The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-05-26
FACTS FROM FORT MCCOY

May the 18th, was pronounced a
grand success. There was large at
tendance, and nearly all the inhabl-
tants OF Fort Mccoy We're there More
than 200 pounds of fish were caught
IN the river, and it required four peo-
pie TO fry the catch. Mr.. and Mrs.
Pierce, who made the arrangements,
deserve credit for the completeness
Of the affair. After the days outing,
it was the opinion OF al that they nev-
| er had a better outing in their lives
and it was the hope Of all that they
would have another in the near fu-
ture.
Mr.. Jos. Cochran. in section 24-13-
%, mas some of the finest corn seen
this year. 1t was planted the latter
part of March. and on May the 18th
il was twelve feet high. and will ay-
erage about three ears to the stalk
The 80 or 10 pecan trees on the old
Harp farm at Eureka were never bud
ded. They will run from 8 to u
inches in diameter and have a fine,
healthy color. These trees have COM
meneed 10 bear, and if they had been
budded the nuts would be much bet
ter. Pecan trees do well anywhere
in the Burbank-Oca1a tract, and when
once they commence to produce pay
big money.
The old Harp farm has been under
cultivation for nearly so years. and it
is a grand sight, with here and there
large palmetto tree standing in the
well-cleared fields.
Mr. Chas. H. Bon and son, Lewis, of
section 1883. are now playing at
most OF the dances II Fort Mccoy, as
well as those out in the country. Mr..
Bon plays the guitar and Lewis the
mandolin. and their repertoire con-
sists mostly Of the late popular hits.
Their dance music is excellent
Little Charles Bon, eleven years
old. is On the job early every Thurs
day morning with the Saturday Ey-
ening Post. He is selling forty cop
les each week.
Mr.. Otis Scarborough has bought the
building formerly owned and used by
Mr. McQuaig for a meat market, and
is moving it onto a lot which he
bought near the Harper house. Mr..
C. F. Clapper will occupy it when
completed for a bakery
The Baptist congregation of Ocala
viii hold their annual picnic on the
banks of Silver Lake, Silver City, on
Wednesday, May 31st. They expect
a large crowd They held their an
nual picnic here last year, when they
had an attendance of about 400
Mr.. Mather's farm in section 31-12
q, north Of Eureka, is in fine order.
While Mr.. Mathers has only a few
acres under cultivation everything he
has planted looks good. He has corn,
Irish potatoes. sweet potatoes, toma-
toes. beans, watermelons, cantaloupes
and Wonderberry beats. He alsol
has So young chickens. Mr.. Mathers
has only been on his farm about two
months. although he has been here
nearly a year. We noticed that all
the crops in his locality were doing
fine, especially the corn.
Mr. Lewis Bon who is farming his
fathers place, just east of town, is
making an unqualified success of it.
Ee has some mighty fine looking
sweet corn, tomatoes and watermel-
ons. Mr. Bon, who was an electri-
clan in Chicago, and never had any
experience in farming, could not be
induced TO return north. Lewis takes
a great interest in his work. and this
undoubtedly explains his success.
They also have fine bunch of chick
ems. which are also doing fine
Mr.. Feero, who arrived a short time
ago and located in section 1888,
has his home about completed, and
al cN1Co AOdhN III LAC ptON
Feero upon his arrival here, and after
looking at several tracts, said he
wanted hammock land, and when
shown his present location said that
was just what he wanted, and select
ed thirty acres for himself and
friends. He said that stumps did not
worry him in the least, and while he
has lot of them. and large ones at
that, they do not seem to bother him
a bit.
Mr. Keefer. another late arrival,
has located in section 22-13-23, and is
hard at work clearing and fencing,
and will erect a house on his farm
at once.
Mr. Clapper, who is farming in Sec
ton 14-13-23, says his watermelons
and other crops are doing fine, and
says that since the late rains things
are growing in leaps and bounds.
Mr.. Prehn, who is located in Sec
4 Il.