The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-03-01
THE STATE GOOD ROADS CON.
vENTION

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ticipated but as many are in attend
ance as the hotels and boarding hous-
es can take care of comfortably owing
| to the unusually large number of
tourists and home-seekers in our
| city.
The committee of reception met all
trains and conveyed the delegates to
the hotels in automobiles.
A number of delegates from Gaines
vile, Brooksville, st. Petersburg, ETC.,
arrived by auto.
Promptly at 3 o'clock the session
was opened at the court house.
The officials of the association did
| not arrive until after the hour the
| meeting was called and in their alb
sence Hon. H. w. Long, the first
president of the association, who was
present, was asked to preside.
He accepted the honor and after
brief and appropriate speech intro
duced Major Izlar who welcomed the
convention on the part of the city
and the board of trade. Major Izlar
is captivating extemporaneous
speaker and rises equal to any emer-
gency and his speech fitted the oc-
casion admirably.
| His address was responded to by
Colonel George C. Martin, of Brooks
vile.
Colonel Martins speech besides
being fervid and eloquent was statis-
tical. He told the number of miles of
wagon roads in the United States and
| the number that had been hard-sur-
4 faced which bore very small pro-
| portion to the whole. He showed the
tonnage done over these roads in pro-
portion to the tonnage done by rail
and water and the difference in the
enormously the latter had been aided
| by subsidies from the state and ma
tional governments while the former
had not been aided to the amount of
a penny. He said that the dirt roads
which were used by the farmers in
transporting their products to the
markets were as much the subject of
the bounty of government as the lat
| ter and quoted the warrant in the
constitution for his authority for say
ing so. He favored federal aid for the
building of good roads and his utter
ance was received with loud cheering.
/ 1t is absolutely certain that the
audience agreed with him.
Colonel Martins speech was ed
ucational and made most favor
\ able impression.
! After Colonel Martins speech on
motion Mr. Frank Harris was elected
| to preside over the association dur
| ing it's session in Ocala.
! On assuming the chair Mr.. Harris
| briefly thanked the convention for
the unexpected honor conferred upon
him.
| At this point in the proceedings the
delegation arrived from Jacksonville,
and Mr.. F. O. Miller, secretary of the
State Association, was handed the
names of the delegates present as the
names of the counties were called.
He then read the minutes of the
| Tallahassee meeting.
The constitution and bylaws auth
orized to be drafted at that meeting
were read and adopted with some
minor changes.
The balance of the afternoon was
devoted to various discussions that
would best lead to the building OF
good roads by legislative enactment
| and it was decided that a vigorus
campaign in that direction would be
| begun at once.
List of Delegates.
Alachua county-A M. Cushman,
Dr. J. H. Hodges, DR.. ]. H. Alderman,
Prof. w. L. Seeley, Robert Ives, E. L.
Watson, H. j. Langlars, c. G. Ped
rick, J. P. Adamson.
| Escambia county,. F. Williams, ].
Ed. Williams.
Hillsborough county-W. B. Powell,
w. A. West.
| Pasco county,. A. Woods.
Volusia county-W. P. Wilkinson,
A. B. Deeming, W. H. Newell.
Dade conuty-H. c. Roome.
fernando county-H. d. Evans Fl.
T. Burns, Sam Fulton, Jake Curths,
A. B. Whelphy, G. C. Laurier, Harry
Harris, Neil Law, w. F. hewitt, c. H.
Frias. ]. T. Fuller, Clifford Hays, G..
C. Martin, C. W. Holcomb, L. B.
Vann, Captain o. S. Washington.
Pinellas county-baby county,.
M. Taylor, Glen r. Taylor. Capt. s.
!! Washington, DIR. McMullen.