The Ocala evening star., 1915-04-28
CAME, SAW AND
WAS CONQUERED
Fruit Grower from South Florida
Buys Half Interest in Hiawatha
Lake Stock Farm

A very important trade has just
been finally consummated in Ocala,
although the matter has been under
way for several weeks. Mr.. c. S.
Blood, an extensive grapefruit grow
er of Terra Ceia Island, has bought
an undivided one-haf interest in Mr..
H. II. Whitworth's beautiful mile
square Hiawatha Lake Stock Farm,
located three miles southwest of the
city, with all of the personal property
and the great herd of red Duroc blood
ed hogs, the Jersey cattle and horses.
Who Mr.. Blood Is
Mr.. C. S. Blood is man of means
and influence. He has wife and one
son, Mr.. Willard G. Blood, who win
come to Ocala in a short time and
take active charge of his fathers in
terest in the farm. As soon as Mr..
Blood can dispose of his valuable
grapefruit grove on the South Florida
Island, he viii move to Ocala and
permanently reside here on the stock
farm. He has lovely home, with
every modern convenience on the ISL
and, and life there is very pleasant,
hut he has fallen in love with this
section and says when he goes back
TO the island it seems so small and
fiat that he longs for the farm and
the rolling lands of this section.
Mr.. Blood came to Florida 26 years
ago, from Peoria, III. He first stopped
at Homeland and built the big plant
for the Whitaker Phosphate Com
panys Kansas City corporation. He
then went to Pebbledale and built the
huge plant for. the Terra Ceia Phos-
phate Company, aNew York corpora
ton with twenty-three millionaires
among its stock holders. Later on he
went to South America for the same
company and did some construction
work and mining supervision for it in
its gold mining concessions there. Re-
turning to Florida, he located at
Terra Ceia Island and planted a grape
fruit grove and built a beautiful
home. Several years ago he refused
an offer of $4,000 spot cash for his
grove. He is a director and stock
holder in two of the banks of that Sec
ton of the state.
Mr.. Blood has seen most of the
United States and something of for
eign countries. Nothing looks so
good to him as this section and he. is
going to settle down to spend his
time quietly and happily, raising
"red hogs" for the slaughter houses
soon to be located in Florida and of
course at Ocala, and for the unlimited
market in every nook and crany of the
state for breeding puposes.
When asked how he learned of the
advantages of this section, of Mr.
Whitworths farm and his red hogs,
etc, he said it was his boy Willard,
lad of % years. "That boy of mine
is high fiier, | do not mean so much
high roller (but he has rolled 'em
little high) but literally a high
fiier, for he has been engaged in
building and flying machines and fast
motor boats, but sold out and got
out of the business, and became in
terested in hog raising. 1t became
a hobby with him and he heard of
Whits' place and came up here to see
him. Returning he told me I must
see it too. That it was the best
thing he had ever seen-the best hogs
and the best farm and the best sur
rounding country. / told him there
was nothing good up there, but he in
sisted and gave me no peace till one
day I said, tall right we will go up
there tomorrow and look at your
blessed find / came, saw and was
conquered, and thought it all and
little more than Willard did.
81 got to talking trade with Whit
right away and we were not long in
agreeing on price for half interest,
and I believe we have out there the