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

of other trade organizations IN the
state has been distributed to inquiries.
Every effort has been made to give
favorable information concerning 9TH
er communities. Other boards of
trade are distributing the booklets of
Ocala and Marion County. This CO.
operation on the. part of trade bodies
throughout the state is indicative Of a
fine spirit. The policy of cut-throat
competition among towns and cities
is fast disappearing.
The press of Ocala and Jackson
vile and Tampa have been most gen.
erous is using copy prepared by your
Secretary and many columns of news
of Ocala and Marion County have
been published during the year. Your
Secretary does not know of single
piece of copy that has been refused
publication. The local papers and the
Jacksonville Times-Union and Tampa
Tribune have had numerous editorials
on this city and county resulting from
the news items furnished.
News Items, Articles, Write-ups. and
Photographs Have Been Furnished
The Florida Grower, The Farm and
livestock Record, The Florida Indus
trial Record, The Motorist, The Dixie
Highway Magazine, Manufacturers
Record, Southern Ruralist, Automobile
Blue Book, Atlantic Coast Line and
Seaboard Air Line tourist and indus
trial booklets Road information has
been furnished the Florida State Auto
mobile Association. The Dixie High
way Association, The Goodrich Tour
ing Bureau, and the Automobile Club
of America. Besides those furnished
for publication photographs have been
furnished the New York office of the
Seaboard Air Line Railway and the
Florida Finance Corporation, Wash
ington, D. c., The New York Office of
the Seaboard was instrumental in hav-
ing a picture of Silver Springs used
on the front page of photograph re-
sort of the New York Tribune. The
pictures furnished the Florida Finance
Corporation are to be used in a stere-
opticon lecture on Florida. The
Knight and Wall Company Of Tampa.
through the medium of their advertis-
ing in the Tampa papers very gener-
ously gave publicity to Ocala and
Silver Springs several times during
1920. and the data and photographs
for the copy were furnished by the
Board of Trade. Copy was prepared
for a page of publicity of Ocala and
Marion County generously given by
the Ocala Telephone Company in its
directory The gathering of data for
all of this publicity has resulted in
the obtaining of a large amount of in.
formation concerning the city and
county, which has become available
to the public through the medium of
the Board of Trade.
Housing
In the spring of 1919 there were
many vacant stores and houses in
Ocala. During the latter part of 1919
the housing situation began to get
serious Your Secretary began call
ing attention to the fact and then and
since has from time to time given
publicity to the fact. During the tour
ist season of 1890 much assistance
was given parties seeking rooms and
apartments and the height of the sea-
son found the shortage of accommoda-
tions elsewhere. A list Of rooms and
furnished apartments for rent has
been kept on file in the Board of
Trade room and visitors and perma-
ne1t residents have been assisted in
finding accommodations During the
fall of 1920 and up until the holidays
many persons were located here