The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-06-14
ANTHONY


at the Methodist church Sunday |
morning, June 10th. All are invited |
10 attend.
The remains of Mr.. Lane of Oak,
were inferred in the Anthony GENE
terry last Sunday afternoon.
Little Miss Sue Lamb returned
Monday from a visit to her brother,
Mr.. W T. Lamb of Center Hill.
Ir. and Mrs. E. C. Sims spent Sun
day in Ocala with their daughter,
Mrs. Carter.
The drought was broken Friday by
a heavy rain, which means dollars to
the farmers.
Mrs. A. B. Moore and daughter are
visiting Mrs. Clarence Gates near
Lynne.
Mrs. A. P. Baskin returned to Dun
mellon with DR.. J. G. Baskin and wife,
who spent Sunday afternoon here.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Eaton have re-
Gently heard their two sons, Messrs.
George and Arnold, have joined the
army.
Mrs. Henry Griffin and children of
Orange Lake are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. A. r. Griffin.
Owing to the drought our shipping
season is almost over. This doesn't
mean the farmers are through, for
they yet have large crops of cotton,
corn, peanuts and potatoes. Quite an
acreage of castor beans has been
planted around Anthony.
Miss Edith Williams of Ocala is
spending a few days with Mrs. E. c..
Boucher.
Mr.. Albert Griffin, who joined the
marine corps some time ago, is very
anxious to go across.
Mr.. Floyd Keeney is a travelling
salesman in Ohio.
The store building of Mr.. w. II.
Webb, occupied by Mr.. l.. M. Hill, was
struck by lightning last Friday. Mrs.
Hills hair was slightly burned and a
| red streak left on Clarence Hills
ankle Others who were in the store
felt the shock. We are glad nothing
more serious resulted.
The many friends of Mr.. ]. A. Tai
ton were proud to learn of his being
nominated county commissioner. Mr..
Talton has lived in Anthony a good
many years and has friends all over
Florida. Most every vote in Anthony
was cast for him, which shows what
his friends here think of him. We
| feel sure he will in every way make
la fine commissioner.
/ Misses Lille and Hattie Milligan
recently received letter from their
brother, Ralph, who is with the artil-
lary in France. He is getting along
nicely.
! Mr.. Grady Bargeron, after spend
ing several months with his cousin,
Mr. F. w. Ellison, returned Monday
to the bedside of a sick brother in
Georgia. Mr.. Bargeron made many
friends while here.
/ Mr.. Ina Forbes, who has been in
the hospital corps in San Francisco,
has been moved to Minnesota.
Mr.. Bonnie Hamilton, who joined
the army a year ago, is now at Fort
st. Philip, La. Bonnie is well pleased
and doing nicely and says when his
time is out he expects to re-enlist.
Mr. Leo Page, formerly an An
ebony boy, has for some time been a
"Yank" in Deming, N. M.
! Mr.. Xavier Adams, who left for
the army several weeks ago, is locat-
ed at Long Island.
Mr.. Dan Boone is locatedat Camp
Jackson.
| We were surprised to hear of the
wedding of Mr.. Walter Boon, who is
now living near. Miami.
Mrs. T. P. Jones and others are
practicing for a play which is made
lup of twenty-seven characters. This
play is for the benefit of missions.
/ Mr.. H. A. Atwater of Palatka spent
Tuesday night with his sister, Mrs
r. r. Russell. Mr.. Atwater says his
son, Hatton is now in France. An
other son, Ed, also Willie Simmons
are in Camp jackson. His third son
Hull will leave in few days for the
army.
We regret to learn that Mr.. Stuart
Baskin, former wireless operator or
the South Carolina, is still in a hospi.
tai in Philadelphia. After spending
several weeks in the hospital he seems
to be no better.
Anthony is we'll represented in al
parts of the service. May God bless
and protect all of our brave boys. .
Below is an extract from letter G
lady has just received from France:
MAY 1S.-We have just returned
! from the trenches, after being in fol
seventeen days. 1t rained the entire
time we were in, but now has faireC
off and the trees are looking so pref
ty. This must have been beautiful
country before the war, but some o.
the villages and cities have been en-
tireIy torn up by large shells. While
in the trenches our artillery put up {
considerable bombardment for three
days. There could not have been an!
living Boche over there. We have re
ceiVed a few shells from the Boche
Had few trees cut down near oul
lposition and limbs taken off of tree
in fifty feet of US. But this was oul
third trip in and we had gotten uset
to them. We are going to give then
better than they send. The Ameri
cans are so enthused and anxious t,
get busy"
The only boys from here who reg
istered last week wers Messrs. Pres
ton Martin, Jim and Ben Gill.
The ". o. w. held their usual meet
ing IN their hall Tuesday night. The.
have a good lodge and meet ever,
second and fourth Tuesday evenings
Miss Fannie Pasteur, who recentl
graduated at the Cathedral school i