold stor-
age.
Almost everyone in our entire
neighborhood went TO the county seat
at different times the past few days
10 do their Christmas shopping.
Mrs. Walter Finley is spending
Christmas with her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Holly.
The Upchurch Lumber Company
road from Fort Gates to Lynne is q
sure thing we learn; but the road
from Lynne TO Ocala is a little slow
We want the railway, and We ash
Ocala for aid in building IT,
The Oklawaha river is getting very
low. Ii is as low as it was last win
ter. Should the river get much low.
er the big Hiawatha of the Hart line
will have to annul her schedule time
on the trips up ana down and make
the trip as best she can. The boat
viii make its first trip about the 18th
Of January.
While in Ocala a few days recently
We met young Hardy Jarris OF the
University City. Hardy is one of that
city's rising young men. He is as fine
a fellow as one generally meets. We
had the pleasure of a few hours chat
with him Mr.. JarriS is down from
Gainesville TO help Captain Maughs al
the Southern express Office during The
holidays.
John N. Graham was here Christ
mas visiting his parents.
Miss Nettie Lisk went up to Ocala
Tuesday to do some shopping.
We GrahamviTians are as happy TO
day as the people of Trinidad. Trini
dad is entertaining the big feet Of [
s. battleshipS and We are killing