The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-07-08
City Happenings and
Personal Mention.

d. w Starkey of FlOrahome spent
the Fourth in the city.
F. c. Cochrane has gone on bus
mess trip TO New York.
Raymond b. Truman of Jackson
willie spent the Fourth in this city.
Mrs. +. E. jenkins expects to go to
her Summer Haven home next week,
Miss Maud Kennerly spent the
Fourth with friends in Jacksonville.
Mrs. Jno. D. Points has gone on a
visit to her old home in Lincolnton,
n. c.
Robert James and his bride are eX-
pected to arrive from New York next
Monday.
Oscar E. Smith of Jacksonville
spent the Fourth with his old friends
in P,latka.
D. f. Dusenbury of Lake Como
was a CUES aC the Saratoga hotel on
Wednesday.
Miss Anna Leddy will leave for
her summer vacation in New York
next Tuesday.
The school board will appoint the
county teachers at the August meet
ing of the board.
The Guild of St. Marks church net
ted over $50 from the lawn fcte last
Saturday night.
w. II. Warnock, prominent ctti-
zen of Green Cove Springs, was in
the city yesterday,
Mrs. Horace Weller and children
have gone to the North Carolina
mountains for the summer.
DIR. Merritt Corthell the oculist
will be at the Arlington Hotel to-
morrow Saturday forenoon.
The city council has appointed j.
c. Strickland policeman to hold
office at the pleasure of the board.
Hon. S. E. Timmons Of of Grandin
was among the prominent out-of-
town visitors in Palatka on the
Fourth.
Miss Myrtle Turner, Il charming
young lady of Jacksonville, is in the
city visiting her sister, Mrs. Peter
Eckhardt
Henry Clay Tucker of Intorlachen
spent his Fourth Of July III Palatka,
and was an interested spectator ut
the ball game.
Howell a. Davis presided ut the
meeting of the city council last Tues
day night in the absence Of chair
man Kennerly.
James Fennel of Melrose, one of
the most influential men i'll the
county, was visitor in the city
last Saturday.
Congressman and Mrs. r. w. Da-
Wis and little Margaret Willard spent
a couple days in Jacksonville this
week and were at the AragOn.
Tom Bingham, who is serving an
apprenticeship in the machine shops
at Sanford, spent the Fourth with
his mother and sister in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Cartmel attend
ed the wedding of Frank Cartmel in
jacksonville, returning home on the
CITY of Jacksonville Tuesday night.
Tax Assessor Billiard has been be
fore the county commissioners this
week with his new books-which are
of the same degree OF neatness as
ever
st. Marks church under the first
years administration of its energetic
and popular rector, Rev. F. II. Rich
ey, has raised for all purposes of
church work total of $4,000.
The Gem City Guards gave dance
at the Armory on Monday night, but
owing to numerous other social
events on the same evening the at
tendance was not as large as usual.
Judge J. G. Vtrtrees will leave for
Summer Haven today where he will
make arrangements for the reception
of Mr.. and Mrs. J. N. Walton, and
Miss Susie, who will go over next
! Tuesday.
County Commissioner Rogers of
Putnam Hall did not attend 'the
meeting of the board this week ow-
ing to his absence in South Carolina,
whittier he has gone for an operation
to get relief from Il cancerous growth
on his hand.
The steamer Lavinia has been
hauled on the ways at Capt. Boyd's
shipyard and is being put in condi-
ton to go on the Drayton island mail
route. The boat was only recently
purchased by Capt }. E. Lucas for
that purpose.
The county commissioners have
made the flnal.payment of $1,000 on
the st. George hotel property, which
was purchased ut the July meeting
one year ago, for $4,000. The conf
missioners have recently been offer
ed s. 900 for the property.
William Turnage, for the past year
a popular salesman of the Kennerly
Hardware Co., has accepted n re-
sponsibIe position with the Rich
mond (Va.) Stove Works, and will