The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-04-07
City Happenings and
Personal Mention.

1t is now Mayor Usina.

Monday.
The carpenters are busy at work
enlarging Leo JacobsOns store.
H. d. Cox of COlee was a visitor
in the city last Saturday.
The city hall now has its roof on
and is quite an imposing building.
Miss Edith Cook of Pomona was
the guest Wednesday of Miss Minnie
Bulky.
f. S. Green, popular merchant of
Welaka, was visitor in the city
Wednesday. .....
Miss Jessie Burton of Crescent
City has been the guest for Il few
days of Miss Susie Walton.
Miss Martha Gray entertained a
number of her young lady friends at
a tennis party at her home last Sat
urday.
Mrs. Henry G. Hubbard and chill
dren of Crescent City passed through
the city Wednesday enroute to Sea-
breeze for short stay.
. f. n. Calhoun, n. H. Moragne, c.
Meyer and Joe Price have returned
! from a weeks fishing at Grandin and
! report successful sport.
G.F. Billiard. county tax assessor,
was visitor in the city Tuesday in
attendance at the meeting of the
county commissioners.
The w. c. T. U. and auxiliary will
hold a meeting at the home of Mrs.
Ella Grooms next Thursday after
noon, April 18th, at $3.50.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. J. Capers of White
I Springs were in the city last Satur-
! day en- route to Crescent City on a
: visit to Mr.. Caper's mother.
. Geo. A. Powell the well known
: turpentine operator has returned tc
: North Carolina after a two weeks
: stay here looking aftel his extensive
Z interests.
! w. c. Norton the well known pro
I prietOr of Grove Hall, Crescent
! City's popular hotel, was an inter
: ested spectator at Wednesdays base
: ball game.
b. H. Hagan, foreman of the con.
struction gang for the southern divis
Z ion of the G. S. & F. Railway with
! headquarters in Lake City, rrrived
] in the city Monday.
Dan O'Driscoll returned to Palatka
Friday night from Mascotte, Fla.
! at which latter place he has been en-.
I gagged putting in turpentine plant
for Hodges d O'Hara.
I Miss r. f. Orr of Petersburg, Va.
I who has spent the winter here, eX-
poets to leave tomorrow for New
I York where she will remain some
time before going to her home.
Mrs. Fannie Young of Nicholas
vile, KY, who has been spending
the winter at Palm Beach, Daytona
and other east coast resorts, stopped
over in the city Tuesday for a short
! visit to her cousin, Mrs. H. A. Bulky.
The medal contest given at the
opera house on Monday evening of
! last week cleared $500 which will
be used as campaign fund for the
approaching wet and dry election.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. G. Brown who
have spent the winter here guests of
their daughter, Mrs. Henry S. VIII
son, will leave tomorrow for their
home in Detroit, Mich.
Mrs. f. w. Andrews of Chicago,
who is spending the winter at Hunt
ington, and Miss Corrie Cheatham
of the latter place were interested
spectators at the ball game on We'd
nesday.
Mrs. Rob't James and her guest,
Mrs. Alderman, have gone north,
the former to Valley Stream, Long
Island, and the latter to Passaic, n.
J. Mrs. James will make quite an
extended visit to her old home.
Prof. Thomas, noted vocalist of
Cincinnati, who has been spending
the season at st. Augustine will be
in Palatka over Sunday and has con-
! scented to sing solo at the morning
service at st. James NJ. E. church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Scott who have been
residents of Palatka about a year
have gone to their home in Utica, n.
Y. Mr.. Scott was connected, while
here, with the Utica Brick & Tile
company, whose works, are located
at Rice Creek.
Mrs. Martin Griffin gave launch
party Tuesday afternoon'in honor of
those who took part in the recent st.
Patrick's day concert at the opera
house Refreshments were served
at Grifiin's grove.
Little Mathew Lynn, only child of
Rev. and Mrs. L. r. Lynn, was one
year old on Saturday last and the
event was celebrated appropriately
at the manse. The matrons Of the
Presbyterian congregation were in
vited to assist in the celebration.
The ladies of the Woman's for
eign missionary society of st. James
Methodist church will give Japa-
nese Tea next Monday night, April
nth at the residence of Mrs. w. q.