The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-09-13
TOUGH ON Mr.. TILGHMAH
Palatka Man Disputes His Figures
on Prohibition

mans statement regarding prohibit
ton in PaIatka, a citizen OF that
place says:
Palatka had no concrete sidewalks
or brick paved streets before prohibi-
ton went into effect. That is true.
But We had a number of years before
voted a bond issue of $4,000 for
that purpose, and the reason that the
amount was not used was because
/ the prohibition element wanted to re-
tard all Improvements until they
were in power and graft on the eX-
Ipenditures. The city pays one-third
of the cost, while the property hold
! ers pay two-thirds for brick paving,
and also the property holders had TO
Ipay for the . concrete sidewalks.
! The first contract let was s1.39 per
yard; the second contract let was
81 cents per yard. Difference in ia
vor of prohibition, ~ cents worth in
somebody's pocket (prohibition).
Population by [. S. census. 4,S00:
by prohibition estimate, COCOA lie
of about 1900.
Now as to taxes: Property on
Lemon street prior to prohibition,
/ $1,000; after, $4,000. Values as
sessment increased to 100 TO 800 per
cent. according to who you are. II
you paint your house the assessment
goes up 500. Two pieces of property
will illustrate how irregular and
crooked things are: One house and
lot value $500 Offered for) as
sessed $4,000; next door one house
$4,000 Offered for) assessed $1,000.
So it is a hard matter to get any
thing accurately in a prohibition
town, as they wont stand for it.
Now as to water: Before the town
went dry we paid SO for water. o..
K Pure water. Now We pay SO for
the same amount of pure water. But
now the city puts a water tax on your
property and lets everybody have
one faucet of water free, (hard,
wormy and unhealthy kind) free,
Just think how we have improved!
We can get one to one and a half
worms and liquid free. But if you
| get good, soft water you pay same
for it.
Houses have always been occupied
in Palatka for the past twelve years
/ but if there is no demand for then
they tear them down to keep up TIA
| rental price Why | can recall ST,
! buildings (stores) that have beer
pulled down and nothing but a va
- cant lot on the main street of tn
town, Lemon street-yet prohibition
prosperity.
have enquired of nearly ever
merchant in town. How is bust
ness?" And have failed to hear on
yet say that Palatka is not dead, o
nothing doing, can't collect, none
scarce, must be panic on, or some
thing to that effect.
Why. when the city of Palatka wa
wet w G. Tilghman was in TIL
single business. Now he is out o.
the bum; nothing doing, mill close
and buildings leased; boat Mar
Howard not being used if it has no
been sold Poor old Bill. He's gone
all on account Of prohibition; to
dry. Anybody knows that FIorid
lands have been on boom fer thra
or four years. Lands in the wood
that | would not give five cents a
acre for five years ago are being sol
:: to people North and West, for So
: per acre. Why, they are even dig
: ging up mud and drying it, so tina
:: some of our good prohis can have dr.
a.: mud instead of wet. More people ar
=: walking the streets hunting a jol
:: more misery. poverty and hunge
: islands around now than has eve
:: been known before. because peOpl
:: send and get a gallon of whisky il
= stead of a drink; because prohib
/ ton liquor costs (blind tiger 50
! $2.50 per quart, and a doctors bi
: to cure the poison. Prohibition pr
! duces liars. hypocrites and thieve
! because people have to lie 10 get Wi
Z mess fees. etc. people have 10 a
: one thing and do another; thiev
! because they will steal whisky in
Z dry town where they would not al
: other time.
:: A young married women stopp'
:. in my store and told me that sever
: years before she hated me becau
!: l was against prohibition. but her e
Z iperience had been that before Pala
: ka went dry she had all she wante
: dresses. etc. since it has been d
- her husband sends all his money
to get whisky and keeps drunk me
OF the time and that she has \
bought a new dress since Palat
went dry.
-: There is here a colored woman
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