The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-03-11
The Palatka News
and Advertiser.
City Happenings and
Personal Mention.
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pleasant visitor in the city Tuesday
Prof. Harrison Hamm of Lagrange,
Mo-, is in the city on a.visit TO relatives
Miss Rosalie Metcalfe is the guest this
W eek OF Miss Louise Gowen at Crescent
City.
|, Misses Merna Diehl and Mabel Hol.
comb spent last Saturday seeing the
sights of ST. Augustine.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Wesley Edmonds of
Pomona were guests at the New Kup-
perbusch on Wednesday.
Miss Sarah Andersen of Crescent City
spent several days in the city this week,
the guest OF Miss Clyde Estes.
John Mallem spent several DAYS this
week at his old home in Sanford, where
his brother is now doing a prosperous
business.
The annual meeting of the public Ii
brary association will be held on We'd
nesday March 10th at $3.50 o'clock in the
library rooms
The monthly meeting of the Woman's
Home Missionary society will be held al
the home of Mrs. l. r. Stelts on Monday
afternoon at $3.50.
The Lake Como dramatic club gave
an excellent minstrel performance at the
Howell Theater last Friday night. The
attendance was only fair.
AT his residence on Palatka Heights,
Mr. Edgar Whiteside passed away Mon
day morning, March 9TH, after a linger.
ing illness of many months.
R. E. Neck, w. c. Davis and ]. N.
Walton are representing St. Johns Lodge,
K. OF T. OF this city at the Pythian grand
lodge in Jacksonville this week.
Hon. S. J. Hilburn, grand prelate OF
the Knights of Pythias in Florida, is in
attendance upon the grand lodge of the
order in Jacksonville this week.
A. Markley Harry, a prominent citizen
OF Norristown, Pa, passed through the
city Wednesday, enroute TO his winter
home at Norwalk. Mr.. Harry was
pleasant caller at the News office.
Dredge boat No. of the P. Sanford
Ross Dredging Co. and the tug Kate Can
non with several bargeS, are al work on
a government contract deepening the
river Just north of the city at Orange
Mills flats.
Remember the benefit performance
for ST. Monica's rectory next Thursday
night (St. Patrick'S day. at Wonderland
Iheater There will be fine program
and candy will be on sale by ladies of
the congregation.
B. X. Keith, owner of the Keith cir
cult OF vaudeville theaters in New York
and other large cities of the country, is
| spending the week in Palatka on his
magnificent yacht Courier" Mr.. Keith
visited Palatka several years ago.
Sheriff Kennerly received a telegram
from Shell Bluff on Wednesday asking
him to look out for Charley Green, a ne.
gro who had stolen $40 and skipped.
Later in the day the sheriff arrested
Charley at the Union depot. He had
$40 of the stolen money with him.
Mrs. NJ S. Brown, grand chief, and
Mrs. Ella Y. Grooms, grand mistress of
correspondence, are in attendance upon
the grand lodge meeting of Pythian Sis
tiers in Jacksonville this week. Other
representatives of Palatka Temple at.
tending the grand lodge are, MeSdames
F. P. DUPONT, R. E. Neck and Edw.
lGcrber.
n A little son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
70. |. Roberts last Sunday. Mrs. Roberts
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
VI. Arant of Pencil, and is stopping for a
j time at their home. The good news has
been telegraphed to Grandpa Arant at
rAlexandervillc, Ga, who is so dee
lighted that it will not be surprising if he
makes visit home about the end of the
week.
Z. Brantley of Grandin, who is making
his home this winter in Atlanta, and in
connection with his work as mail route
agent between that city and Palatka, is
taking course of medicine in the At.
anta Medical college, will cover his
first years studies this month. Mr..
| Brantley is type of the American young
man who is bound to win fame and for.
tune by not being afraid of hard work.
W. G. Powell, local manager of the
| Western Union Telegraph Company, has
issued circular letter to business men
offering the night service of his COM
pany TO send business letters of so words |
as cheaply as 10 word day telegram |
These so word letters are sent at night |
and delivered at destination the follow |
ing morning, where the mail service re-
quireS from three to six days. The ser
vice will prove boon TO business men.
The Palatka Abstract Co., with offices
with Attorney ChaS. P. Cooper on Front
street next north Of Haughton's drug
store, is now prepared TO furnish quick
abstracts of title to any lands in Putnam
county according 10 the patented Rag
land system. Mr.. A. w. Richards who
is in charge of the work is himself an
attorney and is thoroughly familiar with
the Ragland system. The claim OF this
company is that it furnishes real alb
Stracts-not cheap chain of title, but
one that an attorney can pass on"
The annual election of officers of the
Palalka Athletic Association was held at
their rooms on Tuesday evening last
The following were elected for the
coming year: T. B. Merrill, President;
W. S. Burdette, LIST Vice President; Rev.
P. Barry, 2nd President; H. NJ.
FearnSide, Secretary; Z. Perry Ross.
Treasurer; and a Board of Governors.
G. B. Selden, J. n. Walton, H. Y
Snow, W. S. Burdette, H. F. Merrydav.
c. J. Smith, w. c. Davis. The club is
in most prosperous condition ana
never has there been so much interest
manifested as at present
Albert Browning the well-known col
ored barber and one of the veStrymen at
ST. MaryS colored Episcopal church, has
interested himself in the organization of ,
a Boys Club among the negro children
who have been wont 10 wander the
streets. The organization was effected [
last Monday night with "a boys Albert
Browning is president and Joe Rivers, ,
vice president. For the present the club
will meet Monday nights at the church, 9
but later on it is hoped a small club c
room may be secured. The work iS ono n