The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-05-08
The Palatka News
and Advertiser
City Happenings and
Personal Mention.

Mrs. James II. Shelly has gone to
Jacksonville to reside.
Hon. ]. N. Whitner of Sanford,
was a visitor in the city Monday.
Mrs. Chas. Wise of st. Augustine
was visiting in Palatka this week.
Frank ]. Fearnside spent Wednes-
day and Thursday in Tallahassee.
The Palatka Development Com
pany is shipping cucumbers this
week.
Miss Josephine Lechleitner left on
Wednesday last for Landick, Ohio,
to reside.
Mrs. Chas. Kupperbusch of Sea-
breeze has been visiting in the city
this week.
Mrs. Judge NJ. I. Coke is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. A. L. Glass, at
Gainesville.
DR.. Sumpter l.. Lowery of Tampa
was calling upon friends in the city
Wednesday.
X. NJ. White, one of Crescent City's
popular citizens, was visitor to Pal
atka on Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rutledge Smith of
Jacksonville spent Sunday in the
city with relatives.
Hon. r. w. Davis will deliver the
commencement day address at the
University of Florida.
Miss Anna Baker, formerly of this
city but now of Miami, is here on a
visit to Miss Rosa Coke.
Miss Rosa Coke returned on Sun
day from a visit of several weeks
with relatives in Gainesville.
Chief of Police P. NJ. Hagan has
been confined to the house for the
past 10 days but is now improving.
DIR. c. NJ. Sandusky, popular ply
stefan of Welaka and Crescent City.
was in the city a short time on Mon
day.
Mrs. Emma Bulky left for her home
in Byou, KY, on Monday, after Il
visit of three weeks with relatives
here.
w. H. Mann of Meanwhile passed
through the city Monday on his way
to the state horticultural meeting in
Miami.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. II. Wilson have
leased and are now occupying the
residence of Mrs. Parker Smith in the
north end.
James Holder of Rochelle has pur-
chased the restaurant at the union
depot of Mrs. Jas. H. Shelly, and is
now in possession.
Rev. F. H. Richey, the new rector
of st. Marks church has been in
Jacksonville this week attending the
Episcopal convention.
The friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Johr
Simms sympathize with them in the
loss of two little daughters, born t
them on Sunday morning last.
County Commissioner r. J. Roger,
of Putnam Hall had 10 acres in but
ter beans. From this lO-acre trac
he is going to realize about $500.
Instead of playing at the stand a
is customary, the band varied it,
program Saturday night and gave ,
concert on the court house lawn.
Hon. Iaben Price of Melrose. !
member of the county school board
was in the city Tuesday in attend
ance upon the meeting of the board.
Miss Nell LeCrone left for Chicago
on Monday afternoon, after a pleas
ant visit of some time past witt
relatives and friends on the Heights
Melons pier in the hammock i,
rapidly nearing completion. Piline
for the boat house is also being driver
and its construction will soon be un
der way.
A merry-go-round is doing business
on the Griffin lot, on lower Lemon
street, and the juvenile portion o.
Palatkas population is having {
big time.
Attorney Henry Strunz has beer
doing little truck farming on some
of his vacant property this spring
This week he will ship about 2OC
crates of celery.
There is one tough looking old mar
on the streets of Palatka whose NOR
to seems to be dollars for whiskey
but not one cent for grub" He buys
the one and begs the other.
Jas. H. Perkins left for New York
on Wednesday, where he will enter {
private sanitarium. Mr.. Perkins wa.
accompanied by his brother-in-law
DR.. Fairchild of Passaic, n. J.
Rev. Thos. p. Hay was officially
installed as pastor of the Gainesville
Presbyterian church last week. The
installation sermon was preached by
Rev. DR.. Boggs of Jacksonville.
Miss Holiday of Atlanta, Ca, who
has been here for some time past on
a visit to her uncle, Capt. H. Y
Snow and the family of Hon. S. J
Kennerly, left for home Tuesday.
School Director l.. X. Tucker Wis.
tied Hastings after the adinnrnment