The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-12-05

were grown on the old celebrated
grove of James A. Harris, who led the
way for the industry in Florida, and
their perfection in size, color and
sweetness show that the soil Mr.. Har-
ris first selected for the field of his
operations has not lost its SAVIOR and
the fruit that it natures still stands
triumphant
! The float of the Collier Brothers on
Thanksgiving day was very attractive
and artistic, and was a splendid ad-
vertisement. "The world moves in
the universe, the White Star Trans
fer Company Collier Brothers. in
Ocala,' was its motto.
| The Johnny J. Jones carnival shows
are attracting large crowds at the
fair daily and nightly. An especially
good attraction is the motorcycling at
the Motordrome. All of the attrac-
lions are clean and are being enjoyed
by large numbers. They will remain
through tonight.
Mr.. Hilton of Belleview, under the
name of THE Belleview Grapefruit, -
had an excellent exhibit of fruit on
exhibition. and the only reason it
failed to be decorated with blue and
red ribbons was because it was i'm
properly sized and indifferently pack
ed. Had it not been for these two
missions it would not have missed
the ribbons.
! Mr.. Gus A. Morton Of Williston was
among the delighted visitors to our
fair grounds yesterday AS he is a
successful trucker he was very much
interested in the varied exhibits.
Mr.. Ben Raysor's exhibit of white
fowls, especially his white Holland
turkeys, were greatly admired by a
large number of the visitors. Mr..
Raysor says that he. has a gobbler on
his farm that weighs forty-seven
pounds-two more pounds than the
presidents Thanksgiving turkey. This
bird is beauty, and took the prize
at the Madison Square Garden Expo
sition. Mr.. Raysor. although owning
it for quite while, did not exhibit it
at the fair, because it was not Marion
county grown.
Mr.. |. S. Billups, very fine citi
zen, but who for some reason has new
er visited one of our county fairs, was
a Thanksgiving visitor, and was very
much delighted. While Mr.. Billups
postoffice is at Oxford, he resides on
the Marion side of the COUNT line,
and is proud of his county-indeed
he is proud of both counties.
Mr. Slant Borland, of Orange River,
Lee county, former resident of Cit
"a, was out at the fair yesterday. and
was simply amazed at the wonderful
products He is glad that "old Marion
continues to show the world that she
produces the goods.
That 10 foot s inch collard stalk,
grown by Bill Ponder. colored man,
continues to attract attention. 1t
has given many dinners to Ponder's
family.
1t is the general concensus of opin-
ion that more people attended the
fair yesterday than was ever seen be-
4, fore on the closing day.
| All the lunch stands, peanut stands,
apple cider stands, ETC.. report having
done even better than they had anti
cipated.
| In the Shetland pony contest yes
terday afternoon Van Liddon, with
Leland Rooney's pony, won first
prize, and Charley Liddon, with Ma
rion Lummus' pony, won second prize
SIS and SIS respectively.
Mr.. A. B. Grout of the Florida Grow
er was with us during the entire ses-
sion of the fair, and will give a good
write-up of it, for he was greatly i'm
pressed with its completeness and
general excellence.
After $3.50, the hour for the exhib-
its to be taken away, everything was
hustle and confusion, and the exhib-
itors were busy loading their various
articles on wagons, and taking them
back home.