The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-04-12
INTEND TO KEEP
MARION COUNTY INTACT

A number of our representative
citizens met at the Board of Trade
Saturday afternoon, in response to the
appeal from Representatives Crosby
and Henderson, published in Satur-
days Star for assistance to combat
the movement to carve Bloxham
county out of Marion and Levy.
President Rogers of the Board of
Trade presided and Secretary Rooney
read the call for the meeting.
Several gentlemen expressed their
views, and Mr.. Rooney read set of
resolutions which he had drawn up.
They were unanimously adopted, and
the president assigned certain duties
to various members of the gathering,
and the meeting adjourned, subject to
| the next hurry call.
/ Ocala and five-sixths of the county
will fight this attempt at an unneces-
sary and unjust division. Senator
Bitch of Levy and Representative
Willis of Williston are engineering
the move, and they have carefully
marked a line around the most pro-
ductive farming land in Northwest
Marion, driving wedge to within
eight miles of Ocala. Similar tactics
) have been pursued on the Levy
county side. 1t is safe to say
, that the people of Levy would have
! never elected Senator Bitch if they
had supposed he was going to try to
. take away the best part of THEN
county.
The resolutions passed at Satur-
days meeting were as follows:
5 Whereas, Our representatives ad.
1 wise us that there will probably bt
. presented at this present session Of
. the legislature a certain bill for the
purpose of creating new county By
t taking part of the north and north
west of Marion to make up this new
county; and,
Whereas, The Marion County BoarC
of Trade did appoint committee O.
y its strongest men who made per
sonal investigation of road condition
q in that section of the county that wa
complaining of not being treate'
fairly by the county commissioners Il
) the matter of working their roads
d and,
1T Whereas, The committee made re
lport and went before the county com
: missioners and urged that the road
q in this part of the county be give
t. careful consideration, which has bee
n. done and is being done now; and,
Whereas, The Marion County Boar
of Trade on October 10th, 1913, bein
y the first good roads demonstration
r, the south as well as in Florida, had
rel good roads working on the Blitchto
A. road, which was one of the prlncIp;
: roads leading into this part of til
county that was complaining, an
since which time this organlzatlo
has in every way possible cooperate
with and aided in giving to the Peep
of this part of the county just ar
equitable recognition; and,
ne Whereas, All records of county ma
IA tiers which make up the safety ar
or prosperity of a county are here
or OcaIa, and this movement for count
division has been agitated and pr
I'd mulgated by factions and for person
ut. reasons, and not in the best intere
he of either Marion or Levy countle
10 therefore be it
Resolved, That the Marion Coun
Board of Trade and citizens public
ne assembled in Ocala wish to voice o.
strongest protest to any action beil
ne taken by the present legislative boz
). looking to county division or cuttll
~ off any portion of our county to ma
OF up another county, and wish to url
Sc. through our honorable senator's a.
he members of the house to enter tf