The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-10-27
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and Mrs. Charles Winton. Mrs. Win
ton is the daughter of Mayor Weihe.
Mr.. o. B. Sias arrived on the 18th,
and has commenced repairing and
renovating the store lately purchased
by him from Mr.. G. T. Trask.
Mr.. ]. A. Freeman has built neat
barn at his home place.
On the 18th Mrs. Mary Sibley, who
a few weeks ago joined the M. E.
church, was immersed in Smith Lake
by Rev. Jas. r. Wenrich, the pastor
of said church.
Mrs. A. d. Pratt and Mrs. o. s.
Shade, on the goth. went to Jackson
vile on a visit. Their husbands are
employed in that city.
The Ladies' Aid Society held an ice
cream social at the town hall on the
night of the goth.
On the goth some of our hunters
went to Alligator Slough to kill
bear, that was supposed to be in the
slough, but came home bare of bear.
On the goth John Lyles finished the
work on the hard road between Belle
view and Summerfield, and returned
with his teams to Belleview
Sabbath Day was Children's Day
at the NJ. E. church. There was
large number of children present.
The exercises were very good and
much enjoyed by all present This
was followed by a sermon to the chill
dren by Rev. Wenrich There was
preaching at the Baptist church on
the same day.
The sympathy of this community is
extended to Major Thomas Hall and
family in the death of the wife and
mother, Mrs. Hall. The Halls were
formerly residents of Belleview, and
are highly esteemed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Millsom, after
visit of several months in the north,
returned home on the goth, both ap-
pearing in good health.
Rev. w. A. Cummins, district SUI
perintendent of the M. E. church, is
to lecture for the benefit of the
church at the town hall on the 9th.
Subject: "The New Woman and the
Old" Mr.. Cummins is a very inter-
esting speaker.
On the oath. all roads seemed to
lead to Ocala. From appearances at
least two-thirds of Marion county
must have been in that city. One OF
our merchants closed his store, and
went to the great and only" as the
circus men say. To pay for it some
families will run short of provisions.
The amount of money spent in
Ocala on the oath "a large portion of
which will go out of the county,,
would go far toward building decent
hospital, something that the county
needs much more than it did the. new
jail (which is said to be the best in
the state). No man can say that we
do not need new hospital, and a
good one He or some one of his fam
lily may be carried to the hospital
within week, providing there is
room there for him The authorities
will take him in if possible. The
nurses will do for him if admitted all
that can be done. They are kind,
good and willing, but the old shell in
which they now are has but few
rooms and few comforts The build
ing is old, walls falling off, not prop
erly ventilated, windows small and
shaky, with some of the glass out,
no way of properly heating the rooms,
the elevator so noisy that the pa
tients can tell every time a person is
taken to the operating room: stairs
and halls narrow, building almost on
the sidewalk. and so close to other
buildings that every noise can be
heard. Marion county can well af-
ford better. larger building. 1t is
the duty of the county commissioners
to build il. If they could build the
court house and Jail. they should
build a hospital-a building much
more needed than the others, a build
ing in which every citizen should
have a deep interest. The writer.
with others, will never again vote for
a commissioner that is not in favor
of good hospital building, and will
do all he can to cause it to be built.
Grandma" Lanty has returned
from her visit with relatives in Ten
nessee, and is again at the home of
her daughter. Mrs. w. r. Bryant.
Mrs. Nicholas Brown is expected
home today from Fredericksburg. w.
Va, where she went to be with her
father, who was seriously I'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. Win Cogswell of Fair
field Beach. Conn. are expected to
return to their winter home here dur
ing the week.
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