The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-10-22
STATE-VIDERS At ANTHONY

Anthony and the people from the
surrounding precincts turned out last
night in such numbers that the large
Methodist church of that town was
filled to- the limit The occasion was
the appearance on the platform of the
Rev. c. g Carroll. the we'll known and
much beloved ex-pastor of the Ocala
Baptist church.
The pastor of the Methodist church
took charge of the meeting and in
troduced the speakers. 4 very fine
musical program was carried out by
| the L. T. L. under the direction of Mrs
w. w. Howell. the president of the
w. c. T. L. of Anthony. Rev. n. B.
P1ummer invoked the divine blessing
Mr.. II. c. Packham announced the
various meetings in Ocala for the
coming week and gave a 15-minute ad-
| dress in behalf of the amendment
fThen Rev. Carroll took the stand and
for nearly one hour and half held
/ the closest attention of his hearers.
and when he apologized for speaking
| so long he was told to keep on.
| Mr.. Carroll commenced by paying a
glowing tribute to Florida in general
and to Marion county in particular;
said that he was a great optimist as
to the future of Marion county and
| that when he left the state for his
new home in Kentucky he prophesied
a wonderful future for this state and
lcounty, but when he returned after an
absence of two years he found that
like the visit of the Queen of Sheba
Ito King Solomon. "the half hod not
been to1d.' for the march of develop
ment and Improvement was something
wonderful and said that Marion was
certainly the banner county of the
state.
| Mr.. Carroll took for his theme pro-
hibition and its relation to past legis-
| lation, gave a concise history of the
| founding of the nation law and
| good government and said that with
OFT law there was no freedom. He
took the argument of the infringement
| of state rights and the effort to claim
! a county right and proved conclus-
lively that the old jefferson teachin g
r ever entertained the idea that the
county had rights that the state was
irot entitled! to. He gave history Of
the internal revenue law and claimed
| that the congressman who by a slip
OF the tongue designated it as the in
formal revenue law was pretty near
ri ght. Speaking along this line he
paid glowing tribute to the memory
of Abraham Lincoln: said that while
his own tNr. CARROTS, father was a
brave Confederate soldier and was
wounded near unto death in battling
for the cause. and while every drop OF
blood in his own veins was Southern
blood. yet he could praise the noble
nature of Lincoln: born in the South
with Southern ideas: living in the
North with Northern ideas and finall,
in the West with Western ideas, h.
had eliminated into one of the great
| est statesmen the world had ever seer
and that after fighting off the pea
nut politicians who were trying Il
force the revenue law on the people
only gave his consent on the pronis
| that it should be abolished as soon a
the war ended. and that almost his las
public utterance was to declare tina
| the time was nearly ripe to fulfill tha
promise.
| Mr.. Carroll entertained his audienc
| with many apt and humorous illustra
tions. ranging from the quaint phil
| osophy OF Sam Jones 10 the wonderful
resources of the raZor-back hog. \
the close of the meeting Mr. Carol
held quite reception. receiving tn
friends and ii late hour whe
they finally dispersed and this report
I | er headed for Ocala-