The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-01-30

called it sleepy few years ago could
now be indicted for libel.
The road to Tavares from Lees
burg is not only good one but runs
thru pretty and fertile country. On
reaching the outskirts of Tavares, the
location of the fair was at once indi-
Gated by big and handsome Amer
lean fla that foated over the gate
On arriving, our party was at once
greeted by Mr.. William CONNIE,
manager of the fair and county dem
|onstrator for Lake. He at once appro-
priated Blackjack, but gave the rest
of the party the freedom of the
grounds.
One interesting person we met was
Miss Cora L. Peet of Tavares, who
was in charge of the school exhibit.
She rs one of those people to whom
the instruction of the young is an In
stinct, and is most charming lady
beside. Miss Clarine Hoyt of TavareA
is in charge of the canning club work,
and the exhibit does her and her
pupils honor.
A greatly interested party is Prof
w. T. Kennedy of Umatilla, superin-
tendent of public instruction foa
Lake, on whose broad shoulders rest
much of the responsibility.
Busily taking care of one impor-
tant exhibit, we found young man
who looked like he was hardly old
enough to vote, and were surprised
to be told he was County Commits
sioner Lowry. And more surprised
to learn there was yet younger man
on the board. They catch them young
in Lake.
We also met HI. B. Carpenter, prin-
cipal of the co-educational and indus
trial school at Monteverde. They are
doing great things at Monteverde,
which is in the Lake. Apopka region.
1t is a private school, but the county
helps it. 1t has national reputation,
some of its pupils coming from as
far north as Connecticut It made
good exhibit at the fair. The girls
made splendid showing of house
hold work. The boys certainly know
how to handle the implements of
honest toil-they had farm exhibit
of great merit downstairs, and up
stairs they had a complete set of
furniture which they had shaped out
of Florida wood, polished and stained.
1t would have looked fine in any
drawing room.
The Red Cross is busy IN Lake
the ladies of the chapter had coffee
and sandwiches, pies, cakes and cam
dies, cool drinks and cream, and were
in evidence everywhere. Mrs. Fl. K.
Morrison was in charge, and Efficient
~ helping her was lady well known
and much esteemed in Ocala-Mrs. E.
H. Mote.
Another lady helping in one of the
school departments was Mrs. Pea
body, wife of Don Peabody, who made
lots of friends during his soiourn in
Ocala some years ago. Don is in the
abstract business in Tavares-he has
a good business, nice home and
pretty wife, and he always has
warm welcome for an Ocala friend.
We strayed out in town to com
imune with some of the citizens. Of
course we drifted into the newspaper
Office. The Tavares Herald, in its 9th
year, is a better paper than ever be- |
fore under the management of j. w.
Bell Mr.. Bell is an old-fashioned
printer does all his own work. He
never writes an item, but goes to the |
cases and set it up. We know how to |
appreciate that for we used to do the |
same way. 1t was in doing such work |
that we thoroughly learned the art |
of condensation, which our readers |
respectfully observe we don't always |
use. The Herald was burned out a |
couple of years ago, when the opera |
house, in which was located its of
flee, was destroyed. 1t now has its
own building, a new plant, is a good |
paper and is doing we'll,
We were hailed by Mr.. J. w. Hum
ter, prominent attorney, and had /
quite pleasant chat with him. Mr.. |
Hunters Office is in his own building, |
a neat brick block We also met Mr.. |
Harry Duncan, another clever young
lawyer, who also has his own Office /
building. Messrs. Duncan and Hunter
have their offices SO situated that /
tHSy GIlHtdu0 Inc cOuTInOuSe--H IS i
for man to go in the
front way without one of them get
ting chance to size him up. They
say that when Sheriff Smyth has b
man he knows is guilty he takes him
in the back way. Messrs. Hunter and
Duncan are well known in Ocala. Mr..
Hunter was small boy during tbs
time that it was breach
of etiquette for prominent citizen
to visit Tavares without wearing a
"A, but he we'll remembers most of
the heroes of those good old days.
We also met Marshal Lopez, who is
the town police, and the only cop
we ever saw who wore a white rib
bon. He is one of the notables of Lake
county.
The fair authorities impressed
Blackjack as a Judge of exhibits, and
DR.. Walker found a job helping a
pretty girl They were both busy un-
til 4:30, at which time we left. Black
lock hustled his Fordobile up the road
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