The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-04-22
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City happenings and
Personal Mention.

Chafles huppefbuscIl Jf. visited
the Seabreeze beach over Sunday.
The Putnam county pension list for
INDECENT poor amounts to about sl2O
per month.
w. b. Shotwell, a we'll known
merchant of Crescent City was in the
city Wednesday.
r Raymond Price visited Crescent
City this week in the interests of
his insurance business.
The next meeting of the board of
trade will take up the matter of Sc
curing free delivery of mail in Pa
latka.
Hon. Henry Hutchinson, a former
representative in the legislature from
this county, has been in the city this
week.
Hon. James f. Alexander visited
the city for few hours on Tuesday.
He still insists that he is the coming
congressman.
Rev. DR.. Thos Richey and Mrs.
Richey and their daughter, Miss
Ella, left early in the week for their
home in New York.
Miss Hattie Bryson of Gallatin,
Tenn, who has been visiting her
cousin, Mrs. j. n, Blackwell, left for
her home on Thursday.
Tax collector Willard requests the
News to advise tax payers that but
10 days more remain in which to pay
state and county taxes.
Mrs. A. L. Woodward who has
been quite i'll for the past ten days
at the Methodist parsonage, is re-
ported to be some better.
Miss Ophelia Walton and Mrs.
Rogan of Tennessee, who have been
the guests of Mrs. j. n. Walton, left
for their home last Monday.
The Veteran Association Blue and
Gray will meet at Court House
Thursday night, April 29th, at 1870
to arrange for annual excursion.
Mrs. J. n. Blackwell delightfully."-
Ientertained party of friends last
Saturday evening in honor of hel
guest, Miss Bryson, of Tennessee.
The father of NJ. j. Murphy cele-
DRAFTED his 9lst birthday on the 18th
inst. The old gentleman is still hale
and hearty. His home is at Wap'
pingers Falls, N. Y.
The county executive committed
has made seven appointments in VA
rious parts of the county for county
candidates. The dates and places
are mentioned officially in another
column.
Mrs. NJ. V. Perry of Pensacola,
widow of former governor e. A
Perry, and her daughter, Mrs. Reece
of Jacksonville, have been the guests
of DR.. and Mrs. Z. S. Grill, for the
past week.
At the 10 o'clock Mass at st. Moni-
cas- Catholic church next Sunday
the choir will sing Millards mass
The choir will be composed of Mes
danes Sanguinette and Rodda, and
Messrs. Duggan, Griffin and Vickers
At the evening service the same
choir will assist and render several
special numbers.
The steamer Crescent has an
nOuncGd temporary change OF
schedule in its north bound sailings
from Palatka. The change went in
to effect on Wednesday and will con-
tinue till the first of the month.
During this time the Crescent will
leave for Jacksonville at 8 a. m. in
stead of l0:30 Il. m.
Next Monday will be Confederate
memorial day and u legal holiday.
The Z. d. C. and other bodies will
meet at Mrs. Gray's at 3 p. m. and
march in body to the cemetery,
where the graves Of the confederate
dead will be decorated with appro-
pirate exercises. The program is
printed in another column.
Capt. J. f. Lucas occasionally gets
something to crow over and when he
does, he-crows The supreme court
has Just rendered Il decision in his
favor in the famous case of the St.
Johns & Ocklawaha Navigation com
pany Hart Line) VS.. Joseph e.
Lucas. The decision sustained the
decree of the lower court. Hons.
Benz. P. Calhoun and S. j. Hilburn
were attorneys for Lucas.
Prof. l. I. HINES of the Putnam
| High school has received from Mrs.
A. L. Wilson, chairman of the phil
anthropic department of the Wo-
mans Fortnightly club $500 for a
school library in the Putnam high
school. This makes $500 received
from the ladies for the public school
$1,000 being donated for the purchase
of three Webster's International
dictionaries, one for each of the three
upper rooms.
1.-THE Gem City Guards have post
poned their annual fair until Thurs
day, May Sth. Captain f. Noble
Calhoun requests all citizens to aid
the company by donations for this
fair, and the News adds that it trusts
all will feel il n privilege TO HELM the