The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-11-19
VOLUS|A COUNTY IN A
TURMOIL Of EXCITEMENT

p feiieNiuE la q special 10 the Pa.
- Nses fFom DuI-and.
sens4slan rs followed sensation
kffH anfin2 the seek. eliminating in
So nahlieation ia ths DeI.and News
- an editorial calling on Judge James
p feFAinM ~ the Seventh Judicial
tntait to resign. Thls Il the out.
tnNe ol the aefinn of the court IN ar.
eefine ne erand Jury venire quash.
20 aHa aneiber dFawn from "the body
- the eountyH
n 49, said that this was done a
ths iuaianee a politicians VINO want
- 7 h FitzEefald. editor OF the Day.
fHna Nsws. indicted on a charge Of
iihsi - publishing . letter purporting
- hase besn written b. Hugh spark
49,. editor of the Daytona Journal.
te = republican leader In Jacksonville
easrlnG te sell aeoo votes Tor q stipu-
iaasa aam. spaFkman says that the
letter h . forgery and is nov charging
F1iameraid with libel
Fssllng here ~ intense ever the sit
uation. a. h sef forth In the editorial
Huhiiahed ~ The News. which is az
fullown
judge lanes W. Perkins should
ten1er bis resignation as Judge Of the
seventh judicial Circuif 70 the gov
srboF. and lee = successor be appoint
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~Mr. Perkins has been in the thick
- the pol'ieai fieht n volusia county
So naarls = eaaTtsF q . century,. He
80 for years ne leader here Of his
fastlun. some people believe today
thai hs h ~ deep IN politics ~ he
ever was.
etmaRe Perkins" Official acts were
apsationed ~ his truest friends last
minteF IN the city contest
~Min aet this week in Introducing
sherfn Morris 20 pick up = grand jury
at me wEll of the sheriff-when the
gaane knew that this Jury might be
saIlea upon 70 decide the liberty Of
pfominent citizens charged with cir.
ealatinN = letter puFporsing TO have
been written ~ a member OF the
taawe's faetlon Offering 90 sell out two
thonaand white men and women and
uerFo citizens for q consideration-.the
gixlnn 81 this authority 20 the sheriff.
ghs plaelnn ~ this responsibility on
ths shoulders % the sherlnf-after the
xlNorous protest q q large number
of the volnsla county bar-was the
iass stFaw.
~The court should be like Caesars
wife above suspicion. No breath of
neandai ahould surround a court: no
tear az injustice viii be tolerated.
The Nsws has no axe TO grind in
thls matter The editor Is ont cf
poiNies. Hs was thrown out by his
cen factton. nut he is still alive TO
good citizenship aud to decency.
The present gFand jury aa.le.-
rapped " the jury See d "a 'ad'et
r. n Fitagerald. or an as e,se c-2'
reruad ID the clFculatioa ~ TIRE Srarl.-
mas letter. the act win Z icket ,Qcn
- many pe0pe of IN c9aa.y s.mply
- drawing The ci~tt court coa'.
lever into the pol.sicsl .-ire ta-a "
Tee fallen in M
"In the inter '1s..ce. Judge
perkins and s, attorney Sholtz
shoald resign. They should both re-
fuse 20 take part IN any further court
proceedings. 10 refuse TO resign win
incense The people o. the county al
most beyond The beaking point.
The grand iuFI now in session
may b. composed of the very best
men in the county. but whatever ae-
tion Il may take In the matter OF the
sparkman letter-if this matter IS
brought before the grand jury IL viii
~ discountenanced BY a large portion
az me best people Of the cosnty.
"The condition which confronts the
people ~ v0lusia county is a most
regretable one.
The News knows OF nothing but
. clean sweep IN the supposedly high
er courts which win tend TO clarity
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