The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-04-24
UNDERWRIT
CONVENTION
STATE


and are engaged in a business that
makes for progress in the truest
sense.
The Underwriters are holding their
sessions in the old dining room of the
Ocala House, and Mr.. Munrose, the
president, is presiding with a great
deal of grace and pleasantly. If he
were president of the senate or speak
er of the house of representatives. he
would immortalize himself.
After having photograph made of
the association the members assem-
bled at 3:15 o'clock in the afternoon,
and were welcomed to the city on the
part of the board of trade by Secre-
tary Rooney in his usual felicitous
and mirthful manner.
They were very cordially welcomed
on the part of the press of the city by
Mr.. Frank Harris, editor of the Ocala
Banner.
The addresses We're responded to
on the part of the association by
President Munrose in most exceed
/ ingly pretty speech, and the flowers
that he tossed at our little city and
; its citizens made us feel quite pulled
up.
After calling the roll and finding
every member was in his place, eth
er in person, spirit or by pocketbook
the president decided that quorum
was present, and that the convention
was ready for the transaction OF bus
! mess.
| Mr.. J. G. Luning, state treasurer
was introduced, and made an address
that attracted a great deal of interest
and served as basis for all the
speeches that followed.
Mr.. Luning advised the creating OF
state insurance department, with
power to appoint a deputy who should
act as a detective, whose duty ii
should be to hunt down suspicious
and fires of incendiary origin. 1t is
claimed that North Carolina has such
a system. An hundred men have
been sent behind prison bars there,
and the benefits following the same
are shown in the fact that North Car
DINA has the cheapest insurance rate
of any state in the south.
A short business session was held
last night, and this morning the dis
tinguished guests will be taken to
Silver Springs and other places of
interest adjacent to the city.
Tonight an elegant banquet will be
! served at the Harrington Hall, and it
will occupy the principal place on the
program. Efforts are being made to
have it make for Ocala a reputation
not unlike some of the famous ban
quets that are handed down to us
from ancient times.
The menu cards are most appropri-
ate, and the unique design has at
tracted most favorable comment.
Like the ramparts of a city, the edges
have alone been scorched, while the
more valuable parts have been saved
secure, which enables the city to pro-
| coed with it's orderly business.
Everybody is delighted and no eff
forts will be spared to make the I'm
derwriters feel that the hospitality
of the city of right belongs to them,
and it is theirs to enjoy to the full
est.
The following representatives at
tended the meeting:
Local Agents
d. w. Davis, Joseph Bell, G. S.
Scott & Son, F. w. Ditto, e. M. Os-
borne, Ocala; S. Y. Way, F. G. Rush,
Orlando; Walker Anderson, Pensaco-
la; H. H. Wetherington, Apopka;
Childers and Smith, Arcadia; Lowry
& Prince, ]. w. Lykes & Co., C. r.
Park & Co., o. P. Stallings, E. w.
Munrose, Hendry & knight Co., Tam
pa.
| Special Agents
L. M. Miller, Marion Knowles, Ed
Hafer, Atlanta; Gordon Williams, Will
son, N. c.; P. B. Travis, F. w. Evans,
Jacksonville.
Louis Phillips of Jacksonville, Fla.
representative of the Insurance Field
of Louisville, KY.
Hon. ]. c. Luning, state treasurer
and insurance commissioner.
William Douglass, general agent.
Jacksonville.