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m Chattanooga Plows Avery Plows Farming Tools of All Kinds Pittsburg Perfect Fence1 IN HARDWARE Cane Mills Oil and Wood Stoves A Full Line of Granite and Tin Kitchen Ware Table Crock m

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Plain Talk About Coming ElectionIWill Voting the County Dry Be

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BusinessI

Ocala Nov 18 1905To the Editor of the Ocala Banne-

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was greatly impressed with an ar-T

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ticle that appeared in your paper j

some time since It stated that very I

few if any of the young men of our j

fis city or the older ones either for I

that matter were addicted to thedrink habit to any considerable ex¬

tent so to advertise Ocala as beingpolluted by this evil it seems to meis more or less a reflection on the fair

h name of our city It is a palpablewrong to our citizens

Forbidden fruit is always tempting-and the young man housed like a hot-house

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plant is less liable to escape thesnares and pitfalls he is likely to en-

counter¬

in the great battle with theworld than the young man who hashad freer reign and has not alwaysbeen tied to his mothers apron strings

A3 a rule the Jew is accustomed tohis wines beer and liquors in his homeandthe Jew boy is less addicted to the

s drink habit when he grows to man ¬Ihood than his gentile associates who4

have grown up under more restricted-and prohibitive surroundings Ibe-

lieve this proposition is generally ad-

mitted¬ I

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It seems that as soon as the science-of

w 1agriculture was understood vine-

yards¬

were planted and the wine press-

is familiarly alluded to in the OldTestament scriptures but when theworld became so wicked that Godthought it necessary to destroy it topurify it wine drinking is not record-ed

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as one of the evils with which itx2t

was afflictedOne of the first things Noah did af¬

ter the waters subsided was to plant avineyard and erect a wine press and

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I when in celebration of the favor God-

ii had shown him imbibed too freelyone of his sons was shocked and at-

tempted¬

i to erect a prohibition altarover him and for the doing of which acurse was placed upon him and hisoffspring forever which has afflicted-

the human race ever sinceNearly three thousand years elapsed-

and the world again grew so wickedthat God sent his own son to save ityet wine drinking is not put downas one of its evils and Christ wasderided as a winebibber the pres-

umption is because he must haveused wine in moderation

So much for the moral aspects ofthis subject

Now as to its business aspectsTwelve or fourteen storerooms will

will be left vacant Thus it stands-to reason will lessen rents and willinevitably effect real estate values-

If the storerooms are occupied bythe same class of stores that are al¬

ready here it will divide the tradewith our merchants and must of ne¬

cessity be hurtful to themThe fifty men these saloons now

employ and who spend all their earn¬

ingshere will be thrown out of em¬

ployment and their wages will belost from the channels of trade andto that extent the business of thecity will be curtailed

The argument that the money nowpaid into the saloons will be savedand used for purchasing ths necssarigs of life will not hold good andif carried to its logical conclusionwould be fatal to any town in theworld It would close up all such es ¬

tablishments as jewelry cigar fancygoods stores and our fruit and con¬

fectionery stands for none of theseestablishments deal in the necessities-of life and all of their goods couldbe dispensed with and the buyerswould then of course have more tospend for actual food and raimant

But proposition of this sort would-so depopulate our city that we wouldhave very little city left and its de ¬

struction would inevitably followTo make a city we must have a I

population and all sorts of industries

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and enterprises are absolute essen-

tialsj

Iand the cutting off of one or

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more branches of trade must of neI cessity be hurtful to the wholeI

The business men of OcalanotI the temporary sojourners herehave

seriously considered this subject andhave issued the following address to

I the sober thinking people of thecounty and its careful study is re ¬ i

spectfully solicited I

See what the business men say on i

j this subjectL C S I

TO THE VOTERS OF MARION COUNTYI

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In view of theI

present agitation of 1

prohibition in this county we re-

spectfully¬

idirect your attention towhat seems to us good reasons for

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voting to leave conditions as they arei

in this county i

1 Past experiences in this countyI

and in other counties demonstrate-that Iit is impossible without incurringinordinate expense to enforce pro ¬

hibitory laws and even with that i

expense the enforcement will onlybs partial and ineffectual People-will

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not voluntarily detect inform I

against or prosecute offenders andI the county cannot afford to employsufficent officers to do this workeven assuming that efficient ones J

could be found There is no use of I

adopting a law which we know inadvance cannot accomplish its pur-pose

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without an expense which theI

t county is unable to bearI

2 Closing licensed saloons herewill not interfere with the lawful saleof intoxicants in this county Liq-uors

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will be sold and sent here fromTampa Jacksonville and points out¬

side of the state without violating I

the law We see no reason for mere ¬

ly transferring the traffic from Ocala-to other points No practical good-can come of preventing local menfrom selling while others are per¬

mitted to do it3 Present conditions in Ocala

compare favorably with any prohibi ¬

tion city of the same population inFlorida or elsewhere The degree ofsobriety and good order prevailing

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r here is even higher than most prohi ¬

bition towns of similar size can showi 4 The city of Ocala has recentlyincurred a bonded debt of 45000Marion county is now greatly in j

debt and in need of a court houseand other improvements If the rev-enue

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derived from the licensed sa-

loons¬

be lost it will be necessary to j

materially increase the tax rate onI

property and that rate is alreadyhigh I

It is therefore deemed proper toI

thus openly state these views as be ¬

ing some of the reasons for the op ¬

posing of any change at presentHerbert A Ford president of Cen ¬

tral National Bank president board-of trade chairman finance commit-tee

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of city councilMunroe Chambliss bankers

members board of trade jWm Anderson druggist member f

board of trade I

IAbe Brown Bro grocers mem-

bers board of trade-

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A Weathers merchant mem-ber

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board of trade and city council I

H B Clarkson member MarionHardware Co and member board of

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trade I

Geo MacKay merchant member i

board af trade-D

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E iIcIver merchant memberboard of trade-

Rheinaueri

Company merchantsmembers board of trade I

O T Green lawyer member ofboard of trade

Chas Peyser cigar manufacturermember board of trade-

J D Robertson member board oftrade and city council-

V J Shipman hotel proprietormember board of trade-

R R Carroll business manager ofDaily and Weekly Star member ofboard of trade

O W Reagan manager for HoopesBros Darlington Inc member ofboard of trade-

S A Rawis manager MarionFarms member board of trade-

D W Davis insurance agentmember board of trade

I R B Bullock lawyer member efboard of trade

i R B Campbell manager FloridaI

IElectric Plumbing Co member ofboard of trade

M Fishel merchant exmayor andmember board of trade

E N Schlemmer baker memberboard of trade-

D S Anderson manager OcalaFoundry and Machine Shops mem ¬

ber board of tradeJohn H Taylor of the Ocala Man-

ufacturing¬

Company member board-

of tradeHerman Benjamin manager Florida

Packing Ice Co member board oftrade-

H C Jones owner of bottling I

works member board of tradeI

W V Newsom i1D member ofboard of trade-

AntiMonopoly

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Drug Store GrovesI

and Walters members of board oftrade I

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The Blount Real Estate Company-by

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E K Nelson secretary and s

treasurer member board of tradeI

HelvenstonPastenr Company mer¬

chants members board of trade-R

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L Anderson lawyer-S A Bullock justice of the peaceM Handelsman proprietot of the

Boston Store-H A Daniel druggist-A J Beck druggist-Don Ford bank clerk-D C Edwards owner Ocala House-W C Jeffords retired merchant

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Fred G B Weihe jeweler memberboard of trade

Klein Campbell merchantsmembers board of trade

Frank P Gadson proprietor of the I

Bazar Store j

H S Stalberg proprietor restau ¬

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J Crook bookkeeper at H B j

Masters StoreJ W Alexander proprietor New

Racket StoreFrank Harris proprietors of the I

Variety Store members board oftrade

Lee Miller naval storest

A T Swartz wholesale groceriesI

member board of trade

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I L E Lang wholesale groceriesi C J Weaver

Krasnoff Bros merchantsSolomon Thrilling-J H Benjamin foreman Evening

and Weekly Star-E C Smith merchant-J R Martin Co liverymenJ D Pope Co naval storesJ R Martin farmer

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Geo Williams barber-N I Gottleib photo artist

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G T Maughs agent So Ex Co-

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C W Smith property ownerGeo II Ford vice president and

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cashier Central National Bank-P

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V Leavengood business man-

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r Ocala Daily and Weekly Ban ¬

nerAW Wolff bakery-

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R Td ngs druggistH L Anderson attorney and mem ¬

ber board of tradeJ H Livingston jr real estate

and insuranceForaey Lancaster insuranceC K Sage manager Western Un¬

ion Telegraph CoHenry Gordon sheriff Marion

ocunlYLouis H Dosh foreman Ocala

Daily and Weekly Banner-A E Delouest + retired merceant-

and member board of trade-C E Taylor confectioner-E M Howard proprietor Ocala

Steam Laundry member of board of

trade-R D Mathews superintendent-

Ocala Steam Laundry-W W Condon merchantLouis R Chazal phosphate dealer

and member board of tradeDavid S Woodrow real estate and

member board of trade-F T Schreiber chemistChas S Cullen phosphate brokerEdward Holder phosphate broker

and member board of trade

Worm DestroyerWhites Cream Vermifuge not on ¬

ly kills worms but ramoves the mu ¬

cus and slime in which they build s

their nests it brings and quickly-a healthy condition of the body ± r

where worms cannot exist AU

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