The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-06-08
WHY CILCHRIST
FAVORS RAILROADS
Atlantic Coast Line People Hold Nu-
merous Mortgages on His
Property
HE OWES THEM $74,4s4
Facts Given that Should Cause the
Untagged Democrats to Serious
Iy Study the Dangers Of
His Candidacy
HE OWES THEM $74,4s4

To the People Of Florida: find
paign the, headquarters at Jackson
vile of Mr.. Albert Gilchrist are in
tending to send out campaign docu
ments containing malicious and false
statements about me, when they know
IL at it will be impossible for me to
set any reply in detail to the voters.
1t is hardly necessary for me to
state that / have been a democrat all
my life. l never was an independent
At one time in the history of Duval
county the public service COR
poration element in the county at
tempted to pack the Democratic Con-
yention and did run ticket in oppo-
sition to the ticket on which l was
d candidate The ticket on which l
was a candidate had the support of
fully three fourths of the Democratic
voters of the county, while the oppo :.
sition relied for election upon the sup
port of the railroad corporations, sa-
looms, and negro vote, which at thai
time was very strong here. 1 was
elected by the Democratic voters.
That l have stood squarely, within
the Democratic party, for the Demo-
C, attic people of the State, against the
control of the public service corpora
tons of the State, is thoroughly
known to the people of Florida.
AS to my business ability / will
simply say that no man has ever lost
d dollar through trusting to me. AS
for my business standing / can refer
anyone interested to Mr.. BiOn H. Bar
nett, president of the Barnett National
Bank of Jacksonville, the largest bank
III the, State of Florida, and | do not
think there is a banker or business
! man OF standing in Jacksonville who
would say anything against me as a
business man.
1t is true that / have not made as
much money recently as Mr.. Albert
w. Gilchrist, who is stated to have
made large amount of money out
of a real estate deal at Waycross, Ca,
Lased on large financial assistance
given to him by the principal owners
OF the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad,
after he had, when Speaker of the
Florida Legislature, voted against a
bill which was intended to give to the
Florida Railroad Commission power to
compel the Atlantic Coast Line Rail-
load to furnish proper transportation
facilities to the people along its lines.
1 have felt during this entire cam
raign that the people of Florida
should know the true relations that
existed between Mr.. Albert w. Gill
christ and the Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad interests, but have INDUCED
the hope that he would be frank
enough to admit his true relation to
these interests, but inasmuch as he
has failed TO intimate what the real
facts are in this regard, and, on the
contrary, through his campaign direc-
tors, has attacked my financial and
business standing, l deem it only just
to myself, to him. and TO the public
that they should know that the public
records of the Superior Court at Way.
CT oss. Ca. disclose the fact that there
are 101 mortgages of record from AL
bert W. Gilchrist to the Atlantic Land
e. Improvement Company, securing an
aggregate Indebtedness of $74,494.OO.
AS is evidenced by the following GER
tificate from the Clerk of Ware Su-
Ierior Court.
STATE OF GEORGIA,
WARE COUNTY.
/, E. J. Berry, Clerk of the Superior
Court of Ware County, Georgia, said
court being a court of record with
seal. do hereby certify that there are
on the Mortgage Records of said
County 1O1 mortgages from Albert w.
Gilchrist to Atlantic Land Inn
provement Company, corporation in
corporated under the laws Of Virginia,
The aggregate amount represented by
said mortgages being ($74 ,494.0O Sew
enty-four thousand. Four hundred and
Ninety four dollars.
Witness my hand and seal Of office,
this June 3rd, A. d. 1908.
(Seal) (Signed) E. ]. Berry.
Clerk Superior Court Ware County.
The original incorpOrators of the
Atlantic Land & Improvement Com
rany were H. Walters (who is now
Chairman of the Board Of Directors
of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Company, w. G. Elliot (since deceas-
ed. but at that time general counsel
OF the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Company, J. R. Kenly (now third
vice president Of the Atlantic Coast