The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-09

J. d. Lane of the Atlantic Coast
Line is visiting his. family for few
days.
The first of the seasons entertain
ments at the opera house will occur
next Monday night when Harry
| West and his company of entertain
erS will present the musical farcial
comedy, "ThG Other Fellow 1t is
said there are some pretty girls and
! funny comedians in the company.
There was a large gathering of
young society people at the Armory
last night, the occasion being an in
formal dance given by the Guards.
The dancing began at $3.50 O'Clock,
and about twenty numbers We're in
dulged in. Thirty couples Were
present, and every one expressed
delighted.
The Palatka Citizens Band is get
ting better and letter at each APP
pearance, as all will testify who at
tended the concert given at the stand
last Saturday evening. The num-
bers rendered Were mostly new and
difficult pieces. but they We're played
| in most masterful and finished
manner, to the delight of highly
pleased assemblage of towns people.
The steamer City of Jacksonville
will resume its river run next Sunday
when it will make the initial trip for
the season to SandfOrd, arriving here
about p. IN. The steamer arrived
in Jacksonville early last week since
which time it has been undergoing
little retouching at the hands of
painters.
There'll be something doing, sure.
1t will be match game of base ball
between bankers and professional
men on one side and men in vulgar
trade on the other. The game will
be played at the ball park on Friday,
Oct. 18th, and the proceeds will go to
the public library. OF course every
body will want to 90.
Miss Kate l.. Lucas makes an
nouncement of her annual fall mil
lincry opening in another column.
Ladies' who have visited her well
equipped and popular parlors on
previous occasions know that the
coming exhibit means much in the
way of artistic display. There will,
therefore, be the usual crush.
J. II. Wiley the Interlachen nur-
seryman was in the city last week.
Mr.. Wylie recently sold 10000 citrus
fruit trees to a Cuban colony. The
agent of the colony was in lnterlach-
en- last week and was so well pleased
with his purchase that he left an or
der for 5000 additional. He also
gave Mr.. Wylie an order for 10000
trees for next seasons delivery.
The annual election of officers
of the Little Jewels, an auxiliary
society of st James Methodist
church, took place last Saturday at ii
meeting of the society held at the
residence of Mrs. J. n. Blackwell:
The election resulted in the choice
of Mrs. J. N. Blackwell, president;
Mrs. G. A. Downing, vice-president;
; Mrs. j. n. Walton, secretary and
Mrs. w. f. Wattles treasurer. Mrs.
A. G. Philips, Mrs. w. A. Walton
and Mrs. Fred Downing were selected
as the social committee.
The funeral of young Parker, one
of the victims of the Georgetown
; tragedy of last Sunday, occurred
from Gerber d Sons undertaking
establishment Tuesday afternoon at
two o'clock. This service, as we'll as
that at the grave, was conducted by
Rev. Douglas Matthews of st. Marks
, Episcopal church. The father OF
the boy, held at the jail for completely
in the melee, was permitted to attend
ing mother and sister constituted the
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