The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-11-06
r. $. Mooney has been receiving
big invoices of new goods.

big invoices OF new goods
The subject ofsRev. F. H. Richey's
address at the IL a. m. service, st.
Mark church, next Sunday viii be
"Fruits Of Righteousness" 7:45 SER
mon "Be Honest"
Sixteen people of Florahome shop
ped in Palatka last Saturday, the
News correspondent, d. w. Starkey
among the number. He says there
is at least one piece of land at Flora
home not for sale, and that he owns
that piece.
J. N. Blackwell has been i'll during
the past week with chills and fever
and was unable to attend the Tues
day evening meeting of the council
Mr. Blackwell is considerable better
today and is again performing his
duties at the municipal office.
E. Windisch has opened up gener.
al fruit commission business in u
part of the store on Lemon street
now occupied bv Mr.. Phillips. Mr.
Windisch is the representative of
Cbas. Richardson of Buffalo, and
will furnish stencils of that firm to
orange shippers.
A very enjoyable Halloween party
was given last Saturday afternoon
by Misses Blanch and Edna Grill at
the home of their parents, DR.. and
Mrs. E. S. Grill, on the Heights.
There We're present about a dozen
young lady friends and a delightful
time was spent.
The board of County Commission
ers met on Tuesday for the regular
monthly session, with all members
present. There was no special or
new business transacted. The ses-
sion was short and was confined to
the routine of paying bills and al
lowing pauper pensions.
The Sheritf's office has a descrip-
ton of Mack Shipman, a colored state
convict who escaped from the camps
of A. V. Driver, near Osteen, on Oc-
tober 10, and has not been recaptured
He was sent up for thirty years from
Hamilton County on the charges of
criminal assault with intent to MUIR
der. A reward of $500 is offered for
his capture.
Rev. F. H. Richey of st. Marks
church is looking for the arrival next
week of his father and mother, who
come to spend the winter with him.
His father is Rev. DR.. Thomas
Richey, professor emeritus of church
history in the General Theological
Seminary, New York, a distin-
guished father in the church, and it
is likely that he will frequently Off
ciate at st. Marks during his visit.
Alderman Benz. 1. Gay has a fancy
garden at the Gay residence on Kir-
by street, which is one of his special
pets. On Wednesday morning he
supplied the down store of Gay
Brothers with a choice lot of lettuce
from the garden-the very first of
the season. The lettuce met with q
ready sale.
w. X. Williams, woodsman for
w. A. Williams Il Co. turpentine OPP
orator at Pencil, died at his home in
that place last Tuesday evening of
hemorragic fever. The funeral was
held on Wednesday evening. Mr..
Williams was 80 years of age. He
is survived by a wife and one child.
Some two weeks ago he took out q
small policy of life insurance with
Allie M. Steen of this place.
The grand and petit jurors to serve
at the ensuring fall term of the cir
cult court will be drawn tomorrow,
Saturday, at the court house The
fall term of the circuit court will
open on Tuesday, the oath inst.
There is but medium sized docket,
but this includes two murderers and
one rapist. AT the approaching term
Judge Wills will preside for the first
time, and Hon. B. P. Calhoun will
make his first official bow here as
public prosecutor.
Howell A. Davis has on exhibition
at Alderman d Stewards drug store
two lemons, either of which weighs
over pound and a half. These
lemons are Of the variety known as
the PondarOsa, sort of cross be-
tween the lemon and grape fruit.
They were grown among so or more
others on tree on his home premi-
SEES which is but 20 months old, but
which now stands eight feet high
and is laden with fruit. Mr.. Davis
says the fruit is full of juice and that
it seems stronger than the ordinary
lemon.
Albert Jenkins, son of DIR. Il. f.
Jenkins, is the secretary and treasur-
er of the new Florida Automobile
and Acetylene Gas company with
headquarters 1924 East Bay street,
Jacksonville. The new company
carries a line of the famous Ford Au-
tOmObiles. Mr.. Jenkins himself is
the owner of a powerful French racer
that has speed of a mile in one
minute and six seconds. 1t is stated
that he will enter his machine in the
meet TO take Mace ON