The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-02-23
THE EVERGLADES PARTY PAYS
VISIT TO THE MAGIC CITY
Miami, Fla, Feb. q, 1917.

Special TO the Ocala Banner:
William Jennings Bryan, who arriv
ed her. today with a party Of an hun
dred state legislators, newspapers rep
resentatives and others. after three
day tour of the Everglades. will be one
of the principal speakers at banquet
to be given tomorrow night by the
Miami chamber OF commerce to the
Everglades party. Former Governor
w L. DoueIass OF Massachusetts, and
former Governor Durham Of Indiana
are also to be among the guests. State
Senator ". l. Hugh!ett of Cocoa will
be toast master at the dinner.
In their three-days' rip the legis-
lative party crossed Lake Okeecho-
/. bee, traversed more than an hundred
miles of drainage canals in the Ever
glades. and were entertained by the
people Of the Everglades towns Of.
Moore Haven, Okeelanta and Davie
A banquet was given the visitors last
night by the Fort Lauderdale board
of trade.
Today the visiting party had
bathing party and shore dinner and
saw an aeroplane exhibition at Miami
Beach, visited a number Of Everglades
farms near here. were driven over a
part Of the Tamiami Trail, which is to
be the first cross-state road south of
Lake Okeechobee. and We're given
reception by Mr. and Mrs Bryan at
Villa Serena, their winter home at Co
coanut Grove
The Everglades tour was made by
the legislators as the guests OF the
people of Dade, Broward and Palm
Beach counties.
Among the members OF the Ever
glades party we're:
State Senators James E. Alexander
of DeL.and. W. E. Baker of Lake &c
neva, Doyle E. Carlton OF Tampa, j.
E Calkins OF Fernandina, Oscar NJ.
Eaton of Lakeland. lon L. Farris of
Jacksonville, j. B. Johnson. of Live
Oak, John E. King of Inverness, W. S.
Middleton of Pomona, j. r. McEach-
ern Of Monticello, W. A. McWilliams
of st. Augustine, VI. L. Plympton OF
Lake City, Glenn Terrell of Webster.
and A. 5. Wells of Tallahassee.
Representatives c. f. Barber of Ba- }
ker county. w. G. Seals and A. s.
Crews of Bradford county, ]. S Smith
of Clay county, W. j. Roebuck of Co
lumbia county, j. W Watson of Dade
county Marion B. Jennings and Tel
fair Stockton OF Duval county, James
NJ. Johnson of Escambia county, E.
R. L. Moore of Franklin county, W
NJ. Webb and c. A. Stevens of Hamil-
ton county, Geo Fl Wilder and A. c.
Hamblin Of Hillsborough county, B. J.
Hamrick of Jefferson county, Alexan-
der H. Williams and John A. Scruggs
Of Leon county, J. A. Hanson of Lake
county, w. j. Epperson of Levy coun-
ty, r. H. w Weaver of Liberty coun
ty, w j. Crosby OF Marion county, J.
b. Stewart and D. r. Haddock, Jr., of
Nassau county, c. A Roberts of Or
ange county, y. c. Bryan of OsceOla
county. A. j. Morgan and W. Reid
Robson of Polk county, w. G. Thigh
man and H. s. Mckenzie of Putnam
county. n j. Wicker of Sumter coun-
ty, Cary A. Hardee and NJ A. Best OF
Suwannee county, w. r. Cash of Tay-
Tor county, David Scholtz and II. G.
Putnam of Volusia county
W. r. Carter, editor of the Jackson
vile Metropolis; S Bobo Dean, editor
CT the Miami Metropolis: w r. Hill
of the Miami Herald. d. LeBaron Per
rine, editor of the Tropics Magazine;
Harry r. Cook, publisher OF the Pen
sacola Journal; Herbert A. Felkel. ed
itor of the Tallahassee Record; Frank
Harris editor of the Ocala Banner:
A. G. Graw. editor OF the Homestead
Enterprise; George G. Mathews. edi-
tor of the Fort Lauderdale Sentinel;
J0hn d. SherWln. editor OF the Fort
Lauderdale Herald.
julius Smith W. R. Comfort. H. Dale
Miller. James a. Moore, J. c. Dale
James Brann. H. S Rich, and " W
| Helm, president OF the Everglades
Drainage League OF Miami; 7. j..
Campbell w H. DeCamara. H. G.
Geer, E. NJ Moses. +. P. Paddison.
Guy W Metcalfe, and G. Wayne
| Ward OF West Palm Beach: Tom "
Bryan. w Q. Bryan, Herman B. Walk
er, ]. H. Gearing, c. P. Welding, j. H.
Jones. Mayor viii j. Reed, A. B. Lowe
and Ralph A. Horton, secretary of the
Everglades Drainage League, of Fort
Lauderdale.
State representative w. H. Mar
shall of Broward county, is chairman