The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-03-17
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City Happenings and
Personal Mention.

St. Patrick's day in the morning.

Mr.. Johnson who has been visiting at
the home of HI. o. Hamm returned
home this week.
Two hundred and six Palatkan's paid
poll taxes last Saturday, only about so of
whom were colored.
Miss Belle WEIGH returned home on
Saturday from visit of several weeks
with friends in Jacksonville.
Mrs. Carroll C. Smith and little son ].
D. Smith. of Buechel KY, are in the city
on visit TO their aunt, Mrs. II. A. Bulky.
IT'S said that C. A. LeHardy will chal-
lenge Howell A. Davis to Joint debate.
The hall will be crowded if it's pulled
off.
Friendship Class of st. James Sunday
school and a few friends enjoyed a
social at the Methodist parsonage last
Tuesday evening.
Rev. C. L. Collins, superintendent OF
the Florida Anti-Saloon League, will
speak at St. James Methodist church
next Sunday evening.
The Womans Club will give a Silver
Tea at the home of Mrs. George E. Gay,
Wednesday, March I'D, from four TO
six p. m. All are cordially invited TO
attend
The alarm of fire at 9 O'Clock last
night was caused by a blaze from the
kitchen of Joe Nottage'S cottage on 9TH
street. Prompt response and fire was
put out after doing slight damage TO roof.
The Palatka Auto & Supply Company
is driven with auto repair and other ma
chinery repair work, but finds time to
sell autos. Its latest sale was of a Buick
runabout 10 Dr. Padgett of Hastings,
this week.
Sheriff Kennerly has caused the arrest
of w. M. Barton, white man of Rod
man, who is charged with breaking and
entering the home of r. r. Agent Rush
ing at Interlachen about a week ago.
The warrant was sworn out before JUS
tice Wimberly. The arrest was made at
Inverness.
The Woman's Club is to have Francis
Labadie, dramatic artist, and his aSSis-
tant here on the 9th, 2Sth, or 29th inst,
the exact date TO be made known next
week. Labadie gives Shakespearian
characters in costume. The Orpheum
theater has been engaged for the occa-
sion.
The socialists of St. Johns Park, most
of whom are from Chicago, were to
attend the lecture of Eugene V. Debs in
Jacksonville last night. 1t is said that
the socialist organization of that place
numbers about 90. ST. Johns Park is in
ST. Johns county and at the southern
end OF Lake Crescent. 1t is one of the
colonies being promoted by Chas. H.
Seig, "the man who discovered Florida"
Mrs. Cora NJ. Franz, grand matron OF
the Grand Chapter of Florida, Order of
the Eastern Star, paid an official visit to
the Palatka chapter of that order This
week, on which occasion three candi-
dates were initiated. On adjournment
some AZ members repaired TO banquet hall
where fine collation. of sandwiches,
coffee, cake, fruit said and fruit punch
was served. The banquet did not con
clude till near midnight.
A boat-load of excursionists from St.
Johns Park to Jacksonville stopped for a
few moments at the Palatka dock yester.
day morning while the excurSioniStS
paraded Lemon street headed by the
ST. Johns Park band. There were 50 or
90 men in the party besides women and
children. They were on Capt. John D.
Pigue'S new gasoline yacht. Most OF
the men in the party are socialists and
they were giving the excursion TO Jack
sonville to hear the address OF Eugene
| V. DebS.
Justice John E. Marshall will be
candidate before the next city council
| for the office of Municipal Judge to sue
coed Judge E. Noble Calhoun, who has
decided TO retire because of pressure OF
his law practice Mr.. Marshall has been
acting judge by appointment of Mayor
Davis for several months and has made
most enviable record. He has the
same excellent record as justice of the
peace. Ii is also stated that ]. n. Black.
we'll will be candidate.
r. f. EnSey, for the past two years
county engineer in charge of public i'm.
provementS carried on under direction
OF the board of trustees for county
bonds, and who last week rendered his
resignation, leaves this week for the
south east coast where he has accepted
the position of assistant engineer in
charge of the Everglades drainage oper-
ations. Mr.. EnSey'S particular duties
will be the locating of the range and
township lines through the unSurveyed
territory OF the Everglades.
Walden the Palatka wizard who has
been touring the country for the past two
years giving exhibitions in all parts of
~ he tbot L. =,
on his way home and that he expects 10
reach Palatka about the last of April |
He was at the De Funiak Springs Chau,
tauqua, where he divided honors for the |
day with Geo. K. Stuart, the celebrated
southern orator Twelve coach loads OF |
visitors visited the grounds that day com
ing on special trains from Pensacola and |
other points,
There was surprise party at the |
home of Mr.. and Mrs. H. o. Hamm last
Saturday night in honor of Mrs. Hamm's |
birthday. Among those present were |
Rev. and Mrs. N. ]. Tilghman, Mr.. and |
Mrs. w. G. Tilghman and children, Mr.,
and Mrs. John Q. Tilghman and daugh-
children, Mr.. and Mrs. D. ]. Elliott,
MISS Laura Eillotl, Ol SALISBURY, Md., l..
w. Gunby, Misses Louise and Ruth
Gunby OF Salisbury, Md Mr.. and Mrs.
NJ. NJ. VickerS, Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Has
kell, Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Kent. A pro-
gram of music and Rotations and an il
Illustrated guessing game furnished enter
tainment and amusement for the guests.
Refreshments were served by the guests.
Mr.and Mrs. L. E. Cole of Davenport.
Iowa, are in the city for a time,
guests at the Putnam House. Mr.. Cole,
v no is superintendent of the water sy,
sem of Davenport, has a large potato
farm near Orange Mills and is taking a
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