The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-10-16
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Special Cor Ocala Banner:
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Perkins wish to /
express their sincere thanks TO Mr. |
Chalder, and to the friends who kind |
~ assisted them to nurse their son, |
Walter, while the young man was on
the summit of the very silent divide
and while he fingered very low for
several weeks.
The many friends of Mr.. Walter
Perkins, who is in the hospital in
Ocala. are jubilant over the news that
he is coming around" and will be
over in GrahamviIle soon to recuper-
ate.
Mr.. HattOn Perkins went up to
Ocala Saturday TO do some trading.
Mr. Perkins mother, who has been
up a. Ocala for the past month, nurs-
ing her son, Walter, accompanied
him home.
on account OF the smaIlness Of the
crowd Saturday. the WenOna did not
run on the planned excursion trip to
s. yor Springs. Mr.. Masou's launch.
the Oregonian, went up with the par
o. that came down to so. AT the
Springs. NIr. Frank Mathews. in his
Merry Widow launch. set a race
over The ripping waters that, il is
said. the Oregonian failed to keep up
with. The Merry Widow is a stun
ner, and also a runner.
During the Marion county fair next
year the WenOna and OregOnian Will
run daily excursions up and down the
river.
Mr.. ]. B. Griggs, the fruit man, is
stin holding his oranges. In a few
weeks they will be ripe, and then Mr.
Griggs viii sell.
The party that went over to Lake
George on a camp hunt has returned
home They had plenty of fish and
squirrel while away.
Mrs. sue Frink has returned TO her
home al Ocala. after a two weeks
visit with friends here.
Miss Bertha Snow is teaching the
Eston Greek school At Lake Bryant
Miss Dixie PiIlans yields the willow.
Ocala sure is the City Of Sweet
Content When we were in the town
the other evening the millinery stores
were opening. and when the hinges
10 the doors were taken clear of
they blooEed into regular palm and
Hover gardens. and the bODnets look
ed wins0mely splendid under the cleo
trio bulbs and on the charming ladies'
who were there in large numbers. !
The ladies looked awfully charming. |
TOO. Then, later in the evening Of
Thursday We got with our Young
foiks-OUr younger city cousins-and /
went down on North Orange street to |
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. |
Brooks, and enjoyed several pleasant |
hours chatting and playing games. |
We believe they called il a Young
peoples missionary meeting. Mr. !
and Mrs. Brooks are very southern
in their hospitality.
Having read in recent issues IF the
Ocala Banner about sugar cane, its
growth. and in the making Of the syr-
up, etc. a Boston capitalist came
south last week. and at Ocala took a
spin down into the GOolsby cane
plantation. near the GrakamviIle fer
~ and the Rentz railroad. The gen
tleUan carefully looked over the
cane patches. and The while asked
questions Of his chauffeur. and the
latter. being q FloridisG. and nome
boy. answered vi-h the uUa Florida
sriris. Tn she & r.'enau from BOs-
ton had Eis chauffeur 10 drive him
20 the ferry al Grahauviue. He spent
al the Afternoon In our village AMI re-
turned 10 Ocala lac in the evening.
The chauffeur said thar the Boston
ian and a Bellevilie. Kansas. man are
preparing 10 buy up thousands OF
acres of the swamp lands on Silver
Springs run and the Little Olllawaha
and later on viii clear the land and
plant il 10 cane and orange trees.
Dillon Graham and his sister. Mrs.
". II. Carlton, and her interesting
children spent Sunday in the Key
Pond community al the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Holly.
CHATTEN CHUNL