The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-09-15
BELLEVIEW


correspondent is righteously indig-
nant over the school book question,
and l can appreciate the pent up feel
ing that prompted the effusion. be-
lieve if your Shady correspondent will
study the scripture somewhere will
be found that trite old saying that the
Lord helps him who helps himself, "
and if the Shady correspondent will
drop me a line l will put them in
touch with the powers that be and
show them how to make themselves
independent in the matter of school
books.
Mr.. Ernest Blair of Oklawaha is
down from Black Point mixing with
his friends for the last time in case
Company A should be ordered further
on, which to my mind is doubtful.
Mr.. w. N. Fielding, the section
boss, has put in brand new plank
crossings at the depot and now au-
tomobiles can go across without max
ing that loud gumblety-
Mr.. Peyton Bailey with a brand
new Maxwell passed through town
last Thursday morning bound for the
lake, where he went to deliver the
aforesaid sand digger.
Mrs. G. A. Reinohl of Jacksonville,
is making her first visit to Belleview,
and being entertained by Mrs. I. l.
Nelson. The Reinohl girls, Misses
Sophie, Gertrude, Elsie and Helen
are all well and favorably known in
Belleview, Miss Sophie having taught
school here several years ago. Miss
Elsie captured one of BelleviewIs
finest young men, Mr.. John Dawkins
Lyles, while Misses Helen and Ger
trude have been frequent and welcome
visitors.
Mr.. Earle Davenport has rented the
packing house down by the siding
rugged up his corn Smelling machinery
and is buying corn for cash. Thus the
farmers around Belleview are seeing
new vistas of wealth heretofore un-
though of being opened up before
them. Trucking has brought this Sec
ton to the verge of bankruptcy, and
with cash market for corn, cotton
peanuts and black-eye peas, the far
mers of this section should once more
regain their old time prosperity.
We regret to state that Mrs. Mary
Hutson has not been enjoying the
best of health of late and hope that
with the advent of cooler weather hel
health may improve.
Mr.. Jesse Nicely of North Lake
Weir is passing to and fro, morning
and night, with a brand new Maxwell
car.
Garageman Nelson is putting the
finishing touches to the machinery al
the cotton ginnery in SummerfelG
and hopes to turn the wheels about
Thursday or Friday.
Loads of snow white, feecy, long
staple cotton are coming into Belle.
view and being separated from theil
| owners and raisers at from 8 to 81
cents per pound in the seed. This is
a very good price and the growers
can make money at it. From talks
have had with authorities on cotton
I am lead to believe good prices
should prevail for the grower for two
years. From trade papers I CLEAN the
information that Egyptian cotton il
selling at 29c. in the lint at Alexan
dria, Egypt. Egyptian cotton ha:
been the strong competitor of Florida
long staple for six or eight years
and has kept the price of our staple
down around Zoe. But now that those
people over in Egypt have got little
fight on their hands they are neglect
ing their cotton growing and that, il
connection with the scarcity of bot
toms to ship their cotton and the pre-
vailing high rates of ocean freights
practically ties up what Egyptian cot
ton there is right where it is. So E
word of caution to the careful house
wife and seamstress: go and buy {
years supply of spool cotton just a:
quick as you can, for just as sure a:
you don't spool cotton will go to sly
or seven cents spool inside of three
months or six months at the outside
With seed cotton selling at eight anC
half cents there is no other out
come, because all of our spool cottor
and sheer cotton fabrics are made
from long staple cotton.