The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-06-28
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; City Happenings and
; Personal I1lenticn.


Tax Assessor Billiard has been in the
city several days this week
Mrs. +. d. Ackerman has been spending
few days in Jacksonville this week.
Mrs. w. II. Hoyt has gone 10 New
York city where She will spend the
summer.
Mrs. Gertrude BaSSett left last week
for the north where she will spend the
summer with relatives.
Col. S. ]. Hilburn is still quite i'll with
fever, and for most of the time has been
confined to his bed.
Mr.. +. p. DUPONT OF Federal Point
was the guests over Saturday aud Sun
dav of Mrs II. A. Bulky.
The Misses Maude and Lucille Ken
nerly have been spending few pleas,
ant days at Daytona Beach.
II. \. Ford and family OF Mulberry
arrived in the city yesterday morning
and are the guests of Mrs. II. A. Gray.
Ralph Jacobson, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Leo. Jacobson, is expected home on
sunday from New York, where he has
been attending school.
The Orphcum theater has been well
pltronized all this week because OF the
splendid pictures. Mother diamond
ring given away last night.
Geo +. Gay returned Thursday even.
ing from Chicago, where he was one OF
the delegates from Florida TO the ma
lional republican convention.
The board of County Commissioners
will meet next week TO cqualizc the tax
assessments of the County Assessor
provided there is any kick"
Mrs. n. g. Robinson returned on
Monday from an extended visit with
relatives in Virginia, and accompanied
by her niece, Miss Mabel Harrison.
Mrs. NJ. c. Fisk was hostess at mis-
CcllancouS shower, given in honor OF
Miss Violet McrWin on Monday after
noon. The decorations were most
beautiful.
f. NJ. Earnest, Howell A. Davis and
William TuTnage as committee of the
Palatka board of trade, went TO Chatta-
nooga on Wednesday to look over an
applicant for the position OF Secretary
for the board
Capt II. Y. Snow has returned from a
short season of fishing at Daytona
Beach, and as usual landed more than
his share of the fish, though in this in
stance the fish were mostly sharks.
Capt Snow states that ii is too early for
the bass.
Benjamin Bardin, an old Palatka boy,
has been spending a few days here this
week. 1t is nearly eight years since
Mr.. Bardin left Palatka and his old
friends have been made glad to see him.
For several years he has been engaged
in phosphate mining at Pierce.
Q. |. Roberts of Pcnel who has been
suffering severely with rheumatism, cX-
poets to leave in a few days for Hot
Springs TO take the healing baths of
that place. Mr.. Roberts has been
great sufferer and his friends are hopeful
that he will find in these waters the
hoped for relief,
The editors of Florida will be the
guests of Tampa next year. This city
will then don its handSomcst attire SO
that the pencil puShers may have some
thing to write about After the Press
Association adjournS, Secretary Powell
is going to accompany the members to
Panama on an eXCurSion.-Tampa Tri-
bune.
The Western Union Telegraph Co.
will reduce many 40 cent kilograms to
30 cents, effective July lst, 1912, from
Palatka. Here are some of the import
ant points affected: Fl. Pierce, Live Oak,
Perry, Madison, Fla, and NaIdosta,
Nashville, and Dupont, Ga. Some are
TO be reduced from 10 10 25 cents, such
rs Tampa, Barlow, Dade City and Plant
City, Fla.
The colored base ball club of this city
has won, and seems to be able to hold,
the reputation of being the champion OF
its class in the Stale, at least up TO the
present time no team has been found to
match ii in the quality OF the game
played. Last Wednesday a club i'm
ported by Dave English with the idea of
giving the home team a few additional
points on how TO manage a game Scicn-
lifiCally, was ptted against the team
The days Immediately preceding this
game saw considerable interest worked
up, and it is said that considerable
money was Stakcd both among the
white as we'll as the Colored sports
l ne lOCdl CluD, however, OulplayCu inc
imported team from the beginning at al
most every point The game was won
by the home team by score of to 0.
The crowd at the park was one of the
largest seen in many day. II is plain
that ia order to beat PaIatkaS Colored
ball team 4 club will have to be brought
from some distance. The same clubs
played again yesterday afternoon, the
locals winning by a score of 10 5.