The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-11-21

The Sixth Annual meeting of the
Mississippi to Atlantic Inland Water
ways Association held the boards in
Palatka on Monday and Tuesday ol
this week. 1t will interest Palatkans
to know that Hon. Leland ]. Hender'
son, secretary of the Association sale
before leaving:
"We have received better atten.
tino at this Palatka meeting and youl
board of trade has given US more
hearty, intelligent support than has
been accorded at any Of our previous
conventions. We are all for Palatka.
The delegates began to arrive or
Saturday and Sunday, and the great
body of them were here by Monday
noon. They came from all direc
tions, by boat, rail and auto.
There were U. S. Senators anC
would-be Senators, Governors anc
ex- Governors and would-be's, Con
gressmen, and Mayors of cities anc
Judges and specialists and civil en-
gineers and farmers and merchants
and artisans, in fact men in all walks
Of life, and many ladies.
1t was a great gathering.
BY order of Uncle Sam two torpedo
boats of the navy were here, the Tin
gey and Thornton, with seamen who
numbered nearly hundred and whC
walked the streets in their natty blut
or white suits and created a flutte1
in the hearts of maidens with thu
soulful eyes.
Flags and bunting were used gen
erously in decorating hotels and bus
mess houses and "Welcome" was writ
ten large in the countenance of ever.
Palatkan.
The Convention opened at II
o'clock Monday morning in the How
ell Theater, with Senator Fletche
presiding.
Archdeacon Wyllie of st. Mark
church offered prayer.
Governor Park Trammell magnifi
cent physically and mentally an
from whatever angle viewed, smilin!
and with eloquent, well-chosen word
that were capable of no mistake
voiced a welcome in behalf Of Florida
Col. w. M. Toomer Of Jacksonvill
followed with a brief but whole
hearted welcome in behalf Of Putnar
county.
Then came Col S. ]. Hilburn wit
a ringing welcome in behalf of ch
city-brief also, but abounding il
eloquent periods and to the point.
Howell A. Davis spoke welcom
in behalf of commercial Palatka-it
board of trade. Davis is at home a
booster and he worked in som
boosts for Palatka, which opened
few eyes to the city's Importance
His address was what is termed
'corker." 1t said: "Palatka's wi
you"
That ended the welcomes, the
came the
"Thanks, awfully," by Senate
Fletcher, president of the Association
His remarks were kindly; they show
ed full appreciation of Palatka's a
tempts by speech to voice the we
come that lay in the hearts of tt
people.
Then followed the annual addre!
of the president. Senator FletchC
is president of so many organizi
tions that have in view the advanc
ment and upbuilding of the countl
along commercial and financial line
and all in addition to his work in tt
Senate of the United States, that OF
would expect him to get mixed in h
matter; but he doesn't. He wade
into this intra- coastal problem Ill
J a veteran and made it's importan
] and the progress of the year so cle
] that the uninitiated began to s
things and rejoice. The News wou
J be glad to print his address, but spa
; forbids. 1t will likely be printed
: document by the association.
Afternoon Session.
! At 2 p. m. the afternoon sessi
! opened with a masterly address
/ Hon. John ]. Bernhard of New c
| cans, general manager of the Allah
ma & New Orleans Transportati
| Co. Mr.. Bernhard is of Holla
| Dutch origin and he had the rich ft
eign twist to his words that are
by inheritance. He is also a specl
| ist in inland waterway navigation a
! boat construction. His address W
! technical but none the less intere
| ing for that. He is one of the mas
| builders of the new nation; a doc
/ of commercial progress.
/ Herbert B. Race, president of I
! jacksonville board of trade and
i bank and a booster for good rot
! and a leader of men talked tt
| most entertainmgly of what lnla
i Waterways will do for Florida.
/ Then came a most interesting
i eloquent address by Mayor Freder
i w. Donnelly of Trenton, n. j.,
| New jerseys Relation to Inland '
i terways. >,
i Congressman John H. Small
Il North Carolina closed the aftern
Il meeting with an eloquent address
| Greetings from the Atlantic Ink
Waterways Association.
In the evening there was a rec
ton to the delegates at the putr
House, followed by smoke of 81
very fine Palatka made cigars.
II ter in the evning in the parlors
I association assembled and listened
o an address by Col. A. S. Hough of
Times Union on Direct Trade Rol
in Foreign Commerce. Then a
ger address by Mrs. Sistrunk OF
i LA on Conservation.