The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1897-09-24
Campbell Against Campbell.
TO the Editor OF the ocala Bauner.
Now, what's the matter with G. II

/! Now, what's the matter with G. II =.
Why, G. II. is All right. {. II.
knows more aoout water works aud
! fireman's parades than 10, hut when
j it comes TO raising corn aud having il
ground into meal and finding mar
ket for it, | can double discount him
every time.
During the three score years and
ten of nay life have had many things
10 CRATE harshly on my feelings, but
when noticed the caption Of an art.-
Gle over the signature of my esteemed
friend and namesake, viz Campbell
! VI. Campbell" That was "a soul raspcr,
such phrase was never before spoken,
written OF printed.
'To the Ocala Star belongs The
credit OF right Of discovery"
The Campbells are provcr@ial for
their loyalty to each other
Such thing never has been, ana
can't be now. Had there been "a
Campbell against Campbell in India
the whole Musselmen race, followers
of Mahommet, would not now be at
the feet of the followers Of Christ.
Had there been a Campbell against
Il Campbell when the brave Christian,
General Havelock, was marching to
the relief Of Lucknow Gepee, Burns
would never have been able to inspire
hope and joy in the souls cf the des-
pairing beleagured 10y exclaiming,
1.-The Campbells are coming! The
Campbells are coming. Dinnie ye
hear the slogan"
Yes, not only the Campbells are
coming, but the Mclvers are coming,
the McKays are coming, the McLeods
are coming, the Dunns are coming,
the McIntoshes are coming and hosts
of others to scatter the hordes of iner-
tia and lethargy that have SO long en-
camped before the gates of Ocala and
raise the gates and let prosperity
come in.
Now, my friend simply wrote under
a misapprehension of facts. II would
CERTAINLY be great stretch of the i'm
agination to infer from anything in
my article that all or any part of the
trade of Ocala was going TO Citra un-
less Ocala permitted it. Yes, she
must be up and doing, or she will per-
NIT it, and if she does, she deserves to
lose it.
A case in point; a hard chunk of
fact. L have a negro man splitting
rails on my place; in the contract l
was to supply him with meal, suppos-
ing of course, he would be willing and
glad to eat the same kind of meal |
did. When | started to mill with my
barrel of corn TO be ground, he said
he hoped | would not forget his sack
of meal. told him | would fill his
sack out of my barrel when ! got
back. Oh, he said, II don't want that
kind, | want best bolted meal" Now,
what could | do. Nothing, but buy
him q sack of meal which | did and
| am compelled to try another. l
thought / might sell enough or eX-
change enough of my meal for the
other, but could not sell it at all.
And in this connection, | will give
the Taylor Bros. credit for grinding
me the very best barrel of meal yes
terday ever had in my life, but it
was not bolted and | can prove by a
dozen witnesses / could not sell
pound Of it in all Ocala.
will give the very highest credit to
the owners of the ''nest of mills" |
have stirred up for doing all and
the best they could.
"'rhe laborer is worthy OF his hire.
! can pay half my plantation labor in
meal if will provide them with the
kind they want, have the corn in
the cribs and am soon going to shell
considerable lot for meal. 1t Ocala
will bolt it, she can have the grinding,
if she can't, then it must go to Citra.
This is not matter of choice, it is
one of necessity must have some
money and | am going to get it in that
way, and am not alone in this.
Now, mean to enclose this meal
business in Il nut shell, without the
least intention to disparage or dis
credit either one of the gentlemen
owning this "nest of grist mills" will
say, under the present dispeDsation
there Is not one of them that can
make shipment to jacksonville Of
meal, that would be merchantable.
'"The Oriental Mills" at Citra not only
can but does. Why won't one, at
least, of our mills, which can grind
meal, "flt for queen" put up bolt
ing cloth? If these solid chunks Of
fact will result in OGalas having q
mill to furnish the community with
bolted meal and stop importing and
the outgo of money, | do not regret
having hurled them.
Whether my first article was wise
ly written or not, have nothing to
take back, but have good deal more
in reserve of the same kind. The
Banner must judge for itself whether
it is wise to print them or not.
No, c. II. is not surrounded by
pheasant political fields of verdant
grass" at least, / would not call them
so, but there is more truth than poetry
in saying, that | saw seven COWS graz
ing on luxuriant growth of grass
| this morning within a stones throw Of
his office door, and l will admit the
melody of their bells was not so sooth-
ing as the signing of the wind through
sJOhnSOn'S
| Chill and