The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-02-27
MEETING Of THE
GOOD ROADS MEN
They are Coming In Every Train
and the City Belong. to Them

The first session Of the State Good
Roads Association met at o'clock
at the court house.
Major l. T. Izlar Will make the ad-
dress of welcome for the board Of
trade: Mayor John D. Robertson in be-
half Of the city.
The second meeting will be held at
1880. Every business man in Ocala
should be present. Ladies are cordial
ly invited to attend the meetings
Mr.. Richardson, secretary of the
Jacksonville Board of Trade. Mr.. w.
b. Powell, secretary of the Tampa
Board of Trade, and other visiting del
egates will deliver addresses at the
might session.
Wednesday morning the delegates
will be taken over our good roads in
autos and out to Silver Springs. then
down the river in Mr.. Ed Carmichael 5
new boat, City of Ocala,'' to Delk's
Bluff. where they will partake of a fish
dinner They will return to the city
in the afternoon.
The reception committee is compos-
ed of the following gentlemen: Frank
Harris, J. c. Boozer, u. C.. Chambliss,
F. W. Ditto, D. S. Woodrow, ]. D.
Robertson, A c. Cobb. J. B. Ley, r. L.
Anderson, Jake Brown. B. H. Seymour,
III. w. Long, J. II. Benjamin
General Henry w. Long, one of the
pioneers in the good roads work. is in
the city, attending the convention.
Mr.. w. J. Crosby of Citra, chairman
of the board of commissioners, and
Marion'sa representative on the State
Good Roads Committee, is in the city,
attending the convention.
| A big Maryland auto, decorated with
flags, has been standing in front of the
Ocala House most Of the day. In ii
| came up from st. Petersburg, Mr.
Frederick F. Smith of Bridgeton, N j.
president of the New Jersey Auto and
Good Roads Association, and owner OF
the car, in which he has been touring
the state, Mr. Jerome Young, also OF
1Bridgeton, and Messrs. Jas. w. Taylor
and Glen r. Taylor, well known good
roads men of ST. Petersburg. All are
here to attend the convention.
The Tampa delegation came to the
good roads convention today on the
Seaboard Limited There were Coun-
Ity Commissioner West and Secretary
Willis B. Powell, the live wire of the
Tampa Board of Trade, and Joseph w
Taylor of st. Petersburg. In speaking
of the work of the board of trade, Mr.
Powell said today being Tuesday and
light day there were only 500 letter:
to be handled and answered. So yor
/ see being secretary of the Tampa
Board of Trade is not a sinecure.
Messrs. Willis B. Powell of Tampa
and Jas. w. Taylor of ST. Petersburg
paid the Star an appreciated call to-
day.
Clifford Hays, better known a.
shorty" formerly of Ocala, now O
Brooksville, is in the city, attending
the convention.
is ]. w. White of Jacksonville, one o
the most widely acquainted fraterna
order men in the state.
The Jacksonville Board of Trad
will send a delegation to the conven
ton of the State Good Roads Associa
ton, which will convene in Ocala thi
4 afternoon at 3 o'clock. The party will
leave Jacksonville this afternoon a
1915 o'clock and will arrive in Ocal;
in ample time for the first meeting
The delegation is composed of F. F
IConroy, Dr. W. NJ Stinson, Dewitt
Reed, F. o. Miller. H H. Richardson ]
W. White and Judge H P Phillips
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