The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-07-19
q FORT mccoy


cause / am in such a hot country in
thee summer, my answer always is,
bless your heart + pity you knowing
that while I am enjoying the beauti-
iful breezy climate OF Florida you can't
set away from the hot weather al all
either day Or night. ! know because
! / have been there To Re sure we
have hot days and lots of them, but
the beautiful cool nights 0veItop the
whole " hile you are using I'D the rot
nights wandering around the house
trying to ind cool spot ! a msleep.
ing quietly in my little bed with a
covering over TO keep me from catch
ing cold Cont pity me anymore, take
pity upon yourself, and come spend
lovely summer with Us and enjoy your.
self in Floridas beautiful climate
Net only in the winter but in the sam
lmer also
/ see by the Star that it is predicted
that the government will tax sott
drinks out Of existance and the writ
er seems to be jubilant over the pros
pect RE says that the fountain is re-
sponsible for the ruling out Of beer
and the saloons. l had an idea that
the different legislative bodies we're
Irresponsible for the ruling out Of the
saloons in their respective states
! Soda fountains nave been in existence
flor quite q nun Der Of years and in
some cities bar rooms are on both
sides OF drug stores and they seem to
flourish wonderfully we'll in spite OF
the soft drink establishment next
door NO my friend soft drink places
dc not hurt bar rooms. Its public sen,
timent that hurts the bar room. Pro
hibition is coming because the people
want il They have come to the con-
clusion that it is foolish to swallow
the devilish stuff to fiddle the brain
when glass Of cold water is so much
better. Now comes the question. yss
| is going t. su8p!S Itae- cold water Il
re costs so much that the druggist
cant afford to supply ii free, so tel
will have to put little wind into it.
sweeten it little and flavor it to suit
and charge his nickel or dime as III
may be The Star force may be in!
the habit Of getting their ice cold
water free, the same as my Gus.
it casts somebody something to supply
this free cold water. We might apply
the same principle to the newspaper
business and say Ocala can get along
without two papers. Let one 90 out
0f business and the other do it all !
ct the government put the force u
work at something useful, instead Of
publishing an extra newspaper Its
useless to have two papers every day
let one of them only exist in these
times OF war and turmoil bat We
must have the Banner.
Last Friday night very enjoyable /
party was given at the nome Of Mr..
Jordan in the Pine district Quite a
number OF our young people were pre-
sent and report very enjoyable
time
W. }. Wilson sent over the road TO
Welborn a couple of valuable mules
in the care Of Arthur McQuaig. He
started early Sunday morning by the
way Of Hawthorne and Lake Butler. 4
and at this writing has not arrived
home
George Howell Of Jacksonville was
a week end visitor at the home of his /
parents, Mr.. and Mrs Cbas Howell ,
He is employed in a shipyaro at Jack
sonville.
This part of Marion county is GER
.tainly in earnest about cattle dipping. I
A new vat has been erected near
Burbank The county contribut-
ed sixty dollars towards it and the cat
tlemen are supposed to contribute the
io0t "uICh uAuc' oCdhu - @oAo VI /
1888 for the vat completed Over one
Thousand cattle will be shipped within
the next two weeks I am given to
understood that some eff these who
will use the vat are rather slow paying
their share, which is not right Every
body vino gets the benefit ought come
across and net, make it a burden to
anybody
Our neighbor r W Belwey sold
some very fine home cured pork
around the village last week. and be,
heye ne The hog was a big one for
this legion. Our ham weighing some,
.What ever twenty-tour pounds I
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