The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-12-05
Big Convention Gathers At
Pensacola on Next
Wednesday
TO BE WELCOMED
BY MR.. GREENHUT
Session Will Be for Two
Days and Delegates Then
Go to Mobile

Wednesday at 2:30 p. m. the first
meeting of the West Florida Highway
Association will take place at the San
Carlos hotel, the meetings to be held
in the auditorium.
Mayor Greenhut will deliver an adj
dress of welcome, and the rest Of the
afternoon session will be taken up in
passing on bylaws and constitution,
looking into the matter of berma-
nent officers, and other matters of de-
tail.
At the evening session, which will
take place at the same place, there
viii be held sort of warming up
n nntinxs 1gsery body II Pensacola IL
invited. and the public IN general will
be expected to be on hand. Music by
a male quartette, and other interest
ing numbers will be presented, and
some rousing good speeches will also
feature the evening. All enthusiasts
are expected to be on hand and take
part in the meeting.
Secretary Herrider, of the West
Florida Association, with Secretary
Cunningham, of the Escambia Asso-
citation, has been working energetic
ally for the past few days arranging
for the entertainment of the visiting
enthusiasts. On Thursday morning
a short business session will take
place, and at that time plans for the
entertainment of the visitors will be
made known to them. Just what this
entertainment will be was not made
public last night, but the indications
are that ride to the aviation station
will be among the bigger features of
the committees preparations. The
full committee on entertainment con-
sists of r. w. Goodhart, T. J. HanIon,
/ Frank Taylor, C. E. Dobson, and Geo.
Fl. Hervey.
THE MOBILE TRIP.
The Mobile trip will be feature of
Friday. All who do not go on cars
will make the trip on the train, the
first of which leaves about $3.50
o'clock in the morning, while the
other regular train gets out at 1890
o'clock p. M In case a sufficient
number go to Mobile, the special
train viii be operated, due announce
ment of which will be made later.
Secretary Herrider yesterday ad-
dressed letter to President John M.
Calhoun, of the West Florida Asso-
citation, in which the ticket arrange
ment was explained. Tickets for the
convention here will be sold by the
L. & N. on what is known as the GER
tifcate plan, and may be secured
from Dec. to 9, Inclusive, and re-
ceipts will be honored for reduced
fare returning UP to and including
Dec. Is.
Tickets for the Mobile trip will be
sold at half fare plus 25 cents, and
will be placed on sale Dec. 8, but will
have no stop-over privileges. There
fore anyone attending the two con-
ventions would not be benefited by
the Mobile rate via Pensacola. In
order to get the reduced rate on the
certificate plan, there must be at
least 200 tickets purchased.
/ Headquarters of the Florida dele
cation will be at the Cawthon hotel
IN Mobile.
Word was received yesterday that
the Lake City delegation is coming
over strong, with representation for
all that part of Florida from ITALIA
hassee to Jacksonville. Scout Jas. A.
Emmett, who made the trip in car,
clear through to Tampa, was at the
Lake City convention when the or
ganization was perfected couple Of
days ago, and he made speech to
the crowd. There was much enthu-
! siasm prevalent throughout the meet
ling.