The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-09-08
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City Happenings and
Personal mention.

H. |. Miner has returned from a visit
TO Chicago.
Warner T. Hamm left yesterday on a
visit to Maryland.
L. c. Stephens is back from two
weeks visit at Chattanooga, Teen.
Miss Mary Merrill has returned from
few weeks sojourn at Brevard, N. c.
Chas. M. Hilliard of Tampa was
business visitor in the city Wednesday.
Mrs. Frank Smith and family have re-
turned from seasons outing at Daytona
Beach.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. M. Earnest are stop
ping this week at The Colonial, Kitcha-
wan, N. Y.
Mrs. VIM. Mahoney of Sanford is the
guest OF her parents, Capt. and Mrs. M.
r. Ryan.
Miss Maggie Anderson returned last
Tuesday from visit of several weeks
in Rhode Island.
Mayor and Mrs. H. A. Davis and the
children are still touring in the great
lakes section.
Mrs. H. A. Gray and daughter, Mrs.
w. II. Hoyt have gone 10 New York
for a two months stay.
Mrs. Henry Couver returned this
week from two months visit with rela-
tives in Jacksonville.
Mrs. Rev. VIM. Wiley and children
left on Wednesday for visit with Mrs.
Wiley's father in New York
Mrs. Cecil C. Steward and little
daughter, Inez, of Miami are in the city
visiting Mrs. N. G. Robinson.
Mr. and Mrs. w. G. Tilghman and son
Tom left this morning for Salisbury,
Md, on visit to relatives and friends.
L. A. Smith sailed for New York on
Wednesday on the Clyde Line ship Mo-
hawk. He will be absent some three
weeks.
Hal. Fl. Irish president and general
manager OF the Putnam Handle Co. has
returned from business trip to Mich.
gan, Ohio and Georgia.
Robert Hutchinson expects 10 leave
tomorrow TO resume his studies in the
law department of Washington and Lee
University, Lexington, Va.
County Superintendent Tucker ar
rived home on Saturday from a few
weeks spent in the North Carolina
mountains.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. F. Finn and ]. D.
Bingham have returned from a visit OF
several weeks to Atlantic City, New
York and Waltham, Mass.
Edgar R. Wright editor of the Florida
Grower of Tampa, organ of the Florida
Citrus Exchange, was business visitor
in the city this week,
Frank Fearnside, Jr., left on Wednes-
day for Poughkeepsie, N. Y, where he
will take a course in the celebrated
Poughkeepsie Business College.
The Davis cypress tank factory is
building three immense cypress tanks of
100000 gallons capacity each for the
Illinois Central Railroad. These i'm
mense tanks will be thirty feet in diam
eter and twenty feet high.
F. ]. Fearnside has gone TO New York
City for stay of several weeks and
where he will spend much time study
ing the styles and purchasing such goods
in his line as are in the mode.
Miss Mervin Ray, now living at Citra,
has been the guest for several days of
Miss Rosalie Metcalf. Miss Ray came
to attend the Haughton-Merrill wedding
at which she was one of the brides
maid.
Capt. Boyd's ship yard has begun the
building of 100 foot freight boat for
the IntercoStal Land and Transportation
Company, and which when completed
is TO ply between ST. Augustine and Palm
Beach.
The annual fall examination of teach
erS in the county schools is now being
held in this city. The white applicants,
eight in number, are in charge of Miss
Bessie Spain, while the colored appli-
cantS, 10 in number, are being examined
at the colored high school, with School
Supervisor ]. H. Green of Fruitland in
charge.
N. ]. Tilghman, Jr., has disposed of
his interests in the Ford Sales Company
here to his cousin, Walter w. Thigh
man, who will conduct the business
along the same aggressive lines that
have marked the progress of this enter
prise from its inception. Mr. Tilghman
has two car loads of Ford autos on the
way. N. J. Tilghman, Jr., will return 10
the single business with his father.
The infant child, three months old, of
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Appleby of Kirby
street, died on Wednesday afternoon.
| Tho f,oaroI knII Al
yesterday, Rev. P. Q. CaSon officiating.
On Thursday morning the 11-monthS
old child of Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Ap-
pleby who live on Reid street, died.
| The funeral will be attended this morn
ing by Rev. H. Dutill.
Miss Eva R. SIeap a graduate of the
Palatka high school class of 1910, and
who went to Cambridge, Mass, a year
ago, is now teaching school in New
Hampshire. Miss Sleap opened her
school on the 5th inst Her mother,
Mrs. L. S. Hammond, and her brother,
Warren Sleap, are still residing in Cam.
bridge, where the latter expects to grad |
uate this coming term from Harvard
Grammar school.
Miss Leda Houston an accomplished |
young lady of MikeSvilIe, Alachua
county, was the guest of Miss Mabel |
Holcomb several days this week. Sew
eral years ago Miss Houston was the
principal of the San Mateo school, and
was frequent visitor in Palatka where
she has numerous friends, all of whom
were much pleased TO see her.
Charles w. Hutchinson, son of Coun-
ty Clerk Hutchinson, who is with the
United Fruit Co. at BaneS, Cuba, has re-