The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-12-18

scious and considering the season
are sold wonderfully cheap. He
brought a supply to the city yester-
day.
This will be a great week for trade.
Buyers should consult the advertis-
ing columns of the News. The mer-
chants mean business, and they
haven't spent their good money on
these messages without having
something to say worth reading.
The advertising merchant is the
hustling merchant. The hustler is
the man to encourage.
Antonio Usina, chairman of the
street committee of the city council,
is going to save the city the $500 it
was thought would be needed to re-
pair the pavement on Lemon street.
Mr.. Usina is having the thick layer
of rock in the cutters cut out and
the rock thus obtained used in fill
ing up the holes. The system also
rounds up the street and permits the
water to find the cutters. Mr.. Usina
is doing valuable work.
The Binghampton IN. " Repub-
lican of Tuesday, Dec. 9th says;
The body of Robert Barnes arrived
in the city yesterday from Florida,
and the funeral will be held at the
home of his son, Edward, Is Chest
nut St., today at PIP. m. Rev. Har-
ry S. Longley will officiate and Of
seningo lodge, F. d A. M, will have
charge of the funeral" The day of
the funeral, it is stated, was intensly
cold, the mercury touching zero.
County Commissioner-elect T. j.
Rogers of Putnam Hall was in the
city Monday last. Mr.. Rogers has
been suffering severely lately with Il
cancerous growth on his hand, which
he has had cut out. Unfortunately
The growth seems to be appearing
again, and gives HIM great trouble.
Mr.. Rogers attacks the duties of the
oommissionership at the next meet
ing of the board, and it is freely pre-
dicted that he will make one of the
most useful members the board has
had III years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund f. HibleT
Of Toms River, N. j. were in the
city Tuesday and Wednesday, leav-
ing on the latter day over the East
Coast Railway for Miami and Key
West. Mrs. Hibler was formerly
Miss Lillian Haveland Cook OF
Crescent City, whose marriage to
Mr.. Hibler is announced on another
page of this paper. Mr.. and Mrs.
Hibler are on their wedding trip,
and on returning from Key West in
about two weeks will tarry for few
months at Crescent City.
The entertainment at the ArmOry
last Friday evening, given under the
management of the ladies of the aux
iliary department, Woman's Fort
nightly Club, scored another success
for that popular organization, both
socially and financially. The child
rem who participated in the spelling
exercises and also those who had
musical numbers on the program
conducted themselves in most
pleasing and creditable manner.
There was Il very good attendance of
townspeople and all felt well repaid
for the time spent. Dancing con-
cluded tho evenings pleasure, and
it was near the midnight hour when
the music ceased aud the assem-
blage dispersed. Homemade candy
and lemonade were sold. Capt. J
f. Lucas was the master of ceremon-
les.
An assault and battery case held
the attention of Judge Coke yester-
day in which T. l.. and 7. J. Clark
figured as defendants and one G. o.
Baacke was plaintiff. 7. L. Clark
owns saw mill feminist the river at
East Palatka which Baacke claims
he has leased. Clark lives between
Baacke and the mill, and Baacke has
been accustomed to passing through
Clark's yard as short cut to the
mill. Clark objected and when Baac-
Ike was half way through Tuesday
Clark stopped him and ordered him
back. Words; hot words; words
that are unprintably hot. The men
embraced, struggled and in the strug-
gle rolled down the steep embank-
ment into the dark, damp waters of
the river-both baptised-water had
cooling effect on seething blood. Re-
lection--Baacke resorts to law! Re-
v-e-n-g-e! Git hees dam sateesfied
All well-kncwn parties-lOts of peo-
pie in court room. Late hour last
night jury still out
A fair sized audience greeted Miss
Eva L. Dunning, the elocutionist, at
the ArmOry last night, where she ap-
peared under the auspices of the To-
cal X. of p. and Odd Fellows lodges.
Miss Dunning was assisted in the en-
tertainment by Miss Lieb, whose
opening number was piano solo, a
trio rendered by Mesdames Hamm
and Smith and Mr.. Vickers followed
Miss Cummings first number, and a
solo by Miss Pansy Devereux fol-
lowed the second. Miss Dunning is
a reader of conceded ability and her