The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-04-17
BIG STATE PSsSS CONVENTION
PLANS MOST ATTRACTIVE

Final arrangements for he big an
nual meeting of the Florida Press As
ISOLATION in Fort Myers have been
about completed, and the official pro-
gram as well as the tariff of rates,
for round trip, between points named
and Fort Myers, has been announced
The people OF Fort Myers are ar
ranging "a series of receptions and en-
tertainments that will surpass, it is
said, any effort made by the city here
tofore To make this a record breaker
in tho history of press meetings in
Florida
The Bradford hotel will be the gen.
1T may be we'll to state" says Sec
Rotary Appleyard, that all persons
may avail themselves of the rates
given by the railroads for this occa-
sion, and it has been requested that
inasmuch as the weekly press of the
state cannot publish the whole pro-
gram and tariff, that they will notice
the above fact, and give the rate from
their town 70 Fort Myers; also notice
that tickets to Fort Myers will be sold
April 20, 81, % and %, good to return
up to midnight of April 80, and that
this viii be splendid opportunity to
see the Cate City of the Tropics"
H.
April %, win be the address of Thorn
as K. Marshall. vice president of the
United States. who will be introduced
by W. A. Russell of Palatka, president
OF the Florida Press Association. Dur
ing his stay in Fort Myers Vice Pres
ident Marshall will be entertained by
DR.. ]. B. Porter at his beautiful home.
In addition to the banquet at the
Bradford Hotel, April "a, many other
courtesies viii be extended the visit
ors. The three women's clubs of the
city will unite in a reception to Mrs.
Marshall and other visiting women.
The Fort Myers military band will
meet the train bearing the vice pres
idents party, and the Koreshan Unity
orchestra, from Estero, will furnish
music during the banquet The Fort
Myers Ladies' Friday Musicale and
the Lee county high school chorus,
the latter under the direction of Prof.
Berger. will furnish the music for the
evening sessions of the convention.
A feature of especial interest will
be an automobile ride over the Nc
Gregor boulevard, from Fort Myers to
Punta Rassa, splendid shell macad-
am automobile road eighteen miles in
length. On the way out the visitors
will stop at the famous winter home
of Thomas A. Edison, and each will
be presented with a souvenir cocoa |
nut grown on the estate, while expert
guides will point out the various tropi !
cal plants and shrubs.
Other trips which are contemplated |
include water tip to Fort Thomp- |
son, E. E. Goodho having extended an
invitation to the association and it's !;
guests to be his guests at an old-fash- |
toned barbecue; trip to Estero, to
take lunch and to attend a concert, as
the guests of the Koreshan Unity,
who in the southern end of the coun- |
ty, sixteen miles from the court !
house, years ago set up in what was
then the wild woods a remarkable re-
ligious community, which owns and |
operates one of the largest printing |
establishments in Florida. Other
splendid trips are on the program, in
Guiding one from Fort Myers to Key |
West, Sunday, April 26.
An invitation has been extended
the world-famous Gridiron Club of
Washington, d. c., to attend this
meeting of the State Press Associa-
ton, to which the following courteous
answer from the secretary has been |