The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-09-14
STATEMENTS VS.. FACTS.
The Banners Statements EmphaticaIly
Denied and Dispr0Yed by
The Star.

10 Jnc Ccdld w cei<ly Otdf, pa
per .'unbOrn," when the official
record shows that it was awarded
to the Oc4ia Evening Star, pa
per two years old. The Banner
said that the Old board of county
commissioners gave the printing
OF the tax list to man who had
not been III the state long enough
TO vote, when the fact is they
gave IL to a man who has been in
thc state twelve years and who
has been engaged in the newspa-
Per business in Ocala eight years.
The editor Of the Banner wrote a
fulSOme article about his own pa
per, the Banner, aud put it in the
celebration edition Of the Ocala
Mill and Express rs paid adver-
tisement last July and afterwards
reproduced it in his own columns
as the language and sentiment of
T. litor Jake Israel, as Mr.. Israel
Will testify if called on. 1t was
fOi5tcd upon the readers of the
BAnncr aS the opinion of the
Mail and Express when in reality
il was Editor Harris good opinion
OF hts own personal organ. We
leave the reader to form his own
cstimltc OF this kind of journal
ism.
The Banner stated in it's last
issue that the proprietor of the
Star voted "a republican, populist
and prohibition ticket. We would
like to know how it obtained this
information; for in the last cleo
tjon the ballot was strictly pri-
vate. No person could possibly
know how he voted but himself,
and he says: Il was transferred
from Ocata to the Lake Weir pre-
strct last fall, was appointed one
OF the managers Of the election,
but owing to pressing duties could
not serve. | voted the straight
democratic ticket from the Bryan
presidential electors down to the
constable" We make this state
ment for the benefit of those who
may have formed the habit of be-
leving what the Banner says. 1t
is natural for those who read a
newspaper for number of years
to give it their confidence. 1t is
hard for them to believe that the
editor OF their leading county pa
per would knowingly deceive
them. There are some of our
best people who believe every
word they read in the Ocala Ban
ner. Tney believe that the old
board OF county commissioners
committed an ''infamous act" hy
giving the delinquent tax list tC
an ''unborn paper" whose owner
had not been in the state long
enough to vote, because the Ban
ner said so. They believe that
the proprietor Of the Star voteC
republican, popukist and pro
hlbitlon ticket, because the
Banner said SO. They believe
that Editor Jake Israel wrote
all those complimentary things
ABOUT the Banner in the celebra
tlon edition Of the Mail and
Express, because the Banner gave
him the credit for it by repub.
fishing the article. We bear nc
malice toward Editor Harris, nol
would We place one straw in the
way OF the usefulness Of his paper
but We cannot remain Sllent when
such palp LblG perverSiOls Of The
truth Us the above are sent out tt
deceive anl mlsLead the innocent
public. Editor Harris may hur
back at u5 q lot Of personal abus'
but he cannot deny that thes
false statements have appeare.
in the columns OF the Ocala Ban
nor. ltsaem5 that the thought
Of iosin- the tax list have So de
m0raIized Editor Harris that h
has for the time being lost the ar
OF telling the truth. We hope b