The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-11-11
"sfR. MOORE AND MR.. LONG,

"MR. MOORE AND MR.. LONG"
Editor Star: Under the above head
ing the Ocala Banner of the 5th inst.
made another assault with intent to
catch straw to keep from drowning,
but the last state of this public de-
ceiver is worse than the first. In
reaching for this straw the Banner
"narrows down" to two items that
amount to comparatively nothing
touching the main contention, and
hopes to make the impression that if
am false in one minor item L am
false in the major item-an impeach-
ment of my veracity. But I wish to
give the Banner another chance to
wriggle, and if any further provaca-
ton follows 1 shall administer a larg-
er dose.
First, the Banner says that I told
the True Democrat that frequent at
tempts had been made to remove Mr.
Long from the church." etc. I pos
itively deny that l said this to the
Democrat. I have already informed
| the Banner and the public that I did
not assume responsibility for the ex-
| act charges of the True Democrat,
but that 1 was responsible for only
| what I did say. In my first article
gave the Banner and the public what
| I did say, namely: that 1 wrote to his
Long's) pastor to arrest his charac
ter and I would appear as a witness"
also stated in this connection that
| for some reason nothing was DONE"
In the face of this language already
| given to the public, the Banner blurts
out the contemplate falsehood that I
cof6 a INF hod
made" etc, which was simply the in
ference and language of the True
Democrat-not mine. 1 have not mar
rowed down" the facts as I gave them;
they stand just as at the first. and the
Banner stands convicted Of willful, de-
| liberate falsehood when it continues
| to make me say what I did not. Put
my words before the public and will
| be honest enough to narrow them
down" if 1 am convinced that they
need it; but 1 must first exercise a
| censorship upon the man who is pur-
posely misquoting those words.
| Secondly, the Banner lodges around
the main question about dram drink
| ing, and continues to bubble about
I that saloon cafe, and gets into pre-
dicament in which it does not 'leave
so many gaps behind" but simply
| throws down the whole fence. leaving
the field exposed. Let me quote:
i "Mr. Moore says that there was no
cafe in the Heating saloon when he
lived in Ocala." and ''Mr. Heating says
that he bought the saloon while Mr..
Il church in this city; that there was a
4 cafe in it then and has been ever
4 SINCE"
1 Now the-cat comes out of the bag!
In all have written about this affair
have not named a single saloon!
have not mentioned Mr.. Heating or
any other saloonist; nor have I refer
ed to any particular spot in Ocala. But
Il somehow the Banner has all the time
1 had certain saloon in mind! In its
first assault upon me 1t used the def
II mite article-THE saloon! And now
the Banner has given US the name OF
II THF. saloon that has been in his mind
all the time! There is cafe in con-
/ nection with THE saloOn'-and now
II we learn that the Banner had it's eye
4 upon Mr. keating's saloon as the one
entered by MIR. Long! Who accused Mr.
Long of going into Mr.. Keating's sa-
loon? l did not: but the Banner has
most dun it! I don't know Mr.. Keat-
ing. 1t may be that Mr.. Heating owns
the saloon that 1 saw Mr.. Long enter
If so it only proves that the Banner
has been as familiar with the habit
of Mr.. Long as any one else. and out
of all the saloons in Ocala has led the
public up to the particular spot! Pitia-
BILE Banner! Don't talk about leaving
down gaps after you have burnt up
the whole fence!
Just think of lodging around this
"hole in the road!" I have said that
I saw Mr.. Long go up to the bar and
receive his bottle; but the Banner
says he MAY HAVE" gone into the
lcafe for something else! But while
l do not remember that there was any
outside sign of a cafe in the particular
saloon 1 referred to, yet let us grant
for the sake of argument that I am in
Terror: what has this to do with the
thing 1 saw before the bar and which
tevidently the Banner has more clearly
seen? The Banner would not have un-
Willingly led the reader up to the
Heating saloon had it not seen all
that l have seen, and more! l assume
that the Banner just naturally turned
its nose in the right direction, and on,
comes the cat!
Now dodge again. and you will make
yourself contemplate. And be it un-
derstood that 1 have some promises OF
sworn statements will appear. An
and il the Banner makes another at
tempt to impeach my veracity those
fsworm statements will appear. An
truth about one man in order to make
of public lying. L. ". Moore.