The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-11-02

stock of the country viii let the I
country cousins business affairs alone |
and attend to their own business asl
the country people do theirs, there /
viii be no friction in the political
party.
The people had a right to believe
that / represented their interest IN
Tallahassee and also in mass meet
ing in Ocala and for that reason they
nominated me again for the legisla-
tUre and notified me to qualify. Now
I'm not hurt in a defeat the least bit |
and If your Ocala nominees will be |
as true to the country people and
their interests as was, they viii not
be hurt.
You said the best thing I could do |
was to take the malcontents and go
out to hear Mr.. Clark, but they were
too disinterested to 90. Now, Mr.. |
Editor, these people are acting on the
same principle that you and others
have acted which is their magma
tions. They imagined that was GO
icing to vote for Mr.. Cats because I
was not continually "cussing" him,
and they voted against me on their
imagination, but I do defy mankind
to prove that / ever have voted for
Mr.. Cats, and you, Mr.. Editor, upon
| the basis of your imagination said in
your paper just prior to the primary
that voted for the amendment of the
constitution so the board Of education
Icould levy a ten-nill tax to pay the
teachers of the schools and said, I did
this because had two daughters
teaching school. only have one but
lit was not for her alone but for the
lgood of the county and the children.
| You also said m your paper that
/ went with a petition to the COVER
lnor to get him to fire Mr.. Hutchins
Tor the board of county commission
Iers. I'll state that the petition was
lgotten up in Ocala without my knowl-H
ledge and was signed by forty or more
Iof the citizens of the western part of
Marion county. They paid my ex-
lpenses and asked me to go and present
lit to the governor. This petition was
not TO ask for the firing of Mr. Hutch
inns or the board, but to get an inves-
Il litigation of the financial conditions of
1.-THE said board
4 Now, Mr.. Editor. you seem to take
Ia great delight in snaggihg1 me In
lyeur paper. It may be part or all
lof your religion and If it is, / hope
Iyou are enjoying il. You can crush
1.-THE truth to earth, but by the eternal
powers of justice il will rise again.
i Please publish this as it is my sem
Itiments and you have infringed upon
my character. w. ]. Folks.
Juliette, November |.
| Well, Mr.. Folks, we are glad you
lhave slammed as good and heavy, for
I'VE know you feel better. and we
Idon't feel any worse. 1t surprises US,
tho, that you can see so much in that
iStar article that wasn't in it. Firm
stance, you misquote and misrepre-
Iscnt what we said about the no
Fence law in Ocala. You twisted our
: words SO as to make them as offens-
live as possible to the country people,
: who the Star has always claimed as
. Tits friends. We used no such words
. las those you have ascribed to US. We
! Idcn't know whether you need more
I IE1IBlU1 Vi q ACW pn41 IL SpCGt1ACAG5
If the latter, Karl Weihe can supply
! lyou, but we don't profess to know
/ where you can obtain the former
0cala's no-fehce ordinance was passed
: lby the council at the request of the
ipeople number of years ago, to pro.
: Itect 0cala gardens and flower yards
n Iagainst stock. and at the time it was
]. Ipassed no-fence had hardly beer
q lspoken of in this county.
Who has been expressing this feal
z lof Ocala town and the Ocala nominee
for the legislature? Give rs theil
: names. Has anybody but your vener
/ able self been going up and down th,
! county voicing this dread?
Il OF course, Mr. Folks, we can
. prove you voted for Cats, and WI
cant prove we voted for Fletcher. bu
J If you are not Cats man, how dit
: the whole county come to think so
: Sorry to tell you, Mr. Folks, but Til