Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-12-13
"TRuTH ABOUT GAINESVILLE"

Line train in Gainesville on Tues.
day December >, was not start.
led by any extraordinary changes
that had taken place since let
loose from the Florida Southern
train at the same spot on an after.
noon in June, 1892 The Florida
Southern of that time is the At.
lantic Coast Line Of the present,
the only noticeable change in
front of the Brown House is that
the present road is a standard,
while the road of We olden time
was narrow gauge. West Main
street is the principal thorough.
fare Of Gainesville, and presenting
the same general appearance to-
day as it did in June, 1882. If the
street has at any time been paved
it shows no visible signs of it.
In reading the rosy.posy prohi.
bition statement of the wonderful
advancement Of Gainesville, | am
reminded Of question put to a
negro by his attorney in a case
OF assault with intent to murder:
Question-In what position were
you standing, and in what position
was the prosecuting witness
standing at the time you fired the
shot?
Answer-We want standin', sab,
We wuz advancin'.
Question-How were you ad
vancing?
Answer-He wuz advancin' for.
ward, and | wuz advancin' back.
wards.
The above is an excerpt from a two
column article in The Times. Union of
December 18th by Allan Rodgers. who
{ is understood recently visited Gaines.
lille in the interest of the anti.pro.
libitionists of jacksonville. His state.
nent that no extraordinary changes
nave taken place in this city since
SS2 Is about as true as other state.
nents he makes derogatOry TO Gaines.
lille. The editor of The Sun came
o Gainesville to reside i'm August,
S79, and has not been out Of the
'ity since then for more than four
months at any one time. The Brown
House. and nearly every other brick
in the town, has been erected
ince 1889, including the magnificent
ourt house; so his statement that
he town has advanced backwards
S not borne out by the facts
The whole trend of Mr. Rodgers arti.
lie is an effort to prove that Gaines.
lille has not advanced during the
our and a half years that the sale
f liquor has been prohibited in The
ity and county. but he has not ac.
emphasized his object for the oyidonc"
$ here to disprove his statement We
% not say that the town would not
ave advanced equally as much had
liquor not been voted out. but Va DO
ay, from our own personal Ruowl-
dge, that voting the saloon ont Of the
ity has not been detrimental u III"
usineSS interests. while II has proven
great blessing from a moral stand
oint. and the best evidence that the
eoplc are satisfied with present con.
itions Is that you cannot find a white
usiness man on the squar" who
,ould vote 10 again liccu-" h" sale
( liquor in Gainesville.
His comparison OF m" nuub,r ~
riminal cases on III" docket 81 the
ist circuit court with IN" term prior
D the county voting for prohibition
roves nothing The phosphate and
avail stores industries hay" more
han doubled during that time. and
knows the low class ~
egroes who have come into ~" coun
, TO work in these iTiustri", ha-
cen the cause OF the incr"a-" In Grim
lal cases. The large number ~ ar
asts for violation of the prohibition
Nv shows the determination 81 our
eople 10 put a stop 10 this class ~