Discussion on Next Place of Meeting. 
Mr. Hume: One of the pleasant 
things in connection with our meetings, 
is that the people are always glad to see 
us come to their towns and sorry when we 
go. Not twice glad, I hope. Down at 
Miami I think they wanted to keep the 
whole crowd there all the time. 
We are going to take up now the next 
topic on the program. That is, the selec¬ 
tion of the next place of meeting. In 
addition to the discussion on this topic, it 
will be neccessary for the Secretary to 
read the duly accredited invitations. 
Mr. Painter; 
“Prof. P. H. Rolfs , 
President of the State Horticultural 
Society. 
Dear Sir: In behalf of the officers and 
members of the organizations of this city, 
I cordially invite your Society to hold its 
next Convention in Gainesville. 'At the 
meeting of the Board of Trade last night 
I was authorized to write you this letter 
and urge your acceptance. 
Yours very truly, 
Mayor.” 
Mr. Hume; The matter is open for 
discussion. May we not limit these dis¬ 
cussions. 
tProf. Rolfs: I move that the dis¬ 
cussions be limited to five minutes for 
the principal discussion, and the subsi¬ 
diary discussions be limited to three min¬ 
utes. 
(Motion seconded and carried.) 
Mr. Hamm: I cannot possibly tell you 
all about Palatka in five minutes, (laugh¬ 
ter) but I will try to tell you a few 
things. There are three principal points 
we wish to bring up before you in regard 
to the selection of the next place of meet¬ 
ing. That is the location of the town, 
its accommodations for you and the en¬ 
tertainment it can give you. All these 
are essential to your having a good meet¬ 
ing and a big meeting. You want to 
have a town that you may be able to get 
there easily with the least expense. Af¬ 
ter you get there, you want to be sure that 
you have ample accommodations that are 
first-class, so that you may be comfort¬ 
able. And you want to have some side 
trips, so that you will forget you ever 
went to any other place, and you will for¬ 
get everything else if you will only come 
to Palatka. (Laughter.) 
Palatka can offer you all those things, 
better than any other point I know of. 
We have the location, ample accommoda¬ 
tions, and can give you the best possible 
entertainment. 
Mr. Skinner: Are the girls up there 
as good looking as the boys? (Laugh¬ 
ter.) 
Mr. Hamm: We are located, as you 
know, on four principal railroads of the 
State, and I am sure you will have so 
