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eration of the motion which has just been 
made. We want to Tell you about Ar¬ 
cadia, and you should place both of them 
side by side before you consider. When 
you do consider, we know you will decide 
for Arcadia. (Laughter.) 
Mr. Ley: It gives me great pleasure 
to stand before you and extend a cordial 
invitation to this distinguished body of 
ladies and gentlemen to hold the next 
meeting of your Society at a town whose 
name I shall presently mention. 
I have been, as other members of this 
body have been, appointed by represen¬ 
tative organizations or bodies of our 
town; that is to say, the Board of Trade, 
and Chamber of Commerce, the Farmers’ 
Union, the Civic League, the City Coun¬ 
cil and the people in general. We have 
not only extended invitations to you in 
writing, but each one of these bodies has 
sent one to represent them. We are 
here to name as the place for holding 
the next meeting, Arcadia. (Applause.) 
I wish to state, sir, that in representing 
this town, I represent the town that is 
mentioned as the Golden Gate of South 
Florida. I haven’t anything to say 
against Palatka ; it is a magnificent city. 
I am surprised they did not speak of Pa¬ 
latka as the aristocracy of the world 
borne on the magnificent bosom of the 
glorious St. Johns River. (Laughter.) 
However, Arcadia is the logical point 
for your next meeting. The Society re¬ 
cently met at Gainesville; it is being held 
now at DeLand. It has never been held 
in Arcadia, or even in that section of our 
beautiful State. 
It was said by the gentleman who 
spoke before me, that Crescent City is 
the next to the largest orange ship¬ 
ping point in the State. The largest, 
however, is Arcadia. 
The gentleman spoke of the rainy 
weather we are apt to meet with in Pa¬ 
latka; down in beautiful Arcadia, the 
only clouds in our skies are the white 
wings of the herons floating overhead; 
it is always sunshine there. (Laughter.) 
It is reallv sir, the center of the citrus 
industry of the State. You will see there 
the finest groves that are to be found in 
this State, and we are told there will be 
placed at our disposal the trains of the 
C. H. & N. We have two magnificent 
lines ourselves, and will have another 
when you meet there, and Mr. McCall, 
who is General Passenger Agent and 
member of the Board of Trade, has 
promised to take us to our deep-water 
suburb, Boca Grand; there we can have 
a session, if we desire it. 
As a closing word, sir, the Board of 
Trade requests me to say that they will 
have autos “on tap” there; we have 
about sixty and, if necessary, we will 
have still more, to take all the members 
on a one-day trip. In all probability we 
will have 120 automobiles by that time. 
We will take all of the members of this 
distinguished body all through the beau¬ 
tiful orange grove section and show you 
what DeSoto County can do when it 
tries, and you will be surprised. 
Mr. Wakelin: I would like to ask, if 
the Society decides to go to Arcadia for 
the next meeting, if the gentleman will 
guarantee that the subject of green fruit 
will not be mentioned. (Laughter.) 
