The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-03-08
: Personal and Social. a

Stryker last Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. S. Davis of Touisset
Mass, are at the Haskell house.
K. M. White and X. Borson spent
couple days in Palatka this week.
The ladies' of the Episcopal churc
guild met with Mrs. DR.. Henson la;
week.
Irving Padgett has been spendin
some time at Palatka during the presen
week.
Mr.. >Coutant of the Sprague House
was visitor to Palatka on business ma,
tiers last Tuesday.
E.,V. Lundberg spent CO uple of day
in Jacksonville this week, where b.
purchased fine horse.
Paul r. Jacobson, one OF Palatka'
public automobile drivers, brought
party of tourists to town last Saturda.
night.
Tutie Sykes says ''there is RICH
smart difference between pastor and
piker, but Ii takes some people
quite spell to see it. -
Mrs. Gowen urges the members o
the V. /. A. not to forget TO save for thu
literary department all magazines tina
have been read.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Starkweather and Mr.
and Mrs. H. F. Hurlbut, who have beer
guests at Grove Hall for some weeks
left on Friday last for Winter Park.
Col Henry Strunz, one of Palatka's
best known attorneys, came up on Sun.
was formerly interested in real estate
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Kingsbury of New
York arrived at Grove Hall on Saturday
for stay of some time. They are rela
tives of Mrs. w. C. Norton and have
visited here before.
]. M. Deaton, a former prominent
citizen of this place, now prominent
tobacco farmer in Gadsden county, was
a visitor last week whom all were
pleased TO see.
w. r. Sanders has been appointed
chief of police of the town and entered
upon his duties on Tuesday of last week.
Mr.. Sanders says he means to do his full
duty and enforce the laws.
Mrs. Alfred Clay entertained the
bridge players most delightfully."- last
Saturday afternoon, and Mrs. Capt VIM,
Miller entertained in her usual charm
ing manner yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. S. ]. Wood and Mrs. A. H.
Damitio of Providence, r. l., have
gone TO Palm Beach, ST. Augustine and
other places of interest for short time,
and will then return 10 Crescent City
for an indefinite stay.
The final entertainment in the Aka
hest Lyceum course under the auspices
of the V. |. A. was booked for last night
The company is known as the Tyro-
lean Alpine Singers and Yodlers. Ii is
presumed that there was large audi.
ence present as this town was always a
little daffy on yodlers.
Rev. D. D. Dieffenweirth of the
Methodist church left on Monday for
Jacksonville where he has been spend.
ing the week in attendance upon the
Jacksonville District Preachers and
Church Leaders Institute, and where he
had place on the program. Mr.. DEF
fenweirth was to return yesterday.
Mayor Graham and E. H. Williams
were visitors to Palatka yesterday and
where they laid before the board OF
county commissioners the recent action
of the Crescent City board of trade ask
ing for the care of the hard roads al
ready built in this section, and in which
they have the hearty support of Com
missioner Alvers.
Will Maui is arranging TO go into the
ice cream and confectionery business
and has selected the old Jim Long store
on west Central avenue for his stand
The ice cream habit has firm hold
upon most people in this place and Mr..
Maull does we'll TO engage in business
for which the demand has already been
and to choose for his opening
season when the average young mans
fancy lightly turns TO thoughts of some
thing over which he won't be obliged
10 coax the young lady much.
There was an interesting street show
here on Monday and Tuesday OF last
week, the real artist being an expert of
The cowboy variety-at least he could
handle the lasso and ride bucking bron.
cos and do tricks on horseback such as
we're never seen before in this neck OF
he woods. But there are others. II
seems that this artist made an offer of
-eward of IS TO any one who would
-ide certain wild pony for thirty yards
ind stay on his back. Harry Chamber
in accepted the challenge; he also rode
he pony much more than the required
distance and wasn't thrown off. When
he abandoned the horse ii was from
choice and he landed on his feet. The
owner paid Harry the SIS and then with
rev the offer, as several young men of
he place who know something about
horses of this kind asked the privilege
Of trying TO make some easy money.
The ladies' of the V. |. A. have let the
contract for building the sidewalk the
ull length of Central avenue on the
south side to o. B. Webster, a DeLand
The sidewalk is to be of
This is one of the biggest
ever attempted by an or
yanization of women in Florida. 1t is
expected that one.half the cost will be
paid by the property holders benefited,
but the ladies have undertaken the en-
ire responsibility, and will pay at least
one-half the cost from the organizations
This will be one of the most
important improvements made yet in
he town, and we trust is but the begin
ming of a walk building era that is not
10 end until at least all the principal
streets of the town are provided with
walks. The enterprise of these
ladies' is most commendable.
Z. G. Sackett received a telegram on
Monday of last week announcing the
death of his sister, Mrs. Nancy Thorp,
II Westfield, Mass. Mrs. Thorp who
had been spending the winter here, had
only returned TO her home some Ten days
before in company with her brother.