The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-03-13
Mrs. win Mosherl Of Marietta, Ga.

, vile on Mondays boat. Mrs. Moshe
!, lived here some Is years ago whel
> her husband was connected with tn
: Potter House. Later he took charg,
. OF the grove properly of Mrs. Corne
;; liza Lyon, and lived at the Lyon home
They left Crescent City in the spring
of 1885,.
Prof. j. w. Holley, principal o.
the colored school in this place was
awarded the first prize in the Jack.
sonville Metropolis cartoon contest
last week. The Metropolis had of
fered a prize for the best cartoon H.
Illustrative of its zone cent word
advertising columns, the offer being
open to any one in the state. A great
many were received, but there was
only one BEST" and this was adiudg-
ed to be the one sent by teacher Hol-
ley. The paper of The same day re-
produced the Holley cartoon, and
the next mail brought the lucky win
ner his prize money.
The colored day school will give
an entertainment of graduating ex-
ercises at the A. NJ. f. church this
Thursday evening, to which all are
invited. No charge will be made to
patrons of the school, but others are
expected to pay a small admission
fee. The amounts thus received will
go to make up fund for improving
the school building. 1t is the hope
of the principal that white citizens
will turn out tonight and help along
with the work. Prof. Holly, the
principal, has had a successful year,
but to insure greater effectiveness he
needs better school building.
The home of the late Mrs. Sarah
Bethel and ten acre lot belonging
to her estate were sold at public out
cry in front of the postOffice last Sat
urday morning, as it had been pre-
viously advertised they would be.
The property lies about mile south |
of town. There were few bidders it |
having been generally understood
that her sons expected to buy the
The home place, six
acre tract, was bid in by Mr.. w. j.
Bethel, of Daytona, for $l25. The
ten acre lot was knocked down to
Mr.. Geo. Jeal for 800. The auction
eer did his best to get more money,
but with all his eloquence the prices
above named was the best he could
do.
The ''Gypsies Festival" given in
Chamberlin's Hall last Friday night
by the children of the Discipline
club under the direction of Mrs. j.
W. Miller, was one of the most en-
oyable and the best attended enter
,ainment given in Crescent City the
present season. The young people
howed that they had the advantage
If thorough drilling, and the marches
md singing was all clever. Mamie
solo was we'll received and ,
he skirt dance of Stella Benham re-
eived an encore. The performance
asted but trifle over an hour, and
IL who witnessed it felt we'll repaid.
NE club will net in the neighbor- /
ood of $50. C
An illustrated lecture on "a trip !
round the World' will be given at I
Hall in this place on h
Wednesday evening, March 10th, by {
lev. III. M. Lawson, who was for =
our years missionary of the Amer v
IAN board in India. Mr.. Lawson is Il
ow spending the winter at Pomona, a
l charge of the Congregational I
hurch there. He has lectured ex- I
throughout the north dur fl
he last four years since his return P
'om India, and is now speaking in e
arious places in Florida. His lee a
Ire is one of extreme interest, being p
lustrated by some sixty stereopti- "
On views, many of them being from o
photographs which he himself took S,
he lecture deals largely with scenes 81
nd conditions in India, wildly de- p
ribbed by one who has spent four a,
ears in that land, and is interspers- ii
| with native songs. The lecture is 81
cry highly spoken of by all who Ia
ave heard it, and is pronounced ex- a
interesting and instruc- CO
We. The price of admission will be 81
cents, children Is cents. Doors "
zen at 1880 pm. Lecture begins at 8. m m