The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-10-22
A NEW FACTORY FOR ocALA

A NEW FACTORY FOR ocALA
This paper stated few days ago
that Mr.. OiFarrell was 9ni5he city,
llwith the intention of establishing
an ice cream factory here. Mr..
lO'Farren has now definitely decided
to go into business here, and the ar
ticles of incorporation appear in an
other column of this paper
The company is being chartered
lgnder the name of Narion Bottaing
! & Ice Cream Company, and will be
in actual operation within 40 days
"A suitable Vocation will be selected
in Ocala and made ready as fast as
Ipossib1e An entire new plant of
machinery will be shipped in, part
of which has already been bought
The company comes to Oeala
without asking for favors or con-
lcessions, and has ample capital to
operate, on; with men of long years
of practical experience in business.
The Star has seen written testi-
nDonials and letters of recommends
tion that MIR O'Farrel1 has with
/ him from bankers, wholesale and re-
tail firms, professional men and
public officials, which speak in. the
thfghtest terms of both Mr.. O'FarreH
and Mr.. Gardner, as to their bust
imess ability and personal character.
/ The business iof the company will
be ITO manufacture ice cream for the
! trade only, and it expects to ship
this product NORTH as far as Jackson
willie, and south as far as THE rail
roads go 1T wishes it understood
from the start that it will not retail
it's products, but will sell ito the
dealers, and hopes to make prices
and products so attractive THAT no
dispenser will attempt to make his
own cream, but will buy from the
factory, which i'm experience and
equipment is so much better prep
AIRED to make It,
The company will create big de-
manld for milk and cream and feels
THAT it Will be able to secure all it
needs from the local source of sup
ply.
Its other line of business win be
the lbotdling of AIo-CoIa, for which
product it has all of the state east of
Chatta.ho o'chee as territory. Tt will
NOT only bottle the product for the
trade, but Will have men on the
road selling the syrup. Mo-Cola is
made from the original forunIla of
coca-cola and is not AN infringement
or substitute, (which claim is back
ed UP by the courts.
About 20 people will be employed
lin the factory and a number of new
Families will come to the city with
the enterprise.
AS to the men who rae at the head
of the company: MIR. H. I'll. Gardiner,
the secretary, is originally from
Minden, La He was for "a long time
with the Purity Ice Cream Co., of
VaIIdIosta and Columbia Ice Cream
Co. of Mobile. He knows the bust
ness from the ground up, and will
come Ito us with his wife and five
children.
MIR. R. f. OIFarrell, president of
the company, formerly of Athens,
Ga. has been for some time sales
manager for the iMo-Cola Co., of
Mobile, Ala, and has made a good
many friends already i'm the few
days he has been in THE city. He
has a fine appearance and impresses
those whom he meets as meaning
business.
MIR. James A. Turner, one of the
incorporators and member of the
board of directors, is from Chicago
He has had MANY years experience
in ONE of the larger ice cream factor.
les of that city, and is considered
one of the best men i'm the business
there. He will have charge Of this
department.
Ocaila welcomes this enterpris
and believes the field is good one
!. Such a keen-sighted business NAL
as Mr.. ]. M. Meffert advised a frienl
of his, some years ago, to come her
I and engage in this very business
: and Thought the field splendid ONE
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