The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-08-25
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The Sunday issue OF the Daily
Gainesville Sun contains a cartoon
entitled:
''The Sun Inters Another of Its
Many Competitors!"
The headstones mark the graves of
many buried newspapers. and Editor
McCrexry, with sleeves rolled up and
spade in hand, is busy throwing the
sod over his last rival, the Gainesville
Star.
To it's memory is inscribed the fol-
lowing verse:
''Too frail for life's cold rugged way,
Like those before that came to stay
Twas found the venture would not
pay,
And so the Star has passed away"
This is very pleasant occupation
for Editor McCreary, but it strikes
US as little rough on the ''other
fellows"
And this last interrment, especially,
it seems to US, does not speak well
for the liberslity of a prosperous and
grateful people!
In the recent "wet and dry" elec-
ton the Star took up the cudgels for
the 'drys" and did signal and her.
culean service for that side, and to
its persistent and splendid work the
success of the election was largely
attributed.
The gratitude of its xdherents was
shown by them giving to the Star
big bouquets of flowers and the
promise of their undying love and
devotion; yet, in two short years or
less, their promises are quickly for
gotten and the Star is allowed to Ego
dead!"
The story is very pathetic one
and the moral its points is obviously
plain and is not at all praiseworthy
to the higher side of human nature.
The Tampa Herald most forc,bly replies to
the Ocala Banners claim that the name
mud in Marion county, when it modestly
suggests that his name in the whole state might
have also been mud had the Banner only
possessed the Iequisi amount of mud or IN
hueuce'' to have defeated hIm.-Jacksonviile
Floridian
1t seems to us that the above is
cruelty unjust accusation aid impu-
tation upon the methods of this pa
per. If there is newspaper in Flor
ida that is free from mud throwing"
it is the Ocala Banner. 1t started
out in life with a determination not
to use mud, FOR anything approach
ing ''mud'' as a weapon of offense or
defense.
During Mr.. Broward's campaign,
Notwithstanding he sent copy of
that baseiess caricature, entitled, "a
School of Journalism, into nearly
every home in Florida, this paper ut
tered not an offensive word against
him.
It has devoted its whole life in an
effort to lift up the tone and stan
dard of Florida journalism.
1t doesn't recognize 'spersonali-
ties" as necessary in discussion or
''mud'' as convincing in an argument.
Fairness, it has always held, is the
most forceful and convincing weapon.
But why continue along this line?
Tom Watson is given the credit of
coming the expression, "Where am
1 at?''
1t has been denied thousand times
yet he says it continues to bob up
freshly and serenely; and, like the
ghost of Banquo, will not down.
which goes to prove that a ''lie will
travel around the world while truth
is putting on her boots!''
1t matters not how many times
corrected a false idea and a false
statement-like the running brook
will go on and on forever.
Rev. J. w. CARPENTER has opened
the campaign in Marion county for
the local option election and The
Ocala Banner says he made an able
address. Wonder if he will get raked