The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-07-19
BOARD OF TRADE
AFTER new BLOOD
Public Meeting Monday Night
Decides on Active Cam
paiqn for Members.

President Howell A. Davis of the Pa
latka board OF trade late last week SEM
out $50 special letters of invitation tc
citizens OF Palatka TO attend a public
meeting al the Court House on Monday
night
There were not 250 present, but there
was good attendance of representa-
tive citizens. More would have I'm.
doubtedly have been present had moi
the weather been threatening.
President Davis called the meeting to
order and in short talk stated its object.
The Palatka board of trade had employ.
ed professional city builder for Secre.
tary and under his direction was about
TO begin an active campaign for a great.
er city. The board of trade wanted the
help of every citizen enlisted for this
campaign; the board ought 10 double its
membership; the meeting had been
called to discuss the work of the pro-
posed campaign and TO stir the people to
action. Mr.. Davis then introduced Mr..
George A. Mawman of the New South
Farms and Home Co.
| Mr.. Mawman is something of booster
himself; he waS'not property owner in
Palatka and he had no personal or self
ish interest in the city, but he knew a
city with natural advantages when he
saw ii and he gave il as his best judg-
ment that no town in Florida was so
rich in these as Palatka, with its numer-
Gus railroads and its water transpora.
ton. All that was needed was determi.
nation on the part of the citizens TO put
the city in shape TO care for an influx OF
people and industries and then go out
after them. Mr. Mawman pointed out
some of the city'S most glarng defects
and drawbacks and showed the necessi.
ly OF correcting them. He even saw
things that he claimed would fail 10 at.
tract strangers i'm our water front, as
we'll as the manner of getting to it from
the land side. He pointed out the
necessity for houses in the genteel
observation-disclosures in which a man
who was trying to be respectable could
take his family and not loose caste with
them after they had gone through the
house and sized up the neighborhood. |
Someone with money in the bank and |
trace of pride of place. in his blood |
ought TO put up some houses; at the |
present time stranger might come here
and like the city, but he could not stay
for the reason that there was no house |
for him. Mr.. Mawman urged his hear |
erS 10 wake up and go 10 work, and |
told them only failure 10 work could |
keep such city as Palatka from taking |
a ranking place among the cities of the
south. His remarks were listened to
with great interest and were frequently
applauded.
Mr.. Mawman was followed by Mr.. w.
b. RoySter the new secretary of the |
board of trade. MIR. Registers appeal
was for an increased membership for
the board and he showed that it would
be much easier TO go after thing with
the backing of the whole town than
only that of a select few. He closed by
number of membership ap-
plicaton blanks which he would like
10 see filled out by any present who
were not already members
Short, interesting talks were also
made on this line by Mayor Warren,
Henry Hutchinson, f. NJ. Earnest and
others, after which the following new
applications for membership were re-
ceived and accepted: Rev. Father P.
Barry, w. w. Tilghman, Edward
Stokes, w. B. Royster, n. +. Dillon,
r. C. Middleton, A. NJ. Haughton, w.
E. Wattles, T. J. Barnett, and B. E.
Jarrett.
1t was decided that an active canvass
Of the city for new members should be
made at once and on motion special
was appointed TO make such ,
canvass. The committee consists of
Dr.. f. w. Warren, II. Finley Tucker,
Father RarrV ChaS Rurt and SECRETARY ,