The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-05-12

al The Store OF MISS hate Lucas.
Business men OF Palaika should make
this Thursday halfholiday for the sum-
mer complete. All should close.
F. A. Gerber of this city was elected
first vice president of the Florida Flu
neral Directors and Embalmers Associa-
ton at the meeting of the association in
Jacksonville yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Thallon, of Green
Cove Springs, were guests over Sunday
of Dr. and Mrs. E. S. Grill. Mrs. Thai
lon will be best remembered here as
Miss Carrie Nj. Green, former popular
assistant principal of the high school.
Prominent ShrnerS OF Palatka who
will attend the banquet OF the Mystic
Shrine in Jacksonville tonight are Judge
f. f. Haskell, Louis Kalbfield, w. O..
Richtman, l.. A. Smith, J. II. Haughton,
Geo. E. Gay, Alex. H. Odom, and Henry
Hutchinson, Sr.
Mr.. ]. B. D. Woodburn and charming
daughter, Miss Maurine WOODBURY., and
Miss Ruth Humphrey of GAINESVILLE, Ga,
were in the city over Tuesday, guests at
the Hotel Saratoga. Mrs WOODBURY.
was formerly the owner of extensive
tuipentine lands in this county
We congratulate Palatka upon getting
the next session of the Stale Press
Association. Whatever town is forum
ate in securing this meeting is always
sure TO receive a nice lot OF free and eff
| fective observation-disclosures that al
ways does such towns lol of real good.
Arcadia Champion.
Palatka came within two votes of Sc
curing the 1912 meeting of the State
Horticultural Society Putnam county
was represented in the meeting of the
society in Jacksonville by at least
dozen of its leading orange growers, who
extended the invitation TO meet next
year in Palatka. But they couldn't quite
swing it, Miami won the meeting.
One of the largest social events OF the
season was given this week at the home
of Miss Rosa Coke in honor of Miss
Annie Reed. About so or 90 guests
were present. The evening was spent
in playing euchre, and those who made
the highest score were Mrs M. M. Wick
ers, Miss Devcreux and Miss Winnifred
iIaughton The prize, handsome cut
glass vase, was awarded to Mrs. Nickers,
and hat pin TO the guest of honor
Rev. w. F. Allen OF the Tampa
Heights Methodist church, former Put
nam county boy, and son of former
county commissioner w. d. Allen, has
just compiled and published volume OF
gospel hymns entitled THE Messenger
of Jesus" These hymns are especially
designed for use in revival meetings and
many of them were written by Mr..
Allen and Jesse B. Hardin, who shares
with him in the authorship of the book.
Palatka was chosen as the next place
OF meeting of the State Press ASSocia-
ton Tampa and Live Oak asked for
the convention, and some other places
but Editor Russell, of the Palatka
News, went after il so vigorously that
the opposition capitulatcd. push and
Smile" Powell was present on behalf of
| Tampa, and the cigars that made Tampa
famous were passed around most freely.
| They were donated in liberal quantities
by the Clear Havana Manufacturers
Association, of Tampa, and the editors
can bear unanimous testimony to the eX
cellency of the product.-Lakcland
News.
Judge Jas. T. Wills, Judge of the
| Eighth Judicial Circuit, is at the Brown
| House, being here TO preside over the
Circuit Court. 1t has been rumored for
some time that Judge Wills and family
would shortly remove from Starke TO
Gainesville, but he refuses to deny or
confirm the rumor. However, his
| friends here are confidcn, the rumor
will materializc favorably for Gaines
Vile in the event that the Legislature
does not exclude Alachua county from
the eighth Circuit in the formation OF
the new judicial Districts Gainesville
Sun. Not much encouragement in that
item for Gainesville, nor much of dis
coulaging nature for Starkc In case
Judge Wills contemplates a change of
residence Palatka should make bid.
Judge Wills we know could he made 10
feel quite at home here.
Jesse D. Bulky, valued member of
the News staff will be spending the next
Two weeks on his peach grove near
Edgar, where he went on Tuesday and
where he is now engaged in shipping
his peach crop. Mr.. Bulky, who is
something of "peaCherena' himself
when il comes to a practical knowledge
of the newspaper and job printing bust
ness, has a fine peach property at Edgar
and on which he hopes TO put iii some
of his future timc-a place where he can
go and commune with nature and forget
for time the trials and tribulations of
the print shop, the demands OF city life,
and loaf and sleep and indulge his soul
The Bulky Brand" OF peaches will soon
be for sale al all the fruit stands and gro
grown. Ask for the Bulky brand.
Next Sunday will be "Mother's Day.
in Florida by proclamation of Gov. Gil |
christ, but the average mother will get |
up lust as soon in the morning TO pre-
pare the family breakfast, while father
SuoozeS. She will then battle the kids |
and get them ready for Sunday school |
and when that is done will either so TO |
church or stay at home TO get dinner for |
father, who by this time has had his |
late breakfast and is out in the back |
yard smoking his corn cob pipe. Father |
may grow sentimental about mother |
next Sunday, if he thinks of it, but ii |
will be on account OF his own mother, |
long since gone to her reward, and |
rarely on account of the mother of his
own kids and kdleS. Father is usually |
tired on Sunday and he takes the day for
himself anyway. Fathers day comes 81
times a year on Sunday! Mothers is
Sunday, May Dist, and she will celebrate
it by keeping the household in order as
she does the other 81 Sundays.