The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-09-21
BELLEVIEN

Oh my. Something IS sure gong to /
happen. Some one up at Cotton Plant
has got the right stocking on the left
foot. and vice versa. In glancing thru
last weeks Ocala Banner, l could not
help but note that the correspondent
at Cotton Plant is worried about
something. To my perfectly safe and
sane suggestion to furnish the boys at
Black Point with wax paper with
which to wrap their chewing gum in,
this correspondent suggests that "they
stick it behind their ears" Now, boys
what do you think Of that? This prop
osition is hardly q sanitary one. This
/ correspondent then joins in the pop
! ular hue and cry against Ocala and its
/ markets by deliberately stating that a
/ farmer in that section had raised 1000
pounds Of cotton and sold it in Haw-
thorne for 10 cents per pound. Cir
Iculating misleading information Of
this kind is not good practice, and is
/ apt to cause discomfort, and possible
| loss to the farmers by raising false
hopes, as to the true value of their
crops / will state right here that
one of my cardinal principals is ac-
lcuracy of statement. | always try to
certify statements made to me before
handing them out as facts and the
actual facts in the transaction are as
follows This worthy aged farmer is
what could be properly termed in a
! slang phrase a Cracker jack" at rails
/ ing and grading cotton. He raised a
nice little cotton crop, picked it care
fully and graded it with conscientious
care, so that it passed as extra fancy
long staple cotton. He shipped it to
one of the most reputable cotton gin
Iners in the state and they passed on
it as the very highest grade of cotton
that can be raised in this section and
) paid the gentleman ga cents pei
, pound for his cotton, 3400 pounds
which is the highest price that has
been paid for cotton in the seed for g
great many years. But mark you
| this cotton was above the average.
don't mean "Above the Average
cigar, but above the average cottor
; raised in cotton plant. Now, Pm go
ing to tell you little story about thi!
circulating of rumors about higI
] prices on farm products. Just before
: the cotton market opened persons
came in the store and stated that VI
=, above Ocala cotton growers were
: getting from 10 to II cents per pounC
2 for their cotton. Some went so far a.
S to state that they either knew of o.
E heard of growers that had contracteC
their whole crop for II cents pc
pound and every person that came il
S was strong in their declaration tina
: Giles of Ocala was paying 10 cent
miIiar with the market quotations. il
!. the lint, which stood at about 80 cent
r and is the equivalent to 71a cent cot
!, ton in the seed, stood pat and offere
: 7 to 712 cents. In the course of
d day or so along comes Mr.. Natha
Mayo Says he: "Tremere, what 20
paying for cotton ?" Tremere said
: to 71a cents; and asked Mr.. May
what he was paying. Mr.. Mayo sal
that he was paying from 7 to II
cents but Giles of Ocala was payin
10 cents and he could not understan
{ how he could do it. Says Tremert
! Lets go find out" So they went t
:. the phone and Tremere rang Giles VI
s holding the receiver so that Mr.. May
! Ecould hear all that was said. Gle
+ said that he was paying 7 cents; h
]. had taken in one or two lots of extr
+ fancy at 7 12 cents, but that man May
J down at Summerfeld was paying 1
{ tcents and he did not see how he coul
{ do it. Both Mayo and Giles told Ire
/ mere that they were paying cent:
Mayo told Tremere that Giles wa
, paying and Giles told Tremere tina
Mayo was paying 10 cents, and tn
} Cotton Plant correspondent tells u
!, that Hawthorne paid Cotton Plant 1
s cents for cotton. Gosh! | hope that
b have satisfactorily disposed of 1C
I Icent cotton. Let's hope and pray tina
: cotton will go to 10 cents. This col
, respondent then takes a crack a
Prof. Brinson and his alleged respon
sibility in not having books in tn
i hands of the scholars. Prof. Brinso
[ ably answered his critics on this prop
. osition and if this question of schoe
, books Is still worrying this worth
correspondent, upon request | wi
/ furnish them with information how t
solve this problem in P. D. @. ordel
Just the same as | have for the POP
; ular correspondent for the Star a
: Shady. And then after taking crac
: at all creation, this correspondent
7 really does get down to good SCUM
I boss sense and wins my admiration b
eulogizing a railroad conductor. Whe
amy one says railroad conductor I al
, interested. don't care if it's the cor
ductor on the Homosassa route or tn
/ conductor on the -Ocala- Wildwoo
EIfreight route or the conductor on tn
/ Seaboard limited-that never stops &
/ Belleview only on state occasion
This correspondent shows exceller
/ judgment in seeking the friendship {
Hall conductors-they are the salt {
/ the earth. They are the whole chees