The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-06-24
BEIIEVIEW

Belieview, June 23.-The Belle
view baseball swatters trundied down
10 OklaWaha last Saturday morning
for the prpose of explaining TO the
Gambler Peaches" the proper way
in which to win game of ball. With
great thoroughness Captain Edgar
Pelot explained and directed the di-
rection each ball should take as the
batter would lambast it out in the
woods The demonstration was ex-
ceedingly successful and the lesson
was greatly. appreciated by the Can
der Peaches, who readily saw their
weak points, and mentally resolved
to correct the deficiencies in their
playing. After a nice little nine in
ming game. wherein everyone was
cheerful, and as the BellevieW boys
would slam out two, three, or four
base hits, while the Peaches would
dutifuly go out into the woods and
bring the ball home, until such time
as the Bel1eview aggregation had
rolled up 25 runs and allowed the
for the purpose of encouragement,
and also to let them know how it
felt to make a home run. The game
broke up with the best of feelings on
both sides.
DR.. B. n. Tanner is very enthusiast
tic over his six-inch well, having
struck a very large flow of water
that comes up into the casing to
within forty feet of the ground. This
we'll when finished will have a ca
pacity of taking care of a small sized
city, and Mr.. Maier feels quite proud
of his job of we'll digging.
Mr.. J. o. Hightower, of Heather
Island, brought Mrs. Joseph Millsom
and Mrs. William Mi1lsom into town
from Oklawaha last Friday Mrs.
Joseph MiIlsom left for New Haven,
Conn, Monday, June 81, and Mrs.
William Millsom went south to Kis-
simnee and ST. Cloud
Mr.. and Mrs. R. F. Pent left for
Ocala last Monday after a visit with
friends and relatives
Mr. Algernon White, of the Levon
section, spent several hours in town
last Monday. waiting for the train to
carry him to Gainesville, where he
has employment in an automobile re-
pair shop.
Mr. D. W. Davis came up from
his cottage at North Lake Weir, and
boarded the train going south last
Sunday.
Mr. Edwin Camp was in town
last Monday, going to and coming
from Oca1a.
Miss Elsie Reinohl, of Jackson
VILE, is in town visiting friends.
Miss Ruth Whittier came in from
the north last Friday night.
cally i'll at his home.
Mr. Robert Etheridge left for
Macon, Ga, last Thursday, after a
visit with his sister, Mrs r. L. Sum-
!ner.
Mrs. Annie L. Brown and son,
Monroe left for Alexander City, Ala,
last Thursday.
Miss Ottie Phillips passed thru
town last Monday morning on her
way to Dadesvi1le, Ala.
Mrs. Delbert Haskell is steadily
improving and her recent indisposi-
ton will soon be thing of the past.
Last Monday your scribe drove
out to Mr.. Delbert Haskell's grow
cry where he grows things, and cut
some of the finest specimens of egg
plants that / have ever seen, and
what 1 am going to do, to those egg
plants will be plenty. l seized this
occasion to ask Mr.. Haskell If he
grew these elephants from his spoil
ed and nest-egg hen-fruits, and ne
like to took IT.
Col. John r. Proctor, under the
supervision of Mr.. F. NJ. Gamsby. is
doing a beautiful piece of road work
between the depot and the Lake
Weir road. At present writing Mr..
Proctor has thirteen puzzle on his
hands in the shape of couple OF
culverts that will not culvert.
1t is rumored that several scouts
from uhe big leagues having heard OF
the wonderful prowress of some OF
our baseball swatters, are giving
them the ..once over" to see If there
is any big league timber in our local
aggregation. So ii any of the boys
should happen to see any strangers
gazing at them from afar thru bi-
noculars they will know that they
are under observation.