The Ocala evening star., 1919-09-17
JACK McCULLY'S REPORT
OF HIS JOURNEY
Fellowship. Sept. 18th

Editor Star: As | have been alb
sent from your corps of correspond
ents for about three weeks. thought
would write and tell you something
about my trip. / made my headquar-
ters with Mr.. c. J. Johnson's family,
at Seven Springs My purpose for
going there was to try and get some
relief of rheumatism, and | certainly
got the relief and feel like a different
man. | would suggest that they
change the name from Seven Springs
to Youth Springs. These springs are
located in the southern part of Pasco
county, about two and a half miles
from Elfers. This particular spot
seems to be adapted to the various
kinds of citrus fruits. During my
stay at Seven Springs l visited Port
Richey, New Port Richey, Tarpon
Springs, Sutherland, Oldsmar. Tampa,
Dunedin and Clearwater, and / want
to say right here those people down
there are certainly doing something.
In the first place | will take Pinellas
county. That county is a network OF
brick roads. You can easily tell when
you get in this county on account of
the fine roads. / sincerely hope those
motor club gentlemen who are going
to make the four-days' tour in South
Florida will be so enthused over these
good roads they will whoop it up until
we can bond old Marion county for
two million dollars and build decent
roads. | believe it would. be the best
business proposition the people of
Marion county ever undertook. / ask
ed several taxpayers if they would
like to go back to the old sand roads
without the Indebtedness of the bonds.
They said nay, nay, we are living in
an age of progress. And it takes
good roads to handle the traffic. They
are running five and ten ton trucks
cut from Tampa all over Hillsborough
and Pinellas counties and railroad
strikes don't worry any one there. l
met several in Clearwater who had
migrated from Marion, and all are
doing well. There are Chas. A. Shaw,
Jeffords & Co., and w. F. Hughey,
from Morriston. All are doing well in
the mercantile business. Also David
Baskin from Anthony, who has fine
g. owe. Dave said he belonged to the
fore day club in Marion county for
thirty years and now he's member
of the sunshine club Of course, I
found those who favored the various
candidates for the different offices.
From what information l could gather
in the gubernatorial race G. A. Hardee
has the whole outfit skinned a block.
People speak of C. A. Hardee as being
man in the full sense of the word.
Man; no higher. / had the privilege
cf hearing Gov. Cats make a speech
on the 9th at New Port Richey, and
they said he was at his best. He be-
gan his speech after the usual prelim-
iEaries by jumping all over. ] H. Ben
jamin. He said this man Benjamin
was the editor of a small weekly
paper by the name of the Ocala Star,
and probably this editor would have
to go out and borrow the money on a
Saturday to pay off his men. He said
this same editor had torn his little
campaign sheet all to pieces and had
accused him (Catts) for the high
taxes. Of course he explained his side
| of why the state millage had been
raised. One was the appropriation for
the citrus canker and the other the
state highways. He also said he had
removed all officers who had not done
their duty, but said the senate had re-
instated enough of these officers to
tax the state for $18.5OO. Said he was
not responsible for what the senate
did. He gave himself considerable
credit for calling the extra session of
| the legislature to pass on the prohi-
bition question. At this point in his
speech he asked all who thought he
! lead the prohibition movement to hold
up their hands. You could see the
governor was very much chagrinned.
His only remark was there must be
lot of Fletcher men here. The gov
ernor was certain he was going to be
| elctced by ten thousand majority, be-
cause every time a one-eyed man
went after thing he always got it;
| because he had only one eye and he
fixed that eye on the thing he want
ed. But it was quite different with a
man with two eyes. He would fix one
eye on the thing he wanted and the
other eye on the woman, and usually
got left. He said Senator Fletcher
was Unitarian and didn't believe in
God. He also told those people
that Senator Fletcher would never
condescend to come to a small place
like New Port Richey. No man can
tell where this senatorial plum is
gong to fall. Governor Cats is GER
tainly politician and is doing a lot
OF still hunting. will cast my flow
erS on the seas of time and watch