The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-10-27
The Palatka News
and Advertiser
City Happenings and
Personal Illsnticil.

County Commissioner North OF
Bostwick was a visitor in the city
yesterday.
Miss Alta Brakeman returned this
week from a pleasant visit to Jack
sonyille.
The many friends of Miss Gertrude
| Allen will be panied to learn Of her
continued illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. NJ. Hilliard of
Tampa visited Mr.. billiards parents
here last Sunday.
Capt. E. Noble Calhoun is out of
the city on legal business and will be
absent some time.
A. Holcomb and family have NOV
ed into their recently purchased
home on Kirby street.
J.C. Gross, the well-known cross
| tie and lumber contractor, has been
in the city this week.
B. A. Deal, agent of the Atlantic
Coast Line, has gone to Charleston
and New York for little recreation.
Chas. LeHardy bias purchased the
fruit and confectionery business of
Tony Shamis, Lemon and Sixth SITS.
John Fink, a prominent orange
grower and old settler of Nashua,
was visitor in the city last Tues
day.
Mrs. r. e. Howell, Mrs. w. o.
Holmes and Miss Martha Gray ar
rived home on Monday from New
York.
Maurice Lamon has been confined
to his home on Kirby street for the
past 10 days with an attack of den
que fever.
Henry A. Hodges of Jacksonville,
member of the firm Of Hodges d
O'Hara at Buffalo Bluff, was in the
city over Wednesday and Thursday.
.If9HOn. S. ]. Hilburn has visited
Gainesville and Sanford this week
on legal business. MIR. Hilburn is
one of the busiest lawyers in interior
Florida.
The home of Mr.. Spain on Kirk
land street is being remodeled and
painted and will be one of the pref
tiest places in the west end when
conn leted.
Tom Holden and Chief of Police
z. NJ. Hagan were among the prom
inent Palatkans to hear and see Pres
ident Roosevelt at Jacksonville last
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stuart Worden will
leave tomorrow for weeks visit to
their old home and orange grove
property at Fort Mead. They will
also visit Tampa.
Mr.. and Mrs. V. f. Moody have
returned from their summer outing
in New York and Canada and are
again occupying their pleasant home
on Emmett street.
Bryan d Co. the Jacksonville con-
tractors who are to make the lot
connections with the city sewers are
already to work on the job, and are
making rapid progress.
The rummage sale to be given by
the ladies of St. Marks church will
be held at Mrs. Boyd's store room on
Lemon street tomorrow afternoon.
The sale will open at O'Clock.
Sheriff Howell, under whose sup
ervision the state census of Palatka
is now being taken, predicts that the
complete figures will show popula-
ton of over 1850, a gain of over 1000
in the past five years.
The congregations of the Presby-
terian, Methodist and Baptis t
churches will unite in a union SER
vice next Sunday evening at 80, at
the Baptist church. The sermon
will be preached by Rev. E. ]. Gates.
City Clerk J. n. Blackwell has
been confined to his home for the
past three days with fever, and there
be those who say it's of the dengue
type, not dangerous, but awfully
hard to bear up under and be pleas
ant.
Judge E. E. Haskell, Mayor Usina
and John A. Crosby were the only
Putnam county people to attend the
luncheon and reception given to
President Roosevelt by the Jackson
vile board of trade last Saturday
afternoon.
Hon. ]. H. Harp of Crescent City
and one the best known agricultur-
lists in the state, was business visi-
! tor in the city Wednesday. During
his term in the state legislature Mr..
Harp was chairman of the commit
tee on agriculture.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Middleton and
Miss Welch of Pomona were visitors
in the city OH Wednesday. Mr..
Middleton, among his items of bus
mess, was looking into the matter of
pleasure launch, which he contem-
plates placing upon lake Broward at
Pomona.
The Palatka Produce company will
open up business next week in a
store room opposite Tom Holden's
market. The new company will
deal in chickens, eggs, Georgia
smoked hams and lots of other good
things to eat that come fresh from
the farm. The new company should
be successful from the start.
Col. S. l. WALES, whose heavy
claim against the state for services
in securing the Indian War Claims
Fund has occupied two Legislatures,
claim, spent Sunday in the city the
guest of his old friend and school
mate, Rev. n. J. Tilghman. Col.
Wales left for Gainesville on Mon
day.
J. K Ford, a former pastor of the
NJ. +. church at Como, this county,
was in the city for a brief time last
week. He is now engaged in the
business of selling organs and his
home is at Cumberland Gap, Tenn
essee. 1t is to be regretted that Mr..
Ford could not have spent more time
in the county, as he has many for
mer friends who are quite anxious TO