The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-01-22
PRESIDENT EARNEST
CALLS TO ACTION
In His Annual Address Be-
fore the Palatka Board
of Trade.


: Board of Trade last Monday might
: despite the miserably inclemen
) weather.
| The meeting had been fully an
, nounced and one of the importan
, features was the annual election O.
officers.
J For the office of president ther,
J were three in nomination, Presiden
Earnest for reelection, Gen. H. M
de Montmollin and DR.. E. w. War
rem. The two latter were present
but not as candidates. Instead they
asked the members not to vote fol
them, but to vote for the reelection
of President Earnest. His election
was therefore without opposition.
H. 0. Hamm was reelected first
vice president, and Henry Hutchin-
son Sr., was chosen second vice
president. J. H. Millican and W. W
Tilghman were chosen to the board
of governors.
Perhaps the most interesting fea-
ture of the evenings program was
the annual address of President Ear
nest. This gentleman, who is one of
the live-wire merchants of the city
has shown a deep interest in the af-
fairs of tn, board durin- the year
that he has been at its head, and the
real depth of this interest could not
help but crop out in the really inter-
esting address which he had prepar-
ed for the occasion. The News re-
grets it has not the space to give the
address in full 1t contains food for
thought in almost every line. 1t
breathes the spirit of unity in effort
for the common veal. 1t is an
earnest, forceful, thoughtful paper,
and one that will do its full part in
fostering more united and deter
mined effort for the upbuilding of
Palatka. The News gives some ex-
cerpta:
"Our Board of Trade has won rec
ognition in outside communities even
if it is not fully appreciated at
home. If or people could only get
together in the right spirit, there is
no telling what could be accomplished.
Without organization it is not posi-
BILE to accomplish what is desired.
An example of organization is seen
in the war in Europe. An unorgan-
ized community is little better than a
mob. The Standard Oil Company is
an example of a business organiza-
ton. Men too often allow petty diff
ferences-trifles light as air-to keep
them from joining with others in
movements beneficial to themselves
and their community. They bite off
their noses to spite their faces. This
sort of spirit retards the growth of
town or country.
"Down at Miami they have what
the citizens are proud to term the
miami Spirit" and that is why the
Magic Citys industrial and develop
ment projects hum along so satisfac-
torily. The miami Spirit" brings
the people together down there in
every public cause. The sulkers and
knockers are few and dispised The
miami Spirit" adopted the belief of
ITO him WHIP hath, more will be
given" and visitors to that city ad-
mire the unity of feeling and pur-
pose in all things for betterment and
when they go away they talk about
the good people and town, and others
go and see and admire and invest.
with that kind of spirit in Palatka
there is no telling what we might do.
Cities, as individuals, have reputa-
ton and character. If they are to
thrive they must be jealous of both.
"Where there's will there's way.
If you say thing cannot be done
you make it so. You occasionally
hear a doubling Thomas say "You
can't do it" then yoI go around the
corner and find somebody doing it.
The man who is successful is the
one who is not dismayed by obsta-
cles. Nothing reasonable is impossi-
BILE. Nothing reasonable is beyond
the reach of the individual, the right
kind of individual. We have only
to look about to find proof of this
statement. On every hand it is dem
onstrated, by the telephone, the mu-
sic box, the electric light, the locs-
motive, the aeroplane, the submarine
boat, by a thousand great successes
scattered here and there, accom-
plished by men who had the detcrmi-
nation to go ahead,-men who reach
ed out and took advantage Of exist
ing opportunities,-men who permit
ted themselves to expand.
"Palatka can be made one of The
foremost Industrial and johhing cities
OF Florida. A most potent factor in
manufacturing is the question Of
transportation. Only one other city
in Florida equals Palatka in this re-
spect. 1t has four different rail-
roads and is on Florida's greatest
river, at the head of deep water nav
igation,-an arm of the sea,-ready
to float our products to "the ends of
the earth"
"All about lies a region rich in ma
terials-the largest kaolin mill in the
State is at our door, and its product
goes North to be fashioned into
forms for human use-timber is
available in vast quantities-the
cotton fields are near, and wool can
bc grown, and clothing-next to food
"a prime necessity-can be made.
Abundant and wholesome food at
fair lice is vital to the proper de-
velopmont of any manufacturing con-
cern. Every month in the twelve can
be made in our tributary territory
to provide something for the table.
Compare this with conditions in the
Northern manufacturing centers
where the cold halts soil production
for hall the year and large expense
i for heating attends the oueration of