The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1911-01-12

A few observations of a flying trip
to oxford yesterday afternoon may be
OF general interest to our readers. OK
ford is still on the map and growing
The new depot is completed, occupied
and presided over by J. c. Croft, who
for two years has served the people
most acceptably. Mr.. Collier, the crate
manufacturer. reports excellent busl-
ness and says he is running has fac
tory on full time with full crew. He
said there would be big planting of
watermelons, as most everybody in the
business last season had made money,
some doing extra well and now a gen.
uine enthusiasm had seized the grow
ers, bent on capturing the Elusive dol
lar. His opinion was the truckers bet
ter go slow or the business would be
overdone He also expressed another
opinion, namely: that truckers were in
too great haste in planting their truck,
the seeds lay in the ground too long,
owing to cold and chilly weather and
when they did come up were either
frozen down or 50 stunted by continued
cold spells that when the warm suns
OF spring came the ground was hard
and IL took them too long to regain
their form and make a satisfactory
growth. He saw this demonstrated last
spring. One farmer instead of seeding
in January, waited until the last OF
February, put his land in splendid
condition, planted it in tomatoes and
was shipping tomatoes three or four
weeks earlier than his neighbors, who
had planted in January, got frozer
down, or had poor stand and had te
re-plant Mr.. Collier is one of the fac
tors in Oxfords industrial enterprise.
Mr.. F.. c. Powell Is the vulcan ant
wheelwright of the town. He is new
to the business as proprietor of shop
having worked for Mr.. Leveinge, nov
tax assessor of Sumter county, who's
business he purchased. During tn
past year beside repair work and horse
shoeing, he built and sold fifteen one
horse wagons and two very fine bug
gies and said the new corners made
steady demand for his workmanship
Mr. Powell is a young man with a YER
prepossessing countenance and mani
expression and his very bearing is a.
assurance he will in few years be on
of the really prosperous men of hi
community.
Mr.. J. 3. Curtis is a new conner fror
Nebraska, been there since last Marc
and Is greatly pleased with the peopl
and place He Is doing cabinet max
ing and repairing.
We heard with sincere regret of tn
misfortune that had happened to Uncl
Dick Billups who, Tuesday, when step
ping over a log trampled on nail an
IL penetrated through the ball of hi
foot and he was suffering untol
agony His son was in town hunting
doctor, who was out attending to hi
patients.
We spent a few minutes in the schot
room presided over by Mrs. Reece, VIII
for the past nine years has Intelligent
and faithfully looked after the primar
department of the school. The littl
ones honored our calling by singing U
sweet song. The school has enrolle
1870 pupils. Prof. Morgan of Macclenn
is principal. assisted by Miss Ellie
Luther, Wildwood, Miss Lottie Brow
Webster, and Mrs. Reece. Mrs. Reece
daughter, Miss Ethel Reece, is prom
Using student at Southern College. TT
school Is doing splendid work, but a
regret the term is so short, only fiy
months, having been compelled to cu1
tail the term to pay for the new scho
building Next year will be an eigl
months term.
We were shown the new Odd Fellow
lodge ROOM over Caruthers Bros. stol