The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1902-06-20

borough county; w. l.. Palmer, II.
II. Dixon, j. y. Whitner. J. NJ Brad
shaw, II. X. Fuller, Oramg" county;
Il. T. Wicker, sumter county; T. f.
Thomas, Alarhua county; f.. l.. Lyle>,
ra-cn county; G. Graham, |uwannce
county; H. Il. ConkIing, Brevard
county; Or. French, Nolusia county
TIA" chairman then called for report
of committees but, on motion, the
reports were postponed until the after
noon session.
Mr.. Long then delivered his recon-
mcndition~, one of which was that
an effort should be made to have the
| Indian war claims money distributed
equally among the counties for the
purpose of building roads. second,
/ that AN effort should be made To- have
! thc general government aid in the con-
s'ructium of good roads through the
various states. He stated that thin
recommendation was made at the
Jacksonville convention, but was not
acted upon and was indefinitely push
eel aside tie stated that in their Ia
hors the committee In formulating
the good roads movement i'm the state
had been very ably assisted 10y Hon.
". L. Palmer Of Orange county, and
Hons a. ~ Burrord and W. X. Ir-
wad~hi of Orala, aud he returned to
thr~, Gentlemen the thanks of the
committee.
Mr. Frank Harris, Of the Orala Ban
ncr, was called on and briefly adj
dressed Ihc convention.
lie said that Henry Clay before the
invention of The steam locomotive
an IL, practical Application Ia the
uses it has since achieved, inaugural
ted system of building national
highways unGer an act which he
styled on act for internal improve
I mcut and this movement was success
fmjy Put on foot when over-hadowed
| 10y the building of railroads which
followed
MIR Harris believed that good roads
are "a important 10 the agricultural
interests of the country as the i'm
provcmcnt OF our rivers and harbor-
is To- commerce THAT national aid
is secured for the Improvement of the
latter by systematic efforts of the ship
ping and mercantile interests, and
that if the same organized effort l.
made 10y the farmers, government aid
can lac a readily secured in the build
ing OF national highways.
Hon y. :. Mann was called on and
covered the above grounds more at
length and much more eIoquently. He
said that there j. no question a. To its
con~titutionality, ~ appropriat
! have already been made for the build
ing OF national highways, and lie
urged thr farmers of Florida to ally
themselves t. the National Good
Roads Association and make a de-
| termincd and systematic fight until
their demands are needed by con-
gress
He had the secretary Of the con-
vcntiou read letter from Mr.. w. :.
Moore, president of the national good
roads association, viii ch covered these
points and which stated that twenty
seven states are already organized and
are making dem and- on their con-
grcssmen for national aid in the con-
struction of good roads
The afternoon session of the con-
veution was taken up in receiving re-
port, from various counties and the
condition Of the progress of the good
roads movement i'm said coun ties and
also Of the establishment and condi-
ton of poor farms under the super
It Dazzles The World.
No discovery in medicine has ever
created one quarter of the excitement
that has been caused by DIR. Kings
New Discovery for consumption. It's
scvcrcst tests have been on hopeless
victims Of consumption, pneumonia,
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