The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-07-17
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Personal and Social.


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A. V. DRYER was called to Palatk,
on business last week.
Redmond Gautier expects to leav,
OH Saturday for Tampa to be absen
u week.
Miss Corrie Cheatham of Hunting
ton has been in town the past sever
al days, the guest of Mr.. and Mrs
j. L. Maui.
Miss Edna Brusie has returned
from a pleasant weeks outing al
Ormond-by-the-sea.
G. H. Preston is expected to return
from New York at the end of this
week or the first of next.
Mrs. G. l.. Chamberlin and little
daughter Lucy went to Jacksonville
Monday for few days. They went
by the steamer Crescent.
Capt. John Pigue and his family
moved here last Saturday from Pier
son and are now occupying the
Harper house on south Main street
S. l.. Benham left last week fol-
Iowa and other northern and west
ern states in the interests of his Gu
ban colony. He will be gone several
weeks.
f. L. Waterman and family ex-
pect to go to OrmOnd-by-the-sea
next week for several weeks stay.
They have rented the S. L. Benham
cottage.
Mrs. j. w. Miller and the children
went to Jacksonville on the boat
Monday, returning the next day.
Mrs. w. A. Russell also went as the
guest of Mrs. Miller.
Rev. DR.. Reeves and his sons, and
Master Harry Chamberlin spent a
large part of last week on camp
hunt and fishing trip up into the
Haw Creek country.
The young people gave q very sue
cessful dancing party at Chamber
Inns hall last Friday night. There
was quite large attendance, good
music and refreshments.
Irving Necomb, who left here two
years ago to accept position in the
department of the 18th census at
Washington, has been rendered a
permanent position in the census
department.
j. l.. Burton went down to Palatka
last Friday on business matters.
Wherever the Squire goes now he
carries a staff, and many have been
accusing him of desire to emu
late the style and manners of the
Hon. James NJ. Chesser, of Hollister.
At the present meeting of DEM
ocrats on Tuesday morning,
Redmond b. Gautier was chosen
chairman, and Paul G. Smith secre-
tary. Hon. j. H. Harp was unani-
mously elected member of the
county executive committe.
The Spanish bayonets about town
are now generally in full bloom, the
flower answering the question so Of
ten asked, "why do you keep that
old sharp-pointed plant arOund?''
The beautiful bloom of the plant
makes up for its occasional prick and
sting.
Miss Loula Hays of Americas,
Ga, arrived here on Sunday and
will be the guest for a season of her
aunt, Mrs. B. F. Carrier. Miss
Hays visited Crescent City last sum
mer, when her charming manners
won her many admirers, all of whom
are pleased with her return.
Miss Pearl Sutton, charming
young lady of Fort Gates, Ga, was
the guest of Mrs. J. w. Miller por-
ton of last week. Miss Sutton left
for home by the steamer Crescent
Monday morning, but was so well
pleased with Crescent City that she
says she intends to come again next
winter.
Rev. DIR. D. M. Reeves and family
have engaged house for month
at Summer Haven beach, and expect
to leave this week for that place.
The long hot spell of dry weather
has had a facilitating effect on the
doctor, but he thinks few weeks at
the beach will restore him, so that
he will be able to enter with his
usual vigor on his pulpit work at the
expiration of his vacation.
Mr.. L. A. Ballard arrived on Sat
urday from Yalaha, Lake county,
where he is acting for the New
York receiver of big kaOlin mine
that has gotten into some difficult
ties of litigation, not because it is
poor and despised and n. g., but be-
cause it is rich mine and there is a
fight on among the stockholders for
its control. Mr.. Ballard will be here
some little time.
Cliff. A. Maui arrived in town last
week for week or ten days visit
with his parents and old friends.
Mr.. Maui has been agent for the