The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-06-02
City happenings and
Personal Mention.

Miss Mildred Warren of Cedar Keys,
is visiting relatives and friends in the
city this week
Mrs. W. H. Hoyt has returned from
a delightful visit at the home OF Mr. and
Mrs. H. A. Ford at Mulberry.
Sidney J. Brown, student in pharmacy
at the University of Maryland, Baltimore
arrived home last Friday for the sum
mer vacation.
Miss Lila Ford spent Friday of last
week in the city with friends, being en-
route to her home at Mulberry from
Staunton, Va.
The ladies of the Baptist church will
have one of their popular bread and
cake sales, at P. J. Beck's office on Sat
urday, June 10Th, at 10 O'Clock.
Miss Maude Ongeline Davis, a very
charming young ady of Apalachicola,
has been the guest for more than week
of Rev. and Mrs. P. Q. CaSon.
The Pythian Sisters will hold their
regular semiannual election of officers
next Monday night and all the members
are earnestly requested TO be present
Senator Hilburn resumed his seat in
the Senate Monday after an absence OF
10 days in Texas, whittier he was called
owing 10 the death of his aged mother.
County Treasurer and Mrs. ]. +. Ed
monSon left Wednesday morning for
New York where they will spend sever
al weeks visiting Mr.. EdmonSon'
brother.
|. S. Craig of the South Palatka Farms
Company entertained a large launch
party on the river last Sunday, taking his
guests to the lands of the company and
driving them over it.
DR.. and Mrs. w. A. Brewster former
ly of this county and later of Hastings,
are now living at Callahan, Fla, where
the doctor has pleasant home and
fine, growing practice.
J. D. Doyle has greatly improved his
pool room. There is now a new and
level cement floor and several new
tables. Mr.. Doyle will sell iced drinks
in addition to a choice line of cigars.
His well-kept, orderly place enjoys a
fine patronage.
NCuUlOHu ID. lOlulCl L ullldlu
county young man who has been prac-
ticng law in Miami for several years,
has the unanimous endorsement of the
Dade County Democratic Executive
Committee for appointment TO the office
OF County Judge of Dade.
Rev. Father P. Barry left on Tuesday
for his old home in Ireland and TO
which he will carry comfort to his aged
mother who was SO recently bereaVed
by the loss of the husband and father.
Father Barry will be absent some three
months, during which time the parish
will be looked after by visiting priest.
Miss Alta Brakeman was the hostess
, at very pleasant party last night al her
home on Kirkland street. The invited
guests were about 80 young people Of the
north and west end, and of course, moth
ing short of a good time could have
resulted. After the usual round OF
games, delicious refreshments were
served.
The Kennerly Hardware Company OF
this city is furnishing work at paying |
prices TO all the boys and girls in this |
county-and also the grown people |
This company pays four cents pound |
cash for all the clean, well-Curcd vauii |
la leaf it can get. The leaf grows in |
the woods all over this section. Good |
wages can be made by all who will
gather it,
Henry Clay Tucker, coSmopoIite and
dean of Palatka'S corps of good story tell
ers, left on Sunday for New York. Mr..
Tucker will be away most of the summer
and will spend the bulk of his time lis.
tening to what the wild waves are tell
ing al ASbury Park and Ocean Grove
He will return in the fall and probably
decide on Palatka instead of Florahomc
for his winter residence.
Mr.. and Mrs W. T. Buck, late of
Jacksonville, are among the more recent
of Palatka'S social acquisitions, ana
are making their home with MIS-. Knight
on North Third street Mr.. Buck is to !
be the local representative of the jack
Sonville Metropolis, and will send in +
daily accounts OF falalka doingS TO thai
journal, in the meantime
doing his best 10 secure a more &c CTal !
reading for his paper in Palatka The
News believes that the people of Palaika
will not only receive Mr.. and Mrs. Buci :
graCiouSly for their own sakeS, but will (
have an eye single TO the immense :
amount of publicity Mr.. Buck will give
the city from day to day. The town q
needs all the advertising il can get As [
Mr.. Buck says: when the people see [
Palatka they will marvel at its advan- a
res." I