The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-06-04
LIGHTNING FROM LIGHT"
Is Only Stage Lightning and Accom-
panied with Sheet-Iron
Thunder


Referring to- Mr.. Bittinger's piece
in the Weekly Star on Lights Delu-
si0n,' will say that's the stuff" Mr..
Bittinger Why, that's a regular
peach. Light, in looking through the
rin-hole of the past, sees an editor Of
two newspapers who was beaten for
county treasurer by a county boy
Two years ago this same great editor,
in legislative race, came out fourth,
and in the last race had less than 30
votes more than enough to be in the
second race with Light. S. Light,
IT Ocala Banner.
The editor of the Star has not had
and never will have, any heartburn
ings over the fact that other men have
received more votes than he In con-
tests for public office. He has always
found himself able to sincerely con-
g!atulate a successful opponent and
has no doubt that he could do so
again. If Mr.. Light will reverse that
T inhole through which he is peeking
he will see several defeats of his own
Mr.. Light goes on to say:
Mr.. Bittinger be not deceived. God
is not Knocked, for whatsoever a man
sOweth that shall he also reap Your
prohibition speeches on every stump,
and your Georgia Corn, one year old
for S1.75 per gallon as advertised in
the Weekly Star is not hot air delu-
son. The pin-hole shows Mr. Bittin-
ger dry with his tongue, and the in
fGence of the Star sold to the vets
against the drys at the same time
There is no delusion, Mr.. Bittinger,
In the fact that you can't serve God
and mammon, neither can you honest
" preach prohibition with hot air and
III the same time rake in the cold
cash from the barroom ads and make
The people believe you are consistent"
In the foregoing paragraph Mr..
Light is neither consistent or truth
full The liquor interests have never
fceived any editorial or personal help
from the editor of the Star. During
the wet or dry campaigns in Marion
county, the editor worked and voted
for prohibition, and whenever he ex-
pressed an editorial opinion on the
subject it was against the saloons.
The columns of the Star were open
TO both parties, and both parties used
them, and if the dry advocates did not
fill as many columns as the wet it
was their own fault. We did not So
hcit advertising from either; and
what is more, we printed all notices of
meetings, rallies etc., for the dry side
free; and on the last day of the cam
paign we held the paper long after it's
usual closing time in order to admit
an article which the prohibitionists
received on the afternoon train and
deemed of vital Importance to their
cause to get in print. When Mr.. Light
refuses to sell the produce Of his
farm to tf-prohibitionists, he can
consistently criticise the Star for
selling it's advertising space to those
who are willing to pay for it. We re-
sret that Mr.. Lights depraved taste
confines him to reading only the whis-
key advertisements in the Star. There
ere many good things advertised in
the paper; and in the course of a year
II any columns of temperance and
church news printed free, but Mr.
Light confines his observation solely
to that which he considers evil. There
GIG Se"eIdl WHlSkey advertisements Ill
the issue ofDithe Banner which he
uses as a medium to express his
thoughts. Before he considers himself
consistent, Mr.. Light must stop read
ing the Star, the Banner, the Times
Union or any other paper that prints a
Whiskey advertisement Every time
he buys and. reads one of the said
papers, he to a certain extent con-
tributes to the support of the saloon.
We do not think Mr.. Light is disin-
terestedly jealous about prohibition or
severely shocked by whiskey adver-
tisements. 1t is more likely that he
brought the issue up in order to set
off his economic vagaries and distract
ettention from his variegated political
career.