The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-04-29
The PaIatka News
City Happenings and
and Advertiser.
Personal i1lenticn.


Miss Lillian Ralph, is in the city visit
ing relatives and friends.
The Selden Cypress Door Co. in this
city has 23O hands on its pay roll.
John j. RimeS of High Springs was a
pleasant visitor in Palatka on Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. F. " Owen and little
daughter, of Satsuma flights, were visi-
tors in the, city Wednesday.
Some changes are being made in the
choir platform OF ST. James Methodist
church in order 10 accommodate an or
chestra and chorus choir.
Miss Mildred Pearce, who, since the
death of her mother several months ago,
has been residing with an aunt in Tbom-
asville, Ga, spent few days in the city
this week.
Miss Clyde Estes informally enter
tanned number of young friends at her
home on South Third street, last Tues
day evening, and most pleasant time
was spent.
Mr.. Ed. Renew OF East Palatka and
Miss Lena Larson, were married at the
home of the BRIDES parents on north
Fourth street, Wednesday al 8 p. m. by
Rev. H. Dutill.
The regular monthly meeting OF Pat
ton Anderson Chapter U. D. c. will be
held at Mrs. M. |. Coxe's Thursday,
May 18th, at p. m. All members are
requested TO be present to meet Mrs.
Stephens, State registrar Fla. Div. U. D. c.
The proceeds of the Wonderland
moving picture show tonight Eriday)
April 18th, will go as benefit for the
Baptist Young Peoples Union. Tickets
are now on sale. If you havn't one, you
should get busy and help good cause.
Chas. B. Ryan of Palatka, who has
been ill of absceSS of the ear and for
some time confined in St. Anthony'S
+ Hospital, Louisville, KY is greatly i'm
proved and expects soon TO be well.
His many old friends here will be glad
10 hear OF his improvement
Miss Lucy Couver and Chas. Smith,
we'll young people of this city,
were married at the home of the brides
sister, Mrs. A. l.. Rogers, Eustis, Fla,
last Thursday afternoon, April 21st al
4:30 O'Clock. The young people have
Ulduy WIN WIou lhVm muCl
happiness and long and prosperous
life.
Rev. DR.. A. G. Wardlaw, pastor O.
the Presbyterian church, who has beer
at his old home in South Carolina fol
the past several weeks, is expected &c
!. arrive tomorrow with his family and re
sumo his paStorate. There will be the
I | al,
! on Sunday, with DR.. Wardlaw official
!, ing.
Mr. and Mrs Egbert D. Hutchinson o.
Jacksonville, who spent some days will
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hutch
inSon, left yesterday for Birmingham
| Ala. where they will reside hereafter
Mr.. Hutchinson having accepted a res
ponSible position with large manufaC
turing concern there.
7 P. ]. BeckS has sold the vacant $50 y
? so feet lot at the corner of Fourth anC
: Olive streets, for Jno. c. Raabe, TO Mr.
J. H. Haughton. 1t is understood thai
: Mr.. Haughton will divide the property
: into smaller lots and put on the market
; and perhaps build some tenement houses
: The property is most admirably located
; for residence purposes and is in fine
: part of the city.
There was some frost throughout the
county on Monday night and again on
: Tuesday night, and there has been some
slight damage to early vegetables. Ii
: some sections the potato vines were
, nipped but as this crop is now being
harvested, little damage will result
. The damage throughout the south has
been severe, especially to the cotton
crop. 1t is the latest severe weather
: known in so years.
: The supper given by the ladies of ST
: James Methodist church on Wednesday
,vening, proved quite financial success
: rs well as otherwise. AS a result the
parsonage fund was increased to the
rxtcnt Of $1,000. The ladies in charge
OF the affair wish 10 thank the public
generally for the very liberal patronage
extended and also each individual who
contributed TO its success.
The WomanS club at its last meeting
discussed the hand bill nuisance and ap.
pointed a committee TO bring the mattcl
OF their distribution before the mer
chants and ask those who have been III
he habit of distributing hand bills pro
misCouSly, to cease. The ladies do no
want these bills nailed to posts or private
residences, or on trees or telegraph poles
20 be torn off and thrown broadcast
over the city.
A very interesting exhibit OF work ac-
compiShed by the PaIalka Woman's
club has been on exhibition for the pas
week in Ackerman-Stewart'S window
in ii are pictures OF the City Hall park
ncforc and alter being made, River stree
park, and also pictures of the A. c. L
property, OF which park is to be mad
This exhibit will be sent to the bennia
meeting of the General Federation
Nomen'S Clubs which is TO meet it,
Cincinnati, Ohio, May 18th 10 18th.