The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-09-04

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DR.. f. f. Jenkins writes to rela-
tives in this city, from Danville, n.
Y, that he "has turned the corner
and is now on the mend, piece of
news that will be received with JOY
by whole city full of people.
The converts at the cOlored Bap-
fist camp meeting in progress at the
ball park will be baptized at the foot
of Kirkland street next Sunday.
Baptisings, when they take place in
the river, are always interesting.
James H. Brewer returned from
Jacksonville last Saturday on his
naphtha launch Mist. The little
craft has been thoroughly repaired.
Mr.. Brewer made the run from Jack
sonville to Palatka in hours and 80
minutes.
ThOs. H. Heating came over from
the beach on a business visit Tues
day. Mr.. Heating says that the
crowd is still at the beach, and that
the season has been altogether the
most prosperous in the history of the
resort.
Labor day was not celebrated to
any alarming extent in Palatka this
year, although it may be stated that
the hard working officials at the
post office and banks took day off
out of respect to the dignity of
labor" as she is taught in these latter
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. J. O'Hara of Sat
suma Heights, who have been spend
ing a season at the Daytona beach,
passed drought the city on Monday
on their way home. Miss Alice
Priddy of this city, who has been II
guest at their beach cottage for the
past two weeks, also returned the
same day.
The office and residence of G. w
Gornto at Grandin, with all its con-
tents, burned Thursday night of last
week, about midnight. His family
barely escaped, as they lived in the
upper story of the building. The
origin of the fire is is unknown. 1t
has left Mr.. Gornto and his family
without anything, even clothes.
A. P. Postell, a Welaka man of
business, was transacting business
with Palatka merchants on Monday.
Mr.. POstell speaks in the highest
terms of a recent piece of detec-
tive work accomplished by the We
laka town marshal in capturing the
parties suspected of setting fire to
the business blocks in that place.
Mrs. Funk, postmistress and sta
ton agent of the Atlantic Coast Line
at Huntington, was in the city a few
hours last Monday. Mrs. Funk is the
only lady in the county holding such
positions of responsibility, and that
she is meeting all requirements, one
needs but ask a citizen of her town,
any one and all of whom are her en-
thusiastic supporters.
James P. Beale will have Temporal
nv charge of the celoine collar de-
partment at Fearnslde's during the
absence of Andrew Shelley. Mr..
Beale is a handy man any where
placed from traffic manager of a
great Ocklawaha steam ship to as
sistant deputy generalissimo of an
up-to-date gents furnishing house.
1t was reported on the street early
in the week that Percy Elder who
went to his parents home, Flovilla,
Ga. some two weeks ago quite i'll
with fever, was in serious condition
and probably would not recover. The
News is very happy to state that this
report is unfounded. Mr.. Elder has
been steadily improving and expects
to return to his work in Jacksonville
early in the coming week,
Fearnside Il Co. predict that, de-
spite the many unfavorable crop con-
ditiOns in the county, the coming fall
and winter season will be one of the
most prosperous trade eras since the
big freeze. Mr.. Fearnside says that
prosperity is in the air, and that in
so far as his firm is concerned, prep
arations have been made to meet it.
This house has purchased heavily of
mems apparel, and largely of fine
goods.
DIR. H. C. Welch of Welaka and
Crescent City has formed a partner
ship with DR.. C. NJ. Sandusky, late
of Louisville, Ky. DIR. Sandusky
will take care of the practice alone
during Or. Welch's absence in Eu-
rope, whittier he goes next Monday
that he may spend year in acquir-
ing knowledge of methods in the
great hospital colleges of Glasgow,
Paris and Berlin. Both Drs. Welch
and Sandusky were in the city yes
terday.