The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-05-28

The latter part OF last week. in
company with Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey
CLARK. the editor OF this paper enjoyed
an auto trip TO Orlando.
Starting somewhat early in the
morning we expected 10 return the
same day bur sate interviewed and re
spent the night in that lovely, grow
ing city.
The day was most charming, the
sun was mostly hidden behind favor
ing clouds. and the air vas fresh,
fair and iavigorating as The first
dream OF love pardon our youth,
please.)
An went merry as the chimes OF q
marriage bell until we reached the
slough just 10 the rear Of East Lake.
Il attempting 10 cross the swollen
stream we discovered that the bridge
had been dislOdged from its m0Orings
By the heavy rains of the night before.
so we wese compelled to turn back,
and i'm attempting 10 go around the
slough by a circuitous route. after
meandering through the woods for
more than an hour, on reaching the
main road again what was cur sur
prise 10 find ourselves further away
from cur point Of destination than
when we started. so We hiked back
10 BelIeview and made Weirsdale via
Summerfield.
However,, we were rewarded by the
misfortune by going over a section
OF country we had never seen before
and passing by a number Of groves
hidden away in the woods that we did
not know were in our county.
AT Summerfield we passed the
handsome home OF Mr.. Nathan Mayo.
S&ith its ornamental grounds; the farm
of Commissioner Joe Davis and cur
eyes feasted upon his more than tif-
ty-acre field of corn which is said TO
be the finest IN the county and which
stamps him as one Of our best and
most successful farmers.
We also passed the fine 15-acre
grove Of Mr.. Allison Wartmann and
his 1O-acre nursery. purchased less
than a, year ago and which is proving
a little benanZa under his skillfuu
direction.
Again encountering the fairy good
surfaced road at Weirsdale, and after
passing a number of truck farms Of
cantaloupes, watermelons and Gu
cumbers, we were soon in Leesburg.
Here real prosperity begins.
On our last visit the streets were
as. nature made them. Now the main
thorOughfares are all graded and paw
ed with asphalt and preparations are
being made to put the side streets in
the same condition.
IN the way Of street paving Lees
burg has adopted for its guidance the
political maxim: Equal appOrtuni-
ties for all; special privileges for
none"
Many OF the houses have been fresh
" painted; new ones are being con
structed; the grounds are well kept
and the little city is expanding in all
directions and is most pleasing TO look
upon and both the business and resi-
Dental sections have the appearance
of thrift and enterprise.
How the seers OF Sacred Writ loved
TO pay tribute TO the land of the Zig,
the pomgranate and the grape"
After wandering in the wilderness
for forty years without losing hope
OF courage, from Pisgah's heights
Moses was permitted only to gaze
upon a Promised Land"-a land
flowing with milk and honey and
his heart was thrilled with emotion
and his soul was satisfied because he
knew all were well.
So after passing through this favor
ed section-less favored, however,
than our own. we are satisfied that all
who occupy il will fare well.
We are reminded with what extra
f,aax
20 clothe the beauties CT the Old
World and the grandeur OF its classic
ruins.
Saws one Of our American poets
visiting CASTLE:
20, lovely Spain! renowned, roman
tic land"
AS Florida is being rapidly trans
formed from a wilderness into beau.
tiful cultivated groves and gardens,
green lawns. and grounds covered
with rare trees, plants and flowers.
writer's of both prose and poetry in
time will dwell extravagantly of the
splendor of her villages and cities and
the beauty of her landscapes and mir
ror.like lakes.
Nearly all the way between Lees
burg and Orlando are continuation
OF orange groves and truck farms
beautiful by picturesque homes nest
ling beside shimmering lakes.
One inclined to the romantic and
possessing the poetic affluvia might
well exclaim;
This region surely is not of earth
Was Il not dropt from heaven?
Enetie. Mount Dora, AnoDkR, and Z
r~ Etf a. other town, c1I 1&oW o0t