The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-05-17
MANY ABSENT AT MCINTOSH
Candidates Had About Half a Voter
Apiece at the Saturday After
noon Meeting

nOOn heetInR
That the people of Mcintosh are a
thrifty lot was evidenced Saturday
when the candidates for county Office
appeared in that live burg for the
purpose of presenting their claims to
the voters, and only few of said
voters attended. Mr.. Tulley L. Hick-
son. who had charge of the arrange
ments, said that everybody was busy
with bean and cucumber harvesting,
and Saturday being payday too, it
was almost impossible for them to
be on hand. However, shortly after
three o'clock, with the voters out
numbered about two to one by the can
didates, and number of ladies. the
speaking program was opened in the
beautiful public park pavilion.
Mr.. Hickson, being master of cere-
monies, introduced the speakers as
their names appeared on the pre-
arranged program, which called for
Mr. L. S. Light, candidate for legis-
lative honors, as the opening speaker.
Mr.. Light, after relieving himself
of his coat and taking hitch at his
suspenders, launched out with a line
Of "fggers" showing the vast expen-
ditures of the federal government as
we'll as the state. citing that the for
mer had increased during the past
five years over 600 per cent, while the
state expenses during the same per-
iod had increased over 500 per cent.
He said that the pendulum must at
some time reach the turning point
and that the time is at hand. This
is the time, he said, when the people
needed man who knew the Figures"
to represent them in the halls of the
legislature, and he claimed to be that
man, making the statement that he
was the best posted man in Florida
today along these lines. He said that
the "cards would be stacked" on the
novice, and his past experience made
him the logical man to go as our rep
resentative, instead of either one IF
the inexperienced men who were op-
posing his candidacy. He claimed the
responsibility of killing over half a
million dollars in appropriations sub
mitted to the session of the Iegisla-
ture of which he was a member, and
warned the voters against sending
his opponents there instead of him.
Mr.. A. c. Blowers, the last candi-
date to enter the legislatice race, be-
gan hiss talk with an answer to Mr..
Lights assertion that there might be
a crooked deck sprung on the assem-
bly, and said that in that event he
would Immediately call for a new
deck. He stated that he was an en-
thusiast on public education and
would not favor cutting appropria-
tions for that purpose, but would
favor cutting off alleged grating
jobs which apparently cucumber the
present educational appropriations.
He said he believed that the salaries
of the gang of inspectors" who now
infest the state should be eliminated
and the money thus squandered should
be turned toward the better pay of
our public school teachers. AS to his
position on the constitutional amend
ment for road bonds, he said that he
would be broad enoU L to follow the
wishes of his COM -3-ncy regardless
OF his personal vicv : or The subject
Mr.. G. w. Hunter. .iT. aspirant for
legislative honors in gOu3 two, began
his address by referring to the
charges made against him that he had
no record" He cited his activities
in various public enterprises, naming
among them taking the lead IN bring
ing to Marion county the members of
the National Farmers Congress after
their meeting in Jacksonville, which
he claimed was worth many thousands
of dollars to our county; also leading
the movement to make the county fair
financial success instead of an an
nual deficit producer. He said he
favored the work of the state chemist
being done at the University of Flor
| ida by experts employed at state ex-
pense, instead of the present expen-
sive red tape method employed, re-
ferring especially to the analysis
of fertilizers. He favors putting to
work several hundred of the state
prisoners now being kept on the state
farm at Raiford on the public roads
He stated that there are now over SOC
of them at Raiford, while the law pro-
vides that less than one-fourth of that
number is to be used there. He claims
that with the release of that much
free labor now being used on the
roads it would place the farmer in a
position to raise 100 per cent crop
in Florida instead of 20 per cent a.
reports show is now being done. AS
to the conduct of the various state