The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-05-08

tne business.
Several colored converts of the
Calvary Baptist church We're dipped
beneath the surface of the peaceful
and refreshing waters of the st.
Jonhs river, in the hammock, last
Sunday noon.
There are three schooners anchored
in the bay this week, and it looks as
if there was something doing in the
shipping line by water from this
port. All of the vessels are taking
on cargoes of lumber.
Oscar Smith, whose illness was an
nounced last week, has passed the
danger point and is now rapidly i'm
proving. He yesterday for Jack
sonville, to spend his period of con-
valence with his parents.
Prof. T. w. Ralph and family have
gone to their summer cottage at Sum-
mer Haven. Prof. Ralph has been
suffering considerably lately from
rheumatism and he goes early to the
coast in the hope of finding relief.
q. Eyre Walker of Huntington, the
noted sugar expert and director-gen-
eral in command of the special gov
eminent experimental station in this
state, was in the city yesterday en-
route to the cane juice convention at
Macon.
A party of young people from the
city went for an outing on the river
last Friday evening. The trip was to
the Baughman place two miles down
stream, and all who Joined the party
report their time pleasantly and
profitably spent. Plenty of refresh
ments were carried along and great
ly enjoyed.
Prof. A. J. Foskett, representing a
Savannah music house, spent several
day in the city this week. He will
make regular visits to Palatka. Mr.
Foskett was u member of the Putnam
House orchestra in the palmy days of
| long ago, and his friends here We're
all glad to see him again and talk
over old times.
Old MingO Richard, better known
as peanuts stood in the lobby of
the postOffice the other day looking
at a newspaper. A lady noticing that
he had the paper upside down, called
his attention to the fact. "Yessum,"
replied Mingo "mos' anybody could
read it de odder way" This story is
vOuched for by an eye witness.
Hon. James f. Alexander of De-
Land was in the city Tuesday en-
route to the cane juice convention at
Macon, Ga, as special envoy from
| Florida. Mr.. Alexander states that
his congressional boom is gathering
force and moss as the days pass and
| that unless the situation becomes
greatly complicated by the addition
of other candidates, he is as good as
elected. Mr.. Alexander still insists
that when he gets to Washington,
Palatka can have anything it wants.
A. b. Prevatt one of the leading
farmers of Volusia county and whose
farm borders Lake Louisa at Seville,
was in the city Monday en- route to
the state horticultural convention at
Miami. Mr.. Prevatt says that the
potato crop in his section, while
good, has hardly been up to eXpec-
tatiOns. The growers have not made
more than two-thirds of a crop owing
largely to the heavy rains early in
the season. The potatoes grown at
Seville are rated among the best in
the state.
The funeral of Chas. w. Futch,
the young man who died in the hos
pital at st. Augustine last week of
spinal meningitis, was held in the
church at Peniel last Friday and the
interment was in the Pencil cemetery.
There was large attendance of the
former neighbors and friends of the
deceased present to pay their last
tribute to his memory. The funeral
was conducted by Rev. N. H. Will
liams of this city. Charlie Futch
was born in this county and
had lived here all of his 80 years, and
was young man held in the highest
esteem. Lately he has teen living
in the neighbOrhood of Federal Point.