The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-12-09
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CITY Happenings and
Personal t1lention.

inc CITY wednesday
Hon. S. ]. Hilburn and E. +. Haskell
have several important cases before the
U. S. district court at Jacksonville.
Miss Katie Owen of Satsuma Nights,
was the guest of Miss Minnie Bulky
Thursday.
Mrs. S. F. Oliver and little son of In.
verness, are in the city on visit to Mrs.
divers parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. S.
Neck.
c. c. Curtiss has returned from Titus.
vile to resume his place in M. S.
Browns clothing store until after the
holidays.
A. E. Wilson of the Wilson Cypress
Co. attended the meetings of the Geor.
gia-Florida Sawmill Association in Jack.
sonville this week.
John Mallem spent the day in Jack.
sonville yesterday and attended the dedi-
catory service of the Catholic church OF
the Immaculate Conception.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Q. Tilghman have
been in Jacksonville this week, where
Mr.. Tilghman was in attendance upon
the meetings of the Georgia Florida
Sawmill Association.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. P. Mathis of Hum.
boldt, Tennessee, arrived this week for
prolonged visit with their uncle, DR..
II. R. Estes. Mr. Mathis may finally de-
eide TO locate in the county.
The ladies of St. Monica's Catholic
church will give an oyster supper in
Mrs. Shelley's building on Lemon street.
next Tuesday evening, Dec. 18th, to
which the public is cordially invited.
The Palatka News says the Manatee
Record filled its editorial page with
clippings from the News. Well, we
don't know where Editor Walpole could
have found better 'filling." -Tampa
Tribune.
Hon. Samuel E. Timmons, county
commisSioner-elect from the Banner
vile district, was visitor in the city
this week who either by design or ne
glect failed to come to this office and
say ''howdy," and we don't like it a bit
DR.. A. w. Underwood and family Of
Lake Butler, have moved to St. Angus
tine where he will reside permanent,
and practice his profession. Several
years ago DR.. Underwood lived at Lake
Como in this county.
Friday evening, December the 10th
The Wonderland theater will give a
benefit, under the auspices of the
Ladies Aid Society of ST. James church
The Ladies earnestly ask for the same
liberal patronage they have had in the
past. Remember the date, Friday even
ing Dec. 10th.
Robert Hutchinson is home for the
holidays from Washington and Lee
University at Lexington, Va, where he
is student in the law school. There
was an outbreak of typhoid fever ir
Lexington and the University CLOSED
down until January LIST on account of it,
"The girl from the U. S. A" appeared
at the Howell Theater last Saturda,
night on time, and was met by good
sized audience. If there were any for
eignerS present they were not moved by
jealousy-they were perfectly willing
the girl should belong to the U. S. A.
The show was disappointment.
Mrs. Chas. Kupperbusch was the
lucky winner of the piece of fancy WORK
which was Glanced on the occasion O
the recent moving picture entertain
ment at the Wonderland theater for the
benefit of the Sisters of St. Joseph
The sisters are thankful to all who con
tributed to the success of the entertain
ment.
A party of twenty-five tourists ant
prospective land owners arrived in Pa
latka this week from GAINESVILLE, Ohio
coming direct to this city in a Specia
car on the South Atlantic Limited. Mr..
Mckinney, president of the Palatka
land company, was in the party. The
party was shown over the country by
the real estate firm of List & Hubbard
M. S. Brown the clothier had the mis-
fortune TO be drawn for jury service in
the U. S. district court at Jacksonville
last week and spent couple days there.
He is home now but may have to return
though he has done his best, owing to
the necessity of his presence in the store
at this season, to get excused. S. L.
Lyons is the only other Palatkan drawn
on this jury.
The holiday buying public will dc
well TO scan the advertising columns OF
the News these days. Many of Palatka's
live merchants have made special ar.
engagements for supplying Christmas
shoppers with novelties and are making
these prominent in the Palatka News.
These merchants don't advertise for the
! fun of the thing. They have important
messages for the public, and these are
called advertisements. Change the
word 10 messages" and then read them.
You are sure TO get Christmas idea.
The regular monthly meeting of Pat.
ton Anderson Chapter was held Thurs
day afternoon Dec. LIST at the home OF
Mrs. Anderson and Officers for the en-
suing year were elected, they were Mrs.
Patton Anderson, President; Mrs. H. A.
B Mckenzie, LIST vice President; Mrs.
A. S. Willard, I'd vice President; Mrs R.
F. Adams, Sd vice president; Miss Flor
ence Davis, Recording Secretary; Mrs.
]. n. Walton, Corresponding Secretary;
Mrs. ChaS. Thigpen, Treasurer; Miss
Winifred Haughton, Registrar; Miss
Susie Lee Walton, Historian.
o. H. Perry the expert fruit farmer of
Palatka and ManliuS, N. Y, has returned
TO this city from his home at the latter
place, where he has great fruit-farming
interests and big canning factory. He
brought with him force of men for the
purpose of developing his fruit farming
lands on Rice Creek, and where he al.
ready has several thousand peach trees
under cultivation. These trees set out
some 10 months ago, are now from to
9 feet in height and loaded with bios
som buds for next springs crop. II is
Mr.. Perry's purpose TO set out several
acres in cabbage and sugar cane. He
expects soon TO drive to Palatka every
Tuesday and Friday morning with pro-
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