The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-07-30
PROGRESSIVE ocALA"
That's the Way the New York Pack
err Man Refers to This City

err Man ReTerS 10 ms SiJ
Mr.. Walseman, the staff cores
pondent of the New York Packer, in
a letter to his paper, under date OF
July %, refers to Ocala as follows:
OcaIa, the metropolis of Marion
county, the capital of Marion county,
and the central city in middle Florida,
has made some winderful improve
ments in the past year. Ocala's res
ident section has grown beyond any
town in the state. Beautiful homes
are building on all her broad streets
which are shaded by the finest OF
live oaks. Ocala is noted for its fine
shade trees. The United States gov
eminent postofice building, which is
nearly completed, will add much to
the business portion of the city, and
new Masonic building and opera
house just started will still add more
to progressive Ocala.
Ocala is one of the progressive cit
les of Florida The majority Gf its
citizens are broad in mind and do not
court the fads of bygone years or the
dogmas of the middle ages-hence
Ocala is progressing beyond the aV-
erage of Florida cities. The farm
lands in Marion county are of the
best in the state and produce not only
fruits and vegetables but the finest
dairy stock in this country. In proof
of this one has only to visit Palmetto
Stock Farm, owned by 2. G. Cham.
bliss, of the well known banking firm
of this city. Nothing in the live
stock line that is worth looking at is
lacking at this beautiful country
place, two miles from Ocala. C. B.
Strickland is manager of this farm
and from general appearances and
perfect conditions Mr. Strickland de-
serves credit and is certainly a good
manager.
There are other things in which
Ocala is supreme, and one and the
foremost is the soap-nut tree (sapin
dus mukorossD owned by ]. H. Liv-
| ingston, the we'll known real estate
dealer of Marion county, and Florida
in general. This tree was grown from
lseed imported from China twenty
two years ago and is now one of the
most beautiful shade trees in the
semi-park grounds of Mr.. Livingston's
home. Loaded with fruit, yet an or
lnament as to shade and beauty. Mr..
Livingston cannot furnish the de-
Inland for seed from this original
American tree, and there is no doubt
but that one of the coming industries
of Florida will be the manufacture of
pure soap from natures product and
natures perfection Of purity, without
chemicals.
Mr.. ]. H. Livingston is one Of the
Packers most valued readers, and de
serves every credit for introducing
this snap-nut to the general public.
IL. Moulie. the Jacksonville, Fla, per-
fumery manufacturer, is now using
the Ocala soap-nut and is producing a
fine quality of complexion soap from
natures product. The writer has a
sample given him by Mr.. Livingston
land can testify to the fact that there
is nothing finer in the soap line.
Among the large growers here
whom the writer has interviewed W
to now, are j. NJ. Meffert owner OF
Florida Stock Farms" who shipped
this season 600 baskets of lettuce
$500 crates of cabbage, 1000 crates OF
beans, 1900 crates of cantaloupes, al
so some ~ cars or more of water
melons, not mentioned in nuaber. Mr.
l Meffert, who is one of the best and
: valued readers of the Packer, says:
| Prices for Florida products were no
, of the highest, but the season was
profitable as a whole. l thorough.
Ienioy the Packer and the good worl
it is doing for the benefit Of tn
growers of Florida. l have read i
: for years and will continue to read II
Come and see me next year"
Martin & earn are old readers o
the Packer and are dealers in all pre-
? ducts from the manufactured grocer
ARTICLE to the farmers natural growth
or perhaps this would be more cor
r sistent if said from the farmers nat
:. ural growth 70 the manufactured al
q ticle, as of course, the farmer pre-
r duces all and his products are late
4 manufactured Martin & earn ar
staples in ocala and anything the