The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-23
oCALA HAPPENINGS.
The Barbecue and Political Meeting
at NeWberry.

Ocala. Fla, Aug. Edward T. Wort.
mann Of Citra has withdrawn as a candi-
date for the legislature, for the reason
that his father, who is running for tax
collector, may have full swing. He says
his large and growing business will not
permit him to make the sacrifice To hear
the talk on the street it is difficult TO say
whether c.. NJ. Brown, the defeated can
didate for state senator. or his friends,
insist on running him for the state legls-
lature.
The Peoples party of the Second con
gressional district will meet in OCala to-
morrow 10 nominate a congressman
Tim Der is plenty and all are waiting for
the lightning TO strike.
The Ocala Rifles returned this after
noon from st. Augustine, tired but de-
lighted with their camp experience.
The tall and towering pine of Lady
Lane and Ocala, Samuel Washington
league, who led the solid Ocala demo
cratic delegation TO Newberry, Alachua
county. to-day 10 inaugurate and cele-
brate the official birth of the sprlghtliest
of Alachua county villages, is free 10 ad-
nit, as will every one present, that Sena-
tor Call took the pole of speech and held
it to a finish at that meeting.
II was Calls day in West Alachua. and
anywhere from 100 to 1000 people testi-
fed to it by as royal welcome as ever
political sOvereigns rendered their leader.
II was the largest meeting ever held in
West Alachua. They all came to see and
hear Call. He made the best speech his
trends ever heard him make. 1t cemented
old friends; it made new ones. The ar
rangements were of the best. The
barbecue was an achievement John r.
Williams called the meeting to order, in
troduced c. L. Bittinger of the Ocala
Banner, who proffered Marions cOngrat-
ulations in behalf of league, who,
with J. NJ. Slater, an Alachua pioneer,
and Messrs Hodge and Knight,
are proprietors of the place. Newberry
is not yet six mouths old, yet it has three
of the leading stores in the county, two
hotels, and dozen and more phosphate
mines near by, which mine and ship more
rock than any in Florida It's prospects
are so bright that its people speak OF
making it the county seat of the county
After Senator Calls speech had been
delivered, Capt. +. H Willard took
the chair, and made regular
democratic address and ended by
proving himself the poetic genius of the
day. Dropping into poetry, as
natural as Silas Wegg, reCit-
ing off several leagues in prophecy
of wberrys glorious future. Charles
Eildes an aSpirant for county solicitor,
was the VIII ana numOflSJ OF the eighteen
candidates who stood waiting, ready to
burst with eloquence. Every body
laughed until their sides ached. Fildes
can rest easy of election. The candidates,
having taken on wood and water, were at
it again. To enable Call and Sanchez to
catch their second wind, Capt. Bill Ken
drick captured the crowd by
his brilliant and poetic ad-
dress on Florida. Sanchez talked
smilingly on issues of the day. but his OPP
ponent, Mai. Thomas, detected weak
points on his oratorical armor, and poured
hot shot into him.
A raging storm broke up the meeting,
and the candidates who had not uncorked
the walls of their eloquence we're IN the
dumps. Young folks were preparing for
an all night dance on the depot platform.
Newberry, Alachua county, her people,
with Call close second, are on top. Col
Adam Eichelberger, the pioneer orange
grower, was present.