The Ocala evening star., 1911-06-23
AUIO|STS IN 0CALA
ed an Enthusiastic Welcome In
Our City

AH-Around-the-State Tourists Reeeiv-
ed an Enthusiastic Welcome I'm
Our City
The committee of the Jacksonville
board of trade representing the Flor
ida section Of the national automobile
highway with the citizens who arriv-
ed here yesterday from Brooksville.
Sumter. Pasco and Citrus counties.
certainly had a fine time and were
| treated well in this city
The pathfnding cars. thirteen in
number from Jacksonville. were met
| at North Lake Weir and some of them
further on, by eight or ten cars from
ocala, with representative citizens in
local cars, who went down to greet
the tired and dusty tourists and es-
cort them into the city. Lashed to the
running board of one large car as they
went out we noticed large box label
ed tea which was for the refresh
ment OF the tourists.
Following is the, Jacksonville dele
cation and its cars:
| No. 1. Official Care Nolan. Cadil-
lac, original Dixie Scout
No. 2. Executive Committees Car.
Primo. Old National Highway Scout
car.
No. 81 P. Entenza, Overland
No. IF. C. Miller. Premier
No. CIV, E. DuBose. Mitchell
No. IF. ]. Warren. Ford.
No. Sd. II. Mcmillan. Overland
No. s-E. II. Rogers. Maxwell
| No. 10-M. d. Johnson, Oldsmobile
| No. 11-International Harvester Co.
motor truck.
In these cars were F. o. Miller
J. W. White, DR.. W. NJ Stinson. Frank
Chase, II. III. Richardson and o. s. AL
britton and c. A. Brown, Jr.. among
others.
! The cars arrived in town about 8
o'clock and the members of the party
were kept busy until the banquet was
ready. in meeting, greeting and talk
ing with citizens about the routes
| they had passed over, the merits OF the
different routes. distances, condition OF
the different portions of the roads and
the prospects of getting the bad
places improved.
The party was made to thoroughly
feel at home. good purse had been
made up for their entertainment and
the duty was not stinted.
At o'clock the guests were seated
around the long banquet board in the
where the following splendid menu
was set before them. Hon. F. F. Har-
ris, editor of the Ocala Banner. acted
as toast master and welcomed the
gentlemen 10 our city,
Mixed Pickles Young Onions
| Olives
Sliced Tomatoes Turkey Salad
Half Smothered Chicken on Toast
Cold Turkey
New Potatoes in Cream
| Green Peas
| White Bread Cake Ice. Cream
Black Coffee
Mr.. Frances p. Conroy, president of
the Jacksonville board OF trade, re-
sponded in a neat speech on behalf of
the autoists and a number OF other
gentlemen responded.
There was plenty OF life and wit as
well as good things TO eat. drink and
smoke, about the festive board and
the hour was not dull nor monoton-
Gus. The Messrs. McCranie brothers
served the banquet in fine shape and
received many compliments on their
service.
After the banquet the gentlemen ad-
journed to the open air and the band
music to the following program:
I1-March. "Briarclif''-F. /. Dahn.
l2.-Overture, THE Sky Pilot"-A. VI
Laurens
S.-Schottische. Good Bye Jennie
Jones'-L b. OConnor.
4.-Overture. THE Elves"-J Il. Lampe
l5.-March, "Village Belles'-F Pacal.
6.-Overture. Morning. Noon and
7.-Two-Step Indian Intermezzo. In
dian Summer'-Neil Moret.
s.-Operatio Medley, Echoes from tn,
Opera a'-Mackie-Beyer.
The citizens gathered by hundred:
about the court house square and au-
} tomobiles were lined up almost thre,
deep around the east. south and nortt
sides OF the block. Hundreds of beau
tiful. we'll dressed women and girl!
were out to lend the beauty ant
sweetness of their presence to the ev
ening.
Short, spicy speeches were made by
the visitors between numbers OF thi
musical program. The theme wa:
good roads. The talks were light ant
r jolly but a lot Of sound sense was ex
, pressed as well on the need of NOR
and better roads in Florida, censur,
for the people and localities who di'
, not possess them and praise for thos
sections where they had been an'
: were being built.
At the close Of the most enjoya bl
evening the tired. much talked, wei
fed and refreshed visitors were ap
portioned out to their different lodg
( ing places. rooms having ben provid
ed for them all, Notwithstanding tn
, crowded condition OF the hotels of tn
| city. by the tireless efforts OF the com
= mittee.
This morning the good roads prrt
went on its way home via Gainesville
a The other visitors scattered out 70
v home. and all were well pleased wit
e their reception here.
1t looks like the route from lamp
to Dade City. thence through Sumte
n county to Wildwood. oxford. Summer
r field, Belleview- Ocala, Gainesville