Report of Secretary 
E. O. Painter, Secretary. 
Last year we all felt confident that the 
membership of the Society would great¬ 
ly increase on account of the great at¬ 
traction offered by the good people of 
Miami, the “Magic City,” and the ex¬ 
cursion to Cuba. We were not disap¬ 
pointed, for at the opening of the meet¬ 
ing our regular membership was 478, 
and during the time of meeting 229 were 
added, making a total at the close of the 
meeting of 707. Through the good work 
of The Grower, of Tampa, Mr. R. L. 
Goodwin and Miss Gilson and others, 
our membership was so increased that 
at the close of the year we had 1,003 
members, including life and annual mem¬ 
bers. Thus the Society has passed the 
1,000 mark. We expected much of Mi¬ 
ami, and we were not disappointed. 
It was 'thought that the meeting at 
DeLand would not be so well attended 
on account of not having any special at¬ 
tractions to induce the members to at¬ 
tend, but great to our surprise we found 
that DeLand, with no attraction but her 
own dear self, has been a close second 
to Miami. The members enrolled prior 
to the meeting were 427, and during the 
time of meeting we added 207 more, 
making a total of 634, to which should be 
added 16 joining directly after the meet¬ 
ing proper, making a total of 650, or 
only 57 less than at the close of the Mi¬ 
ami meeting. Taking into account the 
fact that no excursion was booked and 
no special effort made to get members, 
this shows a very healthy growth, and 
one that we can well be proud of. The 
total attendance at DeLand actually 
registered was 349 out of a total mem¬ 
bership of 634. This shows a pretty fair 
percentage of attendance, and the Sec¬ 
retary believes is a much larger percent¬ 
age than any other Society of the kind 
can boast of. 
The question of finances is one that 
has to be considered, notwithstanding our 
worthy President was in hopes it would 
not have to be brought up this year. A 
larger Society calls for larger expendi¬ 
tures, hence I feel obliged to again resort 
to asking some of our good members to 
make contributions to help take care of 
the current expenses. The good mem¬ 
bers of the Society have never failed to 
do this, and I know they will not be 
found wanting in this instance. 
I beg herewith to hand you my report 
covering receipts and expenditures. The 
reason I have not remitted to the Treas¬ 
urer is due to the fact that Treasurer 
Hart is traveling in Europe, and will not 
return until some time in June, 
