The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1897-11-05

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DIR. MILES MEDICAL co. Elaaa.t, Ind
The Good xa,, George wasaa a-a tAe
Banner.
The good man across the way has
broken loose again. He says the edi-
tor of the Banner has made a most
scurrilous and uncalled for attack on
Mr.. FlagIer and tine editor of the T.
L. c. But lie unwsely quotes the ex-
tract he denounces as ''scurrilous."
Our readers will see that it is its own
antidote for the poison the good man
employs. Here is the extract:
"Mr Flagier has done much Tor Florida and IS
TO be applaudcd for all he has done, but he buiit
hotels and railroads with bushels Of money s..
Clair Abrams dd these things by the mere force
o. his genius Who accomplished the
greater feau'
The reckless official swearing the
good man has recently been guilty Of
has paralized and capsizsd his think
ing apparatus. When has it come to
be scurrilous to say that "a man has
done much for Florida aud is to be
applauded for all he has done?n Sure
| Is if nothing worse than that j. said
against man he ought not to grow
hot under the collar and in doing it
for him the good man makes himself
ridiculous.
The good man asks: do facts JUS
tify the statement that Major Alex.
St. Clair-Abrans ever constructed, or
cause to be constructed, anything of
lasting or permanent good anywhere
in the staten
| Major Abrams has constructed, or
cause to be constructed, orange groves,
saw mills. hotels, opera houses. news
papers, steamboats, and railroads. Are
these things of no permanent good to
the state?
Then the good man asks: Where
did he get his money!" Perhaps he
ran a religious paper before coming 10
Florida and knew how to work the
rabbit foot which has SO marvelously
helped in the building up of the Bap-
fist Witness. Perhaps he worked the
calamity bowling racket and had COL
lecti0ns taken up in all the churches.
He may have had a type fund, and
mortgage b1ilding lifting fund, and
general distress fand, and he may
have successfully pulled the legs Of
good brothers. No, Major 81. Clair
Abrams hates lying and hypocricy too
much to have gotten his money IN
that way. He must have gotten it in
some other way and in way entirely
unknown to the good man.
Having finished with Major Abrams
the good man then goes on to say thai
the editor of the Banner besmirches
the good name of the editor of the T.
U.C. Is asking the same questions
of him that he asks of Us, besmirch-
| ing his good name? He tells US that
| Mr.. Wilson paid out while in Marion
county to the transportation compan-
les and for labor, ehautauquas and ex
positions, the sum of sos, 900. Ia adj
dition to this he built saw mills and
churches, and orange groves; that he
was instrumental in having the Flor
ida Southern railway pass through
| this city. He entertained the first le-
gitimate railroad inspector and show
ed him the way to Ocala, and, as a re-
suit, in nine months, the legitimate
time for the proper incubation, rail-
road was in course of construction.
The good man also tells Us tina. ".
Wilson was instrumental in getting
| the National Farmers Alliance to
meet in Ocala as well as two demo-
cratic state conventions; that he
distributed $4,000 pieces of adver-
Using matter for the state of Florida
and one million pieces of literature
for the democratic party. For all of
which he is to be commended. Bat
why has he quit doing these things ?
Why has he omit distributing demo
cratic literature? He is now in po-
sition to do the democratic party great
good, but why, instead, does he stop
his great press to sing ditty to Joe
Durkee? The editor of the Banner
has also done his full part in-efiOrts to
build up this county. It was partly
| through his efforts that Dir. Wilson 5
step-father located here. He also
planted orange groves, built houses,
established newspapers and put his
mite in churches, and factories, and
ehautauquas, and other public enter
prises. According to his means no
man has done more. He also distrib-
uted and is now distributing demo-
cratic literature. In the last cam
paign he ardently supported Mr.. Bry-
an, the Chicago platform and Col.
Bob Davis. He is still standing
squarely on that platform and doing
all in his power to make its principles
| triumf liant. This being true, and
Mr.. Wilson standing on the same
platform, why did he white private
letters to Gov. BlOxham that it was
imperative to the success of his Will
sons side that Frank Harrisism be
killed and the Banner crushed in Mar
ioh county? Why did Mr.. Wilson
thus stab man in the back who had
befriended him and stood by him
Why has he become an aceompliee Oh
Porter, Frank league 4 Co. Why
did he dismiss Louis Brumby from
the service of the Citizen and sup
plant him with j. A Mellon? Why
did he by secret and covert means
seek to disrupt the organized democ'
racy of this county? Why has he
gone back on his party and his friends
Do you want a nice suit for little
money! Then 60 to J. J. Fuller's, fol
he Ii closing ont HIS cufira line o1