The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-05-31
SPEAKING IN THE
PHOSPHATE CITY
Good Sized Audience Gathered At
Short Notice and Heard
Some Live Talk

There was some slip-up or short
circuit in the machinery connecting
the publicity department of the cam
paign committee and the people of
Dunnellon, as evidenced by the lack of
information the latter had on the
meeting to be held in that city last
night for the purpose of hearing the
county candidates for Office.
When the aforesaid candidates ap-
peared in the Phosphate City about
1880 no one seemed to know anything
about an appointment on the great
questions at issue in the campaign.
However the hustling citizenry for
which D}gnnellon is noted was not long
in getting the information broadcast
that such a meeting was to be held,
and in a comparatively short time
about one hundred voters of both
sexes had gathered on the city tri-
angle ready for the fray.
DR.. w. H. Griffith, in the absence of
the precinct member of the county ex-
ecutive committee, acted in his stead
and introduced the speakers from the
front of the Jordan furniture store.
Mr.. Aubrey Frink, candidate for
member of the school board, outlined
his theories of the duties of this office
in short speech. Mr.. Veal, the pres
ent incumbent, who aspires to succeed
himself, was absent.
Mr.. S. J. McCully, known as "Jack"
to all his friends, presented his claims
to the Office of supervisor of registra-
ton. AS he lived in Dunnellon years
ago lin its wild and woolly days, as
DR.. Griffin expressed it, he felt that
all knew him and knew whether they
wanted to vote for him or not and
made his talk short one.
Mrs. G. d. Turner, the only candi-
date of the gentler sex in this years
campaign, who is developing into
quite an orator, then presented her
claims for the Office of registration of
prominent men opposing her for this
Office should aspire to some high office
in line with their ability and make
her nomination unanimous. However,
as such was not the case, she is run
ming on her merits and asks the voters
to remember her on June 9th.
Mr.. Allen J. Stephens, the third
aspirant for registration officer, told
of his record of nearly six years as a
member of the county school board
and his regular attendance upon his
duties while there. Upon this record
he asks support in Tuesdays election.
The speeches of the legislative as
pirants were along the lines of their
former ones, except that the McCon-
athy letter being circulated by Candi-
date McGahagin drew considerable
attention from Messrs. Hunter and
Mayo, who are accused of supporting
a measure passed at the last session
of the Legislature naming the mini
mum at which county bonds could be
disposed of. Both disclaim voting on
the measure. Mr. Mayo pronounced
the statement a ''falsehood" and sew
eral political names for misstate-
ments. Mr.. Hunter also paid his ere
spects" CD to the circular where it
claimed that he had been named as a
candidate in the last race by certain
interests. Both reviewed their records
in the last session.
Mr.. F. R. Hooker, one of the candi
dates for the legislature in opposition
to Mr.. Hunter, took exception to the
claims of the latter that increased
money needs are inevitable. He favors
a session of the legislature every -four
years, and the repeal of a number o1
laws creating commissions, boards
etc., which in turn make jobs for {
great number of political parasites
He said that the state was already
burdened with a superabundance Of
laws, and he proposed to make it the
biggest part of his business if elected
to oppose the passage of the dozen!
Of useless new laws that find thei1
way through each session.
ALI the addresses were intentl!
listened to and each speaker wa
given all the time wanted for presen
tation of claims for support.
The chair announced the meeting t,
: be held tonight at which Congressman
: Frank Clark will speak.