The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-02-19
THEY GOT TOGETHER
ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING OF THE
BOARD or TRADE LAST
EVENING
Secretary Powell Certainly Succeeded
In Shaking 'Em Up Some
s2seo RAISED IN HALF An HOUR
To Commence and Carry on an Adver-
Using Campaign-A Lucky
Thirteen Added 10 the
Membership

Membership
The get together smoker of the
Board OF Trade Tuesday evening was
one OF the most enthusiastic and sue
cessful affairs of the sort ever held IN
the city
BY few minutes after o'clock, the
Board OF Trade room on East Broad
way was crowded with our leading
business men. and quite a few stood
outside rather than push themselves in
side. Several prominent men from out
of town attended. among them Mr.. E.
l. wartmann of Citra. Commodore
Goodwin of Eastlake, and Mr.. T. S.
Kyle of the model 0klawaha drainage
farm.
President Chace introduced the guest
of honor. Mr.. Willis 3. Powell, secre-
tary of the Tampa board Of trade, and
one of the Invest wires that ever COM
municated juice to any movement.
Mr. Powell made a characteristic adj
dress, which was listened TO with the
closest attention, and received hearty
approval at its close. Mr. Powell in
opening his remarks recited briefly the
wonderful growth of his former home
town, st. Petersburg. He said that
when he went to st. Petersburg nine
years ago the place was dead and ev-
eryone seemed to be waiting for the
funeral: that a few of the most ener-
getfc citizens got together and organ
lied a trade body and raised the sum
of $4,000 for advertising the city. This
was the entering wedge, and that now
st. Petersburg was the biggest little
city in the United States and property
values had increased ten-fold.
Mr.. Powell said that the way to make
a section grow was to advertise it. and
build up the back country; that there
were thousands of people in the east
and northwest who would come to
Florida, and particularly to OcaIa, If
they knew that here they could find a
farming section that would grow for
age crops such as they were experience
ed in raising. He said that national
advertising was the thing needed by
Marion county, and to do this it would
require money, say $4,000 a year, to
carry on the overhead expense of our
Board of Trade and advertise our sec
ton in the large magazines Of the
country. He recounted the experience
of the Tampa board of trade in it's ad-
vertising campaign, the cost. and the
result. He gave our citizens many
valuable pointers about conducting a
publicity campaign and throughout his
address was witty, entertaining and
highly instructive.
At the close of Mr. Powelrs address
Mr.. Joseph B. Babb of Birmingham
who has been conducting an effective
campaign among the business men for
the last few days, made some pertinent
| remarks. He called for subscriptions
| to inaugurate an active advertising
campaign. The idea was for subscrib-
ers to the fund to pledge themselves
| for as much as they could afford, the
money to be paid in at once, or month
| ~, or yearly. according to the resources
| and convenience of the contributors
/ The response was much more imme-
date and sustained than anyone hoped
| for. Mr.. z. c. Chamb1iss at once arose
and pledged the Munroe & Chambliss
Bank. always in the front rank of the
| workers for Marion county, $40 8
month for twelve months, and others
succeeded him rapidly until in less
| than thirty minutes the required sum
and then some, had been pledged. The
contributors and amounts were as fol
lows:
Munroe C Chambliss, $40 a month
one year-S24O
J. NJ Thomas, $50 year, five years
$3.50
J. R. Dewey. s25 year. three years
SIS.
oca1a Northern. 500 a year. i've
years-s500
j. E. Chace, 500 cash.
| L. r. Chazal, 500 cash.
| Jenkins & Williams, SIS month five
years-$30O.
Commercial Bank. $40 month, one
year-s240.
Roess Lumber Co, 500 a year. three
years-S300.
Todd & Co., $50 year. three years
$3.50
F. W. Ditto. SIS a month, two years
$500
B. H. Seymour. SO a month. one year
$50
tt. S. Kyle, SIS month, one year-s6O
Knight & Lang, SIS a month, TIVE
| years-S12O.
H. A. Waterman. $50 a year, tire,
years-$15O.
Marion Hardware Co., 500 a year
| three years-$300.
F. e. McClane, SIS a month, three
years-s180.
D. ". Davis, IS month, one year
$50
]. NJ. Meffert, 500 a year as long a.
able to pay-at least, $500
r. S. Rogers. SIS a month, one year
500
Jake Brown, 500 year, two years
5000
VIII Taylor, SIS month. one year
$50.