The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-07-19

business. 'P''"s
Mrs DR.. Graham f. Henson and thp
children left for Detroit, Michigan, last
wednesday, where they expect TO rc.
main through the balance of the sum.
mer
W. +. Glynn is thinking of touring
The New England states in his aulomo'
Die as summer recreation, in which
event he will ship his machine to Bos-
ton by steamer.
A little son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Lloyd c. Preston last week, but the
little one only lived a day. The sym.
pathy of all is with this young couple in
their bereavement.
Henry Holz, one of the most popular
young men of the place, left last Mon.
day for Jacksonville, where he expecls
10 make his home. His going is dis
tinct social loss 10 the town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tillinghast and Miss
lilinghaSt have entered into the eaitics
OF the social season at Daytona Beach
and appear TO be having an excellent
time. They expect TO return carly in
the coming month.
The C, II. Preston Co. has Just pur.
chased car load of single and double
wagons preparatory 10 supplying the
local demand this fall. The wagons are
of northern make and will be placed on
The market at prices calculated 10 make
EN- go quick.
Chas. Schubert is organizing what he
calls 'poultry plant" He says il will
be a stock affair and that they will raise
chickens in incubators by the thousand |
Anything that will increase the supply
OF frying size chickens in this town |
ought TO have the approval of all citizens
l.. Eaton has been engaged during the
past few days in pushing the new Cham.
berlin block to completion He has
only recently completed the Wallace
Harp house on North Prospect street.
II is understood that the Harp house will |
be placed on the market.
The Mathis Mercantile Co. will be.
gin its mid summer clearing sale TO
morrow and the same will continue for
len days The cut prices extend TO all
lines and the ensuing ten days will
mean sure enough bargain season 10
all who are in need OF scasonabIc goods.
Henry DriggcrS has returned from
Sanford and will personally conduct the
barber shop. He has just purchased a
lot of new fixtures and has had them
set up in his new shop in the Chamber
lin building, into which he expected 10
move this week, He will have a neat
and upto date shop, very appropriate
thing for neat and popular barber.
Prof. H. B. Hammer has been rc-cecl-
ed first assistant principal Of the DcSoto
County High School at Arcadia. Prof. S
Hammer has only recently terminated a I
pleasant visit with friends in this place, |
where he was for time principal of the
high school. He is now on visit TO I
his parents in west Florida,
Mrs. Mary Scott Miller is having a
she'll road built TO connect with the a
she'll road at the south end OF Prospect
street, and running down the hill to the |
lake front and the Williams packing !
house. This road will be great con. r
yenienCc to Mccormick & HubbS, f. /
Il. Williams and other large shippers.
c. w. Kicklighter OF GlcnnviIle, Ga, .
was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. c. J. =
Hunter two or three days last week. !;
Mr. Kicklightcr, who is banker, is the y
orother-in law of the late AIRY D. Boil
on, long a resident of this place, and
lis business here was in connection
With the settlement of the Bolton eS. =
ate. =
Prof. Homer f. Wakefield of Cocoa, u
principal OF the school here, :"
S spending the summer at Cambridge,
lass, where he is taking the course in {
Principles of Education at the Harvard y
summer School. Prof Wakefield If
writes that his family and self have h
'lcaSant rooms but two blocks from the
University and are thoroughly enjoying ~
themselves, though it is hot there Il
high up in the ninetieS every day. " y
A we'll attended meeting of young II
nen of the place interested in the or. at
anization of band was held at the Au. al
itorium on Monday night Geo. ). W
has been a leader in the W
Movement for the organization and he b,
as aroused quite an interest in the in
cheme. 1t is proposed 10 have as in, "
tructor for the band a professional tc
and master now engaged in drilling ST
ne new Woodman band in Palatka. |
he News hopes the proposition to or SC
anize here will prove successful. We C
ave plenty of material h
The growing fruit is now large enough in
} make il easy TO confirm the earlier W
reductions of a record crop of citrus W
-uit in this section. With but few cX- al
options the groves hereabouts are SO qt
Iden with fruit that some growers have b'
pplauded the action of one grove own lie
+ who has sent men through the grove
nd has stripped at least quarter oil the
reen fruit from his grapefruit trees 10
ven with this fruit stripped the trees tr
,ok too heavily laden. 1t is rare that B
rover has the nerve 10 pull fruit, but te
lis man will make by it; he will have al
rger fruit and more boXeS-at least Sc
ark etable boxes.
AT a meeting of the directors OF the
lorida Citrus Exchange last week X
as decided TO drop the NoluSia County -,
Ib- Exchange because the two aSsocla- VI
ons which compose the county eN- M
range have no up-todalc packing "
ouSes. One of the associations uses pc
! old warehouse for a packing shed.
he other association is split into lac
ons, each packing in different pack an
% house and using different brands. or
he VoluSia County Exchange packed Is,
900 boxes last season. Inc new ISL
lard says that all fruit must come up en-
the exchange standard OF pack this IT