The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-05-17
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for their home in Kissimmee.
II. Z. NJ Walden has been shipping
wax beans daily the past week.
Mr.. @. z. Hill raised the largest
crystal wax onions this season TO re
seen in our section. The yield was
also good.
The following were among the Bur |
bankers al the county seat Saturday
On business and pleasure; Mrs. Sarah |
Tourtella1, Mrs. 0. I. Hill and daugh- |
ter, Miss Thelma Hill, Mr.. and Mrs. |
Sam Messick and Mr.. and Ms 4. FL
Abbott.
The excursion train TO silver
Springs was well PACKED as i passed |
through Burbank Sunday.
Mr.. ". c. Bogue was in 0cala Mon
day on business.
! Mrs. W. .. L. Graham eft Monday
to spend the summer visiting rela-
tives in Missouri and Illinois.
! We had fine shower in This sec
ton Tuesday evening which livened
things up again.
! George Howell, our wood man. was
laid up Tor few days the last Of the
week on account Of receiving a cut
from 4 crosscut saw.
Al Pierson reports good progress
on his contract building me new
Spar road from Chas, Degges 10 HaT-
mon Halls Although be cut him
self quite seriously a couple Of weeks
ago ne did not lose an hours time
Mr. l. McQuaid and wife OF Palatka
were Sunday visitors at the Stevens
home. Mr. McQuaid is employed at
the builders track in Palatka and is
father OF Kylan McQuaid Of Company
A, 124th Inf, located at Camp Wheel
er, Macon. Ga.
Mrs. HinsOn and little son Orrie and
daughter Ruth were Sunday visitors
at the home Of J. s. Grantham.
W. A Stevens will soon have six
acres of the prettiest looking sweet
potatoes in this vicinity. What looks
nicer than good clean piece OF
ground with green zines growing on
it, no weeds or grass. il you are able
to do il or hire il done and can get
are laborers?
J. Z. Wagnon let On me attn for
Jacksonville ny -, - FLORIDA
points and viii probably visit Tonnes
see before coming hack. Perhaps he
will visit GOV Cats tetore MS re
turn. Expects 10 he away several
months.
The women Of Fort Mccoy are Dc
ing their share Of the worn The At
kinson girls and their mother nave
been hoeing cotton for The last 1870
weeks. Scarcity Of male labor means
that the women will have 10 go into
the fields if they are able or where
will the crops be AZ The end Of the
season
It is rumored that We are 10 have
swimming platform and spring
board erected not far from me old
Silver City house towards Lakeside
Inn. Why not purchase Silver City
house and make clubhouse and
bathhouse Of it? The whittier viii dc
his share
Talk about your 1sA 1rys The one
given a. lola Landing by " A Ste
vens 10 some Of MS employees
friends and relatives ]ast Friday will
not be forgotten for q long time He
not only furnished them with FISH out
with transportation 10 go 10 and from
lola Landing The John Atkinson
family. the Stevens family, the Mad
den family and the Cameron family
were IN invited guests and al we're
present except John Atkinson
The writer mad the pleasure of
watching the process Of dipping cattle
al the Wilson and Martin dipping vat
Friday morning May 10. Mr. Wilson
very generally volunteered TO give
me ride out 70 the vat il would
get up early enough. which was at
day light or just a little before. The
cattle OF which there were about 100
had been driven into the pens the
night before and allowed 10 cool off.
The vat is about 80 feet long, 1eet
deep and from four TO FIVE feet wide,
built on the incline so the cattle can
go IN and out without any help. But
they sure do nave 10 help them in.
Once in awhile one will 60 in MIN
self but they all seem to know enough
TO get out and go up into the dripping
pen. There was one very fine bull
that took his bath like a gentleman,
showing that he had been through it
before One steer was very wild and
made more trouble than all the rest,