The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-06-28
The Palatka News
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5 City Happenings and
: Personal Mention.


Misses Blanche and Edna Grill re-
turned from Jacksonville Tuesday.
Miss Maude Kennerly is at Sea.
breeze, the guest at a house party
given by Miss Anderson of Ocala.
Mrs. Tromley and the children left
Tuesday for visit to relative in the
north.
Mrs. W. 0. Holmes and Mrs. w.
H. HOyt visited Gainesville this
week.
w. NJ. Williams and L. J. Mcleod
of Welaka were business visitors to
the city Wednesday.
Watermelons, cantaloupes and
peaches are very plentiful in the loo
al market, and are cheap.
DR.. and Mrs. E. w. Warren are re-
ioicing over the birth of son last
Sunday morning, the 23d inst.
Miss Ella Bulky returned Wednes-
day from pleasant visit of a week
with Mrs. R, H Browning at Francis.
Revival meetings are being held at
the Baptist church, the preaching
being by Rev. Mr.. Cullom of Waldo.
Mr.. and Mrs. James c. Durrance,
popular people of Grandin, were at
the Saratoga Hotel over Wednesday.
Mrs. D. a. Daughtry of Espanola
was a visitor in the city Monday and
Tuesday, a guest at the Saratoga
Hotel.
Mr., and Mrs. E. B. Wright of Nor
walk are rejoicing over the arrival
OF a little daughter in their home
last week.
Miss Margaret Bard of Norwalk
was ia visitor in the city Tuesday,
leaving Wednesday for IA short visit
to St, Augustine.
Mrs. Patton Anderson requests
Patton Anderson chapter, L. ID. G.
to meet at her home Friday after
noon, July 9th, at + o'clock.
There have been several showers
and one good, substantial rainfall
this week, something very much
needed all over the county.
The Boston millinery store closed
its doors last week and Mrs. Morrison,
the proprietress, has gone north.
The stock of goods remaining unsold
was shipped away.
Mesdames D. E. Dusenberry and
w. L. Gable aud Miss Haight of
Lake Como were visitors in the city
over Wednesday and Thursday,
guests at the Saratoga Hotel.
The Palatka Board of Trade will
hold its regular bi-nonthly meeting
next Monday night, when will be
held a continuance OF the discussion
over street paving matters.
d. P. Hancock of Bostwick was in
the city this week. He states that
the petition for a wet or dry election
is being generally signed at his pre-
cinct. Mr.. Hancock is now engaged
in the mercantile business.
Judge NJ. |. Coke states that some
10 or more old veterans of the Con-
federacy residing in this county have
already made application for pen
sions under the new pension law en-
acted by the last Legislature.
The Fearnside Clothing Co. of this
city reports that its cash sales so far
more than for the corresponding
month last year. This speaks vol
umes for the popularity OF this we'll
known clothing house.
The Home Mission Society will
give Il festival in the hammock on
River street, July 4th, from to 10 ..
III. Ice cream and cake will be sold.
This is a most deserving cause and
should be patroniZed literally.
The Fearnside Clothing Cos new
store at st. Augustine is nearly ready
spent much Of his time in that city
the past few weeks looking after the
arrangements for the coming OPEN
ing Of his business there.
Aurelian Cane, former we'll
known Palatka boy now employed
with the Armour company as con-
structing perintendent, was shak-
ing hands with friends in the city
Wednesday. Mr. Cane was enroute
to Tampa, where he goes to superin-
tend the construction of additional
buildings for his company.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. O. Hamm and lit
L :.
their departure being hurriedly and
unexpectedly made at this time ow-
ing to the receipt of a telegram by
MT Hamm announcing the serious
illness OF his mother, who had the
misfortune to break her hip bone by
fall some time ago.
Mrs. D. 5. Tingley is having some
repairs made on her home. 1t is
now Mrs. Tingley's intention to meet
her son, Claude, in Chicago in Au-
gust and return with him to Oregon.
ana will be away from San Mateo
at least two years. During this time
her house will be for rent.-San Ma
teO Item.
The festival and dance given at
Wyles school house on Tuesday |
night for the benefit of the Episcopal |
mission. was well attended by young |
people of this city and the country |
III the immediate neighborhood OF |.
the school. From the sale of re-
treshments and dancing, quite a
IarS= sum was realized.
The old market building occupied
by Tom Holden aud for which a CON
tract was let for its moving to a lot
further up the street, seems to have
become stalled at the corner of Fifth
aud Lemon streets. The contract
was let to a colored man who has
gone broke on tie job. OF course as
the contractor is broke Mr.. Holden
will be compelled to stand the loss.
Among the prominent Floridiaus
visiting this city Monday was Stew
art WOTden of Palatka, who is con-
nected with the Selden Cypress Door
one Of the largest sash,
door and blind factories in the south.