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THE NEWS FROM REDDIcH
Mr.. Mayo Goes to Georgia, Thence to
Colorado-A Word About the Pri-
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Special Cor Ocala Banner:
Mr.. F c. Mayo, after winding up
his melon shipments here, returned to
Georgia last week, where he has a
large acreage, TO superintend the mar
keting Of his crops there, He will
probably remain in Georgia most Of
the time, until his cotton crop is gath
cred, but will be back in time 10 pre-
pare TO plant a large melon crop next
year. He will probably make a trip
to Colorado in August to look after
the selection and gathering OF his
cantaloupe seed, as he has done for
several years. He finds this the only
way to secure the genuine Rocky
Ford seed, selected from the very
best melons. He buys the fields of
cantalOupes and selects only the very
best specimens for seed.
Little Miss Mary Belle Wilson, the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Will
son, returned from two weeks visit
to South Carolina on Tuesday, accom-
panied by Miss Blanche McRae, who
went on to Tarpon Springs, where
she will make her home with her
brothers, Earl and George.
Mr.. J. B. DevOre was called to the
bedside of his father in South Caro-
lima last week, but his father died be-
fore his arrival MI Devore's little
two-year-old son accompanied him on
the trip. They returned on Tuesday.
Mrs. NJ. J. Bryant of Leesburg stop
ped over on her return from district
conference at Gainesville and spent
one day with her friends in Reddick.
Mrs. Bryant has been a valued official
of the WOmans' Missionary Society
of the NJ. E. church for years, and is
an ideal intellectual southern lady.
Reddick is improving rapidly. Last
week we had a pubic we'll 143 feet
deep, sunk on the square, and this
week S. L. Fridy is installing a gas
plant to light his store and residence.
Others may connect with his plant
later
Mrs. z. P. Thagard was visiting
Miss Ellen Higgins last week.
Well, the primary election is ever,
and the trains are still running, but
the boat that took the defeated can
didates up Salt River has not return
ed. She probably had trouble dis
charging her cargo, as it was a very
bulky one, if not weighty. Most of
the candidates we hurrahed for took
this trip. For years We have tried
to get on the winning side in every
election, but somehow we always
miss it.
The primary system is receiving a
good deal of attention from the public
press in this state, as well as in
Georgia. 1t has been tried sufficiently
to show what it's defects are. In or
der for our present primary system
to be success we need two amend
ments. First, to make It a criminal
offense for anyone to circulate a false
report against a candidate, and upon
complaint made to the executive com
mittee that committee should inves-
tigate any report alleged to be false,
and if found to be so put the matter
in the hands of the states attorney,
requesting him to file information in
the proper court and prosecute the
offender, and if found guilty, in addi-
ton to fine or Imprisonment his right
of franchise should be taken away for
from five to ten years, according to
the character of the SANDER.
Second, it should be made a crimi-
nal offense to use money in the in
terest Of any candidate, either direct
ly or indirectly, except for his legit-
innate and proper expenses. AS long
as money is spent in controlling cleo
tons to hire men to work for certain
candidates and to buy up the county
papers to work for such candidates.
the poor man can never hope to have
any chance of election to an impor-
tant state office, and with the amount
of elimination and recriminatiOn that
Overflowed the county and state pa
pers before the last primary, the av-
erage voter was at sea. He could not
cOnscientiously decide who or who not
to cast his vote for
These two amendments would go a
long way toward making the primary