The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-04-03
Vol. XXI. No. a. Whole No. 1858.
Ethelwold Again.

Ethelwold Again.
Last October I received the following
letter from Mr.. E. L. Goodsell, of New
York:
NEW YORK. Oct 6. 1894.
Mr. E. o. Painter. DeLand. Fla:
DEAR S1R-aerewith enclosed please find copy
of a letter from Messrs. B. & j. Shaw, of Hull,
which explains itself.
Owing to the injustice and injury you have
done me by your action in the publicati on of
certain statements in your FLORIDA AGRICUL-
TURIsT of Oct. 18th, 1898. 1 request that you will
give a full and unqualified retraction of the
same in as conspicuous a manner you pub
lished the charges that you made against me.
and also supplement the same with the publica-
tion of Messrs B. & J. Shaw's letter.
Please send me a copy of the paper containing
all this material which I shall ask you to insert
in your paper at once. Failing to do so, I think
there is only one course left open to me, which in
self respect shall be compelled to pursue.
Very truly
f. L. GooDsELL..
On the receipt of the above l wrote
as follows:
Mr. E. L GoodseH. 1O3 Park Place. N. Y:
DEAR SIR-Your favor of the 9th at hand con-
tanning copy of letter from Messrs. B. & j. Shaw.
If you will send the original copy of Messrs
SIS letter will take pleasure in publishing
same. You may send the letter by registered
mail and will return it to you in the
same way.
If we have misrepresented you it is because
Messrs. Shaw have misrepresent ted you to me- If
have done you an injustice l am ready to make
Acknowledgement to that effect through the
paper. Your threats. however, Mr.. Goodsell, do
not have any effect me in this matter have
no personal fee ings in this matter I
working entirely for what believe to be the best
interest of the orange grower.
Yours very respectfully
#. y. PAINTER.
In due course of mail I received the
following letter from Mr.. Goodsell, con-
tanning the letter of Messrs. Shaw re-
ferred to above:
NEW YORK, Oct. 10, 1894.
Mr.. E. o. Painter. DeLand. Fla:
DEAR SIR-I have yours of Oct. 18th and here
with en- close Messrs. B. & J. Shaw original let
ter to me in this registered letter to you, dated
Hull. Sept. 9th. 1894. After you have printed
same kindly return it to me-
In my letter of the 9th I made no threats
whatsoever. and what said was to the effect
that if you did not do me the justice to retract
your very serious and damaging charges against
me in an equally public manner to the way that
they were made, I had only one course left 1
simply repeat that statement, which is not or
cannot be construed threat.
1t has always seemed to me that you have
had an animus in the matter. which was as
explainable to me anything have ever had
occur in my life. for the reason did not know
that had ever done anything to you that would
cause you to try and damage me- asyOu unques-
tionably did with the growers OF Florida.
The result of all this trouble is that where
would have gladly taken up the exporting of
oranges by direct steamer shipments to England,
shall never try to do so in the future. as feel
that have been too shabbily treated to consent
for a moment to do hat was really charitable
work, which involved great risk to me and In
addition no profit.
On the publication OF the enclosed letter you