The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-12-23
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City Happenings and
Personal Mention.

itor in the city yesterday.
Julian Calhoun is home from Stetson
University TO spend the holiday vacation.
The business houses of Palatka will
generally close all day Monday next for
Xmas.
Marvin and Clarence Dupont are at
home from Southern College TO spend
holiday vacation.
Miss Kate Putnam Calhoun is at home
for the holidays from ST. Josephs Acade-
my, St. Augustine
The Palatka Woman's club will meet
al the home OF Mrs. Dr. Geo. E. WEIGH
next Friday, the Both.
Harry Holcomb of St. Louis, Mo-, ar
rived in the city last Friday for short
visit with home folks.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Metho-
dist church will meet with Mrs. Dr.. Geo.
E. WEIGH next Tuesday.
Mrs. J. L. Burton and Miss Jessie Bur
ton OF Crescent City, have been guests
this week of Mrs. J. n. Walton.
| HlSS 1llEeIld MeIIlll mas returned
home from the Bessie Tiff college at
Forsythe, Ga, TO spend the holidays.
On1 Wednesday evening Mrs. H. A.
Davis entertained the senior class of the
Putnam High School at an oyster supper.
Judge ]. l. Wimberly of Interlachen
was in the city Tuesday and Wednesday,
and went home laden with Christmas
gifts.
Howard Dutill, jr. a student at South
ern College is spending the holidays
with his parents, Rev. and Mrs. ii.
Dutll.
Mayor and Mrs. BorSon of Crescent
City brought large launch party TO.
Palatka on Wednesday, on their beauti-
full private launch
Misses Irene Gardner and Mary
Tucker have returned from the State
College for women at Tallahassee to
spend the holidays at home.
Gay Bros. stores, like the great MAORI
ty of stores, will be closed all day Mon
day. This notice is given that all
may lay in their supplies on Saturday.
A. H. Holcomb who last week suffer
ed partial stroke of paralysis is much
improved, which will be pleasing news
10 his many friends here and elsewhere.
Little Miss Putnam Calhoun of lack
sonville, daughter of the late B. P.
Calhoun jr., is here on a Christmas
visit TO her aunt, Miss Kate Putnam Cal
houn.
Miss Purcell, the charming daughter
of Rev. DR.. and Mrs. ]. w. Purcell, has
arrived from Greenville, s. c., where
she is attending college, TO spend the
Christmas vacation with her parents.
E. H. McIlvaine father of Mrs H. NJ. !
de Montmollin of this. city, died at his
home in Ocala on Wednesday of last
week. The funeral was conducted by
Rev. NJ L. Mcllvaine of Jacksonville, a
nephew of the deceased.
The Palatka Athletic Association ard
its guests will dance at the temporary
club rooms in the Hart building tonight. |
The association is also arranging later |
TO give its annual New Years ball in the |
same rooms at date yet to be named.
Justice Marshall has held TO the circuit
court, in $500 bonds, a colorcd man |
named Ben Johnson, charged with con
Quoting a "blind tiger" Johnson was
only discharged from the chain gang in |
October from a six months sentence for
the same offence.
ChaS. A. Hood is in the city arranging
for the KrauSS Greater Shows, which |
will exhibit under tent during week of |
January I'd. The KrauSS is grand car
nival company where fun and frolic will
prevail, and there will be much of inter
est TO please all classes of people.
John Bryant, the coIored navigator of
the St. Johns, drew the 50 cash prize at
Browns clock unwilling contest last
Tuesday night. 1t was the easiest
money John had made since last winter.
when he took the Yankees to see the
shielded orange groves at San Mateo at
so much per.
The sheriff at Palatka is ordered by
the county commissioners TO get a num-
Der OF cats and put them in Jail At this
distance the Journal cannot learn whether
this is done because the commissioners
are such bad lot and want the CATS ar
rested or whether the people over there
are so lawabiding that this is done to
keep the sheriff in practice -PenSacola
Journal. II was hardly the latter, for ii
was cots instead of "calS" the sheriff
was ordered TO buy. But this typograph-
ical error put the sheriff in touch with
the cats all right.
Those people who seem inclined to {
blame the Palatka lighting company for {
The failure of the lights at the Court |
House Wednesday night would see l
their error if they would remember that S
the lights on the street were brilliant I
enough. The lighting company runs I
its wires to the court house, but had |
nothing 10 do with the wiring of the t
building. The fault was within the '
building, and was due to inefficient r
work on the part OF the electrician. I
Capt. Allen Mcintyre of Chicago, who T
tor years was captain of big passenger (
steamer plying on the great lakes be 6
tween Chicago and Duluth, is spending '
The holiday season in PaIatka, guest al ;
he Saratoga Hotel. For several years h
capt. Mcintyre spent the winter season a
1t lnterlachen, but it is five years since Il
his last visit. He is up in years now Il
md somewhat feeble, but time was c
when Allen Mcintyre was every inch {
nan-blg, powerful, commanding-with Il
Ill the gentleneSs and kindness of a wo-
nan, but when occasion required, the %
commander whose word was law on. the
hip-a king among men,
Chris. Stanton returned this week
rom an extended visit in Los Angeles. q
al. Mr.. Stanton VENT out there some .
hree months ago with Martin Griffin, at !,
whose home he has been a guest. He \
S delighted with the country, and more =
specially with Los Angeles, which he u