The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-12
The Palatka News
and Advertiser
City happenings and
Personal Mention.

in the city yesterday.
David Partin has returned from a
brief visit to Jacksonville.
Miss Ida Leib left last week for an
extended visit to New York.
j. c. Robinson leading merchant
Of Seville was in the city Tuesday.
Miss Agnes Derby is visiting the
Misses Bard at NOrwalk this week.
Miss Viola Reeves Of Fruitland
spent Tuesday in the city shopping.
S. Kennerly and son, Clarence,
are in New York for 10 days out
ing.
Hon. S. j. Hilburn spent a large
part of this week in DeLnnd on legal
business.
States Attorney Calhoun is attend
ing the Alachua circuit court at
Gainesville.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. J. Murphy have
gone to SeabreeZe for Il good part of
the summer.
An addition is being built to the
kitchen at the home of n. O, Davis
on Kirby street.
Prof. McClung of Tampa spent IA
few days of this week in the city as
the guest of H. o. Hamm.
The young friends of Miss Belle
Welch gave her surprise party on
Friday evening of last week.
]. H. Yelverton jr., has opened a
furniture store in the old Kansas
House store room on central Lemon
street.
DR.. f. S. Grill attended the meet
ings of the State Bankers Association
in Jacksonville on Tuesday and We'd
nesday.
Mrs. Armistead and her daughter,
Miss Nina, left Thursday for Good
all, Fla, where they will spend the
summer.
John T. Bond, the racket store"
man, has just had handsome new
sign placed in position at his store ON
Lemon street.
Sheriff and Mrs. r. C. Howell cele
brated the twelfth anniversary Of
their wedding on Wednesday even
ing of last week.
Mrs. Maude Carter, formerly OF
this city but now of High Springs,
spent Tuesday and Wednesday here
as the guest of Miss Anna Livingston
Congressman Robert W. Davis is to
deliver the commencement address
before the graduating class of tho
University of Florida at Lake City
next Wednesday morning.
Hon. Robert w. Davis is at Gain
esville this week in attendance upor
the special term of the circuit court
and where he is leading council in !
murder case.
The Guards dance did not materi
alize last Friday evening as adver
tised, owing to the heavy rain in tn,
afternoon. There We're only few
at the Armory by O'Clock, so tn
affair was called off.
George j. Zehnbauer, claim agen
for the Florida East Coast Railway
was in the city Wednesday,. MI
Zehnbaucr states that he will shortl,
move with his family from st. Au
gustine to Jacksonville.
A petition was being circulated OF
Wednesday urging the department
at Washington to resume the work o
spraying the hyacinths in the rive
in the vicinity of Palatka. Man!
business men refused to sign tn,
petition.
Willie Caldwell passed through til,
city last Saturday, being en- rOut,
from Missouri to his home at Por
Tampa City. Mr.. Caldwell is al
old Palatka boy and his friends her,
were glad to see him. He has beel
attending college in the west
The old Shelley home on Lemon
street will be demolished next week
For thirty-tiye years this house wa
the residence of the family of the lat
Thomas Shelley. The house wa
built nearly 60years ago and is on
of the Oldest buildings in the city.
A. D. Curry has had a 4-inch ar
tesian well bored on his trucking
farm near the Heights, which is con
sidered one of the finest in this sec
ton. The water rises to a height o
q feet. H. Merwin had the coutrac
for doing the work
l. H. billiard of Savannah is visit
ing his son, j. Walter billiard, thi
week. Mr.. Hiliard was for man,
years a resident of Palatka and on
of the best known insurance men il
the state. He is now Savannah man
ager of the Germania Life ms. Co.
A party Of young people of the cit.
some thirty in number went on
straw ride Wednesday evening T.
Browns Landing. Three large wag
Ons were required to accommodate
the crowd. The chaperones wer
Mesdames Geo. f. Welch, 4. S. VIII
lard and II. f. Dickens.
The board of fire commissioner
met at the centrnl station ON Mnndn,