The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-10-14
BOARD OF TRADE
Much Good Work Done at Last
Evenings Meeting

The Board of Trade meeting last
night was very well attended, altho
the rain prevented many from coming
out.
1t was very interesting meeting
and many matters of interest were
brought up and discussed. Among
these was taking membership in the
South Florida Chamber of Commerce,
which will be decided on later. Then
the Importance of our city being rep
resented at the Atlantic Deep Water
way meeting at Savannah, Nov. 9th
to II, was presented. This is a meet
ing that should have a good strong
representation, as it will have much
to do with bringing to a final issue
the many inland waterway projects
that the country is interested in, and
Florida has many of these and espe
cially our immediate section. there
fore a strong delegation from the
Board of Trade and city should attend
so as to get all the power possible be-
hind the Oklawaha project as well as
others of equal Importance.
The secretary by correspondence
showed that action had been taken
with the traffic officials of the rail-
roads looking to having proper rates
extended and put into effect covering
the products of the knitting mill of
our city and that he had assurance
that this would be done at once.
The letter from the president of the
Tampa board of trade in regard to his
plans for great advertising cam
paign to attract tourists to our state
as a whole from the broad standpoint
of developing our entire state was
read and discussed, with instructions
to the secretary to advise that we en-
dorse the idea, but are not in a posi-
ton to respond in giving the financial
aid as set forth in his plans.
The secretary, who is chairman of
the transportation committee Of the
fair association, gave as information
the action as taken by the committee
with the railroads looking to having
proper rates extended to our fair and
progress made, also that he expected
to get special service on the 24th of
November, the day that Hon, Champ
Clark is expected to be in our city, a
guest of the fair association in the
afternoon and to address our people
at the Temple theater under the aus
uiees of the lyceum bureau This
will be one of the big events of the
fair as well as of our city. More will
be said of this later when the engage
ment has been fully confirmed by Mr..
Clark.
The secretary read a letter from
Mrs. Jennings, president of the Fed
Grafton of Women's Clubs of Florida,
to Mr.. Clifford Camp, who had ten
dered her 100 acres of land for a To-
cation for the girls industrial school
Of the state, and this letter had beer
referred to the Board of Trade for
action Quite a few of the prominent
ladies of the city and members of TIE
Woman's Club were present to aid
and give their support to this move
ment. After a full discussion of the
matter and an unanimous acceptance
OF the offer of Mr.. Seymour and Tay-
lor Bros. to the lands they donated,
committee of three from the Board
OF Trade and two from the Woman's
Club was chosen to handle this matte
IN detail, with full instructions to
have the lands surveyed, plated, title
secured and ready to submit through
Mrs. Jennings to the board of state
institutions. The matter was very en-
Enthusiastically received, and our city
viii leave nothing undone to secure
this school, which viii bring a new