The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-09-08

NJ. .. OSteen a leading farmer OF
Hollister was visitor 10 the city
yesterday.
The sewer contractors expect to
complete Palatka's sewer system
next week.
w. 5. Fry, the leading jeweler, has
a new awning to shade his Front
street window.
JIM. Timmons, n prominent citi-
zen of Grandin, WAS Il visitor in the
city yesterday.
w. NJ. Williams. ex-county tax as
/ SCISSOR. is going to establish a 5-tOn
ice factory at Welaka.
| NOAH and Walter Tilghman, cous-
/ ms, will enter the Georgia Military
Academy at College Park.
/ Oliver Chamberlin, a bright young
man of Crescent City, has accepted a
position in Burt's pharmacy.
/ DR.. f. w. Warren seems to have
| broken into an active practice from
! the very start. He had some eight
or ten calls on one day this week.
I Louis L. Newsom a former citizen
Of Putnam county, now residing at
. La Gloria, Cuba, was visitor in the
! city Yesterday.
E.E. Dodge is back from a months
wanderings in the north as far as
Maine. He states that he has had a
most enjoyable time.
The regular meeting of the county
commissioners last Wednesday
/ brought together the full board, but
no business beyond the regular rout-
/ he of monthly work was accomp-
lished.
/ The temperance campaign commit
tee is arranging for public speaking
in Palatka and most of the out of
town precincts. Rev. w. ]. Carpen-
/ ter of Tampa, Rev. l.. B. Rogers of
/ Gainesville and other foreign talent
will assist in the work and dates for
speaking will be announced later.
Mrs G. Lopez Bailey and daugh-
ter, Miss Serena, will leave next
Tuesday for Richmond, Va, where
they will spend a short time before
the opening of the school at Raleigh,
/ y. c., which Miss Bailey will again
enter.
Juo. W. Gibson, the well-known
turpentine operator Of BOstwick, was
in the city Wednesday for the pur-
pose of buying lumber and shingles
with which TO erect more houses for
his hands. He reports good business
in his section.
The September examination of
public school teachers for county GER
tificatas is being cOnduted by Super
intendent L. K. Tucker at the Put
nam High School building this week.
There are several present to go
through the mill.
Chris. Stanton. president of the
stanton Foundry ana Machine com
Ipanv. returned to the city Tuesday
after an absence Of sev eral months
/ in Massachusetts. Rhode Island,
Canada aud New York. He is much
improved in health and has taken on
some additional flesh.
. Rev. F. n. Richey will return from
his vacation tomorrow and services
lat ST. Marks church will be resumed
Ion Sunday. There will he Holy
Communion at : 80 a. M, Morning
Prayer at II a. m, and Evensong and
Sermon at : 80 p. m, to any and all
of which the rector will appreciate a
full attendance of communicates and
70 which all strangers are cordially
invited.
( Charles Kupperbusch, jr. has gone
TO College Park. near Atlanta Ga,
where he will enter the Georgia Mil
itaTy Academy for at least one years
course At the end of his year there
he hopes to enter the archaeological
school at Atlanta for a four years
course in electrical engineering, a
branch Of scientific Investigation for
which this bright young man has al
ready developed liking.
Poor old more than half-blind
Richard Mclaughlin, for many years
back ianitOr at the court house, has
lost his Job through inability To prop
erly perform the work. Richard has
been getting blind for some time past
aud there seems to be no help fol
him. He is darkey of the old
= school. always courteous, willing tC
. work. and prompt. The county au-
thOrittes provided him place long
= after his misfortune untitled him tC
properly perform his tasks.
A ripple of excitement was caused
early last Saturday evening by s
cry of fire in the downtown business
section. a dense smoke was issuing
from the upstairs of the kennerly
building in which is located the Pal
aka telephone exchange and Other
offices. There was crowd on the
scene in short order and with quick
aud we'll directed work soon eXtin.
guised the fire. In the meanwhile
the pole in front of the building
caught fire from the transmittel
ut the top and this required the as
. Sistance of the firemen and {
line of hose TO put it out. The
/, fire was caused by slack wire of the
Postal Gable company coming il
contact with the lighting company:
wire and in turn transmitting this
current to the telephone wire. A:
soon as possible the current was
turned off at the power house Of the
lighting company.
E Putnam Co. Health Officer