The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-10-01

AcI ming, lOU0NCO io@SiH6, lASAiHS, SHY
building, ETC., or farther south among
the orange and grapefruit trees, with
their luscious golden fruit and their
wonderful blossoms. For this is Or
aqge Blossom Time in Florida. The
flowers you will see all the way will
make you wish to stay longer, and
when the trip is over, if it is possible,
you will stay until your business COM
pels you to get home, and all the while
you will enjoy the delightful weather
and the things you see growing on all
sides. Fellow newspaper men and
members of the National Editorial
Association, we beg you to begin at
once on your plans for the trip, and
come. Come earlier than the meeting,
if that suits you best, and then take in
the meeting. Come only for the meet
ing and tour of the state. if that is all
the time you can spare, but if you can
spare more time stay while after the
meeting, visit with your friends in va
rious parts of the state and learn of
the real Florida.
The Wauchula Advocate prints the
pictures Of numDer Of homes now
being built by the Wauchula Develop
ment Company. This company has
just expended $4,000 in home con-
struction and farm development.
Fort Myers is to have;a new 212
room hotel.
After five years of ceaseless strug-
gle the Tucker Wood-Tex Brock Co.
has succeeded in manufacturing a com
position brick, 1.-The Brick Eternal"
as it is called, as a commercial pro-
duct. The mill opened the past week,
turning out an ideal paving material.
The wood-tex brick is the child of
Kissimmee, having been the invention
of one of her prominent citizens, j.
Wade Tucker, who has had his pro-
cess of combining cypress sawdust
With asphalt in such manner that an
indestructive product results, patent
ed .-Kissimmee Cor. Columbus (Ga.)
Industrial Index
Florida Road Building
Florida believes in roaGs-good
roads. Statistics recently collected
show that so far counties in that state
have issued road bonds in the sum
of SIG, 800, 203. Special road and bridge
districts in the state. have issued
bonds aggregating $10,221, 500. This
is a total of s27,211,7c3 of bonded in
debtedness incurred in the effort 10
give Florida first-class highways. AS
a road builder, Florida is one of the
most enterprising Of the Southern
states.-Industria Record.
The announcement that an organl-
zation has been perfected TO be known
as the Southern Cattle Loan Company,
with a capital of half a million dollars
and that it will soon open cattle
loan bank in Jacksonville for the adj
vancement of the live stock industry
in Florida, will be greeted with pleas
ure and satisfaction by the men and
women who have been enthusiastically
and persistently advocating the de-
velopment of this great industry in
the state.-Florida Times Union.
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Live Oak is living up to its name
and has called bond election for the
purpose of voting $4,000 for paving
and $4,000 for parks and play
grounds.-Winter Haven Chief.
The Woman's College at Tallahassee.
Rollins College at Winter Haven, The
Southern College at Sutherland. the
university -OI rlOT1ud DIT 0dluCSFIlC,
and all the High Schools throughout
the state are crowded almost to their
full capacity with students. 1t tells
its own story.
The Reolds Farm Company has sold
$4,000 acres of land between Oldsmar
and Tarpon Springs to a st. Louis
firm and immediate steps will be
taken for its development.
More than one hundred members
have been added to the Lake County
Board of Trade, and the county is
booming.
The almost phenomenal develop
ment of Florida in the past ten years
and the rapid growth of Jacksonville,
the principal distributing center for