The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-10
City Happenings and
Personal mention.

10 De seriously ILL.,
Hon. John P. Wall was n visitor
I in the city early in the week.
\ Mrs j. I. Wimberly of Interlachen
! was visitor in the city yesterday.
Prof. T. w. Ralph of st. Angus
tine was visitor in the city on Mon
day.
w. F. Waid of Welaka spent part
7 of the week in the city taking in the
3 sights of the carnival.
! Mrs. Edward A. Pabor of Jackson
/ vile is here this week the guest of
Z her cousin, Mrs. +. j. Fearnside.
! L. G. Causey of Seville, a member
of the VoIusa county school board,
was visitor in the city Wednesday.
P. J. Becks is building two cottages
on the northeast corner of Oak and
9 Sixth streets for Mrs. w. o Holmes.
] Next Tuesday will be st. Valen-
tines day. Rowton calls attention to
2 a fine line of valentines in his adj
9 vertisement.
c. e. Rowton, as Putnam county
! agent for the Underwood type writer,
! reports a big business for this high
grade machine.
! The meanest man in creation is
! the one who goes along the street
\ these days whistling "The Good Old
2 Summer Time
Jeremiah 9. Gould of East Pa
. latka, has been named justice of the
\ peace for district of Putnam coun-
ty, by Governor Broward.
: John H. Randolph jr., of Baton
. Rouge, La, connected with Guild
Z g. Co. city sewer contractors, is reg
= istered at the Hotel Saratoga.
= The w. G. T. U. meeting has been
Z postponed, on account of bad wealth
{ er, until next Thursday, February Is,
y at 3 80. At the Methodist Parsonage.
: r. b. Merrill, cashier of the Put
Y nam National Bank, has been APP
Z pointed by Governor Broward a
: notary public for the state at large
Mrs. Julian J. Bennett and the
z Misses Bennett of Jackson, Michi-
! gan, are expected here on Saturday
I to be the guests of Mrs. Henry S,
= Wilson.
= Mrs. M. S. Frazer of Syracuse, n.
. Y, who has been the guest of Mr..
I and Mrs. Henry S. Wilson for the
3 past month, is now at the Saratoga
9 hotel.
9 II. A. Ring prominent merchant
d of Sisco passed drought the city last
= Saturday, being en- route to St,
4 Petersburg on business and pleas
/ ure trip.
Z A business man suggests that
! good quality of paint might assist
Y wonderfully in helping the white
: brick on the new city building to
I hold its color.
I Hon. S. j. Hilburn spent the
: greater part of last week in Starke,
9 where by appointment of Judge
! Wills, he acted rs referee in certain
civil cases.
: The Keener stock, for some time
in the hands of f. J. Fearnside as
Z assignee, was sold at public auction
: last Monday morning. The stock
was bid in by S. J. Hilburn for 81 800.
! Sheriff R. G. Howell is building
Z a two story store building on Seventh
! street in rear of the county Jail. Mr.,
Howell will also erect several cot
tages on the same street for tene-
! ments.
\ Leading citizens of FlorahOme APP
peared before the board of county
! commissioners on Tuesday to talk
good road leading from that place to
Palatka. The feeling here is that
the road should be built.
! Stuart Hyatt, the baritone, has
consented to form a class in vocal
music to continue through the bal
ance of his stay in the city. The
class will probably organize in day
or two at the guild hall of St Marks
church.
A Valentine Social will be given at
the home of Miss Clyde Estes, Tues
day night, Feb. l4th. Admission
will be 10 cents. The proceeds will
be used to buy song books for the
Methodist Sunday school. Every !
body invited.
Mrs. J. B. Washburn of Cincin-
natl, Ohio, spent several days here
! this week the guest of her cousin, |
Mrs. H. A. Bulky. Mr.. and Mrs.
Washburn and party of friends are
touring the state making their
headquarters in Daytana.
The regular monthly meeting of |
the county school board was held in
Superintendent fuckers office last
Tuesday. Inspectors Green of Fruit
land and Price of MelrOse were both
present. Only the regular routine
work of the board was transacted.
Hon. Wheaton Cole of Pawtucket,
R. l., and for many years promi-
nent and influential member of the
legislature of that state, has arrived
in the city and will be the guest for
! tho baIaupa Of tbn Gaasp0 of his /