The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-05-26
City happenings and
Personal Mention.

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G. f. Gilleu and little son of Inter
lachen were visitors in the city WcdncS-
day and Thursday.
Judge and Mrs. NJ. |. Coke spent Sun
day and Monday in Gainesville, visiting
at the home of their daughter, Mrs. a.
l.. Glass.
P. D. Watkins of Putnam Hall, one Of
the best known turpentine operators in
the county, was visitor in the city on
Wednesday.
Mrs. H. S. Miller and daughter, Lii
liam, expect to leave Sunday for jack,
Sonville where they will be the guests OF
Harry B. Miller.
Sidney Brown, son of Mr.. and Mrs
M. S. Brown, who has been studying
pharmacy al Baltimore college for the
past year, is expected home today.
P. NJ. Hagan has purchased of Henry
Strunz lot on Sixth street between
Reid and Main, and will soon erect a
substantial twoStory dwelling thereon.
c. C. CurtiSS long connected with the
Nj. 5. Brown clothing store, but who
last fall went TO his orange grove near
TituSvillc, returned 10 the city Monday
and has resumed his old place with Mr.
Brown.
The Misses Maud and Lucille Kcnncrly
attended the commencement exercises
at John B. StetSon University, DeLand,
last week and were among the more
prominent out-ol-town guests At several
nf tho
The Palatka Camp of the Woodmen
of the World are arranging 10 give a
banquet with covers for nearly hun
dred guests on the night of June 9th, in
Red Mems Hall. Rev. II. Dutill and
other entertaining speakers will make
addresses.
Mrs ChaS. P. Cooper with her inlant
son who has been making her home
with her parents, DR.. and Mrs. f. 5.
Grill, for the past several months, left
on Tuesday with Mr.. Cooper for Jack
Sonyille, where they will make their
home.
The Edgar Plastic Kaolin Co. has Just
installed large 500 horsepower engine
and Westinghouse dynamo, with which
10 operate the company's kaoln mining
plant at Edgar, and which is indeed
vast improvement over the old method
of transmitting power.
President a. A. Murphrce Ii. D., OF
the University of Florida, was the guest
of DR.. and Mrs. Geo. f. Wclch during
his visit to Palatka on Tuesday and
Wednesday. On Wednesday morning
DR.. Murphrec paid his respects 10 Supt
Tucker and called on several friends
and acquaintance in the city.
Chas. Kupperbusch ir., one of Pa
latka'S most substantial young men, re.
turned from Atlanta some two wees
ago, and expects 10 get into business
here. He was doing SpLcndidIy in AT
lanta, but il wasn't home, and he longcd
for home and his parents were not hap
Ply with him away.
w. L. ChecveS was called TO AShc-
vile, n. c., Tuesday night on 4 tclc-
gram stating that Mrs. ChceveS had
been taken quite ill that day and was
then in hospital. Mrs. Chccvcs
went 10 AShcVillC some time ago to be
with her daughter, Miss Ida Licb, and
had been quite in her usual health up to
Tuesday.
DR.. ]. B. S. Holmes, OF Naldosla, Ga,
arrived in the city last evening and reg
iStercd at the DeSoto Hotel. DR..
Holmes is having the Bachelors quar-
tiers of the Tampa Bay Hotel converted
into a private Sanitarium and will be
here several days looking after that
matter.-Tampa Tribune. DR. Holmes
is a large property owner in Putnam
county, his lands being in the vicinity
of FlorahOme.
From the records in the office Of
Sheriff Kenncrly it is learned that there
have been fifteen murders committed in
Putnam county in the less than two
years that MIR. KenncrIy has been in
office. 1t was also learned that the
sheriff has apprehendcd each of the Is
murdcrerS, ii OF whom were arrested in
this county, and one was followed and
arrested in Georgia. That is record OF
arrests any sheriff might be proud Of
OF the fifteen murdererS arrested u
were negroes and three were white.
You don't often see apples growing in
Florida, but there is a good sized tree in |
the vacant lot next north of the Marlin |
Griffin store on which perhaps 4 couple /
dozen half developed apples arc growing. |
The fruit seems to be without much in |
the way of blemiSh, and in certain sec |
tons of the United States BOYS have
been known TO cultivate real juicy cases
of collie from eating thcm-thiS. of
course, by way of warning 10 any 81 our
Palatka kids who have an inherited OF
acquired taste for other peoples green
apples !