The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-05-05
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City Happenings and
Personal mention.

vile.
Victor Columbus of Brunswick, Ga,
is here on visit TO his friend, Gordon
Bennett.
Hon. S. ]. Hilburn, state senator from
this county, spent Saturday, Sunday and
Monday here on business.
w. w. Rose, representing the Pinea-
cure Remedy Co. of Orlando has been
in the city this week.
Mrs r. H. Bard and Mrs. ]. Men.
Bard and little son, Robert of Norwalk,
were visitors in the city on Tuesday.
ErastuS Primer of Welaka was vsi-
tor in the city Wednesday, being enroute
TO his home from trip 10 Gainesville.
The ladies of the Baptist church will
have cake sale at Mr.. Beck'S real estate
office Saturday, May 10th, at 10 o'clock.
Miss Grace McNair, a most attractive
aud charming young lady OF Jackson
vile is the guest of Miss Rosa Coke on
North Third street.
J. w. Purcell, for number OF months
employed as day operator at the Union
depot left this week for his home in
New York city.
The Orpheum theater has shown some
excellent pictures this week, that OF
Wednesday night-the Fall of Troy
being especially fine.
r. C. Middleton and Robert L. Smith
of Longs Station, two of the county'S
most prominent naval stores operators,
were in the City Wednesday,
NJ. S. Brown will spend Sunday in
Jacksonville, and where he expects to
meet his son, Leroy who is on his way
home from dental college at Baltimore.
County Commissioner L. L. Moody
represented the board at a meeting OF
the County Commissioners and Good
Roads Association of the state in ITALIA
haSSee last Thursday and Friday.
F. w. Kells, proprietor of Wonderland
theatre, has leased the Arlington hotel
and will convert the same into theatre
for moving pictures. Mr.. KellS' business
has long since outgrown his present
quarters.
The Wolfe Stock Company was greet
ed with splendid audience at the How.
ell theater Wednesday night when the
audlence mol only 1ecelVeu men Pay ~
iull, Dui Sa" presented Inc pay aiu
III full'
Mrs R. r. Rice, wife OF one OF Apa-
lachicola's leading business men, and a
lady holding ranking place in the So
cial circles of the gulf city, has been
the guest of a week or more OF Rev.
and Mrs. P. QuintiuS CaSon.
w. A. Russell, oil the Palatka News,
is one OF the workers OF the State Press
Association. He came here with scarce
~ cnance OF winning, ye' ca.iicu pach
10 ms Joy me next meStlne VI inc E1sSo'
cia'ioh'-l allahaSSee true democrat
Col. John ]. NertreeS, the eminent
Nashville lawyer whose fame as an ad'
vocate is nation wide, together with Mrs.
NertreeS, was in the city yesterday
guest OF his sister, M S. J. n. Walton,
and his brother, MI. James =. NerlreeS'
There will be regular meeting OF
The Woman Club this afternoon at
O'Clock, at the home OF Mrs. M. D.
Brown, and splendid musical program
will be rendered at the musicale at Mrs.
MetcalfS on the evening OF the same day.
From the SandersviIle, Ga, items in
the Savannah Morning News OF last Sun.
day it is learned that "Mr. and Mrs. G..
Lopez Bailey of Palatka, Fla, announce
the engagement OF their daughter, Sere-
ma Cobia, to Mr. Thomas Mathis Sparks
of SanderSville."
MIR. and Mrs. R. f. Troy of Mont
gomery, Ala, are rejoicing over the
birth of son and heir at their home in
that city last week. But they are not
the only ones who are rejoicing, Tor
proof see the smile on the face OF foxy
grandpa" City Clerk A. T. TRAY.
Hon. w S. Middleton. representative
from Putnam. is evidently highly es-
teemed at his home, Pomona, as he is
hero in the legislature. for they have lust
elected him MAYOR for the second time
The election was held on the 10Th, and
Mr. Middleton is receiving MANY con
gratulations.-T Cor. Times
Union.
ga, C,orl, ,Trio,, sovo tbot ,ox novors
should feel no alarm at the proposition
TO add a mill or two TO the city levy for
paving purposes, as this can be done
without increasing the total levy over
the present Is mills, and by cutting the
levy for fire and water purposes, fund
that has more money than is needed.
F. l. O'Hara of Jacksonville was
minplinp with old friends in the CITY on
Wednesday. MIR. O'Hara reports that
his daughter, who was recently bitten
on the arm bv a rabid dog, is now Out
of all danger of hvdrophobia She was
given prompt treatment of the Pasleur
cure.
In one OF the most eloquent and bril-
liant addresses ever heard in the ST,
Johns county court house f. Noble Cal
houn, Esq, late Thursday afternoon
saved the neck of Dan Williams, negro
who was charged with murder in the