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beautiful city In the Interior ofIt is located in the very center

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bwiltn avid All thc e naturaladvantage coiutii d ul a iirc nnlye i l tiit1 ijrviJiicltlzeiinhit e sun to iuak a dlfcity

There are runny natunil attractionIn tiot IlOTtiinlt lu tht cily tcmiv oi-

whUii era Alitliua Sink Falnes-Prarle true Devils Mill tlopimr ar-

rns Cae DUll Lake NYwnan all ofwhich are reached by private convey-ance

Spring Park Stuck Farm the laigoKiand finest live stock farm In the SureId only eight miles west of theand is reached by a good bard roadaffording a most pleasant drive

The farmers of Alachua county orwhich Gainesville Is the county seatlive at home and board at the sans

place The temperature is veryscarcely ever reaching thein summer or the twenties In

winter The population of Gainesville-Is about eight thousand representingnearly every natlonalty on the faceof the earth and strangers alwaysmeet with a hearty welcome

The University of Florida for youngmen and the National Agricultural

Station are located withinthe corporate limits of the city Infact Gainesville has so many thingsthat we must be pardoned if we omita few of them in the following enumer-ation of what

Gainesville HalOne artistNo saloonsOne garageFour hotelsFour banks

One foundrrWater worksTen entiretiesOne gis plantTwo tin shopsThree bakeriesTen ffljyslclaSSix frnlt storesTwo gnncmithsSix restaurantsOne seed storeHoard of TradeSix drug storesFour shoe shopsState University

TempleTwenty lawyersTwo paint shopsFour contractors tOne bicycle shopBaseball diamondTwo Ice factoriesSix music schoolsOne variety storeOne public libraryTwo wagon worksTwo planing millsTwo racket store1 wo lumber yardsOne marble worksThree silversmithsThree wood yardsFive dental roomsOne express officeFree mall deliveryFour beef marketsEight barber shopsTwo public schoolsTwo music housesA telephone systemTwo haberdasheriesTwo abstract officesF ir pressing clubsTVO machine shopsTV o bottling works

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military companyTree jewelry stores

phosphate officeOe Chinese laundry

Christian churchT o steam laundries

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female physician-F eon grocery storesF r ajti t churchesa furniture stores

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I OFFICIAL DIRECTORY

State OfficersGovernor A W GflchrUt Talla

bUtieo-j of Statir u Clay CrawfTti T llare

j Coiupr r A C Croum Tall-

urrcukurufW V Kaut Tuluas-w

Attorney Ji TaiPar6 M TramuuII Tall vy-

Ctmni jcr of AgricultiireIt EI Mtlfn laha ttt

Supt t i in lli tructtait Vi M

Hollowii TiIresti r QI Ui 4tftat F M Mud

Clerk ana Auditor ij 11 Wiitigus-UlUt

dupt Iuullc tiuctiou Dt Jr iiey GililHfViue-

Shvuff 1 Uaujsey G iuesvllleCounty Judge H G GaitieH

Vax Asesaor V W Colsou Gaineslie

lax CollfcUir W D DickinsonGainesville

Treasurer D Matbeson Gaines-ville

Supervisor Registration C McGrew Gaiucbvllle

County Commissioners John GDampler Chairman Hague J FTownsend Campvllle J W MayArcher Chas W Summers TrentonO P Cannon Gainesville

Members School BWeeks Chairman Hawthorn J WMoody LaCrosse G W MillerTrenton

State Senator H H McCrearyGainesville

Members House Syd L CarterGainesville T A Doke Santa Fe

City OfficersDavis

Marshal B T ArnowTax Assessor W Al BradfordTax B Ellis SrClerk and Treasurer Maxey DellCity Attorney R E Davishoard of K Broome

President S J Burnett II L PhlferH S Graves C A Colclough W TPound J A Goodwin

Board of PubMc Wurks H E Tay-lor Chairman W W Hampton secre-tary II F Dutton E J Baird J HVidal

Firstclass sewerage systemTwo fertilizer manufactoriesFive fire Insurance agenciesTwo livery and feed stablesOne crate and basket factoryOn Elks Cub reading roomHardwood Manufacturing PlantAgricultural Kxpnriment StationFlorhla Winter Bible ConferenceFive dressmaking establishmentsNational Odd Fellows SanitariumThree undertaking establishmentsTwo of the best hotels In the in

tenorTwo wholesale grain and feed

storesTwo wholesale grocery establish-

mentsWater that has made Gainesville

famousThe finest opera house in the State

outside of JacksonvilleA Government building soon to be

erected to cost when completed130000Carpenters masons plasterers

paintPH printers machinists and la-

boring men galoreMore miles of paved streets and

grnnolltate sidewalks than any othertown in the interior of the State

An 55000 court house built of brickand stone a beautiful structure andthe lawns flovei beds shrubberyConfederate monument etc surround-ing it make it a most attractive picture

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We Ask Youtake Oardul for your female

troubles because we arc sure itwill help you Remember thatthis great female remedy

bAa relief to thousands ofother side women so wIlY notyou For headache backacheperiodical pates female weaknecs many have said it la tho

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Total Cash Value 1000006J

To Be Given Away by the Merchants and The ISun to Citizens of Alachua County j

Each Section Gets PrizesCo-

ntest to Close August 18 1909

Realizing that all should share alike in the distribution business houseshave joined in the combination to give away Two Handsome Pianos and OneDiamond Ring to residents of Alachua county in three different sections Theseprogressive firms will give One Voto for each penny spent with them

In the event of a tie for any prize offered a prize similar in all respects there-to will be given each of those tieing

THE A R HARPER PIANO CO of Jacksonville from whom the pianos-for this contest were purchased have agreed to offer extra prizes aa follows Tothe first five candidates in each district excvptiiig the uiuneiof the capital prizesin the said districts 0110 certificate each for 1UUUO will be redeemable incash as a payment on any piimo handled by them the Everett Harvard Dayton-or John Church Pianos addition to this they will give n certificate good for

25 other coijU tuiits in the late and rill nakc with any-one to take care of their on nil pmchnFcs of instruments the cash price

Will embrace the city and suburbs and be conUdillcbVI fined to a radius of four miles in each direction

The winner in this district will be awarded a HANDSOME DIAMOND RING

from Fairbanks east and from Ro

cbelle nil points south Waldo Hawthorn Island GroveLake View Tacoma and nil points nlong line of T J Ry ONE PIANO

Western and Northern SectionVannee Wilcox Bell Newberry Jonesville Archer and all settlements coveredby this area ONE PIANO

How and Where to Get

VotesThe following merchants will give one vote

fnr ev v cent paid into their establishments forfilch they handle

Gainesville Furniture Company FurniturePhlfer dL Morris Co Clothing and FurnishingsGainesville Hardware Co Plumbing and HardwareMrs F T McCormick MillineryW M Johnson Drugs and MedicinesL C Smith Shoes and JewelryMrs R Wilson Dry Goods and NotionsSaunders Earle Groceries and Feed StuffsCity Bakery Bread and PastryP Y Smith Fresh MeatsCrawford Davis Livery and Sale StablesThe Sun Printing and PublishingThe Drown House Meals and LodgingN Francisco Banana House Fruits EtcEddins Mgt Co Lumber and Building MaterialStandard Fertilizer Co Fertilizers

Where Votes May Be CastBallot boxes will be found in the establish-

ments of the merchants giving votes and at TheSun ofllce Votes sent by mall must be directedto the Voting Contest Department of The SunGainesville Florida

Rules and Regulations1 The contest Is open to anyone living la

Alacbua county who Is known by the conductorsof the contest or vouched for by allme reputableperson to them well known

2 No employee nttachec or relative of the proprietors of the abovenamed firms are eligible toparticipate in this contest and will participate Inno manner

3 In the event of a misunderstanding betweencandidates or others Interested In this contestsuch controversy may be referred to the conductors of contest who alone are personsqualified to render decisions

4 In the event a candidate decides to withdraw from the race such candidate will not beallowed to transfer votes to the credit of anothercandidate In tho contest

Old SuVertlwrt New Subscribers125 Three months subscription 500 votes 700 votes

months subscription 1200 votes 1500 votes500 One years subscription 3500 votes 4500 votes 1

For a club of five oneyear subscriptions SrJy100 30000 votes vstcs 5For a club of ten sixmonths so crirMins TW Vi 30000 votes 350 votes

There is no limit to t i ber of cluba each contestant may secure

THE SEMIWEEKLY SUN100 One years subscription 500 votes

1 I y r y few0 rirri votes35000 votes

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