The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-05-07
'McINTosHs NOT JEALOUS or
ORANGE LAKE


Mcintosh, Florida. May End 1920.
To the Editor Ocala Banner:
Your last issue contained a letter
that was very unjust to Mcintosh.
Orange Lake accuses Mcintosh of
trying to keep Orange Lake from get
ting roads. Nothing could be further
from the truth. Mcintosh is not con-
cerned about what Orange Lake gets
unless it should be something that
would be to the detriment of Mcintosh.
Mcintosh does moi. envy Orange Lake
her conditions but Mcintosh does re.
greet not having had some of the OBJ
portunities that Orange Lake has ar
lowed to pass by. Such as the oppor-
tunity of having Stetson University.
1t is reported that Orange Lake had
the school offered to it before it was
located at DeLand.
AS to the road now under discussion
Mcintosh wants the best possible road
put on the best possible location, but
doesn't want. to deprive Orange Lake
Of anything. If in the proper location
of this road Orange Lake is left little
to one side it will be because the pow
ers that be" do not consider it best
for the road to go by Orange Lake.
The location of the road, as ! see it.
is entirely with the Federal and State
road officials. Mcintosh, Orange
Lake, nor the board of County Com
missioners will have anything to say
as to the location. As understand it
the present road engineer has run
some trial lines for the location. The
federal engineer will come along later
and select the location and he will be
guided by firmness of road bed, cost
Of construction and probable cost IT
maintenance, having in view the ac-
commodation of the travelling public,
not the Mcintosh travel nor the Or
ange Lake travel, nor the county
travel, nor the state travel altogether,
but the whole United States is invest
ing money in this road, and the fed
eral authorities are SO much interest
ed in the travel from other states that
we hope will use this road as they
are in any other travel, consequently,
they will strive to cut out all unnec-
cessary mileage and all possible curv-
es and turns in the road If it so hap
pens that Orange Lake is so situated
that extra distance, a few hills and
curves and turns will be. considered
by the locating powers" as too great
disadvantage over another line.
Orange Lake will be left to one side,
but it will not be done by any influ-
ence from Mcintosh.
Orange Lake seems to think McIn-
tosh has taken her school or tried to
take both schools and churches. McIn-
tosh had done nothing to hurt the
school at Orange Lake, except, Incl
IDENTIFY, that is by trying to have the
best possible school at Mcintosh, and
when Orange Lake asked if her chill
dren could attend the Mcintosh school.
Mcintosh said, yes, if you think we
can give you better than you have
come and welcome Should Mcintosh
be blamed for Orange Lakes inert,
ness?
AS to churches, ! think Mcintosh
and Orange Lake are in the same
boat both badly over churched
much religion and not enough Chris
tianity--too much denominationalism,
too much quibbling about non-essen-
tials. One saying to the other you
were not baptised right and etc. In
this particular am sorry to say.
fear they are all too nearly correct.
Some took sprinkling or pouring, some
took immersion with water and not
enough of them were baptised with
the spirit of Christ, and they lack the
spiritual baptism, without which the
water baptism is of no avail. | regret
the envious spirit of Orange Lake.
Truly yours,