The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-05-01
HORTICULTURAL
STATE CONVENTION
Brings Big Crowd of Dele
gates to Palatka

The Twenty-seventh annual con-
vention of the FLORIDA State Horti-
cultural Society has been in session
in Palatka most of the present week,
and delegates representing all Sec
tions of the state have been in attend
ance, in numbers aggregating nearly
100 and tsting the capacity of our
hotels.
They are leaving today, and The
News believes that the great body Of
delegates will carry away pleasant
recollections of the Gem City.
The opening meeting was held in
the parlors of the Putnam House on
Tuesday night, when they were Off
cially welcomed by Mayor Kennerly
and also by Howell A. Davis, repre-
senting the board of trade.
1t was o'clock when President H.
Harold Hume called the gathering to
order and requested Rev p. @. Cason
of the Baptist church to offer prayer.
This was followed by the introduction
of Mayor S. j. Kennerly, who in be-
half of the citizens of Palatka ex-
tended welcome in the following ad-
dress:
Mr. President and Members of the
Florida State Horticultural Asso-
clation:
| deem it an honor and a pleasure
to meet you here tonight and in be-
half of the citizens of Palatka extend
to you a welcome, with the word well
come written in large golden letters.
We have no wall or fence around our
city, neither have we locked gates to
which | might present you with a
key-but our borders are all open
and we come to you with outstretch-
ed arms and ask you in and say to
you that whatever we have is yours
and we trust that your stay with us
will be of such a nature that when
you return to your homes you can
congratulate yourselves that you
were present at this the 9th annual
convention of the horticultural soci-
ETY.. We are glad you are with US
We are proud of you as an organiza-
ton with your members hailing from
every part of Florida-and your in
, fluence permeating the whole of the
state. We are proud of you for we
feel that Palatka is the birthplace of
this organization, for it was here 30
!. years ago that few orange growers
met and organized themselves into
the Florida Fruit Growers Associa-
; ton. Some few of you whom ] see
) before me tonight may have been
present at that meeting-but some of
; the members who were there-and
these my warm friends, have passed
the shade of the trees in the great
Iho.,o.l TbA ElDyiIo Er,,it (NrnNy.Ars'
| Association was short -lived-but it
! lived long enough to sow the seed
from which this organization has
sprung and flourishd like a green
J bay tree. May you continue to grow
and to flourish-may your influence
be felt not only in the State of Flor
ida but in the whole United States.
Now, my friends, in conclusion per-
{ nit me in behalf of the citizens of
Palatka to again extend a welcome
, tn the Gem City of Florida.
Lloyd S. Tenney of Orlando re-
sponded to the address of the mayor
in felicitous and humorous address
and he was followed by H. A. Davis,
who spoke for the Palatka board of
) trade. w. S. Hart of Hawks Park,
{ responded to the address of Mr.. Oa-
VS., on behalf ofthe society.
t Then came the annual address of
President Hume, and this was follow
ed by social hour, with dainty re-
freshments served by the Palatka
2 W oman's Club. The parlors were
beautifully decorated for the occasion.
At the Wednesday morning session
there were addresses on topics OF i'll
terest to horticulturalists, by Messrs.
B F. Floyd of GAINESVILLE, R. E. Skin
ner, r. E. Stevens and others.
Miss Okle C. Paynter was elected
secretary in place of her late father
Fne aft .rnoCn session was largely Ia
Ken up with memorial papers to >tha
memory of the late E. o. Paynter.
At the Wednesday night session
t Mr.. Lloyd S. Tenney of Orlando ad-
/ crossed the convention on the objects
! of the Growers and Shippers Lea que
A and con- mtteee of nine represent
. ing the three sections Of the state
l was selected to work up the organi
. zation.
THURSDAY morning was devoted t.
t TIE various addresses on the pr )gram
as so was aso the night session.,
2 The steamer City of jacksonville OF
- the Clyue Line WHICH Hdu oSSH oSN ~
It bv the local entertainment committee
II was here all day.ln the morning
q big excursion was given the PalatkS
(. school children and the ladies here il
- attendance upon the convention. i
< the afternoon this steamer took th'
!" members of the convention on a rive
D, excursion to Welaka and return.
ID The local committees have worke'
4. like Troians to make this convention
Iy a success and that the big crowd!
have been handled so well and eacl
r Individual made comfortable is some
I'd thing to their creit.
~ At the session last night H. Har
y old Hume was reelected president
b.. and Tampa was selected as the plac
. of next meeting.
mr. Woman's Influence.