The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-09-03
BELLEVIEW

| BelIeVleW, sept. o.-NllSS MiHIllt ire
mere has been suffering from an at
tack Of malarial fever. which has con-
fined her TO the house since Aug. 2S,
under the care of a physician.
Mr.. T. d. Whiteman has had quite a
serious attack of fever and we hope
| that under the care of DR.. Slaughter
he will soon be up and around again.
J Mrs w. F.. Ritter has been quite in
! disposed the past week We hope
soon to see her up and around once
more.
Master Barum McClendOn is under
the doctors care. suffering from an
attack OF malarial fever.
| Mrs. s. G. Thomas was compelled to
call in the doctor to relieve her from
an attack of indigestion.
Mr. Robert Etherage has been quite
Iindisposed the past week. to such an
extent as to cOnfine him to the house,
and we hope soon to see him around
once more.
Mr.. John T. Hames has made several
trips recently to Ocala for medical ad-
vice and assistance.
Mrs. V. u. Pratt has been confined to
her house the past week, suffering
| with a sore arm as the resuk of vac
cination.
Miss Maggie Whisenant is suffering
severely from vaccination.
| Wednesday, August 2Sth, a little son
came to gladden. the hearts of Mr.. and
Mrs. Thos. X. Slaughter Mother and
child are doing well, while the doctor
owing to the excitement bumped his
| head and knocked quite a good size
hunk of skin from off his noble fore
head. Few men stand higher in the
estimation of our people than does DR..
Slaughter and we all rejoice with him
in the advent of this new son and heir
| Mrs. Preston Goolsby has returned
from a long visit at Oak, her former
home. where Mr.. Goolsby is truck
farming. Mrs. GOOlsby will remain
here through the school term so that
Miss Lille can have the advantage of
our superior school facilities.
| Mr.. David Graham, one of our most
| industrious settlers, who has a nice
place in sect on 4. about two miles
southeast of Belleview. has determined
to sell out his holdings and return to
the north. We regret to lose such A
valuable citizen as Mr.. Graham.
Miss Mary Duffy of Ocala came DOM
on train 81 Saturday morning. was
met at the depot by Miss Creola Nix.
! II,
other young people with teams, and
started for the Oklawaha river on a
fishing trip. We hope that the fish
will bite freely and that the mosquitoes
will not bite, and that they will all re-
turn home brown as berries, full of
fish and memories Of a pleasant trip.
Mr.. Chas. A. Tremere received a
telegram last Friday stating that Mr.
I iyht nN yar'c u-hn 1rix,
engine had ben shipped and was on the
way. 1t should reach Ocala about
Sept. eth or Sth. and in case it does 1t
will be on exhibition in the public
square Sept. 9th and 10th, after which
it will be taken over the road to the
Heather Island estate via Santos.
Belleview and Gambler. Mr.. Tremere
has contracted for the delivery of
three more of these tractors between
now and October 10th. while there are
a number OF prospects that will in
crease the number to ten after the ma
chine is shown in Ocala.
| Walter Nelson was running his griSt
mill Saturday and persons from var
ious towns around US came in to have
| their corn ground and trade with the
different merchants. This industry is
/ bound to bring a number of people TO
this town weekly.
| Cotton is moving freely and the
storekeepers are paying a good price
for it.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Fort and son and Mrs
Lumus of Gambler came over Saturday
! to patroni' Nelson's grist mill and
also to do some trading at their favor
lite store. Mr.. Fort states that they
have killed five large rattIesnakes at
Gambler during the past week
! Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Brown came
over from Heather Island Saturday
night and report everything going
nicely on the island. Mr. Brown states
that he has killed three large rattle
snakes recently and also killed thir-
teen coons in one night. Mr.. Brown
was in a serious mood when he made
the above statement.