The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-05-14
CAMPAIGN OPENED AT sPARR


The first meeting of the present
campaign in Marion county under
the program laid out by the cam
paign committee of the county ex-
ecutiye committee a few days ago
was pulled off at Spar yesterday,
and to say that it was big success
in every sense of the word would be
putting it mildly.
The news had been spread broad
awaited the candidates and their
friends at Spar and that was suf-
fcient inducement for the gathering
of big crowd, even tho many of the
farmers and truckers are very busy
at present with their shipping inter-
ests.
AT IL o'clock everybody was inyit-
ed to the town hall over the Thomas
store, where arrangements had been
made to hold the political meeting
Mr.. D. L. Grantham acted as master
of ceremonies for the occasion and
carried on the meeting from begin
ing to end without hitch, introduc-
ing the speakers and making an
nouncements.
Mr.. w. d. earn who decided only
a few days ago to become a candi-
date for commissioner from the first
(Ocala) district, was first introduced
He stated that he had no fight to
make on his opponent, because he
was satisfied that he did the best he
could, and even if he did not think
SO. was not running on the dement's
OF anyone, but on his own merits as
"A business man and a citizen. He
promised his best judgment in the
expenditure of the company's annual
budget amounting in round figures
to 100000. He said he would use
his every effort in the direction of
securing good roads for every Sec
Iion of the county alike and while he
wanted plenty of hard roads he did
not favor their building by sacrific-
ing entirely the rights of one section
and paying no attention to their
highways while constructing those in
other sections.
Mr.. =. T. Hutchins, aspirant for
membership on the board of county
commissioners from the second
(Western) district, said he desired
the position that he might assist in
the upbuilding of the county and es-
pecially his end of the district, which
he said had been woefulIy neglected
in the past, improvements seeming to
strike either above or below his
community or stop before they reach
ed there.
Mr.. w. Luffman made a short and
appropriate talk to the voters, say
ing mat his record was before the
people and if elected he would con-
tinue to serve them to the best of
his ability. The Star reporter was
too late in arriving to hear Mr.. Luff-
mans speech but was told that his
talk strengthened his friendship in
his home community and with others
present.
Mr. S. r. Pyles, candidate for
missioner from the third (south-
ern) district, said that he had very
little to announce about his aspira-
lions as the people of the county had
on former occasions sufficient oppor-
tunity to know whether or not they
desired his services, having served
on the board for several terms in
the past. He had no promises to
make except to do his duty as he
saw fit if elected.
Mr.. w. ]. Crosby, of Citra, candi-
date for the legislature, on taking
the floor announced that his coming
out was not the result of being inn
portuned by the great message to
go to Tallahassee and save the coun-
try, but that he wanted to assume
the honor of representing our coun-
ty. feeling that he had several things
in mind that would mean great
deal to the state and especially to
the school interests which he has
closely studied for many years. He
said that he wanted it distinctly un-
derstood that he favored the long
and short haul law passed at the last
session; that he was opposed to the
road tax law now on the books I'M
less same should be made operative
In the corporated towns and cities
the same as it is in the rural commu-
mites; that he favored a more strict
quarantine law, not only as regards
people and stock, but in regard TO the
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