The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-11-01
Committee of Twenty-Five APP
points Chairmen of Subj Com
mittee to Get Five Delegates
Each.
WEST FLORIDA WILL,
TAKE ACTIVE PART
Expect Every County i'm Section
to Be Represented by at Least
Two of Its Leading Business
Men.

Two meetings of centennial workers
were held at the city hall yesterday.
The first was a meeting of the com
mittee of twenty-five at o'clock in
the afternoon. and the second was the
meeting of the special committee TO
prepare data on Pensacola's claims
to centennial honors. This committee
met at Z O'Clock last night and will
meet again this evening at the same
place and time.
The data committee is compiling
complete summaries of the advan-
tages of this city for the centennial
and this data will be placed before
the state commission.
Much activity is due TO result from
the meeting of the committee of
twenty-five. Chairman Ben Hancock In
a short speech praised the work which
West Florida has done in the centen-
NAL fight and said that the West
FIoridians are on the job to win The
centennial viii be of benefit TO them
in many ways. he said. and they are
prepared to fight hard for what they
believe is theirs. West Florida, Mr..
Hancock said. wants the centennial
for Pensacola and for herself
a general invitation through the
newspapers is extended to all West
Florida towns to send delegations TO
Jacksonville next Wednesday. to show
that this section of the state is in the
fight to win. Centennial workers in
every town are invited to send to
Chairman Hancock a list OF their dell
egates and make arrangements for
reserva tions. 1t is believed thnt be-
tween T5 and 100 boosters will make
she Jacksonville trip.
At yesterdays meeting a motion was
made by j. Hobart Cross and second
ed by J. A. Jones, that so or more
of Pensacola's s strongest men be sent
as representatives from Pensacola to
protest against further postponrnent of
the decision as to a centennial city.
The motion was carried unanfmously
1t was also decided 10 make an effort
to get two or more delegates from
each of the West Florida counties to
accompany the Pensacola delegation,
to endorse and back Pensacola for The
big show.
The committee has made a special
request that any one OF the fifty men
chosen to act as a delegate who can
not go. send a ubs.antiaI man in his
place.
man of committee No. 1 to secure five
or more delegates to accompany John
3. Jones to Jacksonville This COM
mittee is to get busy az once
Other committees for the same pur-
pose were appointed as follows:
No. 2-F'elo McAIlister, chairman.
No. 3-Mr. Elebash, chairman.
No. 4-Eugene Roch, chairman.
No. 5-Mayor Sanders. chairman.
No. Capt. Paul p. Stewart chair
man.
No. III. S. Kelley, chairman.
No. S-George Emmanuel, chair.
man.
No. 9-James White, chairman.
No. 1o-Rev. A G. Odom, chairman.
No. 11-Dr. Mobiles. chairman
No. 12-W. II. KiIbee, chairman.
No. 13-J. S. Reese, chairman.
No. 14-E. r. Malone, chairman
No. 15-Ben Cluher, chairman.
All committees are subject to the
same conditions as Mr.. Friedman's
and all settlements are to be made
to Secretary and Treasurer J. II. Bay
liss on or before o'clock Monday af-
ternoon.
The round trip fare, including Pull
man reservation. is s2s.7S. All boosters
are invited to get in touch Immediately
with any one of the committee chair
men and make reservations