The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-06-13
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Mr.. Sid Taylor of Spar is finishing
up the residence Of Mr.. and Mrs G.
G. Martin
Messrs. T. J. and Leon Perry made
a business trip to OcaIa Monday.
Rev. Martin preached at Oxford
Sunday by special invitation. A
young man, Mr.. Averette, presented
himself for membership at the eleven
o'clock service and will be baptized
by Rev. Martin next Sunday after
noon.
The people of the Oxford section
are cleaning up on shipments of
truck this week There have been
great deal of such product shipped
from there and prices were most sat
isfactory.
Messrs. A. P. Munroe and T. J.
Perry were in Ocala last week on
business.
The "Peter Stanley" home is under
obligations to Messrs. L. ]. Hall, A.
P. Munroe and Carl Sommers for q
very fine mess of fish Friday eve
ming. They went across the river
and had fine luck.
Mr.. Lonnie Hall sent us big mess
of roasting ears one day past week.
Surely we have some of the best
neighb0rs in the world.
l.. p. Jordan has just finished plant
ing an acre to sweet potatoes. This
section is especially adapted to the
growth of this commodity
Mrs. Julia e. Thomas has returned
home after few weeks visit to rela-
tives and friends at Lochloosa.
The church house at this place is
leaning forward and is in a dangerous
condition. Pardon the suggestion,
but it might be we'll while drives are
being made for the various other
things that some of the efforts be
put forth for local needs
Another item: The road where it
crosses Buxton Ford is in very
dangerous condition and unless some
thing is done Immediately somebody
is going to run car off a dangerous
fill and have big suit against the
county. A suggestion: Instead of
the county giving the commissioners
authority to pay the expenses of So
called county fairs where all man
ner of cheap john SPECTATORS gather
with their camoufiages for private in
terests, better spend that money (ifI
we are growing SO rich in public
funds that we can't find an intelIi.
gent way of getting rid of the mon
cyl to make some roads in Marion.
The roads are a public disgrace to
such fine county. And when we
speak of roads-we, would thak your
minds would run along the various
country roads that lead out and in
the good communities that are prac.
tically cut off. Not Just a parallel
inc along the railways.
Our brother, Capt. Mallie. Martin,
who is yet in France, has sent us two
Photographs of the burial services of
sixteen American soldiers killed in a |
rain wreck near LIE Mans in April. |
One is firing squad firing the last
Volley over the graves. The other
shows the chaplain saying "the last
few words" at the big grave.
Capt. Martin is still making good
with the war department. His re-
cent promotion to presidency of a |
court martial district is an attest to
this fact. He says he is a. very busy
man now days. And we do not doubt
the truth of that statement
The public school closed here last
Friday with fine exhibiting and en-
tertainment Friday night Miss Car
RE BillingsIey of Reddick was the
teacher for the past term and taught
also at the head of the entertain
ment.
The school house was transformed
into playhouse and besides the com
folks there were visitors from
Sparr, Fort Mccoy, Reddick, Fairfield
Ocala and Citra.
The biggest feature of the enter
tainment was a reproduction of the
old time district school. In this our
community people took part and with
the camoufaged faces it was a most