The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-07-19
The Palatka News
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, City Happenings and
Personal f11enticn.

/ Mrs. q. @. Bennett of Dupont was
a visitor in Palatka Tuesday.
C. E. Rowton was a business yisi.
tor to Jacksonville on Wednesday.
J. Walter Hilliard was a business
visitor to Jacksonville on Wednes-
day.
f. E. Dodge has gone to New
York, Boston and Maine for the sum-
mer.
Major J. L. Burton of Crescent
City was visitor in the city Wed
nesday.
! Misses Clyde Estes and Minnie
Bulky were visitors to White Springs
last Sunday.
Mrs. w. B. Cross left this week for
| Fort Pierce. TO remain during the
balance of the summer.
/ Misses Myrtle Holden and Violet
/ Merwin are spending the week with
/ friends in Jacksonville.
Miss Matte Carter, a charming
/ young lady of Daytona. is the guest
/ Of Miss Nellie Jackson
| Judge J. c. Vertrees left on We'd
nesday for his usual summer outing
at the Summer Haven beach.
Mrs. A. I. Reese will leave this
week for middle and upper Georgia
| for her usual summer outing.
Jake Harrison was among the Pal
atkans who spent Sunday on the Su-
vance river at White Springs.
The Peniel farmers have shipped
seven car loads of watermelons so
far and prices have been good.
Mr.. and Mrs. Whitney of Flora
/ home, have gone to their old home
in Quincy, Mich, for the summer.
/ R. H. Cooper and family have re-
turned from a very pleasant outing
on the beach al Summer Haven.
Mrs. Henry Thalgott of Dunnellon
arrived in the city last week and is
visiting her mother, Mrs. Penzkofer.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B. Flynn returned
on Wednesday night from a brief
visit to Jacksonville and Atlantic
Beach.
Fred'k and George Wood of De-
Land spent several days in Palatka
this week visiting their sister, Mrs.
F. A. Gerber.
Robert JeffOrds of Miami spent
several days in the city last week on
a visit to his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
J. D. JetfOrds.
Mr.. and Mrs. fl. o. Hamm and
/ little daughter were expected to ar
rive last night from a visit of several
weeks in Illinois.
Mrs. L. r. Lynn and children. to-
gether with Mr.. Lynn's mother and
sister have gone to Jacksonville for a
stay Of two or three weeks.
Mrs. F. NJ Priddy has gone to
Tampa where she will pass the re-
mainder Of the summer with her
daughter. Mrs. Henry Cowart.
| James Green, the well-known tim
Der superintendent of the Wilson
| Cypress company, expects to leave
on a short vacation to Michigan next
Sunday.
The Palatka Athletic Association
and a few friends INDUCED in an in
| formal dance at the Armory club
rooms last Friday evening, and
most thoroughly enjoyable time was
] / u.
Mr.. and Mrs. }. \. Walton left
/ this morning for their summer cot
tage at Summer Haven. Miss Susie
Lee Walton will not join them until
after the wedding of her friend
Miss Fay Mooney, next week.
Geo A Powell of DeLand spent
| portion of Tuesday and Wednesday
| in the city and called on many old
friends. He has just returned from
visit to his old home in North Caro-
lima. where Mrs. Powell and the
children are spending the summer.
Mercer and Dorothy. little son and
daughter of Capt. and Mrs. Walter
NJ. Davis of Jacksonville, will spend
some time with Mrs. F. D. Acker-
man while Capt. and Mrs. Davis are
Mrs. Davis brought the children here
this week.
Hon. w H. Cook of Pomona was
in the city short time Yesterday
forenoon. He states that he alone
will have about 1900 boxes of orapg-
es to sell this winter and he predicts
good prices for Putnam county grow
ers owing to the reported scarcity of
fruit in other sections of the state.
Gen. Robt. w. Davis of Tampa
spent Tuesday night in the city, the
guest of his daughter, Mrs. A. 5.
Willard. Gen. Davis was Oh his wav
to Gainesville on business, and left
for that place on the early train We'd
nesday morning. He saw but few
people here aud discussed less pol
itics.
Smiths ice cream parlor is popu- |
lar afternoon and evening resort I
these days. The great variety of |
high-grade ice creams, and the eX-
cellent service, together with the |
cooling drinks always on tap has |
popularized this parlor this year
more than ever before.
Chas. G. Miller, a well-kuown fish.
arman Of Georgetown, and Miss
Loula Larson of Sunnyside. were
married by Hon. NJ. l. Coke. county
Judge, at the court house last Mon
day. The newly married couple
started the same day for the James
town exposition on bridal trip.
Henry Strunz and James Green Of
this city were admitted as Hoo Hoos
into the Order Of the Black Cat at a
of the Cats at the CONT
mental Hotel, Atlantic Beach. Mon
day night Among the other Palat-
kans there and who were already
members, were Messrs. F. H. viii
son, Rust and Grimm, of the Wilson
Cypress company.
Colonel Samuel J. Hilburn of Pal.
ltka, one ofthe brightest legal minds
If the state, spent a day or two in