The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-08-16
q Personal and Social. .

Mr.. and Mrs. q. Thomas Shinn are
now living at 729 Tuscaloosa avenue
Birmingham, Ala.
Mrs. D. A. Daughtry of Espanola
is here for weeks visit with hel
sister, Mrs. James Padgett jr.
Harry Chamberlin is now a valued
member of the Palatka baseball club
and plays in all its match games.
Lloyd Preston returned on Thurs
day of last week from very enjoya-
BILE 10 days visit to the James town
exposition.
r. o. Burton retired from service
on the steamer Crescent yesterday.
He has not yet decided as to his flu
fure work.
DR.. Geo. E. Walker of Huntington
has gone to the mountains of Virgin
ia for the benefit of his health, which
has been quite poorly for several
weeks.
Mrs. G. III. Preston and Mrs. S. NJ.
LaBree expect to leave on Monday
for Highlands, N. G. The Misses
Halle and Mary Deaton will accom-
pany them.
Miss Nettie Gordon of Jackson
vile who has been spending some
time here the guest of the Misses
Turner at the Turner House, return
ed home last Monday.
Claire Stone of Chicago who is
spending the summer with his aunt,
Mrs. Geo. Neal, has gone to Palatka
to visit for couple of weeks with
the family of his uncle, e. N. ,Maull.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Torrey and the
Misses Addie Grace and Hilda Wat
erman went to Daytona Beach last
week where they will remain about
two weeks. The party took the over
land route with private conveyance.
"Towser," the little pet dog be-
longing to Mrs. S. B. Shaw, wander
ed away, or what is more likely, was
stolen one day last week. The dog
is a pug, and Mrs. Shaw had had
him 10 years.
L. A. Hurlbut left last Saturday
for Detroit, Mich, where Mrs. Hurl-
but has been for some weeks. Mr..
Hurlbut will be away until the first
of October, and will also visit in
North Dakota and in Milwaukee,
Wis.
Mr.. Kinard's new store building at
the foot of Central avenue is now
nearly completed. He expects to
put in a complete line of groceries
and will operate bakery. An ad-
dition is now being erected for a
pool room. Mr.. Kinard expects to
get the new store opened next
month.
Mrs. Sarah NJ. Gowen has sent an
nouncements of the marriage of her
daughter, Miss Blanche Lillian Cow
en-, to Mr.. Henry Lawrence, on
Monday the 9th inst, at her home in
Attleboro, Mass. Mr.. and Mrs. Law
renee will be at home after Novem-
Der LIST, at Hopedale, Mass. The
bride, who is a sister of Mr.. Chas. A,
Gowen. formerly resided here with
her mother, and is pleasantly re-
membered by host of old friends.
Rev. Earl d. Simms, late of
Nashville, Tenn, and the newly APP
pointed Baptist State Evangelist for
Florida, began series of meetings
in the Presbyterian church last Sun
day on which day he held three SER
vices and announced that he would
continue services each day through
the week, both in the afternoon and
at night. Mr.. Simms stated that
he is here to organize a Baptist
church if possible. He is good
preacher, has been drawing good
congregations, and his coming at this
time is greatly appreciated by church
going people from the fact that there
would otherwise have been no public
worship this month.
The sad news has come to us OF the
death, at Providence, n. l., on the
I'd inst. of Mr.. Francis w. Thurber,
an old and highly esteemed winter
resident of Crescent City. The let
ter, which is from his son, says: HE
was visiting friends in Providence,
and was in his usual health during |
the day, but while eating supper he
died very suddenly. The physician
pronounced heart failure us the cause
of his death. He was brought to
Attleboro, and the funeral was held
at the residence of his sister, Mrs.
N. A. Blackinton, where he had
made his home when he came north |
for the summer months" Mr. Thur
Der was held in high esteem by the
people of Crescent City. He came
here in the SOS and at the time had
a wife and several children. His
vile died aud some years after he
married u Mrs. Owen, n sister OF Mr..
E. ]. Harper. She died about six
wears ago. Mr.. Thurber was quiet,
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