The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-08-19

L. n. benson vi Olndld, ANcD "hO
last winter bought thousands of acres OF
land in Putnam county for colonization
purposes, arrived in the city yesterday.
William Ryan, son OF Capt and Mrs.
NJ. r. Ryan, is home for a short visit
with his parents For the past year and
a half he has been making his home in
Louisville, Ky.
f. A. Gerber s. Son have moved into
their new quarlerS-thc Wilkie block
on Lemon street. This is one OF the
model stores of Palatka, both as TO the
building itself and the artistic display OF
goods.
Maurice B. Cochranc on Tuesday
night for the second time in success
sion won the So prize money at NJ. s.
Brown clock stopping contest. There
was large crowd present at the unveil-
ing OF the clock.
Mrs. Henry Couver, accompanied by
her little grandson, Harry Rogers, re-
turned from EuStiS last week. Master
Jack Rogers has been here several
weeks, visiting his uncle and aunt, Mr..
and Mrs. ChaS Smith.
Robert c. Hutchinson, deputy county
clerk, has gone to Birmingham and
Sheffield, Alabama, for few weeks
visit with relatives. Mr.. Hutchinson
will probably enter Washington & Lee
University at Lexington, Va, in the fall.
The special meetings now being con.
Quoted by Evangelist White will be
continued over Sunday. On Saturday
night at 80 Mr. White will speak in
front of the Arlington Hotel on temper
ance. All are cordially invited to hear
Mr.. White at the church each evening,
and also his street address on Saturday
night
George Cook, former we'll known
Palatkan, but now of Nashville Tenn.
was pleasant visitor in the city Tues
day. Mr.. Cook is now employed in the
railway mail service, and has a run be
tween Nashville and Atlanta. This i.
his first visit to PaIatka for about years
and his many friends were pleased tc
see him.
A. T. Anderson, manager OF the Ram
bier Automobile Company, has decided
that he had more territory than he cared
to handle, and has sold to the Florida
Automobile Company OF Jacksonville
the territory around that place. Mr..
Anderson will remain in Palatka and
sell Rambler cars here as before.
Judge ]. T. Wills received a telegram
Thursday morning announcing the death
of his sister, Mrs. w. T. HollingSworth,
which occurred at o'clock a. IN. the
same day at the family home in Lafay.
cite, Ala. Mrs. HollingSworth was %
years of age and is the first to die of a
family of seven brothers and sisters
Judge Wills left for Lafayette Thursday
afternoon TO attend the funeral.
ford County Telegraph.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. NJ. Earnest are NOV
ing this week into the r. w. Davis
house at the corner of Main and Third
streets. Mr. G. P. Yelverton, owner of
the house, is going 10 ST. Augustine.
Next week Mr. and Mrs Earnest will
leave for their annual fall purchasing
Trip TO the eastern market and will be
absent some four weeks, making selec-
tons for their fall and winter stock.
H. Merwin has purchased a new Ram
bier automobile, the sale being made on
Tuesday through Mr.. Anderson of the
Rambler Agency in this city. The ma
chine is live-pasSenger, 45.horse
power, Model No. 81, fully equipped
with electric lights and other modern
devices, it is Mir Merwin'S purpose to
put the machine in the passenger ser.
vice. The car will be in charge OF
VIM. Merwin.
Noah ]. Tilghman, Jr., in his Ford au-
tomobile, was the first 10 make the run
from Daytona Beach TO Summer Haven,
a run made one day last week in hour
and 80 minutes. There is a rocky
mound on the beach between these
places which has heretofore been con
Sidered impossible for automobiles, but
Mr.. Tilghman has made the trip in spite
of the difficulty