The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-02-10
ITEMS FROM STANTON

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often, and are in no wise offended if
our items find the waste basket in
stead of the columns of the Banner.
Prospects for a lively time on and
about the lake are very bright since
the return of Commodore w. r. Good
win. 1t does one good to be greeted
with such smiling countenance. As
the program and appointments of the
yacht club have been published in the
Banner, l will make no effort to par
ticularize.
A number of new arrivals have
reached Stanton in the last few weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. g. Peall of Tulsa,
Oklahoma, with their two children, ar
rived on the 10th of January, and are
now domiciled in a couple of rooms
with Mr. A. J. Leavengood.
Mr.. and Mrs. Spurgin and uncle, and
four children arrived from Missouri
on the End of February, and are being
cared for for the present by Mr.. and
Mrs. v. P. Kelsey, but have rented the
Lyle cottage on the heights for three
months, the same being now occupied
by Mr.. and Mrs. Skinner of Boston,
Mass.
Mr.. Herman Croft of New Bedford,
Ohio, is late arrival and is engaged
with Mr.. A. J. Leavengood in putting
out about fourteen acres of watermel-
ons. He is making his home with
Mr. J. B. Leavengood, assistant post
master at Stanton, and occupying the
postoffice building. Some may not be
aware of the fact that the first bank
in Marion county occupied a part of
this building. Here is where Mr. z.
c. Chambliss of the Munroe & Cham
bliss Bank got the rudiments that
have made him one of the most pros
porous and noted financiers in Florida
II you want to know anything about
watermelons or cantaloupes, go to
him and he can tell you more in five
minutes than anyone else can in an
nour
Fully 500 acres of melons will be
planted in the near vicinity of STAN
ton and Weirsdale.
Many of the orange and grapefruit
trees are full of buds.
Mr.. Mckinney has about one thous-
and boxes of June bloom oranges on
his three-acre grove at Stanton This
is one of the best paying groves in
the state for its size.
The writer noticed while passing
through groves that those trees being
full of fruit have very little bloom,
but those from which the fruit has
been removed are simply covered
with bloom.
Mr.. and Mrs. knight of Canton,
Ohio, sprung quite a surprise on their
brother and sister-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. C. Cornell Mr. knight is one
of the most prosperous and enterpris-
ing manufacturers of Canton, Ohio,
being secretary and treasurer and a
heavy stakeholder in large granite
ware factory; also treasurer and man
ager of the knight Manufacturing Co.,
of the same place. This is the kind of
man Florida should make all efforts
to anchor to.
Mr.. Cornell and family have been
residents here since October and
have made host of friends, and we
sincerely regret that business matters
will call him away from Stanton for
the summer, but he has purchased
property here and considers this his
future home, and promises to come
back again in the fall Their son,
Clifford, has photograph gallery on
Stanton dock, and is ready to take
pictures, ewet or dry
Mr.. A. S. Alexander and family, con-
sisting of wife and three stalwart
sons have purchased a fine lake front
lot and contemplate building con-
crete or artificial stone bungalow in
the near future. Mr. Alexander is
considered one of the leading veteri-
nary surgeons and physicians in Min
nesota. but is handicapped by being
a great sufferer with rheumatism, and
comes to beautiful Lake Weir to get
relief. We think he is making no mis-
take.
Mr.. and Mrs. Seller and son, who
have been spending the winter at
Stanton, win return to their northern
Tome at Selingrove. Pa, in few
weeks. Mr.. Seller thinks there is. no
place like Stanton and the oklawaha
river. They have made themselves
much liked and Mr.. Seller is the life
Of the place. but death to ducks and
rabbits. Al