The Ocala evening star., 1915-04-16

One of the largest real estate deals
that has taken place here ir a long
time was consummated yesterday aft
ernoon, when Mr.. Frank E Turner
sold his 120O-acre Magnolia Stock
Farm 10 Mr. John A Manly, of Chi
cago.
Mr.. Turner and Mr. Manly have
been on the trade for the past month,
but it took time to get the abstracts
made and the long chain Of title ex-
amined and passed on, and the trade
was only closed yesterday.
The Magnolia Stock Farm is one of
the best properties in this part of the
state. 1t consists of mixed oak and
hickory lands, with some high, rolling
pine land. 1t is all very highly ele-
waited, gently rolling, and the soil is
as good as the state affords. The place
contains 300 acres of land in cultiva-
ton, with 900 acres of timber. The
entire tract is well fencd with numer-
Gus cross fences, is well watered with
springs and is ideal for stock farm.
The property is located four and a
half miles southwest of Ocala, be-
tween the Shady Grove and Dunnellon
hard roads and has a mile and half
of frontage on the Shady Grove road.
The large colonial residence sits back
quarter of a mile from the hard
road. This house, 57x86 feet over all,
with great colonial veranda extend
ing the full length of the front, was
built in 1851 of great timbers, some
hewn and others sawed, placed on
solid stone foundations and the frame
and foundation is as solid and firm
as the day it was built.
Mr.. Manly has had Mr.. George
MacKay out to look the house over
and is having plans made for its re-
modelling and modernization, though
the main plans and shape will be pre-
served intact, for the associations and
the reason that Mr.. Manly has long
desired just such an old ante-bellum
home. Modern baths and plumbing
will be installed, and an electric light
plant and water works system put in.
/ A new roof and some interior work
will be done and dormer windows add
ed. The plans will require the expen-
diture of several thousand dollars, and
work will commence as soon as the
rainy season is over.
Mr.. Turner has all of the cleared
land in crops and has leased the prop
erty from Mr.. Manly until after har-
vest time. He retains his live stock
also and the Star hopes Mr.. Turner
will continue to reside with US, as he
is very valuable and substantial cit
izen.
: Mr.. Manly left this afternoon for
) the north to attend to some business
matters, but will return about July
1st to take up the work of getting his
home in shape. He says he expects
this to be his permanent home and
likes the Ocala section better than
any portion of the state and he has
travelled over all of it.
Mr.. Manly will engage in mule and
horse raising for market. He was in
that and the cattle business many
years ago in British Columbia and
, succeeded well, his business being a
profitable one. He says the location
is ideal for horse and mule raising
The elevation, the forage possibilities
of the soil, the climate and the water
supply make it especially what he has
been looking for. He says the future
of the Ocala section is yet undreamed
: of by us sleepy fellows" and we will
not know our own section in a few
years. With an interurban trolley
line to Silver Springs and the new
boat line to Jacksonville, the freight
rate situation will be solved for hin
and the rest of US.
> When work is started on his stocl
farm, Mr.. Manly will clear all of the
land except couple of hundred acres
which he will leave in timber. Thi:
J will give him an even thousand acres
of cleared land for his stock raising
t purposes. If he raises any cattle a
!. all, they will be blooded cattle, bu
r he has not definitely decided on thar
= feature.
t There is mony in the horse anC
mule raising business and Mr.. Manly
: understands it. He has an able as
: sistant in his brother-in-law, Mr.
t George Mainz of Sturgeon Bay, Wis.
0 who with his wife and Mrs. Mani!
will arrive in the early fall to make
I their home on the place. Mr.. Main;
Y is a German and practical horse
t man himself, having been engaged il
r their breeding for most of his life.
9 The price paid Mr.. Turner for th,
: property is not given but will run wei
!, into the five figures.
= Mr.. Manly has been actively engag
I ed in business for many years. HI
Y established the American Hotel Sup
ply Company of Chicago, sold it on
and engaged in the live stock breeding
n business. Selling that out, he wen
to San Francisco and was "burnet
down and shook up" during the earth
: quake and fire. He then bought a bis