The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-09-12
EIGHT NAMES ADDED
TO THE ROSTER OF THE BOARD OF
TRADE
Many Present mt Wednesday Night,
Meeting-Nuch Interest I'm Various
Important Matters


meeting last night at the Board OF
Trade rooms. The meeting was in ses-
sion from til II o'clock. one nota-
BILE feature Of the meeting was mat not
man left the room until a few
minutes before adjournment, 80 keen
was the interest Of the members in the
proceedings. In addition TO the mem
bers Of the board present. there were
fully "a many more citi ems Of the city.
! who are not members.
| In the absence Of President Chace
and Vice President Carmichael, secre-
tary r. c Muncaster called the meet
| ing to order and stated that by request
Of the vice president he wished 10 nom
mate Mr.. NJ. J. Roess for temporary
president The motion was seconded
and Mr. Roess elected and took his
seat.
Roll call was made and a quorum
found present
Minutes Of last meeting were read
and approved
| Filed for Information
\ communication. a copy Of which
| was presented to the last meeting of
the city council, was read from the
| Woman's Club in the matter of hold
ing up paving of Fort King avenue
with vitriffed brick The communica-
ton was filed for information as the
contract had already been let for the
! paving.
| Delegates To state Meeting Elected
| \ letter was read from the secretary
of the State Chamber of Commerce,
asking that the Ocala Board of Trade
send its dues in and elect three dele
| gates, one of whom is to be member
| of the executive committee Of the
state board. The following members
were elected on such board: Mr. r. c.
Muncaster. delegate and member of the
Iexecutive committee. Messrs. VI. J.
Roess and J. VI. Thomas.
Lively Board at Leesburg
\ communication was read from the
Leesburg board of trade, stating that
at meeting of that board just held ~
members were taken in.
Taylor Ably Performed His Task
| \ statement was made by Mr.. George
MacKay as to the good work done by
Mr.. w. B. Taylor of Gainesville, repre-
senting that city and the Ocala Board
of Trade at the meeting of the railroad
rate makers in Atlanta recently, when
Mr.. Taylor so ably represented these
| two inland cities in his fight to pre-
vent the raising of certain classical
| tions and rates calculated to injure in
terror points. On motion the $25
pledged Mr. Taylor towards his ex-
penses was ordered paid.
On request of DR.. Chace, before his
departure. the secretary read an edi-
torial from the Tampa Tribune. on the
great work done by the red and blue
factions of the st. Petersburg board
Of trade. which now has 74O members.
as the result of its campo gn-the
largest membership with the exception
Of the Jacksonville board in the state.
More Honorary Members
on motion of Mr. Maurice Strauss.
the editors of the Dunnellon Advocate
and the Summerfield Chronicle were
made honorary members of the Ocala
Board of Trade.
On motion of Mr.. Nuncaster the sec
rotary Of each board Of trade and the
state chamber of commerce was made
an honorary member of the ocala
Board of Trade.
| y communication was read from the
Woman's Club. asking the board to use
its efforts to pass the constitutional
amendment which provides that sub
1
school houses in the state The board
endorsed the movement.
Eight Solid Wen added
| on motion of Mr.. T. T. Munroe pro-
ceedings were stopped till the secre-
| tary could call on all visitors present
| for their applications to the Board of
Trade. Eight names were then and
there taken and the gentlemen were
voted upon and elected to membership
| in the Ocala Board of Trade. They
were: Messrs. F. W. and D. W. Davis.
George Rentz. H. y. Fausett. c. VI. Liv-
ingston. Fred Magaw. Clarence Camp.
p. L. Anderson and the Ocala Lumber
& Supply Company.
| Asked County for Assistance
on motion of Mr. Magaw the chair
was asked to appoint a committee to
go before the county commissioners
and ask that body TO appropriate the
sum of 5000. an amount equal to that
| already supplied by individuals. to-
wards properly lighting the public
square. The appointment of this COM
mittee was left to the vice president.
Mr.. Carmichael.
| Slow Growth hut sure
| The secretary reported that the
bona fide membership of the Ocala
Board Of Trade is now 50 members.
Some Fun i'm Sight
| Mr.. Magaw moved that MesSrs. Nun
roe and Muncaster divide the member
ship of the board and array them
| against each other to secure members
to the board, the winning faction to
have a feast or other entertainment at
| the expense of the losing faction. Mo-
ton prevailed
| \ vote of thanks was rendered to
Mr.. A. F. Gerig and the band for the
| music supplied a the speaking on the
square when Mr. Rooney of the Sea-
board addressed the members.
| Mr. ]. H. Dean was present and ask
| ed the board to take ten pages in his
Florida pamphlet, 10000 copies Of
which he will distribute personally in
the middle west. The price Of same
was $50 per page. The matter was re-
| ferred to the board Of governors with
power to act.
The WaterwOrks Question
Mr.. E. 7. Rentz offered a motion that
the Board Of Trade ask the city council
TO purchase the Ocala waterworks sys-
tenn al the price fixed by the board Of
appraisers
\ general discussion followed. which
took up most Of the evening. and the
motion finally prevailed after everyone
had had an opportunity 10 express his
opinion The vote stood IS in favor of
the purchase and 5 against i.
Among those speaking for the Tur-