The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-10-01
NIARTEL
Business is Lively on the Ocala and
Southwestern

business is Lively on the Ocala and
Southwestern
Martel, Sept. 30.-Mr. R. c. Tay-
lor. who has been in the employ of
the Ocala & Southwestern Ry.. as
fiagman for the past couple of years.
has severed his connection with
this company, and, shaking the dust
of Marion county from his shoes
last Saturday. left for southern
Florida, Were he has a position
offered him at his trade. that of a
printer.
Mr.. P. G. Thigpen, head book
Keeper for the Martel Lumber Co.,
left last Friday night for a few days
visit with home folks in Valdosta,
Ga.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Miller. of Will
liston, were visiting relatives here
last Sunday
Rev. Richard d. Dodge. of Cape
Charles. Va, filled his fathers ap-
pointment at Martel last Sunday be-
fore a small but appreciative con-
gregation. DR.. Dodge has a family
of children of whom any father
might be justly proud. and We be-
lieve that Rev. r. d. has before him
a useful as we'll as a successful ca
reer.
| The last quarterly conference in
! the year of the NJ. E. church, south,
! will be held at Martel next Monday
Oct 6.
! Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith and
baby, of Ocala. were Sunday visitors
! at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. J. L.
| Smith
/ Twenty-Five or thirty Of the good
the home of the writer last Friday
evening and spent few hours in
games and music. We trust that al
enjoyed the occasion as we'll as did
We scribe.
Conductor W. B. Holland reports
that business on the Ocala & South
western is getting quite brisk o.
late He also states that Mr.. Geo
Easterling will plant % acre:
along this line to cabbage. Mr.. Hol
land is as proud Of his little train a:
+ If he were the ticket puncher' OF
. the "Twentieth Century Limited O.
, some other famous train. There arr
thousands of acres of good farmin!
land along the o. & S. w, that ar
awaiting the farmer and his pillow
, where they will turn out more pro
: duce one year with another thai
, most of the land in the northern
T states, selling at che hundred dol
lars per acre and upwards.
> Mr.. J. l.. Watson is shipping tie
this week for the Martel Lumber &C
9 Mr.. Bailey Lewis has accepted
position with the West, Reeves Lun
! Der Co, at Inverness, and will prob
: ably move his family there at once
( There seems to be an unusus
J. number of snakes in this vicinlt
O this seasan, many of which hav
: been killed. Mrs. E. R. Harpe
opened one of the drawers OF he
dresser and was not a little surprise
to find it occupied by small snak'
She was not too frightened, how
ever to dispatch it in short orde
Last Wednesday Mr.. w. ]. Seckinge
= killed a very large rattlesnake o
the road. just a short distance We
of town. and the other day rs VI
Hollands children were going
: school, Miss Effie very nearly ste
ped upon a small RATHER. which hi
brother Claude soon put out Of e
l. istence.
e Mr.. L. F. billiard returned hon
Monday evening from Summerfiel
where he attended the sad tuner
of his brother. Mr.. ]. S. Dlllar
Although Mr.. billiard has been
poor health for several years, yet h
death at the Marion County Hosplt
on Sunday morning, came as a S
we're shock to his family and friend
to whom we extend our sympathy.