The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-09-16
FORM NORTH
FLORIDA C,OFC,
1T MAR|ANNA
Enthusiastic Meeting Held
Saturday at Jackson Co.
Court House.
j. D. SMITH is
MADE PRESIDENT
Organization Is Strong One
and Has Support of
Entire Section.
SPECIAL TO THE journal.

Marianna, Fla, Sept. 15.-Ths :
North Florida Chamber of Commerce
was organized here today at an en-
thusiastic meeting held at the Jack
son county courthouse. Delegates
from several counties attended, and
letters and kilograms were received
from those who were unable to at
tend, endorsing the movement and
pledging hearty cooperation. Mrs. F.
r. S. Phillips, secretary of the Tai
lahassee Boosters Club, and also as
sistant secretary of the Farmers Ma
tional Congress and Old Spanish
Trail Association for the east, called
the meeting in Mariana and pre-
sented a draft of the proposed con-
stitution and bylaws, which were
for that purpose during the noon re-
cess.
John P Durler, land and industrial
agent of the Apalachicola Northern
Railway Company, was elected chair
man of the meeting, and Mrs. Phil
lips, secretary
The committee on constitution and
bylaws, consisted of R. H. Buford,
chairman; Ca rsnssl p. Sullivan, ]. 8.
Smith, ID. !. +. .s2Srrler, w E.. Williams,
and Commissioner HolIey of Calhoun
county. The members of the nomi-
mating committee were: Mrs. Phillips,
chairman, C. r. Warren and M. r.
Burton.
Letters of endorsement were read
from DIR. Edward Conradi, president
of the Florida State College f:r
Women, and the president of the
Tallahassee Boosters Club, w. T.
Cooke, state highway commissioner;
Worth W. Trammell, assistant attor-
ney general: DIR. J. w. DeMilly, act
ing state veterinarian; C. M. Munson,
w. A. Blount, B. L. Porter, j. M
Scales, president of the Perry
Banking Co.; B. L. Hammer, general
development agent of the Seaboard
Air Line Railway; Allen Maull,
general development agent Of the At
lantic Coast Line Railway; S. w.
Westbrook, agricultural agent of the
l.. & N; J. H. Cook, president of
the Apalachicola Board of Trade;
J. M. Owsley, secretary of the Chip
ley chamber of commerce; J. r.
Ridgely, general passenger agent of
the lines south of Birmingham; G.
Z. Phillips, Florida passenger agent
of the Seabord and the Lewis State
Bank, State Savings Bank, Capital
CITY Bank, Exchange Bank, and Citi-
zens Bank of Tallahassee.
kilograms pledging support and
were received from Major
y. NJ. Lowry and r. G.. Johnson,
chairman of the Leon county board !
of commissioners, Tallahassee; ]. H.
Scales, and the Taylor county board
of trade, Perry, Fla; and Allen
Maull.
At the afternoon meeting the re-
port of the committee on constitution
and bylaws was received and
adopted with but few amendments. |
The following officers and board of |!
governors were elected by unanimous |
vote of the delegates. !
President j. D. Smith, Marianna; |
First Vice-President. J. H. Scales. |
Perry: Second Vice-President, c. M. |
Munson. of Munson, Fla; Third Vice
President. S. A. Leonard, of Blounts-
town, Fourth Vice-President, VIM. NJ.
CORY, of Quincy; Fifth Vice-Presi-
dent, Capt. ]. H. Drummond, of ST.
Andrews.
Members of the boand of gov
ernors were: A. S. Mohr, for Frank
lin county; A. Seasons, for Holmes
R. E. L. McCaskill, for Wal
ton county: NJ. E. Savage, for Okla
Ioosa county; w. ]. Hillman. for Su-
wannee county; j. w. Malone, for
Escambia county; G. B. Smith, for
Madison county: John Pasco, for JEFF
ferson county; w. P. Jennings, for
Hamilton county; Hal w. Adams, for
county: Sam Rhodes, for
Wakulla county; w. C. Lewis, for
Leon county; M. R. Burton. for Jack
son county; T. w. Stackhouse, for
Taylor county; Peter Tomasello, for
Santa Rosa county; c. r. Warren,
Tor Calhoun county; L. NJ. Lindsey,
for Gadsden county; and w. H. Mer-
-itt, for Bay county.
The personnel of the North Florida
Chamber of Commerce is such as to
lot only guarantee the most efficient
work for the territory included in
hat body, but will carry additional