The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-01-09
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,sdy Monday hight--Prominelt
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The annual meeting Of the Palatka
board of trade on Monday night for
greater convenience was held in the
rooms Of the Athletic Club. There
was not only large attendance of
members, but there were many visitors
iflom other places present, notably
st. Augustine, Hastings, Green Cove
| Springs and Pomona.
The polls had been opened earlier
in the evening and members had gem
orally finished voting when President
Davis called the meeting to order. A
count Of the votes showed the follow
ling officers had been elected for the
ensuing year:
President-Geo. B. Selden.
First Vice Presidential. o. Hamm.
Second Vice President-Chas II.
Seig.
board of Governors-For three
years, II. A. Davis, F. D. Wattles; for
two years, E. M. Earnest, H. M. de
Montmollin; for one year, ]. H. yell
IVerton, Jr., D. W. Ramsaur.
Retiring President Howell A. Davis
annual report was a mastery pre-
sentation of the evidences of Palat-
ka's growth during the past decade,
together with a clever grouping of
the City's resources and opportuni-
ties for future growth.
Among other things President Da-
Wis said:
"Palatka is not all it should be, nor
is it all that it can be made, if our
people will only get together in har-
mory, and pull with earnestness for
every worthy object. The Board is
organized for the purpose of better
ing things in our city. Every men,
Der is or should be as much interested
in the city as the officers are, upon
whom of necessity depends most of
the work.
81 know, from my own experience,
that the officers of this board have al
ways been ready and willing to re-
ceive and utilize suggestions from any
one. 1t has not been uncommon that
matters under consideration by the
officers and committees have been dis
credited and garbleG on the streets by
those who could have had correct in
formation, by merely asking those
Who knew and were willing to impart
it, and set things right. The board
of trade is public organization, one
created to look after things, which,
without body of this kind, it is no.
body's business to see to. 1t is the
duty of every live man who hopes to
see this community grow to take a
sincere interest in it and make it
what similar organizations are in 9TH
er sections. We may not become an
Atlanta, Birmingham, Galveston
or a Seattle, but we can become a
mighty good town and one we'll worth
living in. We must have the Palatka
spirit, as there in an Atlanta spirit
and Seattle spirit"
81 = i.
eve need to fully realize that if
our community is to grow, as its merit
warrants, we must make it's advant-
ages known, and never, never doubt
that our community is not the best
in all the land-there may be others
Just as good, but none better. The
slogan of the Southern Commercial
Congress, which Senator Fletcher, as
president, has led to prominence and
usefulness, is "a greater nation
through a greater South" Palatka
must be made a great unit in great
ar South, and it can be made so by
united effort A city is made up and
its civic spirit is the sum of the spirit |
# its citizens"
s. * +
"Palatka is city of solid worth
md its continued growth is not a
matter of mere pride or of Importance
% the few, but definite and practi-
,al business proposition to each and
every citizen. There has been a phe-
nomenal unfolding during the past
decade and if united, untiring, un-
selfish and progressive spirit contin
ues to prevail, the census period end
ing with 1920, should see not less thar
10000 people making their home
here. This is not an eXtravagant eS-
innate in view of what is going or
in Florida"
At the conclusion of the presidents
report brief addresses were made by
Jas. d. Stevenson, secretary of the St
Augustine chamber of commerce, Rev
G.. Z. Bisby, secretary of the board Of
trade of Green Cove Springs, Louis
Eigel, secretary of the Pomona board
Of trade and Secretary Moses Folsom
Of Palatka, who read at the request Of
President Davis a certain portion Of
his paper portraying in both prose
end poesy the natural advantages of
Palatka.
Addresses. were also made by Harry
L. Brown, editor of the st. Augustine
Record, Prof. T. C. Waldrup of the ag-
ricultural department of the G. S. &
2. R'y, Mayor Eugene Masters of St
Augustine, F. N. Holmes of the same
city and Hon. w. A. MacWilliams,
also of st. Augustine, president of the
Florida Bar Association and for some
16 years prominent member Of the
Florida legislature.
Mr.. Geo. B. Selden, the newly elect
ed president, also thanked the mem
bers for the honor conferred. Nj.
Selden said he was not willing cam
didate, but as he seemed to be in for
it, he would do the best he could. He
paid a glowing tribute to the retiring
president, and said that he did not
see how any other president could
hope to accomplish as much. Mr.
sclden's remarks were loudly applaud
ID Refreshments and cigars were
served throughout the evening by th2
committee in charge of the entertain.
ment, and this committee, composed
of II. M. Fearnside, D. w. Ramsaur
II. Finley Tucker and F. T. Merrill j:
deserving of great praise.