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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-06-17
Rooress;Ue Marion County Firms and Individuals
HELPING Make Possible This Publicity Campaign

A. r. THOMAS co, Sand and
Crushed Stone, ocala.
IT. HELvENsToN, ocala.
BITING e PHILLIPS, Drugs and
Seeds, ocaia.
WALKLEY e BARNETT. ocaIa.
ocALA AUTO q GARAGE CO., Au.
to Repairs and Supplies; Authorized
Chandler and STEPHENS Dealers.
ocALA AUTO & GARAGE, ocaIa.
BLOWERS LIME & PHos. co.
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CITIZENS BANK, DunneIlon.
BRYAN GARAGE CO., DunneIIon.
S..R. PYLEs, ocaIa.
DR.. ). G. 6AsKiN, DunneIIon.
LLOYD TOBACCO CO., ocala.
H. 3. MASTERS co, ocala.
o. X. TEAPOT GROCERY. ocala.
Or. ]. e CHAcE, ocala.
r. r. ROGERS, ocala.
w. 3. METcALF, Drugs, nunnelIon-
cocoWlTcH & NEVILLE, Dun'In
c. .. MASSEY, New YORK City.
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TEMPLE THEATER, ocala.
MURPHY MOTOR CO, ocala.
KuMBAK. SERVICE STATION.
NATHssN MAYO, Summerfield.
r. Z. MARTIN, Real Estate, ocaia
ARLo Ecx CO, Oak.
B. e. WEBB, Kerdrick.
RocERe-wILsoN REALTY co.
F.W. DITTO, Real Estate and in
ocaIa.
BANK or DuNNELLoN.
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ocALA MFG. CO., ocala.
ocALA GAS co. ocaIa.
ocALA STEAM LAUNDRY AND
Dry CLEANING. Pasteur 9 Brooks
Proprietors.
MARION HDw. Co. ocaIa.
ocALA IRON WORKS, ocaIa.
DAVIES, THE TIRE MAN, ocaia.
M. W. coNDoN, ocaia-
ocAIA TELEPHONE co, ocala'
coa,Rr PHARMACY, ocaIa.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-06-17

Booster
Edition
No. II

come in. Iris is locatel in a CEN
trail park beneath the towering oaks
on the banks of our beautiful Lake
Liian which is located in the center
of town furnishes fish to those who
know how to catch them. We some
times see row boat in use on the
placid waters of the lake and again
flock of wild ducks enjoy it. At
other times we witness there group
of singers when the sacred right Of
baptism is being administered, some
times Methodist, sometimes Baptist
The Rod and Gun Club have their
meetings at Smith Lake. about three
miles east, at their club house where
several citizens of Belleview have
cottages, which they use any time in
the year for camping week or So
at time fishing. bathing, hunting,
etc.
The cemetery Improvement Associ-
alton has built pavilion at the cross
ing of two of the shaded avenues ID
the cemetery which is very usefug
for sheltering funeral gatherings on
rainy days or for holding services for
those who do not have services. at
the church. They have placed an
arch over the entrance. "A year ago
they planted over sixty oleanders
across the front and down the two
sides which we hope in years to come
may make a beautiful hedge of
flowers in memory of our dead
The Belleview Workers. our first
woman's organization, motherel the
library association and helped to
build the beautiful native stone pub
lie building which we now have to
grace our little town and serve the
reading public. They had the Town
Hall finished inside and just now
are having it freshly painted.
The Banner of last week had an
article telling some things the w. c.
T. U. is doing for Belleview. We are
glad Belleview was always dry
town by the charter. We have no
jail and no need for one and the only
"moonshine" we need comes to us
from the moon filtering down thru
our magnificent shade trees. Our still
is for making turpentine.
Our churches can have beautiful
floral decorations thruout the year
with no florist bills to pay, all we
need is FOR Uncle Joe to go for them
to the woods or home yards AMI the
lady members of the flower commit
tee to arrange them tastefully, and
our church is a delightful place in
which to worship.
! Thus bedecked, garlanded or fes-
tuoned with Florida smilax magnolia,
i oleander, wisteria, holly. miseltoe.
cape jessamine, lilies, roses, ferns.
ETC., as the seasons come and CO.
The school under the efficient
management of Miss Clara Ledbetter,
with Mrs. Matchett assistant has
closed the term with program at
night followed by picnic next day.
The children had made good progress
and had also sold pencils for flag
fund and succeeded in having beau
tiful flag raised on pole in the yard
for the principles CT patriotism early
taught which will surrey go with
children thru life.
Our large beautiful hotel, the Lake.
view House under the efficient
management of Mrs. Monroe, has
passed a very successful season.
The artistic club house is on S.etr
v~f.
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the Grotto into the tower tank and
thence we have an abundance OF good
soft water all the year round.
In point Of health may say
that at different times doctors have
settled here for a few weeks or
months but always moved on to more
fruitful fields for their practice. Jus
now we have with us splendid ply
sician but fear we could not keep hiI1
long if it were not that he has
an auto and depends mostly upon his
out of town practice.
Belleview is not only located half
way between Jacksonville and Tam
pa on the S. A. L. railway, but it
also upon the Dixie Highway and th
tourists by the thousand auto loads
passed thru Belleview this past fall
and winter and quite few stopped
with us as guests at the hotel or
renting rooms or on the Heights AMI
doing light housekeeping. AS they
come an dgo many of our winter yisi
tors become permanent residents an
many own their own homes here.
Some have come here after havir !
been "stung" in purchase of worth
less land elsewhere and found just
what they wanted here. We have
some as rich hammock land as thera
is in the State and in fact it would
make good fertilizer to use on soma
land in Texas or not so far away.
Our advice to any one seeking a
permanent home in as fine climat
as there is on earth is for them to
hold on to their home back north or
across the sea until they have tried
our land and climate for few wint
ers in Belleview and have a personal
acquaintance with our soil and cli-
mate and the possibilities of each,
then when they settle in home OF
their own here we have satisfied
people in a town in which they love
to live.
Our community does very little
advertising but uses its money for
the improvement of the town and our
various organizations work in their
various lines as to Improvement.
The Belleview truckers organized
some time ago and built large pack
ing house near the railroad.
The Utilities Company organized 4
little over year ago, built beauti-
f,Il and substantial brick building and
therein installed the ice and cold
/ storage plant and the electric light
plant and operate also the water
works system, SO that now we can
have all the modern conveniences in
our home and the advantages of be-
ing in small town. The farmers
are delighted that they have a colo
storage plant so near at hand in
which they can keep their meat
while curing it; the women are glad
/ too, because they can use it when
/, the hens and turkeys get fat enough.
they can kill and dress them and stop
feed bills and leave them in cold
storage until the time comes to eat
them
The barbecue association has in.
vited Central Florida to meet here os
the Fourth of July for several years
and celebrate the Fourth in a safe
! and sane way, with field sports a
good prgram of music and speeches
and big barbecue dinner This ar
rangement has been somewhat
/ spoiled sometimes by rain so that
last summer we erected nice large
pavilion for shelter. the crowds which
come are so large that an extension
to the pavilion will be made as funds
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-06-17
sCITRA- BEL LEVIEW- COTTON PLANT ROMEO


TO Romeo, intersecting State road No.
>, runs through the center of the dis
trict, thus affording easy and quick
travel to Ocala. the county seat and
trading point.
There are no large farms in the
district, therefore the people can
boast o. being in the large majority
class of successful farmers of the
country. Until the freeze Gf 1895
there were as fine orange groves In
Cotton Plant as any in the State
but since then the slogan has been
Hog and Hominy'-the very founda
tion upon which rests the safety AID
security of country.
There are three classes of land:
the rich hammock land, which yields
abundantly to the touch of labor; the
frst-class pine land, which is not so
fertile, but very productive; and then
there is the poorer class which fur
nlsiaes ample range for live stock
cows, hogs, sheep and goats The }
are large bodies of land here partly
cleared which are we'll adapted to liys
stock raising and while we write oJr
mind s eye rests on three such places
which are fenced and cross fenced
with wire. pe.nty of water and wood
land which would make ideal stock
farms and we know that there are
scores of men who would like to Ell
gage in that business and who would
purchase these farms could they but
see them.
There is one church and two
schools for whites, two churches and
two schools for colored The church
buildings in which the whites wor-
ship is second to no rural church
building in the State. The. second
story of this building is used as =
Masonic lodge and in which the
Farmers Cooperative Union meets
bi-monthly Adjoining this church is
well kept and we'll regulated cema-
terry. The white school buildings a. ]
modern up-to-date houses. The church
es and school buildings of the color
ed people are credit to the race.
There is no physician in Cotton
Plant from the fact that he could net
make living. Rarely one is needed
but when one is needed the telephone
and auto service can get one from
Ocala or Dunnellon in less time thu
it takes to write this article.
When it comes to peace-loving, law
abiding and honest citizens both
white and colored Cotton Plant will
take its place in the front rank OF
any community in the county or
State. A justice of the peace was
elected at the last general election,
perhaps as a compliment or it ..,ay
have been to burden him with the
honor of an office without cmollt
ments. Anyway, he passed the
"buck" to the people by not qualify
ing.
Cotton Plant at present is furnish.
ing Marion county with two officials
and for the last half century has fur
nshed her quota of the prominent men
of the county.
The great need of Cotton Plant to
day is the development of her mt
ural resources, but development
makes slow progress without publi-
city and that requires money. Pub.
licity is a great factor in developing
a community, county or State. Il 70
have the goods let the world know 't
The Marion County Board of Trad
showed commendable zeal and en-
terprise in raising its ten thousand
dollar publicity fund while the me
thod under the circumstances may
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-06-17

correct method. That ten thousand
dollar fund judiciously expended vii
benefit every man in Marion county
and every man should, therefore,
have borne his part of the burden
and this can be done only by tax
ation The writer is not yersed in
law well enough to say what steps
would be necessary for an election
district to raise a publicity fund buz
we know there are enough public
spirited citizens, men and women in
each district in Marion county who
could adopt the Marion County B0ari
of Trade method and raise a fund
for that particular district-adopt a
slogan-a catchy advertisement of
ony few words, and keep this be-
fore the eyes of the world, and 'feri
"a while people would investigate and
investigation would almost invariably
result in an investment.
Cotton Plant has the goods and sh
wants the world to know it. There
are hundreds of acres Of cutpver
lands, productive, upon which one
thousand honest sturdy families can
find home in close proximity to
transportation either by rail or truck
and among as good peple as live any
where, who will extend the hand of
welcome.
A descriptive article of Cotton
Plant would hardly be complete ur-
less something was said of her sistsS
district -Romeo-on the west and
bordering the Levy county line. Thess
two districts set up housekeeping ths
same day and both have well ordered
houses. Romeo, like Cotton Plant b
no large FARMS yet it can boast of
having three hundred acre water
melon patch.
The Atlantic Coast, line runs
through the center from north to
south sthus giving ample passenger
and freight service. State road No.
5 will, when completed, also run
through the district.S The man who
wants to raise live stock in connec-
tion will make no mistake in driv-
ing his stakes in Romeo district
Romeo is the home of J. T. Hutch
ins who for several years represented
the second commissioners district on
the Board of County Commissioners
and is successful farmer and stock
raiser. This district also the homa
of Uncle Billy Folks the lawgiver
preacher, farmer, politician and
statesman. Uncle Billy" represents
ed Marion county in the legislature o
1919 and no doubt his work then an
there will linger with him as pleas
ant memories until he is gathered I
Abraham's bosom.
$50
BeIIeview, the City of Oaks
Our little sCity of Oaks" is well
named Belleview, both for the view
of the natural scenery and the thou,
sands of planted water oaks which
shade the streets and extend into the
county long distances in three dill
rections Most of these oaks we're
planted when the town was new in
the SOS.
Those who planned Belleview had
in view the idea of choosing mo nos
beautiful spot in Florida and so look.
ed for it on the backbone of the
state nearly 200 feet above sea level
with no swampy land near and q
natural supply of drinking water in
the Grotto which tho, always beau
tiful and ornamental has become use
full in that the town is now supplied
with very efficient water works
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BIG
publicity
CAMPAIGN

..,,s industry Of Florida now grown
1s .h mail.i.olh proportions. To
.,ooes the ,rcdit also of slc IN
,.,t,on of tie grapefruit now Sc
. w. e 4 % many markets. Berr'
"a .h;s fruit fsSmed no part OF .ha
s g !, fare Of any hotel or dining
], / any part Of the United States
rs srss shivments were made from
oEra'
m.ouss jefferson said that those
<. latroduced a new food or a new
a d the world were the real bene-
s,ots Of the race.
cla's pioneeh citrus promoters
50. ii for a large share Of Jeffer-
aas tribute
co.ion Plant and Romto are our
,,,xt settlements. Cotton Plant
...aed the first church and it was
( IL Romeo district that phosphat5 ,
q. discovered which has since added
+ mai wealth to the state. Many
/ both districts were surroundec
vIIh vast wealth but did not know
/ ii lived very hapVy and contented
lives
Belleylews Is one of cur newest
pneipaHties. 1t is a growing AMI
vlendid community and those who
rers 50 fortunate as to cast their lot
here can almost say with the late
eoer Cleveland while on his honey.
noon, Life passes from day to day
ia sweet dream"
Every statement made in the fol-
hFins contributions are as true as
i taken from the Book. Ed. Ban
ss
cila- beautiful Citra gets its
name because it was here the real
dtus Industry began in Florida on
ahlge scale
Aole than fifty years ago Mr..
hnes 4 Harris, a cousin of the edi
y q the 0eala Banner. purchased
q Old Spanish grant skirting the
Aulhem borders of Orange Lake-a
Q11I q land called hammock, cover
= xlih hardwood timber, such as
ek sun, magnolia, elm, hickory, bay
Na'lered throughout those woods
'e'e thousands of wild orange trees.
= Harris began Immediately to
n''iorm the wild orange trees into
''ea and lucious citrus fruits by bud
f's and grating.
Tas not long until many enter
es'ns people came, notably Mr..
@a Q Matthew's, Mr.. P. p. Bishop,
! colgate Hoyt, Mr.. James B. Bor-
= ~ 4. s. Kells. Mr.. w. B. Lind
= " David Barcns, Mr.. C. w.
''' Ar +: B. Stevens, Mrs. e. A.
hev Geo. K. Allen, Mr.. L. S.
81 ". Jno. T. Harris, Mr.. John
5our humble writer and
H1y Others.
.sse pioneers Of orange industry
q Y 'nat where the orange grew
s'salnly was its native home,
4. /" develop these great propert
10y ne developments grew to
1nan twenty-five hundred
. q note here that the crop of
. ao'' season Of 1S93-4-was
&, spsaking $4,000 boxes. More
as s'''een hundred car loads were
''on this station alone.
Il 8 g the early spring of 1895
s ueomfortable morning came
Ys..s. nave realized that that un-
n occasion carried with it a
ts.. Y disguise for it caused us
Nat those oloaan4 u,al
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-06-17
MACK TAYLOR, ocala.
MARION co. ABST. Co, Oca

MACK IAYLUE, UcdId.
MARION co. ABST. CO, ocaIa.
CHRISTIAN Ak, ocaIa.
LAKE WEIR WASHED SAND co
~. S. BULLOCK, ocala.
6. ard j. CAMP, ocaia.
FLORIDA POWER CO, ocala.
ocAlA NATL. BANK, ocsla.
FRANKS, INC, ocaIa.
cHERo-coLA BOT. CO., ocaIa.
Il. a. WATERMAN. osa.a.
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- << -
{ AWE, Fairfield.
k I 8: p'c' PhiIa, penna.
l|ls SKILL, Mcintosh.
!l IS ss'E OWENS, Spar.
HcER JR., Lakeland.
FARMS, Anthony.
Tt. BANK, ocala.
= co. ocala.
co. oesIs.
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could and would produce other pro-
fitable crops as well as oranges and
today one can find many thrifty truck,
ers and farmers growing early vege.
tables as well as oranges.
The orange groves have been and
are being rapidly restored to theh
beausy and profitableness.
IL would surprise you, Mr.. Editor,
to visit Citra, note her beautiful
homes. her well shaded streets lined
on each side with lofty oaks, festoon.
ed and draped with Spanish moss.
She has two fine church buildi, gs..
Methodist and Baptist magni.
icent high school building that would
be a credit to city of fifteen thou.
sand population
The beautiful orange groves. now
loaded with grand prospects, great
truck patches Of the worlds famous
wax beans, the sweet crisp lettuce,
succulent tomatoes and luscious
watermelons- now ripening on the
vines. Then, too, the field crops:
Corn, oats, sugar cane, pea nuts, and
sweet potatoes, everything, indeed,
that can be grown in this section of
the state
Becoming acquainted with the
Citrate you will find that they are a
kind, hospitable, prosperous, content.
ed people, ever ready to welcome
good peple to come and settle among
them and if those that come and
some that are here, will only get ac-
quainted with "Old Man Work and
Mother Content they can certainly
keep the home fires burning and
soon forget that there was World
war or freeze.
We are glad for good peple to
come and partake of the many oppor-
tunities and advantages yet unde
veloped, and they. too, will catch the
slogan: .'Citra. Beautiful, Prosper
GUS Citra.'
IT. r. Wy
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Cotton Plant

Cotton Plant
While other communities are push.
ing the wheels of progress in Marion
county Cotton Plant might as well
be doing her share in the procession
and If the Editor Of the oldest paper
in the State thinks the pushing is
worthy of a place in his paper the
country will know that the district
is still on the map.
Cotton Plant post office is the old
est living post office in the county
excepting Ocala. having been estab
lished sixty years ago. 1t is situated
twelve miles west of Ocala in the
center of population, and is therefore
the hub of an extensive district. I
has daily mail and for years pas
it has been presided over by the same
competent post mistress and we hope
it will live forty years longer under
the same administration and those
who live here can celebrate its one
hundredth anniversary.
For number of years of its eafi'el
existence this post office was tnt
only one between Ocala and the gull
coast. The district is crossed by
two railroads, the Atlantic Coas'
Line from Ocala to Lakeland and
Homossassa, with four shipping sta
tons; the Seaboard Air Line from
Jacksonville (at present) to lnver
mess, but eventually to Tampa Tne
stations are easily accessible to the
people in different parts OF the dis
trict. Twenty-four passenger trains
leave these stations weekly besides
| freight and mixed trains.
The hard surfaced road from Ocals
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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-02-22
Opinion OF Jamestown
Judge May Alter Status
OF Inheritance Tax Law

Jamestown, N. D.. Feb. 22.-The
opinion expressed by County Judge
r. G. Mcfarland of Stutsman county
in his decree fixing the inheritance
tax on the estate of Dorman Baldwin,
nay have a ~far-reaching effect on the
financial conditions Of the state
should his decision be upheld by the
supreme court.
Judge Mcfarland holds that the
heirs Of the Baldwin estate are liable
to an inheritance or transfer tax on
all properties or securities physically
present or held in this state by agents
Of the deceased, but that no tai can
be. collected by. North Dakota on the
securities, in the shape of notes. mort
cages, and contracts secured on North
Dakota real estate, held by the late
Mr.. Baldwin at his home at Oneonta,
N. Y. f.
The securities held not taxable in
this state by the judges decision have
already been taxed in the state of
New York, and, according to the
opinion, double taxation such as would
be entailed by a North Dakota tax
on the same securities is one Of the
things that is driving capital from
the state Of North Dakota.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-02-22
Norwegian Lutherans
Favor Have Own Sunday i.
School Organization

Fargo, N. D., Feb. 22.-Resolutions
for organization of Lutheran Sunday
school leagues throughout the state
and urging greater interest in Sunday
school work generally, were adopted
at today's sessions of the Ministerial
conference. North Dakota district, OF
the Norwegian Lutheran church.
Rev. T. F. Gullixson, Minot, dis
cussed the English language problem.
Rev. I. D. Ylvisaker of Fargo was
chosen chairman of the conference.
DR.. E. K. johnson Of Luther sem
mary, St. Paul, last night addressed
the ministers in a pastoral sermon.
The conference closes tomorrow.
Certain methods of the North Da-
kota Sunday School association Were
criticized as unorthodox by Rev. K
o. Gjerness Of Forman, N. D..
Rev. Gjerness declared that the
methods were railroads.&c. and an.
tagonistic to the doctrine of the teach.
ings Of the Lutheran church. He
pointed out that the Sunday Schoo,
association readily loaned itself as d
PROSECUTING agency for the branch o.
the Reform church which happened
that it presumed to be a super.
church and super-religious educationa
agency and thus opened the way fol
unionistic worship Of a creedless and
confessionalistic nature.
The paper aroused considerable
discussion as to methods and mean.
Of combating the corrosive influenc.
of antagonistic and hostile Sunda.
schools" Among those who took par
Runsvold Of Enderlin, who pointed
out that the future Of the church
would depend upon the practical so.
luton of the Sunday school problem