The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1906-03-23

Of Leon County.
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Tallahassee, Friday, March 70, 1906.
Saturdays St. Augustine Record was
printed in green in honor Of st. Pat
rick's Day. "
Read the article headed "Purity in
Politics" on our first page 1t is full
Of truth and we hope will help 10 put
our whole people 10 thinking and acting
along those lines.
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We acknowledge receipt Of, and re-
turn thanks TO Secretary r. l.. Dodd,
for a pamphlet copy Of the Democrat
ic platform, call, etc, governing the
coming primary elections
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Shakespeare said: "The harder
matched, the Rreatcr victory It is
enough to stir the blood to be able, IN
the face Of aggressive competition, TO
still fiji your store with buyers every
day of She week it is an advertising
victory.
For sale, few years from now, i!
the Everglades are drained, onst beds ~
pcnt best fuel on earth for generating
gas, making steam, etc, Coal strikes
and high prices Of hard and soft coal
and coke will not bother US then. Wen
have plenty Of the raw material Of our
own. Won't some big, rich company
make w an offer for it.
No paper in the State reflects more
credit upon It's constituency nor de-
serves better home patronage than
the Tallahassee True Democrat, whose
first year Of existence has been marked
by such extraordinary excellence and
SUGGEST If the True Democrat starts
a daily il will be- n hummer 1t seems
to headed in that direction. Live Oak
Democrat
The Gainesville Sun said among other
good things, in It's article about holding
County Democratic Executive Com
mittec meeting: "There is one thing
OF which our people must be- sure how
ever. and that IL the selection Of men
to I'LL the offices in the Legislature II
ever county needed good material it
Is now, and the people will see that such
people are sent 10 Tallahassee
Hon. j. w. Watson, formerly repre-.
sentative in the Legislature from Osce.
ola county. and once Speaker Of the
House, IL now residing in Dadc county,
and IL candidate before the people Of
that county IA their representative.
He il "A good business man, and with
his experience IN legislator would no
doubt make them the best representa-
tive they could send to Tallahassee.
The Tampa Daily Times Is an excel
lent newspaper every day, but the an.
nivcrsnry edition Of Monday, the 10th,
was extra excellent and contained "a 7
column pages filed TO the brim will
choice reading matter. II would hRv,
done credit as newspaper to any Of
Tampa can well afford to be- proud Of
hsr daily newspapers. All Of tlCm are
good.
The office seeker who attempts To Sc
cure your vote and influence 10y brbinR
or buying YOU 60 insure his election,
gives you the very best evidence that
he II unfit for the place he seeks, and
that he IN backing some scheme or
schemes directly against the general
interest Of the whole people, Watch
out for such fellows and tell them that
you are poor, but an honest American
citizen who values his honor Money,
or the promise Of some sort Of AN APP
pointment, may catch few, but our
honest citizens can not all bc bought
like a drove Of sheep
At Orlando in boring wells, at depth
Ct over 200 feet, cavities have been
reached and the fire department laid
hose and tried filling them with water,
but the wells took all the water that
could be poured into them. A ncw idea!
Nov for the Drainage Commissioners.
Might Il not be cheaper to invest those
Internal Improvement moneys in well
boring machines, and let ali the water