The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-11-28
HOW ocALA DOES THINGS

The Breeze man attended the meet
ing of the Florida printers at Ocala
last week, and enjoyed the trip and
visit there immensely, as we'll as the
association with the fellow mem
bers of the craft.
Headquarters were at the Harring-
ton Hall Hotel, and if your business
ever takes you there, you will make
no mistake in making that your stop
ping place. That much on the side.
Whenever the Breeze man is away
he tries to keep his eyes open for
something that can be used as a sug-
gestion at home. At Ocala there is
no trouble to do that. That town is
making a loud noise all the time in
the way of both doing things and
letting people know they are dong
them, and as result they have to
keep busy to take care of the people
and the business that comes there.
Ocala is the largest inland city in
the state, and from appearances and
bank reports one of the most pros
porous, and its foundation OF pros
perity is expressed by a sign on an
archway erected at the depot adver-
Using its coming Fair, which reads:
The farmer in the backbone of this
community. Come and see what we
are doing 1t is further emphais-
ised in handsome booklet adyertis-
| ing Marion county from which we
quote a paragraph: ''Marion's chief
industry is agriculture-over $4,000
| 900 paid for her products"
And Ocala occupies the position
she does because for a number OF
years past her business interests
have found nothing much TO do II
the result was more and better farms.
Her bankers advanced the money
without interest to build good roads
SO that the farmer could get his crops
to market, and when he got them to
market he got the cash for them.
Business men encouraged the pur-
chase and breeding of more and better
| live stock, and all classes We'd one
with another in encouraging more
and better farming, and the result
city the envy of her sisters.
Conditions there are an absolute
confirmation of what we have worked
and pleaded so hard for here. Make
| the farms and the farms will make
the town.
But that isn't all there is to Ocala.
She also wants tourists and visitors.
Another parallel between that city
and ours The difference is that
Ocala goes after them. When she
gets visitors as she did in the con-
vention last week she makes every
one wish the days were forty-eight
hours long and that there was no nee
essity of going home.
At the opening meeting the visitors
were made welcome formally; on the
streets and in the business houses.
the welcome was informal but ardent.
II see you are a visitor here. Hope
you are having a good time" Make
yourself at home" etc, to the end of
the chapter.
A splendid banquet was served at
the hotel, and the autos of citizens
were rendered for ride around the
city and out to Silver Springs, and
some one in every car to see that the
beauties of Ocala were not overlooked
and the beauties are there to see.
Nature was almost in as lavish a
mood when she made that section as
when this was created, and man has
made Use of the opportunities to en-
bellish them.
Ocala is a mighty good town of
mighty good people. 1t is growing
and is going to continue growing, be-
cause it's people want it to grow.-De
Funiak Breeze. =.