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

Widow" at the Orpheum last night
Judge E. Noble Calhoun was in ITALIA
hassee yesterday TO appear before the
board OF pardons.
Mrs. w. D. Benham OF Crescent City
has been the guest this week of MIR. and
Mrs. l.. B. Curtis.
R. R. Brakeman says that last Sunday
morning the church bell at Pencil was
plainly heard in Palatka.
David ]. Caughlin gave dinner at
his home on South Second street last
evening in honor of Miss Elliott OF
Salisbury, Md.
Miss Ona E. Bond formerly with Miss
head milliner with Sharpe & Co. of
Penn Yam, N. Y.
c. Oliver Chamberlin a former Cres-
cent City young man of business, now
living in Oklahoma, was visitor in the
city on Wednesday.
The Hastings town council has unani-
mously selected Ray M. Coe for mayor
to fill out the unexpired term of w. L.
Batchelder, deceased.
John w. Gibson has purchased of n.
]. Tilghman jr, at the Ford agency in
this city, a Ford Model T. touring car,
one of the pretteSt cars in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Lewis and family,
who have been spending some months
in this city, left on Tuesday morning for
their home at Yates Center, Kansas.
The Woman's Club will hold its regu
lar meeting Friday afternoon March 10th,
at O'Clock, at the residence of Mrs. M.
S. Brown.
F. w. Kells has purchased five
passenger White gasoline touring car to
take the place of the big Rambler re-
Gently destroyed by fire.
Mrs. w. H. Rosenberg, of Palatka,
spent the latter part of last week and the
first of this week in town visiting her
son, who is attending Stetson. --DeLand
Record.
The Home Mission Society of St.
James Methodist church will meet Mon
day afternoon with Mrs. S. G. Rogers,
at the home OF Mrs. J. N. Blackwell, in
the West end.
A number of young people of the
west end met by invitation at the home
of Miss Nellie Jackson last Friday even
ing and organized a club to be known
as the S. and D. Social club.
S. j. Kennerly and daughters, the
| Misses Maud and Lucille, attended the
| Madam Sherry performance at the DIVA
| Theater, Jacksonville, last Saturday
| night and on Sunday motored to Pablo
| and Atlantic Beaches.
Mrs Dwight Chaffee for the past two
1 months guest at the Brakeman house
Il left for her home in Great Falls, Monta
II ma, last Tuesday. Mr.. and Mrs. Chaffe'
II were very much pleased with Palatk;
and the country round and will proba
bly, return at no distant day.
II The latest reports from the Tasting
M section are 10 the effect that the potat,
II crop is practically uninjured. Besid
the singeing of some of the vines slight
II ly, there was really no damage. TIL
crop will be the largest and earliest il
ii years.
" Warner T. Hamm has just purchase
of N. ]. Tilghman jr., the local agent
Ford Model T, touring car. This
one of the prettieSt, Smoothest running
autos made, and when Mr. Hamm ar
peared on the streets with it Wednesday
it attracted considerable attention.
On Thursday evening Mr.. D.
Coughlin entertained at dinner part
the members of the maryland houS
party" in honor of Miss Laura Elliot
who is now the guests of Miss Mabe
BaSSett. 1t was one of the most dc
lightful social affairs of the season
The party was chaperoned by Mr.. ant
Mrs. G. W. BasSett jr. and Mr.. and Mrs
M. M. Vickers.
] L. Fits, the national organizer @
the socialist party has been engage,
by the socialists Of this city to delive
an address here at the Court house o.
Thursday night OF next week, Marc
9th. The socialists demand" says til
circular announcing the above address
that the workers shall get the full valu
of their labor, which is even now 50 90
a year" If they could only make goo
n we know great many people VIII
Ill would be socialists.
Vi HeniS Petermann is again at work i
the Circuit Court room, this time built
I lIS lHS ldloSu jury OOACo, pO'i ioi Ia
N grand and petit juries. These will b
If on either side of the bar enclosure
n The front of the jury railing from pos
De to post is especially fine panel pieces c
, selected cypress and arranged in the al
X tistic manner of which Mr.. Petermar
among cabinet makers, takes rank as al
1g expert. The interior fixtures of tn
court room will be ready for the Apr
Term of court.
John H. BaberS for the past severa
years store keeper and postmaster {
Huntington and one of the popula
N. business men of the county, was Wis
ne tor in Palatka on Wednesday, Nj
n: Babers has just sold out his merchandiS
= stock at Huntington TO the firm-Et
81 wards & Smith-who recently acquire
III the entire Huntington tract of 23OO acre
d; and who will make that place the heac
Ia quarters for their naval stores operation!
= Mr.. BaberS is as yet undecided wher
ne he will locate, though he may decide o
IS; Crescent City if he can secure the rigt
kind of business opening.