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and tell how we are growing like the 
green bay tree, and if they only apply 
our ideas to their own little town, maybe 
they will amount to something after 
awhile. (Laughter.) Palatka has had 
over fifty years in which to grow, and it 
is still a hamlet as compared with Arca¬ 
dia. 
I see no reason why you should not 
give us the opportunity of entertaining 
you in Arcadia. We know how to do 
this, and there are two thousand people 
in the city of Arcadia to make it pleasant 
for you. We shall give you the best en¬ 
tertainment you ever had, and the finest 
excursion. Do not hesitate about going 
to Arcadia. I think Palatka should go 
around and see a little more of the world, 
and not get into an old rut. If you mix 
and mingle with the right class of peo- 
ple'it will do you good, and we in Ar¬ 
cadia are the right class of people. 
I admire the ambition of the young 
man who spoke to us. That young man 
has a bright future ahead of him, and if 
there are many like him in the town of 
Palatka, she will wake up from her long 
sleep and come to the front and even¬ 
tually fall into the line of progress. 
We ask you to -'favor Arcadia with 
your next place of meeting. 
Mr. Lynch: I have been much enter¬ 
tained by the gentlemen from Palatka 
and Arcadia. I expect I shall be the on¬ 
ly one to present the name of Gainesville, 
and I want to make a speech that will 
equal in length the composite speeches 
made by the gentlemen ahead of me. 
One of the gentlemen made the illus¬ 
tration that Palatka was the kite and Ar¬ 
cadia was the tail. Now Gainesville comes 
forth, and she is what holds the string 
and sails the kite and the tail, too. 
(Laughter and applause.) 
It seems that the gentlemen are en¬ 
gaged in a controversy of a somewhat 
personal character. It seems that the 
educational facts have been brought into 
the question here, and we are going to 
sit on the jury and decide of the edu¬ 
cational advantages of the two towns. 
Now, since Arcadia has been told by Pa¬ 
latka, and Palatka has been told by Ar¬ 
cadia, that each should come to the oth¬ 
er’s town in order to become better citi¬ 
zens, better Christians and better horti- 
cuturists, what do you think about com¬ 
ing to Gainesville for your educational ad¬ 
vantages? It is the educational center 
of the State of Florida, and so recog¬ 
nized by the Department of Agriculture. 
Now, I don't know whether this is 
true or not, but some one came to me and 
told me, so I will tell you. On the streets 
of DeLand, a citizen of Arcadia met a 
citizen of Palatka, and after they talked 
awhile, said to him, “If you were not a 
citizen of Palatka, what would you like 
to be?" And the citizen of Palatka 
answered, “I would like to be a citizen 
of Arcadia." And he of Palatka said to 
him of Arcadia, “If you were not a cit¬ 
izen of Arcadia, what would you like to 
be?" And the man of Arcadia said, “I 
would like to be a citizen of Palatka." 
About this time a citizen of Gainesville 
walked up (I am not sure it was Profess¬ 
or Rolfs, though it may have been) and 
they asked him, “If you were not a citi¬ 
zen of Gainesville what would you be?" 
