The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-12-04

the GalneSVllle crOWQ. MIS-. D0nHdIH,
as Mrs. Bishop, formerly resided in
Ocala, and has many friends here.
A very distinguished guest at our
fair on Friday was Capt. w. j. Hill
man of Live Oak, with a party of
friends. They were very much pleas
ed with our fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Merck of Eus-
tbs were the guests of their sister,
Mrs. B. H. Seymour, during part of
the fair.
President A. A. Murphree and Au'
ditor Klein Graham of the University
of Florida, accompanied the Gaines
vile crowd to the fair on Friday.
Col. and Mrs F. L. Rutland of Sum-
ter county attended the Marion-Sum-
ter County Fair on Friday.
Mr.. R. S. Sanders and daughter,
Miss Mamie Ruth Sanders of Dunnel-
lon spent Friday at the fair.
Besides giving a concert from the
band stand in the morning, the Uni
versity of Florida band played a num-
| Der of times at the fair grounds, on
the grand stand during the afternoons
program.
Mrs. Harry Higgins of Gainesville,
who was one of the judges in the wo-
mans department, performed her du-
ties in a most faithful painstaking
and capable manner, and by her
charming manners won the esteem
of everyone in the department.
Little Alice Roller was awarded a
blue ribbon for her driving.
Those in charge of the woman's de-
partment are very grateful to the The
us-Zachry Furniture Company for the
loan of the cabinets in which to dis
play their china.
Mr.. ]. R. Williams of Citra, who
captured the blue ribbon for the best
collective exhibit of citrus fruits, pre-
scented the editors of this paper with
one of the blue ribbon boxes, and as
"the proof of the pudding is in the
eating" we can testify to their deli
ciousness, and are in a position to say
that the judges made no mistake in
giving this collection first prize.
The enterprise shown by the Rex
all Drug Store, Mr.. J. J. Gerig, pro-
prietor, was the subject of much IA
workable commentator 1t would have
served a great convenience in case of
accident. Fortunately there were
none, but that did not lessen Mr.. Ger
ig's thoughtfulness and enterprise.
We had a very pleasant visit from
Mr.. Fred Cubberly, now judge of the
municipal court of Gainesville, and a
practicing attorney. He was former
ly collector of customs for the Cedar
Keys district.
Among the distinguished visitors to
our fair was Capt. w. J. Hillman, the
propelling force behind the Suwannee
county fair. Capt. Hillman is one of
Florida's most progressive citizens.
Capt. and Mrs. Frank Clarkson. as
has been their custom for several
years past, gave our fair careful in
spection.
Mr.. G. B. Tankersley of Coleman
was an interested fair visitor yester-
day.
The Home Products Ccmpany's Eek
1iUIL
The above company is located at
Burbank, and is manufacturing the
peanut into what is termed peanut
butter" and later on the proprietors
expect to manufacture it into other
bi-products.
The peanut offers great possibili-
ties to the Florida farmer. BY the ap-
plication of lime in proper quantities
surprisingly large number of bush
els can be made to the acre.
The nut is a fine food for all kinds
of stock, and the vine makes a most
excellent and nutritious hay. The
nut can be made into meal and the
meal compressed into cakes, which as
cattle food cannot be excelled.
1t is not alone nutritious for cattle,