The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-07-12
FORT mccoy

Mrs. burlington with her sons Neat
wood, Edward and Bryan, all of Wild
wood, were visitors at the home of s.
H. Martin, the latter part Of last week.
Miss Eulah McQuaig was visitor
in Ocala over the Fourth Of July.
Mrs John Stevens and her sister
Mrs. Clark we're week end visitors at
Mr.. Simmons CT Citra.
The grist mill which was rumored
that We were to have this fall has
net materaIlzed as yet. Not much
time now before We viii need it. with
the large crops of corn on the way.
Last week we undertook to tell
about Mr. Harpers cotton crop of
which there will be a large one, but
the Banner jumbled the item SO much
that they forgot to mention Mr.. Har-
per and TO a certain extent his crop.
We are pleased to announce that Mr..
Harper's crop Of cotton will be as
large as anybodies around here for the
size Of his field Nj NJ w. C0na.t
and his son Thomas deserve a great
deal Of credit for their good work cul,-
tiyating #
Ice is becoming a big luxury in Fl
Mccoy, the dealers are dropping in On
account Of excessive freight rates and
excessive prices at Headquarters A
ten cent piece Of ice is not much larg
er than a one carat diamond ring
Hutchinson has to have it for ME
drinks ana there isonIy one more
lmercbant who can afford to buy it,
Last eek The Banner made it ap.
| pear as though tort Mccoy had made
very poor showing on the Savings
Stamp drive We actually had pledg-
ed very near four thousand dollars an
fully expect to make it seven thousand
dollars before January LIST, 1919 Col
to il boys save every dollar you can.
and invest it with Uncle Sam.
J ". Priest Of Anthony vas a visi-
tor upon Mr. Cbas Howell the latter
part of last week.
Al Pierson has resumed work on the
new Sparr 1oad. The rains having
filled up the slews gives him a good
chance TO float his logs into position
without hauling them.
Miss Bass has at last succeeded in /
having her lumber hauled, and is max |
ing a great Improvement on her house
She expects to move in pretty soon
Another acquisition to the north side
of the lake.
Tuesday Miss Jessie Clarke started
for Tampa to resume her duties as
trained nurse
The village was certainly a quiet
place to be in on the Fourth Of July. I
Everybody stayed ia the house most
Of the day, it was so hot, and at night
being holiday they did not stir out. /
About nine O'Clock at night somebody
fired gun several times. That com
pleted the day fer Fort Mccoy. If you
want to get away from the noise this
is surely the place to spend your
Fourth Of July.
W. J. Wilson was unfortunate
enough last week to have a valuable
mule die. and several more we're quite
sick the later part Of the week. We
are pleased to report that they are on
the mend
Hough B. Cameron has accepted
the position CT woods rider for W. I'LL
Wilson
W. II. Tibbetts Of Herkmier. n. r..
was looking over his land Monday
and Tuesday His first visit here. He
was much pleased with his location
and expects to come back and locate .
here within q year He was a guest
Of Lake Side Inn, and expressed his
pleasure at the way he was entertain
ed and also the location CT the Inn.
Joe Crimson of Cedar Keys and the
Misses Mote at HOLSTER were week
end visitors at Nathan Prinson's last
week. Left for their respective homes
Monday, July 9Th.