The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-02-10


Hillsborough He sat at the head Of
the table. On his right sat Congress- /
man Sparklnan one of the most faith
ful and beloved Of congressman, with
Secretary Appleyard. OF the State
Press. To the postmaster s right sat
President Joe Hum phrcys of the
State Press and to his left Mayor
Freckor. Several hours were devoted to /
n heart to heart consultation Of the
sumrtunuS bill Of fare. when the toast
master, in few appropriate remarks.
said the OratOry Of the evening would
be- Of an informal character and per
sons around the festive board would
be called upon to speak on the qucs-
tion now uppermOst in our minds,
namely. the State Fair and its beneht
ito the commonwealth. In the absence
lof Governor ErOWard. detained by Of
fetal duties, Attorney General Ellis
was called on and said many nice
things Of our state. Mayor F'recker|
spoke for Tampa and her phenomenal
growth, as an instance. 100000 taxes
lin 1894 Taxes levied in 1907 twenty
million, with a pay roll Of 100000 a
week in the making Of cigars. He
eulogized the spirit Of the business
linen of Tampa, that made the material
conditions to which he referred posi-
BILE and the State Fair a success.
| President Joe Humphreys spoke for
the State Press and their efforts to
promote the material success OF the
fair - supplemented by the editor Of
the Star who said that to make any
flair or exposition a success, there was
the state should not only give liberal
appropriations for a state fair but
supplement it for county exhibits, in
this making displays competitive.
| Attorney s. l.. Carter Of Gainesville
made a capital speech and making the
local hits of the evening in his witty
remarks about Fort Brook, Jack
4&sss~er and Capt Lester. Senator
Trammell Of Lakeland. and candidate
for attorney general, was one of the
speakers and spoke well, while Sem
ator MacWilliams of ST. Augustine,
|
Smile and Push Powell of the ST.
Petersburg Daily Independent, fairly
ibubbled over with enthusiasm and pa
,triOtic devotion to the cause of ma
lterial progress in the state. He said
Imuch as the people Of his town and
1.-THE west coast desired a new county,
1.-THE people of ST. Petersburg tele-
lgraphed to the friends of county di-
vision to support the State Fair APP
preparation, which was in danger Of
losing out at the last moments Of the
Legislature. and let the division go. He
lalso said that when a state like illinois
jexpends 100, 900 year to add one grain
lof corn to an ear, in production. sure
lily Florida could give $4,000 to run a
state fair.
Congressman Sparkman made, as he
always does, a very clever and accep-
table speech His desire had always
been to be an editor and paid the
profesh. a high eulogy and thought
their opportunities to do good, pro-
mote and improve and inspire a de-
tsire to grow in stAtss along all lines
LOT usefulness and expansion.
President Brown. of the State Fail
, Association, came in at a late hour
, and was warmly welcomed and the
, crowd insisted that he make speech
Ills remarks we're brief, thinking the
Legislature and the press for the ait
they had given him in promoting the
, fair Without their aid his effort:
iwould have been in vain. Later h
would go over the state and speak t.
the people Of his candidacy for thu
United States senate.
8 Then we adjourned, the meeting
: Having proven in every sense enjoya
BILE and pleasant.
Notes
I We had the pleasure while in Tam
D pa of seing Mr.. G. A. Petteway, al
e important turpentine operator aroun'
r Leroy and a resident of Ocala, blu
n now of the Gulf G0Sssend a factor il
q it's commercial lifee No wore a smil
Z that wouldn't come off, for it told o
q the arrival in the Petteway home o
e a sweet baby, which the father an
Il mother were proud Of
Mrs. Bate Perdue of BroOksvillt
: was a guest of the Tampa Bay an
O enjoying the fair for a day.
o We shook hands with Mr.. Durranct
s a former merchant of Ocala. now c
y Tampa. We shook hams with Harr
I, 1VoltorS ubo e ono of the able aSSiS