The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-12-25

'enl-alnOnS Une pest people Ill
Seville, are all in Palatka today, as
are also lots of other good people
from the same town.
Miss Rosa Coke, daughter of Judge
and Mrs. M. l. Coke, has been quite
ill with fever during the past week,
but is now improving.
Ed. Wells, former Palatka boy
but now in the government service
at the Washington navy yard, is at
home for the holidays.
The Seaboard Air Line Railway
in Florida has given notice of re-
duction to Scent passenger rate eff
fective Christmas day.
Palatka merchants have been
doing a rushing business the past
few days. The people have been in
from all parts of the county.
Quite a number of Putnam county
teachers will attend the meeting of
the State Teachers Association in
Orlando next week-Dec. 18th to
| Jan. LIST.
Misses Ila Bond and Imogen
Fearnside, arrived home Saturday
from Wesleyan College, Macon, Ga,
and will remain here through their
holiday vacation.
G. r. Price of Bardin was in the
city Sunday. Mr.. Price has just
closed his school at Bardin for the
holiday vacation, and was on the
way to his home at Keuka.
Clarence Kennerly returned home
last week from Atlanta, Ga, in
which city he is attending college
and will spend the holidays here
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. S. j
Kennerlv.
Rev. Douglas Mathews held ser
vices at the San Mateo Episcopa
church last Sunday afternoon. The
new choir of the church furnished
excellent music, with Miss Ma!
Crosby as organist.
1t is told of one farmer that HI
brought pig to market Monday
and exchanged it for jug o
whisky. This is not a new way o
turning a pig into hog and gettin!
the job done quick.
Chas. Kupperbusch is over from
Daytona this week helping Rob
james in the holiday rush of bust
ness at Palatka's popular restaurant
Mr.. Kupperbusch is probably a
widely known as any single man il
Putnam county, and he is having al
opportunity to greet his old friend
this week, for the restaurant i
crowded with them from earl.
morning till late at night.
: The old building on Lemon street
= until recently used by H. Merwin a
wagon and harness repository, /
being repaired this week and ney
, front added, greatly enhancing tn
appearance of the place.
Miles OrtOn's one-ring circus CAV
!, three performances on the Larkil
lot in this city this week, one eX
=, hibition on Tuesday evening and tw
on Wednesday, afternoon and even
ing. Fair sized audiences attends
the show.
Quite a large party of FlorahOm
people were in the city yesterda
, consulting Santa Claus. Among tn
number were Rev. F. A. Holtzhau
sen, Mr.. and Mrs. Lester, MI
Ransford, and Mesdames Knigh
Vincent and Brownlee.
City taxes must be paid b.
January LIST in order to avoid tn
1 penalty of one per cent per month
; dating from the first of last Septem
Der. Blessed is the man who ha
g these taxes paid before Christmas
= for verify, it will be a hardship mex
week.
F. The few days just preceedin
r Christmas have been ideal. Tn
average merchant could not hav
made them to order and gotten
q better fit. The trading public ougt
also to be satisfied. Just coo
enough to make the blood circulat
readily.
The home of Miss Bessie Rankil
ON Kirby street, was the scene of
merry gathering of young people las
Thursday evening, the occasion be
ing "a surprise party given in homo
, of Miss Rankin. Numerous game
a afforded a pleasant pastime for a
those present.
: Rev. F. A. Holtzhausen of Flort
home, who was in the city yesterday
is well-known Baptist clergyma
/, Of Michigan and Wisconsin who ha
= devoted the best years of his life q
the promoter of the Children's Hon
Society, an organization whose oil
, ject is to find homes in families fo
homeless orphans.
The advertisements of the KeI
nerly Hardware company which al
appearing exclusively in this papt
each week are proving of great il
terest to the little girls of Palatk
and Putnam county. If there al
any little misses who haven