Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1905-11-27
A TERRIBLE FRIGHT.

Of her citizens has communication in
The Daily Banner from which we make
the following eXtTactions:
II wonder II these prohibitioniStS
who admire Gainesville so ardently and
hold up that town 40 en- example and
leader for ocsls expect the business
men here to be influenced or controll.
ed by GaineSville's boasts and claims.
Gainesville has always been 50
friendly and neiRbboFly to Ocals Yes,
indeed.
"she loves ~ 90 that she 10 ready to
give free advice and friendly counsel
about prohibition.
1T was Gainesville that by unfair
means aud underhAnd methods robbed
Ocala OF the East Florida Seminary"
In answer 70 the firSt' paragraph, Il iS
we'll known that the business men Of
Gainesville Selllmore groceries and lees
"gFog" and have less bad debts to col.
lect through the workings Of prohibit
ton. The city has advanced under
prohibition 10 she last two years more
than il any ten years previous for the
past forty years. This statement was
obtained from gentleman who has re-
sided here all that time and 10 in q POI
sition 20 show the figures.
Az TO being friendly and neighbOF.
ly TO 0cala," Gainesville has only
taken what Ocala made failure OF and
put II on q sound basis until the one
who gave IL took II away.
Zone thing Gainesville 10 to be COM
mended for. She looks out for her
own interests" says the correspond
ent.
I'm order TO hold her own 90 q col.
legS town against others and to assist
her In gaining the University, che
deemed II necessary to go dry
Being ambitious to advertise herself 90
q college town she proceeded 70 adopt
prohibition"
Here The Banner correspondent falls
down. Gainesville voted for prohibit.
ton for her oWn good and the good Of
the FlSiDR generation In June, 1903
The BuekmAn bill, TO abolish all the
State schools and locate q new State
University, ives passed In May, 1905.
people never dreamed Of
such . measure when she voted for To-
cal option. It's prOgenltoFS we're 10 an.
other county, and would now do ell In
their power to destroy the workings Of
the bill regardless OF the interests Of
the people,
AlAchua county officers are doing
all they can TO check the illegal selling
OF liquor within ilS borders. In regard
20 the large number Of chSes Of the u.
legal selling Of liquor reported, We re-
fer 70 = part Of the pFeSentment Of the
grand jury which says,
I'VE find that nearly one. half Of the
oAIeS before % FOE consideration dur.
ing this term have been for the sale OF
intoxicating liquors In this county
We are Of che opinion that the stand.
log reward Of ESQ for the conviction OF
persons engaged In this unlawful bust.
ness 10 largely responsible for the large
number OF cases before %. From our
Investigations Of them We are led to
believe that In many instances parties
have been informed agalnsl, either
from motives OF personal enmity or
desire to earn the reward, or BOTH Il
occurs TO nS, aside from the enormous
expense that the payment OF these ~.
WAFdO will impose upon the county (lt
the present term Of court 10 en- indiea.
tiOn Of what will happen In iuturel,
that this reward 10 q dangerous pFeCe-
dent By reason OF the fact that In
many instances witnesses in cases Of
this character are people 10 whom The
large sum Of money might be al In.
dueemsnt to present cases AgAinsI per.
cons who might not be vlOlAto's OF the
Law"
The prohibition Law, Il will Be seen,
10 not TO blame FOE the foregoing, IL
keeps I've part Of the compact the
same ~ any other good law, and ihs
all o,heU can be abused BY unPrin.
cipled specimens who would swear 20
anything for Sum Of money, a. we'll
a. the SlAve Of LIQUOR who would
,wear 90 anything for q drink.
No, indeed, Gaihesville's prosperity
aud advancement dOss not dspeOd 90
the saloon, toe without &, Ue have