The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-03-15
. Personal and Social.

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Mrs. ]. ]. Horton was visitor TO Pa
latka early in the week.
Sam Varnes went down to Palatka to
learn more OF the political situation last
Monday.
John w. Davis, former citizen oil
this place, is a candidate for the legis-
lature from ST. Johns county
Dr. Miller, the dentist, is again max
| ing professional visit here and has
headquarters at the Sprague House.
Mrs. Mary Scott Miller left for Jack
sonville on Monday, with the prospect
OF continuing her journey on to Wash
inglon.
Mrs. Col. G. T. Graham, who has
been on visit of several weeks TO her
daughter in Lexington, S. c., returned
home on Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Cody and young
son OF Chicago arrived last week and
will spend the remainder of the season
here, guests of DR.. and Miss Johnson.
Mrs. Sidney Gautier left this morning
for her home in Crescent City, after
pleasant visit of several days in ST. Au-
gustine, the guest of her aunt, Mrs. d.
L. Durham, at her home on South Ma
rine street. St Augustine Record.
The work of laying the concrete side
walk the whole length of Central avenue
on the south side, under direction Of
the ladies of the V. |. A has been
moving rapidly this week. This is one
OF the most important improvements
made here in long time, one that all
pedestrians will appreciate.
The Lounds Drug Co, has pleasure in
announcing the engagement of A. K.
Hawkes. Co.'s expert optician at their
store on the goth and 21st insts. All
work of this optician is guaranteed and
all who need glasses or intelligent, con-
scientious advice about their eyes are in
vited TO call on above dates.
Alfred Clay has decided 10 erect a
residence on his slightly property on
Park street and Edgewood avenue, and
which he will have face the south. This
will permit of broad veranda along
the east side, from which will be spread
out most beautiful view of Lake CreS-
cent. 1t is likely that MIR. Clay will
have the house built during the summer.
Denver citizens are complaining that
the A. c. l.. Railway has cut them off
the map-that since Monday none OF the
trains except the midnight train south
will so much as slow down when they
pass the place. Denver feels hurt, and
some of its citizens have even threaten
ed 10 retaliate by walking over TO Ores
cent City Junction and taking the trains
from that point.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eaton Cliff have made
arrangements to spend the coming sum-
mer in England, and their program is TO
leave Crescent City on the Sth of April,
and to sail from St. Johns, N. B., on the
10Th. They expect to be in the old
country about six months, with head
quarters at Exmouth, S. Devon. They
will return to Crescent City about the
usual time in the fall.
Jim Coward as usual has very excel
| lent garden this spring and the people
are getting the benefit, for Mr.. Coward
is bringing them daily 10 the doors oil
all the people. These vegetable were
grown on rich soil and matured rapidly,
thus making them sweet and tender.
| lin is such success as gardner that
his friends are predicting that he will be
equally successful in his campaign Tor
county commissioner. II he doesn't
succeed in this latter ambition il won't
be for want of effeort.
Her r. Babers is travelling down the
east coast country looking over the
packing houses of that section, with the
view of getting the best for the new
Crutchfield & Voolfolk packing house
al the Junction, of which MIR. Babers is
the resident manager. Ii is the purpose
of the new owners TO make this thor
oughly, modern packing house for the
coming seasons work. Mr.. Babers is
also to spend some time in the east coast
country soliciting tomato shipments TO
his house.
F.S. Cone is greatly charmed with
the ST. Petersburg section, where, with
his daughter, Miss lncz, he recently
spent week. Mr.. Cone says the growth
of that place is marvellous, and some
thing one must see TO appreciate. 1t is
not certain, but it is quite likely that
Mr.. Cone made some investments there,
for he is a man who quickly sees val
ues in advance and who generally acts
upon such impressions as he confeSSeS
10 have received of that place on his
visit.
C. II. Preston brought party of some
forty visitors up from Palalka on his
private launch last Friday afternoon.
The party consisted of Messrs. Ledbet-
Ter and Herring, proprietor and mana
ger. respectively, OF the Putnam House,
| their wives and other ladies and gentle
men, guests at that big hostelry. The
party landed at the f. II Williams dock
and saw the groves and that part OF the
town leading to vi. A. hall, where
Mrs, Preston, with some friends who
had been notified of the parly'S com
ing, had prepared to entertain them,
and where tables had been arranged on
which TO spread lunch, which the party
had with them in baskets. A pleasant
hour or two was PISSED in the hall before
the party returned TO Palatka on the
launch.
The city council committee on streets
was busy most of last week getting Cen.
trail avenue in shape for the new she'll
pavement, and this work required the
cutting out of some trees in the road
way. But few trees were cut, however
and only one over which there was any
difference of opinion as 10 the neces
sity. OF course, as in all work OF this
kind, there was some harsh criticism o.
the officials, and this fell on the head
of Councilman Campbell, who is quite
used TO il and who took it complacently