The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-03-19
FLORIDA BANKERS.
MEET IN PALATKA
Next Week For a Little Fun
and Frolic and Some
Business

The Twenty-second Annual Con-
vention of the Florida Bankers As
sociation will meet in Palatka next
Friday and Saturday, the 26-27th
inst. This association is made up Of
all the leading bankers of the State
and its discussions have a sort of
professional bearing in which the
general public may think it has no
interest. But that is mistake; the
general public is vitality interested in
everything an association of bankers
does. Bankers depend upon the pub
lie for patronage and they like to
keep just as close to the public as
the rules of the game will hermit
Palatka is proud of the privilege of
/ entertaining these fnanciers, and
when Mayor Kennerly gets up to well
come them he will tell 'em all about
| it. Palatka is also proud of the Hon.
Augustus S. Willard, one of its lead
ing bank officials and the one to whom
it is chiefly indebted for securing this
meeting in Palatka.
, The meetings of the Association
will be held in the Howell theater.
The first session will be called to or
der by the President, Henry G. Aird
of Jacksonville, at 9 o'clock Friday
morning.
Following is the program:
Invocation-Rev. ]. w. Purcell, DID,
Address Of Welcome-Hon. S. j.
Kennerly, Mayor.
| Response - DR.. Lincoln Hulley,
President John B. Stetson University,
DeLand.
Annual address of President.
Address, "The American Bankers
Association and it's Activities" Col.
Fred E. Farnsworth, Secretary Am
erican Bankers Association, New York
city.
Address, "Credit Methods and Rec
ords," Mr.. J. W. Pettyjohn, Jackson
vile.
Address, "Real Estate Loans" Mr..
]. J. Logan, Jacksonville
Address, Agricultural Credits"
Mr.. T. C. Watts, Jasper.
In addition there will be at this
morning session several reports read
and some matters Of association bus
mess attended to.
At three o'clock in the afternoon
the bankers and citizens of Palatka
will take the visiting bankers on an
auto trip through the orange grove
section Of the county. ,,.
Saturday Morning Session.
The Saturday msrning session will
| ha nI 10 rIa af ~ al hxYp pyrac
ident Arid.
Ex-Governor W. S. Jennings Of
jacksonville will be the first speaker
of the morning. His topic will be
agricultural Development"
Mr.. F. P. Conroy of Jacksonville
will follow with an addl ess on Ar
Outsiders View of Banks, their Pol
icy, Organization and Efficiency"
The third and last address of the
morning will be by Mr.. E. H. Paxtor
of Jacksonville on e"Rnnd, Burglary
Fire, Life and Title Il 20"
At this session the ASSN will
close up it's business for the year
! elect officers for the one ensuing, etc,
followed by meeting of the Floridi
i members of the American Banker
Association for the purpose of elect
: ing officers and representatives TO
= the ensuing year.
Possibly the most important visito
in a strictly banking sense who viii
attend the meeting is Col. Farms
worth of New York city, long the sec
t retary of the National Association.
, The association while in Palatk
!, will make its headquarters at the Put
. nam House.
: At three o'clock Saturday Afternoon
the association will be taken for
q ride on the river. q,
!. At eight o'clock that night will oc
, CIR the annual banquet of the asso
, citation at the Putnam House.