The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-03-29
The Palatka News
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City Happenings and
Personal mention.

Rev. Father Barry spent Tuesday

Sheriff Perry of st. Johns county |
was in the city yesterday.
Mrs. J. ]. Farmer and family left
Wednesday for Georgia.
Rev. NJ. C. Welch of Pomona was a
visitor in the city on Tuesday.
Mrs. e B. Olmstead of Pomona is
in the city visiting Mrs. H. A. Bulky.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex. Granger are
housekeeping in the Dalton fiat on
Lemon street.
The Misses Hessie and Constance
Cooper of Jacksonville are the guests |
of the Misses Grill.
Hon. S. E. Timmons of Grandin
was among the prominent visitors In
the city yesterday.
Mrs. |. A. Boughton of Bridgeport
arrived in the city last week and is
spending time with friends.
Miss Margaret Bard of Norwalk, a
former popular teacher in the
county, was in the city yesterday.
Tie regular meetings of the Pyth-
ian Sisters will occur hereafter on
Tuesday night instead of Monday.
Miss Ethel LaRock of Keene, n.
H., arrived in the city last week, and
will spend some time with relatives.
Edgar w. McGrady a prominent
farmer and fruit grower of Crescent
City was visitor in Palatka yester-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs Edwin S. Lewis of
Detroit, Mich, have been popular
guests at the Arlington Hotel for
some days.
County Tax Assessor Billiard will
be in Palatka from the 9th to the
18th of April for the purpose of TAX
! ing tax returns.
F. j. Fearnside spent Monday in
! St. Augustine perfecting arrange
ments Tor the opening Of his new
\ store at that place.
Rev. j. P. Hilburn of Barlow spent
! Wednesday and part of yesterday
in the city, II guest of his brother,
Z Hon. S. j, Hilburn,
R. f. Galloway manager of the
4 newly organized Fearnside Clothing
company of St. Augustine is spend
Z ing few days in the city this week.
z The Twentieth Century Club had
"A very interesting meeting last Fri
2 day evening at the home of Miss
Z CLYDE Estes on Third street.
4 f. r. Lancaster has vacated the
3 county store building on the court
house square and is now occupying
4 the middle store room of the Dalton
3 block,
The city shoe store is doing a fine
9 Easter business in ladies, misses and
& children shoes, as we'll as shoes for
: men. The window display at this
G store is attractive.
9 The Fearnside Clothing company
Z Easter business in all lines is enor-
8 nous, and the cash business for
G March will showAn increase of $500
4 over the same month last year.
& Patton Anderson chapter, U. D. g..
3 will meet with Mrs. A. S. Willard
g next Thursday afternoon, April 4th
q at 3 o'clock. A full attendance OF
81 members is desired.
q ]. A. McCaskell, the export al
q orange tree budding from Denver
& has been here the present week
3 budding the trees in Capt. r. j
q Adams grove in East Palatka.
6 Mrs. J. d. Mitchell of Huntington
y was the guest of the Misses White
6 side over Sunday, and sang at botl
e the morning and evening services a
n the Presbyterian church.
& Walden the magician will give
g matinee and night entertainments
G at the armory next Tuesday, Apri
Is I'd. He should be seen by all who
g can appreciate clever performance
3 The Palatka churches will gener-
e ally have special Easter services OF
4 Sunday. At the Catholic, Episcopa
8 and Methodist Episcopal churches
E greater prominence will be given tt
Z this joyous festival.
= Joseph Messmer the well-knOwr
c Front street barber has been very il
e during the past week with pneumO
Z mia, but is now thought to be mend
G ing rapidly, During his illness hi!
& son, Harry Messmer, with his wife
= were here from Seville.
< Hon. James r. Howe of Brooklyn
6 n. Y, and Mr. l.. A. Ballard thu
& kaolin mine magnate of Lake cOun
y ty were in the city yesterday. Mr.
G Howe is a former congressman from
g Brooklyn. He owns large amour
Z of valuable property at Crescent City
+ The Ladies Aid Society of thu
8 Baptist church gave Il farewell socIa
G last Tuesday afternoon at the home
X OF Mrs. Adams, to Mrs. Farmer anC
g Mrs. Hayes who are both leaving
G Palatka to the regret of their many
n friends. Refreshments were served
c and delightful musical selections
* were rendered.
e Miss DeYereuX's dancing class viii
Z indulge in an Easter cOtilliOn at the
c Armory Monday evening, April 9th
6 This affair will no doubt bring out I
X large number of the society yOun!
9 people of the city, and this, together
e with the large dancing class, insure!
\ pleasant evening. The admission
G is 25c.
= John MalIem, the well-known anC
c popular fruit dealer next to tn,
e postofiice, sells great quality o
= Florida oranges both at whOlesal,
& and retail. Mr.. Mallem has beer
g particular to secure only such frui
n as was untouched by the Decembe
g freeze, and to secure such he ha
& had to pay high prices.
8 The Pala ka Grays and the Flori
& da Leagues, two local colored bast
= bali teams engaged in spirited con
q test at the ball park in this city last
g Monday afternoon, the score being
n to in favor of the latter club. The
g Grays will play the Jacksonville
e colored team on the local diamond
y mkt Monday and Tuesday afternoon