The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-08-22

tends to spend some time with rela-
tives and friends.
The game of base ball between the
Palatka and St. Augustine juniors,
played here "Wednesday afternoon,
resulted in a walk-over for the home
team to the tune of Is to5.
County Clerk Joseph Price is stiIl
i'll with low fever, and not able to
give much attention to his official
duties, which are in the hands of his
son and efficient deputy, Mr.. Ray
mond Price.
F. j. Fearnside expects to spend
the day in Jacksonville in attendance
upon the meeting of the Democratic
State Executive Committee, of
which he is member. The COM
mittee will canvass the vote of the
second primary.
Misses Pearl Bingham, Mable
Neck and Kate Oxley, and Messrs.
Clifford Brown, Richard Petcrmann
and Geo. Stimell, composed par
ty of young people who spent Sun
day in st. Augustine.
The family of Mr.. John @. Thigh
man, after sojourning for several
weeks i'll the mountains of North
Carolina, near Tryon, returned home
this week, well pleased with and
much benefited by the trip.
John p. Wall of Putnam, will come
back to the legislature next spring
The second primary in Putnam coun-
ty said so. Clearly the Windmill
type of statesman is by no means
Observation-Disclosures Capital.
Miss Bertha Smith entertained
quite Il number of young friends at
the home of her sister, Mrs. VIM. D.
Boone, on Emmett street, last Mon
day evening. The time was spent
pleasantly in playing games, etc.
Refreshments were served and great
ly enjoyed.
Capt. n. H. Thomas of Palatka,
Fla, is at Mrs. w. c Stradley's for
the summer. We are glad to see the
captain back in Hendersonville. We
venture the assertion that he has
more friends in Hendersonville than
any one man that comes to our town.
I-Hendersonville Times.
Jesse f. Burtz, for the past three
months local reporter on the
Gainesville Sun, has accepted a po-
sition MS travelling salesman for the
Garrett Printing Company, Jackson
vile, with territory of South Geor-
gia and Florida. He will continue
to make his headquarters in Gaines
Vile.
Miss Bessie Palmer, a charming
young lady of Jacksonville who has
been the guest for the past two weeks
of the Misses Mooney, terminated
her visit last Thursday, on which
evening she left on the steamer
Louisa for her home. She was ac-
companied by Misses Cora and Fay
Mooney, who will spend two weeks
on visit.
The Peniel Bicycle Club gave a
"Rumage Sale" at Peniel last Thurs
day night. Quite number of young
people from town went out. The af-
fair was an all round success finan-
cially, socially and gastromically.
The receipts amounted to about $50
which sum will go toward Smelling
the bicycle path now in course of
construction between Palatka and
Pencil
For the past two or three weeks
some reader of the News at Neoga
has sent in communication with
out any signature attached. The
items in the communication are not
of the news variety, but of a person.
al character, yet nameless. The
News never pays any attention to I'M
signed communications, and would
not be able to use matter of the kind
sent, even were it signed. We want
items of news only.
Three separate cases for breaking
and entering unoccupied dwellings
by a worthless negro named Jim
NewsOm were heard by Justice Row
ton this week, and in each case the
culprit admitted his guilt and asked
| the mercy of the court. He was
| bound over in the sum of $500 i'll each
case to the circuit court. The houses
entered by Newsom were the old
/ Lilenthal and Petermann houses on
the Heights and the Hitchcock resi-
dence in town. In each he took
away doors and window sash which
he attempted to sell.
( One of the largest excursions of
/ the season, excepting that of the 18th
ult., TO this city, passed through Pal
atka last Thursday from St. Peters
burg and points south and west en-
route to st. Augustine. The trains
came in three sections, numbering
% coaches, all of which were uncom-
I fortably filled. The crowd Numbered
about 5000 people. all of whom We're
orderly and peaceable. After spend
ing the day taking in the sights of
St. Augustine the eNcurters, weary
and tired ,rame back through town at