The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-07-09
THE RAzoR-sAck UP AGAINST -
stanton About to Shut Him out-rbe
lake Rises Six Inches Stanton
Proune Of Its Melon Shipments

- O"ut MIN Out-Tht
lake h'ses Six Inches Stanton
Pr0Und Of Its Melon Shipments
10 the Editor ocala Banner:
IL Is an old saying, but not ALWAYS
true that III never rains hut i,
pours. but it has been doing both
at once here for the past few DAVIS and
nights.
Lake Weir got her back up and
some launches and boats down. and
made an all-over raise of about six
inches. ans is still climbing.
Those who had just set out sweet
potatoes need do no watering.
Precinct No. 10 is on the eve Of an
important election, which has more to
DO with this section than a general
state or national election has.
Everybody mostly has fault to find
with our Legislators. but there is no
particular kick coming from this Sec
tion. as we made but one request. and
our prayers were answered, agreeably
TO a majority of the voters of this
precinct, 20 have an act passed and
a-iaw enacted to regulate and grant
said precinct the privilege and right
10 hold an election to decide whether
hogs shall be allowed to run at large
or not in this precinct.
The petition, with three-fourths OF
the qualified voters names, is ready
90 be presented 20 the county COM
missioners, to set day to settle this
matter, at least for four years, and
judging from the talk one hears, the
razor-back has to go or be kept in
closed by owner.
AS reported before, there were as
fine melons shipped from Stanton as
from any section in Florida, and with
On a radius of a mile square east of
stanton and Weirsdale, are $50 acres
Of identically the same kind of soil
that produced these fine melons. The
land is cleared and most of it has suf-
ficient wire on the ground to protect
against cattle. The ground has not
been i'm cultivation since the freeze
OF fourteen years ago, which is dou-
bic the time considered necessary be-
tween crops 10 be raised successfully
on the same ground.
n IL had not been for the few long
shouted hogs running at large, con-
siderable OF this land would have been
planted in melons and other crops
this year but the expense TO protect
against hogs is too great. so on &C
count OF SIS worth of hogs at full val
ne. those who did plant had to go to
$500 expense TO keep out s25 worth of
hogs. and besides kept a couple of
thousand dollars from finding their
way TO this neighborhood.
There is some reason and excuse
for a man owning a lot of land from
which he cannot realize anything 9th
erwise. but those mostly having hogs
running az large are those who own
no real estate, pay no taxes, even
some no poll tax. Such parties may
have a legal plight, but no moral right,
O. annoy their neighbors. And the
man with land is able TO fence in his
stock. and only a fraction of the eX-
pense will be incurred as by making
a dozen neighbors each doing the
same amount of fencing to protect
agains- his "rooters."
lind. as a general thing, those who
ID se melons are parties that proba-
III own only an old horse, pillow and
n couple of hoes, whereas, a man who
owns a lot of land has something TO
fan back on, where if the melon grow
er's crop is ruined, he has nothing
hut the hoe handle to lean on.
II the no-hog side carries the day
the probabilities are that there will
be a company or combine formed to
nut ont several hundred acres of this
land in melons and cantalOupes.
There will be a chance for some OF
those bankers. extensive and inten-
siye farmers and all round business
men to invest some of their surplus
cash ON this years crop.
A. J. LEAVENGOOD.