The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-05-27
The Palatka News
City Happenings and
Personal Mention.
and Advertiser.


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Frank Clark'S majority over Tim in
the Second Congressional district was
$3.50.
Mrs. P. D. Watkins and daughter OF
Putnam Hall were visitors in the city
Wednesday.
The Woman's Club will have bene-
fit entertainment at Wonderland theater
this evening.
P. c. O'Haver, son of c. ]. O'Haver
of Keuka, won the trustees medal for
oratory for the junior class in the State
University commencement exercises last
Monday night.
The hospital association is arranging
TO fit up an additional ward on the third
floor of the hospital building and which
they hope to have ready for occupancy
within the next few weeks.
Louis Kalbfield has returned from a
trip to New Orleans and Macon. Al the
former place he attended the Southern
bill posters convention, and at the latter
the Elks' convention for the state Of
Georgia.
The ladies in charge of the rummage
sale for the benefit Of Palatka Hospital
realized, and recently turned over 10 the
association, $13S as the profits of tina
sale. This will be used in the purchase
of new supplies for the hospital.
Sidney Brown entertained the mem
bers of the graduating class of the higf
school and a large number of his lad!
LID fr;n,Io with r,inniN ~
the river on the launch Margaret yester
day.
Geo. l.. Whitcomb, popular clerk a
Gay Bros west end store, leaves OF
Monday, May 3Oth, for an extended tri
to Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia
Boston and other northern points. MI
Whitcomb will be accompanied by hi
sister, Miss Mayme Whitcomb fror
West Putnam.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hutchinson CAV
dinner Tuesday evening in honor {
DR.. Lincoln Hulley, president of job
B. Stetson University, DeLand, VIII
was in the city. Other guests were l
K. Tucker, county superintendent {
schools, Prof. G. A. Stephens of ii
High school and ]. N. Blackwell, chat
man of the county school board.
, DR.. Harry Merryday, student in Va
derbilt Medical College, Nashvill
Tenn, arrived home last Sunday mig
for the summer vacation. The doct
expects to leave about Monday for Da
! iona Beach to Join his parents and 9th
members of the family, and where tn
} expect to spend large part of the SUI
| mer.
; Senator Jas. P. Taliaferro, Congre
man Frank Clark and Hon. Robt
4 Davis were all three in the city duri
Wednesday forenoon, having arrived
the early train, the two former from X
West over the East Coast Railroad a
the latter from Crescent City, where
Y addressed meeting Tuesday afterno
in the interests of Senator Taliaferro
4 Sidney Brown, son of Mr.. and M
NJ. S. Brown, who took first honorS
Y the high school graduating class t
: year, was simply holding up his end
: the family name. The three young p
= pie of this family all of whom W.
q graduated from the Palatka high scht
e in different years, had the honor
= carving off first prizes in their resp
1--WE CidSSGS lOt SCnOidiohlP' A1oihS
q else will have chance nowhere
z no more Browns,
= When a man of commanding place
n the world of letters, singles out yo'
a man for the purpose OF compliment
" him on his brightness and native wit
= President Hulley did young Delbert
= patrick of the high school gradual
" class, in his commencement address
"a the Howell Theater last Tuesday mig
y lthe young man can well afford to ]
= nit play upon his name. II is GER
- "Gilhooley" came in for a large par
Il the class honorS,
8 Postmaster Hanna of East Pal:
= made a profit of 5000 on one-thir'
n an acre of Irish potatoes. He ship
q on the 9TH inst. 40 barrels to New Y
q and on the 10th received check in
p ment for $S9.71. This with the Il
- barrels he retained, and which VIC
" have sold at the same price would b
brought his receipts up to $9b. 40.
~ cost him $29. 96 to make the crop, l.
- ing him net profit of 5000 for
~ third acre of potatoes. This seems II
n reasonable profit for even Flo
q farmer.
= T. B. Hartig and E. R. Poppell
~ open a special summer school in L
a Butler, on the 23rd. Prof, Hartit
q we'll known to the newspaper frater
~ of Florida, having in times past
~ lished papers in Lake Butler, Dunno
. and Palatka, and proved himself Il
- an editorial writer of ability. Six y
. ago, as publisher of the Dunnellon
- vocate, he was in his best trim, and
~ editorial work unsurpassed by any et
a in the state. Previous to that tint
~ published the Lake Butler Bulletin,
~ was also principal OF the High Sch
~ In both capacities he did remark
~ well, but in his great eagerneSS to
- in his favorite candidates, made a
~ take that forced him 10 abandon
- paper. However, his only fault, if
N it can be called, was too strenuous
a for his friends, evincing devotio
~ their interests rarely excelled.
~ teacher he has scarcely peer in
" Florida, and we speak for him and
~ associate a grand success with the
g. mer school in beautiful Lake Bull
~ n 1 II