Local and Personal.Dr. and Mrs. Slaughter were in

from Levon in their new car on Mon-day.

The big cedar mill at Crystal Riverhas been rebuilt, and is again in op-eration.

Again the rains came in the nick of_

time, and won the battle for ourtruckers.

Mr. Sam Teague has returned toOcala from a visit to his parents atLady Lake.

Say, good people, when you gethungry, go to Hogan’s place. Hekeeps good things to eat and drink.G. D. is the man. x

The Marion Truckers’ Associationis preparing to do a big trade in can-taloupes.

Mrs. Marcus Frank and the babyare visiting Mrs. Frank’s parents inSavannah.

1 Mr. P. TANARUS, Randall and son, J. W.Randall, went down to St. Petersburgon business Tuesday afternoon.

Mr. M. M. Foxworth of Levon,prominent in the turpentine world,was a Monday visitor.

Mr. John Thompson attended theraces at Moncrief Park Sunday after-noon at Jacksonville.

Mrs. M. I. Cristy of Plant City isvisiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.L. Moore, in this city.

Mrs. James Taylor has returnedhome from a short visit to her father,Mr. Allen, at Daytona Beach.

Dr. F. E. McClane has rented stillanother room in the Holder block, inorder to accommodate his steadilygrowing practice.

The commission men are now pour-ing in. Among a number of others,this paper notes the arrival of Mr. R.\V. McKellum of Pittsburg.

Mr. George Wallace, an ex-Ocalaboy, now one of the prosperous mer-chants and land owners of Braden-town, is visiting his mother and sis-ters in this city.

Mr. J. A. Bouvier, now of the Jack-sonville Iron Works, spent Sunday inOcala witht his family. Mr. Bouvier'sfamily will join him in Jacksonvilleabout the first of June.

' Mr. J. Snowden of Oxford, who hasbeen sick at the Marion county hos-pital for the past four weeks, diedSunday night and the body has beenshipped to Oxford for interment.

One of the nice things about themonth of May is that the better webecome acquainted with it the better

Pwe like it.—Christian Science Moni-tor.

The Florida man or woman whoisn’t a good road enthusiast nowadays

belongs to the stone age, not thetwentieth century—Jacksonville Me-tropolis.

The people generally will approveof the reappointment of E. L. Wart-mann of Citra and T. B. King of Ar-cadia as members of the board of

control of state institutions.—Tampa

Tribune.

Show your friends beautiful SilverSprings and the romantic Oklawahariver by chartering the launch Weno-na. Always to be found at thesprings. 4' 7

Mr. E. W. Bragaw, who has passedthe 80th milepost, was in the city

Saturday looking about as rugged asthe most of those whom we saw onthe streets.

Mr. A. F. Deckman of Tampa, the

new manager for the Marion County

Truckers’ Association, has been join-

ed by his wife, and they will makeOcala their home.

Mrs. DeWitt Greenwood Haley of

Chicago, formerly of Jackson, Miss.,

in Ocala Saturday afternoon,

and is the guest of her mother, Mrs.

C. J. Phillips, for a cauple of month’s'visit.

Mr. Ritter arrived in this city afew days ago from Atlanta, and hasaccepted a position with the Roess

Lumber Company. He was accom-panied by his mother, and they ex-pect to make Ocala their home.

* The long drouth was broken Sun-

uay night by two heavy rains, and onMonday morning we had several good

showers. The farmers and truck

growers are wearing smiles and ev-erything is now painted in roseatecolors.

•Ed Tucker’s Ocala friends werecongratulating him all day Monday

for the victory he won over Burman,

the star champion automobilist, in the

race at Moncrief Park in

Jacksonville Sunday afternoon. The

automobile world will hear more ofMr. Tucker.

CLAUDE HAYCRAFT’S MARVEL-OUS ESCAPE

The most attractive performancesthe world has ever witnessed is saidto have been those of the Romanhippodrome. The chariot races wereespecially thrilling and spectacular.

The young men from Ocala whowere present at the automobile rac-es at Moncrief Park near Jacksonvillelast Sunday, say that for thrilling andawe-awakening sensations they weregiven a touch of the excitement thatmust have thrilled the ancient Ro-mans.

The cars were whizzing aroundthe track almost with the speed ofthe winds when suddenly the cardriven by Claude Haycraft was ob-scured by a cloud of dust, and then,like a flash of lightning from an im-penetrable cloud the car was soon asheet of flame. The immense throngheld its breath in mute astonishmentand fear lest the lad was killed, aseveryone thought that, escape fromsuch a furious wreck was impossible,but when he was seen to emergealive the air was rent with hand-clappings and cheer upon cheer.

He was for the moment the hero ofthe hour.

Claude’s Ocala friends rejoice overhis almost miraculous escape. Hiscar tore into the fence, tore awayseveral panels, one of the poststore through the engine and the carturned a complete somersault, and ina moment was a blaze of fire.

The young man never for a mo-ment lost his nerve, but immediate-ly rolled himself over in the sand,and seeing that would not stiflle theflames—his clothing having becomecompletely saturated with gasolene—-he disrobed himself, but not beforereceiving some painful but not se-rious burns.

MISS IRENE MCCREARY TO WED

Mr. and Mrs. H. H. McCreary ofGainesville have formally announcedthe engagement of their daughter,Irene, to Mr. L. M. Edwards of Mil-ledgeville, Ga., the wedding to occurat the First Presbyterian church onJune 7th.

Mr. McCreary is editor of theGainesville Sun and is also state sen-ator for Aluchua county, and hisdaughter is delightfully known in thiscity, having visited here as theguest of Miss Alta Pearson and otherfriends. She is a bright and winsomeyoung girl, and has the good wishesof a great many warm friends on herapproaching marriage.

Mr. Edwards is well known in va-rious portions of Florida, being rep-resentative in this state and Georgiaand Alabama for the American SteelWire Company.

Hon. J. P. Galloway, sheriff of Ma-rion county, is among the late distin-guished arrivals at the capital. He isa great big, fine looking, genial fel-low, and his long suit is running forsheriff. He has been sheriff of Sum-ter, Lake, Marion, and I don’t knowhow many other counties. Everytime he moves to another countythey proceed to elect him sheriffwhether he wants to be elected ornot. This has been going on since1884 and is likely to continue foryears to come. There is a rumor cur-rent here that he is thinking of mov-ing to Jackson county, and if he doesthe people of Jackson county will for-get in a week how much they loveHayes Lewis.

MR. D. E. POTTER SUICIDES INCONNECTICUT

Mr. D. E. Potter, for a long timea winter visitor to this city, recentlycommitted suicide at his home inWillimantic, Conn. He disrobed, gotinto a bathtub, put a pistol to hishead and fired, the ball entering thebrain, and death was instantaneous.

He had many friends here who willregret to hear of the tragic affair.

Geo. F. Armstrong of Savannah,Ga., and J. R. Williams of Citra, pres-ident and vice president, respective-ly, of the Mutual Mining Company,which corporation owns several phos-phate mines in the western part ofAlachua county, were in the city yes-

terday. They were en route to Ocalaafter a visit to the mines operated

near Newberry.—Gainesville Sun. Mr.Armstrong is a son-in-law of Mr. andMrs. W. N. Camp of this city.

Mrs. Sam Birdsey and children re-turned to their home in ColuumbusWednesday after a delightfuul visitto Mrs. Harry Wright. During hervisit she was the honor guest at par-ties given by Mrs. Wright, Mrs.George Hatcher, Mrs. Thomas ScottLowry, Mres. Ralph Birdsey and Mrs.Herbert Smart.—Macon Cor. to At-lanta Journal. Mrs. Birdsey was for-merly a popular Ocala girl.

Mrs. Richard McConathy was inGranada, Spain, on April 30. She ishaving a splendid tour. She has al-ready visited Africa, and before re-turning home will make an extendedtour of Europe.

OCALA GUESTS TO BE ENTER-TAINED IN JACKSONVILLE

During the Southern Baptist Con-vention ex-Gov. and Mrs. WilliamSherman Jennings will entertain anumber of the delegates at their love-ly home in Springfield.

Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Mote of Lees-burg will be among tne guests. Mrs.Mote arrived yesterday and Mr. Motewill come today or tomorrow’. Mrs.Mote formerly resided in this city andwill be cordially welcomed by hermany friends.

Other guests will be Dr. and Mrs.E. D. Gray of College Park, Ga., andMr. and Mrs. L. W. Duval of Ocala.Dr. Gray is corresponding secretaryof the Home Mission Board and Mrs.Duval, a sister of Mrs. Mote, is prom-inent in club work.—Tuesday’sTimes-Union.

THE BOND ELECTION

The bond election passed off veryquietly Tuesday. Owing to the rainand other causes very little interestwas manifested in the election, buta big majority of those who voted fa-vored the bond issue. The vote stoodas follows:

For bonds, 163; against bonds, 24;improperly marked ballots, 9.

We do not know whether the lawrequires a majority of those votingor a majority of the registered andqualified electors to make the elec-tion effective. It is a debatable ques-tion.

The editor of this paper attendedthe editor’s “bank-wet” and lost hisglasses—eyeglasses—advertised thefact, and he has since been delugedwith “glasses,” all sorts of glasses—-beer glasses, cocktail glasses, cham-pagne glasses, sauteiu glasses, whis-key glasses, and glasses galore, theinference being that he got mixed upon glasses and got lost in the tinklingof the same. All the same the glass-es that he lost were just plain, ordi-nary eye-glasses, and when he lostthem he was not looking double, orat least says that he wasn’t.

CLAUDE HAYCRAFT IMPROVING

C. H. Haycraft, the darging Ocalaautomobile driver, who was injuredwhen the Giant Knox went throughthe outer fence at Moncrief Sundayafternoon, was reported last night asdoing nicely at the DeSoto sanita-rium, where he was carried for treat-ment. His burns were not as seriousas it was at first feared, and in a rea-sonably short while he will be en-tirely recovered. —Tuesday’s Times-Union.

Informal EveningA few nights ago Miss Annie Sav-

age entertained informally in honorof her attractive visitor, Miss BerthaBrassell. Forty-two and crokonolewere the games enjoyed, and delight-ful music was also a source of pleas-ure. Ice cream and cake were thedelicious refreshments served. MissSavage's guests were Misses BerthaBrassell, Lillian Carpenter, CliffordGeorge, Messrs. Hagood Means, ClarkOakman, E. B. Savage and Dr. H. P.Neuman.—Bartow Cor. to Tribune.Miss Savage formerly resided in thiscity.

Representative Bullock Becomes aPoet

When Sheriff Galloway visited thestate capital a few days ago and theBullock county division bill disap-peared from the house calendar as ifby magic, Ray Bullock lapsed intomeditation and poetry, and now hasthe reputation of being the author ofthe shortest poem extant. Here it is:

“GallowayHath a way.”

—W. F. Bauskett, in Times-Union.

Ocala is now becoming the Meccaof the representatives of the variouscommission houses, as new arrivalsare registering daily, and by the timecantaloupes and watermelons beginindications are that all the old-tim-ers as w ell as many new recruits w illbe on the ground.—New York Pro-duce News.

The “Bettie S” and “Alice B,” twotrim little launches from West PalmBeach, were among the callers at Sil-ver Springs Sunday. They came upthe coast to Jacksonville, thence upthe St. Johns and Oklawaha rivers tothe springs, and the owners reporteda splendid trip.

Hon. R. A. Burford has returnedfrom a trip to Tallahassee. He saysthat while he was there the membersof the third house had a special meet-ing, and Pat Murphy regaled those inattendance with some very humorousIrish songs.

A letter from Col. L. P. Miller,Blairs, S. C, says that he is hard atwork trying to bring back to its orig-inal splendor a very fine but longneglected pantation. Mrs. Millerand the children are well.

FOR SALE—At a bargain, 1000 feetsecond hand, 2-inch black pipe. ApplyA. A. Winer 80 N. Second street,Ocala, Fla. 4-21-4t*

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Wm. t. coward, Jacksonville, F1a.... $ 1,000 surance in the Florida Life than in anyirvme McClelland, Madison, Fia 1,000 other Company transacting business inA. H. Snyder, st. Petersburg, Fia 2,500 the State of Florida is clearly shown byJoshua c. Manuel, Apalachicola, Fia.. 1,000 igures in the table below. There sThos. T. King, Marshallville, Fla 1,000 a Reason/’Newton W. Coleman, Hawthorne, Fla. 2,000 1 .Raymond D. Knight, Jacksonville, Fla. 1,000Jas. r. c. Dunn, Richmond, Fia 2,000 Following table shows the amount ofwyiie Alford, Jacksonville, Fia 2,000 business done in State of Florida duringThos. r. smith, Quincy, Fia i,ooo the year \9 JO by the different companies.Geo. J. Russell, Dunnellon, Fla 1,000

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Isaac W. Rogers, Chiefland, Fla 1,000 Rank Company InsuranceBarney A. Carter, Hurds, Fla 10,000 WrittenRobert L. Outlaw, Bellville, Fla 1,000 1- FLORIDA LIFE $3,143,514.00David C. Barnes, Jacksonville, F1a.... 1,500 2. New York Life 1,525,300.00Geo. N. Register, Bonifay, Fla 1,000 3. Equitable Life 1,426,340.00Thos. D. Laslie, Wrilcox, Fla 1,000 4. Penn Mutual Life 1,281,623.00Dell, T. Canova, Palatka, Fla 2,000 5. Union Central 1,169,550.00Wm. T. Jeffcoats, Greenville, Fla 1,000 6. Mutual Life, New York.. 1,090,980.00Geo. A. Davis, Madison, Fla 3,000 7. Southern States Life 707,580.00Merle H. DeLand, Williston, Fla 3,000 8. State Mutual Life. 646,000.00Albert H. Mickler, St. Augustine, Fla. 4,000 9- Reserve Loan Life 635,000.00Walter M. Davis, Jacksonville, Fla... 1,000 10- Prudential Life 602,238.00Chas. R. Zipperer, Tampa, Fla 1,000 Our Home Life 586,000.00Mrs. A. B. Porter, Greenville, Fla 1,000 12. Reliance Life 573,540.00Samuel A. Crook, Chipley, Fla 1,000 13. Missouri State Life 494,271.00Wm. R. McNeil, Jacksonville, F1a.... 2,000 14- Metropolitan Life *480,625.00Harry L. Pearce, Gainesville ,Fla 5,000 15. International Life 427,620.00Mrs. Rubie Goodale, Center Hill, Fla. 1,000 16. Mutual Benefit Life 406,387.00Wm. w. Atkins, Webster, Fla 1,000 17. State Life of Indiana 322,696.00Henry Barker, Jacksonville, Fla 1,000 IS. Security Life of America.. . 283,000.00Frank I. Mcßee, Valdosta, Ga 10,000 19- Empire Life, Ga 260,500.00John Chapman, Plant City, Fla 1,000 20. Columbian National Life.. 246,898.00Henry Koonce, Sill, Fla 1,000 21. Germania Life 158,000.00Alexander H. Key, Branford, Fla 5,000 22.. South Atlantic Life 137,500.00Irene Susie Boyd, Tampa, Fla 1,000 23. Home Life 133,461.00Chas. M. Covington, Pensacola, Fla... 10,000 24. Massachusetts Mutual 80,000.00A. S. White, Quincy, Fla 5,000 25. Georgia Life 72,000.00T. T. Albritton, Homosassa, Fla 2,000 26. Fidelity Mutual Life 36,535.00L. J. Campbell 2,000 27. Citizens National Life 18,000.00C. P. Darby 3,000 28. Security Life & Annuity Cos 16,000.00Oscar L. Johns 3,000 29. Louisiana National Life 15,000.00John B. Miley 1,000 30. United States Life & Annuity... 7,500.00James J. W. Barrs 1,000 *Ordinary.

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Mr. E. C. McLeod of Kendrick wasat Martin Tuesday and reports thatJohn McDuffy, a prosperous coloredfarmer of that place, shipped eight

crates of cantaloupes to marke- yes-

terday. He expects to get ip-top

prices for them.

Mr. E. L. Maloney has sdd his

Ocala House barber shop fixtires toMr. McManus, and there is n#w oneless barber shop in the city.

Mr. Clarence Meffert, who went upto Jacksonville Sunday morning towitness the automobile races, return-ed home Monday afternoon. Whilein Jacksonville he purchased a beau-tiful little nickel-trimmed Buick run-about. He drove the car through thecountry, making very good time, con-sidering the condition of the roads.

There is the possibility of a forestin an acorn.—Emerson.

Mr. H. E. Robinson, who inaugu-rated the Times-Union bureau in thiscity, now a resident of Jacksonville,was a Tuesday visitor. His old friendswere exceedingly pleased to see him.

The president has issued a procla-mataion consolidating the Choctawa-hatchee and Ocala national forestsunder the name of the Florida na-tional forest. The consolidation willbe effective after July Ist.