The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-01-18
BELLEVIEW


pastor of the NJ. f. church, preached
his last sermon of the current con-
ference year last Sunday. 1t is a good
many years since Belleview has had a
more beloved and sympathetic pastor
and help-meet than Rev. Lane and his
wife. Their whole community admires
their modest nobility of character and
honors them for the spirit of harmony,
happiness, purity and sympathy that
has radiated from their every act
since they have been in the town, and
it is the sincere wish of the large ma
jority of our well thinking people that
the conference return this couple to
our midst for another year of useful
service.
Mr.. Charles Oakley and daughter ar
rived from New York last Friday aft
ernoon and are stopping at the Hotel
Marion.
Walter Nelson now has his grist
mill separate and distinct from his
garage and automobile repair shop,
and it was pleasure last Saturday to
watch the teams and automobiles from
surrounding towns drive up and de-
posit their grain. Walter is beginning
to wear one of those preoccupied airs
that makes him look Ike a real busi-
ness man.
People are taking to the parcels
post proposition like a duck takes to
water. Some people will not under
stand why ordinary stamps will not be
accepted for postage on parcels. The
rules and regulations are clear and
concise. Parcel post stamps must be
affixed to all parcel and fourth class
matter. Ordinary stamps will not go.
Parcel post stamps are not good when
affixed to first, second or third class
matter The parcel post rules and
regulations are posted in the postof-
flee where all may inform themselves
in the matter.
Tt is strange what little book
learning has on some persons. Now
take Will Abshire, for instance. A few
weeks ago he was plain win Abshire.
Now he is the Hon. Judge Abshire,
and since he has been coming over
the revised statutes he is calculating
some remarkably fine points at law.
The other day he walked into one of
the stores and ordered a fve-cent box
of ground pepper. Upon receiving his
! change he stated that the pepper was
half p's. and in our ignorance of tech
niealities and word splitting we re-
ferred him to the pure food commits
sion at Washington, D. c. The judge
smiled one of those winning smiles of
his and pointed out on the box of pep
per that three of the p's constituted
one-ha1f of the word pepper, therefore
| is was clearly an open violation of the
pure food act. With these kind of
ideas taking possession of our new
/ justice of the peace, at this early stage
of the game, shows clearly to the peo-
pie of this district that they have not
obtained the relief that they so earn
estly sought for.
Mr.. J. r. Maxwell. who has been
bossing operations at the big still
over at Connaut, has taken charge of
the turpentine still one mile north of
town. Mr.. Maxwell, wife and children
have been stopping at the Hotel Mar
ion the past week, until their house at
the still could be put in good shape.
Mr.. Maxwell is a turpentine man of
large experience and will operate the
business in a clean and business-like
manner.
In a recent letter from the Mill
SONS they state that they are enjoy
ing themselves hugely; that Bill is off
on the road selling cigars, accom-
panied by his wife; that St. Cloud is a
fine little town; that they go to the
moving picture show twice week;
send their love to all their friends;
their kindest regards to the others.
and that they will be back when they
get here.
In striking contrast TO the weather
the weather bureau has dished out to
California the past ten days is the
weather that our friend Mitchell. the
boss of the weather bureau in Jack
sonville, has handed out TO the fruit
and vegetable growers, and also the
hotels and boarding houses of Florida
during the same time. The fruit
growers who disregarded the advice
| so freely given to hold their fruit have
now on their hands empty orchards
and a season of poor prices and shat
| tered markets TO look back at while
/ the members of the Citrus Exchange,
/ and their friends who followed their
| lead. have from one-half to two-thirds
| of their crop on the trees and have
markets to ship to. Say. won't this
make John Carney smile one of those
quiet smiles of his2 It will almost
make him feel like getting married.