The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-03-27
SUMMERF|ELD IS
FOR GOOD ROADS
Report that the People Would Fight
the Bond Issue Unjust to that
Progressive Section


heard some very unjust criticism
about our little town and we feel that
we should resent such and set the fair
minded people right.
Summerfield is composed of we'll
balanced business men and farmers.
Every one here started at the bottom
and is climbing the ladder of success
round by round and not negligent Of
his neighbor or fellow man; in fact,
we are a cooperate set of people be-
lieving what helps the other fellow
helps Us. Our merchants help the
farmer in assisting him in growing,
marketing or buying his products and
without the farmer the merchants
wouldn't exist, so you see we are de-
pendent on each other In fact, we
arc such a cooperative set it is very
evident some of our neighbor towns
are becoming very jealous, over
estimating our strength or circulat-
ing rumors that they know good and
we'll are absolutely false.
We have been accused of trying to
take away state road No. 2, known AS
the Dixie Highway, from our broth
ers around the east side of Lake
Weir. We want to say right here the
job of routing all state roads belongs
to the state road department and it is
up to them. Our townsman and
county commissioner, Mr.. j. w. Davis
with Mr.. T. T. Munroe and Mr.. Nath-
an Mayo did go before the chairman,
Mr.. NJ. M. Smith, of the state road
department during our first bond cleo
tior and ask that the Dixie Highway
be continued around the east side of
Lake Weir and at that time the re-
quest was granted.
The state road department met in
Ocaal last Wednesday, March oath.
The meeting nor the subject of same
was known to none in Summerfield
until late Tuesday, the day before,
and 10 and behold it was learned aft
erwards that a committee and var
iCus people had the very atmosphere
in Ocala and around the east side of
Lake Weir alive for days with reports
that "Summerield is trying to hog
he Dixie Highway" and notice was
given to all residents from Belleview
to the Lake county line and every
Ocala and Lake Weir jitney tourist
that "They had better be on the job
bright and early at the state highway
meeting to protect their rights. etc,
from that hoggish Summerfeld
bunch" The real facts are, we knew
nothing about it nor had started any
such move, didn't even think enough
about it to send a representative TO
the meeting.
Summerfeld voted better than
three to one for bonds in the last
election and we have good reasons to
believe it will go strong for bonds
again, regardless where the road is
built.
Another very unjust criticism
comes to US and is being circulated to
injure nothing more than the candi-
dates for Office that reside here. 1t
has been stated that Commissioner j.
w. Davis has put all the road i'm
provement at Summerfield This sure
ly is joke or such a statement made
purely for malicious purposes. j. W..
Davis has played the big brother. Let
Us see what he has done for his dis
trict while in Office:
Hardened road North Lake Weir to
Lake county line, a distance of about
10 miles.
Rebuilt road from Stanton to
Starkes ferry, about five miles.
Hardened road from Belleview to
Gambler, about four miles.
Hardened road from Oklawaha to
Whites ferry, about four miles.
Hardened road from Pedro TO
miles.
Hardened part of road from Pedro
tc Weirsdale (Weirsdale end) about
one and one-half miles.
Hardened several bad hills on the
Shady-Ocala road.
Strawed Dan Monroe road, Levon,
about three miles.
Rebuilt the streets of Belleview,
about one mile.
Graded part of road east of Weirs-
dale
In appreciation of the above he has
received a dozen cussings for every
foot of above road for not keeping
them in repaid so you could skid a
glass of coca-cola from one end to the
other without making a ripple
Now get a magnifying glass and we
will look around and see what he has
done for Summerfeld. Yes, we find
mile and three-quarters on Levon
and Summerfeld road built in three
different sections and was partly built
by citizens during the week of the
road building drive and not a dollar
spent on same for repairs since it was
built and now in good shape to plant
sw eet potatoes as it is all chilled up. .