The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-05-18
OXFORD

OA1OTO, NAY 1f.-OIEdDSe pSOple
we mortals be- AS dry az it was get
ting to be recently, and as bad as our
crops were in need of rain, we had a
fine rain last Friday, and you would
be surprised to Sc how many people
who were not quite ready for it. Saw
q fellow running for life to keep from
getting wet; another rushed out to get
IL dry good; some good woman regret
ed very much that the clothes were
not brought in off the line, and fell
low actually threw up an umbrella
quickly to keep it from raining ION
him).
Saw fellow in Oxford last Satur-
day with a black summer coat on,
light hair, little thin and curly; not
bad looking man. either, and be fol-
lowed him around like a Punch and
July show for an hour trying to get
his name, but he was very quiet, and
we failed. We had bunch that R. r.
Carroll of Ocala was here.
Saw several faces in town last Sat-
urday that looked similar, but We
could not organize them.
Mr.. ]. @. Baker of Long Hammock,
loaded melons on the Oxford side
track last Saturday.
Mr.. J. w. Persons of Pedro was in
town last Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Curington of Cole
man were here one day recently look
ing over the prospects of Oxford,
which are very promising.
Mr.. Ray Fore, one of the popular
clerks in Ed Helvenston's big store in
Ocala, paid visit to friends and rela-
tives here last Sunday.
Mrs. William Lyles and Miss
Blanche Moody of Summerfield visited
Mrs. ]. C. Brown last week.
Few people only took in the Adams
lie picnic last Thursday. An air.
plane was the attraction of the day,
and gave several a foretaste of a
heavenly flight Among them was
Mr.. S. w. Getzen, candidate for the
legislature.
Mrs. w. J. Borden, formerly of this
place but now of Jacksonville, is visit
ing former friends in Oxford this
week.
Sa wa fellow in Oxford from Wild
wood the other day, with a gun in his
! car, but it was too big to conceal. It
happened to be Mr.. Christopher CO.
lumbus Gum. A big name, too.
Long Hammock was in Oxford by a
big majority last Saturday. Among
them. were Mr.. J. B. Waldron, w. s..
Owen, P. P. and W. R. Fore, E. F. and
A. L. Caruthers, Mrs. E. F. Caruthers,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. R. Nichols and Miss
Pauline Nichols and many others, so
we suppose it was majority, not
knowing who was absent.
The "Oxford Sugar Bowl" is the
name given to the new ice cream par
lor of Clyde w. Fore, and it is the
most popular place in town now. He
has installed an electric fan and near
ly everybody goes there to get free
air because it is the breezlest place
IN town.
A fellow was found asleep on the
sidewalk last Saturday, and our brave
marshal was notified of the uHbecem-
ing act and rushed to the spot, but
when he learned that his name might
be Nero, Bruno or Bowser, he, our
marshal, was perfectly satisfied to let
him sleep right on.
That's right, Shady; stick up for
your rights. II there is anything In
the world we admire, it is some one, or
some thing, that has kick to it. II
there is anything that we like better
than one fuss, it's two.
Say, Mr.. Editor, if you are public
pencil dispenser, we would like to call
around some time. 1--WE dispense
them only to correspondents who don't
remember that the linotype operators
eyes may wear out in time.-Ed).