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C Bittinger and R R Carroll

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1 C L BITTINGERr Editor and General Manager

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City Editor and Business Manager-s

LIGHT AND HIS LUNACIES-

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L S Light in Sundays Banner inrelying to what Bittinger said aboutLights efforts to mislead the peoplejn what he could and would do if hewent to Tallahassee denies that he

j Light would make men sober or hon-est

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by legislation Well then if MrLight says he newer promised to doanything of the kind we must havebeen mistaken and agreat many other

a a people for we not only heard him tryTO prove to the audiences he addressed

Y x that he could Jo it but would do itNow Light either said that or at-tempted

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to and that will sustain ourcv coatention about Light and proved

the reverse that because the percapita expenses of the state governi rent have grqwn from 1 in 1880 to

4 In 1908 that all the legislaturessince then have unjustly taxed ourpeople for what they have received nobenefit It is either one or the otherand we fdon care which horn of the

I4 1I1crnmaMr Light takes Is not Mry Light crying out in the agony of his

I great soul against this unjust tryan =° ny and perverting of the peoples

rights and is it not for the correctionoC these wrongs that he demands to-

go to the legislature If this is nothis purpose and this the correct in-

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to draw front Mr Lightsfusifade against everything and ev-

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d what other conclusion is thepeople to come to than the one we

y have indicated In connection withincrease of taxation only one inferencecan be drawn that all the legislaturesduring all these years mentioned havebeen recreant to the trust reposed by

x the people of the state in them foras their servants have failed torender honest and conscientious ser-vice

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to the people Now we ask isy

JMr Light built different prom other1r men Has he better purer higher

ambitions and ability to do better andgreater things than the average legis-lator

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If he has let him show hisI warrant Mr Light can believe until

doomsday A man would be worse j

than an arrant fool and an idiot tor

c appear as a candidate and say he be-

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J In dishonesty graft and knav-ery and was seeking votes to go to the

1 legislature to rob the people We arcr4 not questioning the sanity of the 46

foters at Reddick or the 801 voters inthe couhty who voted for Mr LightWe said Light deluded them Ligntparalyzed them We never said Lightand his deluded supporters were I nothonest Not once We simply saidthey have reasoned from false promlees and come to wrong conclusions

i Referring to over 1000 titers of Ma-rion

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county they were all SolomonsL

y ill wise men So this contention ofM ijhtfr that because the voters of

Reddick or the 801 in Marion drewdifferent conclusions is left with himMr Light says we are inconsistentIn one column we say we have no-

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r platform in another we say we haveNow once upon a time Mr Light wasa printer and by his own work as-sisted

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the innocence of his soul he overlook-ed

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the headliner in the office In thiscase it was our foreman Mr Benja ¬

min who wrote the words <lBittingersPlatform Now that is all there wasin thatThe article simply stated wha-te believed in what we would try and

bInterested in and work for if weWere honored with the nomination-Thattl is all Mr Light knows in all

your canvass we never pretended wehad a platform Mr Light contendswe have purloined several of hisplanks We are not conversant of thefacts any more than Mr Light is for

r iu the main we both pretend to be+ Heve in certain things essentials as

they are called and as they are cornmon property we cannot see how our

1 friend Light imputes to us a desire to4 steal his thunder That hisl thunder

is a distinct and specific asset of MrLight and he is welcome to it for if

rd his thunder at Tallahassee bringsforth the hidden wealth that causesMr Light to champ so much froth

r then indeed will the millennium havedawned and weSvill in the sweet bye

h and bye hear no more about exorb¬

1 tnt and unequal taxesd

MR POPES ADDRESS

Attorney Frarfk Pope Jr a promi-nent

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member of the Jacksonville bar-

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afternoon in the courthouse ad-v

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General Albert W Gifchrlst-Csndldacy

sfor governor It is evident

that the Gilchrist forces are on thedefensive for Mr Pope laid great

h I stress on the legislative records ofboth Mr Gilchrist and Mr Stocktonand their attitude on the liquor ques-tion

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Mr Pope insisted that Mr Gil¬

i christ had always been a consistenttemperance man never signed a whis-ky

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petition or voted a wet ticket Thatfought the wets in DeSoto couifty

I + is t in the legislature he voted againstr

the indefinite postponement of a reso-lution

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submitting the question of aIt prohibition amendment to the consti-

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which =parliamentary usage terdares in the same as voting for thela position ij tnn sized up Stock ¬

tons stock in trade along prohibition< i

u lilies As a legislator he did nothingrN y-

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for temperance but got on the band-wagon when he saw the prohibition

c ave rolling in from Georgia He adMi tted personally Mr Stockton was atemperance man so far as drink wentie gave Stockton a dig about his pav ¬

ing contract with the city of Jackson-ville

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because the board of publicworks had granted to Mr Stocktonthe contractor advances on his job31r Pope spoke of this matter as aserious exposure and involved the in-

tegrity¬

of those in contr l of the citysaffairs He referred to the fact thatthe people of that city had failed bytheir votes to give Mr Stockton whofor years had been living in that citytheir confidence and being discredit =

cd at home he could not ask for sup-port

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in the country By contrast haspoke of the loyal and almost unani ¬

mous support given Gilchrist in hishome county of DeSoto He then re-

ferred¬

t othe dangerous three friendscombination Brpward Stockton andParrs who had built up a dangerouscombination which should avoided be-

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if they succeeded they wouldfasten on the state what they hadfastened on Jacksonville He rappedthe Jacksonville ministerial alliancesaying it was uncalled for and unjust-to Mr Gilchrist The attendance waslight probably a hundred person

BITTINGER AND LIGHT ATSUMMERFIELD AND BELLEVIEW

I TMessrs Light and Bittinger candi-

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for the legislature in the sec-ond

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primary vlsit Summerfield andBelleview Saturday afternoon to fur ¬

ther their efforts to reach the legisla-ture

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lrIrA D Mitchell of Summerfield met us at the station and pretented us with the liberty of the placeThe crowd was not large but enthus-iasm

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vas evident It was a sectionmeeting as not more than a dozenpersons attention could be secured atone time as everybody was busy load ¬

ing cantaloupes tomatoes and wateruielons so the candidates simply turn-ed

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loose and impressed every voterwith the fact that the man who hadthe ear of the voter was it After sev¬

eral hours spent in this manner wesecured transportation and hied away-to Belleview where we were splendid ¬

ly and delightfully ertained by Mrand Mrs C A Tremere Thq meet ¬

ing was called to order on the steps ofMr Tremeres store and Judge Hop-kins introduced the candidates whoreceived a splendid hearing The in-

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in discussion developed unusualinterest in the questions propounded-by Bittinger to Light why he possess ¬

pGsuperlor wisdom to Dr Porter incriticising Porters administrationof the State Board of Health assert-ing

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he Light could run the same onexpense of 40000 when Dr Porter

asked for an appropriation of 64000Mr Light was too modest altogetherit > say he was an equal authority onepidemics apd how to suppress thembut he knew that in Mime of peace tospend the amount of money charged-up to the State Board of Health wasnothing less than sinful waste Ofcourse Lights contention is reduction-of expenses no matter whether hisreason for the same is sane and safelie made as a special plea for his elec ¬

tion that he was a farmer knew theirinterests and he alone could ministertc their wants When asked if Mr WD Carn was not engaged in the samebusiness Mr Light hadevidently notheard of it but insisted Mr Carn wassuperintendent of schools He alsolaid great stress on the fact that asboth Carn and Bittinger came fromOcala it would be a discrimination tosend two men from the town and igrore the country as twothirds of thetaxation came from the country ignor-ing the fact that according to his modeor reasoning if elected he would have-to legislate for twothirds of thewealth of the county 1 and Mr Carn I

would only be burdened with Ocalasinterests Mr Light could not dis-associate

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his legislative duties if elect-ed

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wholely and solely to the protec-tion of the county lambs but failed tostate what specifically those needswere and the remedy he had up hisfarmers union sleeve to correct theirregularities and injustices done therural population in the past-

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FOR R NTA sevenroom cottagewith bath room For rent June 1stLocated in second ward in rear of DrIzlars residence Apply to Mrs T WSmith or Mrs Vogt Ocala

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MONASTIC ORIGIN

Chartreuse Benedictine and otherLquors have retained their original excellence as after dinner cordials andits our pleasure to offer them to thepublic of Ocala in flasks of beauteou-sshapethe liquors of fire fragrance-and great digestion alders Modernliquorswhiskies and brandies too

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IRight now in the heart of the season my entire stock of s

Mens Furnishings and Hats at Actual Cost M

Nothing reserved My reason for selling out is that Iam lgoing into business with my brother Our store in Jack-

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SACRIFICE SALEIf

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I thank the people of Ocala for their liberal patronage andwhile I will be located in Jacksonville I will call on you

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rDECORATION DAY

Saturday was decoration day for theG A R posts all over the land and Itwas no exception to Ocala though themembership here fs small in number

Mr T J Owen came up from LakeWeir to assist in conducting the cere-

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of decorating the graves MrOwen is commander of this camp Hewas assisted by Adjutant Bumby ofot the-Waters

Daisy section also Comradeand Chaplain J M Moffett

who made a beautiful and touchingprayer and later was one of the speak-ers

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and told a very touching incidentof the battlefield of Shiloh which I

battle Mr Moffett participated inI

The editor of this paper spoke of theinfluences of the years that have pass-

ed since the bloody and terrible days-

of 188165 How time assuages the i

deep sorrows and modifies the feelings-and thoughts of those who were theactors in that eventful drama Afterthe speaking the graves of both theblue sing the gray were strewn withflowers and decoration day of 1908was brought to a pleasant close t

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A CORRECTION-

The Star referred Saturday to Mrand Mrs Carl Harter having come-

down from Sparr to attend the mem-

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serices It should have read Mrand Mrs B C Harter the veteranwho served gallantly in the Unionarmy and is now in his eightysix-year Mr and Mrs B C Harter havebeen residents of Ventura Californiathough prior to that time they livedin Ocala and Sparr Mr Harter waspostmaster in Ocala in the early 80sThis aged couple are bearing theiryears with unusual fortitude andgrowing old gracefully and beautifully-

The cantaloupe melon and tomatocrop will be a partial failure at Sumrnerfield all no doubt owing to thedrouth In the past land that wouldyield a car of melons to two acres nowonly yields a car to every six of eightacres and though the season is onlyfairly begun the vines show signs ofexhaustion and death The growers-in that section namely the DillardsSam and Tom Joe Davis McWhite-A D Mitchell and several colored far ¬

mers whose names have slipped ourmemory all say the same thing aboutthe hard situation imposed on thetruckers by the dry season-

In our special reduction sale we willhave lots of fun in crockery and toiletsets Our bowls and pitchers largeglobe shape now 89 cents whitePlates dinner size now 39 cents setAt the Ocala Bazaar Store Gadson

Remember your credits good atTheus Zachrys the furniture men

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buying We have a nice range we can sell for I

35OO500 down and 100 per week until paid for

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We have also just received two carloads ofFurniture We are in a position to make youclose prices on Furniture Matting Rugs etc

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Makes Plumbing Goo ds Gas Engines Pztitp-n s IrrigatingPlants Acetylene Gas Plants Sold and Installed Complete Estimatespromptly submitted on any Work in our wine

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ROLLINS COLLEGEFLO-RIDAS OLDEST COLLEGEC-

ollege Academy and Schools oC Music Expression Fine Arts Domes¬

tic and Industrial Arts and Business H

Carnegie Hall and third mens dormitory now going up electric lightssteam and furnace heat large faculty perfect health conditions fine gym-nasium

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athletic field tennis courts golf links baseball and basketballteams champions of Florida this year Nearly a quarter of a million clollarendowment expenses are moderate scholarships available Christian buundenominational stands for

CHARACTER CULTURE CONDUCT 4

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