The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-16


Creek, Levy county, where he has a
position as sawyer in big lumber
mill.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Merriday, who
have been spending the summer in
California, have gone to Australia
in hopes of further benefltting Mrs.
Nj erriday's health.
Miss Kate l.. Lucas announces her
annual fall millinery opening for
next. Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day. The parlors will be hastily dec
grated for the occasion.
G. w. Peer one of the progressive
orange growers of Sa suma Heights
was visitor in the cify last Monday.
Mr.. Peer has good crop of fruit for
shipment this winter.
H. L. Miller, foreman at the Davis
tank factory, has been confined to
his home the past 10 days with fever.
He is convalescent now and will soon
be able to resume his duties.
Mrs. A. S. Willard entertained the
Ladies Afternoon Whist Club last
Monday afternt on at her beautiful
home on N. Third street. Dainty
refreshments were served the ladies
at the conclusion of the play.
Congressman and Mrs. r. w. Davis
expect to leave for Washington on
Saturday. In the event that an ex-
ira session of Congress is called,
Judge Davis will not return until af-
ter the conclusion of the business OF
the extra session.
Robert James left for an extended
visit to New York and other eastern
cities last Saturday. He goes hoping
that the more bracing climate of the
north may benefit his health, which,
owing to the close confinement Of
the past three years has not been
good lately.
The Ladies Memorial Society will
give supper in the Hart building,
Tuesday, Oct. 9th. This entertain
ment will be given for the purpose Of
raising money to improve West View
Cemetery. Every person interested
in West View is earnestly requested
to patronize and assist the ladies in
this comnendable work.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. F. Waldron of
Welaka were in the city Wednesday
on their way home from several
weeks spent in North Carolina and
Virginia. Both have been greatly
improved in health. With them, and
going to Welaka with the view Of
settling, were Mr.. and Mrs. Buss and
: Miss Dougherty of Goshen, Ind.
, The evening service of st. JAIME S
Methodist Episcopal church, South,
begins now at 7 O'Clock instead of
: 1870 as heretofore. In addition to
the splendid sermon by the pastor,
, Rev. A. l.. Woodward, and the excel
lent music by the choir, the violin
solos by Miss lila Bond are proving
to be pleasing features at this pOpu-
lar: church.
The entertainment given at Mrs.
Gray's last Friday evening by the
! children of the Presbyterian Sunday
school was successful affair, and
quite neat little sum was realized
+ from the sale of refreshments. The
money will be sent to an orphanage
in South Carolina. An interesting
' musical program was rendered dur
ing the evening and much enjoyed
i by all present.
4 The Palatka Water Works Com
: pany has extended the time for pay
= ment of quarterly water rates from
the 18th to 25th. Payments made on
e or before the latter date are entitled
= to the discount. The extension was
S made owing to the delay in furnish
ing the $4,000 bond required of the
company under the temporary in
: junction recently issued by the Unit
, ed States Circuit Court.
The plant of the Monkridge Elk
Y tract Manufacturing Co., in this city
. which has been shut down for more
5 than year will be moved to Miami,
and become the property of the Flor
+ ida Extract Company. This COM
pany has capital stock of $250,0OO.
w. NJ. Brown, president of the Fort
Dallas National Bank is its presi-
dent. Allen N. Medd of this city is
one of the directors.
} Mrs. Green and her son, F. B.
Green, and Miss Hattie Green and
Miss Nellie Price, prominent people
from Grandin formed a party of
shoppers who visited the city last
Saturday. Mr.. Green is a member of
Grandin squad, the western auxili-
rary of the Gem City Guards, and
his presence in the city is always
a source of a great deal of pleasure
to his many friends.
+ Strawberries in October? Yes,
that's what J. X. Rigdon, the straw
berry man whose place is a few miles
west of town, brought to the News
office one day last week-ripe, lus-
cious berries, the mountaineering
kind. OF course there were not
many of them, at least for marketing
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