The Ocala evening star., 1908-05-09
WITH THE CANDIDATES
At Mcintosh

| The Mcintosh meeting was of the
order Of F'lannigans S strain-"off again.
or again" The meeting was set for
Thursday morning, then put off, and
| they had made no preparations for a
picnic and all the people had gone 20
work in their fields and elsewhere, bat
when the candidates began to roll In
| and hold caucuseS on the porches of
| the Walkup Bros. store, DR.. Means
| residence and Bill Aliens cozy corner,
Judge Turnipseed, the y. P" of the
Ilace, got busy, for the voters in sight
the candidates and at 2:30 in the tab
et nacle of the beautiful park of the
place. Judge Turnipseed. as master of
ceremonies began to put out the can
didates.
Instead of beginning with the legis-
lators. he began at the minor offices
and worked up. Messrs. earn, Bell,
Peck. Brinson, Yongue. Marsh and DR..
Griffith were absent, and for whom
the editor Of the Star made brief re-
marks and recounted their many vir-
tues and eminent qualifications for the
positions they sought.
There was nothing new in the talks
CT the candidates, except that Bittin-
ger said If the legislature really felt
that 1t wanted to do the people good
and reduce taxation it would cut
off at least one needless office-that of
county treasurer, which duties the tax
collector could attend to as well as the
treasurer, as he Is under a big bond
3nd by this method the state could be
relieved Of $4,000 expense. OF course
the state constitution could be easily
amended.
Again, make our county offices sal
aried position instead of fee offices,
and at least $4,000 would go into the
treasury. Now these things are so ap-
Iarent that they need no argument
There is no hidden wealth" in these
except in the incumbent of the Offices
w. L. Martin had something to say
Of prohibition. He recounted his ex-
perience in Floralla, where, because
the merchants of the place under COW
er of a United States license sold
whisky in disregard of law. trouble
arose and one man shot three others
la the row whisky created. He pro-
rosed to wash his hands of any fight
along these, lines. and the voter could
class him as he pleased.
, w. j. Crosby, candidate for county
commissioner for the fifth district,
in behalf Of his candidacy read a very
humorous piece on the trials and trib-
ulations that beset a candidate and
the scrimmages he had in the can
vass. He fairly convulsed his hearers
and if Bill Aliens laugh was a cri-
terion of hearty enjoyment, then
Crosby gave to Mcintosh a whole
minstrel and vaudeville performance.
Mr.. Gaitskill was so impressed with
Lights persistency to make the legis-
lature (this is his fifth trial and he
will keep on trying until he lands) that
his vote is pledged to the Reddick
statesman so that the track can DE
cleared of distractions.
Mcintosh is as pleasing a picture as
ever. It's homes are more beautifully
kept, houses 4 and churches painted,
yards adorned with shrubbery and
flowers and on every side are. evil
dences Of thrift and prosperity. The
merchants are doing splendid busi-
hess and it's truckers are busy as bees
though prices have not been remun-
erative, shipping is active and Mr..
Murrell the curbstone truck broker, 8
On hand ready to give every cent he
can for all truck offered. He was pay
sun prising how many crates came in,
r,aking constant stream of beans
banking up to the depot.
Mr.. Cameron, the vulcan of the
place, is also a heavy grower of truck
and is now busy gathering squash
and making trial shipments. His only
trouble Is to get packages to ship them
in. He should have several carloads
of hogsheads.
Mcintosh boasts of one of the neat
est and most complete drugstores in
the state, run by lady, Miss Waikup.
a graduated pharmacist and a Most
accomplished one.
Since the rain is it wonderful how
fresh the parched groves look and the
truck fields, the corn crop showing up
fine.
Mcintosh is having the hotel fever,
and Philadelphia gentleman who
wintered there was so enamored with
the place that he has purchased one of
the finest homes in the place and pro-
poses to add largely to it and make a
hotel building that will be credit to
the place. There are other indications
of a. forward movement to accommo-
date the travelling public, which re-
minds us to say Mcintosh has one of
the best managed hotels we know Of
and the way the lady proprietor feeds
did the candidates good AS the pleas
ing lady served them she no doubt
tt ought that If they would fill their
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