The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-03-11
MIR COTTON PLANT CORES
PONDENT VISITS WEST COAST

Editor Ocala Banner:
IN last weeks Banner you gave a
splendid writeup of your trip through
what might be termed the mid-semi-
southern part of the state, which we
enjoyed reading and can endorse
everything you said for your cores
pondent has travelled the same road
more than once. Now, Mr.. Editor if
Won had continued your trip to the
West Coast You might have met this
scribe and we would have turned you
and your party over to guide who
would have shown you a section OF
country and people, Of whose writ
ND would have made your readers sit
IN and take notice. As you did not
visit that part Of the state your cor
respondent will tell of what he saw,
but his pen is not fluent enough to pic
ture the favorable impression made on
that visit.
For twenty years there has been a
home on the lower west coast, the
door Of which has been open to us
and we know that whenever we
choose to enter we would find vel
come, but as most people know its
hard to lay down the cares of home
and 60 just for pleasure. However,
we decided to lay aside cares and
tolls, hang up the plow and the hoe,
land they hung right, tool and have
one week OF unalloyed pleasure.
On the day that everybody was
thinking about one G. Washington or
something else. we boarded the Jax.
and St. Pete train at Ocala for Suther-
land. the now ruined home of Southern
College and the home nearby OF our
friend and boyhood associate OF for
mer days.
Arriving at Sutherland about $3.50
p. m, we met our friend and host, who
took our suitcase and bid us get in his
car and then he Ter on the gas and
whilred us over brick road into well
paved streets, turning corners here
and Their, finally arriving at his home,
when he told us to sit still while he
put our suitcase in his house and of
course we didn't know what else to do,
so We sat as still as we could. When
he came back he turned his Stude-
baker around and started back and we
were afraid to ask him where for
fear he might tell us to the depot so
we could meet the north bound train,
but he finally drew up in front Of a
building owned by the Village I'M
proyement Society, where the organi-
cation was giving an entertainment
for the Near East Relief We missed
the first part, but what we saw of the
play was fine and reflected credit on
all the actors.
The seating capacity of the building
is about two hundred which was over
taxed, many standing and as they filed
out OF the house as merry a crowd
as We ever saw; it seemed there were
q thousand.
Our hostess, who was prominent
factor IN getting up the play, told us
the next day that they realized sixty
dollars, which will 60 to those in dire
need and we are sure Gods blessings
wiz 60 with 1t.
After a good nights rest and good
breakfast, we stepped into the car
with ON host at the wheel and for
Two days We lived again our boy-and-
young-manhood days for he is a Ma
non county product, born, reared.
married and lived here several years
afterwards.
n those two days our host showed
Us what seemed impossible which We
VIII refer to further on.
On Friday morning we boarded the
raln for fernando, where one Of our
aangnters live. who met us in her Oak
iand and took us to her home d mile
away which has all the comforts and
sonsenlences Of city home. With
sn's family consisting Of father. moth
= and four children we very pleas
antiy spent the time till Sunday .. M.
"nen with Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. wood
~afd We motored home arriving here
soout dark and then we said: praise
ood nom whom all blessings flow.
IoF We had had whole week Of solid
pleasure.
q Saturday our daughter piled in
ner car good things to eat and as
nany people IS could 60. and took us
oser e CRYSTAL River, where We camp-
e 1or she day. Cooking our dinner
.1e'pally fish By the camp fire. On