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K UJA ELIZABETH SAEEIS Local Editor it

FIiAPPEN ft6S ABOUT TOWN

4 Mr James W Sanders Early Bird-S ys that things are now going his

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is Mr Joe Davis prosperous farmerfl and pecan grower of Summerfield

called in on us yesterday to say how¬

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o Mr Bob Sanders a popular citizen1I > of the Phospate City was circulating

among his friends in the Brick cityyesterday-

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W T Strickland of Heidtsvillerepresented his section at the county

f l seat yesterday He was here as aJuryman I

> n1 Messr J A Thomas S D Stokes

v and N C Dease prominent citizenstv of Gaiter were in Ocala yesterday hav

jng been summoned to serve on thejury but were discharged until the28th

We regret to announce that CaptS C Stone whose illness has been

t noted in these columns took a decid ¬

ed turn for the worse yesterday andwas quite delirous last night and lit-

tle bopes were entertained that hej would live until this morning

f For Rent150 acres of fine trucktk and farming land to rent for 1906

partly In city limts R Y Laniert

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Colonel Sid Carter a popular jI Gainesville attorney and former states I

I attorney for this circuit was mingl-ingl with friends here yesterday He

j is a favorite in Ocala and is keptbusy shaking sand swapping

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I Mrs E M Gregg and little daughj ter and her mother Mrs Meginneyj of Wilmington N C are visiting Dr

William Anderson and will remain-I until after Christmas Mrs GreggI and Mrs Meginney were visitors hereI on a former occasion and are veryI pleasantly remembered

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Mr W P Williamson Lake KerrsI pioneer settler was numbered amongt our visitors yesterday He says thatIturkeys and deer are getting somewhat shy but that fish and smaller

I game are abundant Ed as he isI known to his friends has earned theI reputation of being one of the besthuntsmen in Florida and besides be¬

ing a good hunter is also a good citi5 zen and a prosperous one-

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i Come after upper the daysI are short Dont wait Open-atI night until 9 oclock

The Ocala Bazari

Peach Trees for Sale

Best varieties for middle and south¬I

ern Florida All vigorous well grownheatlhy trees Nothing finer grownDecember and January are the bestmonths for planting Call on or ad¬

dress Geo G Richie Candler Fla-1215St

Ocalas New Mayor-

Mr Richard McConathy who waslast Tuesday elected Mayor of Ocala-is a native of Kentucky and is fiftysix years of age

He was admitted to the bar andparcticed law in the courts of Ken ¬

tucky before coming to Floridai Judge McConathy came to thisi state in 1SS4 and imemdiately enI terd upon the practice of law and has

been deligently pursuing this profes ¬

sion ever sinceHe was once before elected Mayor

and has held the office of county judgeHe is a splendid judicial officer and

no lawyer at the Ocaia bar has a bet¬

ter intuition and knowledge of thelaw and his opinions universallyrespected

Judge McConathy has given theI subject of government careful studyj and is well e<iuipp l to perform the

duties of the office to which he hasjust been elected and his recommen ¬

dations will be looked forward to withgreat interest

Ocala has every reason to be proud-of

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her new mayor and when he shallhave served out his time the reformthat he shall have inaugurated andthe watchful care with which he hasgiven the citys interests will demon-strate

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the wisdom in his selection andthe verdict oft the people will be com-

mended¬

Miss Sara E Harris the clever edi-

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of the Ocala Banner sponsor forthe Ocala Camp of Confederate Veter ¬

ans and Miss Weathers maid of hon ¬

or arrived last evening to attend thereunion and are the guests to MrsJames P Taliaferro JacksonvilleMetropolis

>>appuaad Silver RING CHAINS CLOTHE BRUSHESBRACELETS MANICURE SETSRtN9S

il s SHIRT WAIST DESK SETSi TICK PINS SETS POCKET FLASKS

HAT PINS SALT AND PEPERr L EAR KNOBS VSPECTACLESsLEEvE BUTTONS FOBS SHAKERS

c + STUDS TIE CLASPS SHAVING SETSCHASMS LOCKETS TEA BELLS

feCOLLAR BUTTONS NECKLACES BABY RATTLESVEST CHAINS FOUNTAIN PETS TEETHING RINGS

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FORKS FISH KNIVES LETTUCE FORKS MANICURE8leooxs BUTTER KNIVES TOMATO SERVERS

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Gainesville Selected as the Next Placefor Holding the Se

union-

Jacksonville Dec 14 1903

Special to the BannerExGovernor Francis P Fleming

amidst great enthusiasm and wildcheering elected Major Genreal Flor¬

ida Division United Confederate Vet ¬

eransGainesville was selected for the next

place of holding the reunion-The meeting here has been delight-

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and the Veterans have had a goodtime

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MOSS BLUFF

Correspondence Ocala BannerAfter a few weeks delay we again I

ask your indulgence We have allI been very busy but the crops arenearly all harvested now and the yieldsplendid-

The first frost of the season whichmade its appearance Monday morn ¬

ing reminds us that it is hog killingI time and all he farmers in this see-

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tion will be busily engaged for thenext few weeks storing their meatsfor the winter

The public school attendance herethis year is a fine one the average

I so far being eightyseven-Rev E D Luter of Wildwood fill ¬

ed his regular appointment at theCongregational church here last Sun ¬

dayJW Reynolds and sons of DeLand-

are here attending to the packing andshipping of their orange and grapefruit crop The fruit is all of a brightcolor and desirable sizes so shouldbring fancy prices which we have nodoubt it will

With a few more favorable wintersMoss Bluff will regain her place inthe front ranks of fruit shippingpoints The fruit grown here now isofa finer grade than that of someyears ago

Mr Robert Fort of Kendrick ac ¬

companied by his wife were here lastweek on a visit We are always glad-to see them Mr Fort was among thefirst settlers on this side of the riverhaving cast his lot here about fiftyyears ago

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Miss Franci Mobley visited friends-atj Lynne last week

I A E Clifton and family are at pres-ent

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visiting friends at Titusville onthe Indian river

Louis P Waterman has disposed ofI

his hone here and win shortly moveI to Spring Garden where he expects toI carry on a alrge poultry business-

C A Fort of Lynne spent severaldays the early part of the week withfriends here-

P T Griggs has returned from aI

business trip to the East CoastI Mrs John F Meadow is reportedquite sick at her home near this

I placeThe recent election passed off quiet-

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here and all seem to be well sat-isfied

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with the result being democratsI believing that the majority shouldalways rule

I We wish for the editor of the Ocalal Banner and his entire force n Merryr Christmas and a prospeous New Year

JAY TEE

Circuit Court Proceedings-

The entire day was taken up Thurs¬

day in the trial of the case againstPetty Davis charged with the mur-der

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of Ransom MillerThis affair occuring at the time of

the wet and dry election in a barroom and not back of it as was stat ¬

ed in one of the newspapers enter-ed

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somewhat excitedly into the spirit-of the campaign and it was luridlysuggested by one of the prohibitionorators that the body of Ransom Mil-

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be stuffed and sent to the Tampafair as one of the natural products-of a wet county

For these reasons the trial of PettyDavis yesterday created more or lessinterest

The prisoner was very ably repre ¬

sented by Mr Raymond B BallockThe following is a list of the jur¬

ors sitting in the case B H Leitner-B i Freyermuth S S Savage J HMcKinney E W Kraybill ForneyLancaster B II Norris TV W Strip-ling B C Webb J F Crawford MM Little and G G Mathews

At a iate hour last night the juryhad failed to agree upon a verdictand a mistrial is predicted

Resolutions of Thanks

The following resolution was unan-imously adopted by the First Metho-

dist church of OcalaResolved that we as a church do

hereby express our sincere thanks tothe various denominations of the cityand to all the friends from without-for their genrous hopitality and kind-ly help in entertaining the members-of the Florida Annual Conference andthat we hope for apportunity to recip-

rocate

Everything seems to be growing-a pace in Florida Even the crop ofconvicts is increasing and some ofthe best families in the state are con-

tributing to the growth of the samePity

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