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AGE EIGHT THE OCALA BANNER I-T< T A All =n n

OUR COURT HUBI

ICe Hart Red te Dauelloi at Preseit

Other Hard Road Baildiig Discos

tiMcd TeMporarily

The board of county commission-

ers met in regular session Monday

with full membership presentMinutes of last meeting after being

amended were adoptedc Justice Boring of the Fort McCoy

district appeared cefore the board

and explained his position in thematter of the trial of Tom Chandler-

He also presented affidavits from A

Mv Davis and Louis J Hall statingthat they were present at the trial of

the said Chandler and that the tes-

t

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timony given was conclusive that hei Chandler did have a concealed

weapon at the time charged-

Mr Stokes appeared before theboard and stated that the ferryman

at Stoks ferry had left same andasked that Royal Layton be appoint-

ed

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ferryman and also that he be al-

lowed

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pay for services in August

Granted-On motion Commissioner Long was

authorized to act in the matter ofhaving a new flat puilt for Stokes

k ferryCitizens of the Fellowship neigh ¬

borhood appeared before the boardand complained that Mrs S EHawkins on aged woman living

there was not being properly caredfor though she had made provisions-

for her maintenance by the transfer-

of certain property They asked

that the board assist her The matter was referred to CommissionerLong with power to act in the matter-

as thecase demanded

J Robert H Sanders of Dnnnellonappeared before the board and askedthat four miles of hard road fromDnnnellon to Juliette be constructedOn motion it was deeMed that onaccount of a lack of funds said roadcould not be built at present andtherefore the request was refused

cfl Belleview presented a claim forits portion of the road taxes for theyears 1902 to 1904 amounting to p174

44 which was ordered paid and theclerk instructed to draw warrant forthat amount

Oa motion of Commissioner Fortincorporated towns are requested-

to present their road accounts forsettlement each year in the future

Tax collector filed his report oferrors doubles insolvencies etcfor the 1904 assessment roll in fullsettlement of his accounts with theboard which were accepted

ir Commissioner Long made hismonthly report upon the condition ofthe poor farm which was accepted-He showed a gross expenditure forAugust of 12115 with a credit of

3717 from products eaving a netexpenditure for the month of 8398There are at present seven coloredand five white inmates

ir The deed from Jake Brown astrustee was accepted This deed wasfor the lot west of the armory whichwas several years ago deeded to JakeBrown as trustee for the purpose oferecting an opera house thereonsame to revere to the county incasesaid building was not constructed-

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B Bullockappeared before theLoud and asked that the bondsmen-of Tom Evans be released and thatthe sheriff be cerdited with theamount of the bond in that case itbving been decided that the casewas beyond the jurisdiction of thetrial justice who heard same Grant¬

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TUESDAY

Sheriff Gordon appeared before theboard by request and discussed-the contract between the commis-

sioners and himself in regard tothe feeding of the county prision

V ers7 By the action of the board re-

cently¬

in leasing the county convictsI the sheriff claimed this contract was

not being carried out and that in-

consequence he would lose from 400 I

1 to 500 He agreed however that ifthe commissioners would pay him4250 he would release them from allf liability Of this amount the B W

Inpint comnany agreed to pay 100

and the j commissioners the balanceV1715 I-

p

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t1 rtr rf ill n aopoinvi inspec-w w narks <ia brands for M-

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districtThe bill of the Ocala Star for pub-

lishing¬

the list of lands upon whichthe tax rate had been reduced waslaid over until next meeting-

The bridgeat Bloody Point on theOeklawaha river was reported in badcondition and was referred to Commissione Turner

Reduction of taxes on the nw qr ofnw qr s 1t 15 r 20 from 200 to

100 was laid over until next meet ¬

ingW M Lucius road overseer re ¬

ported his word for August as follows

I Built 1100 yards new road including-two large fills Expense 69813

I Commissioner Long offered the fol-

lowing¬

resolution which was passedWhereas It will require a large ex¬

penditure of money to repair and putin good condition the public roadsbridges and causeways of the countycaused by excessive rains and

Whereas The time has come when-a system should be adopted to keep-a few men with carts on our pavedroads to repair breaks and holes be¬

fore they get in bad condition there ¬

by curtailing expenditure of largesums of money and

Whereas It is reasonable and rightthat persons receiving a direct bene-fit

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from paved or improved roadsshould pay more for their construc-tion

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than persons who receive only-an indirect benefit and

Whereas Ninetenths of the dam ¬

age to our paved roads has been doneby heavily loaded wagons with nar¬

row tires therefore be itResolved That the extension of

paved roads be discontinued untilJanuary 1 1907 except in caseswhere those who are interested willraise and pay half the cost thereofby donations bequest or by andthrough the provisions of special-tax road districts the work to bedone under the supervision of thecounty commissioners

2 That as soon as the SilverSprings road and other paved roadsthat have been ruined by heavilyloaded wagons have been put in goodcondition such surplus mules andwagons belonging to the county thatare not necessary to operate a sys¬

tematic repair of paved roa4s will besold and the proceeds applied to theindebtedness of the county

3 That any violations of the lawregulating the width of tires of cer-tain

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kinds of vehicles which becomesoperative October 15 1905 will berigidly prosecuted as therein pro¬

videdDoings in Florida Phospates-

The year of 1904 was termed thebanner year in phosphate ship-

ments¬

from Florida By some it wassaid that the figures of that year wouldnever be reached again and yet thestatistics for the first six months ofthis year shows an increase of nearly64000 tons over the same period lastyear in the hard rock shipments alonebesides the land pebble increase which

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amounted to 7000 tons Notwith ¬

standing this the price has been fairthere is no disposition of the miners-to crowd the market anymore Infact as one of our contempories puts-

it What littlerock is sold f o bin the hardrock section of Florida itbeing eagerly sought after and thosewho happened to have any rock min-ed

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in the near future and which isunsold can sell it at fairly good pricesbut the amount of f o b rock has

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dwindled down to almost nothingAmerican Fertilizer-

Mr

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Pat Randall of Connor was in I

Ocala Wednefday and said the ex-

cessive rains had done very little ifany injury to the growing crops andhave been especially beneficial to the I

oranges That the fruit now on thetrees is as large if not larger thanthey were when fully ripe and mar-

ketable¬

last season That the corncrop on his side of the riveris thebest he has seen in the past tenyears That potatoes and other rootcrops as well as the cane crops arefine and that the farmers in his sec-tion

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have an abundance of hogs MrRandall takes an entirely optimistic I

view of things-

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Carroll Charmed Away from Us I

Mr R R Carroll editor of theOcala Daily Star has been spending-a few days in Miami as the guest of I

his father Mr C C Carroll the wellknown real estate agent While hereMr Carroll was given the pleasure ofseeing the many beauties and ad¬

vantages surrounding the Magic Cityand was so favorably impressed thathe decided to dispose of his interests-in Ocala and return to Miami andmake this city his permanent homeItis not lively that he will be able todl p > ral1a t-

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ON illS TRAVELS

Peter Stanley Tells of Persons andThings at FlellllngtonMcln

tosh Etc

After taking In the picnic at Flemngton I spent a few days in that part-of the county where live some of the

I oldest and most prosperous farmersin Marion

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There is Joe Mathews everybodyI knows himhe has been making-

some experiments in corn improve-ment

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He has made very good suc-

cess

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Three years of especial atten ¬

tion has given him a No 1 prolificOne stalk on his farm is bearing finehaving well developed ears manythree and some four

Mr Lodge of Georgia has leasedI about 700 acres of timber land from-

J K W O Harrison of that neigh ¬

borhood The deal was made Satuday It is also reported that thisgentleman has leased about 800 acresfrom he Dr J S Lewis estate

Mr F E Smoke of Flemington-lost a very fine mule Friday last

The large water tank at the millat Irvine collapsed last week Thistank was 60 feet high and held about12000 gallons of water It knocked-a negro shanty down and a bedsteadfrom under some negro children Re¬

markable to say no one was hurtMr J K Christian who is at the

head of a big mercantile firm at Mc-

Intosh¬

tells us that the orange pros ¬

pects in that section are good Ab ¬

solute confidence has been restoredand the large groves are being rapid-ly

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brought up to the oldtime stand¬

ard of bearing-The Walkup Brothers at McIntosh

are doing a splendid mercantile busi ¬

ness They are clever young gentle-man

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and uptonow merchantsMr C H McAllister of Irvine

has the thanks of the Banner man forkindnesses shown him while in thesecommunities

PETER STANLEY

Artesian Flow ef Sulphur WaterOth-er

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Fort McCoy NewsAt last the longlooked for artesian

water is flowing from the Dexterwell Mr Hiscock labored patiently-and hard having to sink two wellsThe first was small and run intoquick sand and was abandoned Then-

a fourinch pipe was driven threehundred feet when a small streamstruck I dont think it is satisfactory-to the company the now is so smallbut they have occasion to love it asit is The water is strongly impreg-nated

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with snlpher nearly as cold asice water and delicious to drink

Mr Winkle the big turpentine-man was here last week looking overhis fine timber It has not yet beenlearned when this company will be¬

gin the erection of the mills for put¬

ting this vast amount of timber intomerchantable shape but it is sup¬

posed this will be done in the nearfuture-

I shall not say anything about thebig barbecue here as PeterStanley-has given it such a good write upexcept to say that it was a successfinancially and the directors havesufficient funds to keep the cemetery-in good condition for another year

There is much complaint about thecontinued rains rotting corn in thefields Water courses are full oncemore and it seems like the times when-

we had what were called wet seasonsthirty years ago

The public schools here will openabout the middle of this month withMiss Amelia Kendall as principal

Henry McQuaig the road man hasabout completed the new bridge onMill Creek Commissioner Turner isto come and inspect itnext Saturday

Cept Jack OHara was here lastweek looking after his large turpen¬

tine interests and had a glad hand foreverybod-

yB preparations are going or herenow among the people in fixing gar¬

dens and ordering seeds for the falland winter trucking

Your correspondent has been tus ¬

sling with chills and fever again for aweek hence so few news items

Superintendent Thompson of Dex ¬

ter will return from Pierson Tuesdaywhere he went to visit his family I

Mrs T has just returned from an ex-

tendedj

trip through Georgia and j

North Carolina-Mr T W Coker of Gardner is I

visiting his aunt Mrs J W Steven j

at this place for two weeksMr R A Carlton of Ocala was

here last week working inthe inter-est

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ofa wet and dry election in theuaty

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I DOINGS OVER THE COUNTY I IB-

Y OUR STAFF OF SPECIAL CORRESPONDE-

NTSLiEA

BELLEVIEW

Special Correspondence Ocala IMl1r

Some hot days

Abundant rains

Lake Lillian has filled up precep

tibly but not so high as ii jrnsryears

Cotton is coming in quite well con-

sidering

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the wet weather The mer ¬

chants will soon be shipping-

Mrs Miuchell has returned from

her trip to Oxford which became such-

a sad visitMrs L H Bennett who has been

visiting Mrs Whitney left last weekfor her home in Palatka

Miss Emma Washburn was downfrom Ocala last Friday spending overnight it is the first time she has been-

at home since she began her nursetraining course in the hospital< That roofed platform that has beenadded to the S A L depot in an im-

provement¬

to thj general ap earance-

of the station now that it is finishedThe little ugly building that it sup-

plements

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is not quite so noticeable aswhen standing alone

Mr Sumpter Vining who has beenholding the fort at the depot for MrsMay McPhaul to take her summervacation felt obliged to leave to at¬

tend to home business so Mr R S

Edwards ofLawty ha been sent forto take his place

Mrs McPhaul meanwhile is upamong the mountains of Kentucky-and will not pro > ly be back beforeOctober-

Mr and Mrs J J Nelson went toOcala Saturday but were preventedreturning the same day by the tremendeous rain that came in the after¬

noon which gave them time for apleasant visit to Mr and Mrs StephenHopkins Mr Hopkins and Mr SamBarnett both are keeping house inOcala having moved their familieswhen they went into theT W Smithhardware store

Cecil Bryant who has a position astype writer at Masters store boardswith his sister Mrs Sam Barrett

T A Polly with her two young ¬

est children is boarding at the at theRidges while the rest of the family-

are away on their Eastern tourMr Robert Polly has been accepted-

as a pupil in the Mount Hermonschool for boys founded by D LMoody at East Northfield Masswhich began the first of SeptemberRobert hopes to fit for college there

Charley Brown is looking after themill interests in Mr Pollys absence

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Mr and Mrs Samuel Barrett lateof Belleview but now residing inOcala are bereaved in the loss oftheir youngest child Edgar Leeaged nine months He died Wednes ¬

day morning of cholera infantumafter an illness of only one day Thebody was brought here for interrment the funeral taking place Thurs ¬

day morning at the cemetery wherethe simple but impressive serviceswere conducted by Rev J C Sulli¬

van A bud of sweetest promisegone where the flowers are notdeaths

Few people realize the importance-of attending to any eye or nervousaffection at once If neglectedthere are no diseases more apt to be-

come¬

permanent than those affecting-the eyes and nerves If troubled atall in this way do not fail to see the I

renowned eye and nerve specialist-Dr E H Armstrons of Jackson-ville

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during his professional t-

here Sept 15 and 16 The doctor wilbe located at the Ocala House

Miss Jessie Owens was on a busi ¬

ness and pleasure visit to Ocala yes ¬

terday She has a number of youngI

relatives from Jacksonville visiting-her

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at her home Rutland near I

Sparr and Miss Owens is giving theyoung people a most delightful timeand in passing our sanctum yester-day

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she placed a box of magnificentpeaches on our table as reminder ofher appreciation of the Ocala Bannerwhich she says she en joys immensely

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The editor and his family are under I

many obligations to Miss Owen forfJ

tli itmulnes5

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I Big Picnic at Flemington

I Its a long way to Flemington from

anywhere when you stait so theysay At any rate the Banner man

found it a longer drive than antici¬

pated and when he arrived thereThursday Aug 31st about three i

hundred people were gathered underthe large spreading oaks in front of

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the Baptist church and the picnicI was well under way

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There was speaking by Rev Mooreand Prof Carn of Ocala in the fore¬

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noon andEditor Bittinger in the af¬

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ternoonFlemington is one of the oldest

settled communities in the county I

and the home of some of her verybest citizens It is widely known forits successful way of entertaining i

people at picnics The dinner did I

I full justice to the people and fully j

sustained their picnic record j

The day was a perfect one for theoccasion The crowd was much too

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large to assemble in the church sothe seats and organ were moved from i

the house to the shade trees The i

beautiful songs so perfectly rendered j

by the choir deserve especial cou j

ment They were strikingly appro-

priate¬

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and added much to the occa ¬

sion

lOne of the most popular gentlemen I

I present was Mr B R Stripling rep¬

resenting the Equitable Insurance-I

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ICompany We judge from the man-

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ner in which he was served by the jS good ladies at the dinner table And

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I he was generous too with the BanI nermanat least Ve are also indebtedI to Mr B M Scruggs merchant and-I postmaster at Flemington for some-I

kindly favors Mr Scruggs is aI

i young man and a splendid type ofj good citizenshipj Dr LD Davis of Irvine waschairman of the meeting and intro-

i1 duced the speakers in a clever man-

nerj It was a delightful recollection ofthe grand old past to see such agathering of icnickers at Fleming-ton To hear the good jokes of Bill

I Mathews and exSupt Payne ToI listen to the sohrewd horse tradersI and to see the many couples ofr sturdy young men and beautifulyoung women promenading the longshady walks stopping here to rest inan easy buggy and lingering careless-ly

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by the cold drink standIt was declared that one young man

kept the company of a certain youngt lady all day from 8 in the a m to 4

in the pm and never spoke to h rHe must have had a winning dayHis eyes expressed ceaseless volumnsof unspoken love

One feature which spoke well forthis community was the splendidhorses and buggies on exhibitionThere was possibly between 135 and150 horses and buggies on the grounds-and we were deeply impressed withthe exceptionally fine high gradevehicles and large blooded horsesOut of this number we only sawabout three horses but showed signs-

of being well fed and well keptThis is a mark of prosperity rate itwhen or where you may

PETER STANLEY

SPARR

Special Correspondence Ocala Banner

The young people had a most de ¬

lightful party at the beautiful home-

of Miss Jessie Owens last Fridayevening About fifty or seventyfiva-were present and having enjoyedthemselves to the utmost it was pro ¬

nounced a grand success so much-so that it will be repeated on theevening of September the 8th Reddick Jacksonville Anthony andGeiger wer represented Miss Wil-

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Owens Martin was pronouncedthe bell of the occasion

Marion Countys Qrange Crop

Mr Robert Taylor the active andefficient traveling agent for the At¬

lantic Coast Line railway has made-a careful estimate of the corningorange crop of Marion county groveby grove and estimates the same atfifty thousand boxes This maybeput down as reliable

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I GAITERVILLE

Special to the Ocala Banner

After a few weeks absence I willr ask for admittance again Now downin our little burg every thing is so wetthat a dry election will go far in thelead and lazy muddobbers would bestrickly in it as they would not have

i to trouble themselves mixing mudfor there is a good supply on handAnd if any one wants to believeotherwise just ask Mr W L H andhe will vouch for the truth of it

Farmers are getting plenty of restthese days there being much water-in the fields they can not gather corn I

or other field crops and it is fearedthat corn will rot in the fields if therain coatinues

Peanuts and sweet potatoes aredamaged considerably owing to somuch rain

Notwithstanding the high waterthe ferry is still crossable and is in 4

good hands Roy Layton being theferryman vice Dowdy Dinnison re¬

signedFever has made its appearance in

our section and it is feared that therewill be more yet

Mr R D Stokes made a businesstrip to the Brick City Monday

Mr G O Turner visited BlichtonSaturday

Mr C lL Whitton made a busi ¬

ness trip to Vlicanopy last week aAwhile there purchased two fine milkcows

i Mr Thompson of East Gaitervillei who has been confined to his bed forthree months died last Thursday and-

o was laid to rest in the Cedar GroveIcemetery Friday at 1230 oclock

i Mr Thompson was not long in ourImidst but made many warm friends

Iall of whom feel grieved at the part ¬

ing and extend sympathies to thebereaved family

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i Rev Weir filled hit regular ap¬

Ipointment here Sunday morning-

I There were no services here SundayI evening on account of sickness inRev Weirs family JOE

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COLEMAN

1 Special Corresponde ce Ocala BannerI Miss Nellie Carruthers daughteri of Mr and Mrs R R Carruthers ofthis place died Monday afternoon at¬

I ter a short illness She was onlyI about sixteen years of age a devoutChristian and much loved by all who

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knew her Besides her father andmother she leaves three sisters and abrother to mourn her loss Tho re ¬

mains were interred Tuesday morn ¬

I ing at Oak Grove cemetery aboutfive miles from this place

Mr Corliss Hill while mowing hayone day last week run the machineover his fine dog amputating bothof the poor animals hind legs whichnecessitated killing him

Mr Hub Wicker had the misfor Un-

to run a prong of a pitch fork through-his left hand last week which provedquite painful

The Warm Springs vegetable gar¬

den people are busy getting in readi-ness

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for the coming crop and fromall indications quite an acreage willbe planted-

The Woodmen are taking in quite-a number of new members here andmuch interest is manifested in theorder

Coleman is having her share of thestates prosperity

ROSEBUD

Mr W H Chaille a former OcalaI citizen has been elected an alderman

of Miami He is now where AndrewI

Johnson first took his start and weI shall watch for him next to be mayorothe Magic City

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Secdar-3 known by wbat they baysrrown For bait a entur7 Ihrybai been the itardar1bavnifailed once to produce IiLtr tatter crops than unr-oy otbeQi Bold

all dealers 19O-frtsio Seed Asasal all applicants

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