The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-02-07
HAPPENINGS IN
Pine COMMUNITY

HOl LHC ISoulJ vi IOCdI COuQlIlO0S, Out
otherwise. We. would call it influenza
but some certain towns have set a
precedent that it isn't proper TO men
ton influenza cases in the town or
community we live in.
Mr. and Mrs T. J. Perry and two
or three of the children have been
quite sick Mr. and Mrs. Perry are
still very low
Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Turner and pos.
sibly another member or two Of the
family have been down. but they have
irevocered sufficiently to be up again
Miss Carrie Billingsley went home
Wednesday and it is reported that she
had an attack of the dreaded disease
but is up again. She closed the
school here until conditions got bet.
ter Surely these are perilous times.
All those who are attending the
Citra school from this community are
back home.
Mr. George ". Machln, who bought
the Rawles property on the west
bank Of Buckston Ford some three
years ago, has set a precedent in
home building Nr, Machlin is a typ.
ical bachelor man. but one would new.
er guess that he lives alone and does
all his household and other work. He
has beauufed the place and set out
nice grove Of citrus fruit. His
house is kept IS tidy and clean and
pretty as most any lady's and her
personal appearance is always criti-
cally clean and neat We need-not
more bachelors but more men with
the qualifications of our friend and
good neighbor Machln
Several farmers Of mis- communfty
have been trying for the past two
weeks TO get in touch with the prop
or authorities and get the right in.
formation on having hogs treated for
cholera. 1t seems that all attempts
10 locate the right parties failed untjl
Monday when Messrs. A. p Monroe,
L. B. Jordan and c. G. Martin went
to Qcala and finally got in touch with
q county agent. They returned to
their home to see their hogs continue
70 sicken and die They were tersely
Informed that the cost of the work
was beyond all reason and also that
THERE WAS@NO GUARANTEE AT
ALL THAT 1T WOULD PREVENT. .
ooh, Boy! Where do we go to from
here?" Two or three years ago when
the speechmakers and spectators
were promoting this thing the farm.
er was promised everything a
rubber band around it!-just like the
cattlemen and the dipping vat Treat
ing the hog for cholera is good. Also
there isn't a better thing than proper
cattle dipping. but the ultimate re,
suit viii be that the government viii
take hold Of the proposition and run
the Spectator out Of the game.
Speaking of government control.
Well, there is a dangerous angle to
government control Of big corpora
tons bat the time is fa=t approach
ing when there will be more govern.
ment retaliation and control Of things
in general Somebody said the other
day that we were losing state rights.
and the solid south and all this that
We were putting everything up to Of
fetal Washington now And why
please? is j not a truth that our
state departments are failure
What DO our legislatures amount to?
Florida would be better of today 4
We knew the legislature would not
convene again in five or ten years
Things would move along with some
kind Of permanency Our legislatures
are just about like wheels of fortune q.
The farmer, the doctor, the merchant
the Manufacturer Of us, know
how the next legislature is going to
affect our business The democratic
rarty-the controlling factor in the
state-is a ship at sea without a Tud.
der There is no organization ana
every fellow is going helterskelter his
own individual way There is ~
platform or declaration Of principles
Then if the state departments are
failures We must 20 TO official Wash
ngton Tor protection. justice and law