The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-02-04

Eentlemen:
IN compliance with the provisions
\ the bylaws Of the organization.
|our Secretary respectfully submits
he following report for the year end
he with the annual meeting, January
Ia 1921. For convenience the work
n the Board of Trade has been classi-
lied under several heads.
Bond Issues
4 The Marion County Board of Trade
conducted the campaign which result
ed in the county's voting bonds in the
sum Of s56O,OOO for the construction
of the Dixie Highway and State Road
NO. 5 in this county, with the under
standing that the sum Of $2S0,000 is
10 be added through State and Federal
laid. The Board of Trade cooperated
with City Council in bringing about
the voting of bonds in the city for
street paving.
Publicity
/ IN cooperation with City Council
there was issued an illustrated book
let Of Ocala and Marion County that is
probably the best county booklet that
has been issued in Florida. 1t has
been favorably spoken of by all who
have seen it, and it has been highly
praised in editorials in the leading
of the State, the Times
Union and the Tampa Tribune. Especi-
ally gratifying is the favorable recep-
tion given it by distinguished parties.
An edition of 10000 copies was print
ed. About $500 copies have been dis
tributed to date, all in response to re-
quests. About half of the number dis
tributed have been furnished in re-
spouse to requests from the passeng-
er departments of railroads, front
boards of trade and information bu-
reaus The railroads include the At
lantic Coast Line; Seaboard Air Line;
Southern: Louisville and Nashville;
Chattanooga and st. Louis;
New York Central; Pennsylvania; and
St. Louis and San Francisco Railway.
In number of Instances repeat re-
quests have been made by the rail-
roads, boards of trade and information
bureaus. The other half of the copies
distributed were mailed out in re-
sponse to inquiries and given out in
the Office. 1t was decided that the
booklets should be sold for 10 cents
each to persons living in Ocala and
Marion county and distributed free to
with view to avoiding a.
wasteful distribution. Very few have
been sold. It was later decided that
the booklets should be mailed with
out cost for any persons in the city
and county who furnished the address
es Of outsiders. In the opinion of
your Secretary the plan has not work
ed we'll. and he recommends that in
the future all booklets be distributed
free to all, with a special ruling for
persons or firms desiring the book
lets in quantities. The point that has
been overlooked is that it is just as
important for the citizens of com
munity to be posted, for their own in.
and that they might inform
others. as that information be given
Three issues Of four-page paper,
The Marion County Floridian," were
giving publicity to the cur
rent developments in the city and
county These papers were distribut-
ed to the members Of the Board of
Trade, handed out in the office, aad
used to follow up inquiries. 1t is an.
effective medium, for follow-up pur-
poses especially, and should be issued
quarterly One Of the three editions
gotten out numbered 1000 copies and
Inc other 1900 each. The literature