The Ocala evening star., 1911-03-13
SUNDAY CROWDS
At SILVER SPRINGS


The weather was ideal yesterday
and hundreds took advantage Of the
day TO get out Of town and get a
glimpse of nature and enjoy its pro-
fust beauties and delightful atmos-
phere With this object in view sew
eral hundred people focked TO Silver
Springs during the day, going by rail-
auto and vehicles of all kinds. OF this
number more than a hundred went
down the run 10 Mr.. CarmichaeIs farm
where the genial smile and hospitable
hand of Farmer Carmichael met the
crowd and told them to inspect his
plantation, which is one of the finest
in the country and all were delighted
with the evidences around the place
that Mr. Carmichael was setting an eX-
ample in cultivating mother earth ana
make ii blossom as the rose. worthy 10
be Initiated by all who are devotees OF
farming. The Connor crowd was con-
viewed there by the Winona. Pat Ran
dall's boat and the Sharpshooter, IN
command Of Captain f. L. Mills, and
the passengers looked after by the Wig
liant eye of General Passenger Agent
Albert Anson Graham, the genial pro-
moter of Los Kiss and the Just Us
Girls Club. To show the influx of
people into Ocala This winter and the
states they represent, we give the list
of excursionists: J. NJ. Butler, Wheel
ing w. Va; w. G. Eames, WatertoWn,
~ Y Mrs. Hannah Hunt, Sadinia. o.;
Mr. Ney Port Byron, Ills, and his CAL
ifornia friend, Mr.. F. w. Flisner OF
Sandia, Calf, the city that is aspir-
ing and will celebrate as only Cali
fornans can the opening OF the ran
anna Canal in 1915, who being conver-
SAINT With orange growing in the Col
den Gate State, was particularly pleas
ed with Mr.. Randalrs orange grove
and the magnificent grapefruit he saw
there. Brighter and handsomer was
never ripened under the bright sun
shine Of heaven. Miss Emma f. King
Miss Ida r. Gates and mother. Mrs
Ida Gates, Mr.. r. l.. Marsh, Mrs. \. l.
Williams, Mr.. Elmer Small, Mr.. j. X
Jordan, Miss Viola Scott, Mrs. Horace
Harold, Master Wilford Harold, all OF
Ocala; Miss Eleanor White of England
sister Of Mrs. Harold and her guest fol
the winter; d. w. Foust of Lestridge
Alberta, Canada, who is a recent ar
rival to see the country and study it:
possibilities, with a view to future Oc
cupancy, his sons, G. E., Floyd anC
william Foust and wife, the latter re
Gently from North Dakota. but now {
resident of Ocala: Mr.. y. F. Weaver
Portland, Oregon; Mr.. Charles
Weaver, Newark, Ohio; Mrs. G. L. Nit
chell Lake, West Va; Mr.. and Mrs
George Woodcox, formerly of Chicago
but now residing in the Brick City
and their handsome little daughter
Miss Dorothy, a perfect blonde; Mr..
B. Wolf,-of Baltimore; Mr.. Archibal
Farr, of Atlanta, and who is getting u
data for the Banners special edition
There were several others who tool
passage home on Mr. J. L. Smoak'
Louise Warren, whose names escape
us. Those who assisted Capt. Mills a
pilots were Messrs. Eldred and Rec
McMullen and the captain son, Fri
Mills, a pupil of our high school, ais
Mr.. Joseph Sherman of Michigan. Mos
OF those who went took their lunche
with them and ate them at Mr.. Ran
dalls orange grove and invited b
him to partake of all the fruit the
could eat, which kindness and hosp
tality was thankfully accepted. I
many of the strangers this was the
first experience in a bearing orang
grove and when they witnessed tn
sight Of the perfumed blossoms an
the golden fruit that weighed dow
many of the trees their adminiratiO
and enthusiasm knew no bounds. NJ
were the beautiful roses, which gro
so luxuriantly in Mr.. RandalIs var
overlooked and to which they wei
invited to pluck and many returne
home, especially the ladies, adornt
with their sweet buds and full blow
blossoms. The ever changing scenel
OF tropical vegetation along the rive
it's sparkling and pellucid waters,
varied banks of limestone. rock, MAJ
shell and shifting sands, interwovt
with all manner of water plants, fer
and grasses, with the shifting sha
ows of the trees that line its bank
with their companions. the turtle
from the little one making its fir
venture in the swelling stream to tho
as large as a half bushel measure, i
cluding several auigators. one su
ming himself on the warm bank,
monster anywhere from 10 to Is fe
in length, all aroused the interest a
surprises of the crowd. that evok
the enthusiasm that relieved itslef
shouts OF vociferation. All said tn
had the day OF their lives and the ge
tleman from California remarked
had Travelled far and wide, but this Il
was the most delightful and intere!
ing he had ever seen, and no pers
that came to Florida should miss Il
one OF the wonders of the world
grandeur and majestic beauty in T