The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-05-22
POINTED OUT IMPORTANCE
OF MOTOR CLUB WORK

In a talk before the Ocala Motor
Club, at its meeting Tuesday night,
Mr.. c. ]. Notes, field representative
Of the Florida State Automobile As
sociation, stated that the state organ
ization had caused to be left In Flor
ida by motor tourists the past season
more than a quarter of a million dol
lars, due to the activities of the motor
clubs under the direction Of the state
association. Mere than five hundred
motorists, Mr.. Notes said, tarried
within the state from fifteen days to
two months longer than they had
planned. This extra money brought
into the state. amounted to more than
three times the total of all member
ships in the Florida State Automobile
Association. For every ten dollar:
invested in motor club memberships g
return of thirty dollars has resulted
he said, in one season. Mr.. Notes
pointed out that with a strong loca
club, Ocala can and will begin to fee
the effects of the highly valuable worl
now being done through organized
motordom.
The new officers of the Ocala Motol
Club very much desire to see ever!
progressive motorist in this section
become a member of the organization
DR.. H. w. Henry. new president o.
the club, in accepting the Office OF
Tuesday night, laid special stress oil
the value of cooperation, and GALES
attention to the impossibility of Civ
ing the work justice without the as
sistance of every member.
The next meeting of the Ocal;
Motor Club will be held Tuesda.
night, May 27, at 8 o'clock in tn
Board of Trade room.
i Mr.. Notes, who was busy yesterda
/ getting new memberships in the city
called attention to an article in a re
cent issue of the Florida Motorist
by Judge John M. Cheney of Orlando
head of the legal department of tn
Florida State Automobile Association
Judge Cheney says in part:
"There are those who do not wish t
have their town or community chang
!. ed-they resent the intrusion of tn
would-be investor, and care nc
. whether their land has a market valu
. OF ten or fifty dollars an acre-the
do not care to sell at any price; the
} can raise cotton and corn and hog
enough to live on and provide all tn
necessities, and in such communitie
you will always find bad roads. Frol
such communities all the ADLER youn
men immigrate to fields where the
: red blood and desire to make tn
most of life will find reward.
"South Florida today is being hel
back by the fact that the norther
and western part of the state do ne
build good roads. My home is
Orlando-in every direction goo
roads invite the visitor. If he want
to go to Tampa it is an easy fou
hours ride by auto; if he goes I
Jacksonville he finds good roads
Sanford, New Smyrna, Daytona, an
then he runs into trouble.
off he follows the Dixie Highwa
he gets good roads to point invent
miles north of Ocala and then throug
the wealthy and fertile county {
Alachua, through the beautiful cite
:. of Gainesville, Lake City, Live Ga
and Madison the roads are bad.
"Any route through South Georgi
and North Florida interposes a ba,
: rier of bad roads. They are a n
proach to both states; while tho1
sands of autoes break through, y,
what a food of winter tourists wou
, use them if they were good instead ,
: bad.
"Where a good road goes, lar
values increase. Show me a count
: with good roads and I'll show you
progressive county with high valu
ton.
"But aside from all questions
: money and values, should it not be
y matter of pride to every county al
; community to keep in touch with tn
: wonderful day of progress and
a alive?
: "Good roads testify to live and pr
e gress.
"Bad roads, the surest sign of let
i arpV and civic death -