The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-02-01
The Palatka News
City Happenings and
Personal Mention.

mrs. Walter Andrews has gone on


nesday.
Mrs. X. L. Smith of Putnam Hall
was guest at the Arlington Hotel
on Wednesday.
Mrs. f. B. Hamlin and little
daughter, Christina, are in the city
visiting relatives.
J. w. Harrison, merchant of Den
yer, was visitor in the city We'd
nesday and Thursday.
Henry A. Hodges of Jacksonville
has been in the city this week,
guest at the Arlington Hotel.
Miss NJ. H. Leach and Miss A. Sell
lick of Stamford, Conn, are in the
city guests of Mrs. NJ. f. Boyd.
Miss Daisy Livingston returned
on Sunday from a visit of several
weeks with her sister in Dawson,
Ga.
Conductor and Mrs. Pritchard are
rejoicing over the arrival of little
daughter in their home last Satur-
day.
Mr.. McSpadden of Caledonia, Mo-,
arrived in the city last week for a
visit with his daughter, Mrs. j. E.
Lucas.
st. Marks Guild will hold its home
made bread and cake sale this week
Saturday, Feb. 2nd) at Haughton's
drug store.
f. c. Holcomb, after visit to his
brother, A. H. Holcomb, returned
Wednesday morning to his home in
Andover, Ohio.
Mr.. and Mrs. John II. Griffin are
again housekeeping in their pretty
home at the corner of Front and
Main streets.
Mrs. G. P. Healy of Hammond and
her son, w. B. Healy of st. Angus
tine, spent Sunday in the city at the
Saratoga Hotel.
The Saratoga Hotel and the Airing
ton have been crowded each night
during the past few weeks, the ma
jority of guests being tourists.
Mrs. R. B. Young of Macon, Ga,
and Mrs. L. Eaton of Crescent City
have been here this week, guests OF
their sister, Mrs. R. F. Adams.
The Village Improvement Society
of Interlachen is to give an old fash
toned spelling bee with refreshments
on the night of the 18th inst.
Miss Stella Benham, one of the
charming young ladies of Crescent
City, was a guest at the Saratogg
Hotel over Monday and Tuesday.
Major j. l.. Burton the pioneer
orange grower of Crescent City anC
one of the best known men in the
county was in the city yesterday.
H. L. Miller has gone to Milton
Fla, to erect a 70 TT. u column stee
Louisville. Ky. At the top of this
tower will be 10000 gallons cypress
tank.
The public schools will celebrate
Arbor Day with appropriate literary
exercises and the planting of a few
shade trees on the school house
grounds.
Hon. w. B. Sadler of Lake City
deputy state auditor, was visitor il
the city Wednesday. Mr.. Sadler i!
prominently mentioned as possible
candidate for state comptroller il
the 1908 campaign.
llC L CtIClJhU DOblu VI IlduS W IL
hold q meeting next Monday nigh
in the council chamber when it il
expected that several new members
will be elected. There will also b,
some important committee reports,
Hon. w. A. MacWilliams of st
Augustine, representative in thu
legislature from st. Johns county
and a prominent candidate for Speak
er OF the House of Representatives
was visitor in Palatka yesterday.
The new pipe organ at the Presby
terrain church is being set up as rapid
ly as possible but will probably no
be ready for use until next weel
some time. The organ recital by
Mrs. j. J. Charles will be held on The
evening of the 18th.
Rev. G. f. Kierschner, German
Lutheran minister, will conduct ser
vices at the home of F. A. Gerber il
the Kean block on Front street, a
2:30 p. m. Sunday. All friends O.
the denomination are cordially in
vited to attend.
The supper and apron bazaar giver
last Friday evening by the Ladies
Aid Society of st. James NJ. E
CuuICll' was great SuCCGSS Socially
as well as financially. The supper
was excellent and the receipts
amounted to something over $4,000.
Edward G. Wimbrough, represent
ing Bradstreet's commercial agency
was in the city several days during
the past week interviewing our bus
iness men. Mr.. Wimbrough was for.
merly of Snow Hill, Md, and was q
schoolmate there of Mr.. Vickers Of
this office.
The first of the series of entertain.
ments under the auspices of the Pal.
atka Library association was given
by the Lyric Glee Club in the Ath.
letiC club rooms on Wednesday
night. The audience was large and
the entertainment fully up to expec-
tatiOns.
Capt. George Z. Hall of Crescent
City and Miss Melissa Beatrice New
man of Gainesville were united in
marriage at the court house by Judge
NJ. /. Coke on Monday. The young
people are popular in their respect
i've homes. Capt. Hall is in charge
of the Gondola, of the Crescent City
Transportation line.
Miss Kate Lucas has already be-
gun to receive invoices of her new
spring goods, among which is a
large and very complete line of la
dies fine hosiery, said to be the big
gest invoice of these goods ever un-
packed in Palatka. There is also a
fine line of new laces and embroid-
cries.
Geo. w. Lansing, a former bust
ness man of this city and who left
here some IS years ago to engage in
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