The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-11-18
The Palatka News
and Advertiser.
City Happenings and
Personal Mention.

The governors Thanksgiving procla-
nation is certainly brief.
Patrick McGraw of Stokes Landing
was visitor in the city this week.
H. M. Fearnside is spending the week
in Madison with relatives and friends.
S. ]. Saunders well known citizen of
Welaka was visitor in the city yester-
day.
The infant son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice
Lamon has been quite i'll with pneu.
monia.
F. J. O'Hara the Jacksonville capital.
Isl and timber operator was In the city
yesterday.
Judge M. !. Coke is again quite well
and attending regularly to his duties as
county judge.
Mrs. Martin Griffin, now residing in
Jacksonville, has been visitor in the
city this week.
Rev. Father Barry went TO Crescent
City on Monday to hold service in the
Catholic church at that place.
]. L. Wilkinson won the So prize at
the clock unwilling at M. S. Browns
clothing store last Tuesday night.
L. c. Turner and sister, Miss Turner.
OF the popular Turner Home, Crescent
City, were in the city on business yester-
day.
Richard F. Adams left on Wednesday
| for WayneSville, N. c., at which place
Mrs. Adams has been staying for some
time.
R. Raymond Price of Jacksonville
visited his old home here on Monday
for few hours, on business matters
strictly.
Robert L. Ragin of Clifton, was Wis
itor in the city Wednesday, being en-
route to the Indian River, after a short
visit in Pomona.
Albert T. Stephens after visit of
some time with his father, Hon. L. c.
Stephens, left on Wednesday for his
new home, Havre, Montana.
Sheriff Kennerly has been spending
the week with friends on hunting trip
in ST. Johns county, and Deputy Sheriff
fiagan has been in charge of the sheriff'S
office.
Gust Grundler, one of the new set.
tiers from the north who is helping TO
develop the great farming colony at ST.
Johns Park, was visitor in the city
Tuesday.
Palatka people are not yet excited
over the senatorship. DR.. Estes is
about the only politician who has de-
clared himself. He is for John N. C.
Stockton.
Arthur r. Cartmel OF Jacksonville, for
many years resident OF this city, spen:
few days with US this week. He did
not fail to notice the great improve.
ments in the city.
Remember the bread and cake sale to
be held by the Ladies Aid Society OF
the Baptist church at VIM Turnage's
store tomorrow, Saturday, Nov 18th.
Sale begins at l o'clock p. m.
The state board of pardons has denied
the petition of Luke Breedon, convicted
of murder in the first degree and SEN
fenced TO life Imprisonment. Breedon
was convicted at the spring term of the
circuit court in this county in 1908.
That is very tempting display OF
Thanksgiving table supplies the Gay
Bros. are showing in their window.
But the half has not been told. The in
terror of the store shows the other and
untold part.
Palatka and Putnam county are now
making the most substantial growth of
any county or city in the state. There
isn't room TO rent On Lemon street,
nor vacant house in the city. The
country districts are filling up with new
settlers.
Mrs. DR.. ThoS. P. WEIGH and daugh-
ter, Mary Elizabeth, and Mrs. ]. B. Lo-
gan, of Nicholasville, KY, are spending
a few days here with the family of Dr.
Geo. E. WEIGH They are on their
way TO ST. Petersburg, where they will
spend the winter.
| J. H. Wylie of Interlachen has been
awarded contract TO build hard sur
faced road from the Palatka city limits to
the Emerson road, and from the north
end of the Emerson road toward Banner
vile at 81 $50 per mile. Don't know
how many miles.
Mrs. M. S. Brown and Mrs. Peter
Gardner represented the Palatka Wo-
mans club at the State Federation meet
ing in Ocala this week. Mrs. S. ]. Hill.
burn, being one of the officers of the
State Federation, was also in attendance
in her official capacity.
A Moving Picture entertainment will
be given at the Wonderland Theater,
Wednesday night, Nov. 23rd, for the
benefit of the Sisters of ST. Joseph. All
are solicited to contribute to making
the affair success. Admission for
adults lOctS; for children Sets.
The editor of the News is getting
good many whiSkey circulars from lack
Sonville since the election. Presume
these dealers feel that plugger for pro.
hibition who has been sat down on good |
and hard is perfectly justified in going
on "razee" and forgetting his troubles |
B. A. Deal, auditor of the Florida |
East Coast Ry Extension, spent few |
hours in the city Wednesday, leaving |
that night for Valdosta, Chattanooga, |
Charleston, Philadelphia and New York |
on a months absence. His brief visit |
here afforded much pleasure to his old |
friends. Mrs. Deal is still in Virginia
and will probably return with Mr.. Deal
next month.
Drs. Geo. c. and r. H. Calhoun OF
Crescent City who were unavoidably
prevented from meeting with the State
Medical Examiners last week, have been
in the city this week taking a special ex-
animation before DR.. E. w. Warren OF
the state board. The Doctors Calhoun
came to Florida last summer from Gaor III