The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-09-20
NEWS LETTER FROM
PETER STANLEY

Special to the Banner:
was at Pedro Sunday filled the
regular appointment in the Baptist
church This was the annual church
day meeting. Church called pastor
for the ensuing year; elected dele,
gates to the Alachua associg ton,
which meets at Brooksville Get. 8,
and finished up the years business.
The church has numerical strength
now Of IS members, enough to go, to
half time services if the right kind
of efforts are put forth, and there
is no finer section or better people
than the Pedro folks. This is one
of the fine farming sections of Mar
ion county and while this has been
what many call an OFF year in farm
ing, there is little complaint heard at
Pedro. Everybody is heroic and all
there whose I essence and lersonali-
ties would honor any city home
young ladies who have plenty to eat,
plenty (of the very latest) to wear,
good homes, elegantly furnished, and
yet in these strenuous times with the
scarcity of labor to gather the crops
these young ladies may be seen in
the cotton fields gathering cotton and
assisting in the hundreds of other
duties on the farm. To such young
wonderland there are thousands of
them On the farms of America-the
call for Red Cross nurses, Y. M. C..
A. and other departments of war work
in which ,AmericanI womanhood is
playing such a patriotic part should
not come. They are surely doing
their bit. There are other thousands
In the towns and cities who do not
haye this opportunity of assisting in
agricultural work, and who have prac.
tically no knowledge Of such work.
On the other hand they are often bet
ter qualified or educated in the chan
nels of womaD's war work on the
front The runner of draft for wo-
men is absurd.
Ran across the line into Sumter
county Saturday evening and perfor-
med the marriage ceremony uniting
as man and wife Mr.. Jim Monroe and
Miss Deliver Wright We like to see
young people get married Especial
ly where conditions exist which be,
speak a permanent happiness. 1t is
indeed more serious step in life
than many young people, who are
about to make it, realize. There is
no doubt but the present war condi.
lions are within themselves, creating
marriages. Not all marriages to be
sure. Marriages eliminating through
any other influence except a pure
undisturbed devotion are liable by
a IS per cent margin to result in un.
happiness at some future period
Girls should not get oVer-excited lust
now. thousands OF these boys are
coming back physically and mentally
intact. And they are going to be-
ready and worthy of brides from
among the very purest and noblestl
American womanhood Just be pa.
tlent for short while, and keep youri
womanhood pure. If you have al
sweetheart in the service carry out
your part of devotion faithfully to the
end. When he returns he will be |
worthy of all you can bestow. i'll
worthy at ALL If you have hurriedly
married the boy just before his |
leaving, live as true and devoted to
him as you could if he was here with
you. The morale of the army-thel
American army-is higher indeed thanI
many of the gossipers would have
you believe. After all marriage is
OF divine origin and carries with It'll
responsibilities to Deity. Approach
it cautiously, sincerely and even pray.
erfully.
Peter Stanley