The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-01-07
The Palatka News
and Advertiser.
City Happenings and
Personal Mention.
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The county commissioners have cut
out the ferry TO East Palatka from this
date.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. E. Tubbs of Flora
home were visitors to the city on We'd
neSday.
The Gem City restaurant, E. d. Jor-
dom manager, opened on Front street
this week.
The Ocklawaha boats will begin the
seasons tri-weekly trips next Monday,
the 10th inst.
Miss Rena Brown will return to-day
from holiday visit with relatives and
friends in Sanford.
Rev. ]. ]. Oetien of Goetha will hold
Lutheran services at the Gerber chapel
next Sunday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Mahoney of Laurel,
Long Island, are the guests for the sea-
son of Capt. Sam Reynolds.
P. ]. BeckS has sold for James A.
Bear, the lot in front of T. b. MenilPs
residence to A. T. Anderson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hipp of Newberry, S. G.,
tllCll hAOSh ~ -
latka with the Bruce family.
The Palatka News has been awarded
the contract to publish the delinquent
tax list of the county for the year 1910.
Misses Laura and Bessie Rinehart, ac-
compliShed young ladies of Blooming
ton, ILL.,, are in the city, guests OF Miss
Violet Merwin.
w. NJ. Lindlaw of Los Angeles, CAL,
who has been visiting Mr.. and Mrs II.
F. Lecks for the past four weeks, Left
this week for St. Louis, Mo.
The city council on Tuesday night
passed the automobile speed limit ordi
nance. The ordinance limits the speed
of automobiles in the city to IS miles an
hour.
Mr. and Mrs. H. B Anderson of Saga
nav, Mich, who are on their wedding
trip to Cuba, stopped over a few days
this week with Mr.. and Mrs. H. F.
LeckS.
Miss Grace Rowley of San Mateo, who
is teaching piano lessons in this city,
has brought her piano here and placed
it in the rooms of the Woman's Club,
giving the club the use of the instrument.
Kells of Wonderland theater, last
week purchased new Rambler touring
car, model 81, for public use. This car
is of As horse power and cost 200. 1t
is magnificent car.
The unwilling of the clock in NJ. S..
Browns clothing store will hereafter be
at p. IN. each Wednesday instead of
p. M, in order to give workman better
chance to attend.
Dan Molineux, the BoStwick negro
who murdered a woman at that place
last Thursday and took to the woods,
was captured by Sheriff Kennerly
within two hours of the murder, and is
now in Jail.
A diamond brooch, on exhibition
at the window of Smiths jewelry store
is going to be given TO the lady selling
the most tickets TO the Pythian Sisters
entertainment at Howell Theater Mon
: day night the 18th inst.
. F. ]. Cunningham, the contractor, ha:
determined that Palatka is good enough
: for him, and has decided 10 make thi:
city his home and business headquarters
+, He is going to join in the movement tc
Push Paiatka" with his whole soul.
The official proceedings of the boarC
a of county commissioners will be pub
liShed in this paper next week, anC
0 each month during the ensuing year
a the commissioners having made ar
! engagements TO that effect at their neet
d ing yesterday.
n The next meeting of the Woman
/, Club will be held on Friday afternoon
I Jan. 18th, at 3 o'clock, sharp Rev
= VIM. Wyllie at this meeting will give
$ lecture on Scotland and Miss Roxbor
i ough will sing some Scotch songs.
e Mr.. and Mrs. D. ]. Elliott of Salisbury
n Md, with their three children, Mis-
+; Laura, James and Alice, are expected Il
o arrive in the city this afternoon. Will
$ here they will visit Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. NJ
e Vickers and other relatives.
: Last Sunday at the home of T. NJ
Il Appleby on Kirby street, Mr.. Frank Ar
y pleby and Mrs Effie F. Jordon wer
e united in marriage by Rev. H. Dutill @
1 St. James church. Mrs. Appleby is
It sister of Mr.. Pruett OF Palatka Heights
P. ]. Becks is still doing business Z
the old stand. This week he has sol
F. to Avery Owen the residence at til
corner OF Kirby and Dodge streets, fol-
II merly owned by John A, Crosby of Sa
a Mateo. BeckS has other deals up hi
, sleeve.
at Claude G. Higgins of Nicholasvillt
4, KY, is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Hal
D, Gibson of East Palalka. 1t is undel
h Stuod that Mr.. Higgins has been so in
Ic pressed with the country that he hs
decided to eventually make East P;
latka his home, and to that end has pu
chased the Thigpin place.
The Methodist people are to have
benefit performance for their new pa
sonage enterprise at Kells Wonderlan
, moving picture theateT next Frida
i night, Jan. 14th. The music will b
IS furnished by Mrs. Tilghman'S orcheStl
h and an extra fine line of pictures will |
shown at the regular prices.
James Adams big 10 cent show wi
exhibit in Palatka all of next weel
4. The Adams show is in big tent cap
bic of seating 1900 people. This wi
- be on the Griffin lot. The show col
!, sistS of song and dance artists and otht
l. Specialties and has a good reputation
r giving first class show for little none,
- The petition presented by the saloo
~ men to the county commissioners asl
fas ing for a wet or dry election containe
- - 7S7 names in all One ward in this eli
&c furnished MORE than one-sixth of Il
dr entire number, and enough negro
si signed in this ward alone to conStitu
one-sixth of the signatures on the FL
n. TIRE PETITION.
There was much larger crowd
| Browns Clothing store Wednesday I