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CARMICHAEL REPLIES TO
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IN your weekly and daily issues of
the past week there appeared an arti-
cle headed. III tie Is Wrong, Light
Want sto Know Why This article
parported 20 be- written By Mr.. Light,
the statesman from Reddick who at
tempted 10 give light on the subject
of whether prohibition was a good
thing 81 uot Hy some comparisons he
has made relative 70 different coun-
tIas ln flIs state ar 70 population,
mHane ard assessed valuations.
There s. au ora saying that figures
afH not ile." but is nevertheless
frue tbsi a person can so arrange his
neares .aat they win convey bur half
tbe ,rafh fo the people.
The writer OF this article was new
- tefg fatorably impressed with the
habif SO knocking ones own county.
AZ ST. Light does. for ne has always
believed that Marion county was the
hesi county IN the best state in the
best nation OF the world, and If occa-
sion should ever arise when he
thought that taxation was unnecessar-
ul high in this county, or the popula-
zion at standstill. and the county
roine 20 the "bow-wOws," as Mr.. Light
suggests. for any reason. he would,
nae the Arab fold his tent and silent
b steal away 20 another and better
county. rather than stay in his own
and peh Il with brick-bats of distort-
81 hgures
M Light attempts to show. by less
than q dozen cities IN the state, which
he picks cat from the census reports
"a muit hlN own purposes, that Ocala
has not increased in population as
fasf a. some other towns, comparing
Oeala with Lake City. Gainesville
Tallahassee. and other places. The
few Illustrations that Mr.. Light gives
totally fasied TO prove his contention
because be has not given all OF the
facts connected Herewith. For IN
stance. Columbia county, In when
lake city Is located. and which is
ary. had a population in 1900 of H.
0s4 and ten years later had popu-
iatlon Of 1859. Leon county in
uhleh Tallahassee Is located. had a
nspulation IN 1900 OF 1887. and in
faio Of only i9427. These two coun'
ties. which Mr. Light SAYS prohibition
has helped So. when compared Win
- Johns or Dade counties. which
mr Light claims license has hurt So
shnu fhaf 81 Johns county had pop
uatlou rs 1890 Of 9iG5. and in 1910
~ "a Cos. and Dade county had a
pouuiaiion 10 1900 Of 1855. and in
tsln of 1888.
var the information Of Mr.. Light
asa the public. Ne refer to seVerai
saaufiaa III che state where prohioi-
f.sn has been in force for a number
- srsra. and % other counties where
nrahshHlon has been unable to gain
f1oghold
nsasr county dry. population IN
assoc fsta 1910. aS05 Brevard coun-
A. ary population IN 1900. ol5S; lsl"'
rfe calhoun county. dry, popula'
t.an Ia 1890. si82. 1910. 7i65. Citrus
ssanir dry. population in 1900 oSsl'
fafa ergl Clay county. dry popuia-
assn iu iaoo. sses: 1910. 6ii6. Wa
tana eounfy. dry. population IN lSoV'
ffta taio. $500 Hamilton county
afs population IN 1900. ii'Ssl; 1917
nsss sumter county. dry, popula'
tan Ii iaoo Cis7. 1910. 1896.
a. fha ether hand. a glance at the
80 COMMITTEES ~ the state show tha'
tts afeat growth Of this state mas
hn almosi entirely IN The wet eoun'
H
Faamala county had IN 1900 pop
flsn 81 ssai8 10 1919. 3S.o29. HIS
aah county Ia 1900. Se'olS: IN
mfa rsats Monroe county had IN
lsaas population. in 1910 IL
w
hna 49, tha usf eoos Of most OF the
n fHe state. snow iis '''"'
~ Increases bare been ~ the
80 committees ana fhe counties tha'
ndeil end the counties
m ats decreased have been the
snd ur liehrs effort
Mnt aree 81 four o. the cities
afe sna compare them Win
Eh ta Olah detr.ment. Is Unfair
So aoi state the fac's correctly.
81 ~ bass attempted 20 compare
# f Merton couuff with Gaines
W an8 shrhua county. 10 ocala >
50 Wu rmniys detriment the
Aa 81 tha cssr are that Ia 1900
kaeaua raaniY bad s22i5 population.
m m 1870 bad Asses. an increase OF