The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-05-11
WILLISTON, RALEIGH
AND OAKVALF

Williston, May eff Bloxhan
county fails to materialize, don't
blame Williston.
Messrs. ]. G. Spurlin of Ocala and
A. A. Cook of Atlanta, were here
looking after the interests of their
firms yesterday.
With her lyceum lecture course, the
independent lecturers, and a number
of travelling companies visiting her
during the past six months, Williston
has not lacked for entertainment, in
quantity, variety or the variety of it's
moral quality
The rain last week has renewed the
hopes of the farmers who need every
advantage to overcome the vegetable
reverses of 1914. Corn and oats are
also looking well.
The many friends of Mr.. J. B. Ep-
person, Williston's foremost citizen
/ who has been dangerously ill for sew
eral weeks, will be glad TO learn that
he is coHvalescing, tho not yet out of
/ danger. The best efforts of five doc
/ tors, two trained nurses, and the
members, of his own family have CO.
operated to bring him past the crisis.
Messrs. Dfummond and the Bryan
/ brothers, proprietors of two of the
stores of Raleigh four miles from
Williston, on the Seaboard, seem tc
/ be doing well and stemming the hard
times with commendable cheerfulness
Judging by the timber coming tc
/ the mill, Mr.. VenabIe, successor tc
! Grey Bros, whose large mill was
burned last winter, seems to be rap
| idly clearing up the stock left by the
latter.
Mr.. T. J. Cone, who preceded the
/ Greys in the mill business and last
summer fenced in a pasture contain
| ing several sections of land, is i'm
proving his herd of some 200 head of
cattle by the introduction of some
fancy Guernsey stock.
Raleigh seems to be another place
where the Baptists and Methodist
are modern enough not TO be afraid
to allow their children to mingle In a
union Sunday school, lest they depart
from the faith held by their fathers
The world moves.
Mr.. Frank Britt left Oakvale fol
4 Tallahassee this week to take part in
the fight for new county.
Mrs. M. West came home with he1
nephew, Mr.. H. w. Anderson, on his
4 return from Tallahassee last week
We are glad to see her among Us
again, tho sorry to see her in extrem-
ely feeble health.
In spite of hard work and short
nights, Oakvale's cottage prayer
meetings continue to range in attend.
anee from 80 to 45, of all ages. Mex
Friday night at Mr. C. w. Boyers.
We are glad to hear of the success:
of Mr.. ID. G.. Gunnels and wife, for.
) merly of Oa1vale, in their new board
ing house venture in Williston.
The result of the work done By
Messrs. George Higgins and o. P
Britt in grating the seedlings in Mr.
, w. F. Kings pecan orchard show tina
these men understand top-workine
trees. large percentage of tn,
gratis having started out with a fin.
growth. 1t is a pity So many seedl
ing pecan trees over the country ar,
; not being top-worked, as seedlinl
nuts are generally not only much in
Rferlor for home use, but are alread,
beginning to be a drug on the mar
: ket, which fancy stock will never be
A gentleman from Georgia recentl,
told the writer that he has for severa
years buying his regular winter sup
ply of pecans for home use from .
, firm in Florida at ninety cents
pound.
) Mr.. Lawton Priest, Morriston,
leading farmer and stockman, wit
his family, paid the neighborhood
visit Saturday and Sunday, stoppin,
with his father-in-law, Mr.. M. A
| Clancy.
) When a man takes such care of hi
health that he thinks nothing of
81 mile walk to town, at the ag
of seventy-nine, is he not wort
: mentioning as an object lesson? TIL
4 man is Mr.. Martin Higgins, who's
/, birthday was celebrated this weel
: Cause Steady work, good cor
science and regular habits.
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