The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-02-07
BOARD OF TRADE
HAS BUSY Meeting
And Discusses Various Pro-
jeCtS of Local Concern.

OF trade held at the city hall this week
was well attended, some forty odd
members being present.
The new members elected were,
Messrs. W. A. Mays, J. T. Bond, S. G..
Warner, N. j. Tilghman jr,, and II. NJ.
Fearnside.
A number of matters of interest
were taken up. The repairment of
the Rice creek road toward West To-
col, to be used as a practical demon
stration why Palatka should be on the
State highway from Jacksonville
south, was one of these; another COM
mittee composed of Messrs. L. M.
Earnest, j. C. Vertrees and Archdea>
con Wyllie, was appointed to appeal
to the county commissioners to have
this work undertaken as soon as pos
sible.
Another committee was sent before
the county commissioners to beg them
to make a sufficient annual appropri-
alton to enable the WomGn's Club to
maintain the court house grounds in Il
style commensurate with the city hall
park and the growing interests of the
county and community.
The following resolution was offer
ed by the secretary, and unanimously
adopted:
"Resoved that the thanks of the
Palatka board of trade are hereby eX-
tended to all of the county papers,
and The Palatka News and Jackson
vile Times Union especially, for the
very full and complete notices of the
proceedings of our annual meeting"
As so was also the following pre-
amble and resolutions:
"Whereas, citizens, individually ami
in organized form, are ever ready to
criticise the authorities for lax man
agement of public affairs and justly
so, when their rights are imposed up
on. To this end the Palatka board of
trade has, as occasion seemed to de
mand, criticised the city authorities
for apparent neglect to enforce sani-
tary laws, those effecting stock run
ming at large and the cleaning OF
streets. But these same citizens, in
dividually and in organizaed form, are
generous, and recognize it, when eff
forts are made to correct; and as the
authorities have met the conditions
complained of to the best of their abil-
ity, and improved them it is but just
that our records show our apprecia-
ton, therefore, be it
Resolved that the Palatka b ,ard Of
trade recognizing the efforts of the
city authorities, and the ely engineer
in particular, to improve the sanitary
and street condition and to enforce
the law of stock running at large, we
the members thereof, in regular meet
ing assembled, hereby offer our
thanks and approval of the efficient
service now being rendered by them. >
At the suggestion Of the WOman's
Club, all members of the board of
trade were requested to aid in max
ing Feb. Sth, "Woman's Club Day
and to wear the Club and Board Of
Trade colors (green and whitel and
| flower-the Cherokee rose, some time
during the day. The rose hedge in
the city hall park will supply the
flowers and be free to all.
The matter of manufacturing a new
county out of a part of Putnam anC
Alachua counties, was brought up anc
met with vigorous opposition. II
was stated on the floor by Col Hill.
burn, former, and W. A. Russell, pre-
sent representative from this county
in the legislature, that it is customary
for the people in many counties tt
throw this kind of a fit just before
the assembling of that body, and tina
while it was more than likely nothing
would come of this spasm, il would b.
well enough to be zen guarde' to pre-
vent such a movement; and to thi!
end, Mr.. J. Harper Wylie of Inter
lachen and Messrs. H. NJ. de Mont
mollin and L. C. Stephens of this cit!
were appointed as committee to lool
after it.
The matter of the State Conven
ton of the |. o. o. F., which assem-
bles in Palatka April 18th, wa
brought up and the cooperation o
the board of trade guaranteed to tn
members of the order for the prope
reception and entertainment Of tn
delegates who will be the guests o
the city on that occasion. Messrs. I
|. Gay, II. Finley Tucker and J. +
Millican were appointed as a specig
committee herein, and the member
of the board of trade GENERALLY, re
quested to take an active interest.