The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-11-12

this season.
Realizing Ocala's need for more
housing if she expects to care for her
winter guests Mr.. ]. H. Smith has
doubled the capacity of his dwelling
on North Main street and has given
II the name Of 'The Maxine" and has
thrown it open for the accommoda-
ton of the incoming guests.
Capt. r. e. Yonge has converted the
upper story of his building on Fl King
avenue into three apartments and
have put them into excellent shape
and of them are already occupied.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Corstens have pur-
chased the Cox building on Fort Kink
avenue and have subjected it to a
number OF alterations and it's appear
ance has been much improved. They
VIII soon occupy II. r
Mrs. James Hicks Hill has made con-
siderable improvements on her large
two story dwelling on Tuscawilla
street and has had II freshly painted
Speaking OF painting it affords us
pleasure to note that Mr.. d. w. Temp
kins, Mrs. l.. Horne. the Messrs. C.
J. and w. Camp. Mr.. Paul Sim
mons. the parsonage of the Metho-
dist presiding elder and a num-
her OF other buildings have been made
to look bright and attractive by the
painters brush.
Il has not been long since Mr.. Jake
Goldman has erected for his interest
ing family a coy bungalow in the
Fourth ward and that section of the
city is growing steadily
In order TO accommodate it's increas-
ing membership the trustees of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
have completed plans for the enlarge
ment of the building and contractors
and carpenters will soon begin oper-
atoms. The Sunday School attend
ance of this church numbers several
hundred.
Not only is Ocala expanding in the
number of new buildings but her bust
ness enterprises are accommodating.
The Marion Hardware Company is
now occupying its spacious new home
which has a frontage of more than
one hundred feet and has space
enough to transact a most extensive
business which it is doing; the Bier
man building is now a coy chapel and
undertaking establishment; the. Nc
Crery Company has leased the corner
store formerly occupied by the Marion
Hardware Company and in addition to
its &C and 10c. store adjoining will
utilize the new building for a Csc. and
Soc, store so as to accommodate it's
increasing line of customers from sc.
10 soc. purchases.
The o. K.rTeapot Grocery company
has opened two Observe" stores, one
on the east side and one on the west
side of the court house as these estab-
lishments are becoming more and
more popular; Mr.. Fred w, Cook has
opened a grocery store and meat mar
ket in the building formerly occupied
by Mr.. II. w. Tucker as an electrical
supply house; Mr.. Wilmington has
opened a grocery store just south of
the Chero-Cola Bottling Works; Mrs
Julia Moses has just built store on
her lot on Orange avenue and is oc-
cupying it as a grocery store; Mr.. ].
+. Littledale has small grocery on
the corner Of South Third and Osceola
streets.
The city is enlarging its Water and
Electrical plant by the addition of new
mahcinery in order to keep abreast of
the growth of the city: the Rotarians
have undertaken to remove the old
Railroad restaurant building off the
Civic Center lot and to- adorn and
beautify the lot; Mr.. John H. Taylor
has purchased the house obstructing
Main street to the railroad station
and the street to the station will soon
be opened and the street and the
strips on either side of it will be i'm
proved by the Woman's Club; the Pal
metto Hotel, SO long idle is now oc-