The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-01-25

| in a delightful musical program at
the Armory on Tuesday evening,
! February 18th, under the auspices of
/ Pioneer Lodge of Odd Fellows. when
the admission will be 10 and % cents.
Benz. b. Bair, who has been in
| California and other western states
| for the past six months, returned to
the city last week. Mr. Bair was
much pleased with the western cOun-
| try, but says Florida has California
| beat a mile as far as climate is con-
cerned.
Miss NJ. NJ. Calhoun of Atlanta is
the guest of Mrs. b. P. Calhoun on
Madison street. Miss Calhoun is the
only living granddaughter of the
great South Carolina statesman, SEN
ator and former Vice President John
c. Calhoun.
The famous Orphan Boys Band of
the Georgia Industrial Home. Ma
con, Ga, will give II concert at the
Arm"ry next week Friday night,
February list. This band is one of
the finest in the entire south. Tick
cts will be on sale at Alderman
Stewart Co.
Mrs. I. L. Elwood, Mrs Hiram Ell
wood and Miss Brown arrived Mon
day morning on Mr.. Elwood's launch
Doozie from Jacksonville and are
again at the beautiful Elwood home
on Madison street. Mr.. f. P. Ell
wood took the DOozie to Jackson
vile on Sunday to meet the ladies.
J H. Yelverton of Starke has pur-
chased G.. p Yelverton's interest in
the central Lemon street house fur
nishing store, and will probably
move his family back to Palatka
from Starke, at which place he is
also conducting a large furniture
business.
J. f. Edmonson has purchased the
stock of goods on Lemon street for
merly conducted AS grocery and
bakery by Mr.. Strickland, and will
| soon have the store cleaned up and
reopened in first-class shape, under
| the management of T. A Johnson.
late Of Hastings.
The ladies of St. Monica's Memo
rial Society will give a supper and
| apIoa bazaar on Wednesday afternoon
and evening, January Both, in Mrs.
| Shelley's vacant store on Lemon
street next to Livingston's bakery.
The proceeds will go to the purchas-
| ing of an iron fence for the Catholic
metery.
The timely arrival of the west end
hose reel and the quick and effective
work of the firemen prevented what
might have been a very disastrous
| fire at the home of Mr.. Hodge on
| Laurel street, Wednesday noon. The
fire started from spark on the roof
of the main house and was put out
| before much damage resulted.
Mrs. J. n. Walton entertained the
Ladies Home Missionary Society of
| st. James church, who gave a de-
lightful social on Thursday evening
of last week. The attendance was
large. Bishop Mcdowell of the
Methodist Episcopal church was
present. Dainty refreshments were
served and the affair was decided
success financially and socially.
Rev. w. r. Collier, pastor of
Emanuel NJ. f. church (colored) in
eEce last week re-appointed to this
pastorate. The church has made
| fine growth under his pastOrate and
his annual report of benevolent col
lectiOus, lead at the conference, was
one of the best presented.
S. S Van Buren, of Memphis,
Tenn, president of the Southeastern
Bill Posters association, who was
here last week, has granted the as
ISOLATION franchise for Palatka to
Louis Kalbfield, proprietor of the
Arlington Hotel. Mr.. Khlbfield has
some very conspicuous boards and
walls and business entrusted to him
will be carefully and cOnscientiously
looked after.
The Palatka temple of Pythiun Sis
tiers held very interesting meeting
in Castle Hall last Monday evening
at s O'Clock. At the conclusion of
the regular lodge session the mem
bers enjoyed spread of ice cream
and cakes The temple enters urOn
the new year under most suspicious
circumstances, there being a nice
membership and splendid financial
condition.
|" H. and w. A. Merryday are
hard at work putting their double
store room at the corner of Lemon
and Third streets in order for the
new dry goods store. This will
make an ideal store room, the light
and facilities for window display be- !
ing eXcellently adapted for dry
goods purposes. A large, well stock
ed dry goods store is going TO prove
a paying investment in Palatka.
Yes, dear reader, it was this paper
that characterized the Russian Jews |
who were principle witnesses against
Mr.. O'Hara in the peonage cases, as
lazy and lousy and for proof Of |
the contention we point to the testi-
mOny of Jailer Lee GOodson, who .
swore that the one he held in the |
Jail in this city was too vile to be in.
generated with the ritf-raff negroes
who occupied the establishment
alone up to the time of his coming,
until he could be stripped and spray
ed with a disinfectant. And you
know a man has to be pretty vile
to make such treatment
apparent at an ordinary jail.
Mr., L. A, Fish, an elderly gentle
man employed at the Selden Cypress
Door factory, died at his home in
this city at an early hour last Mon
day morning of paralysis of which
he suffered Il stroke on Thursday of
last week. Mr.. Fish has lived in the J
county since 1896 and was formerly
school teacher at San MateO and Sat J
L
'uma Heights, but for some time
pack had been employed at the fac
DRY. He was kindly and univer- :
ally esteemed old gentleman and
here will he sorrow HtDoDp ol1 bic